Face the quilting process with confidence! Predict results before the needle even touches the quilt top! Create stunning effects every time!

Whether your work is traditional or contemporary, you can enhance it by "chiseling" the surface with stitches to achieve wonderful sculptural effects.

During this two-day workshop participants experiment with various silk & cotton fabrics, cotton, wool, polyester, and blended battings, and various threads and yarns to dertermine the properties of each and how they can be used to take advantage of quilting's three-dimensional possibilities. Students may also experiment with machine trapunto, needle felting, free-motion lace, and couching as interest and time allow.

Some experience with hand and machine quilting is required. (12-16 hours)

(Cindi's article on auditioning quilting designs using paper and pen appeared in the Sept. 2009 issue of American Quilter.)

For a sneak peak at some of the basics Cindi begins with, check this out.

Sculpted branches by student Sally Dillon.	Sculpted leaf by the instructor.	Sculpted flowers by student Barbara Hall.
Negative/Positive space by the instructor.	Sculpted frames by student Carmel Creaner.	Sculpted planets & holes by the instructor