Machine Embroidery Techniques I

As the founder of Annie's once said, "If you can hold a pencil, you can learn to crochet!" Today is the day you learn how to crochet and discover a relaxing hobby you'll enjoy for life! Soon you'll be crocheting delightful items to make as gifts, to decorate your home, and simply put, to impress family and friends! In this online video class from Annie's, Ellen demonstrates how to crochet all the basic stitches for both right- and left-handers! Join crochet instructor Ellen Gormley as she makes learning how to crochet fun and easy.

) In this exciting 201 class, you'll add to your repertoire of beading and jewelry-making skills to add more detail, texture and beauty to your handcrafted creations by exploring many of the basic stranding and wire techniques often used in jewelry design. If you've already learned the basics of beading and jewelry making and are ready to take your skills to the next level and learn additional stranding techniques, wirework techniques and how to make your own findings, then this class is for you!.(Basic beading and jewelry-making skills include stringing, making simple and wrapped loops, properly opening and closing jump rings, understanding the function of jewelry findings and working with ear wires.

Next, Keri demonstrates and explains all the basic and essential beading and jewelry-making techniques in excellent detail.Learn to Bead & Make Jewelry 101 You'll learn: ; How to string and secure beads onto wire; How to make simple and wrapped loops; How to properly open and close jump rings; How to work with chain of different thicknesses; How to make floating beads and floating bead groups ; How to work with different ear wires; And much more Throughout this class, Keri demonstrates the fundamental techniques needed to make the 10 delightful projects included with the class. You'll learn what supplies and materials to look for to begin your jewelry-making adventure.

Machine-quilting expert Wendy Sheppard remembers what it's like to learn how to machine quilt—the fear and frustration, but more importantly, the satisfaction at learning valuable machine-quilting skills.

Learn to Machine Quilt. In this quilting class, you will: ; Discover which threads, needles, batting and notions work best with machine quilting; Learn how to securely start and stop stitching; Discover how to imprint quilt motifs in your brain before taking them to the sewing machine; Practice and learn straight-line stitching close together and far apart parallel lines, corners and crosshatching; Learn free-motion quilting techniques stippling, swirly vines, interchanging vine, allover swirls, jester's hat, single and double echoing, and pebbles. Machine-quilting expert Wendy Sheppard remembers what it's like to learn how to machine quilt—the fear and frustration, but more importantly, the satisfaction at learning valuable machine-quilting skills.