• Example of a negative reverse applique bandana worn by a person. The bandana has a peach background with light gray foreground fabric and hot pink stitching.
  • A person is sitting at a sewing machine and working on their hot pink applique bandana.
  • Close up of the peach and grey with hot pink stitching bandana. The edges of the gray fabric curl up because it is a knit fabric.
  • This negative reverse applique bandana has a gray background and a light and dark blue foreground fabric. The top stitching is hot pink and neon yellow.
  • A person is smiling and holding up a red and black negative reverse applique bandana.
  • A person is holding up a bandana project that is in progress.
  • Video of a person doing free motion embroidery. The instructor says, "If it's a hot mess, that just means you're not done yet. Just keep stitching over it until you like it."
  • A person is holding up their in progress applique bandana.
  • A student working on their reverse applique bandana project.
  • The background fabric on this negative reverse applique bandana is navy blue. The foreground fabric is cream colored with neon flecks. The top stitching is navy blue.
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Rosalie Gale

MACHINE SEWING CLASS: Negative Reverse Appliqué Bandana

MACHINE SEWING CLASS: Negative Reverse Appliqué Bandana

$75.00 USD
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If you've ever met your instructor for this class - Rosalie Gale - in real life - she was likely wearing a bandana. In this workshop, we'll learn how to drop the feed dogs on a sewing machine and stitch up a fancy looking but pretty simple to make bandana. 

If you don't wear bandanas - and don't think you ever would - don't fret! This bandana also makes a very fancy dog accessory. Make your pup look extra handsome when you tie your masterpiece around their neck. 

Please bring two (2) old t-shirts with you to class. They should be colors you find pleasing together. We'll be using both of them together to make one bandana. If you don't have any shirts you want to transform we will have a stack on hand for you to choose from.

We'll start with two layers of fabric & stitch them together using free motion embroidery on a sewing machine. Then, we'll cut away the negative space to reveal the second layer of fabric. Voila! Stunning bandana!

In this workshop you'll learn: 

  • how to do free motion embroidery on a sewing machine
  • the difference between appliqué, reverse appliqué & negative reverse appliqué
  • everyone's favorite kind of potatoes

We'll use the following supplies:

  • knit fabric
  • thread
  • sewing machine with darning foot
  • scissors

You'll have an easier time in this class if you've used a sewing machine before - but if you're a motivated beginner we'll help you through it.  

This class will take place at Monster. Our address is 1716 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107. It's at the intersection of 17th and NW Market Street - kitty corner from Mighty-O Donuts.

Please arrive at least 15 minutes before class begins. 

If you cannot attend class for any reason, we will offer an exchange to another class currently on our schedule up to 48 hours before the class. After that time, no refunds or exchanges are issued out of respect for our teachers who purchase and prepare supplies based on the number of attendees.

Our current Covid protocol is that anyone attending an event can email us at Info@monstermonster.shop to let us know they prefer that people wear masks up to 72 hours before the event begins. Your request is anonymous to all the other participants.

Attendees will receive an email before the class to let them know If we will be requiring masks.

About the Instructor

Rosalie Gale is most well known for co-inventing Shower Art: waterproof art to hang in your shower. She and her husband, Doug, own Ugly Baby & Monster and have been making a living creating really dumb art pieces for longer than anyone really expected. 

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