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Quilting by the Lake 2013 Classes & WorkshopsQBL offers over thirty 2, 3 and 5 day quilting classes & workshops taught by nationally and internationally recognized quilt artists and teachers. All quilting classes are held on the campus of Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY. Scroll down for complete workshop descriptions. Important Class & Workshop Information
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| QBL 2013 Class & Workshop Fees | |
Regular Classes, Studio w/Teacher |
Independent Studio Fees 2 days (MT) . . . . . . . . . . . $128 3 days (WThF) .. . . . . . . . $194 5 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $320 10 days . . ... . . . . . . . . . $612 |
| Session I Classes & Workshops: July 15-19 | Session II Classes & Workshops: July 22-26 |
1. Chatelain, H. Dye Paint Your Images (5 day) 2. Corbin, C. Emerging Style (5 day) 3. Dace, R. Branch Out (5 day) 4. Dunnewold, J. Digital Printing on Fabric for Quilters (2 day) 5. Dunnewold, J. Color Mixing: Off The Grid (3 day) 6. England, C. Tranquil Lake (2 day) 7. England, C. Picture Piecing (3 day) 8. Krentz, J. Stone Mosaic Dimensional Diamonds (2 day) 9. Krentz, J. Quick Broken Star Expanded (3 day) 11. Meyer, J. Studio w/ Teacher ( 2 day) 12. Meyer, J. Studio w/ Teacher (3 day) 13. No Instructor Independent Studio (2 day) 14. No Instructor Independent Studio (3 day)
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15. Corbin, C. Studio w/ Teacher (2 day) 16. Corbin, C. Studio w/ Teacher (3 day) 17. Dace, R. Touch and Tell (5 day) 18. Doughty, K. Fractured (2 day) 19. Doughty, K. Soul Searching (3 day) 20. Dunnewold, J. Alchemy: Making Commercial Cloth Your Own (5 day) 21. McCloskey, M. Feathered Star Sampler (2 day) 22. McCloskey, M. Feathered Star Medallion (3 day) 23. Meyer, J. Collaborative Cloth (5 day) 24. Ray, M. Exploring Garment Design (2 days) 25. Ray, M. Transform Vintage Textiles Into a Stylish Garment (3 day) 26. Sassaman, J. Pattern Play (5 day) 27. Waugh, C. Stitch & Slash (2 day) 28. Waugh, C. Stupendous Stitching (3 day) |
Session l: July 15 - 19, 2013 |
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1. Dye Paint Your Images/Bring Them To Life With Quilting Hollis Chatelain Waitlist only 5 days (7/15 - 7/19) – All Levels |
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2. Emerging Style Cynthia Corbin Waitlist only 5 days (7/15 - 7/19) – Intermediate/Advanced
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3. Branch Out Rosalie Dace Waitlist only 5 days (7/15 - 7/19) – All Levels
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4. Digital Printing on Fabric for Quilters Jane Dunnewold Waitlist only 2 days (7/15 - 7/16) – All Levels
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5. Color Mixing: Off the Grid Jane Dunnewold 3 days (7/17 - 7/19) – All Levels
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6. Tranquil Lake Cynthia England Waitlist only 2 days (7/15 - 7/16) – All Levels
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7. Picture Piecing Cynthia England Waitlist Only 3 days (7/17 - 7/19) – All Levels
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8. Stone Mosaic Dimensional Diamonds Jan Krentz Closed 2 days (7/15 - 7/16) – All Levels
Some pre-construction recommended before class.
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9. Quick Broken Star Expanded Jan Krentz Closed 3 days (7/17 - 7/19) – All Levels
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10. Painted, Stitched Canvas Katie Pasquini Masopust 5 days (7/15 - 7/19) – All Levels
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11. Studio w/ Teacher Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer Closed 2 days (7/15 - 7/16) – All Levels
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12. Studio w/ Teacher Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer Closed 3 days (7/17 - 7/19) – All Levels See description above. |
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13. Independent Studio No Instructor 2 days (7/15 - 7/16)– All levels A shared classroom space is provided for the independent studio. Participants work on individual quilting projects. Not suitable for dyeing. |
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14. Independent Studio No Instructor 3 days (7/17 - 7/19) – All levels A classroom space is provided for the independent studio. Participants work on individual quilting projects. Not suitable for dyeing. |
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| Session lI: July 22 - 26, 2013 | |
15. Studio w/ Teacher Cynthia Corbin 2 days (7/22 - 7/23) - All Levels
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16. Studio w/ Teacher Cynthia Corbin 3 days (7/24 - 7/26) – All Levels See description above.
