Violet Newby
Perkinston, MI 39573
Phone - 419-371-3519
Email: vnewbyabuya@yahoo.com
Beginning Hand Appliqué
This may be taught as a one or two day workshop.
One Day - The student may expect to learn:
* The basics of the hand appliqué stitch.
* Freezer paper inside as the method of appliqué.
* An elementary use of color, contrast, and design.
* How to transfer the desired design to the background fabric.
* How to form smooth curves and pointy points (both concave and convex).
* How to make 1/4" bias in at least two ways, including the use of bias bars.
Two Day - In addition to all of those things taught in the One Day Workshop, the student may expect to learn:
* The "Baste from Behind" method of appliqué.
* To make flawless circles.
* A rudimentary use of color, light and shadow in the formation of an appliqué design.
* The basic skills of modifying a design to fit individual needs.
* The advantages and disadvantages of various forms of hand appliqué, and their easiest or best application usages.
One Day - The student may expect to learn:
* The basics of the hand appliqué stitch.
* Freezer paper inside as the method of appliqué.
* An elementary use of color, contrast, and design.
* How to transfer the desired design to the background fabric.
* How to form smooth curves and pointy points (both concave and convex).
* How to make 1/4" bias in at least two ways, including the use of bias bars.
Two Day - In addition to all of those things taught in the One Day Workshop, the student may expect to learn:
* The "Baste from Behind" method of appliqué.
* To make flawless circles.
* A rudimentary use of color, light and shadow in the formation of an appliqué design.
* The basic skills of modifying a design to fit individual needs.
* The advantages and disadvantages of various forms of hand appliqué, and their easiest or best application usages.
Intermediate Appliqué
or Developing Appliqué Skills
or Developing Appliqué Skills
The student may expect to learn:
* How to design or modify a block(s).
* Classic Needle Turn appliqué and its possible uses.
* About six to eight various kinds of hand appliqué, along with their potential uses.
* How colors reflect and interact.
* How to form three dimensional blooms and leaves.
* How to ruche.
* How to incorporate stitchery into a block for added visual interest.
* How to design or modify a block(s).
* Classic Needle Turn appliqué and its possible uses.
* About six to eight various kinds of hand appliqué, along with their potential uses.
* How colors reflect and interact.
* How to form three dimensional blooms and leaves.
* How to ruche.
* How to incorporate stitchery into a block for added visual interest.
Embellishing Your Quilt
This may be done as a 45 minute presentation to a guild, as well as in a workshop format. The student may expect to learn:
* What embellishing is and does for our work as quilters.
* How to prepare the fabric to receive embellishments.
* How to do various stitches in floss, including straight stitch, lazy daisy stitch, French knots, fern stitch, and chevron stitch.
* How to prepare silk ribbon for embroidery.
* How to stitch with silk ribbon including stitches covered in floss, spider roses, and ruching.
* What ribbon floss is and how to use it.
* When and how to apply buttons, beads, and findings.
* How to apply beads, whether singly, in hanging strands, or in loops.
* Possible resources for threads, ribbons, beads, etc.
* How to use paints, pens, and colored pencils to enhance or embellish.
Color for
Quilters
(This may be done as a 45 minute presentation to a guild, as well as in a workshop format.)
The student may expect to learn:
* What colors mean to us.
* To differentiate which colors appeal to them most.
* What a background does in influencing or directing the “feel” of a quilt or block.
* To disregard some of the rules or limits placed on them by others (or even themselves!).
* How to combine color(s) in a way which pleases them.
* What it means to “play well with others” or “be a good neighbor” in the color world.
* Which colors interact well together and why.
The student will have hands on, interactive time with tools that will help her/him develop some sense of what works for her/him. In doing so, the person will learn to build a block with design elements, seeing the result of added color(s).
