Amazing Quilts by Grace

Workshops

The workshops listed below are available.  Each is designed to provide opportunities to learn new techniques or new ways with old techniques, and to experiment.  This all leading into amazing new creations.

All of these classes can be combined to create multiple-day workshops and seminars so that, for example, we can start by learning about the importance of Value and Color in Quilts and then, using this information spend the next day(s) creating one of the offered quilts, such as one of the Dancing Swans.

Applique classes can be expanded from one to multiple days as well.

In a 1-day class, participants will learn the basics for creating a quilt top using the chosen process (Turned edge, Raw edge, Free edge applique or Take-Away applique).  In a multiple-Day class the participants will continue working on the quilt top.  This includes stitching the top, quilting and completing it into a finished wall hanging.

• Value and Color for Amazing Quilts
• Eagle Eyes – Free Edged Machine Appliqué
• Morning Glory – Turned Edged Machine Appliqué
• Tuscan Landscape – Raw Edged Machine Appliqué
• Creamsicle Dawn and Popsicle Sunset
• Cut Away Appliqué
• Photo Inspired Art Quilt
• Papaver Rouge  - Newest Workshop !!!!
• Melodic Swan
• Black Knight
• Poppies on Ice
• California Living Desert
• Creative Threadwork-Drawing and Painting with Thread
• Trapunto
• Flamingo Quilt
• Red Onion Quilt – Newest Model, excellent for a 1-Day workshop !!!
• Workshop requirements and costs

• Schedule a workshop

If color is important, Value is the key to creating exceptional art quilts. This workshop focuses on the important tools for creating inspirational botanicals, landscapes, and portraits. It will provide an overview of color harmony, color theory, the psychology of color and the expressive aspects of color and value.  Then, we will focus on using Value to create a focal point, to set a mood in an art piece, to create 3-dimensionality or to give the perception of perspective in a landscape.

In this 1-Day class students come to appreciate the importance of Value.  Students will be provided with the “perfect gray-scale” in fabrics and learn how to create effective tools such as  Grace’s “Periodic Table of Value in Color” a must have tool for all art quilters.

In this workshop, the focus is on the role of Value in design of an art piece. In addition the students will be introduced to a new and easy machine appliqué technique called “free edge”.

Participants will acquire and practice new skills and techniques through the construction of an Eagle quilt. The completed quilt will be approximately 26″ x 22″.

The Morning Glory Workshop focuses on the role of Value in art design and introduces participants to Grace’s easy turned-edge machine appliqué technique, and unique stabilizer. Grace provides the instruction, pattern and stabilizer for creating a dark or light background morning glory quilt.

The completed quilt will be approximately 30″ x 27″.

The Tuscan Landscape (Sunset or Sunrise) Workshop focuses on the role of Value in art design and introduces participants to Grace’s easy raw-edge machine appliqué technique, and unique stabilizer. Grace provides the instruction, pattern and stabilizer for creating one of these stunning Tuscan landscape wall hanging.

The completed quilt will be approximately 28″ x 24″.

One of these beautiful beach scenes can be created by you as a result of Grace’s newest workshop. This is a smaller version of Grace’s award winning “Sunset on the Beach” quilt.  In this class we will focus on he role of Value in art design and, participants will also learn Grace’s easy turned-edge machine appliqué technique. Grace will provide the instruction, pattern and unique stabilizer for creating a dawn or a sunset beach quilt top.
The completed quilt will be approximately 40″ x 30″.

In this workshop you will learn how to layer two or more fabrics and then, by cutting away one or more of these layers, allow the image to emerge with color and texture.

This technique is extremely easy and foolproof. You can use it to create wonderful stained glass like or mosaic like quilt look-alikes.

For a 1-Day workshop, I recommend choosing the simpler design of the “Orchid” quilt in order to learn the technique and complete this simple wall hanging. For a multiple-Day workshop, feel free to choose the “Flitting Butterfly.”

This workshop presents to the participants, steps required to turn inspirational original photographs(s) into fabric art.

Class will explore picture composition and will show how to enhance perspective and depth, how to proportionately enlarge the drawing from the photo(s) and how to incorporate multiple photos in one design. Then we will prepare templates to be used to create the art piece.

