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2. Joomchi? Why Not?
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3. Independent Study (7 days)
Instructor: Deborah Griffing
We will work on current projects or start something entirely new while getting one on one feedback from Deborah Griffing. You will have the opportunity to discuss and explore varying methods to achieve your goals and approach your work with fresh eyes. This class with encourage: community; sharing of ideas and discussions with Deborah and other class members, an enthusiasm for learning with with respect and attention to each students interests, and the joy of creating in all its various forms. There will be periodic demonstrations and group discussions of what inspires us.
Sewing Machine: Optional
Supplies Fee: None
Medium/Technique: Surface Design, Hand Stitching, Independent Study, Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory, Paper, Mixed-Media, 3-D, Collage
Student Level: Intermediate/Advanced
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4. Printing Under the Influence (7 days). This class in now full.
Instructor: Pat Pauly
This seven-day intensive fabric printing workshop with a focus on motif and image-rich printing. We’ll look at prompts that influence the strike (quality of the print), symbols, color palette, composition, and build a body of work that relates to the intended purpose of the fabric. There is time for critical feedback, building a series, forming a “collection”, But mostly, we’ll print a boatload of great fabric. The length of the workshop is a plus for an intensive deep dive in printing on fabric.
Sewing Machine: No
Class Fee: $70
Medium/Technique: Surface Design, Dyeing, Design/Composition/Color Theory, Screen Printing
Student Level: All
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5. Dancing With The Wall. This class in now full.
Instructor: Irene Roderick
Irene will direct you through her method of creating a quilt that she considers to be the act of “Dancing With The Wall.” You will begin by placing a single "component" on the design wall, then build a quilt intuitively and thoughtfully, one step at a time. You will be coached to carefully respond to what is on your wall and not have any preconceptions or plans as you relax and play with fabric. Learn how to let your sub-conscience and your creativity drive you to make a unique expression of your individual aesthetic and process. Relax, play, let it happen and see what comes out. Irene will give tools, tips, instructions and a lot of hands-on individual attention to assist you along the way. Expect to have a fun, challenging and rewarding experience.
Sewing Machine: Yes
Medium/Technique: Surface Design, Design/Composition/Color Theory
Student Level: All
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6. Totem of Life
Instructor: Jane Sassaman
Let’s arrange some of your favorite characters in nature (animal, vegetable, even mineral) into a colorful and graphic “Totem of Life.” This interlacing appliqued fabric collage can be either vertical or horizontal. Come to class with a chosen “theme” to help organize your ideas. For, example, you could pick “Autumn” as your theme. Your characters could be fall leaves, moths, chrysanthemums and a harvest moon. Or your theme could be Butterflies and Flowers, Ocean Life or even The Planets. Before class, you will collect photos and prints of the characters that are candidates for your composition. From these we will stylize (simplify and exaggerate) each object so they can be made as graphic fabric shapes for appliqué. Your composition will evolve as your shapes begin to “play off” one another. This is a perfect way to learn my appliqué and construction techniques, but also a chance to strengthen your design skills and create a uniquely personal project.
Sewing Machine: Yes
Supplies Fee: None
Medium/Technique: Machine Quilting, Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory, Collage
Student Level: All
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Session 2: June 1-June 2, 2024 (two-day classes, $350) |
7. Talisman Pouch
Instructor: Julie Booth
This class is all about working with layers and textures, including fabric scraps, painted cheesecloth, sari silk ribbon, yarns, tulle and embellishments. Julie will show you different approaches for putting those layers and textures together with the addition of hand stitching and bead embroidery. We will also learn how to attach small objects, such as shells, to the pouch. Julie will guide you through several approaches to creating a focal bead closure. These include how to make a buttonhole, bead drop on a Buttonhole Bar and a Buttonhole Bar loop. Each pouch, no matter what a student’s previous hand stitching experience might be, results in a rich tactile art object that can hold something precious and special.
Sewing Machine: No
Supplies Fee: $35
Medium/Technique: Hand Stitching, Mixed-Media, Collage, Hand Beading
Student Level: All
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8. Intro to Joomchi
Instructor: Jiyoung Chung
Joomchi is a traditional Korean art that requires only water and eager hands to rework layers of Hanji, colored mulberry papers, into a new, cloth-like or leather-like textured handmade paper. Joomchi was traditionally used for items such as outerwear and bags. It is not easy to rip or tear. Over time, the surface can become more elegant and aged looking, sometimes taking on the look and feel leather. Joomchi is strong enough to be sewn, painted, collaged or worked into free-standing forms. Participants will have the opportunity to try several hands-on techniques and to become acquainted with Joomchi’s history, practice and role in Korean society. Explore the possibilities for quilts, books, garments, new surfaces for drawing, unconventional body ornaments or sculptural objects. Joomchi can be 2-D or 3D, functional or fine-art-oriented. The possibilities are exciting and endless!
