Thursday, September 17, 2009

Map Maker, Map Maker, Make Me a Map!

This is the title of the 2 day workshop I taught for the East Bay Heritage Quilters in Berkeley, CA a few weeks ago.

I had such a good time with the ladies. In addition, I got to do the touristy things, like see the Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown, ride the cable cars, etc....... Everyone was so helpful and friendly.

During the course of the 2 day workshop, I introduced my students to techniques on making 2 kinds of fabric maps. One was of an imagined place. The other was of a real place -- the Japanese Tea Garden. Here are a few images.

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This was the Japanese Tea Garden -- I made this as a sample for the class.

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4 comments:

  1. normaSeptember 18, 2009 at 6:09 AM

    You got some great results. I'll bet it was a fun class.

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  2. Aisha LumumbaSeptember 18, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    That looks like a lot of fun. The quilts are absolutely lovely at that stage. I bet they will be exquisite when finished

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    Dear Valerie,

    You've given me some ideas for future work! I love to look at maps, and either imagine or remember the place itself.

    Thanks for sharing,
    Linda Laird
    QuiLtlAdy At sAn dOt rr DoT cOm

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  4. JeanelleSeptember 21, 2009 at 5:49 AM

    What a great results from your students. I wish I was one!
    Keep me posted on classes...
    ljmc@consolidated.net

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