Grow with the Flow Debut Class a Hit
Nineteen women took my first “Grow with the Flow” class, and boy did we have fun!
First, I showed them how to create the background composition. Because they arrived with their fabrics arranged by value, this went very quickly.
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Little strips of “zippy” fabrics were added as accents.
After composing (but not stitching) the backgrounds, we set them aside in the back room.
Aren’t they pretty?
Next, I taught them how to “fussy fuse.” This is a technique which is very efficient when composing lots of little fabric pieces into one larger shape.
All of that before lunch!
After lunch, everyone top stitched their compositions in place.
I had to laugh because, with everyone sewing, it looked like I was running a sweat shop!
The results were great, though and I’ll show them to you in the next post.
Ellen Lindner
P.S. I’d love to teach “Grow with the Flow” for your guild!
