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Wind

Let the Wind carry you up into the sky, tossing you about with the force of the elements! These clouds are made of batting under various sheer fabrics, on top of a painted background.  The batting is colored with pastel chalks, then layered under various sorts of tulle, opalescent organdie, sparkle organza, and other cool stuff.

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PictureSmall, original Wind quilt
The supply fee includes:  
A pattern, fabric to paint, fabric paints, Totally Stable,  Angelina fiber, chalk pastels, Tintzl, and some sheer fabrics as needed.  Materials fee:  $15, payable to me at the start of class.

Note to Workshop Chair:  Each student will need about 1/2 a table, access to electricity, and we will need about 5 irons/ironing surfaces for the class.  Two extra tables will also be needed to paint on, and some plastic tarps to cover the table and/or rug would be great.

You need to bring (yes, you really need this stuff!)
  • Scotch tape
  • paint brushes
  • smooth plastic covered surface like a page protector
  • heat gun or hair dryer
  • thread, needles, sewing machine, seam ripper, scissors, rotary cutting tools, iron and all of the other stuff you always need. 
  • Some regular batting, silk batting, dryer lint or cotton balls – whatever you have that you can stretch into a cloud-like puffy substance. 

PictureLarger wind quilt, 17" x 22"
  • Heavy silver metallic thread, preferably silver Glamour from Madeira, but Ricky Tim’s Razzle Dazzle will also work fine.  
  • Sheer fabrics – white tulle (you do not want net, you want tulle; tulle is very soft and fine and almost disappears against a background), opalescent organdie, white sparkle organza, sheer fabrics in opalescent, white, transparent, soft blues and/or blacks to make the clouds.  Chiffon scarves are great for this, the kind you can get at the charity store for ten cents.
  • tall thin candle (taper as opposed to votive candle), matches and candle holder
  • woodburning tool if you have one already, and a cookie sheet 
  • Scotch tape
  • paint brushes and 5-6 small plastic cups or Dixie cups for paints
  • white plastic garbage bag
  • apron or wear old clothes
  • thread, needles, sewing machine, seam ripper, scissors, rotary cutting tools, iron and all of the other stuff you always need.  

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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