Lectures/Guild Presentations Transcending the Vision, The Process of Creating Unique Pictorial Quilts: Where do ideas come from and how do you turn them into quilts? What if you have no drawing skills? Can you take your favorite photograph and make it into a quilt? These are all questions that are addressed in this lecture covering pictorial quilt design from inspiration to quilt construction. The lecture includes a slide presentation showing the step by step construction of one of my award winning quilts and trunk show. The Principles of Landscape Quilt Design: Fabric selection can make or break a quilt. This is particularly true in quilted landscapes. How do you achieve a sense of depth and perspective? How does a sunset differ from a sunrise? Learn how to make a landscape quilt that appeals to all the senses, that makes you wish you could step into the picture and go for a walk. This lecture includes a slide presentation on choosing appropriate fabrics and observation of the design principles as seen in nature. HELENE KNOTT Fabric Artist Teacher Classes and Lectures Quilts With an Asian Flair: Asian art, particularly that of Japan, has a strong influence upon my work. In this lecture I will cover the topics of the Asian culture and perception of nature. Concepts such as Yugen and Wabi Sabi style will be covered and how I incorporate these concepts into my quilts. The lecture includes a slide presentation and possibly a trunk show. Helpful Hints For Quilters: 33 years of quilting exposes one to a wealth of time saving, helpful information to make quilting safer and/or more efficient. This presentation covers a wide variety of useful tips gleaned from experience on subjects ranging from rotary cutting and construction to organizing projects and storing finished quilts. A detailed handout can be photocopied to distribute to attendees. GUILD/GROUP ACTIVITIES: Whimseys & Entertainments for Quilters : A variety of games and activities to choose from that will add a sparkle of fun to guild meetings. Some are based on Color Theory Principles and are educational as well as entertaining. List of activities is available upon request. Landscape 101 Handquilting HELENE KNOTT PO Box 261 Oregon City, OR 97045 (503) 631-8806 email: [email protected] I have been quilting since 1973 when quilting experienced a renaissance in popularity. My classes cover a range of methods and techniques and include hand and machine applique, hand and machine quilting, hand and machine piecing, landscape and pictorial quilt design and color theory. My work has been published in a number of different forums most notably on the cover of ‘Quilters Newsletter Magazine’ May 1998 issue #302, in the 2003 American Quilt Calendar (Lang Graphics), AQS Quilt Art Engagement Calendar 2006, and in various issues of QNM . In addition, my quilt ‘Teotihuacan’ was used as the background photo for a national AQS book advertizing campaign in 1999. I have also shown and taken awards for my quilts in local, regional and national exhibitions. Fees*: My workshop rates are $375 per day plus travel expenses, meals and lodging (I will consider staying with a host quilter). Lectures for a program are $200 per lecture ($175 if the lecture is scheduled in conjunction with a workshop contracted by or for the same organization or venue) plus the above applicable expenses. Images shown do not necessarily represent class project Handquilting will always have a lofty place on the quilter’s pedestal. There is something immensely gratifying about stitching a perfect design by hand. Choosing the right tools and materials will make the difference between a pleasurable experience and one that you merely struggle through. This class will cover all the ins and outs of the tools and materials and how to prepare your project for quilting. Students will begin a small project to practice their stitching on that can be turned into a wallhanging or pillow upon completion. Skill Level: Beginner Class Duration: 1 day Additional Fees: $3 per student for pattern Machine Quilted Block Textures The texture created by quilting adds a lot to the visual impact of the quilt. In this class students will experiment with a variety of textures created by dense quilting on small easy to handle samples. The basic designs are based on traditional pieced block patterns so that the concept can easily be applied to a traditional pieced quilt. This is not a beginning level class and students are expected to have some familiarity with basic machine quilting skills. Skill Level: Intermediate Class Duration: 1 day Additional Fees: $2. Per student for handout