OK folks! I've hinted about this here and here - showing you sneak peeks of the project I designed for it. Today is the day for the big announcement! Registration is now open for STITCHED. What the heck is STITCHED? I'm so glad you asked! :-)
STITCHED is a collection of 20 online video workshops by 20 talented fabric artists. Each workshop provides you with high value and high content information to get you sewing, designing and creating 20 unique fabric art and sewing projects.
20 workshops by 20 different artists teaching 20 different projects for just $89! (Now that the year is more than half gone, the price is down to just $40!) I'm so excited to be a part of this group. This is the project we'll be making in my class. I call it the Peekaboo Bear Quilt.
My workshop is a series of 7 videos taking you step by step through every part of making this quilt - fabric selection, embroidering the faces, an easy peasy (and fast!) machine applique technique, piecing, basting, machine quilting, and binding. You can make a whole twin-sized quilt (like I did), a smaller wall-hanging, or a single block to make into a cute pillow.
But that's not all! Mine is just one of TWENTY online video workshops - and one registration gives you access to all of them, any time around the clock
The workshops open on January 1, but registration starts today. And here's an extra little bonus I'm throwing in just for you guys. :-) Everyone who registers before December 15 through the link here on my blog will get a free bundle of any three patterns from my shop.
Sign up now. Clicking this link will take you to the registration page on the STITCHED website - but don't worry. Through the wonders of modern technology, if you get there from my site I'll get a notification when you register. (I love living in the future!) That will allow me to send you a welcoming email - and ask you what you'd like for your free patterns. May I recommend Bailey Bear for one of them?
Sign up now and you can make one too. (Plus 19 other fabric projects!)
You can find more information about the online workshops here.
Happy stitching!
Best,
Wendi
Hi Wendy - wanted to thank you for posting that last photo. One of the things I am really bad at is judging relative sizes from photos. Until I saw that last photo I didn't realize how big those bears were. They're adorable (so is the cutie pie snuggling under them)!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat... is a really tempting offer! The shop I bought my new sewing machine from offers classes, but they're usually on weekdays, when I would have to get a baby sitter for 5! hours, and one who would be willing to get my oldest from preschool. If we sign up for these, do we get the videos to download or something? I've never registered and paid for an online class before.
ReplyDeleteCaren - Thanks! I decided to make them big because big shapes are easier for beginners to applique. Then I made them extra-big because I thought it made them even cuter. :-) Glad you like them!
ReplyDeleteKerri - I love online classes for exactly the reason you're talking about - my schedule is crazy and babysitters are expensive! :-) Here's how it works. There's a private online "classroom" set up where you'll have 24 hour access to all the videos for six months. Most of the instructors have broken their classes up into a series of short-ish videos, so you can watch one step, work on your own project, and then move on to the next step. So it's really easy to work at your own pace. There's a chatroom for each class where you can ask the instructor (and other students) questions. Each class also has a downloadable PDF with any pattern pieces and other bits of information that will be best in written form. For example - the PDF for my class will have a materials list, full-sized pattern pieces for the bear, a list of steps, a summary of what you'll learn in each video, and some tips to help you out along the way.
Join us! It'll be fun! As an instructor I also get access to all the classes and I can't wait to take some of them.
Little did I know when I stitched Betty's Beehive a few months ago that I would be taking a workshop from you! I just love Betty!
ReplyDeleteI signed up earlier - too bad. I really like Bailey too.
See you in the workshop!
ReplyDeleteHi Wendi,
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is so adorable!
Just wondering if you have the pattern for sale without talking the workshop?
Thanks!
Sorry - not until the workshop is done running. A lot of lovely ladies have put a lot of work into their parts of the workshop and I don't want to do anything that will take away from that. :-)
DeleteThats okay. I understand :)
DeleteHi Wendy, can you help me with some problems I have had with the pattern in my A-line dress book?
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy,
ReplyDeleteI made a dress from you A-line book for my 3 year old daughter. The pattern in the book doesn't seem to match up with the measurements in the book. The pattern measures 28" chest (minus seam allowance)when it should be 22"( after seam allowance). The height measures longer on the back than on the front. The dress is far too wide even for a loose fitting dress. I am really disappointed, as I was looking forwards to making lots of dresses this summer. Have you had any other feedback similar to mine?
Kind regards
Gemma
Gemma,
DeleteI'm so sorry about the problem you're having! I think the first bit of confusion is in the measurement chart. That's the measurements of the child - not the finished measurement of the garment. I'm sorry if that was unclear. The text that goes with the chart talks about measuring the child to see what size dress to make - but I should have made that clearer on the chart itself. So if your child has a 22 inch chest she should wear a size 3 dress. The finished chest measurement for that dress will be 26 1/4 inches. That will give her just a smidge over 4 inches of ease, enough to be loose and comfortable, but she shouldn't be swimming in it.
As far as the dress length - if you're measuring the length of the dress along the center back and center front lines, the back is indeed longer. But that's misleading - it's because the neckline of the back comes up higher. It should sit right at the neck, while the front scoops a bit lower. If you measure the pattern along the side seams (where the front joins to the back) they match up.
If your daughter is smaller than the size 3 in the book, it's easy for you to take that in. Don't take it in on the sides. You can do that - but those are the curved lines that need to match up so taking it in there can throw things off there - and mess up the arm holes too. My daughter was a skinny minnie and I learned to take things in from the middle.
Figure out how much of the width you need to take away. It sounds like you wanted a 22" finished chest measurement, so that would be taking away 4 inches from the current pattern width. (Make sure you're still leaving her enough ease!) Divide that number by 4 - that's 1 inch.
Now use a ruler to draw a new center back line 1 inch in from the current center back line. On my pattern that's a straight line, so it's really easy to do. Some patterns have curves there - you can still do this alteration on them, it's just a bit more fiddly. Do the same thing with the center front line (the one that's placed on the fold).
Because each pattern piece is 1/4 of the finished garment, and you just removed 1 inch from each piece, you removed 4 inched total from the final, finished garment.
You may need to tweak the neck curves on both pieces, to make sure it's still a smooth curve and doesn't have a little V there - but that's not tricky.
Please let me know if you run into any other problems! I'm happy to help. :-)
Best,
Wendi
Oh no! Am I too late to sign up? And is this class appropriate for beginners? What supplies do I need to make this quilt?
ReplyDeleteThe STITCHED workshop is now closed, but I just made my pattern from it available as a separate purchase. You can find it right here. http://shinyhappyworld.bigcartel.com/product/peekaboo-bear-quilt-pattern-pdf It's designed especially for beginners! :-)
Delete