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4 August, 2015

Upcoming Classes: New Classes this fall

beckarahn2015-08-04T11:52:41-05:00Classes & Teaching, Spoonflower & Fabric Design, UpcomingClasses|2 Comments

I am teaching a LOT of new classes this fall and I am really excited about that. I am going to be one busy lady.

The waterlily is a sample for my Digital Art Quilt class. It is one of the “Beyond the Book” classes that I am teaching, which are based on projects from The Spoonflower Handbook, but I am taking them a step further and adding some hands-on components. This is based on a really cute quilt project from the book using an original piece of collage art. We are going to expand the collage idea by making paper collages, handpainting some papers and adding digital layers to the design as well. This one is made only from the pages of an Eddie Bauer catalog and a sharpie drawing of pebble shapes. I think I am going to print it at about 15 inches square and finish it as an art quilt.

Check out most of the fall classes here on my Upcoming Classes page. I have a few more to come that are waiting to confirm dates.

20 February, 2015

Upcoming Class: Digital Keepsake Tea Towel

beckarahn2015-02-24T23:41:16-06:00Classes & Teaching, Sewing & Design, UpcomingClasses|Comments Off on Upcoming Class: Digital Keepsake Tea Towel

This is a recipe written in my Grandmother’s handwriting, which I turned into a linen tea towel. Cool huh? This was inspired by a post a couple of years ago on Spoonflower’s blog and I have turned the idea into a class, which is coming up in March. We will scan a recipe card and learn how to scale it up so it fills a fat quarter of fabric, perfect for a tea towel. Don’t have a recipe? You could also use a handwritten note, a signature, a quote, or a poem as long as it is something about the size and shape of an index card.

My recipe cards weren’t quite the right size ratio to fill the whole fat quarter – there was a little white space around the edges – so I made this simple gingham pattern to fill in the gaps and add a pretty border. You will learn how to do that too! This class is broken up into 3 class sessions. There is a gap before the last session so we have time to order our fabric and then meet back one more time so we can show and tell (or troubleshoot) and then I will demonstrate how to hem them (with pretty mitered corners) and show you some more great designs based on this same scanning and scaling technique.

You can register at Textile Center. Dates are Wednesdays March 25, April 1 and April 29 from 6-8 pm.

5 January, 2015

Upcoming Classes: Digital Photo Pillow

beckarahn2015-02-24T23:41:52-06:00Classes & Teaching, Spoonflower & Fabric Design, UpcomingClasses|Comments Off on Upcoming Classes: Digital Photo Pillow

I am delighted to be teaching some digital design classes to start off the new year! In February, I am going to teach a photo collage pillow class. The class is February 2 & 9 in Minneapolis and all of the details are here.

You may not be in to pillows. I get that. Pillows aren’t really my thing either, but I love these two I made as samples. You can use this photo collage for many other fun things once you know how to do it: photo placemats, tote bag, quilts. There are lots of options. So don’t let the “pillow” part of the project stop you from signing up.

One collage is “Chester and Leo” themed. It is all their puppy pictures with a border “kaleidoscope” design made from a photo of someone’s nose. Their names are on the bottom corner.

The other sample is photos from my trip to Italy last year. The border on this one is a detail from a photo of a green door that is tiled so that it makes neat leaf shapes around the outside edge. I know it sounds complicated, but it’s really easy to do and I will show you how to do both the collage and the border designs.

In class we will talk about collecting your photos, putting together a collage that is balanced and works together. We will set it up to print exactly the size we need (it fits on a fat quarter), make a coordinating border print and get our collages uploaded and printed at Spoonflower. I printed mine on super soft faux-suede. I will also show you how to do the simple sewing steps to finish up the pillow and a few other project variations. We will meet one more time to “show and tell” and troubleshoot for your next project. You need a laptop for class but you don’t need to have Photoshop or any other special software. Really! Just a collection of photos and a web browser.

Share with your friends. Sign up. Pass it on. See more of my upcoming classes here.