Learn about our upcoming Virtual Workshops.
In response to the continuing COVID-19 Shelter In Place and Social Distancing requirements, PVQA will be holding Virtual Workshops over the internet using Zoom technology.
Next Workshop:
Personal Symbols: Art Quilt Collage
Deborah Boschert
Saturday, June 19, 2021
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Personal Symbols: Art Quilt Collage
Saturday, June 19, 2021
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Deborah Boschert
What symbols and personal themes will you incorporate into your small art quilt collages? Houses, leaves, bowls, ladders? Deborah will guide you through exploring and creating shapes and symbols that have personal meaning. Create 5×7” fabric collages highlighting personal symbols using composition templates and inspiring fabrics. Embellish with machine and hand stitching. Learn simple finishing techniques and mount your art quilt collage on mats ready for framing.
To register for the Deborah Boschert Workshop, Personal Symbols: Art Quilt Collage, please click the ‘Workshop Registration’ link below:
Register for the Deborah Borschert Workshop
FUNdamentally Circles
Saturday, July 17, 2021, 2-5pm and
Saturday, July 24, 2021, 2-5pm
Brenda Gael Smith
Focus on the core technique of freeform piecing circular designs without pins and templates. It’s liberating and it’s FUN. After some skill-building exercises, students will start on their own compositions with confidence. See the Serendipity Student Gallery – FUNdamentally Circles
The cost for the two-session workshop is $35 for PVQA members, $50 for non-members.
To register for the Brenda Gael Smith Workshop, FUNdamentally Circles, please click the ‘Workshop Registration’ link below:
Register for Brenda Gael Smith Workshop
Unmarked – Contemporary Walking Foot Quilting
Two day workshop August 14 & 21 – 10am to 1pm each class
Marge Tucker
You can do so much innovative quilting JUST with your walking foot! I will show you my method of quilting with your walking foot that involves little or no marking but still results in spectacular quilting. I start with the basics, such as batting choices, thread, needles and how to secure the quilting stitches. Then, we start quilting with straight lines and move to curved quilting lines and spirals on your practice quilt sandwiches. For both the straight line and curved quilting, I will show you many designs and variations you can use to great effect. I will also have some of my quilts as examples, including “Burst” which received the award Best Machine Quilting (Frameless) at QuiltCon 2019. This class will change the way you think about your walking foot!
Marge received “Best Machine Quilting” at QuiltCon 2019 as well as “Best Sewing Machine Workmanship Award – Modern” at the Pacific International Quilt Festival in 2019 as well as numerous other awards for her quilts. Marge teaches throughout the United States and also from her studio in Rockland, MA.
The Cost for the workshop is $35 for PVQA members, $55 for non-members.
To register for the Marge Tucker Workshop, “Unmarked – Contemporary Walking Foot Quilting”, please click the Workshop Registration link below:
Register for the Marge Tucker workshop
Bird Box Fabric Collage
Two day workshop September 11 & 18 – 10am to 1pm each class
6-hour workshop. Explore fabric collage and design with birds as the focal point. I’ll share my digital design technique for creating the fabric bird images and each student will choose from my supply of printed birds to create a composition using scraps, small pieces of fabric, lace and even book pages fused on an 11×14” felt backing . Composition can be enhanced with machine, hand stitching or both. All levels welcome. There is a $25.00 kit fee for this class which includes one printed fabric bird, 11×14 inch pre-fused felt backing, some hand printed/painted fabric, book pages and ephemera for embellishment and oodles of Bird Box examples to inspire.
The Cost for the workshop is $35 for PVQA members, $55 for non-members.
Workshop kits will be shipped to Sara Roche and participants will pay by check or cash when they pick up their kits from Sara.
To register for the Lisa Thorpe Workshop, “Bird Box Fabric Collage”, please click the Workshop Registration link below:
Register for the Lisa Thorpe Workshop