There are SO many amazing classes at Craftsy and they are having their BIG SUMMER SALE now until Monday. This is the best time to get the classes you want and save (there is no need to ever pay full price!!!). Craftsy has added a bunch of great new selections, including the one I picked: Cut to It: Strategies for Smarter Quilting (w/ Debbie Caffrey). Learning to cut your fabric accurately is one of the most important parts of quilting. While it may not be the most exciting aspect of the craft, it's critical to achieving good results and if you're going to the trouble and expense, you might as well do it right!
The class covers rotary cutting skills, how to cut strips, shapes, deal with fat quarters, squares, bias edges, and so much more. It can be a little hypnotizing watching Debbie cut away and I sure wish I had this class available to me when I started quilting almost three years ago - probably would have saved a lot of fabric by preventing the mistakes I've made!!! She has so many tricks and time-saving techniques - it's quite impressive how she's taken this skill to a whole new level!
I already wrote about the other class I just got, Machine Quilting: Small Changes, Big Variety (w/ Angela Walters) and I love it! I always learn so much from Angela and she certainly gives me the confidence (and inspiration) to quilt new designs. Her small changes to simple motifs help expand your quilting design repertoire with little effort. (I've already pre-ordered her new book coming out in September!).
Have fun checking out the new classes and the awesome ones already available. Of course, I gravitate to all the quilting and embroidery classes first but there are new cooking, photography, painting, and sewing classes too!
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