Dorothy Caldwell workshop

I was so fortunate to take Dorothy Caldwell's human mark making workshop last week. We were under a big tent on the grounds of Langs Pioneer Village-it was so idyllic! Stitching, painting and chatting for three days, while listening to sheep and crowing roasters. 

Dorothy is a gentle, enthusiastic and generous teacher. And she produces wonderful work. I am trying to make sense of what I learned-how to move the ideas into my work. It was such fun.

finger prints on paper-but look at the grey pebbles around the paper-that's a quilt!

Dorothy showing us a piece created by students from the "blindfold stitching" exercise we did.

close up- random marks are the blindfold stitches, surrounded by Kantha stitch

A small table besides Dorothy's sewing chair-where she does ALL her stitching.

course with Penny Berens

I took a course with Penny Berens, organized by the Kingston Fibreworks group. Penny had us zero in on a detail of a picture and experiment as to how we might represent that detail. I made a few coloured versions before I cut into my fabric. Have yet to finish it- but a very fun process.

Pennys wonderful hand applic

pennys work

     

my small colour renditions

this is the one I picked

here is the start of my work

course with Susan Carlson

I took a fun class with Susan Carlson organized by the York Heritage Quilts Guild. Susan is the author of Serendipity Quilts and has a wonderful sense of tonal colours and shading. She offers some wonderful retreats at her home studio-looks like a lot of fun.

Susan's work.

one of the many patterns Susan gave us to work with.

Susan's book.

my piece

detail of my work.

Lorraine Roy, Dundas, Ontario

I took a collage course from Lorraine Roy last weekend- it was great.
Lot of fun working with fabrics - even the ugly ones. 
www.lroytextileart.com 
Here's the start of my three projects and a couple of my classmates work.
I'll post a picture of my work when I am done. 

my classmates work

my classmates work