Machine Quilting 101 *Note: fees are valid for contracts signed before 12/31/05 GUILD AFFILIATIONS: Northwest Quilters (served on the board for many years and as president for 19992000) Columbia Stitchery Guild High Fiber Diet (facilitator for annual exhibit at the Japanese Garden) American Quilter’s Society International Quilt Association PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES: Betty & Vern Swearingen; Story Quilts, 9340 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Beaverton OR 97005 (503) 384-0185 Steve Lennert; Pioneer Quilts, 20330 SE Hwy 212 Damascus OR 97015 This workshop can be offered as an all day marathon or spread out over two days for greater focus on technique. The two-day class will cover all the steps from layering to finishing off your threads with plenty of machine quilting techniques in between. Students will bring a pieced top from a pattern provided ready to layer (quilts for the one day class will need to be layered ahead of time) and practice various techniques and styles of quilting on. Class will cover marking and quilting a traditional feather design, stippling (both classical and innovative), crosshatching, quilting with freezer paper templates, quilting through tracing paper and free motion spontaneous design Skill Level: Confident Beginner Class Duration: 1-2 days Additional Fees: $3 per student for assignment packet Beginning Hand Applique: ‘The Bears Went Over The Mountain Finished size: 14”x 20” w/o borders Hand Applique: Students will make a wall hanging featuring a mountain scene with bears to learn a finger crease needle turn appliqué technique. The pattern is designed to provide practice at inside and outside points as well as gentle curves and an introduction to reverse appliqué. Skill Level: Beginner and up Class Duration: 1-2 days Additional Fees: pattern purchase required Intermediate Hand Applique Grape Cluster Design Reverse Applique Leaves Finished block size: 10” (quilt size varies based on number of blocks used) Reverse Applique Leaves: Learn reverse hand appliqué techniques using a finger crease, needle turn method while making this sampler of various leaf designs. Finished blocks measure 10” and can be combined to make a quilt of any desired size. Skill Level: Confident beginner and up (Note: good basic hand applique skills are recommended) Class Duration: 1 day Additional Fees: $4 per student for pattern packet Molas Finished size: varies, usually 12” sq. - 18” sq. Finished block size: 14” x 14” Intermediate Hand Appliqué (Grape Cluster): This class for those who have learned the basic techniques of hand appliqué and would like to explore the technique further. The grape vine design is suitable for a confident beginner with some basic applique skills and incorporates methods such as turned bias stems, perfect small circles, reverse appliqué and deep undulating curves. Skill Level: Confident beginner Class Duration: 1 day Additional Fees: pattern purchase required Molas: These are bright colorful reverse appliqué panels created by the Cuna Indians of San Blas that usually feature folk art designs such as birds, animals and fish. Students start with a basic simple image on layers of fabric which are then cut away hand stitched and embellished layer by layer to create their own unique design. For those who prefer faster results, a machine technique will also be demonstrated. Pattern packet includes a variety of simple folk art designs to choose from. Skill Level: Intermediate to advanced hand applique skills or proficiency with a free-motion machine presser foot Class Duration: 1 day Additional Fees: $4 per student for pattern packet Garden Window Quilts Color Theory I Color Theory I: This two-part class is aimed at giving the quilter confidence to choose the appropriate colors to achieve the desired results in their quilting projects. The class is an intense study of colors and how they interact with each other from an artistic perspective. Students start by building a color wheel from fabric to use as a reference then carry out exercises designed to teach the basic properties of color and color schemes. Topics also covered are the psychological effects of color and different ways of selecting a color palette for your quilting projects. As there is a lot of material covered in this class, cutting and pasting fabrics onto worksheets rather than sewing does the assignments. These sheets can then be assembled into a reference workbook. Skill Level: All Levels Class Duration: 2 days. Additional Fees: $35 per student for fabric color kit and assignment sheets Color Theory II: Value Studies