WORKSHOP SUPPLY LISTS


Workshop Title:  PAINTED FALL LEAVES WALL HANGING

6 Hour Class

Class Description:   Add visual depth to a fused appliqué wall hanging full of autumn leaves and branches with transparent Seta Color paints.  The project is approximately 20” wide by 9” high.  We’ll do the cutting and fusing at the beginning of class and then using my paints and brushes and medium, you’ll learn my easy “controlled hand painting” technique to bring the leaves and branches to LIFE!   No sewing machine required.

Note:  Pattern and painting supplies fee includes the pattern and use of paints, medium and brushes. 

Supply List:
 
       Fabric:

  • Background – mottled medium and dark green fabric (could have some muted fall colors in it but shouldn’t be bright which would compete with the leaves for dominance), cut to 20” wide by 9” high.
  • Inner borders – 4” x 17 ½” piece of very dark green fabric that will show up on your background fabric
  • Branches – 1 Fat Quarter of very light grey/white fabric that resembles Aspen or Birch tree bark.
  • Leaves – There are 20 to 21 leaves on the wall hanging that measure approximately 1 ½” by 2” each.  Bring scraps or fat quarters of at least 6 different yellow, yellow-orange and orange fabrics. 
  • Wonder Under Fusible Web (regular weight) – 1 ¼ yards (be sure the paper backing is stuck to the webbing and is not separating off)

       Other:

  • Rotary Cutter, Small cutting mat, and a rotary cutting ruler 24” x 3 to 6”
  • Fabric Scissors
  • Mechanical Pencil and a good eraser
  • Small roll paper towel
  • Plastic bowl (like a margarine or sour cream container) for water
  • Small blow dryer, optional (one can be shared between 2 to 4 students)


Workshop Title: PLAYING WITH PAINT

6 Hour Class

Class Description:  We’ll be painting small pieces of prepared for dying fabric (PFD) to add to your fabric stash, with a focus on color mixing, creating color gradations, and over-painting.  Seta Color fabric paints will be used.  Suitable for all levels, ages 14 and up.

Note:  The supply fee covers “Prepared for Dying” fabric, foamcore board and use of paints.

Supply List:

  • Ultra Fine Tip Sharpie Marker, Pen and paper for taking notes
  • A roll of paper towel
  • 8  Glad brand 4oz plastic bowls with lids, or something similar
  • A  8 to 12oz plastic container for water, like a cottage cheese container
  • Small mister type spray bottle
  • 8  pieces of lightweight plastic 20”x 30” (cheap painting drop cloth kind cut into your pieces and then rolled up to relax the folds)
  • 8  -  1” wide foam paint brushes
  • A few other small craft paint brushes (several sizes of round, and several sizes of flats)
  • Small container of flake or coarse salt
  • Objects (fairly flat) for sun printing, like leaves, cheese cloth, potato bag netting, tissue paper, feathers or anything else you have that would be easy to bring
  • Optional: small blow dryer (can be shared between 2 to 4 students)


Workshop Title: PAINTED HIBISCUS

6 Hour Class

Class Description:  Learn some easy “controlled hand-painting” techniques to bring visual depth and life to a fused appliquéd hibiscus by adding colorful shading and details.  We’ll cut out and fuse the flower and leaf fabrics onto a 12 ¾ “ square background first and then do the painting with Seta Color and Karen Pharr Textile paints.   You’ll be using my paints, brushes and medium.  Suitable for all levels, ages 14 and up

Note:  The pattern and supply fee covers the pattern and use of paints, medium and brushes.

Supply List:

Fabric:

  • Background - 1 piece medium dark green mottled fabric cut to a 12 ¾“ x 12 ¾“ square (can have a small print on it).  Please have this already cut when you come to class.
  • Leaves -  1 fat quarter or scraps of green fabric lighter in color than the background (each leaf can be a different fabric if desired – scraps about 5” square will work fine for each leaf)
  • Large flower pedals - 1 fat quarter of white or very light beige fabric.  (Can be mottled or have a small pale colored print.  White on white fabrics can be used either right side up or wrong side up.  Choose a fabric that is fairly heavy to reduce shadowing of background and overlapping pedal edges.  You can use several different fabrics if you wish or a different fabric for each petal.
  • Small flower centers – 6 to 8 small scraps (at least 2” square) of medium red, fushia, and burgundy mottled fabrics (you’ll only use 5, so you’ll have a few choices to work with)
  • Stamen – small scrap of light orange, small scrap of a heavy white fabric (heavy enough to reduce shadowing of darker fabrics underneath), small scrap of a bright yellow (at least 2” square)
  • ½ yard Wonder Under Fusible Web, regular weight

Other:

  • Small Sharp Fabric Scissors
  • Sharp Paper Scissors
  • Mechanical Pencil with good eraser
  • Small Roll Paper Towel
  • Plastic grocery sack and masking tape for trash bag
  • Appliqué Presser Sheet, if you have one (I will have some in class)
  • Optional:  Small blow dryer with extension cord (can be shared between 2 students)
  • Plastic container for water (12oz cottage cheese type, or something comparable)


Workshop Title:  PAINTED CANYON

Class Description: Learn controlled painting techniques for creating details and depth on a 13”x10” quilt top of Red Rock Canyon, NV.  We will be using Setacolor fabric paints.  A fabric kit will be provided in class and you will be using my paints, medium, and brushes. We will cut out and fuse the fabrics together at the beginning of class and then start painting.

