T Shirt and Panel Training Using Electric Quilt 7

You have just been asked to make a t shirt quilt for someone special graduating from high school.  Or you just picked up a spectacular panel at your local quilt shop and don't know what to do with it.  This class will provide you with the information you need to successfully design any t shirt or panel quilt using Electric Quilt 7.

Information will be presented through four separate mini-classes.  Pick the sessions that interest you (or that you need to learn).  Or pick all four for a deep dive into the topic.  Classes will be presented in a webinar format that will provide demonstration of the techniques along with time for questions and answers.

Can't attend the classes (or even just one or two of the classes)?  All enrollees will get a full video of the class plus detailed step by step instructions to recreate items demonstrated in the video.

Session Information

Session 1:  Panels and T Shirts - Working With Fabric Images  July 10, 2017  7-8:30 pm CDT
​Session 2:  Custom Set for Panels and T Shirts  July 24, 2017  7-8:30 pm CDT
Session 3:  Drafting Great Blocks for Smaller Panels and T Shirts  August 7, 2017 7-8:30 pm CDT
Session 4:  Great Standard Layouts for T Shirt Quilts    August 21, 2017 7-8:30 pm CDT

Price

Individual sessions retail for $30.  However, I am offering them at an introductory price of $25.  A savings of 17%.
Purchase all four sessions for $80.  A savings of over 33%!

Session #1:  Panels and T Shirts – Working with Fabric Images

One of the biggest challenges in working with fabric is bringing it into Electric Quilt perfectly sized for  your next block or your next quilt.
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Learn how to manipulate your own fabric photos (including T Shirts and panels) to accurately reflect the fabric in your Electric Quilt design.  No need to cut up your fabric and t shirts until you know exactly how it will be used in your quilt.  
Planned Agenda​
  • Photographing your t shirts or panels
  • Obtaining fabric images from manufacturer’s websites
  • Bringing images into Electric Quilt
  • Overview of Work on Images
  • Resizing images (resolution versus width and height)
  • Cropping images
  • Naming fabrics
  • Copying photos to fabric
  • Using a cheat sheet (copy provided)
  • Adding complementary fabrics from websites
  • Adding complementary fabrics from Electric Quilt fabric library
Class Date:  July 10, 2017  7-8:30 pm  CDT
Cost:  $25
​(regular $30)

Session #2:  Custom Set for Panels and T Shirts

One of the best settings in Electric Quilt to set blocks and fabrics of different sizes is Custom Set.  Yet it can be the scariest of the settings to tackle as you are working with a blank canvas.
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Learn the tricks to creating custom set designs that will work for your T Shirts and fabric panels. 
Planned Agenda:​
  • Quilt Worktable settings
  • Overview of Custom Set
  • Setting and coloring blocks
  • Resizing blocks to match your “fabric”
  • Using Fussy Cut
  • Positioning blocks
  • Creating filler blocks
  • Good pieced filler options
  • Replacing blank filler blocks with pieced filler blocks
  • Resizing quilt
Class Date:  July 24, 2017  7-8:30 pm  CDT
Cost:  $25
​(regular $30)

Session #3:  Drafting Great Blocks for Smaller Panels and T Shirts

Many times when working with t shirts or fabric panels we want to set them in a square space.  Let’s face it, most of the quilt layouts easily accommodate square blocks.  However t shirts and some of the smaller sections in panels don’t always accommodate a square block.
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Learn how to create a quilt block using your  t shirt or fabric panel as a base.  
Planned Agenda:
  • Easy Draw basics
  • Snap settings that work
  • Incorporating your  fabric size into your block
  • Fussy cut tool
  • Drafting the 12″ blocks
  • Drafting the 15″ blocks

Class Date:  August 7, 2017  7-8:30 pm  CDT
Cost:  $25
​(regular $30)

Session #4:  Great Standard Layouts for T Shirt Quilts

Create a series of “go to” layouts for your future t shirt quilts.  Next time you need to turn your t shirts quickly into a quilt, you will be able to just drop them into one of these layouts, audition your fabrics and quickly get started on construction.
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Layouts include a standard horizontal setting, two twist options, a number of sashing and cornerstone options.
Planned Agenda:
  • Setting up a horizontal layout
  • Create a basic horizontal layout quilt
  • Gathering twist blocks from the library
  • Determining t shirt sizes for twist blocks
  • Create 2 twist layouts (with and without sashing)
  • Rotating t shirt images in a twist block
  • Obtaining setting blocks for sashing and cornerstone options
  • Create a number of different sashing and cornerstone layouts


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Class Date:  August 21, 2017  7-8:30 pm  CDT
Cost:  $25
​(regular $30)

T Shirt and Panel Series -- Special Bonus

Purchase the series of four classes for $80 (a 33% savings).  As an added bonus these students will have a FREE special coaching session on August 28 to work through their personal t shirt or panel quilt.
Questions.  Drop me a note.