Most of you know me as an art quilter, but did you know I also love Hawaiian Appliqué, especially by machine? Well I’m teaching that very class in Houston on Saturday, and I’d love you to join me. Best of all, you can translate what you learn in the class into traditional, modern and art quilts. A screen shot of the full class description is below. Click HERE to see the class listing and follow the links to sign up!
WOOT! The International Quilt Festival Houston catalog is starting to ship and online registration–yes, ONLINE, with instant knowing if you got into the class, goes live in July (I’ll post when it does). If you’d like to take a workshop with me, now’s your chance because I’m teaching a ton of my favorite workshops. For more detail on any of these classes, please visit the Classes/workshops page of my website and scroll down to the individual class–you’ll find a supply list PDF and sometimes links to blogposts about previous workshops sharing student work. Here’s the list including class numbers:
To look at MY classes, head to the link for all classes and search by day or by name. The classes are listed in numerical order: #100 series are on Monday, #200 on Tuesday and so on, with the exception that Friday is #500, Friday EVENING is #600, and then Saturday is #700. That way you can find what classes are available on the day(s) you are at Festival.
I’m thrilled that Quilts Inc. booked both days of my Quilting the Garden workshops! On Tuesday, learn my Collage the Garden process for creating fused quilts. You’ll learn how to create a working plan/pattern from photos and fuse an 11×14 collaged quilt of a flower, but the process can be applied to anything including people, animals, landscapes, you name it.
On Wednesday, Thread Coloring the Garden is all about the machine quilting and learning how I select and use thread to color and bring the quilt top to live To eliminate the stress of worrying about messing up that gorgeous top you’ve worked so hard to create, we work with a photo of a day lily printed on cloth (class has a kit [fee] with flower, thread, etc.) so that you gain confidence learning the quilting before you tackle your own masterpiece.
Thursday is a busy day. In the Morning I’ll be presenting at the Machine Quilting Forum, where I’ll share some of my current work and share some tricks for working with what some folks think are fussy fiddly threads but really aren’t so fussy or fiddly!. In the afternoon, it’s a TOTALLY FUN half day class making my patented Easy-Peasy Inside-Out Bag–they’re like potato chips, you can’t stop with just one!
Friday Evening I’ll be part of the Date Night Sampler, where I’ll show using paint on cloth to work smarter, not harder! And if you’d like an immersive paint on cloth workshop with me, stay tuned–good news for a 3-day class in August 2020…will be able to share in September.
Hawaiian Style Applique by Machine is on for my final teaching day. Though I am known for my art quilting, I love ALL types of quilting, and my love for Hawaiian style quilts launched my career in quilting, and I love it to this day. Come for a day of fun and learning!
I hope to see you in Houston, especially in my classes! I might even still be coherent (?) by Saturday evening, though I think a Margarita may be on the menu once the teaching is complete!
Interested in trying your hand at art quilts? Not sure where to start? This class has proved a perennial favorite at IQF Houston (and elsewhere)–sign up soon!
Yes, registration is OPEN for classes for International Quilt Festival Houston 2018, including my four classes. Over the next week, I’ll recap my four classes (well, three full day classes and the Machine Quilting Forum). I hope to see some of you in those classes!
On Tuesday, the day between Quilt Market (open to the trade only) and Quilt Festival (open to anyone who pays admission), I’ll be teaching Birch Pond Seasons. The wonderful thing about this workshop is that you can bring a photo of your own favorite pond or hills and morph my pattern into your special place! The class is always full or almost full–I’m hoping that with it scheduled on Tuesday I’ll be able to entice some Market-goers to stay over for a workshop.
Here’s the summer version:
Summer version
And autumn:
Autumn at Birch Pond
You’ll learn basics of fusing, working from a pattern without having to cut a bazillion pattern pieces, working a bit more free-form and improvisationally, how to “strip fuse,” fusing easy-melt fabrics like synthetic sheers, fabric selection, and time-permitting in the afternoon we’ll talk about quilting. The class includes a kit fee that covers handouts, pattern sheet, a full package of white Mistyfuse, and a few tidbits. You bring a range of fabrics but not a ton of any one fabric (maybe a fat quarter for sky and half that for the pond)…a range of fabrics is more important than a lot of any one thing.
