Summer Tie-dye Quilt Class!

I am really excited to offer my "Stuck in the 60's Tie-Dye Art Quilt Sampler" class this summer!  Please click on 'My On-line Classes' above for all the information... I hope you will join me for a fun project that combines tie-dye with quilting!

Carolyn's Tie-dye

I taught a private class in basic tie-dye to my friend Carolyn on Monday. She came over today with her shirts to let me see them and take pictures:

Two color scrunch

Rainbow Swirl

Novas

Diagonal Stripe and Novas

"Ess" Accordion Fold

I think she did great, don't you? Carolyn will be teaching family members how to tie-dye later this summer, and promises to take pictures for me to post... can't wait!

Tie-dye and Batik class

Yesterday was my Tie-dye and Batik class, held in my garage since the wind decided to blow a little too hard for us to be out on the driveway! I decided to create a photo album to show the class, and hopefully some of the results as students send me pictures. You can see the album here. There were 5 students - two had taken a class from my friend Wendy and I earlier this month, the other 3 were new (to me). I might also mention that this was my first solo teaching gig, and I'm very pleased with how it went! I spent a lot of time preparing the lesson plan and handout, and in spite of a couple of supply glitches, I think it was a great success. I handed out surveys at the end of the class, and got very good reviews from the 4 who returned them to me, and hope to see them in future classes. Which reminds me, Wendy and I have a play date on July 8th to start working on the techniques we will be teaching in our August 4th class... gonna be lots of fun! More to come...

tie-dye art quilt class

Update: This class will be offered at Fiber Arts/Mixed Media Spring 2013 - click here for more info

Here is a picture of the quilt I made with the tie-dye samples:

This is going to be so much fun! I can't wait to see how each student's quilt turns out!

Sneak preview

I'm really excited! I am going to be teaching a tie-dye Art Quilt class on joggles.com this fall! Here's a sneak peak of the Art Quilt I am making for the class:


It's not done yet... still need to assemble the quilt and do a little stitching and embellishing, but I think it will be a fun project for anyone who wants to learn tie-dye folds, basic dyeing techniques, and how to incorporate dyed fabrics into an Art Quilt. I'll post more here when I have a class date... hope you'll join me!