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Nancy Crow
Strip-Piecing and Restructuring II
March 29-April 2, 2010

Presentation
If possible, each student should bring 10-20 slides or 3-6 actual quilts or your own laptop with a digital presentation and be prepared to make a short (3-5 minutes maximum) articulate presentation about their work and be ready to discuss and explain their goals. This is optional. Note: Please bring your own laptop if you plan to present a digital presentation.

Supply List
Sewing Machine/Needles/Bobbins Digital Camera/Printer/Paper or Polaroid/Film
Scissors/Thread/Rulers Swing Arm Lamp
24" x 36" Cutting Mat 4' x 8'
Batting/Flannel (White) on which to pin work (optional)
Extra Large Rotary Cutter and Blades Iron/Iron Cleaner (Optional as Barn has irons)
Ball-Head Pins (very fine and regular size)
Small Water Spray Bottle for Ironing
Sketchbook/Pens/Other Supplies
You Want Packing Tape if shipping boxes (plus return labels)
Glue to Adhere Snapshots into Sketchbook
Multiple Outlet Power Strip/Adaptors

Fabrics
6 yards each of: SOLID BLACK and SOLID WHITE (Pimatex by Robert Kaufman is wonderful quality)

1 yard or more of each: SOLID COLORS (wide range in light, medium, dark values so you can be free to work - commercial and/or hand-dyed reds, blues, greens, browns, teals, yellows, oranges, rust, pinks, etc.)
GRAYS (wide range in light, medium, dark - 6 to 9 different grays)
TANS (wide range in light, medium, dark)
OFF-WHITES...warm white, cold white, cream

Bring whatever suits you!!!

We will use everything listed above so do not decide to leave anything out!

Yes, the rumor is true!!! Yes, I do ask that each student bring lots of fabrics. My personal theory embraces the belief that one will be freer to be creative if one has many fabric choices available in class. After 20 years of teaching, I consider each class I teach to be on a graduate level and therefore I expect students to arrive prepared with all necessary supplies. In that regard, I have outlined those fabrics we will use in this class. For some students, my fabric supply list will seem overwhelming in quantity and variety, while for other students, the selection they bring will never be good enough.

About solid colors--the more shades you have to work with, the more you will learn about how to work with color. Color is Joyous!!! Color does not cause pain!!! Take DELIGHT in color!!!
Working in color does not mean only using BOLD colors or HOT colors; working in color means learning to be versatile in all types of colors. Overall during the class, we will use many solid colors, but still.... please bring the requested prints. When choosing both solid colors and prints to bring to class, be sure to bring both warm and cool tones. I caution you to not bring mostly middle value solids, rather bring a wide variety, including:

Any color can be warm or cold. Warm tones: Any colors that are mixed with yellow and which have a glow coming off the surface. Cold tones: Any colors that are mixed with blue and which have a dullness and subdued nature. Many students arrive with their own hand-dyed solids or stacks they have purchased from other dyers. By all means, bring hand-dyed if you want. But flat solids (dyed commercially) are equally acceptable. I usually work with flat colors or my own subtly dyed flat colors. My own palette includes approximately 500 shades.

I cannot specifically tell you to only bring 1/2 yard cuts of each color because I know we will be using at least a yard of some to many colors depending on each student's color preferences. If you bring a yard of each - say 5 blues, 5 reds, 5 yellows, 5 greens, etc. but one each in light values, medium light values, medium values, medium dark values, & dark values, that would be better than not having enough. So bring 1 yard of as many colors as you can afford and shorter lengths for the rest. Remember, we will be working selvage to selvage.