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Lorraine
Carthew -
Brisbane, Qld. changed from a career in designing and producing her own fashion label, to textile art and has been producing prize-winning quilts for the past 10 years. Her work has been exhibited and awarded both nationally and internationally. She has won 3 Best of Show awards and is better known for her Portraits. Her original Mosaic technique is also well known and magazine articles of her different styles have been extensively published. www.lozquilts.com. |
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Impressionist Landscapes
- 2 days Sat 27th / Sun 28th September
Just as an impressionist painter uses small dabs of paint, we will use small pieces of fused fabric to create our landscape. Students will use one of their own images to create a quilt top. Perspective and other basic design principles will be discussed. Techniques and tips for successful fusing will ensure the best results, for translating your image into a fibre landscape. Finishing your quilt and quilting designs will also be covered.
All skill levels - No sewing machine required |
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Edge Mosaic Appliqué - 1 day Mon 29th Sept
In this very comprehensive workshop, Lorraine will share all her secrets of turning a design into a Mosaic pattern. It is a fun class with students completing their design by the second day. You will learn tips and techniques to achieve Choice of one of three designs – Dragonfly, Bird or Butterfly. Finished size 60cm x 80cm.
All skill levels - no sewing machine required. Pattern
$5 payable to tutor in workshop
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Fused Art Quilt –
Hot Shoe Shuffle Half Day 9am-12.30pm Tue 30th Sept
A variety of patterns will be supplied for you to create a small quilt using all the techniques to achieve perfect fusible appliqué. No sewing machine is required.
Essential Workshop Fee – contains hand dyed fabric and pattern. Cost: $22.00
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Fused Appliqué Art 2 days Wed 1st / Thur 2nd Oct
Fused appliqué, which is one of the methods Lorraine uses in her prize-winning quilts. In this fun and relaxing class students will make a quilt top using one of the three designs provided by the tutor. You will learn tips and techniques to achieve perfect fusible appliqué. You will be shown how to finish and enhance the quilt. Finished size 56cm x 72cm. All skill levels -no sewing machine required.
Optional Kits:
$42-1.5m hand dyed fabric.
Pattern $3 payable at workshop. |
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Lee Cleland - Jackadgery NSW, and is one of Australia's leading and highly respected tutors in Machine Quilting. Both of her books, Quilting Makes the Quilt and Feathers that Fly have been hugely successful both in Australia and North America .Lee is also a regular contributor to national magazines and her knowledge of quilting designs and techniques, her wide experience and ability to inspire students makes her much in demand as a teacher throughout the world. |
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Beginner Machine Quilting Techniques
2 days Sat 27th / Sun 28th Sept
A beginner workshop covering grids, curves, flowers, feathers and stippling, all the designs you are likely to use on a traditional quilt. No machine quilting experience is necessary.
This practical workshop covers all you need to know about Machine Quilting-using both the walking-foot for straight lines and the darning foot for free-motion machine quilting.
The first day covers most of the practical know-how of machine quilting and the second day is spent quilting a small quilt.
No machine quilting experience is necessary. |
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Playing with background Fillers 1 day Mon 29th Sept
The whole day is spent quilting many different background-filling designs with free-motion machine quilting, and others based on a grid to build a reference sample for future use. This is a day of play and a good way to practice free-motion machine quilting and build up your skills.
Suitable for quilters who know the basics of free-motion quilting. |
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Quilt as You Go Quilting Techniques 1 day Tue 30th Sept
Quilt as You Go is the easy way to make large quilts in smaller pieces and then join these pieces together into the finished quilt. Learn 3 different methods of joining’ Great for quilters with limited space to machine quilt or those who find handling large quilts difficult.
Suitable for experienced beginners onwards.
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Jane
MacDonald - is a talented quilt designer and tutor from Lismore N.S.W She is a very popular caring tutor and now has a special interest in Japanese fabrics and designs.
Jane sells Japanese fabrics and quilts through a business called Be Be Bold.
www.bebejapanese-textiles.com |
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Fan Quilt 1 days Mon 29th Sept
The Japanese folding fan quilt is quick and easy to make and incorporates curved piecing techniques. The fans are an excellent way to showcase the many beautiful Japanese fabrics that are available.
