TODAY ONLY - FREE Craftsy Class Day!

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Craftsy is hosting Free Class Day to benefit DonorsChoose. For today only, new members can choose one FREE course from a selection of favorite Craftsy classes, up to a $39.99 value! If you haven't taken a Craftsy class yet, today is your chance to sign up for your first by choosing from classes in quilting, sewing, knitting, cake decorating, and more.

If Craftsy meets their goal of giving away 10,000 classes, Craftsy will donate $5,000 to DonorsChoose to fund arts education in public schools across the US. Existing members are not eligible for the free course offer, but will still receive a special treat.

NEW Online Craftsy Quilting Class - Strip Your Stash

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Most, if not all of us have some sort of fabric stash.  This class is great for us and gets us to using our scraps

Bust your stash with this timesaving quilting class with Nancy Smith! Learn how to sew strips using leftover fabric and make a number of fun projects with it. 

What You'll Learn

• Color matching
• Cutting and sewing strips
• Making blocks 

What You'll Make

• Six quilt patterns: Carnival Squares (finished size 49" x 61"), Up and Down (48" x 60"), Candy Strips (51" x 63"), Kaleidoscope (50" x 62"), Paint Box (50" x 60"), Curved Play (48" x 62") 
• 16" pillow
• Placemat, napkin, snack bag or composition notebook cover.

Online Craftsy Sewing Class - Design Your Own Handbag

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I know many of yall are into purses so here ya go!

Design and sew your very own high-fashion handbag in this class taught by author, designer and television host Brett Bara. 

What You'll Learn

• Customize the basic handbag shape for your own design
• Pick the perfect lining fabric and interfacing
• Add various types of pockets such as flap and slot pockets
• Accessorize with handles and hardware
• Sew a recessed zipper and other closures

New Online Craftsy Quilting Class - Inset & Applique Circles by Machine

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Reach new quilting heights! Work alongside Cheryl Arkison as she shows you how to incorporate curved elements into your quilts with confidence. 

What You’ll Learn

• How to make templates in any size you choose
• Different methods for machine appliqué
• How to make smooth, flat inset circles and other curved shapes
• A surprisingly easy technique for perfect appliquéd circles

NEW Online Craftsy Sewing Class - Decorative Seams

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Designer Katrina Walker shows you a wealth of classic couture-inspired seaming techniques to elevate simple garments to standout attire. 

What You’ll Learn

• Topstitching techiques, including: single and double topstitching, flat fell seams, welt seams and padded seams
• How to create the following specialty seams: slot seams (open and closed), strap seams and bundled faggoting
• Decorative inset seams like: piping, prairie points and lace insertion
• How to make decorative panels that incorporate faux tucks and Seminole piecework
• How to analyze patterns to determine where to place decorative seam

New Online Craftsy Quilting Class - Linear Landscape Quilts

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Create stunning landscape art quilts with Gloria Loughman that will evoke the natural beauty of the outdoors. Learn techniques on how to create a template and assemble your own breathtaking scene.  

What You'll Learn

• Create a landscape template
• Choose color schemes & paint fabrics
• Prepare segments and contours
• Position and piece your scene together

New Craftsy Online Sewing Class - Mastering Zipper Techniques

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Inserting zippers can be intimidating. Learn tips and tricks from Sunni Standing and Bernina to keep zippers from driving you zany.  

What You'll Learn

• Basic types of zippers and their uses
• How to use adjustable and invisible zipper feet
• How to stabilize a zipper
• Techniques on applying slot seam, invisible, and lapped zippers
• Tricks for working with lined and faced garments

New Online Craftsy Quilting Class - Improvisational Piecing

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Quilt outside the box with the modern design sensibility of Jacquie Gering. 

What You'll Learn

• Stitch-and-flip triangles
• The slice-and-insert technique
• Crazy piecing
• Fabric selection for a modern aesthetic

New Online Craftsy Quilting Class - Precision Piecing

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Step up your piecing skills and get ready to tackle complex patchwork designs with Norah McMeeking, author of Bella Bella Quilts. 

