LECTURES:
On a solo textile tour of North India, I visited textile artisans of all kinds including weavers, fabric painters, dyers, embroiderers, felters and more. I met dealers in antique textiles and saw amazing quilts and clothing. Get a taste of the handmade textiles that are still a big part of life in India including artisans working,clothing, accessories, lots of quilts, street markets and more.
Let's thumb our thimbles at the Quilt Police while we break rules, clash colors and get a little loose with familiar quilt designs. This talk uses my quilts and others as inspiration to go a little beyond your comfort zone with color, shape, embellishment, leftover blocks, toward that slippery pin-strewn slope of self-expression.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book:
Carefree Quilting – A Freestyle Twist on Classic Designs
Articles in Quilters' Newsletter:
DIY Gradient Fabrics
Raspberry Parfait Quilt
Hanukah Nights Quilt
WORKSHOPS:
For full descriptions and photos of workshops : www.joy-lily.com/workshop.htm
STAINED GLASS SHIBORI
This is an exciting new way to create shibori on silk scarves! Start by free-painting the silk. Then fold and clamp it. It goes into a pot of black dye and comes out with vibrant colored shapes on a black background. All materials included. (6 hours)
Carefree Quilting – Choose a block and a project from my book Carefree Quilts - autographed copies available directly from me.
www.carefreequilting.com
Dyeing for Quilters – Dye a whole collection colorfast fat quarters in solids, mottles and shibori patterns
Gradient Magic – Create graded color fat quarters. Then sew samples to show how they add sparkle to any block.
Indigo Blues – Produce many shibori patterns quickly in blue and white. Work over yellow or pink fabric for a full spectrum of color possibilities.
Create Batik-look Fabrics -Dye and discharge fat quarters for the batik look. No wax needed.
Paint a Silk Scarf -Draw designs in resist, learn silk painting techniques and steam the painted silk.
Shibori Silk Scarf - Wrap, fold and paint scarves for surprising and delightful effects. This technique works on quilt fabric too.
How the Impressionists Felt – “Paint” an Impressionist style wall piece using wisps of many colors of wool for the brushstrokes, them felt it together.
Felted Vessels – Build a fanciful basket, nest or jellyfish from colorful fleece, easily, using felting needles.
Silk Collage for Art Quilts – Repurpose discarded silk clothes into art quilts using fusible web.
For full descriptions and photos of workshops : www.joy-lily.com/workshop.htm
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