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17. Touch and Tell Rosalie Dace Waitlist Only. 5 days (7/22 - 7/26) – Intermediate/Advanced
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18. Fractured Kathy Doughty Waitlist Only 2 days (7/22 - 7/23) – All levels
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19. Soul Searching Kathy Doughty 3 days (7/24 - 7/26) – All levels
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20. Alchemy: Making Commercial Cloth Your Own Jane Dunnewold 5 days (7/22-7/26) – All Levels
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21. Feathered Star Sampler Marsha McCloskey Closed 5 days (7/22 - 7/23) – Intermediate/Advanced
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22. Feathered Star Medallion Marsha McCloskey Closed 3 days (7/24- 7/26) – All Levels
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23. Collaborative Cloth Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer 5 days (7/22 - 7/26) – All Levels
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24. Exploring Garment Design Mary Ray 2 days (7/22 - 7/23) – All Levels
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25. Transform Vintage Textiles Into A Stylish Garment Mary Ray 3 days (7/24 - 7/26) – Intermediate/Advanced
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26. Pattern Play Jane Sassaman Limited Space. 5 days (7/22 - 7/26) – All levels
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27. Stitch & Slash Carol Ann Waugh 2 days (7/22 - 7/23) – All levels
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28. Stupendous Stitching Carol Ann Waugh 3 days (7/24 - 7/26) – All levels
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29. Independent Studio No Instructor 2 days (7/22 - 7/23) – All levels A shared classroom space is provided for the independent studio. Participants work on individual quilting projects. Not suitable for dyeing.
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30. Independent Studio No Instructor 3 days (7/24 - 7/26) – All levels A shared classroom space is provided for the independent studio. Participants work on individual quilting projects. Not suitable for dyeing.
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In this workshop, you will first learn how to paint images with Procion dyes on cotton. Learning to control the dyes will be emphasized. Among other things, we will cover blending, layering, special effects and painting without bleeding. All of these techniques can be used to create images as complex as portraits or as simple as a line on a scarf. We will explore new ideas about how to use quilting to enhance the look of your painted cloth. The main objective is to use quilting lines to create depth, texture, tension, or shadowing which will give a new dimension to your quilt. Lines can be inspired by an endless variety of things (nature, architecture, technology, etc.) to add visual interest and reinforce your overall design. Even straight lines can become a design in themselves. You will be working with the images you have painted in class. 
What is it that defines an artist’s style? I think it is a combination of the ways they like to work, the materials they like to work with, and the subject matter they are interested in. It can be influenced by the colors they prefer, the way they make a line, and probably what they had for breakfast. (I like oatmeal.) In short, style results from who we are and what we care about. And it develops over time, mostly when we are not looking. 
Nature has crafted trees to be the largest life forms that have ever existed on our planet. They have given shelter, shade, food and inspiration for centuries to artists, poets and storytellers. Now let us celebrate their beauty and diversity by using them as a basis for composition and design. In this class we will discover the different shapes, patterns, lines, textures, colours and symbolism of trees while experimenting with design and using various piecing and appliqué techniques to make a beautiful quilt top. These will include foundation piecing, block making and appliqué (hand, machine and reverse) There will be a feast of visual inspiration as well as discussions on embroidery, quilting and finishing. So branch out and try something new by making stunning, well-designed quilt top based on trees.
Take a picture, print the fabric, make a quilt! If that sounds easy, it’s because it is. Digital printing services make printing personalized fabric a snap. In this class we’ll take pictures on site, and also work with photos from home. We’ll learn how to manipulate images on the computer and then upload to spoonflower.com - one of the most popular fabric print on demand companies in the business. Participants will be offered the option to send the instructor a photo in advance, so that a piece of custom fabric is available at the start of the session! These fabrics are perfect for cutting and piecing, or for whole cloth quilts. No experience needed, but a laptop and digital camera are required to make the most of the session.
Frustrated because the fabric color you want is never the fabric color you find? Want to print gorgeous images on that lovely fabric you just dyed, but worried about getting the colors to match? In this class we’ll dye a simple color wheel using Procion MX dyes. Next we’ll match it with readily available textile paints. The secret to a perfect match? Accurately figuring the hue, value and intensity of each color, and then mixing the colors yourself. This class unlocks those secrets. Never fear color mixing again, and have some fun learning how to get it right every time.
