I love attending Quilt Market, both Spring and Fall. While the Spring show is smaller, it is still so inspirational. Here are some things that caught my eye. Many are modern designs. If I were making a quilt to use, it would be a modern style quilt.
I just returned from Quilt Market in Kasas City MO. Before that I was at NAMTA in Orlando. Needless to say May has been one busy month. I have been prepping for both shows since the beginning of the year. It was so worth it! My demos and classes were so fun. Teaching store owners my techniques for Fabric Art!
The purpose of my class was to teach the new techniques from my book (More Fabric Art Collage) and for store owners to have a model to take back with them. Also for those not familiar with Mixed Media Fabric Art and Collage, new ways in which to merchandise, market and sell products in their store. Many of the products I use are common sewing and quilting materials (such as batting, fusible web, and interfacings). Some of my class members already have my first book (Fabric Art Collage 40+ Mixed Media Techniques, yay!) and for others it is totally new. The hour and a half went by so fast.
I gave each student a kit which included scissors, Quilter's Choice fabric basting glue (which is awesome), a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop, Lutradur, Multex, Quilt Batting, Tear Away stabilizer, Timtex, and some painted collage fabric (which I had already created). All of the paint used for class was supplied from Jacquard (Lumiere, Dye-na-Flow, and Pearl Ex). Also, a quilted base that I created with my collage painting techniques.
Class model, but each student's work looked totally different. Which I love!
The techniques covered were the following:
Painted Quilt Batting
Lutradur with resist
Acrylic Texture Medium on wash away stabilizer
Freestyle Collage Fabric
Painted Collage Fabric
Painted Timtex
Multex
Beautiful work
Painting Timtex with Lumiere and pigment powders
Love the colors, we even painted embroidery floss.
loved her coat!
Thank you to all my students for waking up early to learn more about Mixed Media Fabric Art and Collage!
I am making my last minute preps, as tomorrow I leave for Spring Quilt Market in Kansas City. I will be there promoting my new book More Fabric Art Collage with School Houses, book signings, demos, make and takes, and a hands on class. Last week was spent at NAMTA. May has been a very busy month so far! More on NAMTA soon. If you are attending QM here is my schedule and some pics of what I have been working on. I invite you to attend all of my events. There will lots of product and art giveaways to help spread the awesome techniques of fabric art and collage!
Thursday
3:10-3:40 Schoolhouse C & T Publishing room #2203
5:30-6:00 Schoolhouse Brewer Distributor room #2504A
Friday
11;15-12:30 Book signing- Brewer Distributor booth #2824
1:30-2:30 Demo C & T Publishing booth #3347
4:40-5:30 Brewer Distributor make and take booth #2824
Saturday
8:00-9:00 Take and Teach- Art Quilt
Monoprinted art quilt with straight line quilting
Class model for Take and Teach
Artful Fiber bag
Sampler art quilt of techniques
I am headed off today to teach and demo at the NAMTA Trade Show and Conference. This is my first time attending this show, so I am very excited to check it out. I will be there promoting my new book, More Fabric Art Collage, teaching a seminar, and demonstrating techniques in the C & T Publishing (my publisher) booth. If you are also attending please stop by and say hi!
2:15 – 3:15 pm Fabric Art Collage - Techniques and Surfaces Fabrics and fibers aren't just for sewing and knitting anymore! Learn innovative new ways to bring non-traditional surfaces together with traditional art mediums to create beautiful mixed media art. Artists all over the world are experimenting with unique fusions of products and techniques that give irresistible texture and remarkable dimension to their work. Are you ready to seize all the sales potential this trend has to offer? You'll learn about exciting products like Lutradur®, Transfer Artist Paper, mul•tex®, Timtex®...plus interfacings, roving, and even silk cocoons! You'll see lots of new techniques in action, featuring a variety of paints and mediums that you already carry, with time to try a few for yourself. You'll leave with plenty of ideas and inspiration for sharing what you learned with your staff and customers, including a special gift from Rebekah—one of her gorgeous, handmade mini-journals to display in your store. Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to step into the world of new surfaces and fibers and see first-hand how artists can transform them into something truly original and extraordinary. Presented by Rebekah Meier, an established designer and teacher in the mixed media community and Mary Wruck, Business Development Manager, C&T Publishing
Check out the And Then We Set it On Fire blog for a chance to win a copy of my new book More Fabric Art Collage, and one of my hand painted collage fabric panels. Just hop on over here http://andthenwesetitonfire.blogspot.com/2012/05/layered-monoprinted-fabric.html to leave a comment
Lisa Fulmer's beautiful collage, using techniques from my Fabric Art Collage books and materials from the new Artful Fiber from C & T. You can check out how Lisa creates on the C & T Publishing blog. www.ctpubblog.com
Still some hand and machine stitching details to be added to my Take and Teach model for Quilt Market. Class kits are almost done. We will be working with Lutradur, surface designing quilt batting, working with mul-tex, wash away applique paper, modeling paste on fabric, and Timtex embellishments.
Painting fabric to giveaway at my Quilt Market Schoolhouse, Thursday, May 17, 3:10-3:40 room #2203. http://www.quilts.com/home/shows/viewer.php?page=SpringMarket
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