• Gain confidence by concentrating on elements of a landscape rather than the entire scene
• Nancy and guest Natalie Sewell show landscape quilting techniques for trees, flowers, and ground covering in broken down small how-to lessons that teach you to cut, shape, layer and shade the individual elements
• You'll learn the techniques of this popular quilting format and gain the confidence needed to create your own landscape designs

• 60 minute running time DVD; closed captioned for the hearing impaired
• By Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell
• Learn the basics of landscape quilting
• "Basics" techniques: Cutting; gluing; selecting fabrics; designing; highlighting/shading with pens and paints; quilting
• How-to lessons:
  • Trees: Basics, close-up, distant, and hand-drawn
  • Flowers: Basics, resizing, adding realism, cutting blooms/buds from a non-floral print
  • Ground cover: Spring & summer, fall, snow, and shadows
  • Quilting techniques: Setting up your sewing machine, stippling, and outlining the motif

Part 1:
Take a practical approach to create the elements of a picturesque landscape scene.
Nancy and her quilting mentor Natalie Sewell show you how to cut, shade, paint, and stipple trees. Their landscape quilt designs feature light and dark plus distant and close-up trees. Learn "messy cutting," shading/highlighting with various mediums, and learn how to stipple in a way that adds dimension to the trees.

Part 2:
Practice making floral landscape elements with a simple piece by piece approach.
In the second episode of this mini workshop class, landscape artists Natalie Sewell and Nancy teach you to make gorgeous blooms, buds, and leaves. Shade and highlight blossoms, buds, and leaves for a 3D effect, and resize to add realism to your artwork. Stipple details, and outline petals, grasses, and leaves—let your fabric and design dictate how you stitch.

Part 3:
Get the self-assurance you need to do landscape quilting in small step by step lessons.
The final episode in this series deals with the trickiest part of landscape quilting—ground cover! Nancy and her quilting buddy Natalie Sewell show how to achieve movement and depth in ground cover by layering and working with a multitude of fabrics in a random and unruly way. Give life to your designs by highlighting and shading with markers and oil pastels. Then stipple to your heart's content following the movement of the fabric.

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