Sketch It, Fuse It, Quilt It

Class Preview

Take your quilting to beautiful new places with fusible collage techniques! Transform a landscape sketch into a machine-quilted masterpiece – fast.

Sketching the Design

Meet your instructor, expert art quilter Laura Wasilowski, and preview the gorgeous landscape quilt you’ll create in class. Laura eases you into the process by demonstrating simple techniques for sketching out your quilt design ideas. In addition, you’ll learn how to convert any sketch into a master pattern.

Fusing Fabric & Fields

Start working on your landscape quilt! Get Laura’s advice on choosing the right fabrics and color palettes. Then, follow along as Laura details how to transfer a pattern onto fabric, work with fusible web and assemble the rolling farm fields design. Plus, gain valuable tips on creating a variety of patterned collages.

Creating the Grass, Water & Sky

Practice the skills you learned in the previous lesson by making three more collages for the quilt top. You’ll learn how to create the grassy foreground and a rippling lake by working with bias-cut strips. In addition, Laura demonstrates an easy way to make intricate cutout patterns in your fabric.

Finishing the Collage

Complete the landscape composition you started in Lesson 2. Discover Laura’s technique for creating a fun color-chip treetops collage. You’ll also get in-depth instruction on building a tiled collage — perfect for adding texture to any design. Plus, see how to tack your collage to the background fabric.

Free-Motion Stitches

Once you’ve completed your collage, it’s time to start stitching! Learn how to steam set the quilt top to the batting, then follow along as Laura demonstrates her versatile free-motion ME-ME-ME stitch. You’ll also see Laura’s method of creating rows of jagged grass with the sketching stitch.

More Free-Motion Stitches

Add more free-motion stitches to your repertoire. Watch and learn Laura’s technique of creating wavy, flowing stitches across the water collage. Then, add in detail to the foreground leaves with an arch-shaped vein stitch. You’ll also discover two highly versatile stitches for the sky and quilt border.

Assembling the Quilt

Put the finishing touches on your art quilt! Laura demonstrates how to stitch a signature into the quilt top. You’ll get step-by-step instruction on squaring up the quilt and adding a fused binding. Plus, find out how to attach a rod pocket to the back of any quilt.