full day
Quilting was never so easy! Begin by learning the basics of constructing a Passport, including page making and edge finishing. Then move on to creating pages that explore your quilting options. Try your hand at free-form appliqué. Revisit channel and grid quilting with a twist. Explore your options with free-motion sewing. You won't want to stop adding pages to your Quilter's Passport!
full day
Play time for sewers! Stitch the day away as you create your own Passport of thread pleasures. Review basic page construction. Explore bobbin sewing, couching and thread painting. Create thread lace and discover new stitching habits that are too much fun to forget!
3 hours each
This duo of projects is pure fun. Both are easy to create and introduce new techniques that you will make use of again and again. Each offers plenty of creative freedom to embellish as you desire by hand and machine. Stitch over sticks and ribbons. Play with your machine's decorative stitches. Try out your fancy fabrics. Stress-free creating!
minimum full day or 2 days
Fabric books can be as complex as any quilt or as simple as a postcard. They are an expression of textile artistry that can unlock your creative spirit. Explore the fabric book-making process. Learn how to develop a theme in the planning, layout, page making and binding steps of stitched story telling. Try stamping on fabrics, using fabric paints and creating pockets. Choose from a variety of themes or develop your own.
2 or more hours
Create original mini art splashes to exchange with friends or send through the mail. Postcards and Artist Trading Cards (ATC's) are easy to make and a joy to receive. Learn the basics of stabilizing and finishing. Play and create a mini masterpiece!
3 or more hours
Textile artists are collectors. We collect fabric, thread and all sorts of embellishments. Once you learn some of the many ways to apply beads to your next fabric project, you will be starting a new collection! Try simple seed stitching, scatter stitching and stacking. Master the picot stitch and more. A fun way to add hand work to your repertoire of techniques.
full day or more
Free-motion sewing is one of the most versatile tools that any fiber artist can learn. Once you become comfortable with this liberating technique, you can stitch anything! Expand your quilting horizons, add lettering to your quilts or become a thread painter. Demystify this technique by learning about some easy methods and tools that will have you wondering just what all the fuss was about!
full day
Inspired by Tibetan Prayer Flags, this project is all about developing your own personal symbology. Focus on how colors, imagery and iconography play an important role in your life and artistic process. Explore symbolic resources and history. Discover what symbols resonate with you and how you can incorporate them in your work.
full day
Mention journaling and sketching to fiber artists and you may hear whining and groaning. I don’t write! I can’t draw! But, journaling can be beneficial to the creative process. We introduce a new way to journal. First we will make a fabulous fabric cover for our journals. Then, we show fiber artists how to journal using their fabric and thread. We will also try out collage techniques, stamps and paint. Journaling is about exploring not just writing. Before you know it you will be journaling daily.
Coming soon!
