Workshops

• all workshops are held at the Epping Creative Centre, 26 Stanley Street, Epping;
• workshops run from 9.30am to 4.00pm;
• workshop fees are $55.00 per day; and
• a requirements list will be sent once enrolment is accepted.

Click  here for workshop registration form.

Stack and Whack Throw with Ann Perry
Saturday, 2 August 2008, 9.30 - 4pm

Ann Perry holds Accredited Teacher status with the Quilters’ Guild of NSW and has been involved with patchwork and quilting since 1999. Ann likes designing her own quilts, particularly tessellation patterns (possible workshop next year) and is continually looking to expand the boundaries of her professional practice.

In this workshop you will learn techniques and skills that allow you to cut and piece a Throw, size 56 in by 76 in.  Discussion on how to cut your pattern pieces so that the designs on your fabric will provide optimum visual impact. 

Further exploration into the wonderful world of bead embellishment. In this workshop you will create this kaleidoscope motif which can be used to decorate items such as jewel boxes as well as many other designs such as stars and more complex bead embroidery techniques. This class does not need any prior beading knowledge although students who have taken Part 1 will enjoy further exploration into these techniques. Kit ($20) available if required.

Creating Realistic Landscapes with Kay Haerland  
Saturday & Sunday, 13 and 14 September 2008, 9.30-4pm
This fun workshop will teach you Kay's step-by-step approach to designing and making a realistic landscape quilt. Working with a small format of approximately 45x35 cm, you will learn key techniques and concepts for design, assembly and embellishment.  

Working with a selection of Kay's pre-made designs, you will learn to create and use paper templates for selecting and cutting fabric layers. We will spend time with fabric selection and learn to use different machine appliqué and stitching techniques to achieve realistic effects. We will also start adding foreground features.

Kay will demonstrate the use of perspective and you will learn to give realism and life to your quilt by adding additional natural features such as trees, shrubs, rocks etc. as well as more detail, using different embellishment techniques. A number of options will be demonstrated and discussed, so you can explore these techniques in the workshop or on your own in future quilt projects.

To benefit from this class, you should be experienced with the basic process of piecing and finishing a quilt, and be familiar with your sewing machine, including the blind hem stitch. Free motion machine stitching experience would help, but is not a must.

Go Anywhere Jacket with Lynn Hewitt  
Saturday and Sunday, 27-28 September 2008, 9.30am - 4pm

This reversible jacket is based on the oldest known garment, the "Bog Coat". The original was unerathed in a bog in Demark in 1000BC. It has appeared in many countries over the centuries, and it is still a versatile garment. Make your jacket in colours and fabrics to enhance your wardrobe, today. The jacket packs flat for travelling and provides those extra layers when the weather is cooler

• Day 1: Create the fabric for the jacket using quick strip piecing techniques.
• Day 2: Assemble the quilt and perhaps wear it home!

Fabric to Dye For with Jane Gibson  
Saturday, 11 October 2008, 10am - 4pm, Campbelltown Arts Centre*

This one day workshop caters for beginner and advanced students.  Particpants will work in small groups using Procion fibre reactive dyes on washed cotton fabric.  In the workshop you will produce colour gradation with minimal measuring, a ‘run’ between two colours and a ‘cycle’ involving three colours and then several individual variegated pieces.  You could process up to18 fat quarter pieces.

Fibonacci with Amanda Daly  
Sunday, 19 October 2008, 10am - 4pm, Guild Office-Sydney

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.

Quilts on the Double with Judy Hooworth
Saturday and Sunday, 1 and 2 November 2008, 9.30am - 4pm
Judy, together with Margaret Rolfe, wrote the book Quilts on the Double setting out an ingenious method of transforming a group of strip sets into two terrific quilts. Now you can learn this technique too.

Arty Postcards with Kay Haerland  
Sunday, 23 November 2008, 9.30am - 4pm
Making fabric postcards has become a very hot item recently. This fun and stress-free one-day workshop will introduce you to the process. Postcards are great small projects to fit in between larger ones, and also an excellent way of experimenting and learning new techniques and approaches, plus it’s a perfect way to use all your bits and pieces from your stash. Start with some of my ideas or go with your own artistic flair.

• Design considerations:
• Generating ideas
• Perspective and Light
• Visual Impact factors
• Useful Surface Embellishments
• Bobbin Drawing
• Project setup and finishing
  
  

Junior Workshop Paint n Patch Bag  
17 January 2009, 10am-2.30pm, Campbelltown Arts Centre
Tutor: Yvonne Line
Venue: Campbelltown Arts Centre*, Workshop 1,  (Corner Camden Road and Moore Oxley Road.  Near intersection of Narellan Road and Appin Road. )
Cost: $20 (inc GST)

*Campbelltown Arts Centre is a new venue for the Guild that is sure to become a firm favourite.  The Centre has excellent facilities including a cafe, two gardens in which to have a lovely lunchtime walk.  The centre is located five minutes from the express way, has ample parking and is wheelchair accessible. 

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