Fabric Portraits with Krista Zeghers
Wed, Sep 04
|Providence Renewal Centre
Have you ever seen a photograph and said to yourself, “I would love to make that into a fabric wall hanging”.
Time & Location
Sep 04, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – Sep 08, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
Providence Renewal Centre, 3005 119 St NW, Edmonton, AB T6J 6C1, Canada
About the event
Description
Have you ever seen a photograph and said to yourself, “I would love to make that into a fabric wall hanging”. Krista Zeghers will show you the techniques and provide time for you to create our own fabric portraits! The workshop will teach you to: take and choose a great portrait photo; design a pattern based on value; choose appropriate fabrics, either realistic or stylized; use a variety of applique styles – turned, raw-edge and reverse; perform thread painting and quilt stitching to enhance portrait details; and how to finish your portrait. Make an 8” X 10” fabric portrait based on a photograph. Krista lives in rural Manitoba, Canada and has been creating fibre art works for the past decade. She belongs to three professional groups: Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) an international group; Textile and Fibre Artists of Manitoba group; and the Mavericks, an Arizonan group, that all support her in her…