• A fat quarter of sky fabric (approximately 18" x 22")
• A large variety of fabrics which are suggestive of a natural landscape; sky, water, hills and fields, sunsets. Try to include a good range of values (light to dark) in your selection. Fabrics that work well include batiks, hand dyes, and low contrast prints. Fabrics that DO NOT work well include regularly spaced small designs (calicoes) and high contrast prints.
• Tulle: one or two small (1/8 to 1/4 yd) pieces of tulle, netting or sheer fabric in various colors, including “sunset” colors, you will need a piece similar to your sky color. A light or opalescent color is optional.
• Threads: a variety of rayon, cotton, polyester and metallic embroidery threads, especially greens and yellow-greens for moss and leaves. Variegated threads are also recommended. It is highly recommended that you use embroidery threads for your embellishments, NOT plain sewing threads such as cotton covered polyester. If you are purchasing decorative threads for the first time, start with a small selection of 4-5 spools in “landscape” colors, including at least one variegated green.
• Invisible thread (preferably polyester invisible thread, not nylon).
• Super Solvy™ OR other medium to heavy weight (Ultra Solvy) clear dissolvable stabilizer (1 package or 1 yard)
• Tear away stabilizer such as "Tear Easy" or "Stitch and Ditch"
• One half yard of a fusible web product such as Misty Fuse, Wonder Under, Heat and Bond Light, Steam a Seam Light. Fusible Web is an adhesive which joins two fabrics together when ironed. It is not interfacing.
• 5" - 8" hoop for machine embroidery, spring tension type recommended. Your hoop must fit under your presser foot, so it must be thin. A thick hand embroidery hoop or a programmed embroidery hoop is not suitable.
• A few sheets of (artist’s) tracing paper, approximately 9" x 12"
• fine line blue marking pen, or a permanent ink pen (like Pigma™ or fine line Sharpie™)
• several extra empty bobbins
• machine embroidery needles, size 70/10 to size 90/14 or other needles suitable for use with rayon and metallic threads. If you have difficulty sewing with metallic threads, a size 14/90 topstitch needle will usually help
• Basic Sewing Supplies: pins, scissors, seam ripper, etc.
• Sewing machine, clean and in good working order, with darning or quilting foot for free motion embroidery. We will use straight and zigzag free-motion stitching in this class. (A featherweight machine is not suitable).
# 2 "MORE ADVANCED MACHINE QUILTING II" with Linda M. Fiedler
302 Danville Pike SW, Meadows of Dan, VA24120-3726(276)952-2834;
forlin@SVWANET
· Muslin sandwich 36" x 45", pin basted using thin cotton batting.
· Sewing machine in good working order (Must be able to lower or cover the feed dogs.)
· Darning foot (A NECESSITY.)
· Machine quilting needles, Size 14.
· Water erasable pen or disappearing pen.
· Scissors for clipping thread.
· 2 spools sewing thread. (Two different colors that will show on muslin.)
· Empty bobbin
· Extension cord.
BEFORE CLASS PREPARATION: Please have 36" x 45" muslin sandwich pin basted with thin cotton batting and ready to work on. We will use this to make a sampler of techniques in class. If there is a block that you are particularly interested in, please bring a line drawing of it to class.
# 3 GIMME SHELTER
Ellen Guerrant
Instructor has asthma. Please do not wear fragrances to class 704.377.2838
Ignore the quilt police while building a charming neighborhood of houses. Wildly funky or traditional, each will reflect your personality. This is a fun and relaxing workshop incorporating fused appliqué. Students should leave class with enough blocks for a small wall quilt. You can leave your machine at home, as there is no in-class sewing.
FABRICS:100% cotton fabrics, prewashed (do not use fabric softener or sheets) and pressed, in these amounts:
For houses and roofs: At least fifteen to twenty 6” squares. Choose a good variety of lights, mediums, darks with a variety in scale. Throw in a couple of “zingers” for interest. This is a great scrap quilt.
Background Fabrics: Nine to twelve 9” squares which have good contrast to your other fabrics. These can be all the same fabric or a variety of one color – anything from yellows, chartreuses, sky or neutrals. Black is a very good choice to use with brights.
Small scraps for doors, windows, trees, chimneys. A swatch set is very useful.
Novelty fabrics: Bring scraps of several from which you can fussy-cut whimsies such as animals, birds, food items. These will add real personality to your quilt.