6 Hour Class

Note:  Kit includes the patterns, all fabrics and fusible web, and use of paints, medium and brushes.

Supply List

  • Sharp fabric and paper scissors
  • Scotch Tape or masking tape
  • Mechanical pencil and a good eraser
  • 1 plastic grocery bag for trash
  • Pen and paper to take notes
  • Small roll of paper towel
  • 12 oz  to 16 oz plastic container for water (like a cottage cheese container)
  • Optional:  small blow dryer (can be shared between 2 to 4 students)

 

Workshop Title:  FUSED APPLIQUE QUILT FROM A PHOTO

Class Description: See the processes for creating a pictorial quilt from a photograph in this demo class.  We will cover making a pattern from a photo and construction by fused appliqué and using good composition.  Paint enhancement will be discussed.  There will be some hands-on activity.

3 Hour Class

Supply List

  • 2 or 3   8”x10” color photos that you would like to consider making into quilts
  • Scotch tape
  • Sharpie Ultra Fine Tip Permanent Marker
  • Pencil and Paper

 

Workshop Title:  PICTORIAL QUILTING:  PHOTO TO APPLIQUE TO PAINT

Class Description: Annette will take you through the process of making an original pictorial quilt from your own photograph.  (This is not photo transfer.)  You will learn how to make a pattern from your photo and then construct your quilt top using a raw-edge fused appliqué technique.  You will also learn how to use textile paint to add details, depth, shadows and highlights to increase the visual impact of your quilt.  Using good composition and creating depth are emphasized.  Quilting ideas will be discussed and Annette will show you how to make an artist’s facing to finish the edges of your quilt.  No sewing machine is required unless you are a very fast worker and think you may get to the quilting stage before the end of the week.   Bring batting and backing if you bring your machine.  Another option for fast workers is to create two quilt tops from two different photos.  Most students will get one quilt top finished.

4 ½ to 5 Day Class

Note:  Class fee includes:  transparency, 30”x40” foamcore design board (We will be keeping our quilts small enough to fit on these, no bigger than 26”x36”, smaller is fine);  use of paints, brushes and painting supplies during class. 

Supply List

3 or 4 different photographs (for choices) blown up to 8”x10” or 8 ½”x 11” in color on photo paper.   Choose fairly simple photos to make the learning process easier.  Simple flowers, objects, still lives, and landscapes are suggested.  Images with a lot of small details will bog you down in the learning process.  Images with some shadows can be more interesting.  If you like having a black and white photo to use for value reference bring them also, but it isn’t required.

  • Ultra fine tip Sharpie Marker
  • 2 mechanical pencils and block gum eraser
  • Small set of colored pencils
  • Scotch tape and masking tape
  • See through ruler or straight edge at least 12” long, doesn’t have to be very wide
  • Straight pins
  • Applique Presser Sheet
  • 6 yards of Wonder Under or your favorite fusible web with a paper backing (must have paper backing)
  • 1 ½  yards white muslin, lawn, or cotton batiste, 45” wide (this is the base for your fused appliqué)
  • A large selection of cotton fabrics in sizes and colors you would like to use for your picture quilt – Be sure to include very lights, lights, mediums, darks and very darks.  Mottled batiks, multi-value and multi colored fabrics, hand dyes and multi printed textures are all good.
  • Paper and Fabric Scissors (I recommend a large pair and small pair of the fabric scissors, the small ones work well for cutting out the fabric with the fusible on it.  Make sure they are sharp!)
  • Small iron and ironing surface (these can be shared between several students).  Every student probably cannot have an iron on all at once or we will be blowing fuses.
  • Mini craft iron (the Clover one that has the very small triangular head) this also can be shared between several students
  • Small blow dryer (also can be shared between several students)
  • 12 oz to 16 oz plastic container for water (like a cottage cheese container)
  • Small roll of paper towel
  • Gallon Baggie (for fabric scraps from your quilt made in class to reserve for painting)
  • Ott light, if you can bring one, to ensure good lighting for your area
  • Old cloths or apron for painting
  • A small, light weight, plastic drop cloth (made for painting) approximately 7ft x 9ft
  • Optional: collapsible portable easel to hold the 30”x40” foamcore design board, or a table easel if you have one that will hold that size board. 
  • Optional Book:  Color Mixing for Artists by John Lidzey, Jill Mirza, Nick Harris, and Jeremy Galton.  This book is very helpful in mixing your paint colors to match your fabric. 

