…in a few of our workshops! If you’re still thinking about coming to Art Quilt Tahoe in November, sign-up soon!! We’re going to have an amazing conference this year…and for those that are attending, don’t forget the “Baker’s Dozen” Quilt Challenge in honor of our 13th Anniversary! Email us for more details.
Sue Benner’s workshop is now closed but we are adding names to a waiting list.
Also, there is only one space left in Rosalie Dace’s workshop. If you are interested in that spot, sign-up soon!
Finally, several other workshops are filling…so don’t miss the opportunity to get the workshop of your choice!
Jane Dunnewold’s workshop has closed but we will accept waiting list registrations should there be a cancellation. There is now only one space left in Sue Benner’s workshop and two spaces in Rosalie Dace’s workshop. So, if you are interested in either of those two workshops or any of our other workshops, send in your registration as soon as possible!
Velda's Zinnias to Scale
Scale is everything…and when it comes to Velda Newman’s beautiful quilts, size also matters! WOW! This quilt won the Nisson Japan prize at Quilt National last year and Velda will be leaving soon to travel to Japan to display her quilt and to teach a workshop. But since she had 80 sign-ups in two hours, she will be teaching two classes of 40 students each! So, if you are interested in learning Velda’s techniques, sign-up soon for her workshop at Art Quilt Tahoe…small projects always accepted!
We have three workshops that are nearly full…Sue Benner, Rosalie Dace and Jane Dunnewold…so if you are interested in one of these workshops, we encourage you to sign-up soon! Our other workshops have space, but are also filling.
Ori-Kume #20 - 41 x 52
Sue Cavanaugh, who is scheduled to teach at Art Quilt Tahoe this Fall, had a piece accepted in Quilt National 2011 and it was awarded the Lynn Goodwin Borgman Award for Surface Design. Congratulations Sue! This award was given to Sue for the second time, which has never happened! Juror Nelda Warkentin wrote in the exhibition catalog…”Only with fiber and thread can one achieve the look seen in Ori-Kume #20. …The tension between the left and right shapes is created by the artist’s masterful use of texture and a limited palette of dark markings on light fabric. The texture, markings and images give this work a strong presence.”
Sue will be teaching the Shibori stitches used to create this award-winning piece, as well as other stitch and binding Shibori techniques in her workshop which is detailed on our site and more images of her work can be found in our Gallery. Sign-up soon to be part of this special workshop!!
We are very pleased to announce that Wendy Clem of Carson City, Nevada was selected by our instructor panel, as our 2011 Ina Stentiford Memorial Scholarship winner. Wendy, who was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 1992, needed something to distract herself from her chemo and radiation treatments, so she took up traditional quilting. A few years later she purchased a magazine that had an article in it by Velda Newman and she was so inspired, she completely changed directions and taught herself how to create art quilts. The Koi quilt shown above is one of her inspired pieces and, of course, she’ll be taking Velda Newman’s workshop in November! Congratulations Wendy!
Should you know of anyone that would like to apply for a scholarship to attend Art Quilt Tahoe in 2012, please refer them to our website for more information.
We only have 5 spots left in Rosalie Dace’s 2011 workshop, so sign-up soon!
Congratulations to Susan Shie’s PDQ Challenge Team, lead by Katie Fowler, for winning the first PDQ at AQT Challenge. It was great fun to watch 7 teams create a 12×12 block in one hour, using pre-selected fabrics, while others cheered from the sidelines…some because they weren’t the one under fire to complete the block, and others just to cheer on their teammate!
It was a beautiful day yesterday and Els van Baarle’s students set-up their clothes line to dry their beautifully dyed and printed pieces! Spectacular views from every classroom…and from every clothes line!