Landscape Quilting from a Beginner's Perspective (Part 1 of 3) - Sewing with Nancy

  • 6 years ago
Learn landscape quilting from a beginner’s perspective using a simplistic approach, followed up with easy techniques that will sure to inspire. Nancy Zieman and her quilting mentor Natalie Sewell streamline the landscape quilting process using a beginner’s prospective.

Learn to use inspirational photos, choose fabric, and master messy and fussy cutting techniques. Create trees easily with raw-edge appliqué techniques and give them dimension with fabric markers or oil pastels.

►►► Key Points in this VIDEO Tutorial (Beginning Landscape Quilting Part 1 of 3) ◄◄◄

① Create seasonal scenes for fall, winter and summer.

② Identifying the best inspirational photos.

③ View fabric selections and how they would work on a landscape quilt.

④ Choosing background and motif fabrics to enhance the chosen scene.

⑤ Creating trees, branches, and leaves for various seasons.

⑥ "Fussy" and "messy" cutting techniques to creating texture.

⑦ Making foreground trees by simply cutting and gluing.

⑧ Creating dimension by adding branches and leaves.

⑨ Adding shading with the use of markers.

⑩ Nancy's Corner segment features Deanna Waltz, thread artist.

→ Deanna shares how she pays homage to the past with her amazing handiwork in Redwork quilts displayed at the Quilt Expo in Madison, Wisconsin.

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►►Information on "Beginning Landscape Quilting" Book◄◄

① Take a simple step-by-step approach to landscape quilting as Nancy and Natalie guide you through eight wall hangings ideal for a beginner.

② You don't need templates, patterns, or many tools—select your own photograph, fabrics, and a few sewing basics and let Nancy and Natalie teach you their favorite user friendly techniques.

③ Use fabric as paint, and your scissor as your paintbrush to capture nature in a wall hanging.

④ Learn to make dramatic trees with an easy raw-edge applique technique.

⑤ Create simple foliage with a new simplified design process for landscape quilting.

⑥ Learn to create trees, leaves, ground cover, flowers, and more for all four seasons by simply choosing motifs from landscape fabrics.

⑦ Topics and techniques include:

→ Selecting photos and using to assessing scale, texture, hue, and depth in landscape quilts

→ Review of basic supplies

→ Fabric selection to give dimension, depth, and texture

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