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The courses for 2007
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ISABEL SUNDERLAND
France
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Isabel Sunderland completed Parts I & II City & Guilds before moving from the UK to France in 1998 in order to set up the Patchwork & Quilting Holiday/Workshops. She has exhibited in the UK and in Europe and her work can be seen in The Practical Encyclopaedia of Sewing by Dorothy Wood and Küche und Kinderkram by Maaike
Bakker. She particularly enjoys teaching and encouraging beginners. She takes regular and popular weekly classes in Châteauponsac, together with full day workshops and commissions during the Winter and Spring, when the residential courses are not running.
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BRIGITTE STENTZEL
France
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Brigitte Stentzel
has worked in the clothing industry and after the birth of her 2 children gave classes in dressmaking. This extensive knowledge has given her the foundation on which she has built her quilt making skills. At Ste Marie aux Mines, Brigitte met Esther Miller (an Amish quilter from Kansas, who has been living in Berlin for 30 years) who taught her the Amish method of hand quilting. For several years now, Brigitte has specialised in the technique of Boutis.
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Boutis |
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JAN HASSARD
UK |
Jan Hassard has been a patchworker and embroiderer for over twenty-five years and is an active member of both the Quilters’ and the Embroiderer’s Guilds. She has studied under many well known teachers in England, America, France and New Zealand and has attended the Houston Quilt Show and others many times. Her work has been exhibited widely and won many prizes, including the Quilter’s Guild Award for Colour. Jan teaches a variety of workshops from beginners to advanced, specialising in colour and geometric designs and has a large personal collection of heritage and art quilts upon which she lectures.
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| Scintillating Strata |
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PAULA NADELSTERN
USA |
Paula Nadelstern
's award-winning quilts have been exhibited internationally, in solo exhibits mounted at The Museum of the American Quilters Society, Houston International Quilt Festival, and in Japan, on television shows and online websites, and in books and magazines. Her work was included in the Twentieth Century’s 100 Best American Quilts, a prestigious exhibit mounted for the millennium. Paula is the author of Kaleidoscopes & Quilts, Snowflakes & Quilts, and Puzzle Quilts: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics. She was a recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts in 1995 and 2001. Paula designs textile prints exclusively for Benartex, Inc. and travels extensively teaching her unique kaleidoscopic quiltmaking techniques.
 By popular demand
Paula has kindly agreed to repeat 'The Puzzle Quilt'
course from 17th - 23rd June
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| The Puzzle Quilt: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics |
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MAGGIE WISE
UK |
Maggie Wise
came to patchwork and quilting from a lifetime’s love and fascination with fabric. She did her textile design degree at Leeds University, and has had her specialist patchwork and quilting shop, called Sunflower Fabrics for ten years now. A couple of years ago she designed a range of patchwork fabric for the English company Makower; She means to do more but is very busy with the shop, designing new projects to market the fabric, making samples of things to teach in her classes and take to shows, and generally enjoying herself…
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| Scrap Happy Patchwork |
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TED
STORM-VAN-WEELDEN
The Netherlands |
Ted Storm trained in Textile Art and Fine Needlework and has been a teacher in these areas since 1970. She has taught quilting since 1988, her favourite technique being handwork. Her quilts have been exhibited nationally and internationally and have won several awards, including Best Overall Workmanship in 1992 and 1996 at Quilt Expo Europe. In 2001 her quilt 'Nocturnal Garden' won Best of Show in Houston. She is only the twentieth recipient of the ‘Masterpiece’ Award since 1980. See her website
www.tedstorm.nl for more information regarding her work.
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Trapunto |
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EDWINA MACKINNON
UK |
Edwina Mackinnon
has taught textile related courses for 13 years including City & Guilds Patchwork & Quilting. At present she tutors her own textile inspirations course, where students are encouraged to develope individually within a friendly, creative environment. She is driven by colour and pattern and frequently uses her own hand dyed and printed fabrics within her quilts. Her work is exhibited nationally and internationally with the textile group ‘six’.
www.sixart.co.uk Since 2002 she has been assistant editor of British Patchwork & Quilting Magazine.
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| Kaleidoscopic Colour |
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PAT ARCHIBALD
UK |
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Pat Archibald , quiltmaking and teaching are passions that led to establishing a patchwork and quilting business. She is now based in her studio in Central Scotland and teaches on a free lance basis which gives her an opportunity to meet and work with enthusiastic students and textile artists. ‘Creative Journey’ classes are the most popular where students get an opportunity to study the elements of design and apply them to a unique piece of work. Her travels are a constant source of inspiration to me whether it’s Africa, Australia or locations closer to home. Her work has been exhibited widely in the UK and in the USA and can be seen on
www.patarchibald.com.