Sewing Machine: No
Supplies Fee: $21
Medium/Technique: Surface Design, Paper, Mixed- Media, Collage
Student Level: All
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9. Independent Study (7 days)
Instructor: Deborah Griffing
Please see description from class 3. This class must be taken in conjunction with class 3. This class is offered only as a 7-day class.
Sewing Machine: Optional
Supplies Fee: None
Medium/Technique:Surface Design, Hand Stitching, Independent Study, Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory, Paper, Mixed-Media, 3-D, Collage
Student Level: Intermediate/Advanced
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10. Beadify Your Universe
Instructor: Becky Hancock
If you love beads and embellishments, this is the class for you! Becky brings the beads, embellishments and tools. We'll learn basic jewelry construction for earrings, bracelets and necklaces. Create one of Becky's signature Bodacious Bracelets in your favorite colors or hand stitch beads and embellishments onto sculptural 3-D felt objects. Learn how to make a beaded mixed-media Bodacious Ball Of Joy or a Cosmic Joy Mojonator, which is scientifically shown to keep joy particles resonating in your environment! The possibilities are endless!
Sewing Machine: No
Supplies Fee: $45
Medium/Technique: Hand Stitching, Mixed-Media, 3-D, Hand Beading
Student Level: All
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11. Printing Under the Influence (7 days). This class in now full.
Instructor: Pat Pauly
Please see description from class 4. This class must be taken in conjunction with class 4. This class is offered only as a 7-day class.
Sewing Machine: No
Class Fee: $70
Medium/Technique: Surface Design, Dyeing, Design/Composition/Color Theory, Screen Printing
Student Level: All
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12. Dancing With The Wall: Quick Step
Instructor: Irene Roderick
Using only two contrasting colors, learn how to construct the individual components used to make an improvisational Irene-style quilt. With just two fabrics, we will be able to focus on design and composition. Discover how fun it is to create many types of stripes, triangles, squares and curves in new and original ways. Expect to complete a small top that will be ready to quilt at home. These skills and techniques will leave you ready to jump into a larger project.
Sewing Machine: Yes
Medium/Technique: Machine Quilting, Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory
Student Level: All
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13. Wings & Wedges
Instructor: Jane Sassaman
Appliqué can be MODERN! Let's try some "improv appliqué." We will start by folding and then cutting stabilized fat quarters into simple freeform shapes. These unique shapes will evolve into several small fabric collages. Appliqué collage can be more direct and more flexible than pieced compositions. Portable pre-made shapes allow for more spontaneous possibilities. We will be able to make creative decisions throughout the whole process, from cutting and composing, on through to construction. Add a new technique to your toolbox! You will learn Jane's accessible machine appliqué techniques while sharpening your design and machine embroidery skills.
Sewing Machine: Yes
Medium/Technique: Machine Quilting, Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory, Collage, Other: Machine Applique
Student Level: All
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Session 3: June 3–7, 2024 (Five-day classes, $665) |
14. Mixed Media Encaustic: Fiber and Structure
Instructor: Lorraine Glessner
Are you a quilter, weaver or surface designer? Encaustic can enhance fiber in many ways. Lorraine will start with the basics of working in encaustic then share application techniques for color mixing, adding layers and texture, surface manipulation, and the creation of line and pattern. Discover the infinite possibilities of combining encaustic with fiber structures and stitched surfaces such as machine or hand embroidered fabric, quilted or woven fragments, or lacelike forms created from free-motion machine embroidery on water soluble stabilizer. We will experiment with polyester fabrics and Tyvek, stencils, tjanting tools, drawing with horse and human hair, branding with heated metal and wood burning tools. Working two or three dimensionally, you will be encouraged to develop a personal vocabulary and explore current interests. There will be slide discussions about the conceptual use of fiber and encaustic in contemporary art as well individual consultations for each student.
Sewing Machine: Optional
Supplies Fee: $40
Medium/Technique: Surface Design, Hand Stitching, Independent Study, Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory, Mixed-Media, Collage, Other: Encaustic
Student Level: All
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15. Grid Work
Instructor: Katie Pasquini Masopust
Let’s create an abstract quilt structure embraced by the lines of a grid. We will start by doing some quick paintings inspired by photos of your choosing. The photo becomes your guide as to where to put your brush strokes--no painting expertise is needed! We will all be painting on the first day, then you will choose the design you like best. This class is all about working in the abstract and letting go of reality. Everyone will learn two of Katie’s signature techniques: machine applique and “Imperfect Machine Piecing.” Choose one or try both! We will use a grid to break down a complex design into easily sewable 5-inch units connected with thin strips of fabric to create the grid. Each little block will be constructed, quilted, and embellished before being sewn together in a quilt-as-you-go method.
