So I finally made it to Quilting By the Lake! I have been wanting to go for the last 5 or 6 years, but neither time or money seemed to work in my favor. Well this year the stars aligned and I got 2 friends from my art quilters mini group to go with me. Thank You Donna Chambers and Sandra Parrott!!
Together we attended Session II and took Philippa Naylor's Studio Workshop. We were closed out of both of her classes for session 1, so a word to the wise.... if you see a class given by Philippa in your area, jump on it quickly!!
Well, I couldn't have been happier. First, Philippa is a wonderful person and an equally wonderful teacher. She has such a sunny personality and such quick wit. But boy, can she work a room. Her teaching style allowed her to address everyone's questions in a timely manner, while still leaving enough time for you to progress your projects and for her to give numerous demos on things the students requested or topics she thought were appropriate for the class. What a great style. This is definitely NOT an independent studio!! Especially since the projects we worked on were so varied in nature. Folks took advantage of the fact that Philippa started in the fashion design business. So while many of us worked on quilts, others worked on pants, jackets, dresses and such.
My goal for the 3 day studio workshop was to learn how to transform my sketches into full size patterns and then turn the pattern into a quilt. Well, my mission was accomplished. We started by looking over photos of my quilts, so she could get a feel for my style. Then we looked over some of my sketches. We discussed the various techniques she would use to make each of the quilts I had sketched and decided on one that would give me the opportunity to learn a technique I had not used before.
This is the original sketch @ 12" x 18". Sorry it is a little light, but the pencil lines aren't showing up very well. I just wanted to give you a clue of what I walked in to the workshop with :-).....
This is the quilt in progress on the design board @ 40" x 60" (I tried taking a picture of the full size pattern, before I started placing fabric, but that was even lighter than my sketch in the picture :-(.
This is a picture of the center partially completed, without the applique or side 4" panels :
And here is a picture of Philippa and I in front of the quilt as we wound up the 3 days :
Unfortunately, I have deadlines on other pieces that I need to meet before I can pick this quilt back up. But, I am anxious to get back to it. I have side borders that need to be added to complete the top. We discussed how it will be quilted, including trapunto and embellishments. Oh yes and hopefully with the tips I learned from Philippa, I won't cut through my quilt top when cutting away the batting around the trapunto. But guess what .... yep, she taught me a trick for that too!!!
I'll share photos of some of the other pieces folks worked on later in the week. Including the gorgeous piece Donna is working on.
WooHoo!!
Until next time, Cheers :-) !!
Together we attended Session II and took Philippa Naylor's Studio Workshop. We were closed out of both of her classes for session 1, so a word to the wise.... if you see a class given by Philippa in your area, jump on it quickly!!
Well, I couldn't have been happier. First, Philippa is a wonderful person and an equally wonderful teacher. She has such a sunny personality and such quick wit. But boy, can she work a room. Her teaching style allowed her to address everyone's questions in a timely manner, while still leaving enough time for you to progress your projects and for her to give numerous demos on things the students requested or topics she thought were appropriate for the class. What a great style. This is definitely NOT an independent studio!! Especially since the projects we worked on were so varied in nature. Folks took advantage of the fact that Philippa started in the fashion design business. So while many of us worked on quilts, others worked on pants, jackets, dresses and such.
My goal for the 3 day studio workshop was to learn how to transform my sketches into full size patterns and then turn the pattern into a quilt. Well, my mission was accomplished. We started by looking over photos of my quilts, so she could get a feel for my style. Then we looked over some of my sketches. We discussed the various techniques she would use to make each of the quilts I had sketched and decided on one that would give me the opportunity to learn a technique I had not used before.
This is the original sketch @ 12" x 18". Sorry it is a little light, but the pencil lines aren't showing up very well. I just wanted to give you a clue of what I walked in to the workshop with :-).....
This is the quilt in progress on the design board @ 40" x 60" (I tried taking a picture of the full size pattern, before I started placing fabric, but that was even lighter than my sketch in the picture :-(.
Unfortunately, I have deadlines on other pieces that I need to meet before I can pick this quilt back up. But, I am anxious to get back to it. I have side borders that need to be added to complete the top. We discussed how it will be quilted, including trapunto and embellishments. Oh yes and hopefully with the tips I learned from Philippa, I won't cut through my quilt top when cutting away the batting around the trapunto. But guess what .... yep, she taught me a trick for that too!!!
I'll share photos of some of the other pieces folks worked on later in the week. Including the gorgeous piece Donna is working on.
WooHoo!!
Until next time, Cheers :-) !!
1 comment:
ohhh Renee - wowsy!! Love it - love the curves and the nice use of complementary colors! I had to stop on mine too - so let's remind each other to finish up our QBL creations! So glad you liked Phillipa - I was in class with her and she was such a huge help!
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