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“Accidental Landscapes – The Beach”
By Karen Eckmeier
Layers of gently curved strips
are combined with a dramatic sky to create an easy beach scene. Personalize
your beach by adding collage details like a dune fence, beach grass,
shells, sailboats, beach chairs, umbrellas, lighthouses, photo transfers,
etc. The beach scene measures approximately 8" x 12" (without
borders)
Fabric:
- Sky
– 1/4 yard (1/2 yard if the fabric is directional)
- Sand
– 1/8 yard of 11 different “sand” fabrics (medium and light values)
- Water
– 1/8 yard of 3 different water fabrics (one dark, one medium and one
light)
- Dune
Fence – Scraps of appropriate color
- Sailboats
– scraps of white
- (Optional:
fabric scraps for beach grass, beach chairs, umbrellas, bucket … also
shells, beads, yarns, white lace for waves and photo transfers)
- Inner
Borders – 1/8 yard each
- Outer
Border – 1/4 yard
Supplies
- Sewing
machine (featherweights are fine)
- Rotary
Cutter and mat
- Roxanne’s
Glue-Baste-It or your choice of fabric glue (for collaging details)
- Threads
for topstitching – select threads to match fabrics or use variegated
threads (cottons, rayons or metallics)
- Neutral
thread for bobbin
- Fabric
scissors
- Tracing
paper and pencil (optional)
- Pins
(I recommend the long flower head pins)
- Ruler
for rotary cutting borders
- Quilter’s
Square for squaring piece (only if you already own one)
- Iron
and ironing pad (mini iron will work)
- Embellishments
(optional)
Most students get to the quilting stage in this
workshop, so please bring the following:
- Threads
for quilting (machine or hand)
- Needles
for machine quilting or hand quilting.
- 100%
cotton batting (approximately 18” x 22”) plus half yard fabric for
backing
- “Walking
Foot” and/or daring foot for machine quilting
- Pins
for basting (for tiny quilts like these, pins are great)
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