*Improv Half-Square Triangle* the Workshop

 

NEW  Workshop; it's called Improv Half Square Triangle

6 hour or two 3 hours workshop

Let's play with one of the top quilt block units in quilting and make it your own!

With just a few materials you can easily add a POP of color to your quilt blocks. This is an ideal way to use up leftover fabric from other projects and create an entire new quilt. The design possibilities are endless. It’s a perfect technique for working in small spaces.  

We will paint a detail on a white piece of cloth and combine it with a colorful fabric to create our block. Basic instructions will be given and each student can create their own design. Lots of fun!

I hope you can join me and share your time with me doing art!

*NEW* Workshop Mixed Media Graffiti

 

I will be teaching two *NEW* ONLINE workshops at Spring Quilt Festival on April 30th and May 1st.

You can learn more about *Criss Cross Paint and Cloth* workshop HERE . International students are welcome since there is not kit for this class!

I hope you can join me and share your day doing art with me :)

International Quilt Festival 2109- Part ONE

This is my 5th year teaching in Houston! What an intense experience this last meeting was.  I met wonderful students, quilters and artists. I also reconnected with friends. I am grateful for the opportunity to teach at this show.

The photograph you see above is my quilt *BLUE* which was a finalist in the contest *The World of Beauty*.

I will share some photographs of the people I met. With early mornings and late nights to prepare for my workshops, I had little time to socialize.

Here I am with Vanessa (first on the left, my traveling pal and dear friend), me, Felice and Mary Ann (new friends I met in Cyber space).

 

I am glad I spent some time with Kate Colleran, who always comes for Market but this time stayed extra days that happened to coincide with my stay.

 

I had the opportunity to meet Ricky Tims, who interviewed me. He has a great personality.

I met sweet Jo Avery. We had great laughs together.

 

Every year I stop at the  French - Quiltmania booth to say hello to Carole (the owner). This time I remembered to take a picture with her. I can't believe it has been 5 consecutive years working with her publishing articles since the release of her magazine Simply Moderne. Currently I am working on next year's article!

 

This is my donation quilt for this year's silent auction, since Quilt Festival celebrated its 45 year Anniversary, I decided to write the word *sapphire* and the number 45 on the background . Of course it is a paper and fabric quilt. It has been made with the technique I developed and named INC (Infused Newsprint Cloth)

 

A picture taken from the second floor to give you an idea how big this show is. It basically occupies the entire Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston..

Some of the Blue and White Exhibit. These quilts look wonderful together!

It is a beautiful feeling when many people show interest to learn from my ideas. I work hard to create projects based on new techniques. My heart smiles when my students immerse themselves and realized they can also create in a different way.

Here are some photographs of my students.

Houston celebrated *Dias de los Muertos* on November 1. I was lucky enough to pass through the park returning to my hotel and participate for a while in the festivities. The music was fantastic and the show phenomenal. All was in Spanish so I felt right at home !

My heart is content!

I did have time to take photographs of magnificent quilts which I will share in my next post.

*Paper and Fabric Appliqué* Workshop with Uncommon Threads Guild

 

 I gave one of my workshops, *Paper and Fabric Appliqué*, to these lovely ladies from the Uncommon Threads Guild here in Memphis TN. I enjoyed watching their faces light up when they discovered how to work with paper and  incorporate it into a quilt!

 



Thank you for having me.