Quiltfest 2008 Lectures à la Carte
APNQ presents informative and entertaining one-hour lectures representing hundreds of awards and thousands of hours of quiltmaking, research and teaching by nationally known teachers.
Tickets are $10 each, $25 for 3 lectures.
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For orders received after July 18, 2008, tickets will be held at Will Call.
For Canadian orders, mailing cut-off is July 13.
Lectures à la Carte Descriptions printable version (98 kb pdf)
Lectures Schedule (16 kb pdf)
Friday,
August 8 |
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Kathy McNeill |
Open a magical box of techniques to enhance your pictorial quilts. Add shading, texture, depth and dimension to your designs. Use a combination of piecing, appliqué and surface embellishments to create award-winning effects. Kathy gives you many new ideas and recipes to avert near disasters. Explore a playground of techniques and animal appliqué patterns to try. www.kathymcneilquilts.com |
Joyce Becker 11 am to 12 noon Landscape Quilts |
Focusing on her journey as a landscape quilt artist and author, Joyce will entertain you with a lecture, slide show and a trunk show. You’ll learn just how simple it is to create landscape quilts without having a background in art. A prize-winning quilter and author, Joyce’s latest book, Beautifully Embellished Landscapes and DVD, Joyce Becker Teaches You Landscape Quilting, were published in 2006. www.joycerbecker.com |
| Karla Alexander 12:30 to 1:30 pm Lift Quilts Out of Your Stash |
Look at your stash in a whole new way and actually start using your fabric rather than just admiring it. Gain the confidence to explore traditional and untraditional quilt methods by adding your own twist. Challenge yourself to take small or bold steps as you learn to work with your fabric and create your own methods and styles. A trunk show will illustrate many different styles of quilts and subjects discussed. |
| Doris Northcutt 2:00 to 3:00 pm Pacific Northwest Style |
A delightful showcase of distinctly wearable garments by artists from the Pacific Northwest, modeled by the makers. Doris will highlight the work of 15 designers, presenting dozens of garments which illustrate that ‘wearable art’ is meant to be worn and enjoyed, by the maker and the viewer. The pieces will show how innovative outfits come in a variety of sizes, compliment the style and shape of the creator, and are appropriate to the climate and culture of our Pacific Northwest. |
| Roxanne Carter 3:30 to 4:30 pm Borders, Batts & Bindings |
Your quilt top is all done, but now what do you do? In this class you will learn how to design and choose fabrics for your borders, how to apply a border, how to choose the proper batting for your quilt, how to baste your quilt together to prepare it for quilting and finally how to put on a binding. Bring your quilt tops to the lecture and get help from Roxanne in choosing fabric for the borders. This informative hour should answer all your questions. |
Saturday,
August 9 |
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| Rosalie Dace 9:30 to 10:30 am African Cloths Colors & Quilts |
Enjoy a view into the rich and varied textile heritage of Africa, including everyday cloth, attire and ceremonial garments. In this slide lecture, look at examples from the treasure trove of African textiles made over the centuries, from Egyptian appliqué to woven Kente cloths and textured Shoowa velvets, to contemporary printed and embellished work. |
| Gloria Daly |
Embroidered silk shawls, woven cotton coverings, quilted wall hangings, mirror work large and small, evening bags, and elephants - all will wrap you in the magical journey as you watch the pictures and examine the fabrics in this colorful trek across Northwest India. This short presentation will arouse your desire to explore the fiber arts of India , and inspire you to include the patterns and images in your personal works of art. |
| Judy Hopkins 12:30 to 1:30 pm Quilt Alaska |
Enjoy Alaska’s spectacular quilts! Judy will conduct a guided armchair tour of quilts discovered during the Alaska Documentation Project, and show us some wonderful new work by contemporary Alaska quilters. |
| Heidi Lund 2:00 to 3:00 pm Embellishments Galore |
Heidi is a quilt artist with a passion for fabric, fiber and surface embellishments. Her unique works of art are well “garnished” with three-dimensional embellishments from fabrics and fibers, to thread, ribbons, organdy, beads, but-tons, suede and even shells. Her lecture will give you an overview of embellishments for art and traditional quilting. You will see up-close several award-winning quilts and garments featuring embellishments. Learn layering techniques for one-of-a-kind works of art. |
Barbara Olson 3:30 to 4:30 pm Designing Outside the Lines |
Explore the art of discovering and manifesting your unique expression with this award-winning quiltmaker. The process of creating beautiful quilts with joy and purpose is an exhilarating experience. The exploration en-able's one to discover inner truths and travel beyond the boundaries to begin the process of ’Designing Outside the Lines’. |
Sunday,
August 10 |
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| Jane Moxey 9:30 to 10:30 am No Business Like Quilt Show Business |
Jane Moxey will share some anecdotes about how she found herself with a brand new mid-life career producing quilt related programs and DVDs. Get the skinny on how these productions come together. Jane was a founding member of APNQ and brings humor, expertise and a wonderful English accent to everything she does. |
Janet Fogg 11 am to 12 noon Innovative Traditionals |
This lecture encompasses Janet’s background and journey through quilt making, her unique perspective and her enthusiasm for helping other quilters visualize and create memorable quilts. With a vibrant trunk show and colorful narrative, Janet shares her love of quilting and the many ways she has incorporated traditional quilting elements into innovative quilt art. http://janetfoggquilts.home.comcast.net |
Colleen Wise 12:30 to 1:30 pm Casting Shadows |
Learn to create a three-dimensional look in your work. Objects such as leaves can appear to float above a two-dimensional surface. Colleen has a box full of tools used to create depth, from the familiar (color and value, piecing, and appliqué) to the esoteric (discharge, oil sticks and more). In this lecture and trunk show, she will illustrate the processes described in her book Casting Shadows (2005, C&T Publishing). |
2:00 to 3:00 pm Catherine Nicholls Words to Pictures |
Go on a creative journey with the legends and stories of the Pacific Northwest and finish with a completed quilt. The journey begins with understanding oral history and how words can spark inspiration. She will guide you through her creative process and show some of the quilts that have resulted. A tutor delivering City and Guilds and other courses, her work travels internationally and she is proud to be one-third of the publication, thr3fold journal. www.thr3foldjournal.com and www.sixart.co.uk |
Lois Hallock 3:30 to 4:30 pm Creating Perfect Quilting Space |
Organize any space with ideas from an expert. Release your creative energy and make your quilting studio an inspiring and productive space. View photos of real life studio make-overs. Utilize your existing furnishings more efficiently or find out where you can buy inexpensive furniture. View unique solutions to small storage challenges. You will walk away with ideas you can use right away to improve your quilting space. |