Workshops at the Carnegie with
Juanita Yeager
Held in conjunction with her Art Quilt exhibit
Pathways and Stepping Stones
May 23 to July 19, 2008
Opening reception May 23, 2008, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Gallery Talk by artist, Saturday, May 24, 10:00 am
Flowers on a Grand Scale
Full day class: 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Date: Monday, May 19, 2008
This is a kit class/Sewing machine required- Kit fee: $35.00
Payable to instructor on day of class.
Experience Level: Beginner with knowledge of their sewing machine to anyone who would like to learn a contemporary approach to machine appliqué.
Kit contains everything you need to complete this 13” x 22” quilted work: instruction booklet, fabric, batting, stabilizers, Wonder Under ®, 3 colors of Thread, colored pencils, glue stick, full size pattern.
Supply list:
- Sewing machine in good working order. Please bring a walking foot and a free motion-darning foot for quilting.
- 505 Spray Adhesive could be helpful, but not necessary.
- Fabric and paper scissors
- An awl or sharpened cuticle or chopstick.
- Rotary cutter, ruler and mat
- An iron and ironing surface
- Water mister bottle
- Neutral thread to use as bobbin thread or an orange-red, a turquoise and a green if you want to change thread to match the top thread.
Class description: Contemporary approach to machine appliqué that I employ in creating my large size, large-scale floral art quilts. Class also addresses the use of fabric markers and colored pencils to create highlights and shadows to produce realism in contemporary quilts.
Singing the Blues
Half Day Class: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Date: Tuesday May 20, 2008
Experience Level: For all levels
Supply fee $7.50
Payable to instructor on day of class
Class description: A discussion about color and how it works in cloth. Open to all levels of quilt makers/fiber artists who want to find their own personal color palette.
Supply list: Bring several pieces of fabric in your favorite color or a piece of fabric you have no idea what to use with it. We will not be cutting into the fabric so don't be afraid you will waste any of your treasures.
Great Finishes
Half day class: 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Date: Tuesday May 20, 2008
Experience Level: For all levels
Supply list:
- Sewing machine with walking foot & free motion foot if you are good at FM quilting.
- Neutral thread
- Straight pins and other sewing notions
- Rotary cutter, ruler and mat
- Iron and ironing surface
- 2 yards of any cotton fabric, 3 yards of Wonder Under® Batting, preferably cotton, 3-4 pieces no less than 12” square
Class Description: Every quilt deserves a great finish. In this workshop you will learn how to finish the edge of your quilts with a French binding. Learn my way of making perfectly mitered corners worthy of a blue ribbon and my way of joining the ends where the strips meet. I will give you my formula for determining how much fabric you need to bind a quilt project and determine the best cut width for your binding strips. Because all quilts need not be bound, in this class you will also learn how to line a quilt as well as how to face one. If time permits, other non-traditional ways of finishing the edge of your art quilts will be discussed and/or demonstrated
Meaningful Marks and Images
Full day class: 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Date: Thursday May 22, 2008
Supply Fee: $15.00
Payable to instructor on day of class
Experience Level: For all levels
Supply list:
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Old clothes or an apron and Rubber gloves
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1-2 yards of pre-soda ash soaked, prepared for Dyeing fabric (can be purchased on day of class from instructor)
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T-pins 1-¼ long
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Prepared Silk screen(s) and squeezee if you have them
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Assorted sizes artist paint brushes (for acrylic paint and water color)
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Divided plastic plate or ice trays to use as a palette
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2-3 Quart size plastic tub or bucket to hold water and/or dirty brushes
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Plastic spoons for mixing dyes into thickening agents
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Print surface * contact instructor for instruction for making one if you don’t already have a portable one.
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Several black trash bags for transporting printed fabric home
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Inexpensive paint brush to use with soy wax
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Squeeze bottle (like one used for hair dyeing) or a syringe
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Stabilo® CarbOthello Artist chalk pencil in any color that will show up on white fabric.
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Soft scrub brush to clean screen
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Several sheets of newsprint or newspaper
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Variety of rubber stamps commercial or self made
Class Description: Learn how to use thickened dyes, resists, stamps, dye painting and screen printing to create a whole cloth art work that contains marks and images that are important and personal to you.
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