Here is a blogpost about students taking this class some years ago. This post will give you a feel for the class.
If you click here to get to my classes page, scroll down to Birch Pond Seasons class and you can click on the link for the PDF Class supply list, too.
Sign up before it fills! If you have questions, just leave a comment or contact me via the Contact page (link up top). Here’s the link to IQF enrollment again. See you there!
Several years back I had the great good fortune to have Miriam as the educator in one of the classes I taught in Houston. It was fun to see her again at the Summit, and a jaw-dropping experience when we got to see some of the goodies she has made. As she put it, she’s not a bows and teddy bears sort, but she DOES to machine embroidery on her Janome embroidery machine. I don’t do hearts and bows either, so I love how her entire approach–totally in keeping with her personality–is fresh and fun and inspiring.
Miriam brought show and tell, and it’s a miracle none of us tried to sneak home some of her goodies, except we wouldn’t do that to her! This sewing items case (could easily be an iPad cover etc), she used the embroidery module to create fabric, then cut the stitched fabric designs apart to use in patchwork. All those green bits were solid / plain fabric until she decorated them with embroidery.
Miriam must have been sitting under a vent because she was wrapped in this snuggle throw. It was made from flannel on one side, the Cuddle fleece (see earlier post) on the other, then free-motion quilted using fuzzy yarn and the couching foot. Let me just say I loved it so much I have already ordered fleece which is waiting for me in my workroom!
And another one of those throws. WANT!
Here’s a close up of a sample: Miriam hooped the fabric, embroidered it with a sashiko pattern (I think using a twin needle)
Lookit how modern the tumbling blocks pattern become hen using cloth that Miriam “made” by embroidering a simple solid. With a little imagination, it would be possible to achieve some of this effect just using the decorative stitches on most machines.
A case Miriam made…same idea!
This is part of a wall hanging Miriam made using programmed designs. But I want to try to re-create that cross-cut of tree bark and tree rings just using the variable zigzag feature on my 9440 and free-motion stitching.
And a sample of a honeycomb programmed stitch (done on the embroidery module) on top of pieced squares. It would be a fuss, but you could do this (probably not as perfectly!) using careful marking and a satin stitch, but obviously lots easier when it is a programmed design on the 15000 that you hoop and hit “start.” It’s almost enough to convince me to try embroidery LOL!
Anyway, Miriam was so much fun to have in class…helpful, professional, capable, and obviously has a lot of creativity and skill to teach and share. Thanks for schlepping ALL those things to share with us, Miriam!
Hi everyone! Thanks so much to those of you who were able to attend my new lecture, Inspiration in the Ordinary. Thank you so much to the many guest artists who allowed me to share their work in my lecture. You’ll find them below, along with links to a couple apps that I mentioned in the lecture as well as website links to two exhibits and several books, including The Art of Sarah Ann Smith…so far.
Street shots from Lowell, Massachusetts. All images (c) Sarah Ann Smith
Guest artists, apps and websites
Deborah Boschert
Kathy (Kate) Daniels
Louisa Enright
Bonnie K Hunter
http://www.quiltville.com
Kristin La Flamme
Heather Pregger
Wendy Caton
http://theconstantquilter.blogspot.com
Teri Sontra
Purple Moose Designs https://www.purplemoosedesigns.com
Timna Tarr
Jim Vander Noot
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TidewaterStudio?ref=search_shop_redirect
Angela Walters
http://www.quiltingismytherapy.com
Websites and apps:
Pantone app
Pic-Collage app
PicStitch app
The Art of Sarah Ann Smith, so far
http://www.blurb.com/b/8193077-the-art-of-sarah-ann-smith
Inspired by the National Parks
http://www.npscentennialquilts.com
Threads of Resistance
http://threadsofresistance.org/home.html
http://threadsofresistance.blogspot.com
Here’s a downloadable Inspiration in the Ordinary PDF of the information above. Thanks again to all my visiting artists!
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