Yesterday’s snail mail brought good news – I’ve been accepted into a 3 day [quilt] judging workshop in New Zealand in early November with NQA Certified Teacher and Judge and former Senior Features Editor for Quilters Newsletter Magazine, Jeannie Spears. According to the workshop promotional materials, each participant will learn: to examine, evaluate and provide […]
Education
Reflections on Nancy
A year ago, my July posts were dominated by first impressions from my five-day improvisational piecing workshop with Nancy Crow. Memories of the energy and excitement came rushing back to me as I read the article “One [Nancy Crow] Workshop: Two Responses” in the August 2007 issue of British Patchwork& Quilting: Both students highlighted the […]
All signed up
Impulsive is not an adjective that usually applies to me but it does today. As I was scrolling through my blog list this morning, I noticed that Sharon B’s Sumptuous Surfaces online course begins on 11 July and I signed up on the spot! I don’t think this means that I am about to turn […]
Blue Skies or otherwise
I didn’t buy much at the Sydney Quilt Show – just some needles, some hand-dyed fabric scrap bags, some Valdani variegated cotton threads and this book: I did a wonderful Colour is Magic workshop with Gloria Loughman at Quilt Camp in 2006 and found her to be a supremely thoughtful and generous teacher. These same […]
More from my C&G Course
I started my online C&G patchwork and quilting course with Linda Kemshall in July 2002. It took me almost two years to complete. I raced through the first 9 modules in as many months but then got bogged down with the fiddly (to me!) needle turn applique on my final assessment piece, Banana Flower Paradise:
Early Inspiration
A few years ago now, I undertook an online City & Guilds patchwork and quilting course with Linda Kemshall. One of the course modules involved selecting and researching three contemporary quiltmakers and making a piece inspired by their style or technique. For my three quiltmakers, I chose: Judy Hooworth (Australia); Vikki Pignatelli (USA) – because […]