 

Workshop Title: FROM PHOTO, TO PATTERN, TO QUILT

Class Description: Learn how to turn a photograph into a pattern and then into a quilt in this technique class.  Good composition will be discussed and you will learn how to make an artist’s facing to finish the edges.  You will learn the process by making Rocky Mountain Sunrise (16.5" x 13") using the fused applique technique.

6 hour class

Supply List

Fabric:

  • Wonder Under fusible web, 17” wide, regular weight:  1.5 yards  (or your favorite fusible web product)
  • White or natural muslin for foundation:  20”wide x 16” high
  • Three large white(ish) clouds:  1 to 3 different fat quarters of mottled white,  mottled off white, mottled light beige, or mottled gray (could also use some fabrics with glitter or sparkle on them)
  • Center sky: mottled apricot  21”wide x 6” high
  • Lower pinkish sky:  mottled pinkish apricot 17.5” wide  x 3” high
  • Upper blue sky:  mottled medium blue  20” wide x  7” high
  • Blue-gray cloud in lower sky:  mottled or somewhat horizontally striped blue-gray 20” wide x 4” high
  • Miscellaneous small scraps for small clouds ranging from mottled blue, blue and violet, blue and gray, sunrise pinks, apricots, and pale oranges and rose
  • Large dark chocolate brown rock:  dark mottled or marbled chocolate brown 13”wide x 2” high
  • Medium chocolate brown rock:  medium mottled or marbled chocolate  brown 9”wide x 2.5” high
  • Light chocolate brown rock:  light mottled or  marbled chocolate brown 3” x 2”
  • Medium red brown rocky area on medium green near mountain:  mottled red brown 7”wide x 3.5 ” high
  • Tree clumps on rocky area, plus medium green mountain:  medium green resembling trees or vegetation 15”wide x 5” high
  • Nearest dark green mountain:  dark green resembling small scaled tree design 9” wide x 5” high
  • Blue distant mountain ridges: 6 scrap pieces of blues ranging from light to dark.   Scraps should be no around 9”wide x 3.5” high.   Remember they need enough contrast to be seen as individual mountains. 
  • Large tree in center:  mottled light, medium, and dark green (batik or tight weave fabric works best) 3.5”wide x 8”high

Sewing Supplies:

  • Large fabric scissors, very sharp small fabric scissors, paper scissors, (no sewing machine required)
  • Few straight pins

Other:

  • One or two photographs that you would like to consider making into a quilt, blown up to approximately 8”x10” in color.  Note:  You will trace this in class, but will not make a quilt from it during class.  We will be making “Rocky Mountain Sunrise”.
  • One overhead transparency film sheet, 8 ½ “ x 11” (can also purchase from the teacher for .50 cents)
  • One Sharpie Ultra-Fine Point permanent marker
  • Thin foamcore board, stiff cardboard or any firm surface that can withstand light ironing to be used as a design board, a little larger than the project (project size 16.5” wide x 13” high), 20”x 16” works well.  We tape the pattern down to the board and assemble the project on top of it so it needs to be this size.
  • mechanical pencil and block gum eraser (an eraser that doesn’t smear is the goal here)
  • A small set of colored pencils
  • Small roll narrow masking tape

Optional, but very good to have: mini craft iron with extension cord (the kind that has a very small triangular head).  These could be shared between 2 to 4 people.

 

Workshop Title: PAINTED POPPY


Class Description: Learn controlled painting techniques to enhance your pictorial quilts.  Setacolor fabric paints are used in a single layer to add visual depth and details to a fused appliqué poppy.  Project size:  8.75”x 9.75”.   You will be working from a kit provided in class.

6 hour class

Note:  Kit includes the pattern and all the fabric for the poppy portion of the project.  Paints, brushes, and mediums are provided in class.  Border fabrics are not included, nor are they needed during class.

Supply List

  • Sharp fabric and paper scissors
  • mechanical pencil with a good eraser
  • 1 plastic grocery bag for trash
  • small roll of paper towel
  • a few straight pins
  • Optional:  Small blow dryer with extension cord

 

Workshop Title: PAINTING CALLA LILIES

Class Description: This is your chance to try fabric painting without having to purchase all the supplies first. Learn a few simple painting techniques to create 3 dramatic calla lilies on an 8.5" x 11" project. We will be using Setacolor textile paints. We will cut out and fuse the fabrics together at the beginning of class and then paint on the details.  You will be working from a kit provided in class and using my paints, brushes, and mediums.

5 hour class

Note: Kit contains fabrics and materials to make the center portion of the wallhanging. Border fabrics are not included and will not be needed during class.

Supply List

  • Fabric and paper scissors
  • Scotch Tape
  • 2 mechanical pencils
  • 1 plastic grocery bag for trash
  • Pen and paper to take notes
  • Small roll of paper towel
  • 12 oz  to 16 oz plastic container for water (like a cottage cheese container)
  • Optional:  Small blow dryer with extension cord  (this can be shared between 2 students)



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