Swirling Wheel Hand Piecing Class with Barbara Burnham
Hand piecing is an enjoyable and relaxing way of making quiltswith a few basic techniques and minimal tools, and portable enough to take almost anywhere to stitch in peace and quiet, alone or with friends.For this block, choosecontrastingor coordinated fabrics, or go wild with florals, stripes,and prints.Learn how to plan and approach hand piecing of complexblockdesigns with sharp points,triangles, insetseams,andcurves. Learn several ways to make templates,mark your fabrics,andsew your block with running stitch methods.Set yourcircleinto background fabric withhandpieced corners orhandappliquetechniques.Barbara teaches with a video projection system so everyone can see closeups. Supply List: Pattern/Handout Fee:$5 paid to instructor in class. Fabricsto finish one block: Two Color Block: 1FQdark or bright color,1FQlightcolorfor background Multicolor Block: 5 or 6(or more) FQ light, medium and dark colors (FQ = Fat Quarter =18”x22”) Small fabric scissorssuch as 4′′ embroidery scissors Small scissor for cutting templates Template plasticthat you can see through(such as “Perfect Shape No Melt”) Double SidedRemovableScotchTape® Extra Fine Point Sharpie for tracing onto template plastic Fine point (0.5 mm) mechanical pencil formarkinglight fabrics White chalk fabric marker(and sharpener)formarkingdark fabrics Needles–Sharps(such as Piecemakers Hand Applique) Thimble Dritz® Size 17 ball pointpins (#79) Clover Fine Quilting Pins (long fine pinswith glass heads) #2509 PincushionorMagnetic Pin Holder Thread (such as Aurifil 50 wt.) Rotary ruler (6′′ x 12′′ is fine)–MUST HAVE 1/4” marks Rotary cutter Freezer paper–12”square(Reynolds) SmallZiploc bag to keep templates and fabric piecestogether Irons and rotary cutting mat are available in the classroom
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Instructor Name:
Barbara Burnham
Swirling Wheel Hand Piecing Class with Barbara Burnham