Saturday, June 13, 2020

Dogwood class #4 “Renegade Thread Play “


I have been excited to make this video and show you how to finish your Dogwood quilt or any other patterns you may have started in one of my classes and longed to finish.  I have taught a lot of classes over the years and I know there are a lot of you wanting to finish your quilts. That is why I am doing these videos. I know some have criticized, "she is giving these away for free".  I have had a great career and taught all over the country and internationally. 

I've met a lot of wonderful people and they have bought my patterns and want to finish their flower quilts. Now is the perfect time to finish that quilt since we are stuck at home. So why not do a tutorial to help students finish their quilts.  It’s sad we can’t get together, take a class or go to a quilt show. But we can still learn and finish those UFO's.

The Dogwood videos has a lot of techniques that will be use in most, if not all my patterns. I can’t make you a pro over night, but I can push you a little and give you some tricks to make you successful. Just remember, this is just fabric, we can always get more. No one is critical of your efforts, but you.  So, stop it.  Life is too short.

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Supply I use for this Renegade Thread Play class.

Sulky 40-weight Rayon thread in an assortment of colors. Look at the fabric colors you use for your flower. The lightest values and the darkest values.

Sewers Aid-important

Thread snip- I like Karen Kay Buckley’s snip 

Lots of bobbins- if we use 15 threads you need 15 bobbins      

Quilters Dream Batting 100% cotton- Request        

Medium safety pins       

Top Stitch or Jeans Denim needles size, 80/12 or 90/14 - important     

 Supreme Slider

Some of these supplies you can find on my Esty Shop. The link is on the gray bar above.

 

4 comments:

  1. Hi Melinda, thank you for the videos, much appreciated! Just wondering if you were considering having your patterns in PDF format to download as I'm in Australia? I've purchased a few from you when I did your Waratah class in Mittagong years ago and would like a couple more if I could but the exchange and postage rates are a killer at the moment so I'll wait if I have to. Cheers!

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    1. My patters are like a book. Its a lot of paper to down load. We have been shipping all over the world.

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  2. Hi Melinda can you help, I cant find the video link. There is no box below?

    Thanks so much. Loving your videos 😊 Sharon

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