How You Can Quickly and Easily Make Top Quality Appliqué Projects Just Like These...
Rotary Cut Fusible Appliqué is the fastest way to appliqué!
Have you always wanted to make appliqué quilts,
but thought it was going to be hard,
time-consuming, or tedious?
Discover appliqué the easy way!
(Without tracing or cutting with scissors)
Put your scissors away, and Rotary Cut with precision and accuracy.
Make perfect appliqué shapes up to 12 at a time
using acrylic templates for applique.
"I designed tools for people like you who love appliqué but don't want to fuss. I can't wait to show you this precise, fast and fun method with a step-by-step path to applique success. We'll make quality finished projects as you polish all your quilting skills!"
~Sue Pelland
Get Ahead of the Curve™!
Members of "Ahead of the Curve" get
High Quality Applique Quilts FINISHED!
Two levels of membership...
one that is perfect for you!
Gold Leaf
- ONE LIVE Online Workshop Each Month with priority registration
- Foundation Videos: A new technique video added twice a month for you
- Unlimted Access to 8 Video Workshop in your Library as long as you are a member
- 11% Discount on all Products and Online Courses
- Applique Fan Community
Platinum Leaf
- ONE LIVE Online Workshop Each Month with priority registration
- Foundation Videos: Unlimited access to all 16 technique videos in
- Unlimited Access to 21 Video Workshops in your Library, as long as you are a member
- 11% Discount on all Products
- Applique Fan Community
- Critter Series: videos for creating bees, dragonflies, hummingbird, owls, snails, ladybugs, turtles! More Critter Videos are being added.
- 50% off the True Colors Quilt Along (Starting February 2022)
"This is such a great club - supportive, fun, and so much inspiration!!" ~Bev Henion, Gouldsboro, Maine
Discover the JOY and SATISFACTION
of making gorgeous quilts in less time and with less waste!
Both Membership Levels Include:
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A Private Facebook Group: There will be a group get-together twice a month on our private Facebook Group, “Ahead of the Curve”. Post photos of your workshop projects, ask any questions and get answers, hang out with your friends and have some fun with Applique!!
- 11% Discount on your quilting supplies in the SPD Store
Gold Leaf Level:
You get a step-by-step path to master fusible applique one shape at a time with concise 15-30 minute video segments delivered twice a month for your first 8 months. Practice with the videos and you will gain confidence quickly. As your Applique Techniques Reference Library grows, so will your skills!
You'll have your own area of the SPD website and that will be your home base for finding the technique videos, workshops and other great content.
EIGHT recorded workshops in the Video Workshop Library
Leaves Galore Workshops
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- Melissa's Quilt
- Pillow Boxes
- Promise Ring
- Leaves Galore Techniques
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Hearts and More Workshops
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- Clever Clamshells
- Christmas Baubles
- Twin Tiles Table Runners
- Hearts and More techniques
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As a Gold Leaf Member, you get to pre-register for ONE LIVE ONLINE WORKSHOP each month!
Be one of the first 30 people to register for the LIVE workshops and YOU get a seat in the LIVE class that you choose. Can't make it LIVE? You get the video of the workshop by e-mail one week after the workshop ends. Watch the recorded workshop any time you wish. Have access to the recording indefinitely!
Gold Leaf Membership is for you because you want personalized instruction, fabulous workshops, and an active community! You want projects that you can finish in a few days. Make baby quilts, table runners, small projects for gifts, and more.
Platinum Leaf Level: You get all the benefits of Gold Leaf Membership plus:
Immediate access to all 16 Technique Videos
50% off Vases BOM starting in February 2022
Critter Series Videos: for creating bees, dragonflies, hummingbirds, owls, snails, ladybugs, turtles,and frogs! More Critter Videos are being added.
TWENTY-ONE recorded workshops in the Video Workshop Library
Leaves Galore Workshops
Level One
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- Melissa's Quilt
- Pillow Boxes
- Cork Journal Cover
- Color Confidence for Applique
- Desert Flowers
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Level Two
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- Christmas Ribbons
- Hope's Diamond
- Leaves Galore Techniques
- Poinsettia Table Runner
- Promise Ring
- Season's Greetings
- Summer Seascape
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Hearts and More Workshops
Level One
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- Clever Clamshells
- Christmas Baubles
- Drunkard's Path
- Twin Tiles Table Runners
- Hearts and More Notions Box
- Conversation Hearts
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Level Two
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- Inner Circle with Free Motion Quilting
- Hearts & More Techniques
- He Loves Me 3 Block Wall Quilt
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As a Platinum Leaf Member, you get to pre-register for ONE LIVE ONLINE WORKSHOP each month.
Be one of the first 30 people to register for the LIVE workshop and YOU get a seat in the LIVE class. Can't make it LIVE? You get the video of the LIVE class after the workshop has ended. Watch the recorded workshop any time you wish. Have access to the recording indefinitely!
Platinum Leaf Membership is for you because you want personalized instruction, a boatload of recorded workshops that you can take any time you want, and an active community! You want projects that you can finish in a few days. You also want access to bigger, more complex projects. Make bed quilts, baby quilts, table runners, small projects for gifts, and more!
