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5 days - Intermediate to advanced
Make design and composition work for you and your quilts. Discover the secrets of good design by learning how to arrange visual elements successfully. After doing a series of small studies based on color, value, shape, line and texture, students will develop one or more into pleasing and balanced small abstract quilt tops. Slides, discussions and visual material will extend your understanding of the nature of design, and the importance and value of critique in a supportive environment.
Taught by: Rosalie Dace
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- Sewing machine, cleaned oiled and in good working order. Bring manual and knee lift if you have one.
- Extension cord with appropriate adaptor/multiplug
- Normal feet for your Machine
- Optional: embroidery or other specialized feet.
- Machine needles. Choose according to your fabric. Universal (Schmetz 80) for cotton fabric, 90 for heavier fabric, 60 for silk or thin fabric.
- Optional: specialized needles eg metallica, embroidery etc.
- Thread: neutral sewing thread of your choice. Optional: specialist threads eg, metallic, embroidery or heavy thread.
- Pins
- Rotary cutter with sharp blade & cutting mat
- Plastic rulers of your choice
- Notebook/Journal with your choice of writing materials
- Optional: Tracing paper, appliqué paper, stabilizer of your choice.
Art Materials
A variety of inexpensive art materials that you can cut or tear and paste. These should include:
1. Paper- several sheets of basic black, white and grey or beige paper, legal-size or larger. This will be used both as a base to paste on to and to cut up, so have some that are firm enough to paste on to.
Anything you can easily cut or tear, such as;
Magazines, newspaper, tissue paper, cellophane, textured or corrugated paper, foil,
tracing paper, brown paper, wrapping paper etc.
2. Pencils, felt-tip pens, markers, crayons, anything you can mark with and paper scissors.
Glue of your choice.
Fabric
A variety is key here. Small pieces will be adequate for the exercises but you may want some large pieces to develop your paste-ups into fabric. So bring a selection of fabrics in a wide range of warm and cool colors that include primary, secondary and tertiary colors of your choice in hand-dyed and commercial fabrics, in solid colors, subtle and/or strong textural prints, tone-on-tone prints, related colors and contrasts. Make sure you have a good range of lights, mediums and darks. Include neutrals in whites, creams, grays, beiges, browns and blacks. 100% cotton is advisable but you may choose to bring some specialist fabrics like silks or sheers that might add subtle differences and enhance how a color is perceived.
Remember the greater the choice you have, the more exciting the possibilities for your work!
I will bring a variety of slides, visual materials and examples to class. |
