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Introduction

Important - Copyright notice

The Videos, Class Handouts and Designs of our Stay @ Home Classes are for your own personaluse and may not be shared with anyone. You are allowed to stitch the designs on any item, but thedesign itself may not be shared, sold or become part of a design collection.After reshaping a design: Minor changes will not make it your truly original design. Only if youreshaped a design so much that I cannot recognize it anymore, it has become yours.

Tip: Before starting any of the Stay @ Home Classes, it’s a good idea to watch the freevideos on our Academy website to get familiar with the basics of Art and Stitch, thusgetting the most out of the Classes:http://artnstitch.academy/videos_base.htm

The Stay @ Home Classes are based on our Three Days Art and Stitch Retreats given at severallocations in the USA. The Stay @ Home Classes are drawing / designing / digitizing classes, withmore and newer tips and techniques.Where the free videos on our Academy website are teaching you how to use Art and Stitch, theoptional Stay @ Home Classes are showing how to be creative with Art and Stitch.

● You can follow the Classes online and watch the videos at your own pace as many times asyou like, pause, rewind where needed, all in the comfort of your home - no traveling for you,no traveling for us.

● Each Class includes a printable Class Handout with step by step descriptions of thetechniques.

● AND you will get the finished designs too - so you can cheat big time, by just using thedesigns and not creating them yourself :)

To purchase one of more Stay @ Home Classes, visit web page: https://stayathomeclasses.com/enroll.php

Thank you for joining our Stay @ Home Classes!

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Table of Contents of the Class Handouts

Class ONE: Vector Drawing Tools........................................1Introduction..................................................................................................................................21. Draw from Scratch: Line Tool...................................................................................................32. Draw from Scratch: Line Tool with a surprising effect..............................................................53. Advanced Drawing Tool: Bezier...............................................................................................74. Create a Motif with the Bezier Tool..........................................................................................95. Another useful element with the Bezier Tool.........................................................................116. Designs included with Stay at Home Class ONE...................................................................12

Class TWO: Trace, Doodle and Design................................1Introduction..................................................................................................................................21. Trace a Backdrop image - Magic Square “Trick”.....................................................................3TIP: How to Tie Objects Together (Reshape tool and letter T)....................................................42. Sashing with the 3pt Arc Tool - Snap - Tie - Repeat................................................................53. Hearts Frame...........................................................................................................................64. You are the Designer, or… your Customer is..........................................................................75. Matching Pattern based on the Doodle Design.......................................................................86. Draw a Closed Shape to be Inserted Anywhere......................................................................97. Another Closed Flower (Magic Circle, Transform Unite).......................................................108. Advanced closed Flower - Curl inside....................................................................................119. The Design Process: Build a Design.....................................................................................12Designs included with Stay at Home Class TWO (page 1 of 2) ................................................14

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Class THREE: Meandering and Interlocking.......................1Introduction..................................................................................................................................21. Meandering Anything - Power Copy method...........................................................................32. Meandering Anything with Theme Based Shapes...................................................................63. Meandering Anything with Text (closed shapes).....................................................................84. Fix Stitch Direction.................................................................................................................115. Easy Interlocking Designs......................................................................................................126. Professional Interlocking Designs..........................................................................................137. Interlocking Geometric Design...............................................................................................168. Clamshell as Template...........................................................................................................17Designs included with Stay at Home Class THREE..................................................................18

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Class FOUR: Pearls and Circles...........................................1Introduction..................................................................................................................................21. String of Pearls - Method 1 - Artwork (Power Copy)................................................................32. String of Pearls - Method 2 - Visible travel line ......................................................................63. String of Pearls - Method 3 - Motif One Circle.........................................................................74. String of Pearls - Method 4 - Motif Two Circles.......................................................................85. String of Pearls - Method 5 - Motif Circle in Circle...................................................................96. String of Pearls - Method 6 - Artwork Design on Path...........................................................107. Foam (using the Curvy Template of the Library)...................................................................118. Magic Pearls Creative Fill - Make a Pie Template ................................................................149. Magic Pearls Creative Fill - trace the template......................................................................1510. Repeatable Big - Small Pearls for a Symmetrical Fill..........................................................17Designs included with Stay at Home Class FOUR - (page 1 of 2).............................................19

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Class FIVE - Fillers: Make and Take Creative Fills..............1Introduction..................................................................................................................................2Creative Fills - The Rules.............................................................................................................31. Use Creative Fill inside a shape..............................................................................................42. Use Creative Fills around a shape...........................................................................................63. Make a Frame with the Creative Fill tool..................................................................................94. How to Make a Design Repeatable - add traveling line.........................................................115. Make a Creative Fill...............................................................................................................126. Pie Template for the perfect fill to use around a shape.........................................................147. Pie Template Examples.........................................................................................................158. Pie Template Technique - with a twist...................................................................................1710. “Hatch” type Creative Fill, drawn with Bezier tool................................................................19Designs included with Stay @ Home Class FIVE - (page 1 of 2)..............................................21

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Class SIX - Fillers: Make and Take Motifs............................1Introduction..................................................................................................................................21. Unpack the designs included with this Class...........................................................................32. How to use motifs inside a shape............................................................................................43. Let Motifs Interlock...................................................................................................................54. How to use motifs around a shape..........................................................................................65. Large Motif patterns.................................................................................................................76. Designer’s Secret: How I made the Baptist Fan......................................................................97. Draw a motif...........................................................................................................................108. Dense Motifs and Negative Space.........................................................................................119. Two large motif examples to “mix”.........................................................................................1310. The Special Effect of Two Motif layers.................................................................................1611. A Special Fill in Fill Effect.....................................................................................................1712. Motif Mandala.......................................................................................................................1813. How to turn empty space into a fillable shape.....................................................................2014. Manage Motifs: Delete unwanted motifs..............................................................................2115. Manage Motifs: Backup User Files......................................................................................22Designs included with Stay at Home Class SIX - page 1 of 2...................................................23

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Class SEVEN: Master Class - Fillers Sampler.....................1Introduction..................................................................................................................................21. Fill Around Reminder: Exclude the simple closed shape.........................................................32. Create a Boundary if the shape to fill around isn’t so simple...................................................43.a No overstitching: Fill around with the Echo Fill function.........................................................53.b And this is the Echo Fill too !..................................................................................................74. No overstitching: Fill around with Auto Stipple.........................................................................85. Special Trick: Divide space around complex shapes...............................................................96. Different but useful fill: Rays around a simple closed shape.................................................107. Master Class Sampler - Intro.................................................................................................118. Master Class Sampler - Creating the artwork........................................................................129. Master Class Sampler - use a Worksheet and Fill the shapes..............................................1510. Another Sampler - Template for you to play........................................................................1711. Bonus Sampler - another Template.....................................................................................19Designs included with Stay at Home Class SEVEN - (page 1 of 2)...........................................20Notes..........................................................................................................................................22

Three finished Sampler designs are included, ready to be saved in the format of your machine.The artwork of the fillable templates is included as well.

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