Class Situations

I have taken a lot of quilting classes over the years and I don't always do well under pressure in a class. My mind goes blank. First of all my workplace is way too clean and organized on the table they provide for me and I thrive with piles of scraps and yardage and general clutter. I made this piece at a Therese May workshop at QSDS. Our first project was to make a "doll" of some sort and when it came time for the main art piece that we would be working on, I just took my doll shape and used it again.  I decided to just do a little of everything she taught us on this one project. If you have seen her work you know she uses dabs and dots of paint on most of her pieces. I had never really used paint at all before this so it was definitely an experiment.
I used double needle quilting, paint to hold a patch in place, dots of paint to outline the "person"
buttons tied on with hand dyed thread and the tails of thread left hanging, charms tied on. Two of the fabrics have faded quite a bit, the black and white check and the lavender shooting off above the head. This little piece is titled "Magic Wand(a)" and is one of my self portraits.
The class was a lot of fun, a time of just relaxing and playing. Every piece can't be serious or stuffy!

Here is a link to Therese May.