Join the 24 hour Quilting Masterclass! Enjoy a preliminary piecing class and gain confidence with improv curve piecing and then dive deep with 7 free-motion machine quilting classes designed to teach the art of blending background quilting!
Class Closed until estimated Fall 2024
Improv Piecing and Machine Appliqué Workshop: Immediate access!
Quilting class and live support: September 15 – December 15, 2023
Ongoing access to all content: FOREVER!!
Improvisational piecing and free-cut curves are introduced with five exciting quilt projects, each designed to progressively build your confidence. Then, go ahead and bust more boundaries by breaking free of “classic quilted backgrounds” and the bossiness of the quilt block. Learn 100+ fresh backgrounds, bridge elements and transitions with Bethanne’s creative Blended Quilt Texture techniques and designs. By mixing and matching, create quite literally hundreds of unique textures.
What will class look like?
Students will have the unmatched experience of more than 24 hours of instruction presented in both pre-recorded and live classes with additional live question and answer sessions. You will own your class FOREVER.
Start your three hour Improvisational Piecing Workshop immediately with pre-recorded lessons and 5 lovely small quilts designed to teach comfort with free curve piecing and beginner improv work, with a bonus lesson of foundation machine appliqué! . These projects are the perfect non-traditional canvas for your quilting projects later in class, but ultimately are completely optional. If they don’t appeal to you, change them, or skip them!
From September 15 – December 15, students will begin to access 7 quilting classes and learn Bethanne’s unique blended background quilting motifs and techniques. Classes are pre-recorded with personalized followup in a 1:1 supportive experience with Bethanne in a dedicated Facebook group where the education builds further with each student sample, allowing for students to learn from feedback, and each other. Master the techniques of moving between quilting designs, using them to create focus, imply pictorial qualities, even consider their emotional impact on the viewer through scale, and action. Class culminates with a live design class, where Bethanne demonstrates on student samples the ideas and themes of class, which helps solidify class concepts on real world quilts with a range of styles.
Work from home in the comfort of your own studio with whatever machine suits you for free-motion machine quilting! All class material will be demonstrated on a longarm, sit down domestic, and sit down longarm using state of the art photography, sound, and lighting. Students are encouraged to be knowledgeable free-motion machine quilters who feel comfortable with the idea of some backtracking.
Plus access to AMAZING BONUS class material immediately with purchase!
- Thread talk, tensioning, starts and stops with machine quilting mini class
- Longarm ergonomic safety and control mini class
- Sit down quilting quilt management discussion
- Batting and Marking resource guide
- Craft idea videos for using your practice fabrics
Astonishing Student Success Stories…
Lorie Quinn...What can I say about Bethanne Nemesh? One of the best teachers I’ve ever come across. I took her Breaking Boundaries workshop and was amazed and delighted in the attention to detail in her teaching — the way she is able to break things down in manageable chunks that build with every class. The shear amount of thought and time she puts into her classes is incredible and is worth far, far more than the price she charges. She was always available to answer questions or help with problems and that in itself is worth the price of admission! I was trepidatious at first, but I can say that the amount of information, knowledge and material that I received far exceeds the price of the class. It is an absolute bargain. Bethanne is a delightful person, a wonderful teacher, an amazing artist and I can’t wait to take her next class. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Karin Vorrath…I loved the class. Never had done any improvisational piecing before but was able to follow along with the pre-recorded class. What impressed me was Behanne’s attention to detail and the well thought out step by step approach which ensured that each project turned out fabulous.
The filler designs were well organised and discussed in a lot of detail. As I am at the other end of the world, I watched most of the classes using Teachable and sometimes on FB after the live event. No problem with either. The set up Bethanne has in place allows for easy watching and was very reliable. There were of course too many designs to mention but if you concentrate on a number of designs you like and practice them you will find that even as a beginner you will be able to stitch the designs. What I also liked were the discussions about design and Bethanne’s gentle nudging to make a design your own.
And lastly, feedback was always prompt and highly relevant…you are definitely going to be extended and will grow as a FMQ student.
Overall, a great experience and highly recommended.
Qurrat Thakur…I would highly recommend this class for anyone wanting to expand their repertoire of quilting motifs. Not only do you learn 100s of different motifs, but Bethanne also helps you understand how and when to use them for maximum impact. I am a pretty accomplished free motion quilter but I can honestly say that this class is the best investment I have made in my quilting journey. Bethanne breaks down how to sew the textures with as minimal of backtracking as possible. Then she goes over how to seamlessly move from one motif to another using bridging techniques. My quilting vocabulary has expanded greatly. I also appreciate that I have access to all her videos and instructions forever.
Visit my education site and see even more details, including a full class syllabus. Class is hosted on the professional education platform, TEACHABLE…for a college-like online experience with amazing click and play features. When using iOS, you can even download your videos to your device…and watch when not connected to wifi.