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Bead Embroidery for Quilters

We will take a look at beads, their shapes, varieties of finishes, and their use on quilts to create texture and color changes in the surface. We will learn the basic stitches for applying beads, and what they do to the surface of the quilt, and how the application of beads quilts the surface. This is a process class.

–Skill level:  The student should have some prior knowledge of hand sewing and hand quilting.

–Kit fee $25, payable to instructor on day of class

–Workshop Supply List will be sent no later than  August 1

–6-hour class    

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Museum members receive a 10% discount on Workshops..

• Non-Members:  $90.00  
• Current Members:  $81.00  

After signing up for your workshop be sure to sign up for the lunch too! A sack lunch may be ordered for $5:

• Vegetarian Lunch:  $5 
• Meat Lunch:  $5 

You may also call 360-466-4288 to register or stop by the Museum and register in person.

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Thom’s Biography:

Thom has been fascinated with beads for over 30 years. He has done bead embroidery, jewelry, and added beads to some of his bronze sculptures. The beaded pieces found here are a body of work he has created since 2002 when he began the shift from bronze to beads. They are, for the most part, bead embellished quilts where the beads are embedded in the surface of the quilt and their application does the quilting. Using the quilt as a canvas and the beads as texture and paint, he has developed a unique style combining fabric and beads.

Thom’s website:

http://www.thomatkins.com/

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You Maverick, You 

How can a quilt that looks so complex be so simple? It is how I rock the block with a simple process that leads to unavoidable originality. You can’t help it. Fun, easy, and yet deeply satisfying and eye-opening, this class will have you inventing your own ways to make block quilts all your own.

–Skill Level: All

–Sewing Machine required

–Workshop Supply List will be sent no later than  August 1.

–6 hours

Museum members receive a 10% discount on Workshops.

• Non-Members:  $120.00 
• Current Members:  $108.00  

After signing up for your workshop, be sure to sign up for the lunch too! A sack lunch may be ordered for $5: 

• Vegetarian Lunch:  $5 
• Meat Lunch:  $5 

You may also call 360-466-4288 to register or stop by the Museum and register in person.

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Joe’s Biography:

I learned to make quilts by copying and imitating great quilts of the 19^th century under the guidance of older women, women who thought our greatest contribution might be to add an original interpretation of classic designs. Beginning in 1979, I followed this path for many years, until I decided that the impulse behind the classics was much wilder and freer than I had previously imagined. At that point, I realized I could be most traditional by trying to start with a blank slate and make the quits I saw in my mind. Since then, I have been seeking ways to make quilts that reflect my own life, not anyone else’s. Also, it is important to me to make quilts that can be used as blankets. I have never felt limited by this.

Learn more about Joe:  http://www.joethequilter.com/.

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This is my most popular class. It is also the subject of my first two books, Reversible Quilts-Two at a Time, and More Reversible Quilts, both published by Martingale & Company (That Patchwork Place).

Do you hate basting quilts? Have too little time to hand quilt and are afraid to try machine quilting? Then this is the quilt for you. As you piece the blocks they are miraculously quilted at the same time. And, when you are finished, you have TWO quilts – a different color on each side.

The class covers the construction of the basic block, how to join blocks together and reversible binding. Demonstrations of some of the variations are also included. In this hands on class, you will learn everything you need to know to finish your quilt and will get a good start on it in class. Sewing machine (and walking foot) required. Pastel version below is the reverse side of the quilt shown above.

–Skill Level:  Beginners to Advanced

–Sewing Machine required

–6 hour Workshop

–Workshop Supply List will be sent no later than  August 1.

Museum members receive a 10% discount on Workshops.

• Non-Members:  $115.00  
• Current Members:  $103.50  

After signing up for your workshop, be sure to sign up for a lunch too! A sack lunch may be ordered for $5: 

• Vegetarian Lunch:  $5 
• Meat Lunch:  $5 

You may also call 360-466-4288 to register or stop by the Museum and register in person..

Sharon’s Biography:

I have been quilting since 1986 and teaching since 1987. That’s right, I started teaching one year after I made my first quilt. I live in the beautiful Comox Valley on Vancouver Island and in 1986 there were no quilt teachers here. After I had made half a dozen quilts I became the local ‘expert’ and reluctantly agreed to teach my first class. I was terrified. But, my students were enthusiastic and wanted more, so I added another class to the beginner class I’d taught, and it has just kept on growing.

I enjoy teaching – no, I love teaching – and I feel very strongly that students learn more in a relaxed atmosphere. My classes are full of fun – and information – but the emphasis is on making what we do enjoyable. After all, it is supposed to be fun.

Sharon’s website: http://www.sharonpederson.com/index.html

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Tropical Bird in a Bush- 2-Day Workshop

Wow–Gorgeous antique! Rose bush needleturned as one whole layer by Cutaway-Appliqué. Feather the bird to your fancy in class … by sequence-numbered layering on pellon, off-block. Try assembly-line leaves by gluestick-turned seams over paper …  Or stick to your favorite method: “Your way is best way.” Hybridize blooms: from a 2-petal rose – quilted or not; or a reverse cutaway appliqué rose; even a zippity-fast sculpted rose of wired ribbon (available in class)! Gild bird & bush with embroidery— your rose’s sweetest perfume!  Or, like interpret to taste! (Yes, We’ll cover quick confidence-building color “rules”!) This is a relaxed, technique-full class. Come join in the flower-filled fun with Elly — International winner of the recent “Favorite Appliqué Teacher” vote by Quilters Newsletter readers.

