Laughing Leaves

Level: Beginner to Advanced—Full Day—No sewing machine required

Fusing and design class. Using decorative rotary blades and fused hand dyed fabric students will create a one of a kind LEAF quilt. Frieda will show you fun ways to create strip units, leaves and stems, to achieve your woodland wonder. This is a design class and no pattern is provided, be prepared to experiment and climb outside your box.

Supply list for this class:

  • Fabric Kit required $25 (two different 1/2 yards of Frieda’s hand dyed fabric,(each fabric has 12 different colors on it.) And a hand out on fusing basics.
  • Iron & ironing surface/ plain muslin or fabric for smooth surface, OR group provides four ironing stations.
  • Really sharp small embroidery scissors for fabric
  • mechanical pencil and extra fine sharpie marker (found at office supply store)
  • rotary mat and ruler (medium size mat and a smaller mat to use on the backside with the decorative blades)
  • box of parchment paper
  • Rotary cutter/fancy rotary blades optional
  • 2-3 yards of Wonder Under fusible web - it says #805 on the end of the bolt (no substitutions please)
  • Instructor will make available to purchase, decorative rotary blades, hand dyed cotton and silk fabrics

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