Try your hand at TextileFusion on April 18th, 2015, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, California. This sample quilt is similar to what we will be making. It started as a thrift store sweater.
Register and read more about it here.
After a colorful slide presentation about how TextileFusion techniques came to be, each of us will make a small knitted, embellished quilt from an old sweater. In case you’re wondering—yes!—we will cut it up! You will need scissors, pins, hand-sewing needles and a non-lace sweater (preferably wool or cotton) that you don’t mind cutting up. Skills required: simple hand sewing, sewing buttons.
I hope you will join me and my lovely assistant (daughter Ella) for this quick mixed-media exercise at:
The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
520 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113When her hand-knit sweaters and scarves threatened to take over the house, Suzann Thompson decided it was time to knit art. Her TextileFusion technique, which includes knitting, quilting, crochet, and embellishment, developed over years of trial and error. She found help and encouragement as well as the occasional epiphany from people and books, sometimes in the most unexpected ways (she learned that you have to pay attention!). Accompanied by a colorful slide presentation, Suzann describes the development TextileFusion. Then workshop participants make their own 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inch piece of TextileFusion. Please look for Suzann’s work at www.textilefusion.com.