| BASIC PIECING using "Spring's Delight" Design, pattern making, color and the use of texture in fabrics will be discussed. Using a pattern of my design, Spring's Delight, the class will work on curved seam piecing - the skill of making graceful seams which lie flat and intersect cleanly. Color and the use of texture in fabrics will be discussed. Classes run as one 7 hour session, or two 4 hour sessions. |
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| DESIGN FOR QUILTERS Though I am an art quilter, this is a class which applies to tradional as well as innovative quilting. I focus on design principles as they apply to all forms of design. I will address the parts that gravity, symmetry, asymmetry, color, value, shape, line, environment, culture and other elements play in design. This is a six hour class and is best taught with 25 to 30 people. |
| BLOCK OF THE MONTH using "Alien Joy" Meeting once a month, students will work with a 12-patch design of integrated but different blocks. One 12" block at a time, curved seam piecing and the use of color will be taught. Humboldt County classes run 4 to 5 hours each monthly meeting. Elsewhere other workshop schedules can be arranged. |
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| COLOR FOR QUILTERS - SEMINAR FORMAT Emphasis will be made on the relationships between colors and the use of color to direct eye movement. We will also focus on dimensionality, transparency, luminosity, value and the textural component of fabric as they effect design. This 7 hour class is indeally taught to a minimum of 25 to 30 students. |
| COLOR FOR QUILTERS - PRESENTATION TO GUILD FORMAT In a one and a half hour presentation, we will discuss the color wheel and how it can help a quilter to make informed color decisions. The color wheel is a particular help in knowing what color it is that one is actually looking at - for example: a red with blue overtones or one with yellow. The answer determines what color really compliments that particular red. I also talk about color effects and how to create them as well as the importance of texture and value. Each attendee is given a color wheel and a comprehensive handout. |
| CURVED SEAM PIECING using "Nine Patch Skills Challenge"
This class features a nine patch wall quilt I've designed which features the problems one might encouter in free form design. ~ Curved seams, both gentle and sharp ~ Y-Intersections ~ Circles in space ~ Multiple points meeting at odd angles ~ Numerous points meeting in one spot ~ Curved seam gussets with points in space ~ Sharp points ending in space Curved Seam Piecingtaught in Humboldt County consist of 4 to 5 hours each monthly meeting. nbsp; Elsewhere other workshop schedules can be arranged. |
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| SPECIAL SEMINARS I am open to suggestion. I have been an art quilter for more than 20 years, having found it necessary to develop many techniques that just weren't being taught. I believe that if there's a specific topic that you would like to address in a seminar or guild format, I can make a contribution. I would be more than happy to discuss any issues you might have and help to design a seminar to cover them. |