Lectures

LINDA HAHN
PALec101 - How did you come up with THAT??
1 pm, Thursday, September 17

How did you come up with THAT?? A question that is frequently asked of fabric/pattern designers. At this lecture...I'll tell you! I will share my own processes and middle of the night epiphanies for both fabric and quilt designs. I'll start from the very beginning of the "concept" and take you through the end product ("quilted"). You see examples of my inspirations, successes AND failures and I'll share why each was such. I'll also discuss some of the challenges that designers face from time to time. There's a lot of information packed into this presentation and I'll make sure to leave a bit of time for Q&A at the end.

Joyce Hughes
PALec102 - My Journey into Quilting
1 pm, Friday, September 18

Joyce Hughes, an award-winning thread painting quilt artist, teacher, and author, will share her inspiring journey into the world of quilting during her lecture demonstration. Joyce’s lecture will recount how she discovered her passion for quilting and thread painting- sharing pivotal moments and experiences that shaped her artistic journey, leading into creating art quilts with dimensional thread painting, finishing with ideas on how to use panels for art quilting.

Joyce delves into the challenges she faced along the way, as well as the triumphs and milestones that marked her progression as an artist. Throughout the presentation, Joyce, will provide valuable insights, techniques, and tips garnered from her years of experience, aiming to inspire fellow quilters to explore their own creativity and express themselves through the art of dimensional thread painting. Working on panels to create art quilts - many people leave very excited to try something new with their quilting.

The main subject matter will be working with fabric panels, showing many “Before and After”…Art Quilts. Exploring how panels will be able to be used on your personal projects. Many panels are looked at and passed over. I often hear, “What do you do with this?” It’s so big, the colors are dull, etc., etc. But, with a little embellishing and/or dimensional thread painting on the fabric, it soon becomes a piece of art.

PAULA GOLDEN
PALec103 - The Art and Science of Quilt Making
1 pm, Saturday, September 19

Learn the connections between history, myth, art, technology, math and science - all stitched together between three layers.