Paid members will be invited to join the
Zoom Lecture Presentations
Zoom Lecture Presentations
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October 17, 2020 Rae Cumbie, Fit for Art Patterns
10:30 a.m. – noon “Four Seasons of Jackets from One Pattern -
Trunk Show for Fresno”
For all members who have joined by October 10, 2020.
Lecture description:
In this inspiring lecture and trunk show, Rae Cumbie will share many fabulous jackets based on the Tabula Rasa Jacket pattern and variations. Learn how to adapt one simple jacket pattern to suit every season and every occasion. You’ll love the easy square armhole of each artful jacket from casual unlined cotton, quilted piecing and handwoven fabrics, to dressy jackets in rayon, silky sheers and kimono silks. Rae will discuss options for choosing seasonal fabric, lining, interfacing, pattern variations, fabric combinations, a variety of exciting embellishments and getting started with your own designing and sketching. A few Eureka! Pants and artful Tabula Rasa Knit Tops will be mixed in so that by the end of the program, you’ll be eagerly planning your own jacket wardrobe!
Biography:
Rae Cumbie is Creative Director for Fit for Art Patterns whose three core patterns yield one great wardrobe! Her coaching, blog posts, Threads articles and Sew News fitting column encourages stitchers to sew successfully: adding fun, comfortable, fabulously fitting, artful and creative additions to their wardrobe. Catch her blog, Sew! Let’s Get Dressed at fitforartpatterns.com for everything from basic sewing to artful inspiration.
https://fitforartpatterns.com/
Rae was to have been our February 2021 workshop with her versatile jacket pattern.
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February 20, 2021 Daryl Lancaster, Fiber Artist
10:30 a.m. – noon :
“Leftovers Again? What to do with Leftover Fabric”
Lecture description:
Explore and experience creative ways to use every precious bit of hand-woven scrap or other fabrics in your stash. Some techniques require sewing, some a hot glue gun. Some ideas become great garments; some can be sent through the mail! Learn how to use some of the fusible and stabilizer materials available, and learn to look at everything from old work, to the smallest scrap as an exciting new raw material.
Biography:
Daryl Lancaster, a hand-weaver and fiber artist known for her award-winning hand-woven fabric and garments, has been constructing garments for more than 50 years. She gives lectures and workshops to guilds, conferences, and craft centers all over the United States. The former Features Editor for Handwoven Magazine, she has written more than 100 articles and digital content, frequently contributes to various weaving and sewing publications and writes regularly for Threads Magazine. She now offers a complete line of digital sewing patterns for and weavers.
https://www.weaversew.com/shop/sewing-patterns.html
Darylog at www.weaversew.com/wordblog
Find her at www.Daryllancaster.com
February 20, 2021 Daryl Lancaster, Fiber Artist
10:30 a.m. – noon :
“Leftovers Again? What to do with Leftover Fabric”
Lecture description:
Explore and experience creative ways to use every precious bit of hand-woven scrap or other fabrics in your stash. Some techniques require sewing, some a hot glue gun. Some ideas become great garments; some can be sent through the mail! Learn how to use some of the fusible and stabilizer materials available, and learn to look at everything from old work, to the smallest scrap as an exciting new raw material.
Biography:
Daryl Lancaster, a hand-weaver and fiber artist known for her award-winning hand-woven fabric and garments, has been constructing garments for more than 50 years. She gives lectures and workshops to guilds, conferences, and craft centers all over the United States. The former Features Editor for Handwoven Magazine, she has written more than 100 articles and digital content, frequently contributes to various weaving and sewing publications and writes regularly for Threads Magazine. She now offers a complete line of digital sewing patterns for and weavers.
https://www.weaversew.com/shop/sewing-patterns.html
Darylog at www.weaversew.com/wordblog
Find her at www.Daryllancaster.com
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March 20, 2021 Sara Bixler, Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center
10-30 a.m. – noon “Color Theory in Fiber Arts “
Please submit pictures to the Guild Zoom manager of your color “failures” or “wins” to be shared during the presentation. More details later.
Lecture description:
Join Sara Bixler for an in depth look at color theory specific to fiber arts crafts. Sara will cross reference many different forms of fiber arts, and how their uses of color vary based upon their application. We will examine common color schemes and how they can be used to help us create eye catching arrangements sure to be a winner regardless if you are weaving, spinning, quilting, sewing or felting. We will discuss many tools, books and tricks to empower you and help the planning process with less trepidation. Attendees are strongly encouraged to submit examples of their work that have been color theory failures as well as those who "hit it outta the park". There will be time at the end to look at examples and have an open question and answer session.
Biography:
Sara is the owner and resident instructor of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center. Many of Sara’s students praise her ability to guide students through the challenging world of color theory, specifically relating to weaving. Sara has spent many years experimenting with color in weaving focusing her studies in how color relationships are affected by yarn size, luster, sett and weave structure. She loves giving students core principals to follow so they become more confident in their color decisions when designing new pieces.
https://redstoneglen.com/about
Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center on Facebook
Sara was to have been our April 2021 workshop with “Marbling” as her workshop.