Optional Kit - $119.90.
A yukata fabric kit can be arranged on request.
Approximate cost $205
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Gone Fishing 1 day Tue 30th Sept
Gone Fishing quilt in a day is easy, quick and fun and would be great to give as a gift. Learn cutting, accurate joining and designing.
Optional Kits -
Blue $72.50.
Terracotta $79.50 |
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Kimino Wallhanging 1 day Wed 1st Oct
Celebration kimono quilt- Spend the day learning many simple techniques to make this celebration wall hanging that includes appliqué, embroidery, tying and quilting.
Optional Kit - $48.75
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Sashiko Koki Bag 1 day Thur 2nd Oct
Learn the traditional sashiko hand sewing techniques to make this useful little bag that can be used to carry future sashiko project in?
Essential Workshop Fee includes Traditional sashiko fabric, sashiko thread and needle, Chaco carbon paper, packet of koki and cotton cording.
Cost: $34.90
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Lorraine Parker - Lorraine Parker has been a teacher of Textiles and Design for over 30 years. She has been in love with textiles and design all her life passing on her passion for creativity to her students. Lorraine has travelled extensively in Australia and overseas, taking students on three different occasions on a Food and Fashion Tour (twice to England, France and Italy in 2001, 2003 and once to New Zealand, 2005). This has given her a broad view of design and fashion and given her a wealth of ideas and inspiration for present and future projects. www.creativeteaxtiles.com
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Colourwash Memories 2 days Sat 27th / Sun 28th Sept
The designing and construction of this contemporary quilt will give you lasting satisfaction and preserve pictorial memories that you cherish. This workshop incorporates photo to fabric transfer, colour wash and a very special technique of free machining of ‘ribbon like’ swirls that will highlight your colour choice and photographs to give your work a special finish or enhancement. Chosen photographs could be of architectural features such as doorways, scenery on a special trip, flowers, trees or family members.
Intermediate to advanced
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Liz
Scobie from Coffs Harbour N.S.W has taught patchwork, quilting and machine embroidery for many years. She now specializes in creative machine embroidery and her workshops continually inspire adults as well as textile students in NSW High Schools. She has developed techniques to turn your leftovers or beloved scraps into creative art works. . www.neilandlizscobie.com |
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Book of Memories 2 days Sat 27th / Sun 28th Sept
Some might call this scrap booking for the fabric artist. It is however an excellent exercise allowing your creativity to blossom. This is your chance to take photos and memorabilia and compile a unique memory cloth book using new and innovative techniques combined with many traditional favourites. Students will work with photo to fabric transfer; decorate with simple methods of adding colour like block printing and stamping along with easy painted finishes and methods of distressing, bonding and gilding. Your book may be a personal album to store the memories of a special family member or friend, a travel journal or maybe a journal, documenting an interest i.e. botany or yachting or even a child’s activity book.
Essential Workshop Fee - $12
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Embellished Box & Book Cover 2 days Mon 29th / Tue 30th Sept
Create your own luxurious treasure chest and small book cover using some of those interesting scrappy bits of fabrics and lace that you have been saving for something special. As well as learning 3 D box making techniques you will have the opportunity to play with bonding, free motion embroidery, explore many ways of adding glitz and glamour to your textiles through the addition of simple painted finishes, gilding and much, much more. These 3 D box making and embellishing techniques can be later applied to other projects such as book covers, mirrors and picture frames.
Essential Workshop Fee- $30 this will cover paints, gilding products, glues, magnetic catches, some fabrics, trims and motifs.
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My Little Journal 1 day Wed 1st Oct
Everyone needs a creative journal in which to jot down ideas and document interesting details while out and about. Learn how to embellish a journal cover for a notebook that is the perfect size to travel wherever you go. The journal will feature a raw edge appliquéd motif, embellished with free motion machine embroidery and a simple but affective beaded edge. The wrapping cord is made using creative embroidery techniques again embellished with beading.
