Date/Time
Date(s) - Friday, 10/20/23
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location
Best Little Retreat Center in Texas, LLC
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We are blessed with plenty and a bumper crop of pumpkins! Sign up to make this Autumn wallhanging & learn coloring & embroidery techniques!
“Autumn” Horn of Plenty by Quit Ideas P64 (Required) – available at Best Little Retreat Center in Texas.
Fabric Requirements
Background 1/2 yard 18” x 18”
Backing 3/4 yard
Batting 3/4 yard
Binding 1/2 yard
Pieced Pumpkin Borders
Background Yellow Gold 1/4 yard
Stems – Brown 1/8 yard or scrappy
Pumpkins – Oranges 1/3 yard total or Scrappy (Charm Square friendly)
Supplies
Box of 96 Crayola Crayons
Pencil sharpener with large hole and catcher
Poster Tak (color eraser)
A few sheets of regular copy paper
Brown Micron Pigma Pen .01
Frixion Pen
DMC Embroidery Floss
Patchwork Coloring Board (See Quiltideas.com)
Hot Dry Iron to heat set colors
Pin Cushion
Spring Tension 5” Embroidery Hoop (Colonial Needle CNSTH)
Embroidery Scissors
Embroidery Needles (I like Size 8 for easy threading)
Pocket Guide to Embroidery Stitches by Leisure Arts #56019
Embroidery Threader (Clover #8611optional)
Embroidery Bobbin Winder and bobbins (optional)
Reading (Magnifying) Glasses (optional)
Before Class:
1. Fold fabric in half horizontally and vertically and finger crease.
2. Fold pattern edge of design to edge of design horizontally and vertically to find center. Mark cross lines with pencil.
3. Tape pattern to light table, then fabric to light table centering cross on fabric with cross crease on pattern.
4. Trace pattern onto fabric noting pattern instructions for using dots.
5. Crayolas: Pour out all the crayolas on the table and separate them by color families (reds with reds, etc.) which will help you find the colors you need. Pull the colors listed below and put them in a sandwich zip lock bag.
Cost:
CLASS FEE: $40
does not include Retreat Center Fee, which allows you to sew from opening to close
Retreat Center Fee: $25/day plus tax or $27.06 (or use 1 of your prepaid days!)
Includes 1 full day in the Retreat Center – 9am-9pm! Instruction time will be from 10am-3pm.