Description Professional fiber artist Karen Linduska invites you to discover new ways to use the stitches on your sewing machine while making her Fun and Funky Tree pattern. Creating this art piece, you’ll discover features on your sewing machine that may be new to you as you make the background, tree trunk, flowers, ferns, and petals. Learn techniques for surface design and finish the piece by framing it, making it a pillow, or putting it on a tote or jacket. And, you don’t have to have a sewing machine full of decorative stitches to do this class because Karen also shows how to do the same techniques using simple utility stitches found on most basic machines. Gather your beautiful threads and yarns and have fun making your own fun and funky tree! For your convenience, this class can be purchased for online viewing or purchased on DVD. Click here for full curriculum, supply lists, and more. At seven, Karens Linduska’s great-grandmother taught her to knit. At ten, Karen was introduced to her first sewing machine and she says she has been sitting at one ever since! It was while pursuing a degree in fiber art that she discovered using a sewing machine to create surface design. This experience became the foundation of her work today and Karen continues to strive for creativity rather than perfection. She begins by asking “What if?†when it comes to new and different techniques. She is currently a full-time fiber artist, author, and teacher. Two of her publications, Your Machine’s Decorative Stitches and Creative Uses for Decorative Stitches are available through AQS. Karen continues to discover new approaches as she works and learns in her studio every day.