Finished size varies NOTE: patterns may vary from samples shown Garden Window Quilts: Piecing and applique (hand or machine) are combined to create ‘windows’ that peek into a seasonal garden. Students may purchase a pattern or design their own special garden window quilt. Skill Level: Confident beginner and up Class Duration: 2 days Additional Fees: Patterns will be available for purchase by those not wishing to design their own quilt. Chorographed Quilts Finished size varies depending on project Color Theory II: In this class we will explore the concept of value and it’s application in creating graduated color schemes. The first session of the class will be spent building a value chart and performing some exercises to further understand the principle of value and contrast. The second session will be devoted to making a quilt using these principles. There will be two quilt patterns to choose from or l can assist students to determine the suitability of a design of their own choosing Skill Level: Confident Beginner Class Duration: 2 days. Additional Fees: $35 per student for fabric color kit and assignment packet Picture shown is provided as an example only and does not represent an actual class project Chorographed Quilts: Chorography is the process of creating a map. In this intense drafting/design class, you will learn how to ‘map out’ a quilt on paper to make a blueprint from which to create stunning masterpiece quilts. Topics covered will include organizing a large scale project and design sources for those with limited drawing/artistic skills. Skill Level: Intermediate Class Duration: 2-4 days (depending on whether class is strictly focused on design or if quilt construction is begun). Additional Fees: $2 per student for handouts. Postcards From Japan Ginger Jars Fisherman Waterfall Mt. Fuji Windswept Tree Pagoda Bridge Orchard Temple Courtyard Sanctuary Sacred Grove Inland Sea Finished size: approximately 21”x 30” Finished size: 32”x 41” w/o borders Asian fabrics are hot right now. Use those beautiful prints to create a sampler type display of classical 'Ginger Jars'. Blocks are assembled in easy to piece units then combined into panels. Pattern can be followed as in the class sample or adapted to create a larger quilt. Skill Level: Confident Beginner Class Duration: 1 day. Additional Fees: Pattern purchase required Sashiko Postcards From Japan: These appliqued Japanese landscapes were inspired by the work of 19th century Japanese artist Ando Hiroshige who traveled the ancient highways of Japan immortalizing the views from various ‘stations’ (rest areas) along the way in a series of famous prints. There are eleven original designs to choose from that can be rendered in a variety of seasons and/or times of day. Skill Level: Intermediate/advanced applique skills or fusing is recommended. Class Duration: 2 days Additional Fees: pattern purchase required Playing With Blocks Finished size approximately: 26” x 38” Finished size: 18” diameter Sashiko: This class covers the history and basic techniques of Sashiko (Japanese decorative hand stitching). Students will learn how to transfer patterns to fabric and make a sampler of some of the classic patterns. Skill Level: Beginner Class Duration: 1 day. Additional Fees: $3 per student for pattern packet An appliquéd circle of some very special fabric makes the focal point for this sampler. Learn a variety of piecing techniques while you mix and match your choice from a variety of block designs and arrangements to surround the focal point and create a unique, one of a kind wall hanging. Skill Level: Confident beginner/intermediate Class Duration: 1 day Additional Fees: $3 per student for pattern packet Cultural Inspirations Landscape Quilts 101 Finished size: Approximately 24”x 30” w/o borders Finished size: 25”x 34” w/o borders Create a fabric sampler to showcase special fabrics. The focal point is a hand or machine appliquéd motif block surrounded by panels, strips and squares of ethnic fabrics. Themes can focus on African, Japanese, Indonesian, etc. A variety of motif patterns representing many different cultures are supplied in the packet ranging from simple to intricate or students can design their own motif. Skill Level: Confident beginner and up (Note: basic hand or machine applique skills are recommended for this class) Class Duration: 2 days Additional fees: $3 per student for pattern packet Primitive Pathways Landscape 101 (Beginning): In this class students make a landscape quilt from patterns of my own design. The workshop begins with a lesson on the basic principles of landscape design and how to