Art Quilt Collage Bouquets Workshop

Create an art quilt collage using raw-edged fused appliqué with a bold bouquet as the focal point. Learn surface design techniques to create original patterned cloth. Consider composition tips for effective design. Embellish with a modern twist on broderie perse. Explore different ways to create detail and add texture including hand embroidery.

Supplies

Bring Your Own Fabric

• five pieces of pre-fused fabrics approximately 14 x 17” (fat quarters would be fine)
  Choose a floral fabric that will be good for fussy cutting, a coordinating solid, a tone-on-tone small scale print that matches the solid and two additional fabrics that coordinate with the floral. Watch this video to help you chose your fabrics. Follow the instructions in this video for fusing your fabrics ahead of time.

• fusible webbing, approximately 3 1/2 to 4 yards
  I only use and recommend Wonder Under and Misty Fuse. (Wonder Under is paper backed and easier to manage for new fusers.)

• Micron Pigma Pen 08
  Or any fabric marker.

• 1 or 2 spouncers or stencil sponges
  I like this one. https://amzn.to/3lCnLxF But any sponge brush is fine.

• sticky-backed fun foam
  If you can find single sheets at a craft store, one 8 x 12” sheet is plenty, but it can be hard to find single sheets. Alternately, this is a good option from Amazon though you’ll have more than you’ll need. https://amzn.to/3vFRfz7

• 2 or 3 pieces of foam core approximately 4x4”

  These will be used as mounts for foam stamps. Recycled styrofoam or heavy cardboard are also fine.

Or Purchase a Kit (Scroll down for kit options.)
Kit Includes

• five pieces of pre-fused fabrics approximately 14 x 17”
  Deborah selects a fabric palette perfect for this project and all fabrics are pre-fused.

• sticky back fun foam and styrofoam mounts

• Micron Pigma Pen 08

• spouncer

Plus Everyone Needs

• iron and ironing surface

• parchment paper

• batting
  Approximately 18 x 18”

• fabric and fusible for backing, 18x18” (You can gather this later when you’re ready to finish your piece.)

• 2 or 3 small bottles acrylic paint
  A light and and a dark to coordinate with your fabric. Craft store paint is fine. I like Folk Art Brand from Michaels.

• 4 - 5 paper plates for paint palettes

• 2 or 3 skeins of embroidery floss and/or perle cotton
  If you have floss in your studio, you’ll have something that will work. If you need to buy some ahead of time, pick two or three colors that coordinate with the fabrics you’ve chosen or the kit you’ve ordered.

• embroidery needle

• scissors, large and small

• rotary cutter, mat and ruler

• thimble, stitching glasses and needle threader if you normally use them

• plastic trash bag to cover your work surface
  The surface design techniques are not particularly messy. You’ll decide what works best for your space.

• sketch book and pen or pencil

  Optional

  • sewing machine  

  • apron and rubber gloves

  • freezer paper, approximately 1/2 yard

  • Art Quilt Collage: A Creative Journey in Fabric, Paint and Stitching by Deborah Boschert

Art Quilt Collage Bouquet Kits

If your workshop is IN PERSON, Deborah will bring kits with her and you’ll be able to select and pay for a kit on the day of the workshop.

For VIRTUAL workshops, kits must be ordered two full weeks before the date of your workshop. Kits can only be sent to US addresses.
If you live outside the US and would like to order a kit with additional shipping fees, please email Deborah.

If you’d like to order a copy of my book, Art Quilt Collage or Creative Voice workbook, please check out my Etsy shop. (If you order from here and from Etsy on the same day, I’ll combine and refund shipping costs.)