Events

Fusing and Fabric Painting to Create Realistic Fabric Art Three-hour Workshop In this lecture/demo, Lenore's fusing technique will be shown through lecture slides and demonstration. She will demonstrate how to create a small fused project working from a photo transferred to freezer paper and then muslin. Her fusing technique using Misty Fuse™ will be shown along with her fabric painting on the finished design which adds depth and detail to the piece. She then finishes the piece with batting, backing, and free-motion sewing, changing threads constantly to add even more depth to the finished piece.

Blended Fabric Collages All Day Workshop Using tiny pieces of fabric, about ½” in size, each student will create blended fabric collages to take home and frame. Designing will focus on value to create depth and texture. Fabric paints are used to enhance trees. Finished size of projects are 4.5" X 6.5" and are glued to an 8" X 10" mat board to be framed later by the student. A $15 supplies fee required. Supplies List I will have some of the tools available for purchase if students aren’t able to find them: 18 mm and 28 mm rotary cutters craft knife like X-Acto small

Introduction to Electric Quilt 8 Full Day Workshop Electric Quilt has just released EQ8 (the first release in over 7 years). This version has an entirely new look and feel which Kari thinks you are really going to enjoy learning. This class will cover basic navigation of the software, creating a new project, using the libraries, using Quick Quilts for fast projects, adding borders, coloring tools/fabrics, creating quilt labels and printing quilts, blocks, fabric yardage estimates, rotary cutting, and foundation patterns. By the end of class, you will be comfortable working with the program and be able to explore additional features on your own. Users

Pictoral Foundations Using Electric Quilt Take your favorite photo (or even an applique block) and convert it to a pieced block that can be foundation pieced! This class will cover how to draft one of a kind foundation patterns. We will start with the basics of foundation piecing and graduate to some of the more complex design possibilities. Level: intermediate Fee:  $50 for members. $60 for non-members.