Judy Skeel 

Optional Thursday Class

Class: “Altered Fabrics”

Teacher:  Judy Skeel

Thursday: 1 day class Thursday, Date, 2007

Kit fee: $30

Sewing machine required: Optional, for free motion embroidery

There is no such thing as an ugly piece of fabric because any piece of fabric can be transformed into something wonderful. Through demonstrations and hands on techniques students will learn to create unique fabrics and to adapt tired and plain fabrics and trims for future dolls, cloth journals, quilts and imagination projects. Students will play with fabric and fibers all day to their hearts content. There is no pre-class work and no project to complete but students will have an assortment of one of a kind fabrics to use for their favorite fiber art and the knowledge and experiences to alter more fabrics at home. Various products used include paint, dye, ink, crayons, stamps, fusible webbing, Angelina Fibers, water soluble oil pastels and Tyvek and fabrics will include cotton, polyester, silk, rayon, tulle, cheese cloth, organdy, velvet, lace and miscellaneous fibers. More detailed techniques will be taught in the workshop.

Techniques taught:

• Burning, melting, fraying, stamping, painting, dyeing, embossing and resists
• Variations with rubber stamps with paint and ink
• Variations with cotton, silk, rayon, velvet and other fabrics
• Hand painting lace and fabrics with dye
• Easy fabric marbling
• How to create your own batik look
• Free motion embroidery creation
• Layering fabrics and fibers
• Creating chenille
• Distressing fabrics

Level recommended for this class:   

All skill levels will enjoy this fun hands on workshop. Sewing machines with feed dogs that lower and suitable attachments for the machine will be needed for the free motion embroidery portion of class.

Required Supply List:

• Plastic table covering (plastic table cloth or a large trash bag)
• Assorted paint brushes including liner brushes up to 1” wide brushes
• Scissors for paper and fabric
• Basic sewing kit
• ½ yard fusible webbing like Heat ‘N Bond or Wonder Under or Misty Fuse
• Teflon pressing sheet 18” by 20” available at http://www.joggles.com/  ($12)
• 1 gal size zip lock bags to carry damp samples home

Optional Supply List

Bring these items if you have them or want to purchase them. Tools may be shared. Extra fabric will allow you to play with techniques of your choice.

• Extra fabric pieces 6 to 18 inch square (cotton, silk, rayon, tulle, cheese cloth, organdy, velvet and rayon and/or cotton lace) These need to be PFD (Prepared For Dye) which means pre-washed with no fabric softener (PFD fabric is available at http://www.dharmatrading.com/ )
• Heat gun
• Soldering gun
• Mini iron
• Hair dryer – to dry projects quickly for the next step
• 2” square or smaller rubber stamps with bold designs (delicate lines will clog with paint)
• Extension cord

 $30 Kit includes

• Several pieces of prepared for dye fabric, lace, silk ribbon and trim in various weights: cotton, silk, rayon, velvet and more
• Miscellaneous fibers, assorted fabrics and trim scraps for FME
• Use of classroom supplies including Paint, Dye, Ink, Fabric Crayons, Water soluble oil pastels, PaintSticks and an assortment of tools to share
• Detailed handout listing techniques and supply sources

These items will be part of the kits though colors will vary. If you require specific colors for your projects bring the following in your favorite colors:

• Lumiere paint 
• Angelina Fibers 
• All Purpose Ink
• Dynaflow 

Sewing machines will be needed for a portion of the class – this can be optional if students prefer not to travel with a sewing machine and to only use paints and dyes. In that case bring extra fabrics to dye while others sew. You will need to iron them dry or bring Ziploc bags to take damp fabrics home. If you plan to do FME please know how to set your machine for FME (brands set up differently) and bring the following: 

