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Feather Template Fancy, #358509
Learn the basics of ruler work while also learning to quilt beautiful and flowing feather designs with the Westalee Design Feather template set. Explore symmetrical, curving, and organic feather designs as well as stitching feather crowns, shape feathers, and a peacock style feather. Many other helpful techniques are included throughout this workshop such as stitch-in-the-ditch, traveling in the feather spine, and sewing circles with a template. This workshop is a well-rounded jump start to ramp up your template quilting skills. This workshop is a technique class, not a project class
Fun with Rulerwork Basics, #358504
Learn the basics of quilting with templates in a fun filled workshop taught by Sew Steady Promoted Instructor Kate Quinn. This workshop is designed for the beginner with little to no experience with free-motion or ruler quilting. Learn how to setup your machine, needles, threads, proper hand positions, how to move the quilt sandwich, and some simple designs to get started. Designs include curved cross-hatching, straight line designs, spinning templates, echo quilting, and stitch in the ditch. Important tips and tricks to success are incorporated throughout the class material so you can explore the far-reaching potential rulers will bring to your quilting! This workshop is technique oriented and templates may vary.
Happy Dance Freemotion Borders, #358512
Chase all your cares away with this fun and informative border workshop. Learn simple, fundamental free-motion quilting designs while emphasizing ideas for border spaces. Techniques include how to segment the border to create even design spacing, how to travel in the designs, how to turn the corner while maintaining the design, how to connect the designs, as well as how to echo to fill in spaces. An important topic emphasized throughout the workshop is smart design pathways to limit starts and stops allowing you to finish to border smoothly and quickly. Designs include simple arcs, cursive loops, and overlapping ribbons and progresses to hearts and feathers as time allows. Some quilting templates may be used alongside general free-motion skills to enhance the learning experience.
Mandala Mania Freemotion Plus, #358100
The “Free-motion Plus” workshop is an integration of template skills and free-motion quilting. Mandala Mania uses the Westalee Circles templates to set the stage for elegant circle designs. Learn simple, fundamental free-motion quilting movements that use circular divisions as the design boundaries. Techniques include dividing, echoing, segmenting, and using spacial estimation to build this beautiful design. Great tips for successful free-motion are offered throughout the workshop. These skills and shapes can be applied to pieced blocks or superimposed over unrelated shapes and used as main motifs or to fill negative space. These designs are great for both traditional and modern quilting styles. Class fee includes a boxed lunch.
Sashiko Rulerwork Sampler, #358503
Sashiko designs are elegant and timeless, great for both traditional and modern quilt projects. This rulerwork workshop uses grid foundations to build the framework for these classic Sashiko elements. Designs include the classic Clamshell with two variations, the Persian Tile Single and Double design, the Puzzle design, and a mastery design using the previously learned skills. Other topics include using grid stencils and Pounce pads, choosing the best threads, and making the designs fit into areas of a quilt. Basic template skills and machine setup are also included. This is a good way to get started both designing quilted elements and learning to use templates for quilting.
Scrumptious Ruler Work Mug Mat, #358510
Each of these four modern mug mats will help teach a specific technique for successful rulerwork quilting with domestic sewing machines. Techniques include Stitch in the Ditch in any direction, working with straight and curved templates, creating curved cross hatching, and using spinning and pin mounted rotating templates. Kate will review echoing and marking and introduce several other useful tools. As an added bonus, learn the process of Templee Quilting, a fast and easy raw edge design technique to enhance your quilted project. Templates and some tools are provided for use during the workshop. Mats are not bound or edge-finished in class. Some free-motion experience is helpful, but not required.
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