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This workshop is designed for those confident beginners or advanced quilters that have their own ideas and might need some guidance, but most of all, need time to complete their work in a hassle free and creative environment. You will on your own work or you can start on something new and learn.
All of these classes can be combined to create multiple-day workshops/seminars so that, for example, we can start by learning the importance of Value and Color in Quilts and then, spend the next days(s) creating one of the offered patterns or even Designing your Own quilt from a photo.
Classes can be customized to the participants requirements and can be 2-5 Days in length.
In this longer journey together we will begin by focusing on and understanding Value. Students will see Value in a new way, will learn how to create Grace’s “Periodic Table of Value in Color” and a “Value Fan”, must have tools for all art quilters.
Secondly, we will begin with an introduction to the techniques and methods I have found successful in creating my art quilts. Then, students will learn a very simple, foolproof and easy machine appliqué techniques without using glue or fusing. You will also learn how to create an Art Quilt in sections and will be introduced to a special lightweight and flexible stabilizer, provided by the teacher, on which the appliqué is built.
Finally, students will be given, with guidance, the opportunity to create an art quilt using images they will bring. You will learn how to look at your original photo, what to choose from it and how to translate it into a Master Pattern and Templates. Using fabrics, you will then create a Quilt Top that reflects your inspiration.
Optionally, if you prefer, you can execute one of the instructor patterns, rather then your own photo. There will be many patterns available.