SUPPLIES: Pattern Fee: $8.00
Rotary mat and cutter with new blade. Optional but great to have: pinking, scallop, deckle blades (Fiskar® or Olfa®). If not available in your local quilt shop, check the scrap booking section of your local craft store.
2-3 yards of a light-weight fusible – Steam-a-Seam 2 Lite® highly recommended.
Straight edge ruler such as Omingrip® or Quilter’s Rule®
Sharp scissors for paper and fabric
Fine, thin pins such as silk pins
Extension cord and/or power strip w/adaptor
Pencil - Papermate Sharpwriter® mechanical pencils (at drug or grocery stores) are great
One or two manila file folders (if you want to cut templates for your buildings)
Gluestick
Flannel to use as design wall – at least 36” square. Blue painter’s tape.
Notepad and pen – optional
Comfort items such as a pillow for your chair or an Ott light – optional
# 4 Wacky Nines
Ellen Guerrant
Instructor has asthma. Please do not wear fragrances to class 704.377.2838
Tired of matching seams? Relax for a while and create playful, delightful nine-patch blocks. You may choose to make enough for an entire quilt or save them as whimsical touches for other work. Ellen’s technique is free and easy.
SUPPLIES:
• Sewing machine in good working order with new needle – 80/12 or 90/14 (Sharp, not Universal)
• Straight edge template - Omnigrip™ or Quilter’s Rule™
• Pencil, notepad
• Extension cord, adapter, power strip – unless furnished by guild or conference
• Piece of flannel to use as your design wall (about 36”square)
• Comfort items such as a pillow for your chair or an Ott light
FABRICS:
Choose 100% cotton fabrics, prewashed and pressed
Eight to 12 fat eighths, the equivalent in scraps or a little of each in lights, mediums and darks with a variety in scale.
Throw in a couple of zingers for interest.
You may begin with a focus fabric and pull other colors from that or make a more random selection.
Bring fabrics you feel will work well together. Border fabric: _ yard. Bring this to class if you’re a fast worker, or make this selection later
# 5 Bargello Boogie
Paula Golden
703-878-1793, www.paulagolden.com
Basic sewing kit
Spray starch
Sewing machine in good working order, manual
Extension cord and multiple socket outlet strip
Thread: 100% cotton sewing thread
Flannel sheet (white) or batting to pin your work to as it is created.
Post-Its
Fabric: Color A: two lights, two mediums and two darks: 1/4 yard pieces or fat quarters each
Color B: two lights, two mediums and two darks: 1/4 yard or fat quarters each
Three large active prints that have both Color A and B in them: 1/4 yard or fat quarters
Be sure to include a mixture of prints in your fabric selections
Fabrics selected should create a “flow” of movement
Bring extra fabrics to play with
Listen to your musical selection before you go fabric shopping to help create the mood your music inspires.
Willingness to play
# 6 “New Oxford Rose”
Didi Salvatierra
Didi@Didiquilts.com
*** PLEASE NOTE: This fabric list is for the entire wall hanging, approx. 50” square.
For this workshop, you will only need your background fabric, reds for roses, buds & greens for calyxes, leaves. Hand or machine applique is appropriate for this project. You might want do the machine appliqué at home, so you will not need your machine for class.
Fabric: Please wash and press all your fabric before beginning this project.
Background: 2 ¼ – 2½ yards, based on fabric that is 42”-44” wide.
A light solid color, tone on tone or tiny neutral print.
Roses, buds: ½ yard of one red fabric or pieces of several fabrics totaling ½ yard.
(The original quilt had red fabrics with tiny yellow flowers.)
Leaves, calyxes: ½ yard of one green fabric or several greens to equal ½ yard.
(The green in the original quilt is a yellow-green.)
Vine: ½ yard additional green to make bias vine segments.
**Discussed/demo in class
Sawtooth Border: Remaining background fabric + ½ yard dark tan, solid or print.
** Discussed/demo in class.
Piping: ½ yard dark tan to make bias strips. ** Discussed/demo in class.
Binding: ½ yard of red or green for straight grain binding.
Batting: 53” x 53” square of low loft cotton or blend batting.
Backing: 1 ½ yards, 54” or wider backing fabric. Or 2 ¼ yards, regular width
fabric that will be pieced.
Spray Sizing: A can of any inexpensive brand available in the laundry aisle of your grocery store. Or Spray Stabilizer; Brands preferred are Sullivan’s Fabric Stabilizer or Helmar Sew Stabile. (These are usually available at fine sewing stores and are more expensive than the regular spray starch but work just as well.) Students may share this item.
