Finally a place for all your discarded samples, left-over fabric scraps, and unfinished projects from previous classes and workshops! Upcycle and transpose the old, the used, and the unused into the new, the fresh, the bright, the beautiful. Raid your stash or trade and use someone
else's, and join Barbara Gail Blate to create your own abstract or representational treasure.
Enjoy this opportunity to play. Abandon restraint and try the ridiculous … the improbable … the impossible. Combine
free-form and/or geometric shapes that you cut, tear, burn or otherwise remove from all kinds of old fabrics you haven’t found a use for, from workshop samples to old clothing, linens, and odd fabric scraps. Then search your stash and add embellishments from all the yarns, beads, trims, and exotic do-das you've accumulated or salvaged. Along the way, pick up design tips and explore the design process.
Barbara Gail Blate is a Tryon, NC fabric artist and has been teaching fabric art processes in the southeast since 2002. As someone who previously taught art to visually impaired children, Gail brings a unique way of "seeing" to her classes and her own fabric art. Inspiring her students to look
beyond their usual fields of vision and helping them discover and express their own inner creativity bring her much joy. Her warm, flexible teaching style creates a class atmosphere of acceptance, encouragement and stimulation.
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Experience level: Anyone with a playful, experimental spirit, beginner to advanced. Quilters, weavers, knitters, crocheters, fabric and fiber lovers, and artists of all persuasions are welcome!
Required supplies: For list, visit: http://www.fiberartsalliance.org/home/classes#Upcycle
