Pamela Allen
Think Like an Artist
Have you made the transition from traditionally designed quilts to ART quilts? Would you like to? There are two parts to every art quilt. One is the technical expertise of stitching, appliqué, quilting, blocking and binding. The other side, the ART part, is more ephemeral and esoteric. It requires many years of questioning, risk taking and imagination to develop. Pamela has designed a program that will start the student along the road to that development. Students will hone in on the whole process of art making using a series of hands on exercises which focus on the important elements of creativity.
www.pamelart.com
Level: All
Alex Anderson
Baskets
Let your creative spirit emerge through the wonderful world of basket making. Discover how multiple traditional basket patterns translate beautifully into timeless pieces. Explore how interesting fabric selections can bring your quilt to life. You may work in the colors of your choice or neutrals. Learn the “magic numbers” to free you from templates. Efficient piecing skills and basic appliqué will also be discussed. You will leave with an appreciation of even the simplest block. Your collection of baskets will be just the beginning as you discover the tricks of the trade.
www.alexandersonquilts.com
Level: Confident Beginner to Advanced
Susan Carlson
Fabric Collage
Create an image using Susan’s innovative layering/collage method, seen in her book, Freestyle Quilts: A No Rules Approach. Emphasis will be placed on the collage piecing process with the student’s choice of subject matter for their art quilt. This class encourages creativity, playfulness and serendipity. The approach taken will be a painterly one, with freehand drawing and cutting, but also showing the use of patterns and templates where needed. Individual design, fabric selection, construction, borders and freehand machine quilting will be covered.
www.susancarlson.com
Level: All
Hollis Chatelain
Dye-Paint Your Images/Bring Them to Life With Quilting
In this workshop, you will first learn how to paint images with Procion dyes on cotton. Learning to control the dyes will be emphasized. Among other things, we will cover blending, layering, special effects and painting without bleeding. All of these techniques can be used to create images as complex as portraits or as simple as a line on a scarf. In the second part of the workshop, we will explore new ideas about how to use quilting to enhance the look of your painted cloth. Lab fee $45.
www.hollisart.com
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Janet Fogg
Innovative Traditionals
Innovative Traditionals is not a technique class. It is an idea generation class. Come prepared to take your favorite traditional blocks on the journey of innovation. The first morning involves visualization and group brainstorming sessions geared to move the design process along. Janet shows slides of her quilts and discusses how they were conceptualized and later works one-on-one with each student to help formulate a design plan for their own piece. The remainder of the workshop is spent with the students drawing patterns and sewing their quilts.
http://janetfoggquilts.home.comcast.net
Level: All
Judy Mathieson
Mariner’s Compass:
Setting a New Course
Learn to use paper foundation methods without sewing through the paper. Draft and piece these exciting radiating stars into formal, symmetrical stars of nearly any shape and size or create flashy asymmetrical designs. You can also create circling geese or outer rings or expanding checkerboards around your stars. Original stars or provided patterns will be copied onto freezer paper and then cut into foundations to simplify the piecing process. We will deal with color inspirations as well as how to make the points nice and sharp.
www.judymathieson.com
Level: Intermediate
Andi Perejda
Dazzling Dogwood Design
Class participants will design their own unique dogwood blossom quilt, using either Andi’s original drawings or personal photos. This is not a beginning appliqué class. Instructor will use and demonstrate needleturn appliqué techniques, such as unitized construction, needed to hand stitch blossoms and branches. Fabric painting and coloring, beading and ruching will be taught. Design principles needed to create a beautiful composition will be discussed and put into use. Optional Lab fee: $5.00+
www.andiperejda.com
Level: Intermediate – knowledge of hand appliqué is necessary
Maxine Rosenthal
Joy Pelzmann
One Block Wonders Encore
Just because you produce a serious art quilt doesn’t mean this process can’t be fun. This is an easy and freewheeling approach to design. No drawing, no planning, and no ‘Y’ seams and yet art is the outcome. We will help each participant to develop their own style of working with kaleidoscopic blocks. The workshop will bring the quilter through all stages of developing a one-of-a-kind kaleidoscopic quilt, including how to cut, sew and design with kaleidoscopes. Further, we will incorporate several powerful techniques such as ‘cubes, hollow and otherwise’ as well as a variety of border variations.
www.timelessthreads.net
Level: Advanced Beginner
Jane Sassaman
Designing Pattern
This workshop will explore many classic and nontraditional ways of creating pattern. We will do several design exercises that will evolve into a unique appliquéd fiber project. We will examine historic ornament throughout the course. This course strives to stimulate new ways to add energy and excitement to your work. It will also supply you with a collection of unique images to apply to your surface design or fiber art.
www.janesassaman.com
Level: All
Jill Schumacher
Free Motion Machine Quilting
Come join Jill for an adventure in free motion machine quilting. Easy to understand exercises and lessons will be explored, giving you the confidence to become an accomplished machine quilter. Learn to successfully control your quilt on your machine, which will include all of the basics and gradually take you to the successful completion of beautiful feathers, designs and wonderful background stitches plus learn the art of Trapunto by machine. This technique adds a dramatic effect to your quilting.
www.quiltmakertothequeen.com
Level: All
Louisa L. Smith
A New Twist on Strips ’N Curves
Featuring The Swirl, the Half Clamshell, Free-Form Curves and Strips ‘n Circles. Louisa introduces 4 design concepts, 2 template based and 2 template free, as well as new designs using the old favorite templates such as the Basic, Basic II and the Mini Beg ‘n Borrow to create Overlapping and Crosscutting! Start with the familiar basic strip piecing to create strata and prepare to be amazed! This class is for the beginner (making a simpler Strips ‘n Curves quilt), the intermediate as well as the advanced quilter, as they get to experiment with the newer designs.
www.quiltescapes.com
Level: All
Session IV
Artist in Resident
ellen edith
