One of my favorite workshops to teach is called Parallelisms. The above quilt is entitled “Joy” and it’s just a small sample of this fun technique. Parallelisms is an art quilt class for traditional quilters who would like to try creating a piece of fiber art, but aren’t sure they can. My answer is absolutely “yes” and I’ve had a lot of fun proving it. A few years ago I taught this class at the AQS show in Paducah and one of my students, Doreen Davis, had traveled all the way from England for the show (not just to take my class :-)). After returning home she emailed me to ask if she could teach my technique to her quilting friends and I was honored to be asked. She recently sent me pictures of a class with this message:
“Hi Chris, We had a wonderful day yesterday at the class, the ladies had the most fab time, they were all a bit hesitant at first cos I think they were all used to being told you must do it this way and that but after I had stressed onto them that this is a fun workshop and not to be stressed over, they all let their hair down and thoroughly enjoyed every minute as I hope you can tell.”
Doreen procured permission for me to share a few photos on the blog, so here they are. First a few of Doreen’s quilts (I’m so impressed that she has had such fun with the technique!):
And now WIP’s (works in progress) by Linda, Carol, Ruth, Eve and Liz:
It certainly looks like they were having a bit of fun. Thanks ladies!
I will be teaching Parallelisms for Quilter’s Plus quilt guild in Illinois on August 30th. If you think your guild would be interested in a “let your hair down” kind of art quilt class, please let me know!
Mary Beth says
Did you notice all the different colors in the walls, door and trim in their meeting room? The colors matched the inspiration in all the creative projects!
Nancy Sojka says
I am amused by the “Quiet” sign. Are a bunch of quilting women ever quiet? None that I know!
LaurabKrasinski says
These are great..I just took mine out for my trunk show part of my presentation in Oak Creek on Tuesday!!