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When you see this * symbol: Members of both the Whatcom Museum and the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum are eligible for the Member price. |
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Clothes to Quilt Workshop with Luke Haynes
Saturday, July 13, 10am - 5pm Instructor: Luke Haynes Location: Lightcatcher Building Studio, 250 Flora Street, Bellingham, WA Join modern quilt artist Luke Haynes for a modern abstract quilting workshop suitable for all abilities - from beginners to experts. Students are asked to bring clothing or fabrics that hold a personal meaning to the workshop to be honored in the form of a quilts (college t-shirts, old baby clothes, etc.). Haynes will lead participants in a series of fabric "deconstruction," in which students are given "permission to play" and proceed to cut the fabric into various abstract-shaped pieces. The cut fabric pieces are then gathered into "yardage" and sewn into interesting, patterned squares. All types of quilt-making processes will be covered in this full-day workshop. Tuition: $160 Nonmember/$145 Member * 
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About Luke Haynes
Luke is an artist to watch! He is up-and-coming while continuing to innovate and design new ways to create art. His work is currently in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, the American Folk Art Museum, the Newark Museum, and the Headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation just to name a few. He shows his work across the country and internationally. Haynes' quilt, [The American Context #68] Double Elvis, is featured in Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century, on exhibit at the Whatcom Museum's Lightcatcher building June 1 - August 25, 2019. Haynes has lived in 15 states, he is currently living in Kansas City, Mo. He studied architecture at Cooper Union in New York and considers his fabric art to be an architectural method of images creation. His works can be classified as quilts since they follow the traditional methods of construction, but they are much more. His concepts and images pull from the annals of historical painting and sculpture, but are also allowed to pull from craft and the domestic since the medium is atypical, which allows for pieces that have multi-layers of visual, as well as conceptual, intrigue. 
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Artquilttexture Lecture by Modern Quilter Luke Haynes
Sunday, July 14, 2019, 2-3pm Location: Old City Hall Rotunda, 121 Prospect Street, Bellingham Included with admission to Museum/FREE to members * |
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Lecture with Marla Varner: Modern with a Hint of Vintage
Saturday, July 27, 2019, 2-3pm, followed by Q&A Location: Old City Hall Rotunda, 121 Prospect Street, Bellingham Included with admission to Museum/FREE to member * |
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Hand Quilting Workshop: Intro and Inspiration with Marla Varner
Sunday, July 28, 10am - 2pm Instructor: Marla Varner Location: Lightcatcher Building Studio, 250 Flora Street, Bellingham, WA In this workshop, we will explore ways to add texture, line, and color to your quilts using hand quilting, fiber artist Marla Varner’s favorite way to finish a quilt! You will be introduced to basic hand quilting techniques and learn about a variety of threads, needles, batting, hoops, thimbles, and other tools. Hand quilting is a very simple process, and once you know the basics you can begin practicing and develop your own style. Varner will share her quilts, her love of hand quilting, and her personal preferences. In addition, you will receive a resource list of tutorials and materials to help you explore on your own, following the workshop. All levels of experience welcome. Tuition: $75 Nonmembers/$60 Members Additional $15 Material Kit Fee: Paid to the instructor the day of the workshop. Optional: Students are encouraged to bring their own thimble and a hoop if they have one, otherwise there will be some available to use during the workshop. |
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About Marla Varner:
Marla Varner, a fiber artist from Sequim, Wash., uses an improvisational process and free-form cutting techniques to create unique quilts. Her contemporary pieces use both hand and machine quilting to add texture. An award-winning quilter, she exhibits work at international shows, as well as local museums and galleries. She is an active member of the Modern Quilt Guild. Her quilt Trestle Nestle is featured in the exhibition, Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century, and two quilts, Trestle Nestle and Coral Reef, were selected for publication in Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century. She shares her work and process on her website: pennylanequilts.com. 
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Come to camp, August 5-8, 2019!
Scholarships are available! Contact Us!
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Sarah Bond comes from a family of quiltmakers stretching back to the early nineteenth century. She has been quilting since her early twenties and loves immersing herself in old quilts and quilt books, looking for new ideas. She is obsessed with shapes and colors and while her inspirations are classic and traditional, she renders her own work with a modern or contemporary flair. She loves nothing better than being in a room full of quilters because the creativity that is generated is so intoxicating. Her mission when teaching is to break quilts down to their components to demystify them so that students can master those components, bend them to their will and design their own masterpieces.