In a multiple-Day Workshop, we will use these templates to create a wonderful Art Quilt wall hanging using an appropriate machine appliqué technique.

Learn how to create one of these enchanting Swan Quilts.

Grace will provide the pattern and will lead you through the steps of developing this quilt using easy Machine Appliqué techniques. You will also learn how to create this bird in ANY color by understanding Grace’s application of VALUE to her work. Create a Blue (Moonlight Serenade), Green (Meadow Waltz), or Red (Tamale Tango) Swan, or your favorite color. It is foolproof and easy.

This class will focus on the creation of this magnificent    Black Swan by using raw, turned and “free” edge applique techniques. You will also learn how to use different tools to give the perception of the swan’s reflection in the water. Final quilt size will be approximately 30″ x 25.

This beautiful quilt can be created by you with Grace’s assistance. You will learn and use raw applique in this quilt. You will have a choice of embellishing the flowers with yarn or glass beads. The original quilt’s background is pieced and Grace will show you how to do this piecing easily WITHOUT matching points end edges.
Size of the finished quilt will be approximately 30″ x 40″.

In this class you will create an art quilt top with the use of fabrics as an expressive medium.

The Southern California Desert will introduce the raw edge and turned edge machine applique techniques, stuffed work, 3-D applique, chenille, and embellishment with yarn. This will make an outstanding art piece to hang on your wall.

This is a wonderful small quilt (finished size is 22″w x 15″ h) which can be easily finished in a 1-Day workshop.

Small bits of fabric, in just two colors for the onion. You will learn the Easy Turned-Edge and the Easier Raw-Edge Machine applique used by Grace in all her art.

By the end of the day you will have a finished wall hanging, would have learned a few more very easy quilting techniques, and have had a full day of fun.

This is a fun class that is easier than you would ever guess. With your sewing machine darning foot, we will embroider designs that you can later attach onto a quilt, vest or jacket. We will also learn how to do free-motion lettering and drawing with your machine.

You might even use this technique to create greeting cards, pillows, and many other things. This thread-play technique requires minimum effort and practice. You can execute it even if you do not feel comfortable with free motion quilting.

Whether you are a traditional or a contemporary quilter, you will find that the Trapunto quilting technique will provide you with an additional dimension for your quilts.

This class will show you how to use your sewing machine to make beautiful Trapunto designs.

The technique will easily allow you to “raise elements of the quilting design” to give a relief effect and increase the textural aspects of your quilt. It can be used in traditional blocks or in contemporary landspaces. Examples of both will be demonstrated.

Learn how to create this enchanting Flamingo Quilt.

Grace will provide the pattern and will lead you through the steps of developing this quilt using easy Machine Appliqué techniques.  You will also learn how to create this bird in ANY color by understanding Grace’s application of VALUE to her work.  Create a Blue Flamingo, a Red Flamingo, or your favorite color Flamingo.  It is foolproof and easy.

This beautiful quilt can be created by you with Grace’s assistance. Papaver Rouge focuses on the role of Value in the design of an art quilt, as related to the enhancement of a focal point, the creation of perspective and the display of depth and sparkle. You will learn and use raw applique in this quilt, and will have a choice of embellishing the flowers with yarn or glass beads.
Size of the finished quilt will be approximately 27″ x 30″.

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• All the above classes can be designed to be 1-Day to 5-Day.
• All levels.
• 20 students Maximum -Intermediate to Advanced Level
• Each day class is approximately 6 hours with 1/2 hour for lunch.

Teaching:
For teaching charges, please contact Grace: Contact Page

Some classes have a small material fee the following items, as applicable to the class.

• Master copy of the original design of the class pattern
• Grace’s Stabilizer for the Quilt top
• Periodic Table of Value/Color Reference Chart (Value/Color Class)
• Fabric for the construction of the Gray Scale (Value/Color Class)
• Transfer paper used in the process (Take-Away Class)

Quilter’s Magical Journey –  Presentation at Guild Meetings:
Please contact Grace for presentation fee. Contact Page

Travel:
Cost of travel from Southern California. If driving, sponsor to pay all transportation (including bridge tolls and parking fees), and meals.

Accommodations:
Room and Board. Grace is happy to stay in a guest room with private bath in a non-smoking home.

If you have any questions about workshops or would like to schedule one, please use the Contact Page.