Level: All Levels Class Type: Hands-on Category: Domestic Machine Quilting Machine(s): Sewing Machine required
Let’s create whimsical improvisational birds, one block at a time. In this workshop, you’ll be making one to two large squares -playful, folk-art bird on Fabric-layering fabric, adding texture, and stitching with intuitive freeform lines, you’ll leave with your own one-of-a-kind bird Block (and the skills to make a whole flock!).
You will raw-edge appliqué your bird by machine, playing with color, pattern, and composition.
Kit/handout Fee: $20 Paid to the teacher in the classroom. Kit includes: Template and patterns.
Student supply list: Sewing machine in good working order. 1-2 fat quarters for background or a fabric 12” x 12” or bigger, a array of Fabric cuts anywhere from 1 quarter to a half a yard for bird, flower motifs fabrics, Elmer’s washable glue sticks (1-2), heat a bond lite, freeze paper, pencil, sharpie, pearl cotton #8 in black & white, thread (for sewing machine), needle, thimbles for hand work, a piece of backing fabric and batting for your quilt sandwich (remember, this piece needs to be bigger than your front piece) all sewing supplies (scissors etc), cutting mat and rotary cutter.
* SEWING MACHINES ARE NOT PROVIDED IN THIS CLASS. Bring your own machine in good working order, pedal and cord.
Sewing Machine and Supply storage: For your convenience, we have available, free of charge temporary and overnight storage at the class registration desk located at Nevada Office 1, across the hall from classroom N5 on the lower level of the hotel.
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