Fabric Collage Art Quilts

Course Number: ARTS1666

Please note: Experience with free-motion machine stitching and quilting will be an asset. If a beginner, please develop your basic skills before you come to the course.
Indulge your love of fabrics, colour, pattern and texture through an intense but engaging process. Enjoy the freedom of cutting, layering and stitching a wide range of fabrics into mixed media art quilts, experimenting with a variety of collage techniques. Visual ideas, samples and design sources are discussed and made available at the beginning of each project, and different approaches to composition are demonstrated. Layering and arranging cut shapes, fragmented pattern, prints and sheers, including cutwork with painting, distressing, gilding, stamping and stenciling, combined with hand- and free-motion machine embroidery, will allow you to create rich and varied textiles. See how small separately stitched collages can evolve into a cohesive quilt by assembling the related components, which are then further embellished and unified. This may include lace-like fragments using water soluble stabilizer. Miscellaneous materials and techniques are incorporated to enrich the surface or create bold textural contrast to give your quilts textural appeal. Discover, with colour being our most expressive tool, how vibrant colour can be employed to add emphasis, excitement and surprise, or used with restraint to create subtle moods with delicate tones and shades. You are required to bring a reliable sewing machine in good working order.

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