Hand Appliqué Techniques & Design
Class Length: 2 sessions, 3hrs each
Class Cost: $145
Are Materials Included? Practice materials to learn with are provided, but we encourage bringing your own preferred materials for producing an actual piece.
Additionally, fabrics are always available for purchase in-studio.
Class Description: In this two-session skill-building workshop you’ll learn foundational hand appliqué techniques while exploring how small, intentional choices around color, repetition, and composition can grow into expressive, personal work.
This workshop introduces multiple hand appliqué stitches, methods, and approaches, based on the "Double Color shape technique" developed by Amanda Nadig. You’ll learn how to build on this method, adapting it to suit different ideas, materials, and goals — and make it entirely your own!
Using organic appliqué shapes, you’ll build quilt blocks and begin composing them into a larger piece. Throughout both sessions, Rae provides hands-on guidance, individual feedback, and design-focused coaching around color relationships, spacing, repetition, and placement. You’ll be encouraged to explore multiple options while also learning how to recognize which choices best support the piece you’re trying to make, including when to adjust an approach and how to adapt the technique to suit your own goals, materials, and aesthetic instincts.
This workshop offers clear guidance, thoughtful instruction, and space to explore ideas as they develop. You’ll leave with strong technical foundations, a growing appliqué composition, and new ways of thinking about color and design that extend far beyond this class.
This class will only run with 5+ participants as our instructor must travel a significant distance to join us.
Some prior sewing experience is helpful, but no previous hand appliqué experience is required.
Class Registration
All Hoop & Bee classes require registration to ensure enough seats and equipment for everyone. If you have any questions or difficulty scheduling, please reach out and we’ll be happy to help during our regular daytime staffed hours, Monday - Friday from 10am-4pm.
This class will run with 5+ participants. If there are not enough participants, you will be contacted to shift your seat to another time/date this class is being offered.
NOTE: if you do not see any classes on the schedule, it means either all classes are currently full, or are not being offered at this time. If you would like to register for a waiting list OR request a class to be offered in the future, please contact us.
Before your first class, please review our Class Policies. Youth are welcome in this class upon request, but all participants should be 16+ unless approved by the instructor. Remember to only bring closed-top beverages to class! We are located on the second floor of Eastworks in Suite 209. We look forward to making with you!
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