Scrap Crazy With Alex Anderson On Demand Web Seminar

Description

TITLE: Scrap Crazy

Crazy about your fabric collection (your quilt stash!) but not sure how to best use it successfully? In this information-packaged webinar, Alex Anderson will offer guidelines for using your scraps and stash beyond your wildest dreams. From color options to design strategies, you’ll be able to create quilts that electrify your imagination and leave your hands (and sewing machine!) itching for more!

What You’ll Learn:

• Accessing the health of your fabric collection and picking the right fabrics for the right purpose
• The color wheel and the value of value
• Pushing fabric boundaries and combinations within a single quilt block
• Using different layouts to benefit your stash, plus tips and tricks for pulling together random quilt blocks!
• Bonus: Red – your secret weapon to fabulous scrap quilts.

Who should attend?

• Beginners and experienced quilters
• Anyone not sure what to do with those scraps!
• Quilters who need a little help in experimenting with new designs and fabrics
• Quilters looking to have fun!

For more information on our web seminars, checkout our FAQ page or contact us at [email protected].

Presenter Bio

Alex Anderson’s love of quilting all began in 1978 when she completed her Grandmother’s Flower Garden Quilt as a part of her work towards her degree in art from San Francisco State University. Over the years her central focus has been to understand fabric relationships and an intense appreciation of traditional quilts and beautiful quilting surface design.

Alex is the author of 30 books in four languages selling near 1 million copies worldwide. Her quilts and instruction tips have also appeared in numerous magazines. She is the National Spokesperson for BERNINA of America, a promotional partner for AccuQuilt’s GO!, as well as a designer of her own line of fabrics with RJR Fabrics, and Master Piece thread with Superior Threads. For 11 years, she served as host of “Simply Quilts” on HGTV. Alex continues to be one of the most sought after instructors and lecturers in the international quilting and sewing industry.

Alex is a founding partner of The Quilt Show.com and The Quilt Life magazine (publisher AQS) with Ricky Tims. The Quilt Show is the world’s first full-service interactive online video/web TV created just for quilters worldwide. With over 140,000+ registered members in over 100 countries, The Quilt Show.com’s mission is to educate, inspire, entertain, connect and grow the world quilting community in a fun, positive and interactive environment. The Quilt Life Magazine (2009 – 2014) celebrated the lifestyle of today’s quiltmaker in a fresh and beautiful format. In 2010 it was awarded one of the The Library Journal’s top ten new magazines.

Meander No More: Learn to Free Motion Quilt with Confidence

SUMMARY

         Many quilters, confident in their ability to learn the complex skills of rotary cutting, applique and precision piecing, lose their confidence as soon as the quilt top is complete.  The beautiful top hangs in the sewing room until a Long Arm Quilter is found to complete the quilt; or, the fabric masterpiece gets folded neatly into a box to make room for the next project. 

Many of these quilters make timid attempts to learn free motion quilting. They are told to “just stipple or meander” which are NOT the easiest quilt motifs for beginners.  Unsure how to progress, and discouraged by their initial efforts, these quilters give up.

         By learning the (five minute) machine set up: Ten Steps to Free Motion Quilting and choosing the right supplies, projects and motifs for your skill level, you CAN learn to free motion quilt.

         In this webinar, Lori Kennedy will inspire you with dozens of colorful quilts as she walks you through the Four Skills of Free Motion Quilting.  She will offer fun doodle and stitching exercises for every skill level; and she will help you choose the right supplies and tools so YOU can learn to free motion quilt with confidence and finish your own quilts!

In this web seminar you will learn:

• How to set up ANY sewing machine for free motion quilting.
• How to choose supplies:  thread, batting and fabric.
• The importance of doodling and keeping a sketchbook.
• How to choose the right project and motif for your skill level.
• Several beautiful step-by-step quilt motifs you can use in your next quilt.
• Tips to keep your FMQ organized so you can make the most of your quilting time.
• The importance of creating and documenting samples.

For more information on our web seminars, checkout our FAQ page or contact us at [email protected].

Presenter Bio

Lori Kennedy claims she has been passionate about quilting since birth and believes quilting is in her blood–her grandmother, mother and two sisters are all quilters.  She can’t stop talking (about quilting) and can be found discussing free motion quilting daily at www.theinboxjaunt.com. and bimonthly in her column, My Line with Lori Kennedy in American Quilter Magazine. When she’s not blogging, taking photos or quilting, she can be found hiking the trails of Minnesota with her husband, six kids and two Australian Shepherds.  Look for her book of step-by-step free motion quilt motifs from AQS Fall, 2015.