Workshops
Playing in the Trees
Make a wall hanging featuring one or more evergreen trees set in an ocean/shoreline landscape. The finished wall hanging is approximately 20” by 30. You will learn how to create trees. This is a free form, raw edge appliqué method which is a lot of fun. Be inspired by your own favourite tree or forest. The class instructions will guide you through the various techniques for landscape quilting and you will create a unique wall hanging. You will be encouraged to have fun with your tree. Along the way we will touch on a few design tricks, landscape composition, colour theory, and play with interesting techniques. I will demonstrate a simple painted sky. If you want to try this, paint and brushes will be provided. Bring a 21” by 14” piece of white fabric and an unfolded piece of parchment paper to paint on.
Instructor: Susan Teece
Susan is a textile artist and owner of Bent Pin Creations I love handling fabric. The colours, textures and feel help to inform my interpretation of a particular subject. Regularly dying and painting many of my own fabrics, I incorporate these into my work to create truly one-of-a-kind pieces of art. For the last 20 years, I have been designing the wall hanging creations, displaying nationally and internationally, teaching, and writing patterns. My compositions are based on the natural world and the beauty therein. Travelling with my camera in hand, it is from these captured images that I compose my landscapes. The images are realistic, but in the quilted composition they become an artistic representation. My trees are what I’m known for. My local west coast surroundings inspire me to create the intricate cedar, fir and arbutus trees regularly featured in my compositions. By adding many layers of fabric, I recreate the natural growth.
Date & Time: May 3, 2025 Set up 8:30. Workshop 9 – 4.
Location: St. Mark’s Church, 138 Hoylake Road West Qualicum Beach
Cost: $90 (includes pattern)
Skill level: confident beginner - advanced
Tree fabric strips (a scrap pile) will be provided to enrich your own stash
Maximum number of participants: 15
Online Registration: Begins February 25, 2025 and ends April 19, 2025. To register online please use the Playing in the Trees Registration Form.
Payment is due within 5 days of registering. Etransfer: treasurer@quilthouse.ca
Ideas for topics can be shared with anyone on the workshop committee or sent to workshops@quilthouse.ca
Roxane N. and Robin B.
Workshops Committee Chairs