Workshops

Workshop fees are $55.00 per day for members and $65.00 for non members. Two members of a member group may attend at the member's price.

Book now to reserve your place. Download booking form or contact the office on (02) 9283 3737. Full payment confirms your place in a workshop.

Embellishing Art Quilts with Angelina Fibres
with Pamela Priday at Guild Office, Sydney CBD, Saturday 6 February 2010

Angelina is a wonderful addition to art-quilts. This workshop will give you an understanding of the different methods of using Angelina fibres and how they may be incorporated into your work. We will be working on a small wall-quilt (approximately A4 size) to showcase Angelina fibres within a contemporary landscape scene. Although designs will be available to guide you, you may wish to create your own – using my easy method that is loads of fun! Using the office's sewing machine, minimal machining will be possible ; it is not expected that you will complete the landscape wall quilt in one day. However, you will leave with a planned out piece ready to confidently finish at home.

Pamela will provide you with a goodies bag of mixed mediums and other items to support your work, for using on the day. Cost of materials fee to be approx $15 - $25 per person. The workshop will set up at 9.00 am for 9.30 am till 3.00 pm.

Designing Matters 2 with Alan Tremain
Saturday, 20 February and Sunday 21 February 2010, Epping Creative Centre
9 for 9.30 am until 4 pm both days.

For Designing Matters participants from 2009 who are continuing onto level 2, we will be following through the designs from Designing Matters and cutting and sewing these designs into quilt tops following previous design principals as decided in the former workshop (see workshop summary below).

For workshop participants starting with Designing Matters 2 we will be discussing their design work to date and venturing forward with the whole group fine tuning their colour and design skills and creating a new level of design profiles, cutting and sewing these new designs into quilt tops.

On Day 1 of the Designing Matters workshop participants debunked their fabrics and designed general quilt pattern layouts and moved onto deciding where these fabrics were placed in their designs. Through stylizing of quilt blocks and their supporting role in their quilt designs, guidance on how to translate these into actual sized templates was pursued. As the quilt profile grew participants accurately recorded these ideas for retrieval at a later stage.

On Day 2 of the Designing Matters workshop, participants started to follow their own paths as dictated by their individual design approaches, by sampling blocks and drawing layouts on graph paper and key colouring areas to relate to their fabric placement choices.

The two days were rounded out by looking at the importance of bridging elements in both colour and design and layering techniques such as embroidery and appliqué. 

Fibonacci with Amanda Daly  
Workshop date and venue to be advised

Amanda discovered Fibonacci number sequencing and the golden rectangle a few
years ago and was immediately fascinated. Photographers, architects and
artists use it to create good proportion and balance in their work and it's
a great tool for quilt designers.

After much research Amanda now bases most of her quilt design on this very easy
system. She says she is mathematically challenged but it's easy to understand how using this simple number sequence can help create better harmony and balance
within a quilt.

Whether you like traditional or contemporary quilts, Fibonacci number
sequencing will make a positive difference to your quilt designs. If you don't
design your own quilts you'll be able to use the information to slightly
rearrange the proportions in the quilt patterns you use, to create a more
aesthetically pleasing quilt.

These two quilts embody Fibonacci design principles but you will design your own quilt.

Please let us know if you have any suggestions for future workshops.