–Length: 2 days

–Skill Level: Confident beginner “needleturners” to Advanced

–Lab Fee:  $8, payable to instructor on first day of class

–Workshop Supply List will be sent no later than  August 1. No prep work for this workshop.

Please call the Museum at 360-466-4288 to reserve a seat in Elly’s Workshops.

Museum members receive a 10% discount on Workshops.

• Non-Members:  $260.00
• Current Members:  $234.00

A sack lunch may be ordered for $5 per day. Choice of vegetarian or meat.

Please call 360-466-4288 to register or stop by the Museum and register in person. 

Elly’s Biography:

Trained in History, Art & Education (A.B. Wellesley College, M.S. Univ of PA) Elly Sienkiewicz adores appliqué! For twenty books … and counting she has been designing, stitching, teaching, and writing about appliqué — from basics to Baltimore Albums. Houston’s Quilts Inc. has twice invited special exhibitions of Elly’s work and that inspired by her books. Most recent was 2010 ‘s exhibition dubbed “Baltimore’s Daughters”: ten quilts, most designed by Elly and created under her direction, plus a judged show based on her patterns. The first such Exhibition was created to honor Elly’s work as the 2003 Silver Star honoree. The Silver Star Award was given to a handful of select artists who made a “profound contribution to the contemporary Quilting Revival” of the past half-century. Recently, Quilters Newsletter readers voted her “America’s Best Quilting Teacher – while her Appliqué 12 Easy Ways! won the Quilt Industry Classics Award for Best Book on appliqué.

Two major Baltimore Album Revival Exhibitions (Rita Barber’s Lancaster show, Mancuso’s Long Beach show) celebrated her books’ impact on the decades-long Baltimore Album and Appliqué Revival. Before becoming so deeply involved with group-made Albums, Elly’s was a resident artisan at the Glen Echo Art Park in Glen Echo, MD. Her individual work hung at shows across the country and at Museums and Galleries in and around Washington, DC. Inspiring as speaker, she has lectured for museums, including the Smithsonian Institution and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum, where her work as a quilt historian has been recognized. Elly has taught across the United States, and on five continents.  Her work has been in quilt magazines in the US, Europe, and Japan, and in The Magazine Antiques, Folk Art Magazine, Victoria, Threads, and Uncoverings,The Journal of the American Quilt Study Group.  Please visit her websites www.EllySienkiewicz.com and www.AppliquewithElly.com 7.30.2011

The sinuous lines of the calla lily have made it one of my longtime favorite. Here, the flower bases curve gracefully around the color-blended tops. Choose your favorite colors for these blossoms and create your own one-of-a-kind flowers.

Techniques include:  Unit Appliqué (flowers), Color-blending (flowers), and Free-form stems and branches.

–Skill Level:  Beginner to Advanced

–Workshop Supply List will be sent no later than August 1.

–6-hour class

Museum members receive a 10% discount on Workshops.

• Non-Members:  $125.00  
• Current Members:  $112.50  

After signing up for your workshop, be sure to sign up for the lunch too! A sack lunch may be ordered for $5.

• Vegetarian Lunch:  $5
• Meat Lunch:  $5

You may also call 360-466-4288 to register or stop by the Museum and register in person.

Jane’s Biography:

Jane Townswick is an accomplished author, editor, quilter, teacher, and former shop owner. She has been an instructor at the esteemed Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqué Academy since 2000, and her work has been featured in Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine and American Quilter magazine. She is the author of several books, including Artful Appliqué:  The Easy Way (2000), Appliqué Takes Wing (2005), Artful Appliqué II (2009), and Color-Blend Appliqué (2011); all by Martingale & Company. Jane lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She lectures and teaches workshops on hand appliqué throughout the country and internationally.

–Artful Appliqué II, Martingale & Company–

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Cost:  $35.00 per person 

Beaded Bezels & Borders

We will learn to create beaded bezels around cabochons (flat-backed stones, usually not faceted) to attach them to a quilt. We will look at various borders and edges and their variations. We will learn to do fringes (of beads) and the variations thereof. Most of the techniques involved require the knowledge of basic “bead embroidery for quilters.” This is a process and technique class. Students will have a sampler to serve as a road map for future projects when they finish.

–Prerequisite:  Bead Embroidery for Quilters held on October 4, 2012.

–Kit fee $30, payable to instructor on day of class

–Workshop Supply List will be sent no later than  August 1

–6-hour class

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Museum members receive a 10% discount on Workshops.

• Non-Members:  $90.00  
• Current Members:  $81.00  

After signing up for your workshop, be sure to sign up for lunch too! A sack lunch may be ordered for $5:

• Vegetarian Lunch:  $5 
• Meat Lunch:  $5 

You may also call 360-466-4288 to register or stop by the Museum and register in person.

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Thom’s Biography:

Thom has been fascinated with beads for over 30 years. He has done bead embroidery, jewelry, and added beads to some of his bronze sculptures. The beaded pieces found here are a body of work he has created since 2002 when he began the shift from bronze to beads. They are, for the most part, bead embellished quilts where the beads are embedded in the surface of the quilt and their application does the quilting. Using the quilt as a canvas and the beads as texture and paint, he has developed a unique style combining fabric and beads.

Thom’s website:

http://www.thomatkins.com/

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