Ionne McCauley - Dye Painting Techniques.

Date: May 17th.
Cost: $45 for members and $55 for non members.
Kit Fee: $50 per person.
Place: Malaspina College, Parksville Campus, 100 Jenson Ave.
Sign up at the April Meeting, or e-mail Mickey Biickert per member's list.
This great workshop offers you a chance to create 4 meters of totally unique fabric in your favourite colours.
Hurry, only 2 spaces left!

Martha Cole, Canadian Artist Quilter.
Creating Textures and 3-D Effects.

Date: July 26th and 27th. (two days).
Cost: $70, bring your own lunch.
The basic techniques of machine lace combined with inserted wires give the fabric artist wonderful opportunities to add even more relief and 3-dimensional qualities to their works. Using free-motion stitching, we will learn cut-work, working on cheesecloth, creasing and working with dissolvable film to create our laces and then, how to further enhance them by adding cords and wires to help them lift off the surface of the work\. An experimental workshop with some basic technique learning to start you off. Knowledge of free machine stitching is recommended.
Please pay for this class by May meeting. I will open it up to the other guilds in May.
Want to take this class but not confident about free machine stitching? Mickey will teach free machine stitching basics between meetings in April and/or May.
Martha's work is displayed at the McIntyre gallery in Saskatoon. Please check out the website:

http://mcintyre.sasktelwebhosting.com:80/images/cole/cole.htm

If you would like to see some samples of Martha's work Click here