Organic Applique with Kathy Doughty
19nov(nov 19)10:00 am20(nov 20)3:30 pm
Event Details
TO BOOK: This one-off class can be booked right here online. Just scroll to the bottom of the listing, past the info and images, click ‘add to cart’ and follow the prompts. You can always book by phone and ask any questions you may have. Ph 02 4464 3387. If the class shows as ‘sold out’ and you’re interested please email or phone and ask to be put on the waitlist as places sometimes do become available.
We are so excited to have Kathy Doughty coming to teach in Berry!! It has been quite a while since she has been in our part of the world. This is your chance to participate in Kathy’s signature Organic Applique workshop. It is going to be a great opportunity to really see and hear about ways that Kathy chooses and uses fabric. There will be plenty of time and space to test these techniques out in your own composition. Your workshop will take place over two days in a large hall surrounded by as many of Kathy’s quilts as she can fit in a car. Inspiration plus plus plus!!!
We will run a trunk show on the Friday night in the display so that Kathy can chat in detail about each quilt. If you’ve missed out on class tickets you can always book in for the trunk show! Followed by the unique opportunity for study and immersion into Kathy’s imaginative world surrounded by the quilts during the two day Organic Appliqué class! In this class you will hear a lot about composition, colour and Kathy will demonstrate her methods for large scale (and standard size) appliqué using your own designed shapes or her templates and work with you on your own composition. You could of course, choose a project from Kathy’s Organic Applique Book such as the Courthouse Steps ‘Overgrown’ medallions pictured below. Either way-This weekend will be an amazing treat! People love Kathy’s Organic Applique Workshop. It is geared to provide instruction on using fabric to create interest using simple techniques. It opens up a door to taking creative freedom and control of design. Everyone does something different and it is super fun.
ABOUT ORGANIC APPLIQUE -KATHY SAYS: Organic Appliqué is all about making quilts that share your personal voice while taking control of creativity! I am passionate about working with the tried and true structures of traditional quilts but bringing them forward using the colourful, exciting fabrics available today. I have often thought that antique quilts would look very different if the quilting sisters of yesterday had our fabrics!
Growing up in the USA, Kathy says she often looks back on her youth and thinks of the simplicity of green grass yards in Ohio. Cowboys and Indians, hide-and-seek, cards, and coloring filled her days. She liked nothing more than climbing a tree, taking aimless walks in the woods, or going for long bike rides. Sewing was not on her list of favorite activities! She moved several times – from Ohio to New York and back again – before heading off to college in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, where she was surrounded by more wilderness. Upon graduating she left the wild for a different kind of wild – the East Village of New York City during the punk rock era. She worked in advertising, fashion, and marketing for ten years. While living in the city she was often grateful for the foundation of green grass of her youth, she says. Then, she married and moved with her husband to Australia in 1990, where she was able to give her sons the foundation of green grass and a simple, practical life. Her three adult sons are fully Aussie, having grown up playing cricket and rugby.
In 1993 she made her first quilt and instantly fell in love with the “American”-style quilt. It connected her to her childhood and her home so far away and simple pleasures. She spent years making squares until she discovered triangles. Then she found an array of lively shapes and skills that took her into more complex quilting patterns. She enjoys that there is a lot to learn in quilting, and she says she will always want to fine-tune and add skills to the basics that she still loves. She connects with the idea of traditional quilts made modern by the influences of today. She says the many artists with whom she has worked over the years have opened her eyes to the principles of design, color, shape, and line; they include Sue Cody, Marg George, Brigitte Giblin, Wendy Williams, Rosalie Dace, and so many others. Now she wishes to share the added depth she has found as she has grown in her love. -The above is Kathy’s Bio on the C&T Publishing website.
VISITING TUTOR REFUND POLICY: Due to the outlays we have for visiting tutors, we do not refund class fees once booked and paid for any reason including; change of mind, change of circumstances or illness. You may organise a replacement delegate in class if you can no longer attend but financial arrangements would need to be organised between the two of you. If you are unable to attend class at short notice because of illness we can provide you with store credit valid for 6 months. Please let us knew as soon as you know you can’t attend. We may have a waiting list. If you do not attend and do not communicate with us, your payment is forfeit.
COVID 19: At the time listing Covid 19 protocols such as social distancing of 1.5m will apply so we can keep the class mask free. It is still a requirement that if you have any cold or flu symptoms that you do not attend. If you are unable to attend class at short notice because of illness we can provide you with store credit valid for 6 months.
Kathy at Material Obsession
Kathy promoting her fabrics with Brandon Mably
Kathy with a version of her Overgrown Quilt
Another version of the Overgrown Courthouse steps medallion quilt.
Kathy’s Creative Applique Templates
Kathy appearing on The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims
Kathy’s Organic Appliqué Book Front Cover
Into the wild. Another ‘organic appliqué’ approach.
The Abundance Quilt Another approach to Organic Appliqué
A boab tree composition from Kathy’s book Organic Appliqué
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