• Sewing machine (if you choose to do FME)
• Darning foot or anything special your machine needs for FME – Know your machine!
• 3 or more colors of Sulky thread (variegated thread is wonderful!)
• Machine embroidery hoop 8” minimum
• Fabric, fiber and trim scraps for FME Free Motion Embroidery*
• Fabrics in your color choice for FME 18” square or more of each: Organdy, Tulle, Any Sheer fabric, Cotton*
• At least 1 piece of “base fabric” for FME – a lightweight cotton is perfect, any color, plain or printed.
• Water soluble Solvy for FME
• Fusible webbing such as Misty Fuse, Heat ‘N Bond or Wonder Under

*Fabric and trim scraps will be available – bring yours if you want something specific

Class: “Lady Grace”

Teacher:  Judy Skeel

Thursday: 1 day class Sunday Aug 12, 2007 CLASS ALL FILLED

Kit fee: None

Sewing machine required: Yes

Lady Grace

One Day  Sunday Aug 12, 2007

SKILL LEVEL: Some Experience with the medium and/or technique

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

Lady Grace is an elegant wall hanging doll with a multi-layered
head wrap above and an embellished tassel below her billowing skirt. She
is now available as a workshop that focuses on creating graceful expressive hands, including how to properly turn, wire, stuff and shape hands for a
realistic shape and natural pose as well as creating elongated finger nails.
Facial details include detailed needle sculpting steps as well as facial drawing, coloring, and the application of eye make-up along with highlights and shadows for a face with depth. Digital drawings to guide dollmakers step by step through the creating process and to create the beaded brooch on her chest.

WHAT WILL THE STUDENT LEARN FROM TAKING YOUR CLASS?


• Needle sculpting a lovely face
• Facial anatomy
• Dimensions and details for realistic and
fantasy features
• Facial painting step-by-step
• How to apply doll “make-up”
• How to turn hands with less difficulty
• How to wire, stuff and shape hands in
realistic poses
• Create fingernails that extend beyond
the fingertip in realistic shape and color
• Creating an elegant head wrap

 

Supply List     

• Fat quarter yard 100% cotton tightly woven flesh fabric
• 1/3 yard Dupioni silk or fancy fabric (skirt)
• 1/4 yard cotton (torso)
• 1/4 yard cotton (sleeves)
• 1/3 yard velvet burnout or elegant fabric that drapes well (shawl)
• 1/3 yard 1/8” wide trim
• 2 yards 8” wide Tulle (underskirt—can be pieced)
• 6” of 1/2” wide ribbon (waist band)
• 1/2 yard sheer ribbon 2”- 3” wide (head wrap / wimple)
• 3 - 1” to 1 1/2” wide wired ribbons in complimentary colors (head wrap)
• Doll sculpting needle
• Freezer paper
• Matching thread
• Hemostats
• Fiberfil- I prefer Airtex
• 10 pipe cleaners (I prefer real pipe cleaners but chenille stems will work)
• White floral tape
• 18 inch piece of 18 gauge wire
• 3-D Crystal Lacquer
• Prismacolor pencils: Terra Cotta, Peach and Carmine Red (cheek and lip colors), Gold and Dark Green or colors to match costume for eye shadow
• Gel Pens: white and bright green
• Micron Pens: .005 brown and black, and .01 green
• White pastel pencil (Use cream if using a dark flesh tone)
• Paper blending stump
• Scrap of white felt
• Workable Fixatif
• 18” of 1/8” aluminum armature wire
• 1 yard thin jewelry wire
• Fabritac Glue
• Grrrip Glue
• 6” Tassel  or 1/2 yard 6” wide rayon fringe to make a tassel
• Miscellaneous embellishments. Choose from beads, fancy buttons, old jewelry, etc.
• Beading thread to match beads

Bring to class

• Doll arms sewn but not trimmed or turned
• Remaining doll body and head sewn and stuffed

Schedule:

• Needle sculpt
• Paint face
• Hands and nails
• Attach head
• Head wrap
• Attach arms
• Attach costume
• Tassel embellishments

Needed for class

• Iron and ironing board
• Good lighting
Power cords for sewing machines and table
lights
 
The complete pattern is 15 printed pages of text and detailed drawings.

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