Upcoming Guild Workshops: 2011–2012 Season
Empire Quilters workshops are always inspiring, popular and fun! The following workshops all take place 343 Eighth Avenue, New York City [ Map ]. There is limited space available in these fabulous workshops, and they fill up quickly, so make your plans early and get your reservations in as soon as possible.
There are no workshops for January, February, or March of 2012
Upcoming Workshop: Sunday, April 15, 2012
Gelatin Plate Monoprinting
Instructor: Rayna Gillman
Date: Sunday, April 15, 2012
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 343 8th Ave, (near 27th St)
New York , NY 10001 [ Map ]
Skill Level: All Levels
Cost: $70.00
Sign up: To reserve your place in this workshop, send a check made out to Empire Quilters to Mary Butler. Contact info@empirequilters.net if you need Mary's address.
Gelatin plate printing is a low-tech method that's not only fun and easy, it requires no special equipment beyond some unflavored gelatin from the store and a foil pan. Artists love printing this way. You may want to spruce up a dull fabric or create from scratch. But the sky's the limit and it's time to unleash your imagination.
Workshop: Sunday, September 11, 2011
Designing and Writing a Quilt Pattern
Instructor: Mitzie Keys
Date: Sunday, September 11, 2011
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 343 8th Ave, (near 27th St)
New York , NY 10001 [ Map ]
Cost: $65.00
Sign up: To reserve your place in this workshop, send a check made out to Empire Quilters to Mary Butler. Contact info@empirequilters.net if you need Mary's address.
Mitzie Keys is a third generation guilter (at least). She has been quilting most of her life but her focused attention on quilting began about 23 years ago. She enjoys all aspects of quilting and began speaking to guilds and teaching workshops in 2009. Mitzie designed the commercial pattern, Chase's Quilt, to accompany the book Just a Quilt? by her husband Dalen Keys. Mitzie is currently working on a pattern to accompany her husband's next book, The Mess. She is a member of the Ladybug Quilt Guild of Newark, Delaware.
In this workshop, Mitzie will teach the ins and outs of how to go about designing and writing a pattern for your own quilt. You can work on Chase's quilt to see the process through.
In this workshop, your quilt will be 36" x 50" if you make Chase's quilt from the book. Chase's Quilt Pattern will be provided.
- SUPPLIES:
- Sewing machine in good condition
- 50 1½" strips precut from cross grain or width of fabric — OR — 2 packages of Keyes Spirals precut strips (match the quilt pattern)
- Strip Tube Ruler (by Cozy Quilt Designs)
- Cutting mat and rotary cutter
- Iron and ironing mat (with extension cord)
- Graph paper and pen and pencil (with eraser)
- Colored pencils or markers
- Available for Purchase:
- Spirals (25 different strips) at 1½" $13.00
- Strip Tube Ruler: $13.00
- Just a Quilt? Book: $13.00
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Mitzie Keys' husband Dalen Keys is our featured speaker at our Saturday, September 10, 2011 guild meeting. For more information, please see the Programs page.
Workshops: Sunday, November 13, 2011 • 2 Half-Day Workshops
You may sign up for either or both of these half-day workshops with workshop leader Betty Ekern Suiter.
Hand Quilting — HALF DAY (morning) WORKSHOP
Instructor: Betty Ekern Suiter
Date: Sunday, November 13, 2011
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: 343 8th Ave, (near 27th St)
New York , NY 10001 [ Map ]
Skill Level: All Levels
Cost: $45.00 (+$10.00 kit fee)
Sign up: To reserve your place in this workshop, send a check made out to Empire Quilters to Mary Butler. Contact info@empirequilters.net if you need Mary's address.
Preserve the art of hand quilting. Learn to mark a quilting design as well as the different types of batting. Betty will show you how to achieve even stitches by rocking your needle. Also how to save your fingertips while doing it! Kit provides fabric, batting and needle.
- SUPPLIES:
- Quilting Thread, preferable YLI or Mettler 100% cotton
- White sewing thread
- Hand sewing needle
- .05 mechanical pencil
- small 4" scissors
- Pins
- 6" ruler
- Thimble
- 10" or 12" quilting hoop
- ¼" masking tape
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Betty Suiter is the featured speaker at our Saturday, November 12, 2011 guild meeting. For more information about that program, please see the Programs page.
For more information about Betty Suiter visit her website: bettyekernsuiter.com.
