Full Day Applique Workshops
| "Welcome" Easy Applique Sampler - New! | | | Mimi designed this Easy Applique Sampler with the traditional pineapple symbol of hospitality. In class we will use a stitch-marked method of hand applique to position the four pineapples perfectly, then freezer-paper techniques for the vine around the border of the sampler. This is a great project for 'sampling' a variety of applique techniques! | | Materials List |
| "Applique" Easy Applique Sampler (basic techniques) - New! | | | Learn the basics of hand applique with Mimi’s favorite freezer-paper techniques! Stitch a curved stem, leaves, heart, and circle using the traditional applique stitch. Learn successful methods and tricks for creating straight edges, curves, points, and circles. This is a great class for beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on applique techniques. Students will finish most of the applique in class! | | Quilt Photo: Applique | | Materials List |
| "ABC" or "Home" Easy Applique Sampler (basic techniques) - New! | | | Learn the basics of hand applique by stitching the cover design from Mimi’s book Easy Applique Samplers. Sample Mimi’s favorite applique techniques using freezer paper for successful shapes, including straight edges, curves, points, and circles. This is a great class for confident beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on applique techniques. | | Quilt Photo: ABC | | Materials List |
| "Believe" Easy Applique Sampler (dimensional techniques) - New! | | | Believe it! You can hand applique a delightful angel using Mimi’s favorite freezer-paper techniques! Learn successful methods and tricks for creating straight edges and curves, then embellish your angel with dimensional techniques, buttons, beads, and a touch of embroidery. This is a great class for confident beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on applique techniques. | | Quilt Photo: Believe | | Materials List |
| "Forget Me Not" Easy Applique Sampler (dimensional flowers) - New! | | | Mimi designed this Easy Applique Samplers wall hanging for the 2006 Cruise For A Cure, featuring the state flower of Alaska, the forget-me-not. Create leaves and flowers using Mimi’s favorite dimensional applique techniques and embellish your design with lace, beads, embroidery, and ribbon. This is a fun class for all quilters. Refer to Mimi’s new book Easy Applique Samplers for more applique techniques and 20 more sampler designs. | | Quilt Photo: Forget Me Not | | Materials List |
| "Tea" Easy Applique Sampler (fusible and machine applique) - New! | | | Relax with a pot of tea and learn fast, fun, and easy fusible applique techniques. Mimi will show you how to fuse appliques so that the fabric remains soft, and how to use a "window" for perfect placement of layered applique pieces. You can choose to embellish the appliques with hand-stitched or decorative machine stitches. | | Quilt Photo: Tea | | Materials List |
| "Chocolate" Easy Applique Sampler (basic techniques) | | | There are no calories in this box of chocolates! Learn the basics of hand applique with Mimi’s favorite freezer-paper techniques! Stitch a heart, star, flower and curve using the traditional applique stitch. Learn successful methods and tricks for creating straight edges, curves, points, and circles. This is a great class for beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on applique techniques. | | Quilt Photo: Chocolate | | Materials List |
| Heartfelt Appreciation Heart Wreath | | | Have you ever wanted to make a "watercolor" quilt, but wondered how to sew all of those tiny squares together? A new product, "Quilt Fuse" makes the process easy and fun. In this all-day class we will cut out squares, arrange them into a heart design, fuse them, and sew the top together! You will go home with a quilt top and a new appreciation for watercolor quilts! | | Quilt Photo: Heartfelt Appreciation | | Materials List |
| Blossoms of Hope | | | During this all-day workshop, applique a lovely dogwood blossom design from Mimi's book, Pink Ribbon Quilts. Use freezer-paper to learn successful techniques for creating curves, points, and perfect circles. Great for beginners as well as experienced quilters that want to brush up on applique techniques. | | Quilt Photo: Blossoms of Hope | | Materials List |
| Baltimore Bouquets | | | During this all-day workshop, learn fun applique techniques for a variety of dimensional flowers using a 10" pattern from Mimi's book Baltimore Bouquets. Techniques include thin stems, pinched leaves, folded rosebuds, gathered buds, gathered blossoms, roses, and bluebells. | | Quilt Photo: Baltimore Bouquets | | Materials List |
| Welcome to Baltimore | | | This little quilt from The Easy Art of Applique was designed with four appliqued blocks in the style of the Baltimore Album quilts. During this all-day workshop we will stitch one of the designs, using techniques that can be applied to the other blocks. We will use the open wreath pattern in class, stitching thin stems, leaves, folded buds, flowers, circles, and the heart in the center. | | Quilt Photo: Welcome to Baltimore | | Materials List |
| Miniature Violets | | | Even if you don't have a green thumb, you can "grow" beautiful violets. During this all-day workshop, make one block from "Miniature Violets" from The Easy Art of Applique. Using dimensional applique techniques, stitch a little pot of violets with "pinched leaves" and "gathered blossoms". This a class for all skill levels. | | Quilt Photo: Miniature Violets | | Materials List |
| Pieces of the Past | | | Does your fabric "stash" include fabrics that you love- but you are not sure exactly what to do with them? This little quilt (25" x 32") was inspired by the Smithsonian reproduction fabric collections. The scrappy design of the quilt uses all of the fabrics from one of the collections. The pieced blocks are rotary cut and quickly sewn together with alternating plain squares. Two of the blocks are embellished with appliqued hearts. | | Quilt Photo: Pieces of the Past | | Materials List |
| Mitered Borders and Bindings | | | Learn the basics of mitering a border and binding a quilt in this all-day workshop. These are techniques you can use on every quilt you make! Students will sew mitered borders to a small quilt top in the morning and apply binding to the edges of a quilt in the afternoon. For all skill levels. | | Materials List |
Half Day Workshops - 3 Hours
| Baltimore Basics Classes - New! | | Mimi teaches a year-long class in her hometown of Baltimore where students applique blocks to make Baltimore Album Quilts. If you want to learn some of the techniques without a big project, or if you just want to brush up on applique techniques, here’s your chance! Mimi teaches 3-hour applique technique classes based on her book Easy Applique Samplers. The class projects will be small 'samples' but you can use the techniques to applique any of the projects in her book- or to start a Baltimore Album! - Class 1: Three techniques for appliqued stems
- Class 2: Three techniques for appliqued leaves (outside points)
- Class 3: Hearts (curves and inside points) and perfect circles
- Class 4: Dimensional folded buds and gathered blossoms
- Class 5: Fusible applique with soft centers (buttonhole stitch)
- Class 6: Letters (fused, embroidered, and appliqued)
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| "Applique" Easy Applique Sampler (basic techniques) - New! | | | Learn the basics of hand applique with Mimi’s favorite freezer-paper techniques! Stitch a curved stem, leaves, heart, and circle using the traditional applique stitch. Learn successful methods and tricks for creating straight edges, curves, points, and circles. This is a great class for beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on applique techniques. Students will finish most of the applique in class! | | Quilt Photo: Applique | | Materials List |
| Gathered Flowers | | | Learn fun techniques for dimensional flowers during this half-day workshop. Students will construct a small gathered blossom and a large gathered flower using ruching techniques. The flowers will be made as samples of techniques that can later be used to create dimensional flowers in applique designs, or to substitute for flowers in existing patterns. | | Quilt Photo: Traditional Album | | Materials List |
| Happy Endings | | | Learn the basics of binding a quilt in this half-day workshop. These are techniques you can use on every quilt you make! Learn how to apply binding to straight edges, curves, mitered corners, and how to connect the ends of the binding. Straight grain and bias binding will be discussed. Great for beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on techniques. | | Materials List |
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