It All Starts with a Square

Gloria Stickney of Sew Fabulous, Inc.

It All Starts with a Square

October 23, 2026 9:00-3:30, Highland UMC

This is an introduction to the Square in a Square (SNS) System.  We’ll start the day creating a Patriot block with interlocking stars. In class we will discuss Square ruler designed by Jodi Barrows. We will create Flying Geese quickly and easily. We’ll also learn to make Half Square Triangles using the SNS system.

Secondly, we will learn to take the basic square unit and “advance on” to create beautiful points of the Hunter Star quickly and easily without cutting triangles!

We will wrap up class with a discussion of block conversion and creating blocks in multiple sizes utilizing the charts of the SNS system. We will discuss using the charts of the SNS system to measure precisely to create exact points in multiple sizes. One ruler, 50 options!

Gloria Stickney and her husband Bob are the owners of Sew Fabulous, Inc. in Winston-Salem, NC.   Sew Fabulous, Inc. launched in 2006 with the creation of the Dreamin’ Deacon Quilt copyrighted and licensed for Wake Forest University. Gloria retired from WFU in 2021 after 21 years of service.  At Sew Fabulous, she specializes in teaching the Square in a Square (SNS) System developed by Jodi Barrows. The SNS ruler was developed about 40 years ago. Now the system boasts 50 options with only one ruler! Create precise star points with speed and accuracy without cutting triangles or resizing. Start with a square or a diamond and sew to strips. It’s like magic! Create Flying Geese and Half Square triangles in any size with ease. Or start with a diamond and get the long skinny points of Canadian Geese!  https://www.sewfabulousquilts.com/