The following are several of my class proposals, please contact me if you have any questions:
Easy Victorian Feathers and Ferns
With the help of a few gadgets you can free motion quilt feathers that will mirror each other in your design. We have many customers who don’t want you to mark their quilts because they didn’t wash their fabric. I’ll teach you how to be able to do those beautiful feathers free hand. I’ll have free handouts you can take home to remember the lesson. I’ll demonstrate on a Long arm machine (Cindy only if you have available or I’ll do on overhead). Bring your sketch book so you can practice with me.
Free Motion Quilting made easy (for beginners and intermediate)
You’ll learn how to do feathers, sashing treatment, block designs and overall Quilting. You’ll get a free booklet. Judy will teach you how to have fun when you quilt and make wonderful curls and swirls that your customers will love. Her easy going teaching style will make you relax, smile and enjoy quilting. Mostly geared toward long arm quilters but techniques can be applied to regular sewing machine.
Whole Cloth Marking
This award winning quilter will bring over 200 stencils and teach you how to design a whole cloth quilt. If you want to free hand draw a center for your quilt prior to class (or during) bring it and I’ll show you how to design around your center. Bring white or off white fabrics at least 65” by 65” or slightly bigger. We sometimes have time to start your 2nd whole cloth. Bring 4 or 5 blue water-soluble markers (Mark-B-Gone is best), blue pen erasers, 12 by 6 inch ruler, 24 by 6 inch ruler, large square ruler if you have. In this class we will only design the quilt so you will not need a sewing machine. You’ll also learn about blocking, and getting your quilt ready to show. She’ll briefly show you how to paint your wholecloth. This class is excellent for Longarm quilters, regular sewing machine sewers or hand quilters. Free booklet provided.
Whole Cloth Marking Lecture and Demonstration
This award winning quilter will demonstrate how to use and mark stencils for traditional, contemporary and Welsh style quilts and wearable art. She’ll also demonstrate how to draw feathers so bring a sketch book and ultra fine black sharpie. She’ll demonstrate how to paint your whole cloth. You’ll leave inspired to try your own traditional or contempory quilt or wearable art.
The whole cloth marking class would be a six hour class. The other classes can be two or three hour lectures. I would be willing to teach every day. Can you tell me about your pay structure for teachers?
Design and Technique’s Class
(also known as Let’s just Play)
Judy Woodworth
This National award winning quilter will present a Composition and Design class for the first hour. During this lecture, you’ll learn how to design an original quilt, choose the right colors, and select the best composition format for your next quilt. She’ll bring many of her award winning quilts for inspiration. Then for the next five hours, you’ll get to play. She’ll take you through many of her favorite appliqué and piecing techniques. (This will not include paper piecing or needle turn appliqué. You will not use fusible web.) Judy has gotten permission from Sharon Schamber (Best of Show winner) to teach you Sharon’s new appliqué method that uses stabilizer that you do not need to be remove because when it’s wet it turns into fabric. Judy will teach you Sharon’s Piec-lique piecing. She’ll show you how to use clothing stabilizer to design an original appliqué. If time allows, Judy will show you her own favorite method to piece with freezer paper and maybe tell you a little about beading. You’ll be provided with both types of stabilizers free and a free pattern for you to take home but you won’t be doing a project in class. Again, we are just going to play and experiment. You won’t need to purchase any new material. You’ll be using your own scraps to get through all these fun techniques. You’ll be allowed to play with one technique that really interests you the most, or all of them. At the end of the day you’ll have enough confidence to design your own original quilt. There will be door prizes.
Supplies:
Sewing machine with adjustable zigzag (bring your best machine so you can practice all those stitches you never use. Open toe embroidery foot.
Bring one 18” square (white or beige fabric NOT WASHED out of your stash)
Bring a bag (dozen or more) of your scrap fabrics that you want to use up. If you have time, please soak these in hot water and let dry flat (or steam really good with iron). Bring a few bigger pieces of scraps for the fun experiments you’ll be doing. You’ll need a range of value from your scraps such as four very dark, at least six medium, and at least three very light. Value more important than color, but throw them on table and see if they look okay together.
Traveling iron and ironing pad. (Can share with a friend)
Sulky Invisible polyester monofilament thread
Machine embroidery needles 75/11
Elmer’s Washable School Glue sticks (4 or 5 of these) be sure you don’t use a different type of glue stick, even if the brand is Elmer’s.
Water-soluble basting glue with fine tip. Such as Roxenne’s Glue Baste it or
Liquid Stitch by Dritz.
2 manicure cuticle sticks.
Stencil Brush
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Stapler and staple remover (can share with friends)
Pins
Paper scissors
Fabric scissors
Rotary cutter and mat
Razor knife (Fiskars)
Poly or poly/cotton thread for bobbin such as Superior Thread
Bring three or four fun threads that you have on hand and want to try such as variegated, or rayon, or bright color cotton embroidery thread.
I’ll bring the freezer paper and Starch and two types of stablizers.
308 436 2728
jwquilts@yahoo.com