TRAVELING ADIRONDACKS : Artful Applique Techniques

Get ready for a fun, technique-filled art project! Start by making a fused, layered, raw-edge applique Adirondack chair.
Then create a simple landscape for your chair. Depending on your choice of fabrics, your chair may travel to the ocean, forest, flower garden or any landscape you imagine!


TRAVELING ADIRONDACKS: Supply List
Chair: Three 8” squares of fabric. Batiks are the easiest to work with.
Decide what color your chair will be. You will need a light, medium and dark value of that color.
For example, you choose a purple chair. You will need an 8” square of light purple, 8” square of
medium value purple and an 8” square of dark purple
Background: Decide where your chair will travel to (beach, garden, woods)
You will need 1 fat quarter for the “Sky” (doesn’t have to be a blue sky—think outside the box!)
3 to 6 fat quarters for the “Land”
If you are adding water (ocean or lake) bring 2-4 fat quarters for “Water”
3 distinctly different colored pencils (ie, red, yellow, blue)
Sharpie (medium or fine point)
Mechanical Pencil
6” ruler (optional)
Small applique scissors with a sharp tip (I like Fiskar’s Easy-Action)
*Thread to coordinate with your darkest Chair color
*Threads to coordinate with your background fabrics
*Bobbin Thread, like Superior Bottom Line
Sewing machine in good working order. Know how to set it up for free motion quilting.
Regular sewing foot and Free motion foot
Extension table if you have one
*Sewing machine needles (90/14 topstitch is my go-to)
*Quilting Gloves
Rotary cutter and Ruler
Straight pins
Lunch
I will have these items available in class. You may bring your own if you prefer:
½ yard of Wonder Under fusible web.
12” square of Freezer Paper
1 sheet of Tracing Paper
3” square of black tulle
*504 Basting Spray
Materials to complete wall hanging (optional for class, you will finish on your own)
½ yard fabric for backing
Fat quarter fabric for binding or facing
½ yard of batting (Warm and Natural works well for this)
*Starred items are available for purchase at the Sewing Machine Exchange.