What You'll Learn

• Secrets of fast and accurate foundation piecing
• Precise 4-point and 8-point matches
• Y-seams with an unusual mid-seam anchor
• How to handle finely tapered pieces
• Tricks for achieving perfectly flat, "married" seams
• Piecing large curves without fear

New Craftsy Online Quilting Class - Mastering Foundation Paper Piecing

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If you make something look simple, it's for me.  The intro video for this class says that 4 different quilt blocks will be done in the class.  Carol seems to be funny too.  When the instructors are funny it makes the classes more fun.

Paper-piecing expert Carol Doak teaches you how to get sharp points and precise seams as she takes you step by step through four foundation-based quilt projects.

What You'll Learn

• Foundation paper basics
• Tips on organizing fabric
• Properly trim and join your pieces
• Troubleshoot piecing mistakes

FREE - Craftsy Video Block of the Month Series 2013

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This is the 2nd year that Craftsy has offered their Block of the Month Series video classes and they are FREE!  Doesn't get any better than that!  Click any of the images below to take the courses.

IF YOU MISSED THE 2012 BLOCK OF THE MONTH SERIES, CLICK THE IMAGE BELOW

New Craftsy Online Quilting Class - Pre Cut Piecing Made Simple

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I'm all about simple and if the end result is elegant, nice looking then I'm all for it.  After looking at the intro video to this class I know I want to take it.

Camille Roskelley teaches her tricks for a quick start to quilting success. Even brand new quilters will see immediate results using pre-cut fabrics. 

What You’ll Learn

• How to use pre-cut fabrics
• How to play with half-square triangles to create an unlimited number of patterns
• How to measure, cut and attach borders and binding
• Basting and free-motion quilting finishing techniques

What You’ll Make

• Piece of Cake 3 - 63” x 74” quilt
• Hashtag - 65” x 76” quilt
• Half-Square Triangle quilt - size of your choice
• Swoon - 80” x 80” quilt

New Craftsy Online Quilting Class - Pieced Hexies: Beyond English Paper Piecing

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I've been intimidated by Hexies for a long time now and think that I will take this class to help me get over the fear.

Join Mickey Depre for a contemporary twist on English paper piecing. Learn to create a myriad of dimensional quilt designs from one simple hexagon.

What You’ll Learn

• How to piece hexies
• How to assemble completed hexies into rosettes
• How to arrange rosettes into different designs
• Choosing the best fabrics for your pieced hexies

New Online Craftsy Quilting Class - Chain of Stars Mystery Quilt

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What is beautifully designed, one of four different sizes and an all-around mystery? The quilt top you'll be making in Kimberly Einmo's new class! 

What You'll Learn

• Simple block construction using strip sets
• Time-saving techniques, such as getting perfect angles without pinning

What You'll Make

• A mystery quilt in one of four sizes: crib, wall hanging, double/queen and king

 

New Craftsy Online Quilting Class - Traditional Blocks Made Simple

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Get piecing in no time with Anita Grossman Solomon's innovative techniques for cutting and assembling four classic quilt blocks. 

What You'll Learn

• Selecting and preparing fabrics for your blocks
• Tips for precisely and easily cutting and truing up segments
• Folding, stacking and stitching techniques that make the most of your fabric -- and your time
• Ways of customizing quilting rulers to take all the guesswork out of measuring
• Using paper patterns to cut lots of fabric precisely and quickly
  

What You'll Make

• Anita's Arrowhead Block for making the Liberty Arrowhead Quilt
• Pineapple Blocks for making Two-Color Pineapple quilts
• Anita's Unbiased Block for making the Candy Stripe Quilt
• Square-on-Point Block

New & FREE Craftsy Online Quilting Class - Pictures to Pixel Quilts

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View a beloved, historic art form through a modern lens. Caro Sheridan turns eye-popping digital photos into conceptual works of pieced-together art.

 Learn It

• How to select the right photo for use in your quilt
• The art of pixelating a photo to maximum benefit
• To transfer pixelated photos onto spreadsheet or graph paper
• Formulas for calculating yardage and cut-size needs 
• Tips for cutting, organizing and sewing blocks

Make It

• A quilt made from a custom template based on your own pixelated photo or
• A pixel-style quilt using Caro Sheridan’s template