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This is a playful, creative workshop. Remember folding and cutting paper snowflakes as a child? You will use similar techniques to explore the design possibilities as you create a mini reverse appliqué medallion pattern. Next, you’ll transfer your design onto fusible and put it onto fabric so you can bring it to life, in living color, by machine reverse appliqué using our signature Trace, Snip, Iron & Stich method. Margaret will talk about design considerations along this creative journey.

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Join the fun and be empowered! Make the elegantly playful Tudor Rose Mug Rug by hand reverse appliqué for a unique, dimensional look! The techniques you will use are the same for both appliqué and reverse appliqué. It’s just a matter of knowing where to cut to create your seam allowance. You will learn Margaret’s quick and easy steps in Eye of the Beholder’s trace, baste, snip, and stitch process to create your mug rug by hand. Margaret will give you pointers on how to successfully needle-turn appliqué, giving you crisp points and graceful curves. See the dimensional magic of the Tudor Rose Mug Rug (8” x 8”) revealed as you stitch. It’s so cute in an assortment of colors, you can’t make just one. What color will you make yours in? Learn with others and experience the fun and beauty of reverse appliqué by hand!

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Do you ever wonder where to begin stitching on an appliqué block? In this method, you mark on the back and appliqué on the front. Enjoy working together with Margaret as you learn to think through the process step-by-step and layer-by-layer. You’ll work from background to foreground as you patiently build and stitch the sweet little Impatiens block using Margaret’s Trace, Baste, Snip & Stitch method. The Impatiens block is excerpted from Margaret’s newest quilt, Grandmother’s Kitchen, evoking the cozy heart and comforting hearth of the family home. This technique makes it a delight to stitch by hand and so, sew simple to get graceful curves as well as crisp inside and outside points. Join the fun and let Margaret show you how!

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“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” –Joseph Chilton Pearce. Life and quilting have much in common. We are shaped by our pasts, but not limited by them. When we find a creative expression, like quilting, we have the opportunity to take what we have and create something of beauty out of it. Both life and creativity are journeys that require faith, hope, and trust in the process. Get a glimpse into the quilting life of the founder and creative force behind Eye of the Beholder Quilt Designs. Come hear about Margaret’s creative journey as seen through her quilts.

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Use your creativity while learning to make the Spring Mola mug rug with the Eye of the Beholder’s easy four-step method. Molas, made famous by the Kuna people, are multi-layered reverse appliqué pieces that are created by cutting down through the layers and hand stitching them to the layer below. Everyone begins with the same pattern, but the variations grow endless as creativity takes over. Learn how to create your own design motifs and think through your design to create your own added design motifs. The Mug Rug Mola project will use 3 layers of contrasting fabric: a top, middle, and background layer, with accents of a fourth fabric for appliqué. Though the stitching is done by hand, you will learn how to baste both by hand and machine for speed.

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Explore the dimensional impact of positive and negative space as you bring the whimsical Spring Rains Bloom block to life by hand. Have fun creating the greenery with reverse appliqué and the petals in appliqué. Margaret’s signature Trace, Baste, Snip & Stitch method is used for both appliqué and reverse appliqué. It’s just a matter of knowing where to cut to create your seam allowance. Plus, get pointers on how to successfully needle-turn appliqué, giving you crisp points and graceful curves. Registration for this class includes show admission for Friday.

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