203 CREATIVE QUILTING DESIGN

HELEN BUTLER

Email:thequiltlady_55@hotmail.com

Level: All levels

Time: 6-hour class – Thursday, September 16, 2021, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Class Fee: $50.00/$71.42

Pattern Fee: $10.00

Kit Fee: n/a

Machine: Yes

Class Description - This class will focus on increasing your quilting design options through a series of lessons.  I will demonstrate for you how to make circles, spirals, feathers, teacups, curve crosshatching, mums and ruler work.  We will practice designs on paper and then make samples of these designs in class.  We will also learn the technique of color and shadow trapunto and make a small quilt in class.   This class will open your eyes to many new possibilities for you to quilt on your domestic machine.  We will have a discussion on how to quilt your unfinished quilt tops, time permitting.  Bring and unfinished quilt top if you are able for a short discussion at the end of class on how to quilt it.  This class will aid you in making your quilts your own.

Class Supply List - General Supplies
6 to 8, 14-inch muslin quilt sandwiches pinned together with safety pins around the edges. These are for practice.  Bring more if you like.
1 Mark-B-Gone marking pen
1 package sewing machine needles #70 microtex sharp
Thread, light and dark in color, you can bring monofilament as well. 
Superior Bottom line thread for the bobbin (recommended) or any lightweight thread. 
1 pair Machinger gloves
Basic sewing supplies- scissors, pins, seam ripper, etc
Several sharp pencils and pad of paper for drawing
Ruler for marking lines, 12 inch (optional)
Ruler Foot for Domestic Sewing Machines (The brand I purchased is by Westalee Design by Sew Steady) (optional)
Shadow Trapunto  Supplies
Trimming scissors
One 18 inch square of dense polyester batting
1 spool wash-away thread, Vanish by Superior Threads works well
Please bring one or several ½ yard brightly colored florescent fabrics like batiks in red, blue, yellow, or pink, to audition for your shadow trapunto.     
1 yard batting
Color Trapunto
1-yard lightweight muslin or a fabric that is slightly see-thru.

Included in Kit – n/a

Pre-Class Preparation – n/a