Iowa Quilters Guild. Spring Event March 20 th 21 st Boulder Inn & Suites, Denison, Iowa

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1 Iowa Quilters Guild Spring Event March 20 th 21 st Boulder Inn & Suites, Denison, Iowa Iowa Quilters Guild invites you to our spring quilting event. We ll have the pleasure of holding this event in coordination with the Heart to Heart Quilt Guild quilt show (with vendors!) this same weekend in the banquet room next to our workshop room. Quilt Show hours will be Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sat from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A sit and sew room will also be available for those not taking the workshop(s). Grace Errea of Southern California will be our guest instructor. About Grace Fiber artist, designer, quilter, and author, Grace J. Errea, began quilting in Her art focuses on the depiction of inspiring scenes in a value based contemporary-realistic manner. She feels very fortunate to have many of her first quilts become exhibited in juried shows and be recognized for their innovation in technique and depiction of nature and people. In 2005 she chose to retire from a very successful career as an executive in a Fortune 500 computer and telecommunications company to devote herself to her art on a full-time basis. Grace is a self-taught artist and her work illustrates and has been recognized for exceptional primary use of values and secondary use of color. Her focus on value makes it easy for her and her students to create inspiring botanicals, landscape scenes and portraits, in any color. Grace s innovative techniques and her focus on value have attracted widespread interest from quilters, as well as national and international galleries, museums and publications. She has been invited to show her art and to teach overseas and in various locations in the United States. Her class offerings are well attended, in demand, and are presented in fun, informal, and educational manner. Grace presents 1-hour lectures as well as 1-5 day workshops at guild meetings, conferences and seminars. Lectures include Trunk Show or The Value of Value presentation. Her style is informative, humorous and inspiring with many real-time, hands-on examples. Reviews and Surveys have always been 5++ out of 5, and return participation in other classes and lectures is always high. The aim is to inspire, develop and find that artist within each student or listener. Grace designs patterns and quilts for Hoffman of California Fabrics in Mission Viejo, CA. She is the author of the C&T book entitled: Impressionist Applique - Exploring Value and Design to Create Artistic Quilts, Grace is the authority of how to use Value to develop amazing art quilts. Grace appeared with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims demonstrating her Value and Machine Applique techniques on The Quilt Show, episode Grace currently resides, quilts, and teaches in Southern California. She and her husband have two daughters, Julia and Lauren, and two cats, Thelma and Louise.

2 Friday, March 20 th, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EXPLORING VALUE IN QUILTING This 1-Day class focuses on Value and its importance in art. The various aspects of color harmonies, value, color theory, psychology of color, the expressive aspects of color and value in nature and in art/quilts will be discussed and demonstrated. At completion of the class students will see value and color in a new way and will start releasing the artist within. Students will learn how to use Value to create a focal point, to set the mood in a piece, to create 3-dimensionality or to give the perception of perspective in a landscape. We will start by creating a perfect 8-value gray scale from fabrics provided by the teacher. Then, using your own fabric chips that you will bring, in the other hues (red, blue, yellow, green, purple, and orange) we will create the Periodic Table of Value in Color. By the end of the class you will realize that value is the dynamic difference between good quilts and amazing quilts. Workshop Fee: $50 (non-refundable) Grace will provide (kit fee $10.00) Fabric for the 8-Value Gray scale to start the Periodic Table Startup fabric and materials for the A Value Fan Students will provide: Poster board, approx. 20 X 22 Glue Stick or fabric safe glue/basting glue Paper and fabric scissors Pens, pencils Rotary cutter and board and 24 ruler Color wheel (small is OK) Array of fabrics (small scraps). All colors (yellow, red, blue, purple, green, orange), and many values and textures. We are trying to build the perfect 9-value scale for each color so the more values you bring, the better the chance of completing your Periodic Table. Fabrics should be Tone on tone (has a pattern or design which is the same color than the background fabric but darker or lighter and is seen as one color) Do not bring scraps with obvious prints or designs, such as florals, checks, etc. These will not work for this class. Scraps of approx. 2 X 3 are all you need. The key is to have all the possible VALUES (variations from very light to very dark) that you can. These will be used to create the 8-value scale for each color. Friday, March 20 th, 7 p.m. TRUNK SHOW & LECTURE by Grace Errea Grace will take us on a trip through her quilting journey. Please join us for Grace s lecture and the always-amazing IQG Show and Tell. Bring your projects and show off what you ve been working on. This lecture is open to the public. Free to IQG members, $10 for non-members.

