Scrap Cities: Create the Land of Your Dreams
Zoom workshop with Cathy Perlmutter
After a tour of some of the world's most interesting buildings, and how Cathy interpreted them in fabric, you’ll make your own, starting with the easiest, most playful techniques – like the “Hotel Bargello”, and a “Log Cabin Skyscraper.”
From the comfort of your own sewing space, you’ll learn:
--Cathy's method for turning raw edges inward DURING piecing. This technique was designed specifically for architecture (modern or classical) with overhangs and setbacks. They become very easy to appliqué or piece in position,.
--Artist’s perspective: Techniques and fabric choices that create a 3D effects, easily.
--How to make some of Cathy's buildings, brainstorm and design your own, and put everything together, into a small project, or a large quilt with a penthouse view!
--How to play with layouts, audition backgrounds, and sew them in place with hand or machine appliqué.
Improv-friendly. Once you understand the principles, you’re going to have a lot of fun making up your own buildings!
Workshop fee: $40 for NMQA members, $70 for non-members.
About Cathy: A chance visit to a quilt show in 1991 plunged Cathy into this unexpected hobby. She started with Eleanor Burns’ “An Amish Quilt in a Day” book. She aspires to pay forward what Eleanor did for her and so many others – opening up a world of art-making that’s low on judgement and high on fun. She is living proof that even people who aren’t great at drawing can and do make wonderful quilts!
Cathy's quilts have been juried into national and global shows, including: Houston/IQA/IQF/International Quilt Festival (including two in their Tactile Architecture section); Road to California; QuiltCon; Mancuso shows. Two quilts have won awards in national shows. Her work has also been shown in museum venues, and she has had pieces traveling through museums in the US and abroad, in Studio Art Quilter’s Association shows.
Cathy's articles and/or her quilts have been featured in national and international quilt magazines and/or websites, including: Curated Quilts; Uppercase; SAQA Journal (Studio Art Quilt Associates); Quiltmania (No. 148); Machine Quilting Unlimited; Quilter's Newsletter Magazine; Uppercase; Traditional Quiltworks, The Quilt Life; The Quilt Show, and others.
Check out Cathy's website here.
NMQA Cancellation Policy: Due to contract obligations with instructors, NMQA is unable to provide refunds if you cancel your participation in a workshop less than forty-five (45) days prior to the event. Exceptions for illness or family emergency will be considered by the board on a case-by-case basis.
