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

Laughing Leaves is a 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 while a pattern is provided, be prepared to experiment and climb outside your box.

Supply list for this class: Fabric Kit required $35 (3/4 yard of Frieda’s hand dyed fabric,and two fat quarter yards of different colored fabrics(each fabric has multipule colors on it.) And a paper pattern with written directions. Iron &  ironing surface/ plain muslin or fabric for smooth surface, OR group provides four ironing stations. Poster board found at office supply, craft, or fabric store. 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 that you get at the grocery store, I preferr Reynolds brand or Costco brand. Two to four people can share one box. Bring your rotary cutter/fancy rotary blades if you have them  (optional) 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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