March 20, 2021 Sara Bixler, Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center
10-30 a.m. – noon “Color Theory in Fiber Arts “
Please submit pictures to the Guild Zoom manager of your color “failures” or “wins” to be shared during the presentation. More details later.
Lecture description:
Join Sara Bixler for an in depth look at color theory specific to fiber arts crafts. Sara will cross reference many different forms of fiber arts, and how their uses of color vary based upon their application. We will examine common color schemes and how they can be used to help us create eye catching arrangements sure to be a winner regardless if you are weaving, spinning, quilting, sewing or felting. We will discuss many tools, books and tricks to empower you and help the planning process with less trepidation. Attendees are strongly encouraged to submit examples of their work that have been color theory failures as well as those who "hit it outta the park". There will be time at the end to look at examples and have an open question and answer session.
Biography:
Sara is the owner and resident instructor of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center. Many of Sara’s students praise her ability to guide students through the challenging world of color theory, specifically relating to weaving. Sara has spent many years experimenting with color in weaving focusing her studies in how color relationships are affected by yarn size, luster, sett and weave structure. She loves giving students core principals to follow so they become more confident in their color decisions when designing new pieces.
https://redstoneglen.com/about
Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center on Facebook
Sara was to have been our April 2021 workshop with “Marbling” as her workshop.
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April 17, 2021 Libby Williamson
10:30 a.m. to noon
Trunk Show “From Here, There and Everywhere”
Lecture description:
Libby Williamson’s creativity and energy sparks imagination and innovation in fiber artists around the globe. Her work “is like a big bowl of Art Soup”. Hand sewing, free motion machine stitching, painting, dyeing, and printing on fabric all find their way into her pieces. She will present a collage of techniques used to create her “wonky sisters” quilt, her “Tea Bag treasures”, her hand painted “Monsters” and her new “Clothesline” quilts. Join Libby as she chronicles her journey from printmaker to fiber artist and all things in-between.
Biography:
Growing up with creative, artsy parents, Libby’s childhood was a world of fabric scraps and yarn, pins and needles, paint, Elmer’s Glue, and a whole lot of Scotch Tape. Needlework projects were always in the works. School-day afternoons were spent fashioning doll clothes from remnants, embroidering on anything that could hold a stitch, and learning the art of patchwork quilting. As an art major in college, she focused on the classic techniques of printmaking but still found time for knitting and stitching projects. Her printmaking background led her to a passion in surface design on fabric which her current work reflects. Though she has constructed many a quilt with traditional quilting techniques, her current passion is in the making of art quilts using layers of painted and dyed fabrics, appliquéd layers of free-motion stitched components and embedded found objects. She is a proud hoarder of all things “fiber” and thrives in a world of stitch and sew.
Facebook.com/Libby.Williamson.58
https://libbywilliamsondesigns.blogspot.com/
Search the internet for LibbyWilliamsonDesigns to see many images of her work
Libby was to have been our November 2020 workshop making “Monsters, Dollies and Bunnies” art dolls.
April 17, 2021 Libby Williamson
10:30 a.m. to noon
Trunk Show “From Here, There and Everywhere”
Lecture description:
Libby Williamson’s creativity and energy sparks imagination and innovation in fiber artists around the globe. Her work “is like a big bowl of Art Soup”. Hand sewing, free motion machine stitching, painting, dyeing, and printing on fabric all find their way into her pieces. She will present a collage of techniques used to create her “wonky sisters” quilt, her “Tea Bag treasures”, her hand painted “Monsters” and her new “Clothesline” quilts. Join Libby as she chronicles her journey from printmaker to fiber artist and all things in-between.
Biography:
Growing up with creative, artsy parents, Libby’s childhood was a world of fabric scraps and yarn, pins and needles, paint, Elmer’s Glue, and a whole lot of Scotch Tape. Needlework projects were always in the works. School-day afternoons were spent fashioning doll clothes from remnants, embroidering on anything that could hold a stitch, and learning the art of patchwork quilting. As an art major in college, she focused on the classic techniques of printmaking but still found time for knitting and stitching projects. Her printmaking background led her to a passion in surface design on fabric which her current work reflects. Though she has constructed many a quilt with traditional quilting techniques, her current passion is in the making of art quilts using layers of painted and dyed fabrics, appliquéd layers of free-motion stitched components and embedded found objects. She is a proud hoarder of all things “fiber” and thrives in a world of stitch and sew.
Facebook.com/Libby.Williamson.58
https://libbywilliamsondesigns.blogspot.com/
Search the internet for LibbyWilliamsonDesigns to see many images of her work
Libby was to have been our November 2020 workshop making “Monsters, Dollies and Bunnies” art dolls.