Kim Christopherson & Kris Thurgood

Playful Textures for Easy Appliqué Quilts

Kim Christopherson & Kris Thurgood

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Meet your instructors, DIY artists Kris Thurgood and Kim Christopherson. They'll be tag-teaming to teach you a variety of fun techniques for creating and embellishing three adorable quilts. You'll dive right into your first lesson with Kim as she shows you how to create a colorful disappearing nine-patch border for a pumpkin quilt, using simple techniques that produce stunning results.
Using the templates included with your class, Kris will guide you through the creation of a fusible pumpkin appliqué. Then learn to make your own chenille fabric for more delightfully dimensional pumpkins. Kris shares tips for laying out and securing your design elements before fusing them or sewing them on by machine with a blanket stitch. Add curly rickrack trim for vines and your pumpkins are ready for quilting!
Welcome winter with an adorable snowman quilt in bright colors or more traditional hues. Kim points out the features of this fun quilt and gets you started on the snowball border. The snowballs' rounded edges are created with lots of small patches, but Kim shares easy strategies for quickly cutting and chain-piecing them.
With your border and background prepared, Kris walks you through building a snowman using the templates from your class materials. See how to assemble and fuse the snowman's body, hat, arms and nose, then create a chenille scarf, pink yo-yo cheeks and yo-yo pompom. Finally, you'll hand-embroider a smile on your friendly snowman.
Playful pinwheels form the border of a charming kite quilt. Kim gets you set up for success as you choose appropriately contrasting fabrics, then cut and assemble your pinwheel blocks. If you've ever been frustrated by the bulk at the center point of your pinwheels, you'll be delighted to discover Kris and Kim's "twist and shout" technique for taming those intersecting seams.
A cheerful kite floating above puffy, ruched flowers will brighten your day, especially when you see how easy these appliqué elements are to make. Kris walks you through the creation of the four-patch kite, then shows you how to make ruched flowers and three-dimensional bows. Your kite will need a tail, which you can make with rickrack or by using your sewing machine's decorative stitches to couch and embellish yarn. Kris will show you how!
No matter which quilt you choose to make, you'll want to do some finishing before adding the final embellishments. Kris and Kim explain how you can quilt your project or what instructions to give if you're having someone else do the quilting. Once your quilt is bound, follow Kim and Kris' instructions for adding the pumpkins' leaves, snowman's scarf, and the flowers for the kite quilt. Then enjoy a trunk show of other fun projects you can make to incorporate the techniques you've learned!
 
 
7 Lessons
2  hrs 31  mins

Description

Discover easy techniques that bring whimsical texture and eye-catching interest to your projects alongside designers Kim Christopherson and Kris Thurgood from the DIY Dish! Start with the perfect fall-themed project: a charming wall hanging featuring appliqué and chenille pumpkins, rickrack vines and a disappearing nine-patch border. Then, warm up winter as you make an adorable snowman quilt with yo-yo cheeks and a hand-embroidered smile. Capture the sweetness of spring in a quilt featuring soaring kite appliqués, a pinwheel background with perfect points, beautiful ruched flowers and bows with delightful dimension. Plus, get quilting hints for complementing your appliqués and embellishments. Add pop to your projects for any season or reason!

Kim Christopherson & Kris Thurgood

Kim and Kris are twin sisters who love to quilt and craft together. They've been active designers and educators in the DIY industry for many years, including as co-hosts of The DIY Dish and creators of YouCanMakeThis.com. They've appeared as guests on The Nate Berkus Show and The Rachael Ray Show and contributed to magazines such as Quilts & More, Where Women Create, Quilt Sampler and Designs in Machine Embroidery. Kim is the owner and designer of Kimberbell Designs — a sewing, quilt, and embroidery design pattern company. Kris is the owner of My Girlfriend's Quilt Shoppe, a large quilting and sewing retail center in Utah.

Kim Christopherson & Kris Thurgood

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