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Wednesday,
Sept. 10, 2008,
10 - 4
Aldersgate site
$50, payable
after the August
drawing for spots in Workshop
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Christine Barnes - Color Transparency
In this special effect, one color appears to lie over another, and where the two colors overlap, a third color is formed. It takes "just-right" fabrics for successful transparencies, but when it works, wow!
We start with a crash course in color, then work three simple blocks, followed by three more challenging ones. This is a cut-and-paste, no-sew class. Christine provides the mock-block handouts, plus a mini color wheel for reference.
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Fabric needed:
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• Bring a range of values for each of the twelve colors on the color wheel:
for example, a light, medium, and dark fabric in yellow-green, blue-violet, red, etc.
(Avoid very pale fabrics; they read as white.) You'll be creating transparencies that mix both value and color, so a broad range of fabrics is a must.
• Also bring fabrics that contain several colors, such as the center fabric in the Nine Patch block shown here; this is the "mixed" color. To use a fabric like this, you'll need fabrics that look like the logical "sources" of the mixed color, such as the blue-green dot and the yellow batik in the outer squares of this block.
Hint: Fabrics that are mottled or "shot with light" are wonderful for creating transparencies. Batiks and hand-dyes have the most potential, but any fabric that has the sensation of light coming from behind has possibilities.
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Click on images for a larger view
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After we do three Nine Patch exercises, you'll do one of three other block designs. These are more challenging, but they have the potential to make a fantastic quilt. The second block shown here, "Connecticut," looks complicated but is surprisingly easy to achieve once you understand the concept.
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Other Supplies:
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• a fresh glue stick
• rotary ruler, cutter, and mat
• If you have a color wheel you like, bring it.
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WORKSHOP POLICY:
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• Registration Procedure:
Members may sign up for a workshop three months (or Guild meetings) in advance of the workshop. Non-members may sign up two months in advance.
Payment must be made at the time of signup; payment is also required
for the waiting list. Payment ensures your position.
• Cancellation:
A. To cancel 30 days or more before the the workshop date please contact the workshop coordinator by phone or email ASAP. Full refund will be issued and your spot open to others.
B. To cancel less than 30 days before the workshop date please contact the workshop coordinator by phone or email ASAP.
1. If the workshop coordinator can replace you from the waiting list,
full refund will be issued.
2. If you cannot be replaced from the waiting list but can find your own
replacement, full refund will be issued.
3. If you are on a waiting list and do not get into the workshop, full
refund will be issued.
4. If there is no waiting list, and you cannot find a replacement, no
refund will be issued.
C. If the Guild cancels the workshop, all checks will be refunded.
If a copyrighted pattern or book is required for a workshop, you must use the original material in the workshop.
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