Improv Quilting (aka ‘slow stitch’) Workshop

About this event

Join us for a workshop where you will dive into more juicy fabric than you can imagine, as we offer up the vintage, the special, the lovely, the cotton, the linen and the silk, all for your slow-stitching pleasure. We won’t be using machines but turning our minds and our hands towards an improvisational panel that is created stitch by stitch. Students will be introduced to the joy of hand-stitching a piece of work, sharing fabric in a unique way, as well as mending techniques for tiny repairs. An afternoon spent with like-minded creatives, all focused on this meditative stitching is a fabulous kind of day! This is a process-oriented workshop, wherein students will develop their work intuitively by choosing fabric colors and textures while we discuss both improvisational and dedicated design concepts to approach their finished piece. All materials provided as part of the days’ work, but as with all workshops I teach, if students have personal materials they’d like to incorporate or share, they may bring them along. *Depending on fabric cuts, each student will create a panel that is approximately 12”x12” or larger – perfect for turning into a pillow or hanging for display. Other tools, only if you already own them, you may want to bring along: Glasses, Thimble, Tiny scissors, Needle threader Space is very limited! Molly C. Meng studied literature with a personal minor in collecting other people's lives. An obsession with old ledgers, vintage photos. and every single discarded book that exists, her work reimagines the untold stories behind the otherwise forgotten items of every day. A self-taught artist, the medium of collage in both paper and textiles is Molly's dominant form of communicating. She successfully weaves the elements of ephemera and storytelling into each piece she creates. The spectacular beauty of the ordinary is elevated with detail in her work. Molly's work has shown nationally in both museums and galleries located in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Wisconsin and Montana. She has produced large scale commissions for interior designers, personal homes and a number of Prometheus apartment complexes in Northern California. Other than creating her own artwork, Molly helps adults and young people lean into their unique talent by teaching creative workshops around the U.S. as well as on an annual retreat in the South of France. Molly C. Meng is currently living and working in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. LIVE MUSIC POETRY & FICTION WORKSHOPS WILDLIFE WELLNESS COMEDY FOOD THEATRE VISIT STAY SHOP ABOUT FAQs SUPPORT BRIGHT & LYON PRIVATE EVENTS © THE WORD BARN TERMS & CONDITIONS PRIVACY POLICY WEBSITE BY MAINE FOX MARKETING

Who

• Molly C. MengInstructor

Venue

The Word Barn

66 Newfields Road, Exeter, NH 03833

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