Let award-winning quilter, Cynthia England guide you through her piecing technique called “Picture Piecing”. This is not foundation pieced! Only straight line sewing—no paper to pick out—And lots of cheating! We will begin working on a beautiful landscape pattern called Tranquil Lake to learn the sewing process.
Creating a pictorial quilt using the “Picture Piecing” technique, working from a photograph to create your own realistic quilt. Students will begin by making the Covered Bridge pattern to learn the sewing technique. This is not a foundation or paper-piecing technique. You are on the right side of the fabric and there is no paper to pick out. After the sewing portion of the class, students will work through a design packet to explore techniques for breaking up different designs. Students will then have the option of continuing to work on the Covered Bridge or begin designing their own creation. Cynthia will share many time-saving tips and organizational methods to make things easier.
Create a geometric design with depth and dimension. The quilt is pictured on the cover of Jan’s book Quick Diamond Quilts and Beyond. The construction method is surprisingly straight forward, and fabric selection is the key to creating dimensional effects. The class will focus on the easier “Faux Diamond” technique. 
By popular demand, the new Expanded Quick Broken Star design can be bed-sized if desired. The quilt features no “Y-seam” construction; diamonds may be cut in a 3” or 6-1/2” size, yielding a smaller 43”x 43” quilt or larger 100” x 100”quilt with borders.
This class combines painting and quilting. Using acrylic paint we will create layers of imagery onto thin canvas, applying fused fabrics and many layers of thin fluid acrylic paint. A color scheme is chosen and 2-3 canvases are painted within that color scheme. Then these canvases are cut apart and combined to create a complex composition. The reconstructed canvas is layered with batting and backing and stitched. These stitched pieces can then be stretched on a frame ready to hang or inserted into a quilt of the same design to create a many textured creation. Sewing machine required. 
After thirty years of teaching design, dyeing, and quilt construction techniques, I can attest to the algebra that proves Time to Work + Space to Work + Community of Like-Minded Quilters = Magic. Come to Studio to start a quilt, continue a work-in-progress or solve problems on a quilt that has been languishing on your design wall. I will bring my decades of teaching experience and my passion for creating studio environments that encourage individual work and mutual support. Brief morning group meetings will address design and construction issues emerging from your work.
What a treat! Time to work and focus on what-ever you want. Bring a project to finish, or a project to start, or come with a resolution to try something new. This is your time. I will be there as a guide, a problem solver, a cheering section, an audience, or even a door stop! -- depending on your needs. For those who wish, I will have fun exercises to “grease the wheels” and get those creative juices flowing. This is also a good time to bring in work (finished or not) that you would like to discuss. We can consider the strengths and weaknesses of your projects, and discuss the ever illusive consideration of “voice”. I love all kinds of quilts, and it is a real pleasure to hear people talk about their work. I am not “there” to impose my will or style, but to encourage yours. Remember, this is your time and your work! 
The purpose of this class is to encourage and teach students to explore and use texture more adventurously in quilt-making, while maintaining the principles of good design. Initial interactive discussion will emphasize the nature of texture generally, visual texture and actual texture, in nature and man-made objects. Slides and other visual materials will focus on the textural work of several artists, particularly quilt-makers. Students will make several small experimental studies in four broad categories: Backgrounds, fabric manipulation, machine stitching techniques and hand stitching techniques. They will then make a larger piece incorporating textural design of their choice using both machine and hand work. 
Fractured is made using a very simple one unit block to create a dynamic effect. The class will focus on how to create contrast with contemporary fabrics using colour, scale, and value to enhance the pattern. Bring along as wide a range of fabrics from your stash as possible! 
Most quilters have an ever evolving stash of fabrics that is a reflection of their buying habits. As a quilt shop owner for 10 years I have learned that most quitlers need a gentle push out of their regular buying habits in order to add impact and interest to their quilts. The best place to start understanding what you need is to start with what you have accumulated. The gaps will become obvious as we build simple blocks that expand your understanding of you how see colour. Colour is a tool and like any technique, it takes practice to learn how to use it properly. We will cover: value, graphic impact, and the full spectrum of a colour with a special focus on contemporary fabrics and using pattern for effect. Be prepared to swap and/or shop to fill the gaps!
