Peace Cranes Over Hiroshima

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Quilters interested in foundation paper piecing and meaningful, story‑driven design will have an opportunity this September when instructor Dana Jones leads a two‑day workshop, “Peace Cranes Over Hiroshima,” at the Gualala Arts Center.

The class will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, and Thursday, Sept. 17, in Coleman Hall. The fee is $120 for Gualala Arts members and $150 for nonmembers. Registration is available at GualalaArts.org or at the Gualala Arts front desk through Sept. 10. A $25 materials fee is payable directly to the instructor.

Jones designed and made “Peace Cranes Over Hiroshima” after visiting the peace park at the epicenter of the World War II atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan. The quilt’s foundation paper‑pieced design is based on an origami peace crane image from the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Experience with foundation paper piecing is helpful, and participants will explore color value to create the quilt’s three‑dimensional effect. Jones will also share tools, techniques and tips to support successful quiltmaking.

Jones began quilting in 2003 after attending a Martha Pullen quilt event in Huntsville, Alabama. While living in White Plains, New York, she continued her studies through classes and quilt events in the region. She began teaching in 2007 at Quilter’s Crossing in West Nyack, New York.

In 2009, Jones moved to Colorado and joined Quilters Newsletter magazine as an editor, becoming its leader less than a year later. She later served as editor of the SAQA Journal before focusing on her book, Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island. Her work documenting more than 100 quiltmakers on a small Philippine island led to exhibitions at the National Quilt Museum, the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles and the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum.

Jones lives at 9,200 feet in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, where she designs and makes quilts, teaches, and writes about quiltmaking. She is known for her expertise in foundation paper piecing and insetting circles and has taught at quilt shops throughout Colorado, at Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum and for more than 100 guilds across the United States and Canada. In 2022, she taught at International Quilt Festival in Houston and at American Quilter’s Society shows in Daytona Beach and Grand Rapids. She also offers open‑enrollment classes via Zoom.

She will also be presenting a lecture on Friday, September 18th during the PPQG meeting Pagtinabangay: The Quilts and Quiltmakers of Caohagan Island.

Fabric  

Dana made this quilt in the rainbow colors that are the most common colors used in the chains of paper peace cranes. Each color below represents one of the six cranes in the quilt. Within each color, you will need four fabrics in four values from light to dark. You can select any colors/patterns you wish. What is important is to have a range from light to dark so you will get the impression of depth. Instructor may have fabric kits in solid fabrics available for purchase.

Purple:

• Lightest value:1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Next lightest: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darker value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darkest value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)

Red: 

• Lightest value: Fat quarter
• Next lightest: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darker value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darkest value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8) Orange:
• Lightest value: Fat quarter
• Next lightest: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darker value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darkest value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8) Yellow:
• Lightest value: Fat quarter • Next lightest: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darker value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darkest value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)

Green: 

• Lightest value: Fat quarter
• Next lightest: Fat quarter
• Darker value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darkest value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)

Blue • Lightest value: Fat quarter

• Next lightest: Fat quarter
• Darker value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)
• Darkest value: 1/8 yard (regular or fat 1/8)

Background : 1 3/4 yards. Do not skimp on this. It will all be used in the quilt.

Binding: 1/2 yard

Backing: 1 1/2 yards  Supply List

The Instructor will provide a kit for $25 paid directly to her in cash or check payable to Dana Jones. The kit is mandatory the kit includes: the quilt pattern with detailed instructions and illustrations in two sizes, a color-coded cutting chart, a swatch key card, color-coded labels for cut pieces, foundations to copy, foundations for the sections to be made in class printed on foundation paper, piecing guides, directions on how to make templates for foundation piecing, and several additional how-to handouts.

Students should bring the following supplies to class:

• Fabric as indicated above
• Glue stick
• Rotary cutter with new blade. You must have a fresh blade for this class.
• Acrylic ruler(s): 12-18” x 4-8”
• Add-a-Quarter and Add-an-Eighth rulers if you have them
• Cutting mat to use at your seat
• Sewing machine in good working order.
• New machine needles the size you like for piecing. You will need new needle because you are stitching through paper. Microtex Professional Chrome are recommended, size 70-90.
• Neutral thread for machine piecing • Straight pins. These need to be very flat without large ball heads. Recommended: Iris brand or other dressmaker pins or Clover .45 mm flower head pins for shear/ lightweight fabrics. Some folks prefer glue for paper piecing. If you are one, bring the glue you like for this.
• Seam ripper, hopefully for minimal use
• Thread snips or small scissors

Optional: The Instructor has fabric packets that can be purchased for $100 payable to her by cash or check. The packets include solid-colored fabrics for the six rainbow-colored portions of the peace cranes. Students MUST bring their own background fabric. These packets will be available on a first-come, first served-basis. Students may contact the Instructor at danaellenjones@gmail.com or 720-654-8430 to reserve fabric packets.