NELLIE'S TUTORIALS
Projects
- Bird Sculpture A soft sculpture bird with wire legs.
- Spirit Doll A soft 12" doll pattern and instructions.
- Fabric Fortune Cookie A dimensional cookie made of fabric.
- Snow Globe Valentines A dimensional valentine that shakes.
- Award Ribbons Instructions to construct rosettes for award ribbons.
Quilt construction techniques
- Pieced Backings Features a big diamond in the center.
- Last Seam in the Binding Getting the last seam in easily and neatly.
- Layered Borders Creating embellished fabric for borders.
- Reverse Applique Create with multiple layers of fabric.
- Layered Curves Constructing a quilt with consecutive layers of fabric
- Raw Edge Applique Applique under tulle netting.
- Collage Method useing raw edge applique under tulle.
- Constructing Quilted Blocks Into A Quilt Pre-quilt the blocks before constructing the quilt.
- Paper Piecing Trick A particular method and sequence of folding and stitching that eliminates frustration. Positions of fabric patterning and grainlines can be controlled.
- Flat Bindings A process of steaming and pressing the bound edge of a quilt without stretching or distortion.
- Writing with Sewing Machine Reproduce any style of writing.
- Scalloped Piping Insert Information about how to make it.
- Couching Yarns Machine sewing yarns to surface & edge of quilt.
- Whipped Quilting Stitch Method to define line of stitches.
- Flower Centers Method uses bits and pieces of wool under tulle.
- Pounded Plant Materials Pound leaf and flower images into fabric.
- Making Trees Method to make tree leaves with tiny pieces of fabric.
- Crayon Rubbings Transferring textures to fabric.
- Oil Stick Pastels Applying pastels to fabric.
- Oil Paint Sticks Applying solid paint sticks to fabric.
- Using Press'nSeal Experimenting with quilt patterns on quilt top.
- Crinkle Quilts A technique I developed to wrinkle fabric foundation
- Dynamic Creating An approach to the design process.
- Value Versus Color The emotional meanings of each.
- Value of Hues The emotional language of value combinations.
- Making a Pattern Grid method of enlarging subject.
- Hanging Small Quilts Method for hanging small quilts.
- Colonial Knot How to make the knot.
- Kids Sewing Teach children sewing machine skills.