A new twist on the complex cloth model. Have commercial fabrics stacked up in your stash? Or a few digitally printed yards, hot off the spoonflower.com printing press; but you are asking, “Now what?” No matter what the base fabric or imagery, we’ll dye, discharge, paint, foil and stencil - until that cloth is unique and totally your own. A great way to learn about layered printing, and a fabulous way to re-purpose printed fabric you already own.
The Feathered Star is an all-time quilter’s favorite. Feathered Star Sampler workshop provides a chance to explore the different types of Feathered Stars, do a little drafting to learn their structure, learn bias-strip piecing to make the 2-triangle Feather Squares and focus on the precise cutting and piecing. Each student will choose which block they want to make. Feathered Stars are not particularly difficult they just have a lot of pieces and take some time. The results are well worth the effort. Most participants in Marsha’s two-day workshop can complete a block during class. There is a lot to learn and some quilters prefer to finish the piecing at home. However you choose to use your time in the workshop, Marsha is committed to teaching you skills and techniques that will help you in your work as a quilter.
Whether you are a beginner or an advanced quilter hungry for new ideas and techniques, you will appreciate Marsha's progressive lessons that lead you through all the drafting, designing and sewing steps necessary to make a marvelous Feathered Star Medallion wall hanging or bed quilt top. Rotary cutting, bias-strip piecing, and machine techniques will be combined to produce accurate results.
Have you found yourself stirring the same colorways in your fiber-reactive dye pots? Let’s give up some control and collaborate with others, sharing dye baths, silk screens, and printing tools to produce unexpected results that will expand our color vocabularies. Add to your fabric inventory while learning low-water immersion techniques, basic shibori methods, and tips for working with thickened dyes. We will explore gradation dyeing to produce a range of values and overdyeing to increase our fabric’s complexity. But let’s be honest, the reason to sign up for class is to go back to kindergarten, where we’ll experience the joy of a new box of crayons, and the thrill of playing with colors.
Clothes, as we know, are far more than just functional coverings for our bodies. Whatever the purpose – from uniform to work of art – there are many things to consider when designing and making. That’s what makes it interesting. Knowing how to deal with the challenges and achieve successful results makes it fun! In this class we’ll explore these issues: personal style, design inspiration, fit, fabric selection (and resources), patterns, basic construction elements, couture techniques, embellishments, and more. As you work in class, you can pick and choose what’s important to your personal skill level and process and compile a toolbox of ideas, resources, and sewn technique samples. 
Re-styling and up-cycling are all the rage and making a garment is a great way to turn small pieces of special fabrics, or fragments of vintage textiles, into something great to wear. In this class, you’ll make a jacket or vest and learn some good design and dressmaking techniques in the process: how to balance fabrics throughout the garment to create a unified surface that enhances the garment style – and the person wearing it; how to highlight the prints, colors, and textures of the fabrics using added fabrics, threads, stitches, and other details to enrich your garment. Search your attic for starter pieces – an old antimacassar, the prom dress you’ve been saving forever, slightly worn embroidered textiles, a vintage kimono, linen placemats, handkerchiefs. And if “old” is not your thing, start with new fabric and still learn some great techniques. 
This workshop will explore many classic and nontraditional ways of applying pattern. We will examine historic ornament and decorative design throughout the course. We will do several design exercises on paper that will evolve onto a unique fiber project. This course strives to stimulate new ways to add energy and excitement to your work with surface decoration. It will also supply you with a collection of unique designs to apply to your surface design or fiber art.
This class will teach you the unlimited design possibilities of raw edge cut work. Experiment with color, value, and layering decisions that will affect the outcome of your work. Composition and design exercises will hone your skills and then we’ll use simple machine stitching (either free motion or regular stitching) to lay in your design. Then we will rip and tear to uncover a pattern on the top. The final steps include hand stitching and machine couching. This is a no-stress workshop where every design decision you make is based on the one you made before. There are no rules
This workshop combines decorative machine stitching, couching and hand embroidery to create fabulous textures and colors on fabric. This is the class you need to explore and use all those hundreds of “decorative stitches” included in your sewing machine. Create a “Stitch Bible” and discover hidden stitches in your sewing machine. Next, we’ll do some couching to put in our first artful lines. Use your Stitch Bible to select decorative stitches to add to your piece. Learn simple embroidery stitches to add color and texture. Finish by layering, stitching and binding using rattail cording. Instructions will be provided to make your piece into a wall piece or pillow.
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