Workshop One

This is a process class that will help you find new ideas on how to use your leftover scraps. The term collage derives from the French “coller” meaning “glue”. We will be working on design, not technique. Building the collage is an assemblage of different fabrics, thus creating a new whole. We will find our creativity through artistic imagining and play. We will use the technique in Aisha’s book: Scrap Easy

Workshop Two

Paper piecing is a traditional quilting technique that’s been revived by today’s quilters. Paper block piecing consists of sewing pieces of fabric on to a paper foundation to form a quilt block. While this technique is most often used for miniature blocks, foundation piecing can be used for creating full sized quilt blocks as well. Using the foundation piecing technique to piece blocks allows a quilter to construct complicated patterns easily and accurately and is a very good way to use up small scraps of fabric. It helps the quilter create straight lines and near perfect results.

Lecture One

Do you wonder HOW those fabulous “pieced” quilts were made? This program encompasses quilt images, the ideas behind the quilts, Aisha’s construction techniques, and a trunk show of her wonderful quilts.

Lecture Two

Story telling by Aisha Lumumba from her book “If Quilts Could Talk”. She will tell stories and lecture on the journey that brought her to quilting. This presentation encompasses early work through the present-day quilts!