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For specific information about Harriet's classes or to create a booking for
Harriet to come and teach at your shop, for your guild or conference
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HEIRLOOM MACHINE QUILTING - 2-day workshop
When she first introduced free motion quilting in 1984 at Houston Quilt Market,
Harriet set the quilting world on its ear, and has been changing the look of
quilting ever since. Heirloom Machine Quilting is Harriet's favorite class to
teach, as the enthusiasm of the students is contagious. This is the class she is
famous for.
Unique machine quilting techniques that will turn quilt tops into heirlooms in a
fraction of the time it takes to hand quilt will be taught. The actual sewing is
a small part of machine quilting, and the beginning of the class is lecture
filled with valuable information so that the student knows what to expect and
how to avoid the pitfalls along the way. A thorough discussion of preparing the
quilt top to quilt, work space, threads, needles, etc. will be covered.
Hands-on exercises will be used to develop machine quilting skills, from walking
foot ditch quilting, to free motion feathers. Harriet is a master at teaching
students "how to learn to machine quilt". Most of all, encouragement and
excitement is taught, giving students permission to become great machine
quilters.
MASTERING MACHINE APPLIQUÉ 1- or 2-day workshop
Enjoy learning true, professional techniques for beautiful machine appliqué. The
latest products will be covered, as well as tried and true methods for achieving
perfect appliqué by machine. Mock Hand appliqué techniques will give a hand
appliqué appearance, and is Harriet's "instant gratification" technique. Perfect
satin stitch is another option.
Class Options:
* 6 hour Mock Hand Appliqué class - 3 hours of Mock Hand technique and 3
hours of exploring Curved Piecing ala appliqué, as well as a discussion period
of threads, needles and many tips and tricks for these techniques. (6 hour
workshop)
* 6 hour Satin and Buttonhole Stitch Appliqué class - 3 hours of satin
stitch technique and 3 hours of buttonhole and blanket stitch techniques
including discussion of threads, needles tips and tricks to perfecting these
appliqué techniques. (6 hour workshop)
* 2 day workshop of exploring all forms of machine appliqué, including
mock hand, straight edge, satin stitch and blanket stitch. (2-Day fee)
QUILT AS DESIRED 1-day workshop
If you've had Heirloom Machine Quilting from Harriet, she has taught you
everything she knows about the techniques and technicalities of machine
quilting. If you've put into practice what you learned, you know the true secret
is taking that information and putting it into practice. So what do you do after
you practice?
Even if you have not had the machine quilting class, the same questions and
concerns come up. What do I do now? Harriet feels that there is a definite lack
of basic information in quilt making that causes endless frustrations and
problems for quilt makers and quilts alike. This class is structured as a
lecture / discussion / roundtable format so that it is based on group
participation. This class has been very successful, even though students don't
feel they could learn enough without sewing. Think again - you can sew at home,
but where do you go for ideas and help once the problems occur?! Students have
the opportunity to bring their problems to a troubleshooting situation and
everyone learns from everyone else's problems. A very comfortable and
non-threatening atmosphere is generated.
Students are required to bring their quilt tops and quilts to class so that
problems can be seen as they are discussed, as well as get ideas for batting
choices, stencil designs, quilting ideas, marking tools, caring for quilted
quilts, and on and on. The topics are only limited to the participants needs. A
tremendous amount of ideas and information can be generated in this class. Often
we wind up back to the basic grain of the fabric and cutting of strips to
identify why a quilt is behaving in a certain manner. The student's needs and
questions direct the class, so that no two workshops are ever the same.
This class is a natural progression for beginning machine quilting students. It
directs questions like "how do I quilt it? and "what do I do next"?
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