Embroidery Techniques - Advanced
Take your embroidery skills to the next level with this series of six bi-monthly classes held in person the third Saturday of every other month from 9:30 - 1:30. Techniques include edge-to-edge quilting, cutwork, embroidery on baby onesies, necklines, embroidery on jeans, and freestanding 3D structures.
The schedule is as follows, but subject to change.
February - edge to edge quilting
Bring 1/2 yard of a double border print fabric, placemat panels or a fat quarter to learn on. Be sure to have batting and backing at least 6" longer and wider than your "top." Bring cotton thread and an empty bobbin. Quilting design of choice, with a printed template with on paper or Template Tearaway/Template Sheets. A sample design will be available, if needed; please drop off a USB prior to class.
Additional items recommended: KK2000 or 505 Temporary Spray Adhesive, Quilting needles
April - cutwork
Supplies are dependent on your base fabric. Select a fabric or garment that you want to stitch cutwork on. Bring the following in addition to your item:
- scissors suitable for applique or small snips
- washaway fibrous stabilizer, such as Floriani Wet N Gone or OESD Aqua Mesh or similar
- cutwork design of choice. If you don't have one, we can provide one.
June - baby onesies
- baby onesie (Note: Kimberbell onesies are currently on special at Sew What as of 4/15/2025)
- Download "Oh, Baby" free tutorial at https://www.sewwhatde.com/shop/c/p/Oh-Baby-Tutorial-x56238291.htm
- fusible mesh stabilizer, such as Floriani Power Mesh or OESD Fusible PolyMesh Cutaway or similar
- sticky tearaway stabilizer, such as Floriani Perfect Stick or OESD StabilStick Tearaway or similar
- design of choice. Remember this will be worn by the baby, so a light density design is preferred.
August - necklines
- garment of choice
- stabilizer appropriate for the garment fabric (cutaway for knits, tearaway for woven)
- Template Tearaway
- design of choice
- Before class print the design on the Template Tearaway
October - jeans
- jeans
- high quality seam ripper, such as Groovy Seam Ripper, or scalpel style seam ripper
- design of choice
- tearaway stabilizer
December - 3D structure. This class is all day, 9:30 - 4:30.
Note that you must be familiar with your machine and able to do basic troubleshooting independently. This is not a "how to use your machine" class. Expected skills include winding bobbins, threading your machine, changing the needle, knowing when to change the needle, diagnosing the cause of thread breaks, thread nesting, etc.
Supplies for each month will be posted here prior to class.
General supplies:
embroidery machine in good working order, including power cord
embroider hoops (size depends on project - see individual month supply list)
extra needles
bobbins
scissors, seam ripper, and other basic sewing supplies
Class minimum: 6
Class maximum: 12
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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| Instructor: | bunni |
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