Shattered Angles-Student Work

I've been on the road a fair bit so far this year and have taught my Shattered Angles design a number of times. I'm always amazed at the wonderful work that my students produce, its great to get pictures!

Marvella in Haliburton, Ontario finished her quilt for a raffle at the Princess Margaret Cancer Research Foundation in Toronto. Its a little hard to see, but the centre panel has a forest of tress and Marvella appliqued some deer near the bottom of the panel.

 

Bobbie in North Dakota played around with cutting her strips at different angles and got a delightfully quirky design. I love the border fabric she chose!

 Vel on Mayne Island chose a beautiful setting to photograph her quilts, don't you just love the view? She also has her Gingko Table Runner that she designed in my Give & Take Applique class, its such a lovely layout setting!

To celebrate all these wonderful quilts I'm offering 20% off all my books for the month of July. You can order them here: http://fabricimagery.com/category/books/ and type in JULY20 before you check out. Thanks for all the great inspiration!

Give & Take Applique Design Class

Are you excited about starting the new year? Maybe searching to learn a new technique or expand on your design skills?
Then join me at www.quiltuniversity.com and learn how to create exciting designs using a unique positive/negative design concept. The class begins this Friday, January 4th!

I like to call Give & Take Applique the “no waste” appliqué technique. You will have fun trying out Give & Take Appliqué with some easy exercises and then begin creating your own shapes. You do not have to be a designer; some of the most effective appliqué designs use simple basic shapes. Have fun and play with your fabrics.

Here are just a few of the many designs that are possible with this unique concept. I hope to see you in class!

 

 

Learn Give & Take Applique - the No Waste Technique

Registration has opened for my new class at Quilt University! Starting January 4th you can learn about designing with positive and negative shapes for unique layout and value combinations.
In this class you will begin with simple paper and glue stick exercises and then move onto creating your own unique blocks with endless layout combinations. Join the fun at Quilt University

Learn how to use shape and value to create interesting layout combinations.

 

Discover what positive and negative shapes can do when placed together.

 

Combine applique and pieced blocks for many design options.

Why don't you join me in class!

More Shattered Angles

Last week I spent two lovely days on Mayne Island with the Quilt Guild. The weather was typical west coast (meaning it was raining with brief interruptions of raining really hard)! But there was lots of action in the Agriculture Hall when 16 dedicated quilters took my Shattered Angles class one day and my Give & Take Applique class the following day.
Great fun was had by all, especially me!

Quilters are gathered around the Shattered Angles blocks they made. Such a bright assortment of colours!

 

Creativity abounds when the quilters learn how to make Give & Take Applique blocks.

Thanks for such a wonderful trip!

Heart of My Heart Workshop

Are you coming to the AQS show in Grand Rapids in August? I hope to see you there! One of the workshops I'll be teaching uses my Give and Take Applique technique that plays with positive and negative design. It's a short 3 hour workshop that give you a great grounding in my technique and you'll be making my Heart of My Heart wall hanging, with lots of design variations to play with. Here's a sample of what might be your quilt!

Rose Nouveau Quilt Pattern

Did you know that several of my quilt designs are available for download? I found my Rose Nouveau pattern that features my Give & Take Appliqué technique here:

http://www.mccallsquilting.com/content_downloads/Rose_Nouveau.pdf

A Week of Notan - Day 1

This week, I'm showing you a Japanese design concept involving the play and placement of light and dark as they are placed next to the other in art and imagery.
Nōtan is traditionally presented in paint, ink, or cut paper, but it is relevant to a host of modern day image-making techniques, such as stamping, applique and screen printing. I've used Notan in my Give & Take Applique technique shown as my quilt Ball Joints:

Here is a piece that I created using black construction paper and scissors:

If you want to look for some references in books, try these:

• Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers by Arthur Wesley Dow (1899)
• Notan: A Virtual Art Academy building block by Barry John Raybould, MA (2004/2010) Course on Notan
• Notan: The Dark-Light Principle of Design by Dorr Bothwell and Marlys Mayfield (1968/1991)

This blog has some excellent work that was drawn by a high school art class: http://notandrawing.blogspot.ca/

Tomorrow I have other pictures and some tips to get you started.

AQS - Are You a Member?

I just renewed my membership and wondered if any of you are AQS fans like me? I think its vitally important to support the organizations that support our interests and give us such incredible learning opportunities.

You can visit their site at http://www.americanquilter.com/ , sign up for their news letter and become a fan on Facebook.

I'll be teaching at the AQS show in Grand Rapids, MI, August 26-28th. I've just sent in my final workshop edits and am looking forward to three exciting days. I hope you can join me.
I'll be teaching Heart of My Heart, plus three more workshops.

I hope I'll see you in Grand Rapids!

A Special Quilt for Your Sweetie!

I love Valentines Day and its coming soon.....so how about a special quilt for someone special? Heart of My Heart uses my Give and Take Applique method and has a companion stencil set for tracing. In the DVD you get three different applique designs, plus additional layout options and and the designs as EQ projects to create even more quilt layouts.

