Speakers & Workshops: Cara Gulati
Join us on February 9, 2009, for Cara Gulati's lecture So, You Want To Make an Art Quilt?!
Would you like some inspiration to get started making art quilts? Are you afraid that it’s too hard and only gifted people can make art quilts? Then this lecture is for you! Sharon will talk about how to get started making art quilts from a traditional stand point and work her way up to making the giant art quilts like the 3-D Explosion series. She will discuss art fabrics and techniques to make them as well as show samples.
Cara Gulati has spent her life around fabric. She has sold fabric and clothes, designed them both and ended up with her own company as a designer and manufacturer of children's wear.
Fiber art and quilting in particular grabbed her heart and led her to things of a flatter nature. Cara makes very large art quilts and is currently working on a series called 3-D Explosion. She has written a book and teaches workshops on this design and sewing technique. One quilt in the series, "3-D Party Explosion" won Viewer's Choice at the Houston International Quilt Festival in 2003.
You can also find Cara on Simply Quilts and Kaye's Quilting Friends on TV.
Doodle Press is Cara's publishing company. She designs fun and artistic quilts that are unique. Her patterns and book can be found in quilt stores around the world and on her web site at www.doodlepress.com.
When she isn't lecturing, teaching internationally, designing fabric, publishing or creating art quilts, Cara can be found walking her dogs in the forest, where she lives with her husband in Marin County, California.
3-D Explosion two day Workshop
February 10-11, 2009, 10 pm - 4 pm
Would you like to create your own art quilt, but not sure where to start? Learn to draw curved lines and choose fabrics to create an explosion of the third dimension- depth! Then construct your new creation and get suggestions for the quilting design to enhance the illusion. My quilt Scrolls in the photo above is the inspiration for this two day workshop. Supply list.
To sign-up for this workshop please contact Carol Vierra.
For more information about Cara Gulati visit doodlepress.com