Yarn Couching: Free Motion to Fine Art

Free motion machine yarn couching is a fast growing tactile art medium for all sewers! Learn to replace free motion quilting with yarn, then, advance to using yarn to replace simple appliqué shapes. When you are ready, try adding shading, texture and value to create life like additions to a variety of fiber art projects. Bethanne uses both a domestic sewing machine and a longarm sewing machine to throughly demonstrate all levels of yarn couching for use on quilts, decor, accessories and more!

Chapter 1: Introduction and Supply (00:10) Including types of feet, yarn, stabilizers, and additional supplies

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Successful Stitching (00:40): Including basic stitches and free motion yarn couched quilting, advanced free motion yarn couched quilting and appliqué, and advanced stitches and textures

Chapter 3: Pictorial Yarn Couching (01:27): Including pattern making and understanding stabilizers, traveling and layering with koi fish demonstration on a home sewing machine, advanced layering and value, advanced stitches and textures, pictorial techniques of direct sewing, trapunto method and stand alone appliqué, advanced demonstration of a large daisy with shading and contouring on a longarm sewing machine, and advanced demonstration of bumblebee on a home sewing machine

Chapter 4: Live Sewing of the 'Meadow Tweet' Class Project (00:57) The class project is sewn as a potential small framed quilt including advanced demonstration on a home sewing machine featuring direct application couching on fabric and appliqué style couching, and, using yarn couching on garments, upholstry and accessories.

Additional Printed Materials: Class includes printable class handouts with additional discussion as well as four patterns, the large daisy with optional bumblebee and the Meadow Tweet pattern with a small daisy and bluebird.