Piece Any Project: Conquer Challenging Seams
Kelly Ashton
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- In-depth Instruction; over 136 mins
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- Access to class Q&A
Partial Seams
16:51
Meet instructor Kelly Ashton and expand your knowledge of piecing advanced shapes! Create a Bright Hopes block as Kelly shares her foolproof technique for sewing partial seams. You'll also pick up tips for creative borders and frames.
Set-In Seams & Fabrics
22:14
Learn how Y-seams (also known as set-in seams) are used to bring blocks together, and find out how to work with bias edges to minimize distortion. Kelly also shares the keys to success when working with directional fabric.
Working With Templates
17:43
Explore the pros and cons of commercial and handmade templates, and follow along with Kelly to create your own templates for advanced shapes.
Cutting With Templates
18:30
Discover a variety of ways to cut pieces with templates so you achieve the same shape and cut every time. Then, learn the best way to cut directional fabric, and practice auditioning your template with prints to add variety and interest to your blocks.
Sewing Set-In Seams
18:19
Learn how to work with set-in seams to create a perfectly seamed piece. Kelly demonstrates how to measure, mark and lay out your fabric to visualize the final block. Then, learn solutions to common problems, including how to fix an overstitch and repair a blocks that are out of alignment.
Block Construction & Pressing
14:33
Dive into block construction with Kelly's trick for setting and pressing seams while avoiding stitching over seam allowances. You'll also learn the circular approach to pressing, as well as Kelly's favorite approach: covered convergence.
Setting Options
27:03
Finally, find out how to use mitered corners to make a beautiful border. Kelly reveals techniques for efficiently measuring, folding and sewing mitered corners, and shares setting options for a range of advanced shapes.
Description
Join patchwork expert Kelly Ashton and open the door to a new world of intricate blocks. First, Kelly will demystify partial seams as you sew a Bright Hopes block and she’ll show you how to translate this technique to create frames and borders. Then, learn how to create your own templates to cut a range of shapes and discover the keys to precise, consistent results, even when fussy-cutting. Next, follow along with Kelly to measure and mark fabric before sewing Y-seams for a tumbling block. Tackle a six-pointed star block with the timesaving unit-construction method and discover tried-and-true pressing techniques for polished results. Along the way, you’ll learn Kelly’s smart tips and tricks for troubleshooting alignment issues, puckering and bias-edge distortion, and find out how to use directional fabric to create a stylish statement.
Kelly Ashton
Kelly Ashton is the author of "Hexagons, Diamonds, Triangles and More: Skill-Building Techniques for 60-Degree Patchwork." She also designs original patterns and templates, and teaches quilting workshops specializing in smart piecing techniques.
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