6701 - Scan Your Stash for Machine Appliqué with Electric Quilt $150
Linda Matteotti www.lindamatteotti.com
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (2 Day Class)
Skill Level: All
This class is another great opportunity to use your stash. This 2-day workshop takes you through the entire process of using your own fabrics to design and construct your quilt. The first day of the workshop you will work entirely with the Electric Quilt software. You will scan your fabrics, create your applique quilt blocks, and lay out your quilt using your scanned fabrics. We will also explore the exciting technique of tracing graphics from a variety of sources. By the end of the day, you will print applique patterns that are ready to sew. The second day of the workshop, you will learn machine appliqué techniques using the patterns you created and printed.
If you don't own EQ6 or EQ7, the teacher can load a temporary version for you to try. Students who would like a temporary copy of EQ7 loaded MUST arrive in the classroom at least 30 minutes early.
NOTE: Students may use either EQ6 or EQ7.
Sewing Machines Required: Yes (2nd Day)
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
6702 - Beads II: Beaded Bezels & Borders $150
Thom C Atkins www.thomatkins.com
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (2 Day Class)
SKILL LEVEL : Knowledge of bas ic "bead embroidery for quilters"
We will learn to create beaded bezels around cabochons (flat-backed stones, usually not faceted) to attach them to a quilt. We will look at various borders and edges and their variations. We will learn to do fringes (of beads) and the variations thereof. Most of the techniques involved require some knowledge of basic bead embroidery for quilters. This is a process and technique class. Students will have a sampler to serve as a road map for future projects when they finish.
Sewing Machines Required: No
KIT FEE: $35.00 and contain a similar assortment of beads, a jewel for the bezel procedure as well as a mirror, also to be bezeled. I'm using the Laurel Birch Celestial Bodies fabric for the centers of the panel for the face and have log-cabined out from that to form a 9" square of fabric. Kits also contain a bobbin of thread and needle card with selected needles of various sizes and pins for picking out knots in the thread.
Supply List: A pair of embroidery scissors and a pair of chain nose pliers, (useful, but not essential as I will have pliers for loan or purchace.)
