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| Canada Place - Home of Quilt Canada 2022 |
It was absolutely wonderful to get back to meeting "in person" at Quilt Canada 2022 !The event took place at Canada Place located on the harbor front in beautiful downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.
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| Welcome to Quilt Canada 2022 |
I was honored to be asked to display a quilt in the Teachers Invitational Show and chose my version of the Dream Big panel from Hoffman Fabrics entitled "Dreamland".
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| The Teachers Invitational |
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| "Dreamland" |
There really is nothing like a classroom full of enthusiastic students. All of the attendees were amazing! So willing to try new things, take a risk and rise to any challenge.
I am beyond proud of them all!
In The Magic of Thread Painting students were introduced to photo editing, fusible applique, the when and why of stabilization and a variety of thread painting stitch techniques all in just three hours.
I think they all did a fabulous job!
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| The Magic of Thread Painting |
Class machines kindly provided by Husqvarna Canada. |
| The Magic of Thread Painting |
My next workshop was Free Motion Quilting With Stencils.Students learned how to use a quilting stencil to mark their fabric, the importance of filling in the bridges until you are accustomed to working with a new stencil, how directionality affects the ease of stitching and how to achieve smooth hand movement for beautiful stitching.
Of course, all of this takes practice and once again everyone did great!
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| Free Motion Quilting With Stencils |
Thank you to Janome Canada for the wonderful classroom machines!
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| Free Motion Quilting With Stencils |
On Saturday I had the pleasure of teaching a full day workshop of Inspired Free Motion Quilting and I must say that all the attendees were absolute rock stars!
Students learned how to mark a whole cloth table runner to create defined areas for quilting, how to use Walking Foot or Free Motion Ruler Quilting to secure the quilt sandwich and add areas of visual relief, how to mark and Free Motion quilt a Stencil design and a variety of my Free Motion fill designs.
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| Preparing the design areas for quilting |
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| Walking Foot Quilting |
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| How to use a stencil for Free Motion Quilting |
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| Quilting the Center |
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| Quilting with gold thread on burgundy for a stunning effect |
It was a busy day and I can't wait to see some of the finished pieces!
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| Inspired Free Motion Quilting |
Machines for this class were kindly provided by Husqvarna Canada.
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| Inspired Free Motion Quilting |
All of the quilts on display were gorgeous!
You can see the amazing award winning quilts here at Canadian Quilters, Courtepointes Canadiennes NJS Award Winners.
As always, it was wonderful to see old friends and meet new ones.
Finally, my sincere thanks to all of the volunteers who made Quilt Canada 2022 such a success.
Events like this are only able to happen with your drive and dedication!
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