Blooming Flowers — HALF DAY (afternoon) WORKSHOP
Instructor: Betty Ekern Suiter
Date: Sunday, November 13, 2011
Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: 343 8th Ave, (near 27th St)
New York , NY 10001 [ Map ]
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Cost: $45.00 (+$20.00 kit fee)
Sign up: To reserve your place in this workshop, send a check made out to Empire Quilters to Mary Butler. Contact info@empirequilters.net if you need Mary's address.
You will work on a 12"x12" base to create perfect needle turn curves and sharp points. Betty will show you her easy way for skinny 1/8" stems. Flower centers are stuffed to add dimension while embroidery enhances the effect. Kit includes hand dyed fabrics, background square, use of thread and #12 applique needle.
- SUPPLIES:
- Light Box
- White Pencil
- Pencil Sharpener
- Small 4" scissors
- Hera Marker TM Clover
- Small rotary mat
- Rotary ruler with 1/8" marks
- Pins
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Betty Suiter is the featured speaker at our Saturday, November 12, 2011 guild meeting. For more information about that program, please see the Programs page.
For more information about Betty Suiter visit her website: bettyekernsuiter.com.
Workshops: Sunday, December 11, 2011
City Scape Silhouette
Instructor: Anna Faustino
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 343 8th Ave, (near 27th St)
New York , NY 10001 [ Map ]
Cost: $75.00 (includes kit)
Sign up: To reserve your place in this workshop, send a check made out to Empire Quilters to Mary Butler. Contact info@empirequilters.net if you need Mary's address.
Anna Faustino is back! This time she offers a stunning silhouette of the city skyline with her famous woven base to support the spires. All who follow her work will be delighted with this new design and for those who have always wanted to study with Anna, this is your chance.
- SUPPLIES:
- Cutting board
- Rotary cutter
- Ruler 18"+
- Pencil
- Red marker
- Scissors
- 90 pins
- Iron with extension cord
- Craft Knifes with new blades
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Anna Faustino is a multi-award winning quilt maker, designer, fine artist and author. For more information about Anna Faustino visit her website: www.newtechquilts.com or see her Quilter of the Month page.
Holiday Helpers Workshop
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2011
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 339 West 24th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenue), New York City, Community Room 2B
New York , NY 10001
Cost: FREE
Sign up: No sign up necessary. Feel free to join us!
This year we have scheduled meeting space to stuff stockings and wrap donated holiday gifts. We will begin at 10:00am and have the space reserved until 5:00pm. With lots of helpers we can get all the stockings stuffed, and the other gifts packaged in a few hours. Bring friends and family — the more the merrier! Snacks and soda will be provided. THIS IS A FREE WORKSHOP!
There are no workshops for January, February, or March of 2012
Workshop: Sunday, April 15, 2012
Gelatin Plate Monoprinting
Instructor: Rayna Gillman
Date: Sunday, April 15, 2012
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: 343 8th Ave, (near 27th St)
New York , NY 10001 [ Map ]
Skill Level: All Levels
Cost: $70.00
Sign up: To reserve your place in this workshop, send a check made out to Empire Quilters to Mary Butler. Contact info@empirequilters.net if you need Mary's address.
Gelatin plate printing is a low-tech method that's not only fun and easy, it requires no special equipment beyond some unflavored gelatin from the store and a foil pan. Artists love printing this way. You may want to spruce up a dull fabric or create from scratch. But the sky's the limit and it's time to unleash your imagination.
- SUPPLIES:
- fabric pieces — light colored solids, either commercial or hand-dyed. Tone-on-tones are fine, too. White or muslin will work but starting with a color really yields more interesting results. Cottons or even blends will work with paint. (Bring unloved fabrics, too!)
- 4 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- measuring cup
- measuring spoons
- 1 plastic spoon
- aluminum foil pan (8" x 8")
- assorted found objects (kitchen tools, sewing notions, etc.)
- freezer paper
- foam plate or meat tray palette
- assorted colors of textile paints
- brayer
- foam brush
- notched spreader or faux painting comb
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Rayna Gillman is the featured speaker at our Saturday, April 14, 2012 guild meeting. For more information about that program, please see the Programs page.
For more information about Rayna Gillman, and about her popular book Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth published by C&T, visit her website: studio78.net.
Workshop: Sunday, May 13, 2012
The Fifth Dimension: Bag with Folded Texture
Instructor: Rami Kim
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Tina Barth's loft - 130 West 28 St, 5th Floor (between 6th and 7th Avenue) [ Map ]
New York , NY 10001 (New location for May)
Cost: $65.00
Sign up: To reserve your place in this workshop, send a check made out to Empire Quilters to Mary Butler. Contact info@empirequilters.net if you need Mary's address.