You can order this set for only $40.00, that's a 15% savings  off the items separately. Go to http://fabricimagery.com/2011/12/31/give-take-applique-dvd/ to place your order. I'm ready to ship right away.
You can see a short demo on my Give and Take Applique technique on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bARsRdfj6aA

Give and Take Applique - Special Offer for January

To thank you for your support and celebrate the changes I've made, I'm offering a discount off my Give & Take Applique book, DVD and Stencil Pack. Order all three HERE and get the special price of $60.00. This offer is to thank you for your support.

Give &Take Applique is an exciting technique using postive/negative design with surprising results.

Here are some images from the book and DVD:

Sunflower   Tablerunner                                                                                                  Everyone's A Star!

Give and Take Applique on YouTube!

I finally made it to YouTube, I'm a movie star! Check out this link to see our introduction to the Give and Take Applique DVD from Nine Patch Media.
It was fun taping the DVD and even more fun creating great designs from our book Give and Take Fabric Applique!

Design Ideas

I spent the day in Old Montreal last weekend and looked around at the buildings for some design inspiration. Here`s some photos I took:

I think some of the cutouts could be good Give and Take Applique Designs.

Curves and swags are perfect quilting designs.

These carvings are great designs for applique in the setting triangles in a quilt with on point blocks.

My favourite: an Art Deco design with ferns and a centred rosette. What ideas can you come up withÉ

Even More Give and Take Applique!

We had so much fun in Creston with the Give and Take Applique I wanted to share more pictures! As a teacher, it is so exciting to see what designs inspiration my students can come up with and they really exploded with this concept of positive/negative designs.

Ruth created a paper cut design for her wall hanging and had fun with a variety of red fabrics.

Syd pieced some of the applique fabrics to add even more interest to her piece and has a variety of layout options to consider. I really like the way she has turned the blocks so the orientation changes.

Thanks to a wonderful group of ladies who made me feel so welcome, shared with creativity and had such a good time!

See you at Quilt Canada, I hope!

More Give and Take Applique!

Here are some more pictures of the ladies in Creston and their work on Give and Take Applique. What a difference in their work when they have two days for designs and creation. No one was rushed and they were able to create some very exciting designs. Great job, everyone!

Brigitte used a Hawaiian style design in batiks for her piece, I could see this design in a lovely bed size quilt as well!

Connie played with a more ornate design and I love what is happening in the centre where the blocks meet.

Donna has some wonderful designs that could be used in so many different ways and she has a wonderful use of detail in these designs.

Joanne was inspired by a sketch of a quilting design to create this unique  arrangement. We had lots of fun trying out different layout possibilities!

Linda used a circlular design for her work and I'm really looking forward to see what she develops with this!

More tomorrow!

Give and Take Applique

Again in Creston with a wonderful group of ladies who jumped in with both feet and came up with excting designs using my Give and Take Applique technique. See my patterns at http://www.patchworkstudio.com/

Give and Take Applique uses both the positive and negative of any designs and when the blocks are placed in different arrangmenets, exciting things take place!

Here are some of my students work, they really took the concept and ran with it!

Ruth let me take a picture of her belt, it's another possible design idea!

More tomorrow!

Winter Magic! -new pattern from Patchworks Studio

Well, eventually it will be winter so be ready with our latest Give and Take Applique pattern --- Winter Magic. Its another of our popular positive/negative designs and uses the latest Stonehenge fabrics from Northcott Fabrics http://www.northcott.net/

You can order the pattern here: http://www.patchworkstudio.com/

Association of Pacific West Quilters

If you live or love the Pacific Northwest you'll want to take part in the 2010 Summer Symposium sponsored by APWQ. The symposium workshops will expose you to new ideas and new techniques from an outstanding roster of instructors. The natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest is at its best in this wonderful venue. Surrounded by over 1,000 wooded acres, the spacious Evergreen campus will offer attendees single-occupancy dorm rooms and all meals in the cafeteria. The event will begin with a get-together on Thursday evening and conclude with closing festivities on Sunday afternoon. Plan now to join us for a weekend of fiber, friends and fun! To learn about the instructors and workshops, go to the http://apwq.org/symp-summer2010

I'll be teaching three classes and I'm looking forward to meeting old friends and making new friends. Check out the workshops being offered and I hope to see you there!

Funky Floribunda

Be a master of machine appliqué with simple floral designs on a pieced background. In this class, students will learn to use paperless fusible web and the companion transfer paper for trouble free fused shapes. There will be a choice of three appliqué patterns and layout combinations that students can mix and match to make their own unique style while practicing a variety of machine stitches.




 
 
 

Stamp It Up!
 
The creator of “Stamping Monday” uses unique and distinctive images to apply design on fabric. Students will learn some of Susan’s easy techniques of carving and creating personalized stamps with carving blocks, foam, elastic bands, corks, lace and more unusual tools. Students will be introduced to the different paints and inks available. Lots of fun and absolutely no experience necessary!

Give and Take Applique - Ti Leaves


Learn appliqué design with a surprising “two for one” twist, there’s no waste in this technique with fusible web and students choice of fabrics. Find out how to create positive and negative blocks with one design and a range of layout options for exciting design possibilities. Give and Take Appliqué will become an important design concept for future exploration.