Original Art Quilt Collage Workshop

Create original art quilts by exploring a variety of ideas and techniques with layers of fabric, paint and stitch. Experiment with several methods of creating pattern and marks on fabric then begin composing using intuitive ideas. Students will learn ways to find inspiration, incorporate personal symbols, and create details with stitching by hand and by machine. Plus, explore new creative possibilities with quick exercises, sketches, list-making and mind-mapping.

Supplies

  • 4 to 6 fat quarters or equivalent fabric pieces
    Choose fabrics you love that look great together. This will become your “fabric palette.” Include darks, mediums and lights in a variety of prints from large to small scale, some tone-on-tone and one or two multi-color pieces. If you have pre-fused fabrics, feel free to bring them.

  • 3 or 4 fat quarters solid color cotton fabrics or scraps that are about 10x10”
    Pick colors that coordinate with your fabric palette. This is fabric for surface design explorations. If you think you’d like to do more surface design, bring more solid fabrics.

  • 2 or 3 yards fusible webbing
    I like Wonder Under and Misty Fuse.

  • teflon sheet or parchment paper

  • batting, approximately 16x16”

  • rotary cutter and mat

  • scissors
    large and small for both paper and fabric

  • Micron Pigma Pen (or other fabric markers)
    I like the 08 size in black.

  • sticky-backed fun foam (1 sheet)
    I’ll have some for sale if you can’t find any.

  • 2 empty toilet paper tubes

  • 1 or 2 spouncers or any sponge stencil brush

  • 2 or 3 small bottles acrylic paint
    Include darks and lights to coordinate with your fabric palette. Craft store paint is fine. I like Folk Art Brand from Michaels.

  • 3 squares of corrugated cardboard, foam core, or styrofoam approximately 4x4”

  • paper plate or something similar for mixing paint

  • small container for water

  • plastic trash bag to cover your work area and an apron if you like to wear one when using paint

  • embroidery floss, pearl cotton or other embroidery threads
    Coordinate with your fabric palette, some darks and some lights. (4 to 5 skeins)

  • embroidery needle and thimble if you use one regularly

  • sketchbook, pen and pencil

Optional

  • Additional fabric, paint or embroidery floss
    Feel free to bring additional prints or solid fabrics if you want to have more choices to work with. A few more bottles of paint and floss may also be nice to have. (It’s a balance between bringing enough to feel creative but not so much that you’re paralyzed by too many options. Whatever you bring, we’ll have a great time exploring possibilities.)

  • sewing machine and thread

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