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Several appliqué techniques are taught in this class, including faced appliqué, freezer paper, reverse appliqué and three dimensional appliqué. Since the object of this class is to teach techniques that duplicate the look of time-intensive hand work without actually having to do any, no fusibles are used. Class duration is 4 to 6 hours, depending on practice time.
Supplies:
- Fabric:
- Approximately 18” square of background fabric
- Small pieces of fabric for leaves, flower petals and flower centers
- 1/2 yard water-soluble stabilizer, such as Sulky Solvy
- 1/2 yard tear away stabilizer, such as Sulky Tear-Easy or Sulky Stiffy
- Water soluble marker, such as Wonder or Mark-B-Gone
- Freezer paper and pen or pencil for marking on it
- Glue stick
- Regular sewing thread to match and blend with flower petals
- Clear and/or smoke monofilament thread to blend with petal and leaf fabrics
- Sewing machine, cleaned, oiled and ready to sew!
- Manual for sewing machine, if available
- Extra machine needles, Microtex Sharp, size 80
- Open-toed embroidery foot (Bernina #20)
- Darning foot for free motion
- Paper scissors, fabric scissors, thread snips or small scissors
- Point turner — a good one is the white plastic one that comes free in all the Clotilde ads
- Safety pins
We will not get to the piecing, quilting or beading in class, so in addition to the above class materials you will need the following to finish:
- 3/8 yard of contrasting fabric for setting triangles
- Approximately 20” square of quilt batting, preferably cotton
- Approximately 20” square of fabric for backing
- Beads in colors that go with your flowers — these can be larger or smaller than the ones in the sample...use your imagination!
- Machine needles, Microtex Sharp, in size 60 or 70
- Invisible thread as specified above
- Reverse-grip tweezers — the ones that open when you squeeze them...I got mine at Fry’s, a computer store.
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