Baby Honu Tablerunner

Quilt Hawaii 2006 Full Day Class

What to bring:
1. Sewing machine capable of zig-zag stitch with sharp needle, preferably a 90/14 or 80/12. If you haven't changed your needle in a while, now is the time. You will also need your open toe appliqué foot, or a zig-zag foot that allows you to see and be able to sew on a penciled line. Please check your presser foot before class—some zig-zag feet have metal bars in front of their needles which makes it very difficult to see and sew tight curves on a line. A clear zig-zag foot is the next best thing to an open-toe foot. (Bernina owners-bring your #37 and #20.)
2. Rotary cutter, ruler and mat.
3. An assortment of pens, pencils or markers that are visible on your turtle body fabric and turtle shell fabric. These will be used on the WRONG side, so permanent pens are okay. No sharpies or anything that bleeds or smears! I highly recommend pencils or gel-type ink pens. The gel pens go on lightly and smoothly and come in a variety of colors, even white and yellow for dark fabrics! Pick something that makes a light, visible line on your turtle and shell fabric.
4. General sewing supplies: straight pins, a seam ripper, fabric scissors and paper scissors.
5. Thread to match your turtle body fabric and turtle shell fabric. Best here to use a finer thread, such as a size 60 embroidery thread. No cotton-covered polyester—too thick.
6. Clear nylon thread for appliqué—Sulky or YLI. Make sure you can iron it--some clear threads melt!
7. 2 sheets of template plastic, non-gridded or gridded.
8. Ball point bodkin--this is a must-have! Please try to buy this in advance--Kapaia Stitchery runs out quickly. It is a wonderful tool for the technique we will be using. They are relatively inexpensive (around $2) and look like this: