Machine Quilting Negative Space

Turn your quilt's negative space into positively fabulous designs! Angela shows how to complement pieced sections with motifs and texture.

Advance your skills with the guidance of Angela Walters, an experienced quilting instructor and author of Free Motion Quilting with Angela Walters. Go from sketching simple patterns to sewing complex designs, turning your previously plain palettes into wonderful works of art.

Learn to break up negative space with a variety of motifs. Play with pebbles and paisleys, twirl with circles and swirls, and travel through a garden of stitched leaves, as you incorporate different design elements to produce subtle and sumptuous surfaces.

Angela has also included a free pattern for her All Mine Quilt in the course materials.

Take advantage of your quilt's empty canvas by enrolling in Machine Quilting Negative Space today!

You'll Learn How To

• Combine multiple quilting designs in creative ways
• Sketch and transition designs
• Complement pieced sections with negative space designs
• Decide when marking is advisable, optional or unnecessary

• 10 HD video lessons with anytime, anywhere access
• Hours of close-up instruction
• Downloadable class materials, including the pattern & instructions for Angela's "All Mine" quilt!
• Answers from Angela in our virtual classroom

• Watch classes on your own schedule: wherever, whenever you want
• Your access never expires
• 100% money back guarantee

1. Introduction (5:03)

   Meet your instructor, Angela Walters, and gain an overview of free-motion quilting and what you'll learn over the course of the class.

2. Sketching: Negative Space (25:32)

   What is negative space? Angela answers this question as she teaches you how to sketch designs that can be used to fill in the background of your quilts.

3. Sketching: Combining Designs (16:57)

   Take your machine quilting skills a step further as you tackle swirls, leaves and other unique designs that add interesting twists to your quilts.

4. Sketching: Changing Your Scale (15:06)

   Love a design, but need to make it smaller or larger to fit a specific width? Angela shows you how to resize your designs and sketch them in the scale that you prefer.

5. Echoing Quilt Designs (9:59)

   Angela demonstrates techniques on her longarm machine that can be used to echo various quilting designs. Additionally, you'll learn how to mark your quilt top and achieve even, professional-looking results.

6. Stitching in Negative Space (27:17)

   Bring your designs from Lesson 2 to life as you quilt swirls, lines, circles and any other designs of your choosing with Angela's expert advice along the way.

7. Quilting Designs (17:14)

   Follow along with Angela or create your own patterns as you learn how to work with various combinations of designs, including swirls, circles, leaves and more!

8. Changing Scale (20:10)

   Practice circles, teardrops, paisley and more in various sizes to achieve a wide variety of looks. Angela also shows you how to highlight a focal point using a gorgeous technique.

9. Intermediate Design (20:55)

   Kick up your design skills yet another notch as you practice intermediate designs, including wood grain, tiles, flowers and plumes.

10. Design Gallery (7:03)

    To conclude the class, Angela offers quilt "eye candy" to show how many different, dazzling ways you can incorporate these designs into future projects. You'll never look at negative space the same way again!

System Requirements:

• Supported OS: Web Browser