Supplies

• 4 to 6 fat quarters or equivalent fabric pieces
  Choose fabrics you love that look great together. This will become your “fabric palette.” Include darks, mediums and lights in a variety of prints from large to small scale, some tone-on-tone and one or two multi-color pieces. If you have pre-fused fabrics, feel free to bring them.

• 3 or 4 fat quarters solid color cotton fabrics or scraps that are about 10x10”
  Pick colors that coordinate with your fabric palette. This is fabric for surface design explorations. If you think you’d like to do more surface design, bring more solid fabrics.

  Ideally, all your fabrics have fusible webbing applied to the back before the workshop. Follow the instructions in this video for fusing your fabrics ahead of time.

• 2 or 3 yards fusible webbing (if you haven’t fused your fabrics before the workshop)
  I like Wonder Under and Misty Fuse.

• teflon sheet or parchment paper

• batting, approximately 16x16”

• rotary cutter and mat

• scissors
  large and small for both paper and fabric

• Micron Pigma Pen (or other fabric markers)
  I like the 08 size in black.

• sticky-backed fun foam (1 sheet)
  For in person workshops, I’ll have some for sale if you can’t find any. You can order single sheets here.

• 2 empty toilet paper tubes

• 1 or 2 spouncers or any sponge stencil brush

• 2 or 3 small bottles acrylic paint
  Include darks and lights to coordinate with your fabric palette. Craft store paint is fine. I like Folk Art Brand from Michaels.

• 3 squares of corrugated cardboard, foam core, or recycled styrofoam approximately 4x4”

• paper plate or something similar for mixing paint

• small container for water

• plastic trash bag to cover your work area and an apron if you like to wear one when using paint

• embroidery floss, pearl cotton or other embroidery threads
  Coordinate with your fabric palette, some darks and some lights. (4 to 5 skeins)

• embroidery needle and thimble if you use one regularly

• sketchbook, pen and pencil

Optional

• Additional fabric, paint or embroidery floss
  Feel free to bring additional prints or solid fabrics if you want to have more choices to work with. A few more bottles of paint and floss may also be nice to have. (It’s a balance between bringing enough to feel creative but not so much that you’re paralyzed by too many options. Whatever you bring, we’ll have a great time exploring possibilities.)

• sewing machine and thread If you'd like to finish your original art quilt collage with both machine stitching and hand embroidery during class time, bring your machine (along with thread, bobbins, and your usual sewing tools). However, if bringing a machine isn’t convenient (or you prefer to machine quilt at home), you can focus on design, composition, printmaking techniques, and hand embroidery during our time together.

• Art Quilt Collage: A Creative Journey in Fabric, Paint and Stitching by Deborah Boschert

About Deborah Boschert:

Deborah Boschert is an artist, author and teacher. She creates art quilt collages with layers of fabric, paint and stitching. Her artwork makes a visual impact from across the room and offers intimate, personal details upon close viewing. Deborah’s art quilt collages often include personal symbols like ladders, chairs and bowls. The shapes, compositions, lines and textures in her work serve as metaphors for ideas and themes including growth, transition, rest and curiosity.

Deborah is the author of Art Quilt Collage: A Creative Journey in Fabric, Paint and Stitch. She has appeared on Quilting Arts TV and The Quilt Show and is published in several books and magazines. Her work has been included in Art Quilt Elements, Quilts=Art=Quilts, several Studio Art Quilt Associates global exhibitions, and many other juried exhibitions. Deborah’s quilts can be found in the collection of the International Quilt Museum, the Frank Klein Quilt Collection and as a mural in the Dallas Arts District.

Deborah lectures and teaches workshops both in person and virtually with artist groups and quilt guilds all over the US and internationally. She offers opportunities to explore fused appliqué, print making on fabric, captivating compositions, personal symbols and using stitch as a design element. Her workshops provide students with both structure and creative flexibility. She is known for her organization, enthusiastic spirit and encouraging vibe.

Deborah lives in Lewisville, Texas with her husband, Jeff. She’s delighted her two grown kids also live in the Dallas area. Deborah loves to travel, do crossword puzzles, drink coffee, practice yoga and listen to podcasts.

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