Description
Join award-winning fiber artist Lea McComas in this 6-lesson online course as she shows you how to bring your favorite pet photos to life using her fused raw-edge appliqué technique.
Registration closes 11/20/20.
Lea takes you from start to finish with insight that will ensure your success creating a one-of-a-kind pet portrait quilt.
- Learn to choose the best pet photo, then edit the image in Photoshop
- Make smart decisions about color and design with Lea’s expert guidance
- Complete a line drawing to use as a pattern for your quilt
- Select fabrics for the portrait
- Create fusible appliqué pieces unique to your pet portrait
- Assemble, quilt, and finish the edges.
By the end of this course, you’ll have the skills to create a work of art even the furriest of your friends will appreciate.
Skills you will walk away with in this course:
- Better photo identification for project success
- Photo manipulation skills using Photoshop Elements software
- Better understanding of the importance of color in your quilt
- How to create a pattern from your photo
- Choosing the best fabrics for your photo
- Using fusible web
- Better thread education
- Quilt assembly tips
- Stitching options
- Binding vs Art Facing
Suggested list of supplies:
- Camera that can capture images at resolution of 300 dpi or higher
- Photo editing software such as Photoshop Elements or GIMP
- Freezer paper
- Painter’s tape
- Mechanical pencil
- Red colored pencil
- Assorted colored highlighter markers
- A variety of fabrics in the colors of your animal
- Fusible web product, approximately 3 time the size of your project, such as Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 or MistyFuse.
- Scissors for cutting fabric and paper
- A variety of threads to match the fabric selections (finalize selections after lesson 6)
- White muslin, backing fabric, batting, and tulle the size of the finished project +4 inches in length and width
- Sewing machine
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