Hugs' n Kisses feelgood stitcheries
and associated thingys!
Classes
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Helen is now available for workshop and class bookings for 2010 please email for costing details and availability. Both Gathering/retreat and technique, skills classes are available. Dancing Daisies - full day class - 6 hrs
one day class utilising the basic Colourque method. Students bring their own fabrics and pencils and choose their own colour scheme as we work our way step by step through the colouring and sealing process. We then proceed to hand stitching the outlines and making up the wallhanging panel. Students would expect to have their colouring finished and sealed in one day with the stitching begun. Pattern and class notes provided. (small kit fee) Fun with Inktense full day class - 6 hours Inktense pencils are a different type of pencil which give a very bright intense result. They behave very differently to normal pencils and are used differently in our Colourque technique. This class allows students to investigate their freedom and design and freehand draw a continuous line suitable for free machine outline quilting and then colouring with inktense. Students bring their own materials and inktense pencils and this class and must know their sewing machine well with some free machine quilting experience or the will to have a go. A fun liberating class that does not require (nor tolerate) perfection.
‘Blessed
Full
day class – 6 hours
This
class will take you step by step through the exciting and fun Colourque®
technique. (Coloured appliqué) Complete a project similar to those included in
the ‘Faux Appliqué’ book hands on with the author
and creator of this simple but effective colouring method. Use the method to add
colour and WOW to your own award winning quilts of the future…. The
award winning quilt ‘Blessed Baltimore’ shows how simple it is to achieve a
stunning Everyone coloured in at kindergarten, so anyone can achieve in this fun, no stress class! Students will purchase a kit containing all materials (not including patchwork fabrics - background only) required to complete the sample as per above.
‘Mini
Lace’
Half
day class – 4 hrs Colour
and create your very own ‘Lace’ wholecloth quilt in a day. Using a pre –
quilted mini quilt you will learn the colouring technique as used in the award
winning quilt Lace#2. Using
a variation of Helens’ Colourqué® method you will learn about colouring,
blending, sealing and finishing a personal version of a mini wholecloth quilt. You
can then use the method to create your very own masterpiece using coloured
pencils, your design and quilting skills.
class project will be a mini Lace design similar to portions of the above quilt. ‘Very
own Virtuoso’ 1
full day workshop – 6 hrs Use
elements taken from architecture, art and design, drawings and surroundings to
design your very own wholecloth quilt. Use
pencils to Colourqué® your design and then free machine quilt your design into
a finished work of art. Learn
a variation on Helen’s Colourque® technique as seen in the award winning
‘Victorian Virtuoso’ quilt. Extend your design skills to create your very
own original design or use Helen’s ‘element’ package to flip, mirror,
turn, copy and create stunning designs. See how your environment and
surroundings can be used to inspire or provide designs useable for quilting and
colouring. No artistic experience necessary as we are using the skills of our
historical forebears. Design
process and colouring will be covered and partially completed in class. Machine
quilting outlines and background will be discussed but not completed during
class times. All design work will be done by hand without computers or
electronic assistance. A quilt of approx 20” will be designed as a class piece
to cover all aspects of the class.
Optional
day two VV Full
day – 6 hrs Today
we will begin to outline stitch and quilt your entire design. You will free
machine outline the coloured and sealed design in a matching colour. Learn about
basting and layering, starts and ends, burying threads, background quilting,
batting and trapunto looks, binding and labelling your quilt. Quilt
top will be layered and basted by hand. It will then be outline quilted by
machine, then background quilted. Other
topics covered will be blocking and binding, labels, burying threads and
additional adornments such as hot fix crystals or beading. Gatherings Very popular today are the retreats and gatherings scattered around the country. These provide more relaxed settings and friendly sharing, caring atmospheres for women to enjoy their passion. Offering several tutors each giving of their experience, inspiration, skills and designs they are Helen's favourite workshop settings. Everyone is usually so nice, relaxed and openly sharing of themselves, and their stitching enthusiasm. They are places to make lifelong friends and networks to build bigger and better things... Cost includes: 1-2 projects specifically designed for gatherings, (may be designed exclusively dependant on time and schedule), assistance with kitting ideas, master patterns provided for copying for inclusion in every participants workshop bag, donation for door prize or lucky ticket or raffle. Full day of attendance.
some project examples
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