Optional Basic Kit - $45 These will include all fabrics, an A5 journal, beads and vliesofix.
You will still need to bring threads and equipment.
There will be a selection of colours available on the day. |
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Caroline
Sharkey - Urunga, NSW
Caroline uses fabric and thread to create fibre art and each year she travels to Ayers Rock to be artist in residence with much of her prolific art textile artwork is inspired by the Australian outback. Caroline was a very popular 2006 tutor, with feedback requesting her return and Caroline has developed workshops especially for the retreat. She has been featured in national magazines and had many successful exhibitions. Caroline is an award winning quilter and her work can be seen in galleries across Australia. www.carolinesharkey.com |
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Rainforest Frog 1 Day Sat 27th Sept
Learn free machine techniques and fabric embellishments while using water-soluble and felt to make this Frog picture. Create this picture which is approximately 40cm x 40cm and can be used for a quilt top or framed artwork.
Essential Workshop Kit: Pattern and product kit $55
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Day Lily Quilt 1 Day Sun 28th Sep
Have fun with this beautiful Day Lily Quilt, Free machine appliqué and thread painting are some of the techniques used to create your individually styled project with Caroline’s creative flare and inspiration along for the journey.
Essential Workshop Kit: and Pattern $35
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Painting with Fabrics and Threads 2 Days Mon 29th / Tue 30th Sept
If you have a sense of fun and adventure than in this workshop you will learn to develop your own design for an art quilt or other inspirational piece. Working from your own inspirational photos or sketches, and learning to translate these into fibre pieces. Make a picture using Caroline’s favourite technique of mixing fabrics like paint and sewing creative new textural surfaced fabrics. You will experiment to create exciting new colours with different fabrics, water-soluble fabric and free machine embroidery techniques. Learn the same techniques that Caroline used to create these inspirational quilts.
Essential Workshop Fee $35 approx. 50cm x 70cm picture is achievable.
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Di Smart - from Casino recently retired from teaching Textiles & Design and is now enjoying life as a Textile Artist. |
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Embellished Panel 1 day Thur 2nd Oct
Design and create a panel that could be use for a wallhanging, bookcover, birthday card or postcard. Learn a variety of techniques including free machine embroidery.
Essential workshop kit-$10
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Chris Timmins - is an enthusiastic and dedicated tutor of patchwork. She loves to inspire both school and adult students in her weekly workshops. Chris has taught workshops all over NSW thanks to the popularity of her creative Bargello quilts published in AP&Q. She has sold hundreds of patterns to the USA of on these quilts. |
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Crazy Strips 1 day Sun 28th Sept
Design and create am exciting quilt from your “scraps”. Learn different construction techniques to make a variety of blocks mostly from strips. Learn how easy it is to add curves into you quilt. It is fun; freeing and you will be surprised at the results. |
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Top in a Day 1 day Mon 29th Sept
Choose from a number of quick quilt designs, which can be made in a day. Exciting quick methods. Use up those fabrics in the cupboard to create a large knee rug using quick simple techniques.
Optional Workshop Kit: Designed to suit your colour selection Cost depends on design choice.
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Genesis Creation Dyes - Half Day 1.30-4.40 Tue 30th Sept
Learn to create bright exciting fabrics to use in your quilts. Dye intensity is increased by the sun or dry in the microwave for great results. Do you have fabrics in your stash that just do not fit into any quilt? Dye it and get your own fabric. Dyes used are 100% safe and needs no elaborate equipment.
Essential Kit-$25 (includes paints, equipment and 2 metres of fabric)
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Designing with Strips -2 days Wed 1st / Thur 2nd Oct
From a set of strips sewn together you can design and create your own masterpiece. The quilt could be a Coloursplash, Bargello, Curves from strips or Take 6.
All quilts are made by simple strip piecing patchwork technique that can be used to create exciting and spectacular designs from a range of colours or shades, which produce patterns via a gradual colour value change. Some preparation is required prior to the workshop. A great workshop, which is easier than it, looks.
Optional Workshop Kit: Designed to suit your colour selection Cost depends on design choice.
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