Are you going to IQF Houston this fall?

I am! and I think the festival catalogs are in the mail, so I wanted to give you a heads up on the classes I’m teaching this year.

Wednesday, Oct 28

Painting with Tsukineko All Purpose Inks -6 hours

In this class you’ll master blending and shading, mixing colors, creating light and dark colors, learn how to control bleeding and paint fine lines and details with both the fantastix tool and paint brush.

Tsukineko inks is a popular class and fills up fast, so don’t delay on this one.

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Thursday, Oct 29

8 am Lecture:  It’s All in the Process- Everything you learn when things go wrong

Grab a big cup of coffee and let me help start your day by entertaining you with tales of disaster and inspiration, while sharing the process of making several of my big show quilts.

‘From the initial inspiration to the finishing touches, I take you through my process of creating several award winning art quilts, giving special attention to products I use and why, various techniques and problems I ran into and how I resolved them, and all the things I learned in the process.’

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3-5 pm Mixed Media Miscellany:  Collaging on Fabric with Tea Bags and Printed Tissu-Tex paper

Learn about collaging paper on fabric and what mediums to use for best adhesion and to create a workable surface for other media.

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Friday, Oct 30

Tea & Ephemera -6 hours

The ultimate mixed media exploration; beginning with a tea bag and fabric, we’ll draw, collage, paint, use colored pencils, stamp, incorporate paper ephemera, print with thermofax screens, and stencil with paint stix.

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Saturday, Oct 31

10 Techniques with Acrylic Inks -6 hours

Create textured backgrounds, explore mark making, stamping, using masks, drawing fine lines and painting imagery, This class is packed with creative ideas of different ways to work with these versatile inks on fabric.

To make things easy on you, and to avoid the occasional student bringing the wrong type of inks, I’m providing all the acrylic inks, fabric, my favorite extra large paint brush, calligraphy pen, china marker, spritz bottle, sea sponge, foam brush, and lots of other supplies.

You’ll need to bring a few basic tools along with; a paint tray – when teaching, I love to use disposable plastic picnic plates with dividers for acrylic inks; they’re light weight, white so you can easily see colors, has high sides to hold plenty of ink and you can toss it out at the end of the day. I also like to use a large yogurt or sour cream container (16 oz or bigger) for my rinse water, a variety of smaller synthetic bristle brushes, a sharpie for marking fabric, and don’t forget to bring a few of your favorite stamps- rubber, foam, or wood.

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I’m off to Colorado to teach 2- two day Acrylic Inks workshops with the Rocky Mountain Creative Quilters in Fort Collins, but first I’m going to take a detour to Colorado Springs, to visit my old art school room mate on her Llama ranch. I’m hoping I can score some Llama wool yarn 🙂