Silk Painting Workshop Saturday June 26, 10 - 4 PM in South San Francisco. $80. See description below for Sunday November 14 for details. classes@joy-lily.com Photos

Silk Painting Workshop Sunday November 14 in San Francisco, 10 AM - 4 PM at Sharon Art Studio in Golden Gate Park. Silk painting is a happy hybrid of watercolor and batik. Create a luminous silk scarf while learning everything you need to get going in this very satisfying fiber art technique. The specifics of choosing dyes, mixing colors, choosing the silk, resist and non-resist painting techniques and steam-setting the silk will be covered. If you've tried silk painting, you'll discover the best strategies to prepare the silk for painting, new painting and resist techniques, easy steaming, and freedom to play with color on silk.
$82 ($10 less for members of Friends of Sharon Arts. (Materials fee $20 payable in class)
http://www.sharonartstudio.org sign up online or call 415-753-7004.) Photos

Basic& Fancy Felting Monday evenings 6:30 - 9 PM 6/28 - 7/26 (no class 7/5) at Sharon Art Studio, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Discover the magic of turning wispy bits of fiber into a strong, solid 3-dimensional fabric, durable scarves pouches and art works. just using soapy water and your hands! Begin by learning to dye wool fleece, and to form it into fabric. Then try out collaging, overdyeing and shaping it. Add details with needlefelting. Felt is the most malleable of all the fiber arts–the fiber version of Playdough!
$64.00 (Materials fee $25 payable in class)
http://www.sharonartstudio.org sign up online or call 415-753-7004.

Fabric Dyeing on the Q T
Q = quilt fabrics T = T-shirts
5 Monday evenings 6:30 - 9 PM 9/27 - 11/1 (no class 10/11) at Sharon Art Studio, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.Create colorful and washfast patterns, textures and gradations on your cottons while you delve into the secrets of fiber-reactive dyes. Explore layered dyepots, jar dyeing, shibori patterning, gradient dyeing and beleaching out color. Overlay more than one technique on the same yardage or shorts for unique effects. The payoff will be original fabrics for your quilts and/or wearable art. BYO cotton Q/T. $98 ($10 less for members of Friends of Sharon Arts. (Materials fee $20 payable in class)
http://www.sharonartstudio.org sign up online or call 415-753-7004.

Painted and Immersed Shibori
Shibori is the Japanese grandmother of tie-dyeing. Create colorful, multicolored silk scarves by painting dye directly. Immerse cotton into dyepots after twisting. wrapping, clamping and/or folding the fabric/t-shirts to produce striking traditional and contemporary patterns. Dyes are colorfast.
$82 ($10 less for members of Friends of Sharon Arts. Materials fee $20 payable in class.
http://www.sharonartstudio.org sign up online or call 415-753-7004.

Daytime classes:

The Quilting Connection Tuesday afternoons 1:15 - 4:00 PM May 4 - July 27, 13 weeks. Learn new quilting methods, try new tools, materials and techniques including how to use color in quilts, freestyle patchwork, applique and more. Enjoy the company of a friendly group of quilters of all levels. Millbrae Recreation Center, 477 Lincoln Circle. $75 to age 50, $50 to age 65, $30 above 65. San Mateo Adult School. 650-558-2100, or register at any class. Bring sewing tools, projects in progress, your machine if possible.

Quilting With Joy Wednesdays 1 - 4 PM. May 26 - June 30. Discover new methods, materials, quilting techniques including how to use color in quilts, freestyle patchwork, applique, and quilt finishing. Work among a small group of congenial quilters of all levels. $48/6 weeks. A few machines in classroom. Bring your sewing tools and ongoing projects. Pre-registration required. Student work on my website Photos

Bring unfinished quilt projects and/or learn new techniques in either of these quilt classes. For beginners, all the basic quilting techniques including rotary cutting, producing and using half squares, matching seams, quilt assembly, paper piecing, improvisational quilting, topstitching and binding are on tap in both classes.

Make Your Own Class!

Shibori Scarf Party - Get a group of your friends to get together in your home and create beautiful, original scarves with this fascinating, goof-proof textile technique. Make gorgeous silk scarves while learning a new art form. (Fiber art experience is not necessary.) With 8 attendees paying $45 each including the first silk scarf, you, as host get the class free. Call me to plan an event. 415-826-8248. Photos!

For information on any class, or to register, (unless otherwise noted) contact: classes@joy-lily.com 415-826-8248.

See photos of these classes and more on the workshops page.
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