Class Name: Celebration

Instructor:   Patty O’Neill

Category:    Quilting

Procedure:  Quilt Assembly

Topic:          Precision Sewing [NO MORE PAPER PIECING]

I chose "Celebration" as the class name for many reasons. Having quilted for a long time, I have learned all of the procedures that result in a finished product. Some of the procedures never came easy for me. I have always tried to find a better way to work on quilt assembly. I love precision and because of that, I have had many days of ripping out seams trying to make points meet. That frustration led me to develop a procedure that I call "No More Paper Piecing".  Not having to pick out paper any more when quilting is cause for celebration, therefore the name of this class. I am using birthdays as a topic for the first project because this is the "birth" of an entirely new approach [paper free] to creating different types of quilt patterns. Many of us have had embroidery machines for years and we have used them for all of our basic embroidery needs. I believe that this new technique will introduce you to an entirely new way to use your embroidery machine.

In this class we will be using various designs including Birthday Cake, Birthday gift boxes, Borders, Flying Geese, and Labels. I will be using a video to demonstrate the actual stitch-out step by step. .

At the end of this class, my designs will be available through Embroidery.com under my vendor name, Porcupine Point Designs. In addition there will be a pattern developed by Dennie Sullivan for the assembly of the finished product. Dennie has been a well known quilting teacher in Arizona for more than twenty years. She is a member of Agave Quilters, the Arizona Quilt Guild and the American Quilting Society (AQS).

This free class will provide a quick overview of creating a design using the powerful digitizing features of Generations (about 20 minutes). We will then proceed through the steps of digitizing, editing, and monogramming in more detail (about 30 minutes). Options for learning digitizing in more depth will be discussed, including an overview of digitizing E-class series, Digitise-Wise correspondence course, and 60-Days Hands-on with Generations (about 20 minutes).

KP Compositions is a revolutionary project based embroidery design and editing software that will give you the power to create wonderful fashion and home decor items quickly and easily. Here are a few of the highlights for this innovative new embroidery design software.

• Customize and edit embroidery designs to fit any of the many included projects or create a project of your own.
• Drag and drop multiple designs to create just the right combination.
• Accurately place design compositions taking the guesswork out of placement with the easy to use alignment and template tools.
• Resize designs, parts of a design or your whole composition.
• Rotate and mirror image designs individually or as a group.
• Copy and paste designs or elements of designs for quick and easy composing.
• Zoom in to see the detail as you create or zoom out to see the whole project.

Come see how easy e-classes are to join and participate in. This Free E-Class is devoted to showing you how it all works. Learn how to participate, ask questions, make comments and share projects with embroiderers from around the world.

• Tool bars and icons
• Metric vs. Inches
• Calibrate Monitor
• Lettering and variations
• Monogramming
• Using Portfolio
• Working with Color Film Tool
• Overview of the Icons
• Reshaping
• Auto-Applique
• Wreathing
• Patterns
• Auto-Digitizing
• Quilting
• Other tools

• How to use the canvas 12 x 8 Embroidery Gift Bag
• How to align the Adorable Ideas train designs
• Use KP Compositions software to align, optimize thread changes