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Life's a Beach!

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Come on to the Beach and Catch a Wave!



In this easy, fun, workshop, you will make a sandy beach in the morning, complete with shells and rocks and a ripple of water; then in the afternoon, you will make a crashing wave.  In the process, you get to play with all kinds of fun STUFF - Puff Paint, sheer melted fabrics, fabric paints, Angelina fiber, Tintzl, melted painted cellophane and tiny beads.  Come on to the Beach and Catch a Wave!


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Supply fee: $20 includes patterns & directions; iridescent cracked ice; Puff Paint, MistyFuse; Tintzl, cellophane, LiquidBeadz, sand, Totally Stable, PFD fabric, use of fabric paints, metallic paint powders, heat gun, wood burning tool, parchment paper, sheer fabrics as needed, and Shiva paint sticks.

Note to Workshop Chair:

We need about 5 irons/ironing surfaces for the class, and two extra tables for painting/drying.

Materials for you to bring for the Sandy Beach scene (Everybody will make one of these):

  • Several small shells and small, flat rocks
  • One flat focus shell (mine was a sand dollar)
  • One piece tan or brown cotton fabric, 10" x 12"
  • Silver, white iridescent, and gold glitter
  • Package of "white" heat bondable Angelina fiber 
  • Two to four paintbrushes ¼" to 1" wide
  • Fat quarters of white and/or iridescent sheer fabrics like sparkle organza or perle metallic sheer (for beach and waves)
  • Apron

Materials for you to bring for the Wave:

  •  Small pieces of white satin, acetate, or other shimmery white fabrics
  •  Fat quarters of white and/or iridescent sheer fabrics like sparkle organza or perle metallic sheer (for beach and waves)
  •  Pencil
  •  Several small Dixie cups or plastic cups
  •  Iridescent fine white glitter
  •  Scotch tape
  •  White plastic garbage bag
  •  Lots of pins (I like the extra fine glass headed pins)
  •  Scissors for fabric
  •  Ultra fine Sharpie marker
  •  Rotary cutter and board
  •  Small portable fan and/or hair dryer 

Optional Materials:
  •  Heat gun if you have one
  •  Wood burning tool (and a cookie sheet) if you have one
There is vitality, a life-force, a quickening that is translated through you into action. And because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through another medium. It will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is…It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. - Martha Graham

"We can do no great things, only small things with great love."  - Mother Theresa

"When the eye, the hand, and the heart come together, that's when you get the greatest art." - David Hockney
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