Silk Painting Workshop Saturday April 24, 10 - 4 PM at San Mateo Adult School, 78 Poplar Ave. San Mateo. 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. Registration deadline Thursday, 4/22. 650-558-2100. $70 (+$10.00 supply fee payable to instructor in class). Photos

Learn to Felt Saturday March 7, 10 AM - 4 PM 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, just using soapy water and your hands! Starting with unspun merino wool fleece, we'll lay out and create felt bags. Make yours unique by adding different colors of dyed fleece right into the construction. Try needle felting to add further details. Roll and attach a handle, and then wear it home.
$65.00 (Materials fee TBA payable in class)
http://www.sharonartstudio.org sign up online or call 415-753-7004.) Photos

Immersion and Painted Shibori Saturday, May 8, 10 - 4PM at Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Rd; 650-329-2366. Description and price to come.

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!

Instant Screen Printing Sunday May 2, 10 AM - 4 PM at Sharon Art Studio, Golden Gate Park, SF. It's fast and easy to make small silk screen stencils using my Thermofax machine. Print your images on fabric or paper. Learn 2 color printing and also make color-blended prints. BYO T-shirts, linens, yardage to print on. Card stock and envelopes for greeting cards provided. $65.00 (Materials fee TBA payable in class) http://www.sharonartstudio.org sign up online or call 415-753-7004

Evening classes:

Print Fabulous Fabrics Tuesday 5:30 - 8:00 PM. 6 weeks. March 30 - May 11. (no class: 4/20) Previous art experience isn't required to print up wonderful designs on clothing (including t-shirts) linens, quilting fabrics or just for the fun of creating 'art cloth'. Try out screen printing, marbling, stamping, and table-top monoprinting. Overprint fabrics from the previous week to create fabulous complex patterns. $68 or $53 for SSF residents. (+$25 supply fee includes 2 yards of fabric). 33 Arroyo Drive (at El Camino) South San Francisco. 650-829-3800. Pre-registration required.

Daytime classes:

Surface Design Studio Class Wednesdays 9:15 AM-12:15 PM Session 1:Experimental Printing on Fabric. February 3 - March 17 - 6 weeks. (no classes 2/17) Create original fabric for clothing, quilting, home decor and "art cloth". Explore a variety of inks and dyes while monoprinting, gelatin printing, marbling, deconstruction screen printing and more. $54 +$10 supply fee at my South San Francisco studio. THIS CLASS IS FILLED

Quilting with Joy Mondays 9:15 AM - 12:15, February 22 - March 29 (no class 2/15) 6 weeks at my South San Francisco studio. Discover new methods, materials, quilting techniques including how to use color in quilts, freestyle patchwork, applique, and quilt finishing. Work among a 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. See student work on my website Photos

The Quilting Connection Tuesday afternoons 1:15 - 4:00 PM January 5 - April 27 ( no class 4/6) 15 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 January 6 - February 10 (followed by another 6 week session 2/24 - 3/31. See Monday class above for description. Student work on my website Photos

Bring unfinished quilt projects and/or learn new techniques in any 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 all 3 classes.

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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