Class Set

Quilting Fundamentals: Skills & Techniques 4-Class Set

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Description

Gain fundamental quilting skills and techniques alongside four expert instructors! From turning your old t-shirts into cozy memorabilia blankets to learning must-have techniques for stitching classic quilt designs, gain knowledge and master skills for a perfect finish every time!

For a more detailed summary of each class included in this set, see the “Classes Included” tab below.

NOTE: After purchase, all individual classes within this set will be made available in your Craftsy account. You will be able to enjoy your purchased classes within your library anytime without losing access.

Classes Included

T-Shirt Quilts: Start to Finish (2h 01m)
Turn your favorite T-shirts into a family treasure. You’re just nine simple steps away from creating your first memory quilt! Join instructor Sara Snuggerud and tackle it all step by step, from selecting your tees to making your quilt sandwich. You bring the memories, and we’ll help you take it from there.

The Perfect Finish: How to Bind a Quilt (2h 35m)
Add professional-quality binding to any project, and turn simple pieces into sensational quilts! Award-winning quilter Susan Cleveland reveals the keys to binding quilts successfully, starting with essential preparation tips. Discover Susan’s timesaving tricks for cutting and stitching binding strips, and find out how to neatly apply plain binding and join the tails for a crisp finish. Then, learn how to make the back of your quilt look as good as the front, with must-have techniques for mitered corners, and hand and machine stitching. Next, find out how to create and apply piping that adds a pop of color to your binding and instant visual appeal to your quilt. Dive into angled and curved binding, and learn how to apply each for fantastic results. Finally, discover a range of inspiring accents, from decorative trims to perfect prairie points.

Machine Quilting in Sections: Strategies for Any Quilt (2h 11m)
Easily manage any size quilt by machine quilting in sections.

You piece your quilts in sections, so why not quilt them that way too? Join author Marti Michell and discover clever joining techniques to quilt your quilts in smaller, more manageable sections on your own machine.

Help! How Do I Quilt It?: A Machine-Quilting Manual (2h 02m)
Choose the perfect design for your quilt top every time! Machine-quilting pro Angela Walters reveals must-have techniques for selecting and stitching designs that enhance six of the most popular quilt types, from appliqué and paper-pieced to medallion and sampler quilts. You’ll discover the questions that should always guide your quilting design decisions, learn easy auditioning methods and expand your quilting library with simple variations of Angela’s go-to designs. Enjoy step-by-step guidance as you use quilting to unify a variety of blocks, showcase specific motifs, break up borders and much more, all while adding stunning texture and movement to your quilt tops. Find out how to enhance every quilt you make, and enjoy every stitch!

Your Instructors

Sara Snuggerud
With more than 25 years of teaching new-owner serger classes, Sara Snuggerud has seen it all. Sara began working in a sewing machine shop at the age of 15 and was hired to be an educator for Bernina of America five years later. She is currently a co-owner of Heirloom Creations, a sewing machine and quilt store in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. When not in the store, she teaches serger classes and hosts serger workshops.

Susan Cleveland
Susan Cleveland is an award-winning quilter and instructor. Her quilts have been featured in numerous publications, including Modern Quilts Unlimited and American Quilter, and she teaches workshops around the U.S. Susan is the author of three books: Marvelous Miters, Precision & Panache and Piping Hot Curves, and is also the inventor of the Groovin’ Piping Trimming Tool and the Prairie Pointer pressing tool.

Marti Michell
Marti Michell is a quilter and best-selling author who has published more than 30 books, including the popular “Quilting for People Who Don’t Have Time to Quilt.” She also leads quilting workshops throughout the U.S., focusing primarily on quiltmaking techniques. Marti has won two lifetime-achievement industry awards for her work.

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.

Bonus Materials

Each class in this set comes with a helpful downloadable PDF that will add to the fun and success of each class. In total, you will gain access to 4 PDFs containing  39 pages of content, which you can view online anytime or print out to reference.


T-Shirt Quilts: Start to Finish - Supplies and Resources


The Perfect Finish: How to Bind a Quilt - Supplies and References


Machine Quilting in Sections: Strategies for Any Quilt - Resources


"Help! How Do I Quilt It?"- Patterns, Templates and Sketch Practice Assignments