BARN QUILT
PAINTING WORKSHOP …. With SUZI PARRON
$50 for workshop … sign up and payment MUST be made in
advance. Most supplies included. Make checks payable to EVENING STAR QUILT
GUILD. FEE is payable upon sign up for
the workshop.
Workshop will be open to non- guild members as of April 28th.
Mail payment to:
*or* Sheila Arbaugh 701 Harsen Rd. Lapeer MI 48446
LOCATION: Trinity
Lutheran Church, 706 West Flint St, Davison MI
MAP
CREATE YOUR OWN PAINTED BLOCK to hang on your house, barn,
garage or storage unit.
Pre primed boards and paint are supplied. You will be shown how to draft, tape and
paint your block with careful attention to detail. Workshop will last about 4 hours plus clean
up time. Finished block will be 2 x 2
feet perfect for smaller buildings. Suzi
has pattern suggestion or bring your own… for the first project it is best to
keep it simple. Paint, foam brushes,
colored pencils and other tools needed will be supplied.
SUPPLIES THAT ATTENDEE MUST BRING:
ONE inch painter’s tape.
FROG TAPE yellow or green is best but SCOTCH brand is okay.
Yard stick or 24 inch ruler
Pencil
Blow Dryer ( CAN share)
Covering for tables
Guild needs minimum of 10 student but maximum of 30
FROM SUZI PARRON
WEB PAGE:
Home: on the road in her RV somewhere near YOU!
Author of the book, “Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail
Movement.” Suzi travels full time
speaking to quilt guilds and other groups about barn quilts and the quilt trail
movement.
Suzi will take you on a journey along the quilt trail,
beginning with the very first barn quilt, which stemmed from Donna Sue Groves
and her wish to honor her mother’s quilting art. Suzi’s hour-long presentation
features over one hundred stunning photographs of barn quilts, some of which
rival cloth quilts in their intricacy. You will hear stories of some of the
individuals who have painted quilt blocks to honor loved ones or their local
culture, along with a few humorous anecdotes.
The presentation is both informative and entertaining, as
Suzi explores the way in which our quilting heritage takes on new meaning as
this movement continues to expand.
Suzi was a featured author during Quilt Week 2013 in Paducah
and a lecturer at the National Quilting Association’s summer show. Visit Suzi’s
Website and her blog for more about Suzi and Barn Quilts. Click on “Book signings
and Events” to find out when Suzi will be in your area and remember that
because she travels year round in her RV, she might be closer to your guild
than you think!
Some comments on Suzi’s presentation:
The beautiful Barn Quilt photos and their poignant stories
were brought to life so eloquently by Suzi. I highly recommend Suzi’s Barn
Quilt presentation to your guild. Anyone who enjoys quilts will love her
presentation; add in the topics of barns both old and new, along with beautiful
photos of rural America and you have a program that is sure to please!
Suzi’s presentation was well planned — a wonderful slide
show of many of the barns she had visited, accompanied by excerpts from her
book. Her narrative about how she became interested in barn quilts was
entertaining and Suzi shared some very heartwarming stories of the people whose
barn quilts she visited.
