Quilt Workshop Schedule

The Kenya Quilt Guild is always on the lookout for good teachers and their workshops. Workshops to be offered soon are listed below. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

All workshops are held at Shalom Centre, off Ngong Road beyond The Junction shopping centre, from 9:00 a.m until 4:00 p.m.  Come early and be set up and ready to work when the workshop begins.  Bring a mug (not supplied) for tea or coffee (supplied), drinking water and a packed lunch or order drinks and lunch from Larena Restaurant next door.  Workroom will be closed during the lunch hour.

Please read our post Quilt Workshop Etiquette: 10 Tips before you register for a workshop.  Be confident that you can abide by the guidelines set forth there before you commit.

If you are interested in attending one or more of these workshops, please email us from the Contact form in the sidebar at left. Your message will be forwarded to the workshop organizer who will contact you by return.

If you are a teacher who would like to offer quilt workshops in Kenya, and if you will be within 4,000 miles of the country and have time to visit with us, please let us know.  We will be happy to correspond with you about having you teach in Kenya at some future date.

"We Dance; Therefore We Are!," patchwork quilt by Sarah Brewin

LAYERED WAVES-DANCING LADIES

by SARAH BREWIN

6 Hour Technique Workshop:  Layered Waves and Appliqué

“We dance; therefore we are!”

It’s time to play with fabric in this terrific technique workshop. So grab your rotary cutters and let’s loosen up by cutting wild curves and dramatic angles! Learn to “go with the flow” and find out how relaxing free-form cutting and layered top-stitching can be! I will show you how to use your Layered Waves fabric and make my “Dancing Ladies” wall hanging.

Fabric:

• 8-12 different fabrics for the background of the wall hanging
• You need width of fabric or you can join different fabrics together to make the width you need.
• 8-12 Fat Quarters work well
• Bring to workshop fabrics already pre-cut in 3-4 inch strips

Color Options:

• I used beiges, off white and light tans, there were three contrast colors of turquoise, red and orange which are colors taken from the Dancing Ladies fabric. *please avoid large busy prints

Supplies:

• Sewing machine (Featherweights are fine, we are only doing a “straight stitch”)
• Needles – Jeans 70/10 or Quilting 75/11 (these needles are nice and sharp for penetrating many layers – we do not need Topstitching needles)
• Rotary Cutter (a large mat (large enough to cut 18” x 22” pieces of fabric) will be provided by the guild)
• Large ruler for rotary cutting
• Large and small fabric Scissors
• Long pins with pin cushion/magnet
• Thread to match fabrics (for topstitching) – cottons, rayon’s and/or variegated
• Neutral color thread for bobbin
• Seam ripper

Figure out how large you want your wall hanging to be and have a piece of batting and backing to go with the wall hanging at class with you.

If you want to purchase the Dancing Ladies kit – includes 3 dancing ladies, iron on stabilizer (enough for this project) 1 spool of YLI Wonder Invisible thread–”smoke” color–1,500 yards of 100% nylon–at a cost of 900Ksh for all three.  Kit is NOT included in the cost of the workshop.

Workshop cost–Ksh 1,800/= full day

Be sure to let Gill know if you want the kit; Sarah must have a count by May 1, 2012 before she leaves for Kenya–suitcase space is limited!

Other Upcoming Workshops

Sign-up sheets for the workshops listed below are being held at The Woman Shop.  Complete information about each class is available with the sign-up sheet for that class:

• Mon 7th May a.m. 
or p.m.:  Bev Rebelo, Hand quilting, KSh 500 per half day at the Rebelo residence in Loresho

Bev Rebelo's Hand Quilting Workshop

• Tues 8th May:  Bev Rebelo, Machine quilting, KSh 1500, full day at Shalom House

Bev Rebelo's Machine Quilting Workshop

• Tues 15th May:  Sarah Brewin, Dancing Ladies, KSh 2800, full day including kit at Shalom House (described above)

• Fri 18th May:  Magie Relph, Broken Windows, KSh 1500, full day at Shalom House

Broken Windows Information and More Photos

Requirements for Broken Windows Workshop

• Mon 21st May:  Magie Relph, African Jazz,* KSh 1500, full day at Shalom House

African Jazz Information and More Photos

Requirements for African Jazz Workshop

• Wed 23rd May:  Magie Relph, Extreme appliqué*, KSh 1500, full day at Shalom House

Extreme Applique Information and More Photos

Requirements for Extreme Appliqué Workshop

• Thurs 24th May a.m.:  Magie Relph, Adinkra Stamping, KSh 800, half day
 at Shalom House

Adinkra Stamping Information and More Photos

Requirements for Adinkra Stamping Workshop

• Thurs 24th May p.m.:  Magie Relph, Creative Strip Cloth, KSh 1200 incl fabric, half day
 at Shalom House

Strip Cloth Workshop Information and More Photos