Explore eight design guides that get the creative juices flowing. Look at examples of captivating compositions from fine art and the quilt world. Create a “sketch” for each of the design guides using fused fabrics. Learn to edit, audition and improvise using a super helpful design checklist. Consider adding details with machine and hand stitching. Your completed set of fabric sketches can be used for reference and inspiration for future art quilts.
A short video about the workshop can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyB6v49BNw
The workshop will use only five fabrics to make eight small (around 6”) art quilts which you can use to plan a larger quilt or just enjoy as is.
Supplies
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five pieces of pre-fused fabrics approximately 12x13” Consider picking a focus fabric and building the other four fabrics around that with small tone on tone prints or solids. At least one fabric should be dark and one should be light. Fabrics don’t need to be measured exactly. Large scale multi-color pints can be tricky for this project. Follow the instructions in this video for fusing your fabrics ahead of time.
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eight 6.5 x 6.5ish inch pieces of batting or felt any color
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card stock window (Using an 8x10” piece of card stock paper, mark a 6x6” square and cut it out, leaving you with a window to help with design decisions.)
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Watch this video to help you choose fabric and prepare your supplies.
Deborah has some kits available for her January 2025 workshop. A lot of folks love using them because all the fabric is selected to work well with the project and everything is
pre-fused! They are $28 including shipping and include printed handouts, design window,
8 felt batting pieces, and five pieces of pre-fused fabrics. There are a few different color ways. They can be viewed and ordered on her website here.
https://www.deborahsstudio.com/captivating-compositions-workshop
With the holidays it's probably good to have those kits ordered by December 20. You can email Deborah with any questions.
deborahboschert@gmail.com