June Roses - An Introduction to Hand Applique
Instructor Shirley Corris
June 16 and 23, 9 to 4, doors open at 8:30
Bradley Centre cafeteria
$80 (2 day workshop)

Shirley will teach beginning applique for those with no or a little experience, using the template free method. She will cover general knowledge needed to do applique, including how to do template free applique, needle turn, inside and outside points, curves, thin stems and circles. This pattern was designed by Shirley and incorporates all the techniques mentioned above with a few surprise additions.

Shattered Angles with Susan Purney Mark
Saturday, June 23, 9 to 4 (doors open at 8:30)
Bradley Center Main Hall
Cost $40

Join Susan for her most popular workshop and discover the many joys of working with colour in an exciting new technique that is full of surprises. Stacked and sliced fabrics combined with bold, contrasting strips create visual excitement in your quilt. Students can work with a planned colour palette or make it scrappy, every fabric is perfect for a Shattered Angles quilt! Finished size and layout is flexible, make it big or small, students will be given lots of options for quilt design and finishing. Shattered Angles is the perfect quilt for fat quarters or a secret stash of wonderful fabrics. Susan's new book "Accent on Angles - Easy Strip Set Quilts" is based on this technique.

Sheer Illusion with Susan Purney Mark
Sunday. June 24, 9 to 4 (doors open at 8:30)
Bradley Centre cafeteria
Cost $40 plus a $25 kit fee (kit fee payable to teacher at workshop)

Learn to work with your own images printed on fabric on an inkjet printer (like the one you probably own)!

Meltdown and Burnout with Eileen Neill
Friday and Saturday, August 18, 9 to 4
Bradley Centre
Cost $80

I have been experimenting with non-traditional materials for the last several years. Materials such as Tyvek, Lutradur, polyester sheers, plastic wrapping paper, metallic fabric paints, plastic chip bags and puff paints to make unique surfaces. These materials can be melted and distressed with a heat gun an iron or a soldering iron to make interesting surfaces for art quilts. Many quilters have seen the results of my experiments and asked me how I did them. I have devised a workshop in which I will show you how to work with these materials. You will also be able to experiment with them. The first day we will mainly experiment with the materials and techniques. On the second day we will use the samples that we have made to make a small collaged wall hanging.