Sewing Machine: Yes
Supplies Fee: $10
Medium/Technique: Machine Quilting, Surface Design, Hand Stitching, Design/Composition/Color Theory, Paper
Student Level: All
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16. Design Camp
Instructor: Pat Pauly
We will spend five days studying how fabrics relate when joined intentionally or randomly. From the basic techniques of manipulating two fabrics, to complex compositions, we’ll take abstract forms using line, shape, and setting and construct larger works by piecing. Encouraging the use of figured or printed fabric (the more graphic the better) Pat offers challenges to define relationships that occur when fabrics are used in combinations, allowing for a dialog that can only be improvisational – or reactive – to the base of the work. It’s a week of camp drills, trading bunks, and fireside sing arounds. Or more realistically – challenges, swaps, and compositional discussion.
Sewing Machine: Yes
Medium/Technique: Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory, Other: Piecing, Abstraction
Student Level: All
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17. Shibori: Itajime, Arashi and Stitched Techniques
Instructor: Sandy Shelenberger
Shibori is the Japanese word for ancient techniques used to create patterning on cloth. Let’s try a variety of these, then dye them in an indigo vat to achieve the traditional magical blue coloring. For Arashi Shibori, we will wrap the fabric using a cylinder or rope as the core. Itajime Shibori is clamping and binding the fabric with various shapes. Those shapes remain undyed. We will also create stitched resists using a simple hand running stitch or overcast stitch. These stitches, when sewn in rows or fill-in shapes, become unique designs. The stitches, when pulled up and gathered, will resist the dye. We will learn the basics, then experience the joy of creating your own shapes and visual textures. We will work on cotton fabric and a scarf. You may want to bring a t shirt or item of clothing as well. Sandy will also share her methods for using shibori techniques when discharging and overdyeing black and colored fabrics.
Sewing Machine: No
Supplies Fee: $40
Medium/Technique: Surface Design, Hand Stitching, Shibori
Student Level: All
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18. Mark As Muse
Instructor: Kevin Womack
Marks are influential. Marks have meaning. Marks help us communicate. Join in the mark-making fun while creating designs that are uniquely yours. In this multi-day class, you will begin by developing your "mark vocabulary" using ink, markers, paints, hand stitching and diverse mark-making strategies. Next, use your journal of marks to inspire motifs and ideas for repeated patterns. Utilize these exercises to discover effective ways of incorporating your newly-formed visual language into your work. Construct a composition, explore hand stitching, or develop machine-stitched motifs as you explore.
Sewing Machine: Optional
Medium/Technique: Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory
Student Level: All
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Session 4: June 8–9, 2024 (Two-day classes, $350) |
19. Mixed Media Encaustic: Flowers & Botanicals Collage
Instructor: Lorraine Glessner
Working with both paper and fabric on panel or wood, we will experiment with encaustic collage processes. Our collaged layers can include pressed flowers, leaves and other botanicals, photo transfers from simple carbon-based copies as well as experiments with marks and texture using stencils, mesh or doilies. You may also consider incorporating your eco-dyed fabrics and papers as part of a collage or as a ground on which to build a piece. We will bridge the gap between art and craft, content and creation, encouraging you to develop a personal vocabulary by applying these new techniques to your current ideas and methods of working.
Sewing Machine: Optional
Class Fee: $20
Medium/Technique: Surface Design, Hand Stitching, Independent Study, Mixed-Media, Collage, Other: Encaustic
Student Level: All
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20. From Watercolor to Quilt
Instructor: Katie Pasquini Masopust
No painting experience needed! Let’s start by creating abstract watercolor paintings using ten different fun and easy painting techniques. Everyone will have a whole host of colorful paintings to choose from. We will experiment with techniques such as transparent layered shapes, resists, rubber cement drawing resist, washes, glazing, dropping in of colors, surface treatments using soap bubbles, rubbing alcohol and grids. Then you will choose one painting and crop it to find the most dynamic part. We will trace this and enlarge it to make templates. Then we will begin to translate the design into fabric. There will be no sewing in class. You will be ready to complete your beautiful fabric “watercolor painting” at home.
Sewing Machine: Optional
Medium/Technique: Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory
Student Level: All
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21. Easy Indigo-Dyed Shibori
Instructor: Sandy Shelenberger
Create patterns on fabric and scarf using the ancient technique of Shibori. The cloth will be dyed in an Indigo vat, creating the traditional blue coloring. Shibori is a Japanese word used to describe a variety of manual resist techniques such as binding, twisting, stitching or clamping that create patterns on the fabric before putting in dye bath. You will learn how to do Arashi Shibori, which is a wrapping technique using a cylinder or rope. You will also learn Itijime Shibori, clamping and binding. Learn the traditional methods of Shibori, then make it your own!
Sewing Machine: No
Supplies Fee: $30
Medium/Technique: Surface Design, Shibori
Student Level: All
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22. Surface Design Shuffle
Instructor: Kevin Womack
Have you been creating or purchasing one of a kind fabrics and are stumped as to how to begin using them in your quilts? Explore design basics while following a set of easy steps and learn to use those unique surface-designed fabrics in an artful way.
Sewing Machine: Yes
Medium/Technique: Sewing, Design/Composition/Color Theory
Student Level: All
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