Limited to 6 students - each participant has their own Bernina long arm with Q-Matic to work on all 3 days!
Course Objective:
- Create a modern straight-line quilting pattern on Q-matic, sized to their quilt.
- Create a custom block design on Q-matic, sized to their quilt blocks.
- Place block designs and stitch them out precisely where they want them, even on imperfect quilt blocks.
- Create continuous, wrap-around borders, sized to and placed precisely on any quilt.
Course Content:
- Resizing and rotating designs
- Aligning designs
- Masking and trimming
- Using markers and boundaries to place designs
- Connecting and un-connecting designs
- Choosing border and border corner designs that work well together
- Ensuring a border is continuous down the length of a quilt
Previous experience needed:
Students should be familiar with the Q-series sewhead, the Q-matic screen, and loading quilts on a frame. Familiarity with stitching out edge-to-edge designs would be helpful.
Registration fee includes fabrics, batting, backing, thread and supplies. Come to really learn how to use Bernina Q-Matic. Lunch provided all 3 days.
Rooms available at across the parking lot at:
Best Western Rochester
507-289-8866
