Upcoming Workshops

Christine Barnes

Sunday, April 7

10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Spumoni
with Christine Barnes

Spumoni is a “molded Italian ice cream made with layers of different colors and flavors, usually containing candied fruits and nuts.” It seems an apt title for a busy, cheerful quilt made of mostly Kaffe Fassett patterned and striped fabrics. Christine Barnes’ original plan was to make individual “color-story” blocks and separate them with neutral sashing. But when she looked at the blocks casually stuck on her design wall, she knew they were meant to be together. She used Kaffe, Michael James and Moda fabrics to create this stunning block, and will help us choose fabrics that compliment and showcase Kaffe’s original designs.

Click here for the supply list for this workshop.

The Christine Barnes Workshop is full. If you wish to be put on the waiting list, contact Ellen McCarthy at secondvp@pvqa.org.

Sujata Shah

Saturday, May 18, 2019 &
Sunday, May 19, 2020
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Free-Form Blocks

Sujata Shah, the featured speaker of the 2019 PVQA Quilt Show, will be teaching a 2-day workshop based on her Paper Beads quilt, which appeared on the cover of Simply Modern.

Sujata is a graphic designer and textile artist originally from Mumbai, India. Her trunk show was spectacular and her talk inspiring.

She draws her inspirations from imperfections and irregularities of free-spirited folk art and crafts from around the world. As a calligraphy major, she believes that each handmade craft has a stamp of the maker. In 2014 she wrote the book, Cultural Fusion Quilts – A Melting Pot of Piecing Traditions. In which she introduced free-form blocks, an abstract interpretations of traditional quilt blocks to reflect her theory.

The Sujata Shah Workshop is full. If you wish to be put on the waiting list, contact Ellen McCarthy at secondvp@pvqa.org.