You also want access to every piece of bonus material in an easy-to-find library. Get 50% off all new courses including the 2022 BOM, True Colors of Springtime!
~ Our Private Online Community ~
Just for members!
Meet up with friends on facebook and YouTube
to connect with other members
and share your love of appliqué!
Ask questions, and get answers!
Sue checks in frequently to make sure
all your questions are answered completely.
You get Facebook Live/YouTube sessions with Sue twice a month!
Facebook Live Videos are posted in our private group
so you can watch them any time you want.
Special events, open sew days,
holiday parties and more planned for the 2021/2022 season!
"Love the Class, I'm Actually Finishing the Projects!"
"Thank you Sue, class was terrific. I am so impressed by all the clever things you have created, are teaching us and the genius tools you invented. Loving everything, am actually finishing the projects, lots less samples and looking forward to learning more. Thanks again."
~Coleen Groenendaal, Phillipsburt, NY
What is better, Live or Recorded Workshops?
Each month, Gold and Platinum members get the chance to take ONE LIVE Online Workshop. If you are one of the first 30 to register, you get to take the LIVE workshop. If you don't get in the LIVE workshop, you will still get the recorded video that will be sent to you by e-mail one week later.
Which style is better for you?
LIVE workshops will give you individual attention and the chance to ask questions during the class.
Recorded workshops work on your time schedule.
No need to choose!
Register early to get both the live workshop
and the recording each month.
"I'll be with you every step of the way
on your path to successful applique!"
Let me take you on a journey to
Applique Excellence...
I've been quilting and making applique quilts since I was a kid! But I'm a bit impatient...I have too many quilts in my sketchbook to make them all by hand. I need a faster way to translate my ideas into fabric.
I designed the Leaves Galore Templates and the Hearts and More tools so quilters could tackle appliqué in a whole new way, Rotary Cut Fusible Applique!
I love teaching every aspect of quilting, but when it came to applique, I found many quilters were scared to try. I knew these same quilters were confident rotary cutters, so I started teaching with the templates and suddenly the "A" word became "Amazing, Easy, and Fun"!
Do you want to make fast, fun, and functional quilts that stand up to being loved? Maybe you aspire to make heirloom quilts for show! No matter what your goal is, I can get you the results you want.
I can get you "Ahead of the Curve" faster when you take online workshops with me. You'll save a bundle on workshops when you join the Platinum and Gold Leaf Levels, and meet a great group of quilters along the way!
Here is what our members are saying...
Marlene and Linda are two of our Founding Members. Linda and Marlene both signed up for membership in Ahead of the Curve so they could take classes together, even though they are miles apart! Linda wrote me an e-mail after a recent ZOOM workshop:
"I am addicted to your method of rotary cut appliqué!"
"Dear Sue,
I have now taken 3 classes via Zoom. I am addicted to your method of rotary cut appliqué. I thank you so much for your hard work and inspiration developing your rulers and your technique. I look forward to many future projects, some of my own design and many of yours!
Marlene and I joined Moonlight Quilters Guild in Bellingham, WA at a similar time and that is where our friendship began. Marlene decided to relocate in California, closer to her children and grandchildren. By chance the home she bought is in a small town just off of our favorite route for our drive to Arizona! We have permanent reservations in Marlene’s guest room! We cruised the St Lawrence together and had plans to see St Petersburg and the Baltic In the fall of 2020, but we will be Zooming with you instead!"
~ Linda St Andre, Mesa, AZ
Beverly and Irene are two of our founding members. They are sisters, and they are married to brothers! Bev enrolled herself and Irene in the membership so they could spend more time together, even when they live far apart!
"I'd like to sign myself up and my sister!"
" I love the idea of your Ahead of the Curve group! I'd like to sign myself up and my sister Irene who has also signed up for the My Magical Garden classes."
~Beverly Henion, Gouldsboro, ME
"Not only am I learning but I'm also able to sew with my sister!!!!
"My sister is my best friend. With all the restrictions on travel and quilt classes and retreats, I have missed numerous opportunities to visit her and sew with her. She asked me about taking some of your classes, which I have wanted to do for a while now. We FaceTime so that we can coordinate which Zoom classes we will do together. I can't tell you how much it means to me to be able to sew with her even if it's "long distance" sewing.
I'm extremely excited about your method of applique. I'm new to applique and love playing with the shapes. I am a CI for Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Design and can't wait to start designing quilts with a mixture of Deb's techniques and yours.
Thank you again for the wonderful opportunity to be part of Ahead of the Curve. Not only am I learning but I'm also able to combat the sadness of not sewing with my sister!!!! I can't wait until our next class!!!"
~Irene Henion, Albion, NY
~ All workshops presented by Sue Pelland of ~
In 2021, there were 27 unique Rotary Cut Applique Workshops to choose from!
in 2022 we have planned 12 brand new workshops!
Other popular workshops will repeat so if you missed it last year, watch for your favorites again!
