Classes and Workshops

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Here are the workshops that I am currently offering:

Workshop: Expressive Unmarked Free Motion Quilting

Robbi Joy Eklow, the author of Free Expression: The Art and Confessions of a Contemporary Quilter shares her award winning, time saving techniques to fill your quilts with lavish designs. It's fun and easy. We'll be practicing on inexpensive felt rectangles in the morning, switching to muslin sandwiches in the afternoon. Beginner / Intermediate levels.

Materials List: Twenty precut 9" x 12" felt rectangles, any color. Two 18" x 18" practice quilt sandwiches, muslin for bread, cotton or wool batting for the "meat." Don't Baste! 40 weight machine embroidery thread, either polyester, cotton or rayon - one spool solid color, one spool variegated.

Tools - SEWING MACHINE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER and with which you are FAMILIAR. It is assumed you will know how to set up your machine for darning. Sewing machine MANUAL. Free motion or darning foot for your machine. Extension cord Schmetz machine needles - size 75, 80 or 90, scissors to clip threads, tweezers to remove thread if necessary, small paint brush to clean lint out of machine, pen and paper to take notes and practice drawing quilt patterns; I highly recommend glasses to protect your eyes in case you break a needle and it flies.

Robbi had a two part article covering her techniques in Quilting Arts Magazine Issue #11 and #12.

Workshop: Free Expression Still Lifes

Learn Robbi's innovative techniques to create sophisticated art quilts as described in her book Free Expressions. In this fun and relaxing class, each student will pick one of two full sized patterns specifically designed for this class, to complete one 18" x 24" top. Fused applique will be used in class, however the designs can be used with traditional methods too! Fused bindings will be demonstrated, free motion quilting and dyeing techniques will be discussed. Beginner / Intermediate levels.

Materials List: $5 pattern fee payable to instructor. Mechanical pencil, paper cutting scissors,4" or similiar size scissors to cut detailed shapes out of fabric bonded to webbing. Glass head quilt pins. 2 yards paper backed fusible webbing (an example: regular weight Wonder Under). Fat quarters or large scraps of cotton hand dyes or brightly colored prints. Bring two values of each color: yellow, orange, red, purple, blue and green to have a varied palette. Also include a few neutrals for backgrounds. Optional: 1.Small sheet of foamcore to use as a work surface. 2. SMALL iron (100 watts) 3. Small light box.

Workshop: Free Expression Puzzle Quilts

Learn Robbi's innovative techniques to create sophisticated art quilts as described in her book Free Expressions. In this fun and relaxing class, each student will pick one of two full sized patterns specifically designed for this class, to complete one 18" x 24" top. Fused applique will be used in class, however the designs can be used with traditional methods too! Fused bindings will be demonstrated, free motion quilting and dyeing techniques will be discussed. Beginner / Intermediate levels.

Materials List: $5 pattern fee payable to instructor. Mechanical pencil, paper cutting scissors,4" or similiar size scissors to cut detailed shapes out of fabric bonded to webbing. Glass head quilt pins. 2 yards paper backed fusible webbing (an example: regular weight Wonder Under). Fat quarters or large scraps of cotton hand dyes or brightly colored prints. Bring two values of each color: yellow, orange, red, purple, blue and green to have a varied palette. Also include a few neutrals for backgrounds. Optional: 1.Small sheet of foamcore to use as a work surface. 2. SMALL iron (100 watts) 3. Small light box.

Workshop: Free Expression Flowers, Gears, Spirals and More!

Learn Robbi's innovative techniques to create sophisticated art quilts as described in her book Free Expressions. In this fun and relaxing class, each student will pick from a choice of computer designed patterns to complete one 18" x 24" top. Explore designs that exploit the use of fusibles. Fused bindings will be demonstrated, free motion quilting and dyeing techniques will be discussed. Beginner / Intermediate levels.

Materials List: $5 pattern fee payable to instructor. Mechanical pencil, paper cutting scissors,4" or similiar size scissors to cut detailed shapes out of fabric bonded to webbing. Glass head quilt pins. 2 yards paper backed fusible webbing (an example: regular weight Wonder Under). Fat quarters or large scraps of cotton hand dyes or brightly colored prints. Bring two values of each color: yellow, orange, red, purple, blue and green to have a varied palette. Also include a few neutrals for backgrounds. Optional: 1.Small sheet of foamcore to use as a work surface. 2. SMALL iron (100 watts) 3. Small light box.

Workshop: Free Expression Buffet

Learn Robbi's innovative techniques to create sophisticated art quilts as described in her book Free Expressions. In this fun and relaxing class, each student will pick one from Robbi's current pattern selection from ALL of her fused workshops to complete one 18" x 24" top. (Puzzles, Gears, Flowers, Still Lifes: six at this point, more to be added. This workshop combined with one of the other FUSING workshops is redundant, when booking only two workshops, my suggestion is to choose the Free Motion Quilting workshop as the second workshop) Fused applique will be used in class, however the designs can be used with traditional methods too! Fused bindings will be demonstrated, free motion quilting and dyeing techniques will be discussed. Beginner / Intermediate levels.

Materials List: $5 pattern fee payable to instructor. Mechanical pencil, paper cutting scissors,4" or similiar size scissors to cut detailed shapes out of fabric bonded to webbing. Glass head quilt pins. 2 yards paper backed fusible webbing (an example: regular weight Wonder Under). Fat quarters or large scraps of cotton hand dyes or brightly colored prints. Bring two values of each color: yellow, orange, red, purple, blue and green to have a varied palette. Also include a few neutrals for backgrounds. Optional: 1.Small sheet of foamcore to use as a work surface. 2. SMALL iron (100 watts) 3. Small light box.

Lecture: Free Expression Quilts

Explore Robbi's latest quilts and those from her book "Free Expression: the art and confessions of a contemporary quilter". Lecture includes real quilts as well as projected images.


Classes and Workshop Schedule

Wednesday - September 3, 2008  through Thursday - September 4, 2008

Charlotte Quilters' Guild

Lecture: Wednesday September 3 7:45pm PM Free Expression Quilts

Workshop: Thursday September 4 9am -4pm Free Expression Buffet

http://groups.msn.com/charlotteQuiltersguild/welcome.msnw

Sunday - October 26, 2008  through Sunday - November 2, 2008

International Quilt Festival Houston

My free motion quilting class was full last year, so I was automatically invited back. I'll post the schedule for 2008 as soon as I get it. (Or remember....)Check back here!

http://quilts.com/home/shows/index.php

Thursday - November 6, 2008  through Saturday - November 8, 2008

Hands All Around Quilting Guild, Bloomington, IL

Thursday November 6, 2008 Lecture. Meeting begins at 7pm

Friday, November 7, 2008 Workshop: TBA

Saturday, November 8, 2008 Workshop: TBA

http://haaqg.tripod.com/

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