NOTE: Materials fees are required for some workshops. These fees are paid directly to faculty and are not part of your registration fee. Materials Fee: 0 Fee Details: 0
Required Supplies: **Fabric Bundles will be available for purchase in the workshop.
Twelve - Sixteen Fat Quarters of fabric within one color family (I recommend a mix of solids and prints). You will not necessarily be using all of the fabric, but I recommend this much to have a good variety. 3 - 4 lights 3 - 4 light midtones 3 - 4 darker midtones 3 - 4 darks
Small ruler (6.5” x 6.5” or smaller) Marking tool (Hera marker recommended)
Optional Supplies: If you would like me to prepare a portrait of you to use in the workshop, email me before February 1, 2023 at: alliemccathren@gmail.com Personalized images will be $10. I will also provide non-personalized practice images to use for learning this technique, free of charge.
Coordinating thread for your color family (neutral is fine, nutral thread will be provided in the room but you may bring coordinating thread if you'd like)
Fabric Scissors, shared scissors will be provided but you may wish to bring your own to maximize your class time and experience.
Students will learn how to recreate an image using improv quilting techniques and fabrics grouped into values. This technique can be used to recreate any image, and is especially striking with portraits. The workshop will focus on how to improvisationally piece within a given value, and how to combine shapes and values to create a larger image. No prior knowledge of improv piecing is required. Sewing machines provided!
Materials Fee: 0