Angels we have Heard on High! Angel Ornaments
Angels we have Heard on High! Angel Ornaments with Margaret Willingham
We’ll make an angel ornament to fly on your tree this holiday season and learn how to apply our easy, 4-step technique!
Reverse appliqué gives an elegant, dimensional look using just two fabrics. The angel design is created in the background fabric peeking out of the top fabric. You can also choose to add appliqued wings and halo with a 3rd fabric. Whatever you decide, it will be beautiful and you will use the same technique.
Be empowered to hand stitch your Angel Ornament. Learn the quick and easy steps of Eye of the Beholder’s Trace! Baste! Snip! & Stitch! process and get pointers on how to hand needle-turn reverse applique and get crisp points, inside corners without frays, and graceful curves.
Finally, we’ll look at how to quilt and finish the ornament so it’s ready for hanging and gift giving. It’s so fun and easy to make these Angel ornaments.
This workshop will be taught by pattern designer, Margaret Brewster Willingham, of Eye of the Beholder Quilt Designs. Margaret is also a published author and international teacher.
This small group class is presented in collaboration with John C. Campbell Folk School and Lessonface. Students are invited to attend an optional Orientation and Closing Ceremony to connect with various online Folk School classes.
Class Materials
Students should provide:
Required Pattern: Angel Ornament Pattern: cost: print= $9.00 / PDF =$6.75 available on www.eobquiltdesign.com.
Student Supplies:
Fabric for Top, Binding & Backing: makes one ornament
Angel Ornament 1 or 2 (5 “x 5 “)
• 1 – 6 ½” x 6 ½” square Dark top fabric (Purple, Blue, Rose), Angel 1 or 2
• 1 – 6 ½” x 6 ½” square Light background fabric (White, cream print), Angel 1 or 2
• 1 – 6 ½” x 6 ½” square Dark backing fabric (same as top), Angel 1 or 2
• FE of Applique fabric (Yellow), Reverse Appliqué with Appliqué: Angel Ornament 2 only
Other supplies:
• 1 – No. 7 Sharps needle* for hand basting
• 1 – No. 11 Milliner’s needle* for hand stitching
• 1 – 5 ½” x 5 ½” square, batting – each ornament
• 1 - 6” Ribbons - each ornament
• 1 pr. small, sharp fabric scissors* (strongly recommend our kai bent-handled, slightly blunt-tipped scissors)
• 40 wt. Hand cotton quilting or Button thread* for basting
• 60 or 80 wt. Thread* that matches your top & appliqué fabric for reverse appliqué and appliqué
• 40 or 50 wt. Thread that matches your background and top fabric for finishing edges and quilting ornament
• 4-5 Safety pins/ pins for pin basting
• Pencil or Frixion gel pen* for tracing onto the wrong side of your background fabric
• Straight pins
• Lightbox or window for tracing pattern
Helpful items: Scotch tape, Needle threader for small-eyed needles
This is a hand class. However, I finish the edge and machine quilt with a sewing machine.
Sewing machine needles: 90/14 (have extras) for machine quilting.
Sewing machine with a straight stitch. Having a zig-zag or blanket stitch, is ideal but not required. (If you don't have a sewing machine, you could finish with a hand buttonhole stitch.)
*Items can be purchased on www.eobquiltdesign.com.
There are Optional Kits available on www.eobquiltdesign.com
Class Materials in PDF Format
Age Range
12 - 100
Skill Level
All Levels
Contact the Teacher
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About the John C. Campbell Folk School & Lessonface
Since 1925, the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina has transformed lives, and brought people together in a nurturing environment for experiences in learning and community life that spark self-discovery. Since 2012, Lessonface has connected more than 30,000 students with over 2,500 great teachers for live music, language, and arts lessons online, delivering on our mission to help students achieve their goals while treating teachers equitably.
When
6-hour live online session with a 1-hour lunch break.
Enrolled students receive 60-day access to the video recording of the class.
How It Works
Enroll above to save your spot in the class. Lessonface will send you a confirmation right away, and a Zoom link 24 hours before the class start time. You can log into your Lessonface dashboard to access class materials, communicate with your instructor, join the live Zoom session, and access the class recordings and chat transcript afterward.
Refund Policy: To cancel an enrollment or request a refund, contact [email protected]. For 30+ days before, we refund 95%. Between 30 and 5 days, receive a 75% refund. No refunds within 5 days of class start date. Materials kit fees are non-refundable.
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Margaret Willingham
“I see quilts as transcriptions of the world around us – in my work I am inspired by the functional elegance of Victorian architecture, from iron grates to grand facades, as well as the natural beauty of creation. In my designs, I want to enable you to bring this beauty and elegance to your own home to create a sense of welcome and hospitality for the people you love.