2011 Workshops

Mariya Waters

Contact details:

Mariya Waters

7 Chapel Court,

Doncaster,

Melbourne Vic 3108

Tel (03) 9848 4330

Email: mariya.waters@yahoo.com.au

Website: www.mariyawaters.com

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Curves for landscapes - Southern Delight

Project size: 36” x 18” size to suit workshop time frame

Skill Level: Confident beginners and upwards

Timeframe: 2 day workshop

Technique: Turned Edge Appliqué by Hand or Machine

This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué. Because of similar preparation techniques most of my projects can be worked either by hand or machine and so I can teach both techniques in the same workshop, which may increase student numbers.

Description: Fast, furious and Fun! Create a landscape using part of the design of my new quilt Southern Delight using modern machine turned edge appliqué techniques using a fusible polyester embroidery stabilizer that remains beneath the appliqué. Learn how to divide shapes into sections for added interest and most importantly how to put it all back together again.

Simple dogwood style

Timeframe: 1 day workshop

Project size: 12 “ Block

Skill Level: All levels

Technique: Turned Edge Appliqué by Hand or Machine.

Description: Learn the very basics of the new modern method of machine appliqué. This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué.

Dogwood Delight

Description: One of 20 designs for made using the same simple dogwood style flower. Ideas will be given to use this motif in blocks and borders.

Large Butterfly “Whole-Unit “(complete motif)

Technique: Turned Edge Appliqué by Hand or Machine or fusible appliqué. This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué. Because of similar preparation techniques most of my projects can be worked either by hand or machine and so I can teach both techniques in the same workshop, which may increase student numbers.

Description: Create a butterfly motif using a semi soluble stabilizer that is assembled a pre-stitched and ready to be applied to a background. All the edges are turned under. This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué. It can also be taught using fusible web.

Rites Of Spring

Description: Begin this small wall quilt. This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué. It can also be taught using fusible web. A choice of fan shaped baskets allows the student to personalise the project. This workshop also teaches how to deal with fine points, how to draft and make an oval inset for the background, hide shadow through seams, how to make bias for outlining the oval and finally you will quilt the project.

Funky Daisy

Description: A choice of leaf shapes allows the student to personalise the project. This workshop also teaches how to draft and make an oval inset for the background, hide shadow through seams, how to make bias for outlining the oval and finally you will quilt the project. This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué. It can also be taught using fusible web.

Butterfly Motifs

Technique: Turned Edge Appliqué by Hand. This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué. Because of similar preparation techniques most of my projects can be worked either by hand or machine and so I can teach both techniques in the same workshop, which may increase student numbers.

Description: Learn to create whole unit motif that can be applied after the quilting has been done to cover the humility or problem areas.

Moody Blues

Technique: Turned Edge Appliqué By Machine Or By Hand. This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué. Because of similar preparation techniques most of my projects can be worked either by hand or machine and so I can teach both techniques in the same workshop, which may increase student numbers.

Simple Rose Hand Or Machine Appliqué

Description: A simple motif rose that is then couched. Hand appliqué and hand couched.

Single Rose

Description: This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué. As well as appliqué this workshop looks at the importance of tone and contrast.

Whole Unit Hand Appliqué – Butterfly 1

Description: Create a complete butterfly motif that is preassembled using hand appliqué and will be ready to apply to your background. Learn to create whole unit motif that can be applied after the quilting has been done to cover the humility or problem areas.

Renaissance Style Flower

Description: Choose one of four flowers on the pattern sheet that appear in my Best of Show quilt Renaissance Revival. Create a complete flower motif that is completely stitched and ready to apply to your background.

Renaissance Square

Description: A 36” project derived from my Best of Show Quilt Renaissance Revival. This type of appliqué is created using a semi-soluble fusible stabilizer as a foundation and when stitched gives the look and feel similar to needle turned appliqué. Because of similar preparation techniques most of my projects can be worked either by hand or machine and so I can teach both techniques in the same workshop, which may increase student numbers.

Creating an insertion background for appliqué

Description: This is a workshop to teach how to inset or apply an oval or other interesting shapes into the centers of a small or large block to give variety and interest. The oval shape will be constructed in class and you will learn how to reduce shadow-through of seam allowances. The background can be used for an appliqué motif from another class or pre-quilted and then a “whole unit” or other form of appliqué can be applied.

Whole cloth Machine Quilting

Skill Level: Confident beginner and upward (a knowledge of free motion machine quilting is required)

Description: Learn new ways to mark your designs using different methods: 100% soluble stabilizer, iron out pens, wash away pens, chalk and stencils. The workshop convener may choose from a range of 75cm whole cloth designs.

Machine Quilting - Level 1

Description: This is a basic class designed to get absolute beginners started on machine quilting. The class covers techniques, basting, supplies and simple quilting patterns.

Machine quilting - Level 2

Description: Free form filler patterns for backgrounds, sashings and borders. This class has been designed to get you moving the quilt sandwich through the machine with ease. Lots of information on needles, battings and marking techniques is provided in the class. Most of the designs appear in my quilt Out To Lunch.

Trapunto By Machine

Skill Level: Intermediate and above. A knowledge of free motion machine quilting is required.

Two day - finer points of all trapunto forms are taught plus a more complex design

Decorative Thread Workshop

Skill Level: Confident beginner and upward (a knowledge of free motion machine quilting is required)

Intermediate 1 day (a good knowledge of your machine and free motion quilting is essential)

Technique: Free motion decorative thread work, bobbin drawing and couching using decorative threads

Description: This workshop is designed to extend the skills of those who can machine quilt to a new level. You will learn skills such as bobbin drawing, couching, free motion stitching from the reverse side and finishing techniques.

Workshop fees:

Additional Class Fees

The trapunto and decorative threads workshops have an additional class fee associated with them due to me supplying specialist threads/yarns which are not easily found for some students and which need to be of a consistent nature to allow for the formal class structure.