Bead It Like You Mean It

6 or 3 hour format
Skill level: all levels
Optional kits available for $25.00

Add beads of all shapes and sizes to your quilts and wearable art, easily and after you are done quilting. Here’s the prize: no knots or mess on the back! Learn to embellish in a way that adds to the overall design instead of looking like an afterthought.

Students will create a small fabric collage on batting, learn different beading techniques, and come home with a small art-quilt (3hr class) or a book-cover (6hr class). Techniques will also be taught for applying beads to clothing.

Supplies:
fabric scissors
small container to keep beads in (Altoid tins work well)

If you want to make a book-cover from the kit you will need to bring a small book. If you can gift wrap it with a piece of notebook paper, it is small enough.

4”x 6” hardbound sketchbooks will be available for purchase from Lyric for $5.00 each.

Buy a kit ($25) There is no need to reserve a kit. Lyric will bring plenty.

OR bring:

  • seed beads: size 11 and/or 15, 1 tube each of 2 colors
  • seed beads: size 6, 1 tube
  • bugle beads: 1 tube
  • cabachon, button (no shank) or flat bead, minimum 20mm diameter
  • fat quarter or 8x10 piece of background fabric
  • couple of fabric scraps (pre-fused to wonder-under if you’d like to save a little time)
  • long applique needle size 11 (I prefer foxglove cottage straw needles)
  • batting, fat quarter sized or 8”x10”
  • wonder-under, 1/2 yd
  • Fabric for back of quilt, 8”x10” or fat quarter
  • nymo or sylamide beading thread: to match your beads or background fabric

Optional:

  • any interesting beads or embellishments you might have
  • thimble and needle threader
  • rubber finger  from an office supply store, to help pull your needle
  • lamp or magnifying lamp and extension cord

Classroom Requirements:
One iron and board per five students.
Three sewing machines, straight stitch, black thread in top and bobbin.
A screen or wall on which to project demonstrations.

To schedule this class contact Lyric.
Click here for Lyric’s teaching and lecture contract.