Studio Classes Fall 2016

Quilted Escapes Studio

Classes Fall 2016

With Susan J. Jensen

Fibre Artist/Designer/Teacher

Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

                              

                                       

 Branching Out – Nature’s threadwork!

                                       

“My First Landscape” - 5 hour class  -  Saturday, Sept. 24/16    10-3pm

In this class you will  learn the techniques to give you the confidence to create a landscape quilt from a photo.  You have a choice of 2 photos to work from to start your landscape journey.   

“Texture in a Landscape” - 4 hour class – Saturday, November 19/16  

10 – 2pm

There are so many ways to create texture using a variety of fibers

to add depth to your landscape piece.  In this class Susan will show

 you just a few that can make your landscape come to life! 

  

Fabric painting and ice dyeing-  5 hour class    Saturday, October 1/16   10-3pm                          

Learn how to create your own colours and styles using inks, dyes and a variety of fabrics to use in your own quilted landscapes. 

   

Dippity Doo Dye - 4 hour class – 

Saturday, November  26/16   10-2pm            

What a fun and easy class to do using procion dyes to paint with.   Create a small picture in this class that you can stitch and frame for yourself or as a gift for someone special! 

Classes are $150/person plus supplies (in-studio, if you use Susan’s supplies it’s an additional  $15.00/person)

For more information Contact:  Susan at suequilts1@shaw.ca

For Guild rates – please contact Susan at suequilts1@shaw.ca

Small groups of  4 in her studio.

Fibre Art Class Series - First Class "Reap what you Sow" Yes, it's true and we are excited. The first class will be held on Monday, September 28th, 2015 from 1 - 4:00 pm. in Pitt Meadows, BC. There is limited space, cost is $50.00. Contact me at suequilts1@shaw.ca

Small Seascapes

What's fun about fibre art you can make it a large piece or a small piece.  I prefer smaller pieces that I like to frame and living here on the West Coast, the ocean is a great inspiration.  I made a series of 3 pieces using a variety of fibres such as organza, hand dyed silk, wool, eyelash yarn,  and cotton balls.

Tsukienko Inks and Cheese cloth painting day!

It's a sunny afternoon and I'm out on the deck and decided it was a great day to ink up some cheese cloth. Cheese cloth creates wonderful texture to any fibre art piece, and you can create such a lovely array of coloured fibres by using a paint brush, water and inks.  Once they are dry, just heat set them with an iron.

Tomorrow it will be Paj silk and inks....so stay tuned!

What's new in my world! Well as you know I'm one to look at what's around me that I can use to give me the feeling that I'm there. Sand added to my piece, 606 and an applique pressing cloth gave me the look I wanted in the first picture known as "To the water". I'm now working on a piece called "Rippington's Farm" which is in Pitt Meadows on Rippington Road. I took a picture back in 2012 and decided this is my next piece.

Merry Christmas!

I thought I would  take a break from wrapping and as I sit here wondering where the time went!  I have so many ideas but didn't but the time just slipped by.  So.....my challenge for 2015 is to take
time even if it is 30 mins. a day  to create something small.

 I was invited to join in a post card exchange and the theme was snowflakes.  Here is the one I did which was shipped off to Idaho!  Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy Creative 2015!
God Bless.

My "Wabi-Sabi"

As I look for creative ideas on my walks I always find myself taking pictures of old fence posts, broken down barns, rusty gates, rotting tree stumps.  I wasn't sure why, but I always found the beauty in them. Now I know that there is a name for this and  it's called   "Wabi-Sabi"  In Japanese it means  " beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".

Here are some of my photos that I have taken that I would like to do as art piece in and maybe you will see them come to life in a series of fibre art pieces!  Until next time!