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In this lecture, David talks about his work as a visual artist, and how there are similarities to how he now work as a quilter.
David’s Journey from Stitching Paper, to Stitching Fabric 1 hour + Q&A: This talk starts with a review of David’s stitched paper artwork, which he has been creating and showing in galleries for over 20 years. He will give examples of where his inspiration comes from, and what his creative process is like. His artwork appeals to those who love organic processes and the beauty of nature, color and texture. David combines his monotype-printed paper with stitching on a vintage sewing machine. He will show examples and include details for those interested in creating their own stitched paper artwork. In recent years, David has become enchanted with modern quilting and was 2020 President of the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild. He will talk about how quilters can find inspiration in the world around us, and how his journey as a maker has taken him from gallery artist into the world of modern quilting. ZOOM WORKSHOP DETAILS This live stream lecture is available using Zoom technology (no recording please). Cost: $9 Members/$10 Non-members Registrants will be sent Zoom link via email 2-3 days prior to event. |
Learn more about David here.
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Want to make your own modern abstract quilt designs? Inspired by minimal quilts, but don’t know how to start? David will guide you through a creative process for designing your own modern abstract quilts.
TWO DAYS TO EXPLORE MODERN MINIMAL QUILT DESIGN Day 1 (6 hours): Explore composition and design using paper and machine stitching. We will stitch a variety of mini quilt designs on paper employing simple, modern, minimal shapes. Try out your mini paper designs in photos of modern interiors to see how scale and proportion are working. Plan for the quilting lines to be a major design element. Discuss color and value and choose a palette of fabrics for Day 2. Day 2 (6 hours): Using one of your paper quilts as a roadmap, David will guide you through the steps to translate your ideas into a mini fabric quilt. We will use the quilt-as-you-go method. David will demonstrate face binding your quilt, which gives a modern finish, as well as how to join multiple quilted blocks. Your mini quilt can be the final product (frame it, hang it, or make a pillow cover later), or it can be a test piece for a larger quilt. Skill Level: all skill levels welcome. Experience using a walking foot attachment is helpful. WORKSHOP DETAILS Day 1 Details: exploring modern abstract compositions in paper
This workshop is a two-day, in-person event consisting of live instruction. We will take a long break each day, as well as shorter breaks. David will provide live demos and instructions in class. This is an all-levels workshop. Basic knowledge of walking foot quilting is helpful. You should be comfortable using your sewing machine, and it should be in good working order. Get your space now! Class sizes are limited to ensure one-on-one time. Cost: $450 Member/ $490 Non-member
Kit Fee: $20 Kit includes Special paper in several shades for the first day of making stitched paper maquettes. Registration includes kit fee. |
Learn more about David here.
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LECTURE | HEXIE QUILTS
Presenter: Joy Neal Friday, October 6, 2023, 10:30am The hexagon quilt design had been around for hundreds of years. It has had a resurgence in recent days with the modern quilting movement. Joy will trace its history as a quilt pattern with examples from her collection and pieces from the permanent collection at the Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum. Brief Q&A to follow. Joy Neal is a long time member of the American Quilt Study Group as well as member of several quilt guilds. She developed a love of quilts from her grandmother from whom she inherited many family treasures. She loves any opportunity to share her love of quilt history. Fee: $5 |
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WORKSHOP | STRESS FREE NEEDLE TURN APPLIQUE
Instructor: Nancy Lee Chong Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10:30am-1:30pm Once you know my stress-free needle-turn techniques you will agree that applique is fun, relaxing and easy. In this workshop you will learn all of the ins and outs of the least time-consuming method of applique. No freezer paper, toothpick, cardboard, plastic, back-basting, starch or interfacing -- just you, your fabric, needle and thread. What could be more basic, and what could be more fun? This is a process workshop, where we will play (not work) with needle-turn. A perfect workshop for beginners, and even experienced appliquers will discover new and exciting things! Bonus: Learn my unique, simplified fabric placement technique, too! All skill levels welcome. If you have an applique pattern you've been afraid to start, bring it so we can demystify it, and give you the courage to get it started. Fee: $50 Member/$55 Nonmember |
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WORKSHOP | HAND PIECING USING STAMP TEMPLATES
Instructor: Jane Buys Friday, October 6, 2023, 11am-1pm Do you appreciate the accuracy of English Paper Piecing but not excited about basting the fabric to the paper pieces? Or maybe you're interested in hand piecing but don't like the idea of tracing around templates. Stamp templates will give you an accurate piece to hand stitch with very little prep time. During the class we will learn how to hand piece using pre-stamped shapes, discuss tools that aid the process and explore design possibilities. There will numerous quilts shown to inspire you to explore the technique. Stamps of various shapes and sizes will be available for purchase. Fee: $50 Members/$55 Nonmembers |
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WORKSHOP | BEGINNING EMBELLISHED WOOL APPLIQUE
Instructor: Lisa Mortell Friday, October 6, 2023, 12:30-4:30 This class is an introduction to wool applique using felted wool and embroidery stitches. The combination of dimensional layering and embroidery will result in wonderful textures and a real depth to enhance the applique. What you learn will give you a good starting point to explore this kind of wool applique. We will be making a 6.5-inch by 9.5-inch block that can be made into a Needle Case. We will not be assembling the case in class, but I will send you home with instructions to complete the sewing at home.
