This is a week-long course I developed and taught through the Eliot School of Fine Arts in Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA.
“Explore the wonderfully varied and dynamic elements of traditional American crazy quilting and experiment with applying them to contemporary narratives and aesthetics. Begin with a museum visit and a close look at historic crazy quilts. Back in the studio, select colors and trim; learn foundation piecing methods, embellishing techniques and how to hand tie finished pieces. Explore literal and abstract approaches to storytelling through shape, line, texture and stitching as you design and sew a story that is important to you in crazy quilt form.”