Arm Knitting: Make a Throw Pillow
Intermediate | 50 min 19 sec
Introduction
00:50
Materials
02:13
Make Pillow
19:09
11:42
03:24
13:01
January Lookbook // 2019
January Lookbook // 2019
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Planners 101: Creative Ideas for Choosing and Using a Planner
Stephanie Fleming
Happy Planner founder, Stephanie Fleming, provides a thorough introduction to the exciting world of planners, sharing a wealth of knowledge on how to plan your happy life. This class will not only help you choose your planner, but will also help you decide how you want to customize and embellish it. Stephanie shows you how to add pages, punch photographs, embellish with stickers and pens, and exercise your creativity – all while staying on task. As Stephanie says, “I want this class to feel like a guided meditation – let me walk you through the process.”
Daily Painting Challenge: Flowers, Fruits and the Natural World
Carolyn Gavin
Join artist and illustrator Carolyn Gavin for a month of exploring color. Using both gouache and watercolor, Carolyn will demonstrate how she works from reference and imagination to create her paintings. She begins the daily challenge with her signature florals, then works through the month using fruits, veggies, and household objects as subjects. You’ll experiment with shape and color and learn how to let inspiration guide you along your painting journey. Finish your paintings by adding detail with pen and ink to create a month of beautifully rich paintings. 
 
Lingerie Sewing: Underwire Bralette and Ruffle Panty
Madalynne Intimates
The pairing of Simplicity and Madalynne Intimates is a match made in lingerie heaven. Designer Maddie Flanigan uses the Simplicity 8711 pattern to show you step by step how to sew a gorgeous set of intimates. The underwire bralette features a monowire for support, housed in an interior frame called a floating bridge. The monowire and bust darts create a bralette that gives exceptional support and shapes without flattening. You’ll also learn how to attach a hook and eye closure and make adjustable elastic shoulder straps. The underwear is sewn in a matching fabric with three tiers of flounces for a glamorous effect.
Knit the Lady Soul Sweater
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Patchwork Improv: Working with Strips
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Sew a Linen Bucket Bag
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Sashiko Sewing
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Super Slouch Crocheted Cardigan
Marly Bird
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Arm Knitting: Make a Throw Pillow
Anne Weil
Arm knitting is a simple process that yields luxurious results. Using super bulky yarn, knit designer Anne Weil shows you how to create a color-blocked pillow cover. As a finishing touch, you will also learn how to sew a simple pillow lining. This plush pillow can be made in a day and enjoyed year round. 
Freezer Paper Piecing
Tara Faughnan
Colorful quilter Tara Faughnan shares her technique for piecing geometric quilts with freezer paper templates. This technique creates super precise points and makes piecing a breeze – and best of all, the templates can be used over and over again. Along the way, Tara shares her knowledge of choosing fabrics based on color value and interaction, and then goes on to show how to create your own templates. After that, it’s time to piece! Tara demonstrates how to make a diamond-themed mini quilt, but this technique can be applied to quilts of all shapes and sizes.
Cricut Crafts: Monogrammed Leather Keychain
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Beginning Watercolor: Mark-Making and Expressive Brush Strokes
Yao Cheng
Now that you’ve had a chance to play with color and basic techniques, you’re ready to get to know your paintbrushes. This class is all about exploring the effects you can achieve with different brushes and strokes. To practice these techniques, Yao will show you several ways to paint trees and leaves, and at the end she’ll show you how to paint simple wreaths full of greenery.
Digitizing Watercolor: Creating Art Prints in Photoshop
Cecelia Murphy
Learn how to take that painting out of your sketchbook and turn it into a reproducible art print! Designer and artist, Cecelia Murphy, shows you her technique for scanning artwork, touching it up in Photoshop, and transforming it into a giclee print. This fine art printing format allows you to create high-quality multiples of your artwork, perfect for selling on Etsy or at craft fairs. Perfect for Photoshop first-timers, Cecelia shows you how to use your painting as a jumping off point to enhance color, achieve brighter whites and even add digital paint brush strokes to improve and stylize your painting. This digitizing technique is ideal for watercolor artists, but also works well with artwork made in other mediums. 
Make a Classic Macramé Plant Hanger
Emily Katz
Learn how to create the most iconic of all macramé projects: the Plant Hanger. Emily Katz shows you how to create a hanger out of cotton rope tied into simple square knots and half square knots. This project is totally customizable and can work with planters of any size. Emily will show you how to calculate the proportions of your planter and construct a hanger that will hold the pot perfectly.
Hand-Built Ceramics: A 3-Part Series
Linda Fahey
Learn how to create beautiful ceramic vessels at home without a potter's wheel. California ceramicist and designer Linda Fahey shows you every step of setting up a studio at home, and then demonstrates three methods for hand-building pottery. Along the way, she covers creating and attaching handles and even provides an introduction to glazing and firing. This three-part course covers all of the essential information you need to know to play with clay in your home studio.

 
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Learn how to create beautiful ceramic vessels at home without a potter's wheel. California ceramicist and designer Linda Fahey shows you every step of setting up a studio at home, and then demonstrates three methods for hand-building pottery. Along the way, she covers creating and attaching handles and even provides an introduction to glazing and firing. This three-part course covers all of the essential information you need to know to play with clay in your home studio.

 
Here’s what you’ll need:
Hand-Built Ceramics: Pinch Pot, Slab, and Coil Forms
  • 25lb bag of clay (Linda suggests B-Mix cone 5/6 midfire with sand)
  • Sponge
  • Wire tool
  • 3 ribs (serrated, non-serrated, and rubber)
  • Dust mask
  • Small utility knife
  • Scraping tool
  • Smoothing tool
  • Rasp
  • Rolling pin or PVC pipe
  • Thin sheets of plastic (dry-cleaning plastic is ideal)
  • Spray bottle
  • Sealable containers with lids
  • Two ¼” wooden dowels
  • Wet towel
  • 3" biscuit cutter
  • Rinse bucket
  • Small slip brush
  • Apron (optional)
  • Hand-Built Ceramics: Creating and Attaching Handles
  • Cup forms at “leather hard” stage
  • Wedged clay for handles
  • Sponge
  • Sheets of plastic and a storage box
  • Handled blending tool
  • Scoring tool
  • Small wallpaper roller
  • Utility knife
  • Slip
  • Paintbrush
  • Hand-Built Ceramics: Introduction to Glazing
  • Glazing grips
  • Wax
  • Sponge
  • Haka brush
  • Glaze (in a bucket) for dipping (Linda uses Cone 5 satin white)
  • Downloads:
    Learn how to:
    • Create beautiful ceramic vessels
    • Setting up a studio at home
    • Three methods for hand-building pottery

    What you’ll get:
    • Step-by-step expert instruction from Linda Fahey on hand-built ceramics
    • A multi-part video lesson you can access online anytime, anywhere
    • Detailed supplies list
    • The ability to leave comments, ask questions, and interact with other students
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    Hand-Built Ceramics: A 3-Part Series Reviews
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    Rita Subach
    it was Very easy Anne Weil is a fabulous teacher. She Makes each steps Very easily understandable. I Love Arm Knitting with Chunky Yarn.
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    ANGELA PIGGUE
    LOVE IT! She makes it so easy to follow her instructions.
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    Nancy Saul-Demers
    Very interesting! I've never heard of arm knitting before but I believe I could do this!
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