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Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

Creating at Copacabana

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3 Hour Workshops

Overview

  • FUNdamentally Circles
  • Geometricks
  • Strip-Ease
  • Line Dancing
  • The X Factor

All workshops have been specifically developed for learning via Zoom and focus on a different freeform piecing technique. The classes are standalone or you can pick and choose a series for your group. Please email me for my availability and rates.

Longer Format Workshops designed for in-person classes or multi-segment virtual events are also available. View the Serendipity Student Gallery.

Learn with Brenda: Upcoming Workshops

I am directly hosting the following live, interactive workshops:

  • FUNdamentally Circles: 5-8am Thursday 14 July
  • Beyond FUNdamentally Circles: 5-8am Thursday 21 July
  • The Art of Finishing: 6-7.30am Thursday 18 August *PAY AS YOU WISH*
  • The Art of Finishing: 10-11.30am Saturday 20 August *PAY AS YOU WISH*
  • The Art of Finishing: 7-8.30pm Saturday 20 August *PAY AS YOU WISH*
  • Abstraction in Action: from 5am 24/25 August, 8 Sept, 6 Oct
  • Logs & Ladders: 5-8am Thursday 22 September NEW!
  • Logs & Ladders: 6-9pm Saturday 24 September NEW!

All dates are shown in Sydney time. Use the Time Zone Converter Tool to calculate the time at your location.

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Logs & Ladders – NEW!

Build your own composition with improvisational log cabin and/or ladder units. Learn freeform cutting without rulers and how to join irregular blocks. Explore the design principles of repetition and variation.  Suitable for all skill levels. See the Serendipity Student Gallery – Logs & Ladders!

Metropolis © 2014 Brenda Gael Smith Unplugged © 2006 Brenda Gael Smith   Flourish © 2007 Brenda Gael Smith  Firebrand © 2007 Brenda Gael Smith

 

Line Dancing

 Learn versatile methods of piecing expressive fine lines and undertake improvisational design exercises to create small compositions. See the Serendipity Student Gallery – Line Dancing.

Lines of Beauty - Trio

Geometricks

Tips and tricks for creating geometric shapes with freeform piecing: triangles, quadrilaterals and hexagons. Explore the design possibilities of repeating motifs and learn how to join irregular shaped blocks. (The content of this workshop overlaps with the in-person workshop Improvisation Plus! ) See the Serendipity Student Gallery – Geometricks.

FUNdamentally Circles & Beyond FUNdamentally Circles

Focus on the core technique of freeform piecing circular designs without pins and templates. It’s liberating and it’s FUN. After some skill-building exercises, students will start on their own compositions with confidence. See the Serendipity Student Gallery – FUNdamentally Circles

FUNdamentally Circles Full Circle

Beyond Fundamentally Circles goes deeper into the design possibilities of half circles and curvilinear shapes and is designed for graduates of the first FUNdamentally Circles workshop. See the Serendipity Student Gallery – Circular Explorations: Beyond FUNdamentally Circles

 

The X Factor

Apply the X factor to a layer cake of your favourite fabric range to create cross design projects. Discover the liberation of free cutting and curved piecing techniques.No rulers, no templates and no pins! Also suitable for solids and scrap-busting. See the Serendipity Student Gallery – The X Factor!

    The Modern X   Suzanni Cross 

Strip Ease

Learn an effective, improvisational strip-piecing technique to create new “fabrics” layer by layer and explore design possibilities for incorporating these strip sets into your own compositions. Indicative designs shown below.(The content of this workshop overlaps with the in-person workshop Strata Various! ) See the Serendipity Student Gallery – Strip Ease.

Neapolitan © 2010 Brenda Gael Smith  Topsy TurvyRipples © 2007 Brenda Gael Smith

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Brenda Gael Smith
brenda@serendipitypatchwork.com.au

PO Box 4033, Copacabana
NSW 2251 Australia

Tel: +61 412530190

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Order from chaos. Transform your scraps in my new Order from chaos. Transform your scraps in my new workshop Logs and Ladders: Building with Improvisation. Book me for your group or join me in September (workshop link in profile). #learnwithbrenda #brendagaelsmithworkshop #improvquilting #logsandladders #creatingwithsolids #konacotton #improvpiecing
Join me in August for the Art of Finishing, a 90-m Join me in August for the Art of Finishing, a 90-minute “pay what you wish” Zoom event that is open to anyone interested in brainstorming and enhancing the presentation of their quilts and textile art. There are 3 sessions available to suit a range of time zones. Book online. Link in profile.Finishing and sharing work is a valuable way of maintaining creative momentum. Come along for personalised feedback and guidance on completing YOUR quilts and compositions including live demos of artful finishing techniques, hanging sleeves and label-making. All welcome! A recording will be available for 10 days afterwards.#brendagaelsmithworkshop #learnwithbrenda #artoffinishing #textileart #artfulfinishes

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