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Lyric Art/Appli-Punto to Go: fusible applique + trapunto
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Appli-Punto to Go: fusible applique + trapunto

  • Course
  • 27 Lessons

Painlessly create beautiful designs with intricate detail, perfect for quilts, wearables,  borders or accents. Long flowing, curly borders or pictures with the sharpest points and thinnest lines imaginable are possible with this easy reverse appliqué method using fusible web. Give your design that extra punch with the added dimension of trapunto.... without all the slitting and stuffing! It’s also super easy to create two images at the same time, one positive and one negative.
LET'S GET CREATIVE!

You Will Learn:


  • What kind of patterns will work for this technique.
  • How to do reverse fusible appliqué.
  • Different ways for transferring your pattern to cloth.
  • How to use fusible webHow to create a faux-trapunto effect.
  • Hints for quilting your finished top.
  • How this technique can be used for upcycling clothing and wearable art.

Kits are available

Optional kits are available at Lyric's shop. 

3 fat quarters of hand dyed fabric
11" x 17" Wonder-Under
11" x 17" Tear-Away stabilizer
11" x 17" Puff Batting
Fat Quarter thin batting
PURCHASE KITS HERE

Supply List

Tools and Equipment
  • You will need to print off a pattern onto two letter-sized pages and tape them together before class. You will find the lesson as you click through to the next session here.
  • Zig-zag sewing machine (Oiled and clean, open toe embroidery foot if you have one, smaller needle such as 70/10, 75/11 needle, extra bobbins if you buy a kit!)
  • Small, pointy, sharp scissors
  • Paper scissors
  • Pencil, Black Sharpie, Opaque Silver Sharpie, White pencil
  • Lightweight thread to match fabrics.
  • If your top fabric is patterned, match thread to its darkest color.
  • A light table or LED light tablet is very helpful.
  • A mini rotary cutter is extremely useful!
  • Pressing surface, mini iron, rotary cutter, cutting mat
Fabric Supplies listed below or buy a kit at Lyric's Shop
  • 1/2 yd Wonder-Under or other fusible web that is “sewable” (not heavy-weight W-U)
  • One fat quarter of dark or light plain fabric, no large prints
  • One solid or hand-dyed fat quarter of fabric that contrasts highly with your first fabric
  • One solid fat quarter that contrasts with BOTH of your first two fat quarters.
  • One fat quarter fabric for back of quilt
  • Batting, two fat quarters - one puffy, one flat. I prefer one piece of Quilters Dream Puff and one Hobbs Heirloom Cotton.
  • 1/2 yd lightweight tear-away stabilizer
Optional Supplies
  • Darning foot or other free-motion quilting foot for your machine
  • Applique scissors, pinking shears

How This Course Works

This course includes space for you to share your pictures and get feedback from your classmates. The more you contribute, the livelier class will be. Lyric will pop in to give feedback on each picture posted. This platform provides a safe space for a lively and sharing creative community to explore without judgement and competition.
 
 
Just like in a live classroom, you'll be able to see your fellow students work and discuss how things are going. You'll get encouragement and instruction from Lyric on all the work you post.
 
 

Frequently asked questions

You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers.

How much interaction is there from the teacher?

Lyric will comment on each posted assignment. The more you post, the more you get out of the class. Make sure to read comments on other students work as well. There is as much to learn from each other as from the course work.

What are the lessons like?

Lessons include short videos, written instructions, and supply lists.

Will you include links to suppliers?

Absolutely yes! If you are an international (outside of the US) student and have bead supplier links to share, please do!

How long do I have access to the course?

Once you've enrolled and paid, you'll have access to the course material for one year. So devour it all in one weekend or take things slow. It's your choice!

What do I need to know about using a computer?

You'll need to photograph or scan your assignments and save them as a jpeg. You can upload your pictures from your computer or device to the online lesson.

Is this class refundable?

Since all of the content is immediately available on payment, this class is not refundable. I do want you to be happy though so send me an email and let's talk. lyric@lyrickinard.com

Contents

Welcome

Introductions
Class Supply List
How This Classroom Works: a few tips for navigating this course

Choosing Fabric and Tracing Patterns

Patterns to Download & Print
Choosing Fabric
Fusing Your Fabric
Tracing Your Pattern
Sharpie to Fusible Web Transfer
2 for 1 Tracing

Cutting and Fusing Your Fabric Layers

Cutting: Starting Each Shape and Placing 2 for 1 shapes
Cutting: Which Shapes to Cut First
Fabric Options: Last Chance to Change Your Mind
Fusing Your Layers

Choices: Trapunto, Stitching...Or Not

Trapunto or Not?
Stitching or Not?
Thread Choices If You Are Stitching

Adding the Trapunto Effect

Layering for Faux Trapunto
Sew Your Shapes Down
Cutting Away The Extra Batting

Finishing Options

Quilting to Amplify the Trapunto Effect
Facing Your Quilt
Extra - Coloring Inside The Lines
Extra - Upcycling Ready To Wear
Extra - Wearable Art

Wrapping Up & A Few Extras

Student Gallery
Course Evaluation
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Learn with Lyric

Lyric Montgomery Kinard is an award winning artist with a passion for sparking the creativity that she knows each of her students posses.  She was recognized for her talents as the 2011 International Association of Professional Quilters Teacher of the Year.
With playful support and gentle encouragement she will take you through your first steps on a new path, seeing the world through the eyes of an artist. As an artist, author, and educator she transforms cloth into art in her studio and timid spirits into confident creatives in the classroom.
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