This summer I am excited to host TWO portrait workshops by internationally-known and award-winning quilt artist Lea McComas! (She pronounces her first name like “Lee”.) I am featuring some of her best known quilts in the collage above. You can take her Thread-Painting Portrait class, or her Applique Portrait class, or come for the whole week and take both! (You can get our discounted rate at the Hampton Inn nearby – details at the bottom of these Registration/Info pages.)
Lea actually lives about an hour from us, and she teaches at Sophie’s high school. She brought her parents to one of our Charity Sewing Days this winter which was a treat. They were a quilt-making family machine! Probably the most time I’ve spent with Lea was when she was exhibiting and teaching at the Birmingham UK Festival of Quilts. We laughed that we had to travel to another continent to spend time together. But now we are going to take advantage of her summer vacation and close proximity, and have her come teach us the secret of how she makes her amazing portraits. We’ll have her book in stock next week, if you want to see more of her work techniques before the workshop. We will also be stocking her exclusive Thread Packets for students and anyone else who wants to work with her Portrait color palette.
When you read this Wednesday morning, I’ll be on my way to the airport. I’m flying to Cleveland to film 2 more segments with Susan Brubaker Knapp who is the host of Quilting Arts TV. You can see recent and past clips on our TV video page.
And since I am going to be in Ohio…
This Friday evening April 27 I will be attending the opening reception for the Modern Quilt and SAQA exhibits at the Dairy Barn in Athens Ohio. eQuilter is a sponsor of this exhibit, which will be up through June 17. If you are in the area, please come to the opening reception and say hi!
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
Enjoy artist interviews, tutorials, and quilt festival tours, on our eQuilter Video Page.
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eQuilter Classroom & Event Calendar:
May 5 – eQuilter Charity Sewing Day! (Please RSVP)
May 10 – Deadline for dropping off Nepal Quilts
May 11 – eQuilter Chromazone – Color Marketing Group @ eQuilter
March 1 – May 15 – Registration for ‘Love Your Mother‘ Quilt Challenge
July 16 – 20 – Lea McComas Workshops @ eQuilter
Coming soon – workshops with Betty Busby and MJ Kinman @ eQuilter!
Luana’s Travel Calendar:
May 18-20 – Quilt Market – Portland OR
May 29 – 31 – Quilt Canada – Vancouver BC
June 1 – Opening Reception for Hollis Chatelain – RMQM – Golden CO
June 27 – July 11 – Sweden
Aug 9-11 – Birmingham UK – Festival of Quilts
Nov 13-19, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour
