Outspoken with Elaine Poplin
Do you have something to say? Learn how to create improvisational letterforms in ANY size for your next quilt statement.
Workshop includes:
--preparation and sorting of fabric pieces for efficiency and ease of reading
--demonstrations of construction of multiple letterforms
--joining letterforms to incorporate them into larger quilted pieces
--time to work/ask questions
--exclusive handout with over 100 detailed assembly diagrams for uppercase, lowercase, numbers, punctuation, and frequently-used symbols shown in “exploded” diagrams to suggest assembly order NOTE: To encourage improv construction of any size letterforms, handout does not include exact measurements and is not a comprehensive pattern. Handout is exclusively available to workshop participants and not sold separately.
Come with what you plan to say already chosen so that you can jump right in (shorter phrases and quotations are recommended).
Fabrics needed:
--Mix of light, medium, and dark tonal fabrics: the equivalent of a yard of lights and 2 yards of brights/darks will be a great start. CONTRAST IS CRITICAL so be sure that there is a distinct difference between lights and darks. Exact yardage will depend on the length of your message, so the above amounts are just a guideline.
--Scraps are great, yardage is great, strips 1.5" and up are great. Solids and prints are both effective, but I don't recommend large-scale prints with lots of values (lights/dark) in one piece of fabric.
--My samples are scrappy, but yours don't have to be -- it will be absolutely fine to work with just 1 light and 1 dark or bright fabric if that's what you'd like to do. Again, contrast is the most important element as you choose your fabrics.
Other supplies:
Cutting mat (at least 12"x12") if you want to have your own
Rotary cutter with new blade
Quilting ruler for cutting strips
Smaller quilting ruler for cutting smaller pieces (optional; can be same ruler as above)
Sewing machine in good working order that you know how to use
Basic sewing kit: snips, seam ripper, pins, whatever you like to have when you sew
New machine needle (size and type your preference for piecing)
Neutral thread for top and bobbin
Small iron and ironing mat if you want to have your own
Pencil and small post-it notes for notations
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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| Instructor: | Elaine Poplin |
| Instructor Bio: | Elaine Wick Poplin is a Huntsville native, and a retired high school math teacher. She has been sewing since preschool and quilting for almost as long. Her quilts have been displayed (and some have ribboned) at AQS shows around the country, at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, at QuiltCon, and at the Georgia Quilt Show, in all of the local HQH Fanfare Quilt Shows since 2005, and has had her work published in several magazines and books. She is a member of Heritage Quilters of Huntsville, the Modern Quilt Guild, and is an ambassador for Cherrywood Hand Dyed Fabrics. Elaine first started Free-Motion Quilting in 2002, and switched to a longarm quilting machine in 2016. She upgraded to an INNOVA in 2022, and has been LOVING it! |
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