A small plastic cup to hold sizing/stabilizer. Five-ten cotton swabs or 1 small paint brush.
Mechanical pencil or chalk pencil that is visible to mark on the wrong side of your fabrics.
Black Ultra Fine Point Sharpie Marker for tracing pattern onto template material.
Paper scissors, fabric scissors + small sewing snips.
Optional, but very helpful items: Tweezers, stylus or thin wood skewer. (bring one of these)
An 8”x11” piece of fine grit sandpaper. This goes under the fabric when tracing around the templates to keep fabric from shifting.
A small iron (travel size or appliqué iron) in good working order. A portableironing surface to work on at your table. NOTE: Full size irons are too large for this project.
Needle & thread for basting or Roxanne’s Basting Glue.
Thread for Applique that matches the colors of your appliqué shapes. Applique needles. Thimble if you use one. OR Sewing Machine with invisible thread or color thread that matches your appliqué pieces in the top. Bobbin thread can be neutral or match top thread. Do not put invisible thread in the bobbin. (NOTE: If you are doing appliqué by machine, you can just do the prep in class and sew at home.)
# 7 Quilting By Hand - Getting the Basics all Together
18” square 100% cotton fabric, solid color, washed and pressed.
18” square 100% cotton muslin, washed and pressed.
****Please note: Muslin will be the top and color will be the back of your piece.
Spool of hand quilting thread in a dark/contrasting color to show on the muslin. Brands preferred are Coats & Clark, Americana, Gutermann, Aurifil YLI.
Batting: Mountain Mist Quilt Lite. Cut and bring one 18” square**, or purchase from me in class for a small fee. ** Please cut prior to class, unless you get one from me.
12-14” quilting hoop (not an embroidery hoop)
Size 10 Quilting needles. (not Betweens which are too long.)
Brands preferred are Richard Hemmings, Piecemakers or Roxanne. They have larger eyes.
Long darning-type needle and regular *sewing thread for basting (light color) * inexpensive polyester thread is fine.
Mechanical pencil, a blue water erasable marking pen or a chalk pencil visible to mark quilting design on the muslin.
Straight pins; long quilters’ type with glass head.
Small scissors, snips.
Comfortable thimble and a rubber finger pad that fits your index finger, like those used to shuffle papers. (I will have some rubber finger pads for sale, if you can’t find them.)
Optional kit $20 (Piping Hot Binding Kit = Groovin’ Piping Trimming Tool, piping, instructions) can also be ordered
from Didi by May 22 (fsalvat@comcast.net).
2. Sewing machine in good working order. (I am not a repair person! J)
Sewing machine feet: It is important to have the right feet for your machine to be successful with this technique. (look in the instruction packet prior to coming to class to decide which feet will work for
your machine) Depending on your machine you will need one of the following:
A zipper foot (if your machine has only one needle position). OR
A wider zipper foot with ledges underneath (for machine with optional needle positions). OR
A foot with a groove or grooves underneath, like a cording or pintuck foot (for machines with optional needle positions).
And a regular sewing foot for making the binding.
**If in doubt, bring the box of feet that comes with your machine.
You will also need:
3. An open toe foot, or a blind hem foot, or a clear plastic foot that allows you to see the
needle, fabric and thread at all times. One of these will be used for attaching the
piping to the quilt. The open toe foot, if you bring it, will also be used for attaching
the binding.
4. 4. Bring a small quilt that is quilted and finished except for the binding (max size
36”sq.) or a layered sample project for practice.
5. 5. Thread: neutral thread in the bobbin and thread to match binding, top & bobbin.
6. 6. ½ yd. fabric for piping with matching thread
7. 7. ½ yd. fabric for binding
8. 8. 24” rotary ruler, cutting mat and rotary cutter.
9. 9. Travel/small iron with steam (or spray bottle for water) and portable ironing surface.
Sewing machine in good working order. The machine must be able to do a zig-zag stitch and stop in needle down position.
Needles: #90/14 or #100/16 machine needles
Open toe foot for machine (ie., #20 on a Bernina)
One package (100ft.) Cotton Clothesline. It must not have a core of plastic or metal. Either 7/32” or 3/16” will work.
I have found this at Walmart, Ollie’s or local hardware
stores. (One pkg. should be enough for 1 mat & 1 bowl.)
Two clothespins, pinch style (with a spring in the center).
Fabric glue in an applicator tip bottle. Or Elmer’s white glue watered down will also work. Or a water soluble glue stick.
