Victoria Quilters' Guild Workshop - Sheer Collage

I will be teaching a workshop for my 'home' guild on September 9th.  Sheer Collage is a freeform, spontaneous way to make fibre art projects. Most quilters use only cotton fabrics. This workshop gives you the chance to play with lots of other fabrics, particularly sheer fabrics. 

These pictures are just a few examples of collage pieces using my techniques.

You will learn about basic design principles as you create a base collage design. Then you will embellish with stitchery, yarns and threads. We will sample both hand and machine embroidery techniques. At the end of class you'll have several small works of art.

I'm looking forward to seeing what students create in this workshop.

More from Quilt Canada - Sheer Collage Workshop

My final class at Quilt Canada was Sheer Collage Cards. Students had an opportunity to PLAY with a wide range of fabrics and embellishments in this class - cotton, sheer fabrics, silk and more!

The results were so amazing. Here is a collage photo from the class.

And here is our group photograph at the end of the day. What a great way to end my teaching at Quilt Canada 2014.

Catching Up

It has been a very busy time lately and I'm way behind in posting! My teaching adventures earlier this year continued after my visit to Ottawa at Easter. My next stop was Perth, Ontario and a visit to the Lanark County Quilters Guild. Perth is a lovely small town with beautiful historic buildings.

This is Matheson House, built in 1840 of local sandstone. It is an outstanding example of early Scottish-Canadian architecture. The house was originally owned by the Hon. Roderick Matheson, a prominent citizen of Perth and it remained in the posession of the Matheson family for nearly 100 years. Matheson House is now the home of the Perth Museum.

I taught Too Easy Stained Glass to a group of enthusiastic quilters. We had great fun trying lots of different fabrics in the stained glass windows.  I also presented a lecture to their evening guild meeting where I met more members and had an opportunity to see some of their wonderful work.

Next stop was Brockville, Ontario, where I stayed with my friend Jean Boyd. Jean is a fellow designer who I met at International Quilt Market. We have kept in touch ever since, meeting up annually at Market. We had a wonderful time visiting and, of course, we were up very early to watch the Royal Wedding. Jean even made scones and clotted cream and served our breakfast on beautiful Royal Albert china.

I lead 2 workshops for the Thousand Islands Quilters Guild - Collage with Sheers and Ripless Paper Piecing. Students were enthusiastic and so creative in both classes. Here are pictures I snapped in each workshop.

Everyone is holding their teacups - scones, clotted cream, jam & tea
 to celebrate the marriage of William & Kate!