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Spring was just arriving in beautiful Wilmington, NC, when I visited there on Monday and Tuesday to speak and do a workshop for the friendly Quilters by the Sea Guild.
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I arrived in historic Wilmington a few hours before my presentation, so I strolled through a residential part of the older part of the city, which boasts spectacular turn-of-the-century (and older) houses.
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Love those Christmas snowflake lights and the charming red door.
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A beautiful door and transom. Check out the little metal Daschund to the left of the door ... perhaps a boot scraper?
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Here’s part of the talented group that took my “Surface Design Madness” workshop on Tuesday. What a nice bunch.
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We stamped and stenciled on fabric with Lumiere fabric paint.
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We made beads from Tyvek and wrapped them in wire and beads.
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We melted Tyvek to make embellishments.
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This student really went to town with her Lumiere! Isn’t this gorgeous?
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One student made this by stamping Lumiere with a regular kitchen sponge. Great texture!
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More fun with Lumiere.
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This is Lumiere sponged through sequin waste.
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We also stamped and embossed Angelina.
It is always so interesting to me that each student finds something different that “floats her boat.” I try to offer many different techniques and materials in this class. We cover a lot of ground in six hours.
Many thanks to Mary Ann, and all the Quilters by the Sea!