Workshop: "Cat Faces"
with Nancy Brown
Jun 20th, 2008
Come learn all about hand applique and how to layer complex applique patterns while working on this small wall quilt featuring four 7" x7" cat portraits. The four cats are variations of one basic cat pattern. Nancy will also show you how to change the basic cat pattern to make it look like your cat.
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Program: "Journey Through Color and Pattern"
with Rita Hutchens
Jul 17th, 2008
Rita's trunk show will be an introduction to the work of someone drawn to the graphic and visual possibilities of pieced fabric. She liked the idea of putting little things together to make bigger things and devising new formulas and making up rules as she went. Rita is the author of Totally Tubular Quilts, which features her special technique of starting with strips and ending with very complicated-looking borders and blocks.
Website: www.ritahutchens.com
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Workshop: "Totally Tubular Diamonds"
with Rita Hutchens
Jul 18th, 2008
This is a technique workshop in which Rita will show us a fun new strip-piecing technique: sew a tube, cut it and sew it back together a few times, and end up with strips of many possible diamond shape variations which may be used as borders, in blocks, on garments, in wall hangings. Patterns may be traditional or contemporary. It is very playful and simpler than it looks!
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http://ritahutchens.com/Pages/Workshops.html#diamonds
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Program: "Short Attention Span Quilting-Quilts Only"
with Linda Schmidt
Aug 21st, 2008
Linda will entertain us with her trunk show of quilts, traditional to contemporary, exhibiting a wide range of styles, techniques, fabrics, patterns and themes. Some poetry, a little laughter, a few tears, a bit of imagination, and a lot of passion for our craft ... what fun!
Website: http://home.comcast.net/~shortattn
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Workshop: "Threads at Play"
with Linda Schmidt
Aug 22nd, 2008
In this technique workshop the student will jump right into doing appliqué, reverse appliqué, using decorative threads and decorative stitches, two threads through the same needle, using fused painted webbing and foil, doing cutwork and free motion embroidery on Solvy, and experimenting with various other techniques. (Note: Some techniques will be demonstrated only. )
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http://home.comcast.net/~shortattn/filament_fantasy.htm
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Creativity & Mindmapping
with Suzanne Havens
Sep 18th, 2008
Suzanne Havens teaches courses on creativity and mind-mapping in her home state of Florida. Our librarian, Sharon Fry, has persuaded Suzanne to share her skills with us in a Technique Sharing Workshop during a California visit. Suzanne will lead us in creativity exercises, and teach us about mind-mapping, a technique for recording and exploring ideas. Suzanne explains, “Mind-mapping is great for brainstorming, whether you are problem solving for a new quilt, a quilt you've almost given up on, or a problem in everyday life.” Bring a notebook or sketchbook, and a pencil!
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