York Heritage Quilters GuildGloria Loughman
Gloria Loughman is a celebrated author and quilt artist from Australia. We are very excited to have her join us for four days in November. She is known for her large vivid landscape quilts depicting the Australian landscape. Gloria began her quilting career with traditional patchwork quilting, including strip piecing, bargello, colour wash, fabric dyeing and painting and machine embroidery, but after completing studies in design and colour as part of a Diploma in Fine Art, she began to make quilts that reflect the Australian landscape and its vegetation. Her exquisite quilts have won many major awards in Australia, Europe, Japan and the United States. Gloria loves to share her knowledge, skills and passion for quilting with others and is very much in demand as a teacher. Her book Luminous Landscapes: Quilted Visions in Paint and Threads was published by C&T Plublishing in 2007. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from a very interesting quilter from down-under!
Workshop 1 - Landscape Mosaic
- 2 Day Workshop: Tuesday November 18, 2008 and Wednesday November 19, 2008
- Level: All levels
- Fee: $120 plus kit fee $55 (kit includes patterns and also hand painted and dyed fabric if desired)
- Sewing Machine is required
- Workshop Location: St. Bonaventure Church, 1300 Leslie Street
In this workshop you will use small pieces of fabric to build up a Landscape design that is both original and visually exciting, working from a photo, sketch or picture. The surface of the quilts will be decorated using machine applique and embroidery. Focal point, perspective and other basic design principles will be discussed. This workhsop is suitable for new and experienced quilters, as the complexity of the design can be adapted to match the skills of each participant. Optional kits will include patterns and hand painted and dyed fabric, and will be available for those who desire.
Workshop 2 - Playing on the Surface
- 2 Day Workshop: Thursday November 20, 2008 and Friday November 21, 2008
- Level: All levels
- Fee: $120
- Sewing Machine is required
- Workshop Location: The Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre, 4 Credit Union Drive
Gloria will guide you in creating an abstract design while improving your machine embroidery and applique skills. Choose stunning colour combinations and learn how to use "easy to master" construction techniques. Move on to decorate the suface with a myriad of shapes, providing extra detail with machine emroidery. Based on the skills used to create "Kimberley Mystique" (see Gloria's web site), the wall quilts produced in this workshop will definitely be one of a kind!
