Monday afternoon, June 11, found 18 members and guest instructor Anne Sullivan at Amazing Grace Lutheran Church.
Workshop: "Design As You Go"
Anne explained that "Design As You Go" isn't a techniques workshop, but a way to approach improvisational piecing using design elements and principles.
Some quilters most often use color as a tool for designing a quilt, but many other elements can be utilized: lines, shapes, space, and texture.
In this example, Anne showed how a cool color palette looks...
... and how it changes with the use of warm colors.
Dark colors add weight. A new shape (upper right) introduces a completely different look, even while using the same colors.
Since design is also about experimenting, a combination of shapes creates another design.
Every quilter in the room dug into scraps and began experimenting.
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| L-R: Ardie, Rosemary, and Alice |
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| Dawne |
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| L-R: Lynn, Linda W. (back to camera), and Gwen |
Table by table, Anne went around the room to consult with everyone about the improv they were designing.
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| L-R: Jane, Dee, and Karen |
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| Susan concentrating on her fabric choices |
The workshop concluded with a big clean-up, and everyone left with a different perspective on improv and how they can experiment and play.
Next blog post... Anne's presentation "You Are Creative!"
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