We had a wonderful program last week at our Colorado West Quilt Guild meeting presented by Eldred Shafer, an art quilter who lives here in Grand Junction and is the president of the Art Quilt Association - AqUA.
She shared many of her quilts, a lot of which feature animals and discussed her techniques in making them. One interesting technique she says she learned from Kari Harvey (another local art quilter) is this heavily stitched edge instead of applying a regular binding. It still makes a very nice edge, and is unique! It looks great on her art quilts.
She discussed two dying techniques she uses - ice dying and sun printing. Here is an example of her sun printing. The ice dyed fabrics are used all over in most of her quilts!
She is willing to teach a class to anyone interested in learning these techniques. Sheila will put her contact information in our newsletter.
It was a great program and I learned a lot! You never know when new tips and techniques will come in handy!
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