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Border Me Beautiful: Explore 20 Flexible Borders on the Longarm, #18505
Break away from boring borders! Explore 20 border units using a non-backtracking feather motif and Bethanne’s spineless, no-mark, no-stress feather path. Then add some straight-line quilting and create glorious secondary design frames! This class is designed for quilters who want to quilt those tops made “for love” with an open and flexible, yet beautifully designed mid-custom plan. For those interested in pushing themselves, Bethanne will demonstrate how to use formal feathers and backfill for full custom creativity! Bethanne’s teaching style allows for a lot of independent student customization. Gain confidence quilting in high-contrast thread and create beautiful borders that frame your quilt. Two people per machine.
Feather Faster with Spineless Quilting, #18514
Love feathers? Frustrated by how time-consuming they can be with lots of marking, planning, or rolling a quilt? Spend a few hours with Bethanne and learn to feather faster. In this hands-on class, Bethanne will teach you her unmarked, spineless, no-backtrack approach to one-pass feathering on the longarm. Learn ten feather shapes that look amazing no matter how high-contrast the quilting! Speed up your feathering without giving up that feathered look. You will leave class with instructions for completing a bird-on-a-wire wallhanging, with fusible birds provided! Two people per machine.
Florals, Freehand and Fun on the Longarm!, #18507
Transform your knowledge of how a feather spine is created and learn how to substitute an endless variety of floral elements from holly and berries to wildflower meadows. Give each of your quilts a personalized quilted motif and gain freedom from commercial designs. No natural drawing ability is needed! Turn familiar swirls and curves into flowing organic motifs to make each quilt shine. Based on Bethanne's popular iQuilt class, “If You Can Feather, You Can Freehand,” you will never again suffer from “stand and stare,” rely on an inset pattern, or be limited by your pattern library! Two people per machine.
Freehand Foundations: Bethanne's Tips for Longarm Beginners, #18116f
Are you a brand new longarm quilter? This six-hour class will be a deep immersion into the pool of freehand quilting...but we will use the stairs! Begin perfecting your ability to smoothly nest freehand shapes and transform simple shapes into more complex ones, ending with contemporary blended background fills. Next, learn perfect freehand feathers that do not rely on backtracking, making you look like a pro immediately. Finally, learn simple serpentine feathers and master tucking feathers into curls. Leave class ready to take on the freehand world! Beyond the technical skills of quilting, learn about threads, troubleshooting, and especially ergonomic safety to protect your body for years of happy quilting. One person per machine. Registration for this class includes show admission for Friday.
From Fast to Fancy Feathers on the Longarm, #18523
Freehand feathers go fancy! Adding details, inserts, echoing, and fantasy elements to freehand feathers adds a layer of showy polish that always draws the eye and the applause! Bethanne uses a stress free non-backtracking style that makes it easy for students to focus on going from blah to beautiful! These fancy feathers are the over-the-top feather in a custom quilters cap. Intermediate free-handing students will learn dozens of fancy feathers and leave class with Bethanne’s Jellyfish wallhanging pattern to try out their new skills. Two people per machine.
Texture from A to Zen: Free-Motion Influences on the Longarm, #18511
Traditional free-motion background fillers are a wonderful starting point, but what happens when you let yourself be influenced by natural patterns, macro photography, and the art of Zendoodling? Be inspired by Bethanne’s fresh take on backgrounds, perfect for filling those big open spaces of more modern quilts, in this hands-on class. Work your way through the alphabet of inspiration imagery with dozens of new patterns and go home with a workbook of dozens more. Two people per machine.
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