Machine Quilting Negative Space
Angela Walters
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- In-depth Instruction; over 165 mins
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- Bonus downloadable PDF resources
- Access to class Q&A
Introduction
5:03
Meet your instructor, Angela Walters, and gain an overview of free-motion quilting and what you'll learn over the course of the class.
Sketching: Negative Space
24:30
What is negative space? Angela answers this question as she teaches you how to sketch designs that can be used to fill in the background of your quilts.
Sketching: Combining Designs
16:57
Take your machine quilting skills a step further as you tackle swirls, leaves and other unique designs that add interesting twists to your quilts.
Sketching: Changing Your Scale
15:07
Love a design, but need to make it smaller or larger to fit a specific width? Angela shows you how to resize your designs and sketch them in the scale that you prefer.
Echoing Quilt Designs
9:59
Angela demonstrates techniques on her longarm machine that can be used to echo various quilting designs. Additionally, you'll learn how to mark your quilt top and achieve even, professional-looking results.
Stitching in Negative Space
27:17
Bring your designs from Lesson 2 to life as you quilt swirls, lines, circles and any other designs of your choosing with Angela's expert advice along the way.
Quilting Designs
17:14
Follow along with Angela or create your own patterns as you learn how to work with various combinations of designs, including swirls, circles, leaves and more!
Changing Scale
20:10
Practice circles, teardrops, paisley and more in various sizes to achieve a wide variety of looks. Angela also shows you how to highlight a focal point using a gorgeous technique.
Intermediate Design
20:55
Kick up your design skills yet another notch as you practice intermediate designs, including wood grain, tiles, flowers and plumes.
Design Gallery
7:03
To conclude the class, Angela offers quilt "eye candy" to show how many different, dazzling ways you can incorporate these designs into future projects. You'll never look at negative space the same way again!
Advance your skills with the guidance of Angela Walters, an experienced quilting instructor and author of Free Motion Quilting with Angela Walters. Go from sketching simple patterns to sewing complex designs, turning your previously plain palettes into wonderful works of art. Learn to break up negative space with a variety of motifs. Play with pebbles and paisleys, twirl with circles and swirls, and travel through a garden of stitched leaves, as you incorporate different design elements to produce subtle and sumptuous surfaces.
Angela Walters
Angela Walters, the host of our YouTube series "The Midnight Quilt Show," is a longarm quilter, teacher and author of several books, including "Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters" and "In the Studio with Angela Walters." Her quilting journey began with her husband's grandfather; together they made her first quilt – a nine-patch that is still on her bed today. Thousands of swirls, feathers and parallel lines later, Angela has turned her love of stitches and fabric into a thriving business focused on modern machine quilting.
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