Discover a world of color and pattern that you might not be aware of. See how Jean uses natures' inspirations and the world around her as she pulls ideas from photographs to develop her beautiful abstract quilts.

Friday, March 9 from 6:00-8:00 pm

$10 per person

 

Explore quilt design in a more intuitive way! In this class you'll cut without rulers, creating gentle curves and nice design lines as you choose the type of project you'll create: one design to use for a small wall hanging or pillow; four similar images set in a four-patch setting for a wall quilt; or a larger blocks with no repeated elements. Follow Jean's lead and use solids with the interjection of of two or three prints, or all solids to focus on color relationships and value. A $3 kit fee is payable to instructor in the class. 

 

 

Rose Hughes
1080 The Organized Quilter Lecture with Rose Hughes
Find and take the time to make that quilt! We all live crazy-busy lives, but we also want to have dream time to pull that quilt design out of our heads, and time to make that dream into a stunning and beautiful reality! Rose shares the multitude of ways she has found to carve out creative time. Let's get our life clocks set onto quilt time!
Thursday, March 22 • 6:00-8:00 pm
Cost: $10 per person, or $5 with your
donation to the Oregon Food Bank

1081 Color Magic Workshop with Rose Hughes
Drop that needle and open your eyes as Rose leads you on a visual journey to add color confidence to your fabric creations. In this no-sew class you will explore color and how to use it intuitively and effectively in your own art as you cut, paste, paint, dip and dabble. Capture all that inspiration in a personalized Color Magic Journal to inspire your next color discovery tour. Rose's workshop trains your eyes to see in a new way, and is guaranteed to enable you to see a more color-full world than you ever saw before!
Friday,March 23 • 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Cost $95, or $80 when you sign up with a friend!

1082 Dream Landscape Workshop with Rose Hughes
Ever see a beautiful scene that you know would make an amazing quilt? In this workshop you will create your own dream landscape with Rose's Fast-Pieced Appliqué techniques, embellishments, and using machine piecing and appliqué in combination to simplify complicated curves and circles. You will take home a unique piece capturing the spirit of your original landscape photo, and the skills and techniques to apply in future projects.
Saturday & Sunday, March 24 & 25 • 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Cost $165, or $150 when you sign up with a friend!

Barbara Shapel

 Free Trunk Show!
1043 First Quilt, Last Quilt...And A Few In-Between
In this fun and informative lecture Barbara shows where she began her quilting journey in 1993 with a sampler quilt where she asked the audience to not look closely at the hand quilting, corners and binding. She's come a long way since then, with her signature intricate two-sided art quilts and an impressive resume of awards. Whether you aspire to Barbara's level of detail, or simply enjoy marveling at beautiful quilts, you will find something special in this event!
Sunday, January 15 • 2:00-4:00 pm
Registration required

1044 Currents Workshop
with Barbara Shapel
Reminiscent of an ocean wave, this contemporary fiber art piece came to Barbara in a dream. No matter the palette you choose for your own interpretation, this award-winning quilt is a showstopper. You'll learn Barbara's method for freezer paper machine appliqué, a simple way to acheive complex-looking designs. This one-day workshop wraps up with a discussion of quilting options to make the piece even more dynamic, and ideas for the reverse side of the quilt.
Friday, April 27 • 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Cost $95, or $80 when
you sign up with a friend!

1045 Thread Duets Workshop
with Barbara Shapel
Unleash your creative spirit and design an original fiber art piece without a pattern. By learning more about the Divine Phi proportion, design elements, and successful color relationships, you will create a one-of-a-kind art quilt with the quilting an integrated part of the design. Barbara shows you her easy freezer paper appliqué method to construct your quilt, and how to perfectly align front and back as she does in her award-winning quilts.
Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29
10-00 am-4:00 pm • Cost $165,
or $150 when you sign up with a friend!