April 14 - 17, 2011 Royal Exhibition Building

9 Nicholson Street, Carlton Gardens, Melbourne Thursday to Sunday 10am to 4:30pm daily Admission charges apply

SUNDAY MAY 2

Autumn Mums Tutor: Frieda Anderson Skill level: All No machine work Materials fee: $39 for kit of hand dyed fabrics Autumn is rich with gorgeous colours. Students will assemble a delightful autumn collage using free form fusing techniques. The deep hues and bright accents will grace your walls for years to come. The hand dyed 100% cotton fabric is provided in a kit, so only a minimum of supplies are necessary to enjoy the experience. Frieda will have decorative rotary blades for your use in class. Students will finish a 24” x 20” quilt top. Click here for the requirements list
Start Designing Tutor: Julie Haddrick Skill level: All. Failproof: no previous art skill required. No machine work Where to begin? Many people struggle to develop an approach that synthesises their ideas with quilting techniques. How to start an art quilt…? Julie provides fun, easy, step by step exercises to challenge even the most non creative thinkers. Play with paper and fabric; cut up, tear, trace, glue, rearrange, colour and resolve. Discovering designs, patterns and inspirations in everyday events, places and items, we use a viewfinder to create some simple designs that are developed into a series of preparatory studies, colour samples and developmental sheets. Sketchbook size fabric and paper collages will be made as well as fabric samples and small trial pieces. No stitching is equired. Students will bring or begin a collection of images for their own ‘visual library’…most people have boxes of ‘stuff ’ they can’t bear to part with. The art elements of composition, balance, shape and unity will be explored in this activity. This technique class is designed to be a gradual approach to help students gain confidence in exploring, translating, developing and expressing their own ideas. Click here for the requirements list
Advanced Quilting Techniques Tutor: Deborah Louie Skill level: Intermediate Materials fee: $5 for extensive notes professionally printed in a booklet This class is designed to give the quilter confidence to free motion quilt with style and creativity. Discover how to create beautiful detailed background fillers, border florals and micro patterns like echo quilting. Learn to free form stunning feathers, ferns and continuous curves; classic formal feathers make a traditional quilt look stunning. Students will work in the reverse, with thick metallic threads in the bobbin. You will learn how to fill the space efficiently and how to quilt large quilts. Click here for the requirements list
Stacks of Improvisation Tutor: Brenda Gael Smith Skill level: All Improvise with fabric stacks, freehand cutting and pinless curved piecing. I magine the possibilities! These colour and design exercises allow you to explore colour, line and shape and will set you on the path of personal, creative self-expression that can be translated to larger works. This is NOT a project class. Rather the focus is on improvisational techniques - freehand cutting, pinless curved piecing, colour and composition. Click here for the requirements list
Continued from Saturday: Floral Arrangement Exploring Applique Yin & Yang Confident Colour Garden Trellis Summer Joy Light Up Your Landscape Glitzy Quilt New York Beauty / Mariner's Compass

Plan your timetable now! AQC only happens once a year. Click here to go directly to the timetable. Please note: class bookings only available onsite now.