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Tennie’s 7th Class
2026 Class #11 Blending, the Next Step to Shading
Class #6 with Tennie
2026 Class #10: Color, the first step to Blending
Tennie’s Class #5
Private class with Tennie Class #4
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2026 Class #9 Motifs Part 2
Private Class for Tennie Part #2
Tennie’s Private Class
2026 Class #8 Motifs, Part 1
Class #8, 9:30 AM Pacific Time: Motifs, Custom and Stock! Turn your repeating Designs into Motifs! Learn to evaluate your Design, What do you see that is a duplicate? Learn how to save it, make it a motif, an object that may easily be repeated. Scale it at different sizes. Learn how to Path between …
2026 Class #7 Small Letters and Narrow Columns
Think .15" letters are impossible? Think again. The Industry says you can't get crisp, clean satin-stitch lettering at less than a quarter-inch without it turning into a "blob." They’re wrong.
In this class, Lee Caroselli Barnes pulls back the curtain on her newest manual technique and shows you how to create Column-Stitch letters at only .15" high, that are Legible, Clean and Crisp! Professional Quality that cannot be done using your software’s automatic tools.
Join us to learn how to manually guide your machine to do what they say is impossible. It’s time to move from "stock" to Exceptional.
Class#6 2026 Lettering, Custom and Keyboard
Are your small letters closing up? Is your software's "default" setting ruining your clarity?
Is it true that More Stitches are Better?
We pull back the curtain on the Basics of Lettering, looking at the buttons and what they will do, then go beyond the basic buttons and dive into the logic of world-class digitizing. Whether you’re working on a corporate logo or a custom alphabet, it’s time to move from "stock" to exceptional.
Class #5 Pathing…Your way around the Design
Pathing! We will show how pathing is used throughout the design, looking at the how important it is, how it is constructed, which of your three stitches to use, and when to use them instead of an Underlay or trim! You will learn to add to the structure of your design while eliminating trims! Create …
Class #4 2026 Our Underlays, Not just for structure
Underlays: In this Fourth Class we will be learning about Underlays, both Manual and Automatic: Learn which Underlay to use with each stitch type, and where and when to use it, as well as why! Learn how to hide your underlays…and create knockdown bases when doing terrycloth. Learn to use your underlays for volume and …