Ma7 27 to June 1, 2011
Friday to Wednesday
| Linda Ballard Two for One Our eye always says ‘this is the block’, but we’re going to go an entirely different way making up new blocks and methods for construction ending up with the same final product. It’s a new concept for many of you, but I know you’ll find it exciting! The quilt we’ll start with is A Gaggle of Geese. This quilt consists of the basic components we use in traditional quilts, but I may have a different spin on the construction of them. Many demonstrations and an excellent workbook that is supplied to you in class (no extra fee) will help guide you to the finished quilt top. www.letsquilt.com Level: Confident Beginners to Advanced Supply List |
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| 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: $45.00 www.hollisart.com Level: Intermediate to Advanced Supply List |
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| Lenore Crawford--CLASS IS FULL Fusing, Fabric Painting, and Stitching to Create Impressionistic Fabric Art In this workshop the designing of a fused project from a student’s own photo will be undertaken. We will work from a photo that has been printed in a poster size at least 30” in one direction. The design will be drawn onto freezer paper to be used as the pattern and on muslin on which the design will be created. Students will learn Lenore’s fusing technique using the freezer paper pattern and Misty Fuse fusible web. Once the designs are fused Lenore will demonstrate her fabric painting technique and help students paint their own designs. Finishing techniques will be demonstrated, and students will have a beautiful finished art quilt and have learned a practical and exciting new method to create fabric art. Lab Fee: $20.00 www.lenorecrawford.com Level: Intermediate to Advanced Supply List |
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| Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer Art Quilt Construction: From Toolbox to Design Wall If you want to use the quilt as an expressive medium but sometimes have technical trouble translating your personal vision to the finished quilt, this class will give you an expanded toolbox of skills to help you construct the quilt you imagine. Students will assemble a technique notebook of reference samples and work on small scale pieces which employ the processes covered in class. Topics will include adding texture to quilts with various methods of fabric manipulation, adding depth with strip piecing and cut-throughs, constructing imagery through the use of template-free curves, sharp-angled insets, and reverse appliqué. Lab fee: $15.00 www.jdmeyer.com Level: All Supply List |
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| Janet Fogg Unexpected Combinations Create your own original pictorial quilt with imagery that is surreal or could not exist in reality because of the use of scale or combination of subjects. We will begin with creativity exercises geared to tap into our imaginations to discover possibilities for fantastic and conceptual quilt designs based on subject matter students bring to class. Pattern drawing, curved machine piecing, machine appliqué, and creating a fabric palette will be covered. Students will design and draft a pattern and begin the construction of an art quilt with amazing combinations of images. http://janetfoggquilts.home.comcast.net/ Level: Intermediate Supply List |
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Diane Gaudynski--CLASS IS FULL A Quilting Journey Explore free motion quilting on a simple pieced project to showcase freehand and/or marked designs and exciting backgrounds. Learn how to make thread, color, and design choices and train your sewing machine to give you the best looking machine stitch that will take you to a new level in machine quilting. Lose the fear of “ruining your quilt” and enjoy the process. www.dianegaudynski.net Level: Intermediate to Advanced Supply List |
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| Rose Hughes Dream Landscapes Ever see a beautiful scene that you know would make an amazing quilt? In this workshop you’ll create your own dream landscape while learning and using Fast-Pieced Appliqué™ techniques and embellishments. In our time together you’ll learn the secret of how this technique uses machine piecing and appliqué in combination to simplify complicated curves and circles. We’ll explore layering your work with a wide variety of embellishments and you’ll learn new ways to add dimension and sparkle to your work. www.rosehughes.com Level: Intermediate Supply List |
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| Sandra Leichner--CLASS IS FULL Beyond the Basics Appliqué Learn how to successfully appliqué more complex and multi-layered appliqué designs with fresh techniques developed by Sandra. No more struggling to achieve perfect points, inward points and perfect circles—really! You will learn how the addition of a few simple embroidery techniques, will take your quilts to a completely different visual level full of texture and interest. Lab Fee: $20.00 www.sandraleichner.com Level: Intermediate to Advanced Supply List |
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| RaNae Merrill Magnificent Spiral Mandala Quilts Explore the swirling, spinning, world of spiral mandala quilts. Based on RaNae’s new book, Magnificent Spiral Mandala Quilts, learn to design and sew these glorious kaleidoscopic quilts using variations of a Twisted Log Cabin block. Begin by creating an original spiral mandala design using a wedge puzzle. We will explore symmetry, flow forms, value, and positive/negative space. You will learn to sew four different types of spirals, along with a few simple techniques that make paper-piecing easy. Lab Fee: $30.00 www.ranaemerrillquilts.com Level: Advanced Supply List |
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| Velda E. Newman Layers: Color, Shape, Texture & Form This class throws all the rules of stringent design out the window. First we will explore lots of machine techniques for texture and shape. Next, will be the basic lessons for how to paint on fabric using acrylics, along with how to paint “shape” into a piece. We will also be using other mediums such as watercolor pencils, pastels & crayons. Lab fee: $20.00 www.veldanewman.com Level: All Supply List |
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Kerby C. Smith and Lura Schwarz Smith Creating Quilts with Digital Fabric and Beyond The first day begins with printing your digital fabric from your image files for the quilt top you will be constructing in class. You come to class with the Target files that you created with Adobe Photoshop Elements to get your fabric printed. You will create your Target files for printing using the process from Kerby’s classes such as “Point and Shoot Fabric” or from our book Secrets of Digital Quilting – from Camera to Quilt. You get twice as much fabric as in previous classes and two instructors for the price of one. Kerby answers your questions about digital photography, Photoshop Elements and prints your fabric. Lura shows you how to work with design elements to create an exciting art quilt with digital fabrics. Combine digital fabrics, hand dyes, commercial fabrics (whatever is in your stash) with Lura’s easy “P-Free piecing” or fusing to make a unique quilt top. Learn to enhance your fabrics with paints, inks and more. Bonus: want to work on taking better digital photos? Kerby will lead you on one his exclusive Asilomar Photo Walkabouts and share the photo secrets of the pros. Lab Fee: $60 (Includes the fabric we print for you in class) www.thedigitalquilt.com Quilting Level: All Computer and Photography Levels: Intermediate Supply List |
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Cost and Reservations for Session V 2011 ONLY |
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