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Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

Serendipity Patchwork & Quilting: Brenda Gael Smith

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3 Hour Workshops

Overview

Improv Rocks!
FUNdamentally Circles
Geometricks
Strip-Ease
Line Dancing
The X Factor

All 3-hour 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.

Upcoming Workshops

Join me for a live, interactive Zoom workshop with a focus on free-form piecing techniques and the 4 Cs: colour, composition, construction and confidence-building for creative momentum. I am directly hosting the following workshops in August and September 2024:

  • Riffing with Repetition- Abstract Design: 5am Thursdays 1, 8, and 22 August and 12 September
  • Logs & Ladders- Building with Improvisation: 5am Thursday 15 August
  • FUNdamentally Circles: 5am Thursday 19 September
  • Beyond FUNdamentally Circles: 5am Thursday 26 September

All times are Sydney time. As a guide, 5am Sydney time is the afternoon the previous day in North America and the previous evening in the UK and Europe. Each workshop will also be recorded and available for viewing for 30 days afterwards even if you are not able to attend the live Zoom.

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Improv Rocks!

Improv Rocks! 

This design and technique Zoom workshop includes:

  • Digital sketching (optional): how to design and colour using the SketchClub app for iOS devices. (This step can also be done with pencil and paper.)
  • An introduction to improvisational freeform piecing linear motifs including a curved line, zig zag and ImproVine designs
  • Discussing the qualities of solids and prints and how they interact
  • How to inset a large organic curved shape with ease.

Suitable for all skill levels.

 

Logs & Ladders: Building with Improvisation

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 131, Avoca Beach
NSW 2251 Australia

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