1. Class Description: Cute Cat Patterns are fun, whimsical quilts for all those cat lovers in your shop. They feature sweet little cat quilts made from fused fabrics and machine quilting. Students learn an easy pattern transfer method and a quick binding treatment. The simple assemblage process encourages more classes in fused quilts.

2. Length of Session: Expect a class session to last 3 - 4 hours if fabric kits are prepared ahead of time.

3. Student Skill Level: Beginners and intermediate quilt makers.

4. Instructor Supply List Notes: Please review the items listed in the pattern’s Materials and Tools section before class. Each student will need their own pattern. Stock enough fusible web (Wonder Under recommended) and batting (Heirloom Cotton 80/20 Batting recommended) for each student or provide them as part of a kit. Fabric kits with bright, pre-washed fabrics made up of hand-dyed cotton and batik fabrics work best for raw-edged fused quilts as the color penetrates all the way through the fabric. Do not use permanent press fabrics.

Other items the shop may stock for students to purchase are: a fine point black Sharpie marker or lead pencil; small, sharp scissors; mat, ruler, and rotary cutter; and a decorative rotary cutter blade (pinking, wave, or scallop) for their rotary cutters. A Teflon pressing sheet is optional.

5. Student Supply List Notes: If you are not providing a fabric kit for the class, encourage students to bring hand-dyed or batik fabrics. Wonder Under Fusible Web and Hobbs Heirloom Cotton 80/20 batting.

7. Step-by-Step Teaching Instructions: Follow the instructions listed in the pattern step-by-step. For more information on fusing, refer to Laura’s book Fuse and Tell Journal Quilts. Page numbers below refer to those pages in Fuse and Tell where more information can be found.

Review and Discuss:
• Application of fusible web to the fabric (page 8, Using Fusible Web)
• Release paper (page 9 Pressing Aids)
• Shape Shifting or pattern transfer (page 11 Shape Shifting)
• Fuse-tacking fused fabrics (page 11 Fuse-tacking)
• Free-cutting fabrics (page 11 Free-cutting)
• Cutting with decorative blades (page 10 Cutting, Placing, and Marking Tools)
• Steam setting the glue (page 11 Steam Setting)

Quilt Construction Stages:
• Fuse all the fabrics and remove the release paper. Save the paper whole for pattern transfer.
• Build the background collages (wallpaper and flooring) using decorative rotary cutter blades.
• Assemble the background on the batting.
• Transfer the pattern pieces using the black marker and release paper.
• Place the pattern parts on the background and fuse into place.
• Steam set the quilt top to the batting for 10 seconds.
• Quilt by hand or machine. Trim the quilt square and bind with fused binding.

8. Important Tip: Remind students to use the fuse-tacking technique often. (Fuse-tacking is holding the iron in place for only 5 seconds to fuse fabric place.) Too much heat for too long will burn the glue into the fabric, change the color of the fabric, make it stiff, and elements will fall off the quilt top. It is the steam that sets the glue and makes it permanent.

9. Cute Cat Contest: Using the same cat pattern, place the cat in other situations like sitting on a sofa or playing with a ball of string.

10. Other Products Recommended for Your Shop:
• Fuse and Tell Journal Quilts (C&T Publishing, 2008) by Laura Wasilowski
• Fusing Fun: Fast Fearless Art Quilts (C&T Publishing, 2005) by Laura Wasilowski
• Laura Wasilowski Teaches You How to Create Fused Art Quilts DVD (C&T Publishing, 2008)
• Wonder Under Fusible Web
• Hobbs Heirloom Cotton 80/20 batting
• Hand-dyed or batik fabrics
• Decorative rotary cutter blades
• Small sharp scissors

For information about wholesale purchases of Laura's patterns email her or call 847-931-7684 CST