What fun it was to host my first Kinusaiga class. We made the Cardinal Quilt Block – pressing fabric into foam. The straight lines made this a great project for beginners. But I’d rate it more as a confident beginner pattern due to all the places where fabrics intersect.

Here’s a few of the comments I received about the Kinusaiga class:

• They loved having another way to use fabric from their sewing stash.
• They loved learning something new.
• They signed up because I was teaching (how sweet is this comment).
• They loved how patient I am as a teacher (again, very sweet of them to say).
• They loved how easy it was to do once they learned how.
• They are looking forward to making their next Kinusaiga project.

Thank you, ladies, for attending class. It was such a joy spending the afternoon with you. I’m so thankful to be part of such a fun sewing guild.

What is Kinusaiga?

For those that are unfamiliar with Kinusaiga, this is sometimes called “silk painting”, or “painting with fabric”. I call it “fabric collage on foam”. For this class I cut XPS Polystyrene Foam Board into 8″x8″ squares for each lady. Following a template, they used craft knives to cut the quilt block design into the foam. Then they each used a seam ripper to press the fabric into the cut grooves. Once complete, these foam boards can be displayed in shadow box frames.

Because this class was offered to the ladies in my sewing guild, they each provided their own fabric. And what a treat it was to see what they selected. I encourage you zoom in on the second picture of this post to see what they selected.

Dana

I think I’ve got a couple of these ladies as hook on Kinusaiga as I am. What fun!