Captivating Compositions Workshop

“Deborah's easy-going, affirming teaching style, are a great help in learning the basic principles of design.”

A lively introduction to design and composition. Deborah introduces eight classic compositions and shares inspiring examples from traditional, modern and art quilting, plus examples from fine art! Learn how using these compositions can generate ideas for fabulous, original work.

Supplies

  • five pieces of pre-fused fabrics approximately 12x13” Consider picking a focus fabric and building the other four fabrics around that with small tone on tone prints or solids. At least one fabric should be dark and one should be light. Fabrics don’t need to be measured exactly. Large scale multi-color pints can be tricky for this project. Follow the instructions in this video for fusing your fabrics ahead of time.

  • eight 6.5 x 6.5ish inch pieces of batting or felt any color

  • card stock window (Using an 8x10” piece of card stock paper, mark a 6x6” square and cut it out, leaving you with a window to help with design decisions.)

  • Watch this video to help you choose fabric and prepare your supplies.

  • iron and ironing surface

  • parchment paper

  • embroidery floss and/or perle cotton — A sandwich size plastic bag full of floss will give you lots of options. Choose darks and lights in a variety of colors. If you don’t have embroidery floss in your stash, I suggest bringing 3 to 5 skeins in a variety of colors.

  • embroidery needle

  • thimble, needle threader and stitching glasses if you use them regularly

  • scissors, large and small

  • rotary cutter, ruler (6x12 is great), small rotary mat

  • sketchbook, pen and pencil

    Optional