Finishing Touches:  Slick Tricks for Borders, Embellishments, and Bindings

 

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Amy Stewart Winsor

Tuesday, May 22, 2012,  9 am – 4pm,
Bahia Vista Mennonite, 4041 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota


Cost: $25

Class Description:
Learn creative finishing skills that are perfect for precision-impaired quilters!  Make small samples of the Best Machine Binding, Pillowcased Edges Couched with Yarn, and Amy's innovative Haphazard Piecing. 


Topics covered in this class:

  • Best Machine Binding
  • Pillow-cased Edges Couched with Yarn
  • Amy’s innovative Haphazard Piecing
  • Allowing a mitered corner to tell you where it wants to be sewn.
  • How to attach quilted borders after the center section has already been quilted.
  • How to square up quilts, using items like T-squares, poster boards, 2x4s.
  • How to attach the sleeve and binding at the same time. 
  • Or, how to attach sleeve using blind hem stitch.
  • How to create appearance of scalloped binding using large rickrack.
  • Couching yarn on surface: in loops or stitching in ditch along binding or seam lines.
  • Couching yarn on edge.

Kit Fee $8 required (pay to teacher)

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