Carol W Clanton: Roses All Tied Up! (Half Day WS, Fri, 3/5/27 9am-12pm)

Roses All Tied Up!
Half-Day Workshop
9 am - 12 pm, Friday, March 5

Have fun creating your own colorful bouquet of flowers as you learn to make these fancy Ruched Roses. You can choose to use one fabric for all three roses or add variation by using two different fabrics for the center and for the petals. You will gain confidence in the Needleturn Technique as you use freezer paper to stitch smoothly around your leaves and bow to tie up your bouquet. All sewing is done by hand.
All Levels

BEFORE CLASS, cut the following:

• 13 ½’” square of background fabric (the square will be a finished 12 ½” block)
• Strip of fabric, 1 ½” x 26” center of Ruched Rose 
• Strip of fabric, 1 ½” x Width of Fabric for outside petals of Ruched Roses 
• One ¾” x 30” bias strip for stems

Hint:  If you want to use the same green fabric for the leaves, 2 bias strips cut diagonally across a 9 ½” fabric square will give you enough fabric to cut the bias strips as well as to cut out the leaves

Fabric: All fabric should be 100% cotton. Lighter weight 100% cotton fabric works best for gathering the strips of fabric for the Rose construction. Choose various shades of green, if you like, for leaves or use the 9 ½” fabric square as suggested above. 

Thread:  Hand Quilting Weight Thread recommended for flower construction.  Polyester thread can be used if necessary. Color should match or closely match your flower. NO RAYON thread for flowers.

50 wt. cotton thread for stitching the appliqués. Match the thread to the appliqués, not the background.  If you cannot find the color you need in cotton, polyester-covered cotton will work. Aurifil #80 cotton works well also.

Needles:  Your favorite needle to use with the quilting thread.  For the actual applique, a long, slim needle size 10 to 12 in a sharp or milliner needle is good.  If you have a favorite applique needle, feel free to use that. 

Other supplies:

Small ruler (no bigger than 12 inches),

applique pins, 

embroidery scissors, and small paper scissors,

fabric marker/pencil of your choice for pattern and marking fabric,

freezer paper,

toothpick and three quilt binding clips,

Light box (optional),  

Any other sewing supplies that make you happy.