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Workshops & Lectures
Broderie Perse...Bedford Bouquet
This pitcher filled with flowers would be beautiful sitting on anyone’s table. In this class students will learn to create their own bouquet, from creating a pitcher with depth to filling it with skinny stems lastly adding beautiful flowers using broderie perse. The needle turn applique technique will be taught, find out how fun this technique actually is!
Broderie Perse
Duration
1 Day
Broderie Perse - Persian Feathers
Imagination and fabric - put the two together and see how far your creativity can soar!
Using the needle turn applique technique, students will enjoy working with fabric to create their very own Persian Feathers. They will create a tree and learn how to add skinny branches to the tree trunk. Add in some broderie perse to help design flowers, birds, leaves, and more, and watch the creativity take on a life of its own. Each student will find they are only limited by their own imagination.
Duration
1 Day
Through the Looking Glass
This enchanting block features a beautiful white swan and peacock in the center of a paper cut. Papercuts are a fun way of enhancing a focal fabric. While making this beautiful block, students will learn how to create their own paper cuts when they come across fabric of their own that they wish to highlight. Needle turn appliqué will be the technique taught in this class.
Broderie Perse
Duration
1 day
Treasure Island Parrot
This bright happy block is a perfect project for those who want to learn Broderie Perse. How to cut the fabric, stitch around elements, and choosing fabrics will all be discussed in this class, while students create their own beautiful block. The needle turn will be the appliqué technique used in this class
Broderie Perse
Duration
1 day
Broderie Perse...Romance in Bloom
Broderie Perse applique can open up a new world of creativity. With this beginning broderie perse class, students will learn how to cut and create a wreath of their own to surround the romantic center birdcage
Needle turn applique will be the technique used in this class, but don’t let that be a deterrent, find out how much fun it isI
Broderie Perse
Duration
1 Day
Reverse Applique Peacock
Pretty peacock was inspired by the many heart revers appliqué blocks seen in Baltimore Album type quilts. Reverse appliqué is done from the top, reveling the beautiful main fabric underneath as the background fabric is cut away and appliquéd. Students will learn how to mark, baste, and prep the project to get beautiful results. Crves and points will be mastered with this stunning design. Even a little bit of hand embroidery will be taught. Ways to finish off our project will be discussed as well.
Reverse Applique
Duration
1 Day
Life in a Tree
Beautiful birds and flowers make up this lovely block Life in a Tree. Broderie Perse is a fun appliqué technique taught in this class. Using the needle turn appliqué, students will learn not only how to design their own blocks, how to stitch down elements, and how to join stems almost invisibly
Broderie Perse
Duration
1 day
Grandma's Vase
This stunning vase is filled with beautiful flowers. In this class students will learn how to create their own floral arrangement using fabric and the broderie perse technique. How to cut the fabrics, arrange them and how to appliqué the elements down using the needle turn technique will be taught in this class.
Broderie Perse Applique
Duration
1 day
Lecture -Using Your Imagination With Fabric
This lecture will focus on Using Your Imagination With Fabric. After this lecture, be prepared to look at fabric from a new perspective! From getting out of your fabric "box" to learning all about broderie perse, you will be shown all the possibilities that a piece of fabric can become with just a bit of your own imagination!
Duration
1 hour
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