As you make wearable tote bags, you go beyond traditional 3-D. In this technique workshop, you learn 5 exotic and unusual methods that are the trademark of Rami's award-winning works: hexagon and biscuit chopkey, mirror-imaged continuously folded prairie points, harlequin tucks, North American hand smoking and lined prairie points. This workshop could be the answer to those who wish to know how to add 3-dimensional textures and a lot of extra touches to art-to-wear and quilts.
- SUPPLIES:
- Theme fabric (colorful print), 1/2 yd
- Background fabric (choose one of the colors in your theme fabric and should be tone-on-tone), 3/4 yd
- 4 more coordinating fabrics (include 2 tone-on-tone fabrics), 1/2 yd each
- Lining fabric, 3/4 yd
- Batting, 3/4 yd
- Muslin, 3/4 yd
- Beads
- General sewing supplies (marker---Clover chalkliner, pins, needle, scissors)
- Sewing machine (bring 1/4" foot if you have one) extension cord
- Iron /iron pad
- Some decorative threads (rayon, metallic)
- 1/2" bias tape maker if you have one
- Rotary cutter, ruler, cutting mat
- 2" X 18" transparent ruler if you have one
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Rami Kim is the featured speaker at our Saturday, May 12, 2012 guild meeting. For more information about that program, please see the Programs page.
For information about Rami Kim please visit her website: ramikim.com
Workshop: Sunday, June 10, 2012
Turbulence!
Instructor: Linda Warren
Date: Sunday, June 10, 2012
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Tina Barth's loft - 130 West 28 St, 5th Floor (between 6th and 7th Avenue) [ Map ]
New York , NY 10001 (New location for June)
Cost: $60.00
Sign up: To reserve your place in this workshop, send a check made out to Empire Quilters to Mary Butler. Contact info@empirequilters.net if you need Mary's address.
Linda Warren's full day workshop dissects the artist's Turbulence quilt. This fascinating illusion of motion, curves, and transparency is achieved with one block! Use easy rotary cutting and chain piecing. No templates, no curves, no special rulers. Linda will enlarge your quilt repertoire with a discussion of color and pattern choices. Please note that there are several steps to complete before attending the workshop. Please direct questions to Linda Warren at: iqquilts@yahoo.com
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The following should be completed before the workshop (for a wall hanging of approximately 40" X 40"):
- Choose NINE different fabrics, four in one color family (A), four in a contrasting color family (B), and one that will stand out from the others (C). (NOTE: The pattern says 1/2 yard each A and B, which allows for cutting errors or extra narrow fabrics. If you cut carefully, you can get the required five 8" squares from 1/4 yard, NOT one fat quarter.)
- Color A
- A1 / A2: Light or medium light, 1/4 yd each
- A3 / A4: Dark or medium dark, 1/4 yd each
- Color B
- B1 / B2: Light or medium light, 1/4 yd each
- B3 / B4: Dark or medium dark, 1/4 yd each
- Color C
- C Background, 1 yard (includes enough for a narrow border)
- For binding in C, purchase an extra 1/2 yard
- A and B fabrics can be large or small prints. Avoid directional prints. For more depth and interest, choose some A fabrics with a little of color B and/or some B fabrics with a little of color A. Fabric C can be the same color as B or A, as long as it contrasts sharply in value (either much darker or much lighter.) It should read as solid.
- Pre-wash, dry and press all fabrics
- Put new needle in machine
- Wind two bobbins
- Cut five 8” squares from each fabric A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, and B4
- Cut one 2⅛” strip C. Cut the strip into 2⅛” squares
- The final cutting will be done later. Bring all fabrics to class
- SUPPLIES (to bring to workshop):
- Machine with manual
- Cutting mat
- Cutter
- Square ruler at least 8"
- Medium value, neutral color thread that will blend with your fabrics
- Fabrics as described above, including pre-cut pieces and leftover fabric
- Turbulence" pattern
- Optional: To make a Bed-size Quilt (75” x 81” plus borders), the
total yardage requirements are:
- 1 yard each of A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, and B4 fabrics (see above for description)
- 3 yards of C. This includes enough for a narrow inner border C
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Linda Warren is the featured speaker at our Saturday, June 9, 2012 guild meeting. For more information about that program, please see the Programs page.
For information about Linda Warren please visit her website: lindawarrendesigns.com
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