achieve perspective by selecting the appropriate fabrics. Students will then begin constructing their quilts using a combined strip piecing and appliqué technique that will allow them to compose the quilt in class and finish the applique later. There are two patterns to choose from, designed to allow for some individual customization if desired. Skill Level: Confident beginner and up (Note: basic hand or machine applique skills are recommended for this class) Class Duration: 2 day class Additional Fees: patterns $8 each Advanced Pictorial/Landscape Design Picture shown is provided as an example only and does not represent an actual class project Finished size varies dependent on number of blocks and border choices Primitive Pathways: This quilt is an excellent way to use up small scraps for those of you who are scrap hounds and fat quarters or charm squares for those who are not. It also makes good use of a striped or bold geometric fabric. The piecing technique is casual, fast and easy making this quilt an excellent project for beginners as well as more advanced quilters, no precision is necessary until it is time to square up your blocks Skill Level: Confident beginner Class Duration: 1 day Pictorial/Landscape Quilt Design (Advanced): A design workshop in which students make pictorial or landscape quilts from a picture of their own choosing. I will help you develop and draft your own design and help select appropriate techniques to render it. The first session is devoted to discussing the principles of landscape design and how to achieve perspective by selecting the appropriate fabrics and drafting the designs. This will allow the student to assemble suitable fabrics for their project for the next two sessions. The second and third session are devoted to constructing the quilt using a variety of techniques depending upon students' interest and skill. This is a class for quilters already possessing intermediate sewing skills. Skill Level: Intermediate to advanced Class Duration: 3 days Batik Blizzard Waterfall Quilts Finished size dependent on block size and quantity Remember cutting paper snowflakes for Christmas as a child? You can create a beautiful quilt with the same idea. A raw-edged machine applique technique will be used to create the blocks. For those who prefer a ‘more finished’ appearance, raw edges can be covered with zig zag stitching. Skill Level: Confident beginner and up (Note: basic familiarity with the use of a free motion quilting presser foot is recommended for this class) Class Duration: 1 day Additional fees: There will be some patterns available for a small fee for those not wishing to design their own snowflakes Finished size (approximately): 21”x42” Choose between Multnomah or Yosemite Falls and construct one these quilts from patterns created by the teacher and published by Story Quilts. The samples as shown combines hard-edged (hand or machine) applique and raw-edged machine applique techniques for dimensional texture. Skill Level: intermediate (confident beginners can usually handle project with fusing techniques). Class Duration: 2 days (can be extended to 3 days to include a fabric buying field trip) Additional Fees: Pattern purchase required Dancing Leaves Bryce Canyon photo courtesy of Freestockphotos.com Finished size: 48”x48” Structured design and carefree frivolity come together in this project that features leaves swirling on a large-scale traditional block background. A pattern is available for the ‘Snail’s Trail’ version shown or students can recreate their own favorite block pattern in a large format for their leaves to ‘dance’ on. Skill Level: Confident beginner and up Class Duration: 2 days Additional Fees: A full sized pattern can be purchased for $8 or a nominal fee for leaf template patterns for those designing their own backgrounds. Postcard/Calendar Mini-Quilts Finished size varies from postcard size to about 12” x 12” (w/o borders)” Postcard/Calendar Mini-Quilts: Use a favorite landscape postcard or calendar picture to create a unique fabric collage that can be embellished if desired. Finished mini-quilts can be hand cancelled and mailed (postcard size) or matted and framed (calendar size). . Skill Level: Confident beginner and up (free motion stitching skills strongly recommended) Class Duration: 1 day My Personal Gallery (these are not classes but examples of some of my personal work) ‘The Canyon of Singing Water’ 21”x 35” ‘Moonlight Sonata’ 30”x 48” ‘The Captain’s Wife’ 58”x 80” ‘Gateway to Heaven’ 18”x 38” ‘Low Tide’ 64”x 90” ‘Residual Light’ 26”x 41”
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