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Do you Have a finished quilt top but not sure what to do now?
The Machine Quilting Journey DVD will take you into the amazing world of machine quilting. Guided by Bev McClune, blue ribbon winner of the Domestic Machine Quilting category at the Sydney 2006 Quilt Show, you will learn the skills necessary to prepare your quilt (and yourself) for domestic machine quilting.
How important is pinning your quilt sandwich?
Quilters are aware that the level of skill and experience that goes into the piecing and the quilting of a quilt, affects the outcome. What you might not realise is that the time and attention paid when putting together and pinning your quilt top, wadding and backing is just as valuable.
Let Bev show you the proper way to get your quilt ready for quilting, so you will achieve a nicely finished quilt.
All the essential basics
Spend an hour and a half with Bev in the
Machine Quilting Journey DVD workshop and learn what you need to know
to become a confident machine quilter.
Discover all about:
• The ideal tools of a domestic machine quilter
• Choosing your needles and threads
• Selecting your backing fabric and wadding
• The correct technique for pinning your quilt top
• Creating a practical notebook
• Starting and stopping of lines to eliminate unsightly layers of
thread
• Feeding of fabric to avoid pleats when crossing lines of stitching
Practice makes for a perfect quilt
As an award winning machine quilter and quilting tutor, Bev knows that
skill develops with experience. She takes you through some practice
free motion quilting to demonstrate the fun and ease of doodling on
fabric. Watch her work magic as she shows you how to execute some
simple meander quilting with hearts and flowers, as well as the stipple
quilting technique.
Bev encourages you to explore the wonderful world
of machine quilting and find your creative talent. |
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