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| Traveller’s Tales |
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PASCALE BEBRONNE
France |
Pascale Bebronne
was born in Zaire and always wanted to return to Africa as a doctor, which she did until the troubles in Rwanda in 1994. She was already involved with patchwork, but South Africa was where she took her first classes with American teachers and where she wrote her first book in English. On returning to France, apart from Le Rouvray, in Paris, she has taught all over Europe and the USA. She has written 5 books and is editor in chief of Euroquilt. She runs two patchwork clubs in and is writing a book on creative curves. |
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| The Art of Distortion |
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MARY BIRD
UK |
Mary
Bird is a qualified teacher with a background in artand design. In 1990 she helped establish the City and
Guilds patchwork and quilting courses at Walford Mill in Wimborne, Dorset and has taught both the Certificate and the Diploma courses continuously since this date. A number of her students have won national awards. In 2002 she was awarded a Certificate of Excellence by the City and Guilds Institute in recognition of her teaching skills. |
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| Miniature Quilts |
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MARTINE HOUSE
USA
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Martine
House, is a French fiber artist who lives in the USA. She has been teaching for many years and designs one of a kind; very embellished and often three-dimensional pieces. She works with and teaches embroidery and hand-quilting as well as free-motion machine embroidery. She has written three books for Editions de Saxe and regularly translates the magazine Magic Patch into English. You can see Martine’s work on her website at
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Soft pages
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THE COURSES |
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ISABEL SUNDERLAND
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COURSE 1
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Back to Basics |
29th April – 5th May |
The Course – Most basic quick piecing techniques by machine will be covered giving beginners a good grounding for all future patchwork projects. Rotary cutting techniques will be demonstrated as well as how to re-size a simple block. Choose to make a collection of samples for future reference and/or use your newly acquired knowledge to complete a cushion cover or small wall-hanging. The use of colour, value, appropriate fabrics and waddings will be discussed and hand or machine quilting will be introduced to complete the piece. Enjoy a relaxing week away and return home with the confidence to join and take an active part in your local quilt group!
Skill Level: Beginners or those wishing to refine their techniques.
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COURSE 2
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Designing for the Hesitant |
24th June – 30th June
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The Course - For all those not confidant enough to try their hand at designing. Starting with a favourite picture, postcard or photo, you will design your own block for a very personal piece of work, that can be turned into a
wallhanging, throw, cushion or used as starting point for a larger item, such as bed quilt. Techniques for making up the block, colour choices and fabrics will be discussed, as well as finishing and quilting. Drawing skills are not necessary – just a desire to ‘have a go’ and be surprised by the results!
Skill level: Not suitable for beginners.
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BRIGITTE STENTZEL
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The Course – This is an exquisite form of quilting unique to Provence. On Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday all techniques required for you to create your own piece of work will be covered, including the history, construction, the significance of the symbols; how to start, finish off and stuff the cordings, borders, choosing suitable fabrics, and how to baste. Advice on specialist suppliers and book references will also be given. Each student will work on her own boutis 50 cm x 50cm. Cotton batiste will be supplied at 5€ per person and one ball of boutis cotton at 4€ per person. Thursday & Friday will be devoted to learning on a floor frame how to quilt in all directions without turning your work, as this professional technique can also be used for boutis. Thimbles will be supplied and can be purchased at the end of the week.
All Skill Levels
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| JAN HASSARD
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| Scintillating Strata |
27th May – 2nd June |
The Course - Jan will be teaching two inspirational strata techniques during the course. The first, called Strips Galore, results in exciting, colourful geometric designs. Jan won a Judge's Choice at Quilts UK for her quilt. The second technique moves on to Dazzling Diamonds. This has colours travelling in different directions throughout the design. Jan also won the British Quilter's Guild Award for Colour for this quilt. Although the two techniques work well together, the final results are very different and a lot will be achieved in the week. Jan's classes are always fun with a good work ethic. Students will go home with two quilt tops and lots of design ideas, plus tips on how to achieve dynamic art quilts.
Skill level: all levels, with some experience in machine piecing
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PAULA NADELSTERN
KEY TO PUZZLE QUILT
Row 1: 3A 1A
2A
Row 2: 3B 5A
6A
Row 3: 1B 6B
4A
Row 4: 2B 4B
5B
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| The Puzzle Quilt: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics |
3rd – 9th June |
The Course - A Puzzle Quilt is a sampler with a secret: each block design is used twice. Using totally different fabric combinations creates the illusion that each block is unique. The “puzzle” is to pick out which blocks are the same.
This is a good workshop for the quilter who wants to embrace the potential offered by a wide range of fabric choices rather than be overwhelmed by it. The class focus is on design, specifically learning to use fabric to create unexpected results, not technique.