3 Saturday, March 21 st, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. INTRO TO HEAT-SET MACHINE APPLIQUE Quilting will be discussed, but no sewing machine is required in this class. In this class you will learn to use an applique technique so new and revolutionary that you will use nothing else once you try it. It is easy, foolproof and the results are always amazing. This technique leaves the quilt and the fabric soft and manageable, not stiff and board-like, as fusible webs and glues do. The best however, is that you can do raw edge applique without any fraying edges!! You will be amazed and love the process and the results, and will never go back to fusing, gluing, or pinning and stitching with nylon threads, ever again. Workshop Fee: $50 (non-refundable) Grace will provide (kit fee $18.00) Pattern (your choice from those pictured below) and the Heat-Set product used in the new technique. A Bird of Paradise A Blue Butterfly Just Landed Coneflower in the Pink Coral Vine Deck the Palms Falling Leaves Early Morning Glory Monarch s Coneflower The New Dawn Rose Spiders Galore Summer in the Canyon Student will provide: Fabric: Use the colors I used or choose your own colors. Ensure you bring lots of fabric scraps in many values. From lights to darkest darks. Fabric scraps can be any sizes from palm-size to fat quarters. If you are doing the Bird of Paradise pattern, please bring 1/4 yards as there are some long pieces in the pattern. In some patterns the background is created in the same manner as the focal point. Summer in the Canyon is an example. The other patterns need a whole cloth background. Verify the quilt size as documented on the web, but most quilts do not exceed 24 by 36. For the latter, choose fabrics that do not have a distinctive pattern and are light in value for dark focal points, or dark in value for light focal points. For landscapes, be aware of directional fabrics for sky, water, or the backgrounds. Other necessary supplies: Board 20 X 30 Insulation Board (usually 1 1/4 thick). You can get it at Home Depot, Lowe s or any building supply stores. If you can handle a 30 X 40 that is even better, but the smaller will work too Brush- soft A 1/4 wide Pens Sharpie permanent markers FINE point, one black and one red, and ballpoint (T EXTRA FINE) Pins- Extra Thin Silk Pins Scissors fabric and paper Tweezers long handled

4 Other optional supplies: A piece of Insul-Bright the size of your board, for board protection Iron (several will be available for the classroom, but you may want to bring a small travel or Clover iron for your own use. Please bring your own extension cord. Craft knife such as Xacto Information about hotel accommodations: There are a block of rooms reserved under IQG for March 19th March 21 st. We are offering a rate of $89 + tax. We are right next to the Conference Center & we do offer a complimentary hot breakfast. If you have any other questions, feel free to call me any time. Thank you! Lori Brotherton General Manager Boulders Inn & Suites Denison Phone Fax Turn south off Highway 30 onto Donna Reed Road (M36). Take this south to Boulder Drive. Turn west onto Boulder Drive and follow to hotel.

5 Name: Address: City, State, ZIP: Phone/Cell: Friday, March 20 th Activity Grace Errea Workshop: Exploring Value in Quilting Iowa Quilters Guild March Event March 20 th & 21 st Boulders Inn & Suites, Denison, Iowa $50* Grace Errea Trunk Show & Lecture $10* Sit & Sew $0* Saturday, March 21 st Grace Errea Workshop: Into to Heat-Set Machine Applique Sit & Sew $0* Total Amount of Payment: Check #: *All fees are non-refundable. Cost Specifics Attending? (Circle One) $10 kit fee will be due the day of the workshop payable to Grace Errea Fee applicable to non-members only. IQG members please circle if you are planning to use the Sit & Sew Please circle if you are planning to use the Sit & Sew $50* $18 kit fee will be due the day of the workshop payable to Grace Errea Please circle if you are planning to use the Sit & Sew Make checks payable to IQG. Send payment and this registration form to: Cindy Kaufman IQG Program Chair 1200 A Street West Fort Dodge, IA PH: (515) cysperch@frontiernet.net