March 27, 2012
Carol Taylor is back again this year repeating her very popular Improvisational Scrap Quilt workshop.
The first two days have been a flurry of activity as the students build components, that they will later use in their quilt compositions, while learning different construction techniques – skinny lines, couching, pieced circles, and a lot more.
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This is an example of the exercise piece created when they were learning to couch various types of fancy fibers on a piece of fabric. This will later be cut up into pieces when they start to compose their scrap quilts.
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Everyone’s work is looking totally different even though they are using the same techniques.
Carol Taylor thought I coordinated very well with Gail Dwyer’s sets so she said that she just had to take a picture!
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Carol bought her mini yarn shop with her, providing lots of eye candy and possibilities for the students to purchase. This is a benefit of Carol being close enough to us to drive in her own van.
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As a knitter and a fiber artists, I just love to gaze at the jumbled pile of color and sparkle!
To see pictures of Carol’s past workshops with us check out these posts:
Carol Taylor Improvisational Art Quilts (2011)