(www.PaulaNadelstern.com)
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced skill levels
COURSE 2
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By popular demand Paula has
kindly agreed to repeat
'The
Puzzle Quilt' |
17th
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MAGGIE WISE
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| Scrap Happy Patchwork |
10th – 16th June |
The Course she is teaching at La Maison du Patchwork will be a lovely adventure for beginners or more experienced patchworkers alike. Maggie says, ‘I aim to teach you how to be confident and happy in your colour choices, how to put colour and texture and patterns together without anxiety – this is what I find worries students most. Combine this with quick and accurate methods of working with scraps and little pieces of fabric, and you should go home with several lovely and unique pieces. We will play with lots of traditional ideas such as nine-patch, log cabin, stars etc, and we will bring them alive with amazing fabric choices and colours.’
www.Sunflowerfabrics.com
All Skill Levels
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TED STORM-VAN-WEELDEN
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The Course –
Traditionally, Trapunto was done after a quilt was finished. The back of
the quilt was slashed in areas where extra stuffing was desired and
then the slashes were closed with hand-stitching.
However, this destructive approach will not be taught; we
will not cut slashes on the reverse of a beautiful quilt! In this
course we will focus on three different Trapunto techniques: padded
quilting, corded quilting and stuffed quilting. You will have a
great time in practising these techniques in various blocks and
experience how different materials affect the look of your work.
Skill Level: The course is not suitable for hand quilting beginners; post beginners to advanced quilters with an affection for handwork are all welcome.
www.tedstorm.nl
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EDWINA MACKINNON
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| Kaleidoscopic Colour |
15th – 21st July |
The Course – Learn how to produce amazing lengths of dyed cloth using simple techniques. We will then cut the cloth and use it as inspiration to design a stunning wallhanging with a traditional kaleidoscope block, creating swirls of colour accentuated by the quilting stitch. The finished size of the piece depends on how adventurous you are feeling! This is a really exciting way to experiment with colour.
Skill Level: From beginner to advanced. All levels can be catered for.
www.sixart.co.uk
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PAT ARCHIBALD
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| Traveller’s Tales |
22nd – 28th July |
The Course – As quilters we will look at colour and how we can use it to create an atmosphere and mood of a particular place that you have visited. We will start with small colour exercises in fabric (these can become finished framed pieces). From there we can start on a larger piece that will have an ‘atmospheric strata’ as a background on which a glimpse of your chosen landscape will be superimposed. Enhance the mood of the piece with quilting and hand embellishment.
All skill levels
www.patarchibald.com
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| PASCALE BEBRONNE |
| The Art of Distortion |
29th July – 4th August |
The Course – The theory and principles of distortion will be explained in order that each student fully understands and will be able to create her own design and apply the required distortion. A photocopier will be used to divide the pattern into segments or strips in order to facilitate the method of paper foundation piecing. Fabrics will be colour coded in order to be able to easily make up a piece of work from these distorted images. The course is based on Margaret J. Miller’s book, Block Bender Quilts
Skill Level: Not for beginners.
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MARY BIRD
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COURSE
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| Miniature Quilts |
19th – 25th August |
The Course - involves practising techniques that will enable you to produce tiny quilts that are less than 30cm square. Everyone should take home two miniature masterpieces, one an appliqué landscape and the other a pieced and quilted quilt, as well as a selection of samples showing the various techniques that can be used to construct these little gems.
All skill levels
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COURSE
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| Fabric manipulation techniques using hand dyed fabrics |
26th August – 1st September |
The Course - Monday will be a lovely day spent dyeing a range of multi- coloured fabrics using fibre reactive dyes. Tuesday and Wednesday will be spent practising fabric manipulation techniques such as pleating, slashing,
fraying, gathering and folding. Mary will then help you to design and make an item such as a textured bag, or a cushion cover . The combination of fabric dyeing and fabric manipulation is great fun and you should take home a special piece of work as well as a range of inspirational samples.
All Skill Levels
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MARTINE HOUSE
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| Soft Pages |
9th –
15th September |
The Course - Imagine a fabric envelope embellished in different ways. When you open the envelope, you discover a story told in fabrics with pockets, photos, text flaps that can be unfolded…This envelope can remain a precious object in itself or can later be bound with other fabric pages in a book. This is the subject of our workshop. What a program! While working on the page concept, you will learn several techniques such as appliqué, photo transfers, several embroidery stitches and the basics of free-motion machine embroidery. You will also play with several surface design techniques (stamps, beading, foiling, silk paper, making Tyvek elements…)
Skill Level: Not for beginners.
www.housefiber.com/gallery.htm
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