This will be a four-hour class so be prepared to stitch. Fee: $50 Member/$55 Nonmember plus $10 Kit Fee (included in total)
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WORKSHOP | UPCYCLING KUMIHIMO ART
Instructor: Seiko Purdue Friday, October 6, 2023, 1:30-4:00pm The participants will learn a brief history of Kumihimo and some techniques; then they will make their own Kumihimo accessory. We will weave a Kumihimo rope using 8 strands, then make a charm, a key chain or any other Mixed Media accessory. Bring small objects such as buttons or beads (or old sewing machine bobbins) etc. and enjoy mixing them into the Kumihimo for an unique art to wear/hang. Seiko Atsuta Purdue is Professor in the Fibers/Fabrics area in the Department of Art and Art History at Western Washington University. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Kyoto Seika University, she came to the United States where she received an MA at Montclair State University and a Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited textile installations widely and has given workshops on Japanese textiles (shibori, katazome, and papermaking) for many years. She is currently co-curating “Katazome Today: Migration of a Japanese Art” for Whatcom Museum and will travel to Boise Museum. For a Pandemic project, Seiko introduced Kumihimo technique to many people and connected the human relationships as an installation art. http://www.seikopurdue.com/kumihimo-wishes Kit contains: - one Kumihimo disk, 8 strands of natural dyes yarn for weaving, and one metal ring. Fee: $50 member/$55 nonmember plus $5 kit fee (included in total fee) |
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WORKSHOP | TATAKI ZOME: FLOWER PRINTING. JUST POUND IT!
Instructor: Paige St. Pierre Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10:00am-Noon A form of eco printing, also known as Hapa Zome or Flower Pounding, Tataki Zome is a Japanese phrase for the method of creating prints by hammering botanicals into cloth or paper. In this workshop you will learn this easy and fun botanical printing process and make a unique piece of botanical art for yourself or someone special using only flower blooms, leaves and a hammer! All levels welcome. No experience necessary. Each participant will leave the workshop with one (1) botanically printed piece of cloth and one (1) botanically printed piece of paper. There are lots of uses for your Tataki Zome prints! You could turn them into:bookmarks, fabric quilt blocks, framed art, gift bags or tags, greeting cards, and more! Fee: $50 members/$55 nonmembers plus $10 kit fee (included in total)
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WORKSHOP | SLOW STITCH SEWCIAL
Instructor: Paige St Pierre Saturday, October 7, 2023, 1:00-3:30pm Design & stitch your own fabric collage to wear or display! With just a few simple stitches and reclaimed fabrics you can create your own unique piece of wearable art! In this slow stitch workshop we’ll express ourselves in color, texture and stitch by making perfectly imperfect, small scale fabric collages to wear or display. (2hrs) All levels welcome. No experience necessary. Each participant will leave the workshop with a small scale, designed and hand-stitched by you piece of wearable art. Fee: $50 members/$55 nonmembers plus $5 kit fee (included in total)
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LECTURE | FROM BARRELS TO BAGS - THE HISTORY OF FEED SACK AND FLOUR SACK FABRIC
Presented by Deena Ammons Saturday, October 7, 2023, 1:00-3:00pm Deeana grew up in Day Creek (a small community nine miles east of Sedro-Woolley) on a small farm on the Potts Road. While attending the Day Creek School for her first three grades, she wore dresses her mother made using feed sack material. She later married and moved to Clear Lake in 1962. Deeana retired as the postmaster at the Clear Lake Post Office in 2000 and now serve as the historian for the town of Clear Lake and the community of Day Creek. Deena will share the history of this vintage fiber and the role it has played in our lives. Lecture will be followed by brief Q&A. Fee: $5 |
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WORKSHOP | INTRODUCTION TO DARNING
Instructor: Noah Hirsch Sunday, October 8, 2023, 11:00am-1:00pm Got a bunch of worn-out socks and holey sweaters in your mending pile? Join sustainable sewist and mending advocate Noah Hirsch in learning to darn knit garments and get them back into use! This class will teach a basic darning technique that can be used on socks or sweaters to achieve either a subtle mend that blends in or a decorative visible mend that stands out. The supply kit will include a printed instruction sheet, a set of darning needles, a selection of small yarn hanks students can choose for themselves, and a darning egg or embroidery hoop depending on what they choose to repair in the class. The only thing students will need to bring is a a knit garment in need of mending and some small scissors or snips. Medium thickness is easiest to darn, so not super-thin ankle socks or your finest knit sweater but also not your thickest socks or chunkiest sweater! Fee: $50 member/$55 nonmember plus $12 kit fee (included in total) |
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Fiber Fridays are now open for both virtual and in-person participation! The group continues to grow, with fiber artist from as far way as Mexico, Hawaii, and Kansas now joining in! We'd love to have you join us at the Museum or online!
Fiber Friday is hosted each week on Zoom at 9:30AM PST for one-and-a-half hour. Zoom offers a free, easy online way to meet and share what we're working on, chat about what's going on in the world, check in on everyone's welfare, and have a bit of fun! If you'd like to receive an invitation to the virtual Fiber Fridays, send an email to amy@qfamuseum.org Let's play... Come in for some fun, education, hanging out with like-minded artists and more! |
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Cancellation Policy:Refunds minus a 10% processing fee will be given up to two (2) weeks before workshop. Requested refunds less than two (2) weeks before workshop will only be issued if the vacancy is filled or registrant may use towards another workshop within same calendar year. In the unlikely event that a Workshop must be cancelled by the Museum, a full refund will be issued. |
Equipment Liability: Any equipment owned and utilized by participants/students during workshop(s) for any reason is done so at the participants own risk. The Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, any of its board members, staff, or volunteers will not be held liable for any damage, loss or thief due to any reason. It is the participant’s sole responsibility to insure the proper use, handling, storage, and security for any equipment that the participant provides for their own use. |
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