Classes with Patsy Thompson
Dates to Announced - Check Back SoonBack by popular demand, Patsy will be returning to My Quilt Shoppe to conduct more classes. The pictures shown are of demonstrations she held at the shoppe on Saturday, May 3rd.
Patsy Thompson was raised in an eastern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio and enjoyed many types of craftwork from an early age. She first learned to sew in a six-week sewing course at the local Singer store, and she's been hooked ever since! Initially a self-taught quilter in the late 1970's, Patsy's early ignorance of many of the rules of quilting led her down some new paths of discovery, learning all the joy and exhilaration that come with experimentation. Subsequent classes in numerous quilting techniques have fueled her fire and she now delights in the challenge of placing a new "spin" on different techniques.
Patsy was a hand quilter for her first 25-plus years in quilting and struggled to learn the art of free motion machine quilting. It wasn't easy! Once mastered, free motion machine quilting became a wonderful creative outlet and Patsy now travels to teach and pass along her free motion mastery to others. The overwhelmingly enthusiastic response from her students has prompted her to create these series of instructional DVD's on free motion machine quilting. Her work has been exhibited in quilt shows and juried exhibitions across the United States, including the American Quilter's Society show in Paducah, Kentucky.
Listed below are her DVDs and information about each. We have several of them in stock now and will have them all on May 3rd. If you can't make it to the party, purchase the DVD and we will request Patsy to sign it for you.
Let the power of the DVD's dynamic imagery guide you through an intimate one-on-one free motion machine quilting lesson with Patsy Thompson. Relax and learn free motion machine quilting from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace, and by the terms of your busy schedule! All DVD discs are Region-free and will play in all DVD players worldwide!.
Free Motion Fun With Feathers!, Volume 1 DVD
If you've ever admired machine quilted feathers and wished you could stitch them yourself, then this instructional DVD is for you! Beginning with a tutorial on marking the quilt sandwich, this DVD guides you through stitching freeform feathers, feathered hearts, whimsical feathers, and feather embellishments with decorative threads. The tutorial then turns to feathers with a stitched spine and curley-cue feathers with a stitched spine, and then a discussion on ThreadPower the use of thread as an additional design element in your quilts. It rounds out with a final discussion on uses for feathers in traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and in art quilts. With such a versatile design element, what quilter wouldn't want to learn the art of machine quilted feathers?!
Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced
Free Motion Fun With Vines & Leaves!, Volume 1 DVD
If you've been intrigued by the graceful curves of vines or the intricate designs of leaves and wish to stitch them yourself, then this DVD is for you! With designs applicable to traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and art quilts, this DVD is a step-by-step tutorial on the free motion stitching of a wide variety of vines as well as garlands of flowers and leaves. You will then learn how to add more interest to your vines and leaves through hyperquilting, or overquilting your stitched motifs with a high contrast decorative thread. Bring the garden of your fantasies to life with your sewing machine as you master these free motion designs and techniques!
Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced
Free Motion Fun With Vines & Leaves!, Volume 2 DVD
If you are captivated by the delicate veins of leaves or the curvaceous line of a meandering vine and are looking for ways to add texture and interest to your quilts, then this DVD is for you! This second volume of vine and leaf motifs takes off where Volume 1 ended! We'll begin by learning new vine and leaf motifs to add to your design repertoire, but that's only the beginning! We'll blast off into the exciting world of free motion machine embroidery, and you'll see just how easy it is to use your free motion skills to add another layer of interest and texture to your quilts! Using your new skills of hyperquilting, free motion embroidery, and free motion machine quilting, your quilted botanical motifs will add new dimension and intrigue to your quilts!
Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced
Fast and Free!, Volume 1 DVD
Are you new to free motion machine quilting and need guidance from the ground up? Are you a seasoned free motion machine quilter and looking for some new design ideas for stitching quilted motifs? Then either way, this instructional DVD is for you! This DVD begins with a discussion on the basics of free motion quilting, and then turns to a lesson on preparing the quilt sandwich. The mysteries of mastering sewing machine tension are then unraveled before basic lessons in free motion machine quilting begin. Once the basics are covered, the viewer is introduced to the concept of "Fast and Free" the technique of creating countless spin-off designs, just by making a small change in one base design. Watch and listen as Patsy shows and discusses how to stitch 18 different quilting designs and gives ideas for additional related spin-off designs. The tutorial ends with a detailed lesson in how to convert your closed toe free motion foot to an open toe foot. With designs suitable for traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and art quilts, what machine quilter wouldn't benefit from a tutorial like this?!
Skill level: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced
Fast and Free!, Volume 2 DVD
Are you bored with stippling and searching for new design ideas? If you're intrigued by the wonderful variety of textures created by intricate quilting designs, or if you just LOVE quilting and are on the lookout for novel background fill designs, then this instructional DVD is for you! With designs applicable to traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and art quilts, Patsy explains and then demonstrates how to stitch 29 different designs and gives you the tools to create even more spin-off designs! The tutorial ends with a detailed instruction on how to build your own Plexiglas extension table for your short-arm, mid-arm, or long-arm machine think of the money you'll save over buying a frame system! With designs suitable for traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and art quilts, what machine quilter wouldn't benefit from a tutorial like this?!
Skill level: Intermediate & Advanced