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Teaching projects are not available for sale through local needlework shops. These projects are only available in a class situation. Please contact Debbie at debbie@DebbeesDesigns.com for information about classes. I also teach for Shining Needle Society’s cyber classes, so some of these projects may be available there.
Ablaze
Ablaze is available in 3 color ways – Fire (at the top), Blue Blazes (middle), and Embers below). The pattern is a log cabin variation, with a striking corner motif
DIVISIONS
Do you see the divisions in this project? The areas are not defined by borders, but by stitches and colors. Stitches include waffle, double fan doubled, jessicas, walnetos, crescents, battlement
EXPLORATIONS
Explorations analyzes several kinds of stitches—large motifs such as walnetos, jessicas and crescents, background patterns and smaller spot motifs such as celestial star eyelets. I will emphasize the mechanics of
TRIBUTE
I picked out some of my favorite Jean Hilton stitches, and designed a project with them. The center is filled with walnetos, Rhodes stitches and waffle stitches. Then it expands
Angles
This intriguing project features loads of Jean Hilton stitches and other fun stitches in a grayscale color scheme, accented with a single color. Students may substitute out the red if
Allegro
Allegro debuted at ANG National Seminar 2019 in Houston, and won’t be available until after that. But it will be worth the wait! The center motif is a Kitty’s double
GILDED CABOCHONS
The ceiling at Union Station in Chicago was the inspiration for this project This piece is loaded with about 40 different stitches, with special emphasis on the cabochons, padded or
SONATA
I love playing with analogous color schemes, colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Sonata employs two different analogous color schemes, cool (pictured here) and warm
CORNERED
Do you ever find it challenging to turn corners? This is the project for you! Cornered features several bands with instruction in turning outside and inside corners. This project features