Quilting Arts Workshop

Last March I was invited to go to Stow, MA to tape a workshop for Quilting Arts. The taping was held in a big, beautiful barn at the Bolton family alpaca farm. The paddock was full of baby alpaca, called cria. Aren't they sweet?





In the workshop, I show you how to make a One-Page Book out of fabric, using a wide variety of mixed media techniques, including stampmaking, antiquing, water soluble wax pastels and image transfers. This book is pretty cool because each page is the size of an Artist Trading Card and it's a lot of fun to work with a theme. My theme was insects, quel surprise!



Also taping their own workshops the same day was the inestimable Leslie Riley



And my intrepid co-author, Elin Waterston



(Which reminds me - a BIG announcement is coming soon. Stay tuned!)

I received a preview copy of my workshop yesterday and boy, did I pack a lot of info into 51 minutes! The workshop is available as a download or a dvd from Quilting Arts. Here's a preview:



Quilting Arts has quite a few workshops available and they all look so tempting! What a great way to learn a new technique without leaving home. No need to pack up and schlep all of your stuff anywhere, instead bring a teacher home with you for a personal lesson, then pause and re-play any part of it to your heart's content. What a fantastic idea - the folks at Quilting Arts are brilliant.

The reviews are coming in...

It's really nice when you get a good review for something you've worked hard on. Kimberly Wulfert, PhD, of antiquequiltdating.com has written a terrific, unbiased review of our DVD.



I especially like the last paragraph where she says watching the DVD is like hanging out in your girlfriend's studio where everyone's having a good time. I'm delighted that the fun we had came across on tape.

Art Quilting Basics DVD preview on YouTube

Okay, I'm on YouTube and luckily it wasn't for anything embarrassing like the interpretative hula dance the staff did at the last quilt retreat! Although I'm sure someone somewhere would get a kick out of all of us in our grass skirts and coconut bras dancing out shopping for fabric, rotary cutting, pressing and machine quilting with island music in the background (which you could barely hear over the riotous laughter)...

Art Quilting dvd

The dvd that Elin Waterston and I taped back in April has just been released. Jane & Elin Teach You Art Quilting Basics is available in quilt shops worldwide or you can order a copy directly from me.

The dvd has lessons and demos based on material from our book, Art Quilt Workbook, and also includes a tour of my studio.

Rolling...

I haven't posted much art lately and with good reason - Elin and I have been preparing to shoot a dvd for C&T Publishing based on material from our book, Art Quilt Workbook. We've been working on samples and step-outs, and gathering materials and supplies, and writing the script for ages. The shoot was this weekend at my house.

Got Moxey?

We worked with our awesome director, Jane Moxey, on Thursday and Friday rehearsing and getting ready, and then first thing Saturday morning the crew showed up at my house. We asked a good friend, Karen, to be our trusty personal assistant and we couldn't have chosen better. It was a pretty intense 16+ hours. The crew, Sean, Pat, Steve and Chris, was amazing. It was cool to watch them set up all of the equipment in my studio.

Chris connecting cords


Chris, Pat and Moxey shooting my stash with Karen looking on


Karen helping Elin set up a scene

We couldn't have done it without Karen. She kept us organized and centered. She even earned a cool nickname from the crew, Slate, because one of her many jobs was slating each scene with its number and take. We're so grateful to her!

Steve, Moxey, Sean and Chris check out a shot


Karen and Pat help me lay out a demo


Elin all super serious right before a take


And not so serious. Smashing!


Nearly done... It was a long day when we finished at almost 2 AM.


The dvd, Jane Dávila & Elin Waterston Teach You Art Quilting Basics, part of C&T's At Home With The Experts series, will be out this summer.