It is December and it is cold outside!! I love curling up in front of the fire with a good movie or a good book. I don’t usually have teaching work in December, but this year I am teaching a week long workshop for the Hudson River Valley art workshops in Greenville New York. Stitched paintings which makes me doubly excited as I get to paint along with the students and the Greenville Arms is one of my favorite places to teach. And a great place for the students to take workshops, very homey bed and breakfast with Mark the greatest chef who keeps us full and entertained.
I am working on a commission to keep me busy the rest of the month in between shopping and enjoying the season.
Have a Very Merry Christmas
katiepm
Fall and then Winter. I can’t believe that this year is almost over already.
I just returned from Houston Quilt Festival where I had a grand time teaching my new Artful Log Cabins class for two days with 24 dynamite students and a Value class and Composition class with equally exciting students. I also ran the Alegre Retreat booth with my best friend Randalyn so we got to catch up and eat some good food and meet a lot of really great people.
I am now under contract with C&T publishing to write a book on my Artful Log Cabins so if you have taken the class from me and finished your piece and want to submit it for consideration for the book please do so at my email of katie@katiepm.com I will need an image of the quilt and the inspirational photo. if you did not take the photo or paint the picture I will also need permission from the original artist to use it in the book.
iquilt just went live on the 3rd of November and they are starting with my course on color. It is really fun to watch and very colorful!! I think you might enjoy it. go to www.iquilt.com and register and then look for my class called Color Theory for Quilters. I have a second class on the Artful Log Cabin but they are going to run that a bit later to give everyone a chance to see this one.
I am getting ready to start my private online courses in January and will start taking registrations now. There is a pull down tab for the online classes and you can just go there to register then I will send you a pay pal invoice and you will be all set. The first class will start on January 12. That will be the Color and Composition class.
Lesson 1 Color and Composition
Lesson 2 Color and Composition
Lesson 3 Color and Composition
Lesson 4 Color and Composition
There are 8 lessons that I send to you with the “rules” for that lesson based on art considerations. You make a quilt that follows those “rules” send me an image and I will critique it and send the next lesson. each lesson has a two week deadline so the whole class takes 16 weeks. I will set up a yahoo groups site and post everyone in the class pieces in their file so that you can learn from what others do as well. The cost of this class is 175.00
My other private on line course is Working in a Series.
You start with a quilt that you want to be the first in the series, send me an image and I will critique it and discuss your ideas for the next quilt and how you want the series to go. You can have as little or as much input for each piece from me as you would like. You can create a series about a technique, color scheme, inspiration, object, shape, line etc. the possibilities are endless. The deadline for each piece of the series is 3 weeks then send it to me for a critique and I will put it in your file on the yahoo groups site set up for your class. The total number for completing the series can be 6 or 7 pieces. The cost of this class is 200.00
Next February I will be shooting two more videos for iquilt
check out my itinerary page to see where I will be teaching in 2016 and maybe you could join me somewhere near you.
Busy Busy.
2016 is going to be a very good year.
love and hugs
katiepm
oh for those of you who know that I am trying to sell my house and move to California…. The house has not sold so still looking for the perfect buyer
check it out on zillow 235 Rancho Alegre Rd, Santa Fe, NM
There are three scholarships available for the 2016 Alegre Retreat. Two YEA awards and one General Scholarship: www.alegreretreat.com
The deadline to apply is October 15, 2015.
Alegre Retreat Annual Scholarship .This annual scholarship was created in 2010 to help quilters who are facing a hardship and might not otherwise be able to attend the Alegre Retreat. Sponsored by the Hats off to Alegre hat auction from the 2010 Alegre Retreat, this special award was made possible when each of the instructors decorated a ball cap in their signature style. All were auctioned off on the final day of the retreat, raising enough money to sponsor one quilter for the following year! This has now changed from hats to purses! There is one Annual Scholarship available this year.
YEA Award The Alegre Retreat Young Emerging Artist Award is to encourage young artists to enter the art quilt field.
This year there are two YEA scholarships.
The first sponsored by Sandy Chapin in honor of Elspeth Hart.
The second in honor of Sue Bailey, a long time participant and friend.
To apply for the Alegre Retreat Annual Scholarship or the YEA award:
Interested applicants must be under 30 years of age on or before April 17th, 2016 for the YEA Award, and any age for the Annual Scholarship.
By Email: Send an email with the following to Tammy Anderson tammy.anderson@gatewaycanyons.com:
10 images of your work,
a one-page essay (250-500 words) that explains what it means to you to attend an Alegre Retreat.
By Mail: Applicants must submit:
a CD containing 10 images of your work,
a one-page essay (250-500 words) that explains what it means to you to attend an Alegre Retreat.
For both scholarships, please submit the above to:
Tammy Anderson
Alegre Retreat Scholarships
C/O Gateway Canyons Resort
43200 Hwy. 141
Gateway, Colorado 81522
All applications and materials must be received no later than October 15, 2015.
For qualifying submissions a lottery selection process will be used to determine the winners.
