If you’ve looked with hidden longing over an imaginary wall to the world of art quilts but don’t know where to start, this is the class for you.

 Lyric will gently guide you through design exercises designed to help you create ideas for original abstract quilts. Doodles will be scribbled, eyes and minds will be opened, fun will be had.

 You will learn the basics of fused collage and  the class will think about how to quilt pieces. Students will end the day with at least one small art quilt top of their own original design.

Supplies:

• Pencil, eraser, plain paper (or 8x10ish spiral bound sketchbook)
• tracing paper, sharpie
• paper scissors, fabric scissors
• 2 yards Wonder-Under or your favorite fusible web
• Quart sized zip-loc bag of fabric scraps to share with the class
• Up to six fat quarters of coordinating fabric to make a small quilt top
• Baking parchment (coordinate ahead of time and share with your friends)

Optional:

• Mini iron
• Table lamp
• Foam core & pins for design board

Abstraction: Freedom from representational qualities in art. Taking away or removing characteristics from something in order to reduce it to a set of essential characteristics.

Abstract-a-licious: Freedom from pressure or the need to make it real. Taking away or removing fear and the need for perfection in order to enlarge the artists essential joy in creation.

Classroom Requirements:
One iron and board per five students.

To schedule this class contact Lyric.
Click here for Lyric’s teaching and lecture contract.