Now That’s Different: Rust Dyeing!
Maggie Vanderweit, Fibre Artist Teaching at Creativ Festival.
Maggie Vanderweit operates Stone Threads Fibre Art from her studio in Fergus, ON. She is an award-winning quilter with work in Canadian galleries, museums and private collections around the world. This past year, Maggie won the Award for Excellence in Innovation for “Bedolina Threads” at the CQA National Juried Show in BC. She is best known for her hand-painted fabrics that are pieced in original, simple patterns then densely quilted in intricate free-motion designs. www.StoneThreads.ca
Wrap & Rust Dyeing (25) All Levels
Wrap and Rust Dyeing with Maggie Vandeweit at Creativ Festival.
Discover the amazing process of eco-friendly direct dyeing with natural plant materials and metals. Learn which plants are effective, how to use non-toxic mordants and rust as well as how to create organic, soft, complex cloth to use in your textile art.Supply List & Kit $15
6 Hour Workshop – Wed 1:00 to 7:30
Sketchbook Stitching (25) Intermediate
Sketchbook Stitching with Maggie Vanderweit at Creativ Festival.
In this class you will practice transferring sketchbook drawings from paper to fabric, outline stitching them and then painting to add highlights, texture and colour. Not confident sketching? No worries… Maggie will bring copyright-free images of flowers, birds, animals and more for you to use or bring your sketches of line drawings. See how to easily turn them into exciting, original, textile art using your sewing machine, thread and paint. Pre-requisite: Must be able to free-motion machine quilt. Supply List & Kit $15+
6 Hour Workshop – Thurs 9:00 to 4:00
Quilts to Dye For! (All Levels)
Quilts to Dye For… Learn how to do this technique at Creativ Festival with Maggie Vanderweit.
Join Maggie for a magical trunk show highlighting the fabric and artwork she’s created with Wrap and Rust Dyeing. Using a variety of natural woven materials, plants from her garden and kitchen, with rusty metal as a mordant and the help of her dye pots, Maggie conjures one-of-a-kind fibre art which is soft focus, ephemeral and beguiling. Pieces showcased are from her ‘What Remains’ series.
1.5 Hour Seminar – Sun 9:00 to 10:30
Learn More About Creativ Festival
Creativ Festival is back October 22 to 26, 2014 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building offering 3 days of unbeatable shopping and 5 days of hands-on learning. Choose from 200 workshops and seminars and register for classes individually or save with conference passes.