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Barbara Willis
2day class: Friday/Saturday
August 10-11, 2007
Kit fee:
38.00
includes:
patterns and templates
written instructions
fabric for torso and arms
knit for face
wires for hands
glass beads for eyes
organza for skirt
wig
sculpting needle
use of color box
Sewing machine required:
Yes
Level recommended for this
class: Intermediate
Homework: No
Get
ready for a serious class on soft sculpting a fairy face from knit fabric.
Lillith is approximately 18 inches tall and has a simple body construction. Her
whimsical costume will be completed at home so we can concentrate on the more
advanced techniques of needle sculpting and some fun with free motion embroidery
on her wings. All aspects of the doll will be covered either in class or in the
written materials handed out. Some pre-work will be necessary so we can
concentrate on a few techniques in depth in our short one day class.
Technique classes are a great way to immerse
yourself in one or two unique aspects of a project while the more routine
construction is accomplished at home after our time together.
Wing work in class requires your machine being capable of free motion sewing.
Be familiar with your settings. We want this to be fun and stress free.
Vintage Mermaid Journal
1 day class: Sunday
August 12, 2006
Kit fee:
38.00
Includes:
Pattern pieces and written guideline
Pattern templates
Mermaid image on fabric
Pel-Tex to do mermaid and cover page
silk velvet pieces to do the flowers for the cover
buttons to cover to make flowers
tulle for the flowers
silk for mermaid tail
color sheet with all the images to do other pages
Sewing machine required:
Optional
Level recommended for this
class: All
Homework: No
This is a wonderful fiber journal about the sea and its most beautiful
inhabitant.
Learn how to create your own pages. We will Embellish our front covers using
velvet and tulle flowers I teach you to make and then adding charms, fancy
fibers shells.
We will also create the flat mermaid that unfolds to reveal her beautiful long
tail which of course gets beaded and decorated with shells flowers and other sea
findings.
Our actual fold out mermaid page will be a black and white image colored in
using colored pencils to look like an old photo. The mermaid image is copied
off on fabric and then we create a beautiful flat mermaid using this image and
the tail we have created. The background is a mass of beautiful fibers that we
will free motion on your sewing machine to create a spectacular background for
the mermaid to perch.
Other pages will be started and I will supply you with inspiring images to
incorporate into your own journal.
We will be using silk fabrics, fibers, mohair, ribbons, yarns, threads , sea
charms, pearls, beads, crystals, sea glass, shells, small star fish and sand
dollars, trims, mother of pearl buttons, and anything else we can find to add to
our mermaid journals , so start collecting now and see you in class.
Dolls have been in my life as long as I can remember in one form or
another. I settled in on cloth dolls doll after a few seasons with
porcelain and never looked back. I came from a creative family that sewed
and decorated and painted and loved fabric. I have fond memories of
haunting the fabric stores at a tender age with my grandmother and mother.
My mother would pull the pieces of yellowed tissue from the pattern
envelope and I would watch the ritual of laying out the cloth and the
pinning and cutting and sewing and pressing. Treasured memories are what
form us.
Cloth dolls are my passion and are an outflow of a lifetime of
love for color and texture and form. Each doll as it is being created is
part of me -part of a journey we take together.
I have been creating these treasures for many years now and have
enjoyed the pleasure of teaching in many of our United States as well as
Internationally. I am on a life long quest to gather supplies and store
and enjoy the use of. To lavish the dolls with whatever they seem to be
asking for. To shop till I drop and spare no expense as each one calls for
something of their own.
Each day I am thankful for the creative process and the friends
that are on the journey with me.
Barbara Willis
415 Palo Alto Ave
Mt. View, CA 94041
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