Glorious Textures on Painted Surfaces
with Jeanne Beck
www.jeannebeck.com

Explore a variety of spontaneous painting techniques that include monoprinting, salt-resist, spraying, stamping and manipulating various types of fabric and fusible web to create wonderful patterns. Then compose textural surfaces by layering the materials to make small works with an organic feel. Working with silks, cottons, cheesecloth, tyvek and scrim, we’ll create fabrics with an eye for color and texture, then cut, rip, layer, distort and fuse them to surfaces prepared with painted fusible web. We’ll stitch into these surfaces with hand embroidery for additional texture and emphasis. You can complete several small works or a number of samples during the class. Class Fee to instructor: $55 includes fabric paints, 1 yard each of silk, cotton, scrim, silk net, cheesecloth,1/2 yard tyvek, foils, spray bottles, brayer and class handouts.

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The Goose is Loose
with Gail Garber
www.gailgarberdesigns.com

Understand the process of creating your own original design star quilt, complete with circular borders, and free-form geese creating motion and adding the illusion of light in the background. It’s simple and easy with a ruler and a compass, even for those of you who hate math. This class is designed for the student that desires an in-depth experience, exploring all aspects of creating innovative geometric quilts. Students will learn designing, color selection, use of contrast and scale, and stitching techniques such as paper foundation piecing.

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Venice Rose
with Norah McMeeking
www.bellabellaquilts.com

Drawing inspiration from the beautiful inlaid tile patterns in Venice’s Basilica of St. Mark, Norah developed her series of patterns titled Bella Bella. The Venice Rose provides many opportunities for personalized variation in color, size and detail. Stretch the basics and perfect a classic quilt top that looks much harder than it is. Includes hints on grainline mastery, foundation piecing, machine appliqué and finishing.

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Free-Motion Quilting
with Kathy Sandbach
www.machinequiltlady.com

Develop ideas and skills in Kathy’s hands-on machine quilting class. Learn a large variety of designs that do not have to be marked—flowers, vines, feathers, childrens, holiday, and push if you wish—into your own designs. Learn how to “draw” quilting designs with your needle. Inspiration is everywhere, and this class will get you started and take your quilt from stippled boring to creative excitement!

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Abstracting from Nature
with Jane Sassaman
www.janesassaman.com

Nature is an endless source of inspiration. In this class we will examine a wide variety of artists’ interpretations of nature before beginning to manipulate natural forms ourselves. Through a series of exercises we will experiment with abstraction and exaggeration to capture the essence and energy of your favorite flora and achieve dramatic visual effects. We will then translate these ideas into fabric. Drawing skills are not needed but participants should have a strong interest in developing their own design language and unique visual symbols. This class is especially beneficial for the drawing impaired and the tragically literal.

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Shifting Perspectives
with Lorraine Torrence
www.lorrainetorrence.com

Most traditional quilts are made with a repetitive block. Using the Multi- view multiplying lens, find grid and block patterns in the world around you to make an innovative quilt using a repetitive block which changes slightly every time you repeat it. From identical large blocks, cut smaller blocks but each one from a different place and, best of all, use the trimmings for borders!

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