Sarah has been quilting for decades and teaching quiltmaking for almost two decades. She has taught at QuiltCon for the last three years and has also taught at Quilters’ Affair in Sisters, Oregon, Vermont Quilt Festival, Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival and Quilting by the Lake in Syracuse, New York. Sarah has no formal art training, but makes up for it with passion and an inability to stop quilting! Sarah grew up in Chicago but now lives in Philadelphia with her family and three cats. |
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Playing with Colors and Grayscale with Sarah Bond |
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Friday, October 11, 2019 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Sarah Bond Location: Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett, WA Do you love bold strong colors? In exploring what is so compelling about the play of one color against another, we find much of it is in the value. The gray solids have all of the value and so retain much of the drama of interaction associated with the bright colors. This will be a color play class where we examine the relationship between color combinations and their grayscale counterparts. Students will experiment with color groups and grays to learn the power of value in color combinations and the potential of combining grays and colors in tandem. We will do a series of exercises in solid fabric with color and grayscale palettes using 6 ½ inch sampler squares, combining basic paper piecing and strip piecing techniques. Tuition: $180 Nonmembers/$165 Members Color & Grayscale - NonmemberColor & Grayscale - Member |
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One of Brenna's handmade books that she has illustrated
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Make Your Own Journal: Hand-bound leather journal workshop. |
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"Hugs & Kisses" Basket with Jane Hyde |
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Saturday, October 12, 9AM - Noon
Instructor: Jane Hyde Location: Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett, WA The "Hugs & Kisses" Basket is a perfect basket to hold what you "Love." The base measures 3" x 3" and is 3" high. It may be small but is filled with many techniques to be learned. Three accent rows of color will make it your own and a wire swing handle with finish it off. This sweet basket can hold sweet treats or fill it with a pin cushion. You could also use it to hold your scissors and seam ripper so you'll always know where they are. Whatever you need to keep track of where you love to stitch. Tuition: $40 Nonmembers/$35 Members plus Kit Fee to be paid to Instructor: $14 |
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Walking the Water's Edge - A Needlework Class |
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Sunday, October 13, 2019, 10AM - 5PM
Instructor: Diane Herrmann Location: Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett, WA Are you dreaming of a vacation? Imagine a leisurely walk along a sunny beach, the waves washing up on the sand to expose a starfish. In this intermediate class, you will learn how to use a Florentine Stitch pattern and shading techniques with floss to create the line of a wave on a beach. Freeform eyelet stitches will mimic the foamy edge of the wave. You will use beads to add some sparkle to the water, and select a color to create a starfish on the shore. This class is for the intermediate stitcher who wants to learn how to use floss to produce subtle shading, and to experiment with freeform eyelet stitching. We will include instructions on how to add some beads to the foam to give a sunny sparkle to the wave. As a finishing touch, you will learn the Bullion Knot Stitch to place a starfish on the shore. Separating and laying strands of thread, we will discuss how to use different colors and numbers of strands of floss to create shading in a Florentine Stitch pattern. After practicing a number of stitches from the Eyelet family, we will learn how to create our own eyelet stitches and place them in a freeform pattern. Attaching beads and using the Bullion Knot Stitch to make a starfish will add interest to the piece. A discussion of options for finishing your work will complete the course. Diane Herrmann holds Level 2 Teacher Certification in canvas embroidery from the National Academy of Needlearts (NAN). She has taught for local and regional guilds and chapters, and received several prestigious awards and honors for her work. As a former University of Chicago mathematics teacher, Diane has used math concepts as inspiration for her designs and presentations. Diane strongly supports the integration of needleart/fiber art and mathematics and is a contributing author of Crafting by Concepts: Fiber Arts and Mathematics. Level of Proficiency: Intermediate Design Area: 8 in. wide x 8 in. high Kit Fee paid to Instructor: $60 Tuition: $145 Nonmembers/$130 Members plus Kit Fee to be paid to Instructor: $60 Walking The Water's Edge - NonmemberWalking The Water's Edge - Member |
Kit Contents
12-inch by 13-inch 18-mesh canvas, vintage brown over eggshell 8-inch by 8-inch square template Tapestry needles, size 22 (2) and size 28 (1)) One ball DMC Pearl Cotton #8, Color B5200 (bright white One ball DMC Pearl Cotton #12, Color B5200 (bright white) DMC Embroidery Floss in the following colors:
Accoutrements Designs Needle Minder of the piece Student provides: 12” by 13” stretcher bars, tacks Frame weight, laying tool Magnification and/or lighting, if needed Usual stitching supplies |
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Coming Full Circle with Sarah Bond |
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Saturday & Sunday, October 12-13, 2019 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Sarah Bond Location: Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett, WA The circle, a classic quilt form whose appeal has endured over the centuries, is a versatile form that can be rendered in a whole range of fascinating iterations. This class will explore three versions of this classic form and will offer multiple avenues for exploring them. We will start with a new version of the classic String Fan Circle, paper pieced from multiple strips of fabric. The close juxtaposition of color and pattern in this version offers the opportunity to experiment with your favorite fabrics with fabulous results. The circles can be set in a square set or using optional hexagonal shoulders. The second is a Swirly Circle, which involves curved piecing (don’t be scared). Eight curved sections come together into an elegant whole with great movement and focus. The third is a Checkerboard Circle, paper pieced from constructed strip sets. All of these circles can be combined into one quilt or used separately. A larger version of the string fan and the checkerboard will also be provided for students who want to experiment with scale in their compositions. Patterns and instructions will be provided. Tuition: $270 Nonmembers/$245 Members Coming Full Circle - NonmemberComing Full Circle - Member |
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"Jewel of the Lakes" Table Runner with Kelly Wilbur |
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Sunday, October 13, 2019 10AM - 3PM
Instructor: Kelly Wilbur Location: Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave., Everett, WA During this beginners-level quilt class, students will rotary cut their fabrics and piece them into quilt blocks. The blocks will be used to create a table runner with the addition of setting triangles and borders. Kit fee is for pattern only. Sewing machine is required. Tuition: $45Nonmembers/$40Members plus $5 kit fee payable to instructor at workshop Jewel of the Lakes Table Runner - NonmemberJewel of the Lakes Table Runner - Member |
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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. |
Fiber FridayEvery Friday, 9am-Noon Free & open to all! Bring any type of fiber arts project -- quilting, knitting, embellishing, spinning, etc. -- to work on while visiting with other fiber artists. This weekly event provides a lot of inspiration, introductions to other mediums and techniques, occasionally assistance, and overall just a really fun time. Demonstrations will be scheduled, as possible, and announced here. |
Applique Group
Third Thursday of the Month, 10am-Noon Free and open to all! If you are a Sue Spargo fan or really enjoy doing crazy quilts, this is the group for you! Although is is called an "Applique" group, participants engage in handwork of any kind. There is a wealth of experience found in the group regulars. And they really have a enjoyable few hours at the Museum! |
