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Miniature Fabric Landscape

Use your own hand-painted fabric or fabric from your own stash to create a matted miniature landscape art work. This can be an applique project or a no-sew, fused technique ‚ you choose! You will be able to produce a matted 5x7 mini art work ready for framing.

This is a three hour session for people who are able to do hand applique, or using fusibles, for people who do not stitch at all.

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Free-form Bead Collage

Who guessed that bead embellishment has something in common with making soup? Use a cooking concept to create a free-form (as compared to loom-style) bead embellishment for that special item. This technique is based on the article, “The Need to Bead: Bead Collage” by Deana Hartman in Quilting Arts Magazine, Fall, 2004.

This is a three hour workshop for people who can sew at least a little by hand.

 
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Painting Sky and Water for your Landscape Quilt

Is there a special landscape you want to create? Add a unique touch by painting the fabric yourself! Iris will show you easy techniques to create sky and water for your own small wall hanging.

Template-Free Applique using "Back-Basting"

Who has had this headache? When layering pieces for a detailed floral or other applique, you find that the small pieces donít seem to line up as you expect, even after being very careful about placement. This technique may help to reduce that aggravation! For stitchers who already enjoy applique, this workshop will show you how to step away from using templates for complex applique.

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Iris teaches classes in stress-free basic quilting as well as advanced hand applique techniques found in the historic Baltimore Album quilts.

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