Mini Art Quilt Workshop, Quilted Greeting Card size
Welcome to my mini art quilt workshop! I'm Beret Nelson in Fairbanks, AK, and I'm quite passionate about art quilting! (more bio below) I hope to get you excited about it too, and give you an opportunity to try it on a very small, low risk scale. I hope you will see that it does not have to be complicated, I have lots of tricks! You will be able to apply the principles in this workshop to other projects as well. You can do this free workshop and go on your way, but it is also meant to be a sneak peek into my Simple Secrets for Starting Art Quilting class , where I teach ALL of my simple but effective nuggets! (Or, if you decide you'd like to stick to kits and patterns, I have you covered there too 😀)
So, have fun, don't stress about this at all, and be prepared to have your quilting world expanded if this is your first venture into art quilting!
So, have fun, don't stress about this at all, and be prepared to have your quilting world expanded if this is your first venture into art quilting!
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Intro Video
Materials list: (but watch videos first😀) batting or fusible fleece, 5 x 6" three background strips of fabric, about 3 x 6", I like a light, medium, and dark one or two gray fabrics for trees, very small amount Binding, 1 1/8" x 22" Thread, I used one for the background and one for the trees, see videos Fusible web Card stock, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" before folding Optional: Acrylic Card Template Also very optional, but I do have a kit for a similar project: Moonshadows card kit |
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Preparing the background, and examples
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Stitching it together
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Binding and Finishing
I already had this video made, so I decided not to do it again! And it happens to be a similar design anyway. |
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Wrap up and list of "tricks"
Thanks for participating! Please tag me on social media if you make anything from this workshop! @onthetrailcreations
Beret |
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Who I am and what I do!
In case you have no idea who I am, here it is! My name is Beret Nelson, I live in Fairbanks, AK, and I love to either help people get started in art quilting, or gain confidence if they are already an art quilter. Sometimes people just need encouragement, and sometimes a simple little piece of information changes everything. I'm chock full of those little tips, and I love to share them!
I have two (more coming!) online classes, Framed Collage, and Simple Secrets for Starting Art Quilting, and a line of kits and patterns designed to give people a head start and try some unconventional techniques. I send out weekly emails with lots of good info. Also many tutorials here on my website and also YouTube; On the Trail Creations is my channel. Most of my kits have been in the Keepsake Quilting catalog, and I have also made several appearances in Art Quilting Studio magazine, including the Winter 2023 cover!
In case you have no idea who I am, here it is! My name is Beret Nelson, I live in Fairbanks, AK, and I love to either help people get started in art quilting, or gain confidence if they are already an art quilter. Sometimes people just need encouragement, and sometimes a simple little piece of information changes everything. I'm chock full of those little tips, and I love to share them!
I have two (more coming!) online classes, Framed Collage, and Simple Secrets for Starting Art Quilting, and a line of kits and patterns designed to give people a head start and try some unconventional techniques. I send out weekly emails with lots of good info. Also many tutorials here on my website and also YouTube; On the Trail Creations is my channel. Most of my kits have been in the Keepsake Quilting catalog, and I have also made several appearances in Art Quilting Studio magazine, including the Winter 2023 cover!
