3-hour Applique Technique workshop with Jan Krentz
Try your hand at impressionistic flower applique in this 3-hour technique workshop.
Reminiscent of the flowers and lily pads seen in Monet’s Water Lily paintings, students learn a
machine applique technique to embellish projects with dimensional water lily flowers and buds.
The workshop will cover the use of embroidery foundations, threads, and stitch techniques.
Kit Contents:
• Color coordinated cotton fabrics,
• sheer fabrics,
• pearl cotton,
• glass beads,
• embroidery stabilizer,
• fusible web,
• parchment paper to be used as a release sheet
• heavy weight zip-lock style project bag.
Colorful specialty thread will be available for use during class.
Students will work on their own sewing machines, using basic stitches in the machine’s
settings.
• Bring your machine in good working order with a zig-zag throat plate, zig-zag foot or
open-toe applique foot.
• 1-2 empty bobbins
• If you are unfamiliar with your machine, or rarely use stitches except the straight
stitch, please bring your machine instruction manual (for reference to adjust tension
settings or activate decorative stitches)
Additional equipment
• scissors with sharp blades (for
cutting multiple layers of fabric)
• pen or pencil for notes
• Extra fine sharpie marking pen
• $20 kit fee for flower fabrics,
foundations, beads and accessories
• Sewing machine with a darning foot
• Metafil or embroidery topstitching
needles
• extra fine .5mm shaft glass headed
pins
• multi-outlet power strip and heavy
weight extension cord
OPTIONAL PURCHASES:
• Diamond Quilts and Beyond book – sale price – $10
• additional Water Lily flower & lily pad kits (limited supply) – $13
• Fast2cut Fussy Cutter Diamond ruler set – $25