June 18-19, 2021, Pro-Stitcher Premium: Basics and Beyond, Small Group

Susan Manry Virtually via Zoom

Quilters, when you go to stretch your wings,  have you been intimidated by the noise of the classroom, or the eagerness of other learners? Well, worry not! It’s for students like you that I’m hosting my newest Pro-Stitcher Premium Small Group class! Quilters, I’m happy to announce that the small-group courses are here to stay!  If you’ve been seeking an intimate environment to learn Pro-Stitcher Premium with extra time for individual instruction, look no further!  Together with your nine peers, you’ll learn everything it takes to stitch beautiful quilts in the solace of your own studio.We’ll begin our course by breaking down the features, tools, and user interface.  I’ll show you how to easily update PSP, and where to go for additional support options.  Once we’re comfortable in our working knowledge of the program, we’ll move on to what we came here for—design and execution! I’ll teach you all about simulating quilt layouts, for both edge-to-edge and custom quilt treatments, to help pare down the time you spend before the machine.  I’ll show you the easy way to download, import, and install purchased designs, too.   You’ll learn all the tools for repeating and wrapping, clever tricks for advancing your quilts, […]

$200.00

June 26 – 27, 2021, Art and Stitch: Just for Quilters

Susan Manry Virtually via Zoom

Quilters, do you think of yourselves as artists? For all the love and effort you invest into your quilts, I certainly hope so. Well, if there’s ever been a doubt in your mind, this is the class to clear it up! This June 26th and 27th, join me for the virtual renaissance of one of my most popular courses:  Art and Stitch for Quilters!In this hands-on class, you’ll develop all the skills you need to design and implement beautiful patterns and motifs from scratch using the extensive catalogue of tools available in the Art and Stitch software. You’ll begin your journey by getting familiar with the program’s user interface, and the many resources available to designers both on and offline.  Then, you’ll dive right in-- using the drawing and editing tools to create designs, split and connect them, produce them in a continuous line, and save them for your specific machine format.  Designing from inspiration and drawing over backdrops, you’ll learn to use the Magic Wand, Magic Circle, and Magic Square tools, and to explore the mysteries of Magic Rays and Echo Quilting.  In addition to creating your own designs from scratch, you’ll learn to modify and repurpose designs that […]

$200.00