Thread: Machine quilting thread works well for top thread, variegated or not, your choice. This stitching shows on the top of mat or inside of bowl. Bobbin thread can be the same as top thread or a solid color regular sewing weight thread. It will show on the outside of bowl or bottom of mat.
Fabric: 1” bias cut strips…lots of them! Choose one fabric or mix it up with several coordinating fabrics or use your scraps. See the samples. (strips should be no shorter than 8” and must be cut on bias.)
Scissors/Snips: for cutting threads
Optional: For reference, It’s a Wrap book by Susan Brier
# 10 QUILTED SWEATSHIRT By Kathy Sevebeck
540-951-4154 ksevebeck@verizon.net
In this 6-hour sit-and-sew workshop, you will learn how to remodel a purchased sweatshirt into an artistic tailored jacket. The remodeling includes fitting, a great in-seam, shaped pocket and an easy binding to finish the edges.
You will decorate the jacket using 4 different fabric manipulation techniques and some decorative quilted top stitching with metallic thread. You will learn to make lined prairie points, 3-D prairie points, striking tucked squares, and stacked, peek-a-boo squares. Utilizing these techniques allows for a wide variety of design options to create a very wearable arty jacket that you will enjoy wearing on all but the hottest days.Sewing machine experience required.
Materials and Supplies
Dark colored pullover sweatshirt with set-in sleeves one size larger than normal and prepared in advance according to the instructions. Black, Navy, Red, Brown, Dark Green are good choices. White, pink, light blue and gray sweatshirts do not provide for enough contrast.
1 ½ yd. of fabric that is the same on both sides (batiks, hand-dyed, woven - not printed. This is the feature fabric and will also be used for the pockets and the binding. These techniques are not very successful with calico, large florals or novelty fabrics.
6 fat quarters that coordinate with sweatshirt and have lots of contrast. Large scraps can also be used especially if they pick up colors in the feature fabric.
1 large (200 yds.) spool metallic thread (gold, silver, or copper)
1 spool of sewing thread that matches the sweatshirt
1 or 2 sensational buttons for the closure
90/14 metallic sewing machine needle
90/14 universal sewing machine needle
Assorted beads for decorating
Lightweight paper-backed fusible web (1 yard) such as Wonder Under or Steam A Seam
Chalk or soap scrap for marking
Equipment
Sewing machine with extra bobbins, needles etc.(In good working order)
Walking foot –required
Sewing notions (needles, pins, etc.)
Sharp to the point fabric scissors: small and shears
Paper cutting scissors
Rotary cutter with new blade, gridded cutting mat and plastic ruler at least 6”x24”
Optional: mini iron and pressing mat; clamp-on light, chair cushion
Sources of Batiks:
* Sew Biz, 92-94 Harvey St, Radford - 639-1138
* Sew What Fabric 460 East Main St, Wytheville; www.batiks.com, 800-228-4573
* Nancy's Notions Catalog has batiks, 800-833-0690; nancysnotions.com
Sources for Sweatshirts:
Walmart, JC Penney, A.C. Moore, Target, Nancy’s Notions, and on-line at jiffyshirts.com/sweatshirts
Before Class Preparation
Please complete all of the pre-class preparations so that we can begin at the start of the class with the designer elements which take several hours to make. We will not take the time to remove ribbing and prepare your sweatshirt as you should complete this before class.
Wash the sweatshirt and fabric.
Press and spray starch the fabric.
Remove the ribbing at the neck and bottom of the sweatshirt by clipping the stitching. Do NOT cut the ribbing off.
Stay stitch ¼" away the raw edge of the neck.
Remove sleeves from sweatshirt by clipping the seam threads.
Press the sweatshirt flat forming crisp fold lines at the sides.
Cut on the side fold line from the bottom of the armhole to bottom of the sweatshirt.
Press the sleeves in half with the seam at one side. Mark this fold line with chalk.
Fold the front of the sweatshirt in half, matching the sides and neck edges. Press this center front line. Mark this fold with chalk or soap scrap. Repeat on the back to form the center back. I like to mark with a piece of Ivory soap on dark sweatshirts so that I know the marking will come out. Do not use the water soluble pen as they become permanent if ironed and the color will not come out. Do NOT cut on these fold lines
Bring the sweatshirt pieces to class.
The pocket pattern will be distributed in class.
# 11 Sit and Stitch
this is a free sewing and UFO finishing class.
We provide the tables, rooms and electricity and you can bring your own supplies.
The rooms and tables are great for basting quilts!
