Art and Stitch Training

I am pleased to announce that I am now a Certified Trainer for Art and Stitch a wonderful software that allows you create your own art work with drawing tools, trace designs from existing images or very easily convert vector art then assign stitches and then save to the format of your long arm quilting system or embroidery machine.

I can provide training in several ways and below I have outlined information on the different methods of training offered and also the classes available.

Learning Opportunities Available

Online 1-1 classes

I am excited to offer Online Classes for Art and Stitch using Zoom to collaborate interactively online.

With Zoom, I will demo a feature and then be able to pass control over to you to practice.

At the end of the class you will have a video of the session.

Minimum duration of a class is 2 hour but additional hours can be added.

Quilt shop classes

I love to share my knowledge of Art and Stitch and am available to visit your quilt store and teach both the Begining Art and Stich and my Beyond Begining Art and Stitch class over two days.

Custom Classes are available on request or any of the below classes can be customized for your needs.

Classes Available

Beginning Art and Stitch

In this class you will learn the basic functionality of Art and Stitch

How to navigate the menus
Get familiar with the artwork and the stitch toolbar
Learn about the different drawing tools
Play with Reshape to make perfect designs
Add interest to your designs by using motif and creative fills
Learn how to use the Magic Circle and Magic Square tools
Create a panto using the Meander Anywhere tool

Beyond Beginning Art and Stitch

During this class we will cover:

Quick recap of ANS functionality
Be Creative with true type fonts
Power Copy versus Power Copy EE
Play time with Design on Path
How to set up seamless borders and corners
Making a closed shape repeatable
Make your own Creative Fill
Applique functional
Fun with Feathers

This class assumes that you understand the basic functionally of ANS and can be combined with Beginning Art and Stitch as a two day class offering or as a separate one day class.

Celtic Knots in Art and Stitch

Learn how Art and Stitch can be used to create wonderful Celtic Knot designs at the end of this class you will be able to

Create a continuous Trinity Knot design
Use Magic Circle, Magic Square and Design on Path to enhance the basic Trinity Knot
Learn how to dissect a Celtic Knot into distinct shapes
Turn the distinct shapes into continuous designs
Play time with Celtic Knots and create complex continuous designs
Layout a whole cloth using Celtic Designs

This class assumes that you understand the basic functionally of ANS

Custom Classes are available on request or any of the above classes can be customized for your needs.

For more information on setting up classes, you can contact me at leonatirnanogstudio@gmail.com

What people are saying

Yesterday, I attended a 1-on-1 Art & Stitch online beginner session with Leona McCann. It was wonderful! Leona is a certified A&S instructor and I finally understand the power of this wonderful program. I’ll be scheduling another 2-hour session with Leona for more in-depth training in a few weeks. The Art & Stitch program came with my Bernina Q24, but the longarm instructor at my dealer moved out of the country before I could receive any training. As a newbie, all I was using A&S for was to convert files into my preferred format, or to use some of the artwork provided within the program. Now I feel empowered to create my own designs, enhance designs I own and create designs from other artwork/photos. The 2-hour session was just the right amount of time for me to understand these basics, and I could learn in the comfort of my own home (a big plus for me).

As a fun side note, I have a friend who’s working on a Celtic tree of life quilt and she looked at the Celtic knot design in the Designers Section of A&S. She wanted to use Leona’s design and we stitched it out to see it. It’s lovely.

Thanks again, Leona! You’re an awesome instructor and designer!

—Grayson

I just completed a one on one class with Leona McCann, she is a certified instructor for ANS. Oh my goodness I’m asking myself why did I wait 6 years before learning to use this program, the opportunities for using it are endless ( longarm,embroidery even scan and cut or cricut) Leona offers one on one classes on the computer that are so so amazing, she offers you the chance to go at your speed, answers your questions as she goes along and offers more than just one way to learn. She also recognizes we all learn in different ways and tries to give you whats best for you. Leona knew which excerise would leave you with the deer in the headlights look and repeats those elements a second time to help you get a better grasps. I would recommend her to anyone wither your very knowledgeable and want to extend your learning curve or a new to this and never even open the program. As an added bonus she records the class and send it to as a learning tool you rewatch to get a better understanding. I’m so glad I reached out to her.

— Barb

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