Karen Bolan Workshop- Special Effects with Color

February 15th Workshop: “Special Effects with Color” 

The workshop is full.

Journey into color mastery by creating illusions and tricking the eye. Color is one of the most exciting things about quilting, and yet it’s easy to feel unsure about our choices. By understanding how we see color and then creating illusions with color, students can develop color confidence and giddy enjoyment. In this class, learn to define and use basic color theory terminology; apply the principles of additive and subtractive color as they relate to vision, light, and the physical world; create mutable color illusions; create a color palette with afterimage effects; and create transparency illusions including a complex transparency illusion with more than two overlapping shapes and textures.

Students will learn to create three different categories of color effects: mutable color, transparency, and afterimage effect. This is a six hour lecture and you will sew a sampler quilt.

Class will begin with lectures, demonstrations, and exercises, then students will sew a sampler block.

Supply List

Basic items to have on hand:

● Pen or pencil for taking notes

● Glue stick

● Fabric Scissors

● Rotary cutter, cutting mat, and 6” square quilting ruler (the size is not that important; bigger

is fine too)

● Sewing machine in good working order, and your favorite sewing notions.

Colors: Bring 10-20 different solid fabrics, precut to 5” squares or strips, in a variety of different colors including lights, darks, mediums, bright colors, greyed-out colors, browns, and everything in between. Don’t try to find only colors you like; even the difficult colors will be useful here. Don’t bring anything precious; your colors will join the “community” pile to use during class, and you will not be taking home what you brought (you will be taking home your exercise sheets and sample block).

Karen’s Bio; 

Karen Bolan is a quilter in Northern California. Drawn to the layers of design and expression possible in quilting, she loves the learning that comes from experimenting. She endeavors to find efficiencies in process and material use. Her designs are out of the box, and integrate a love of geometry, experimentation, interconnection, depth, and texture. Her work has been featured in magazines including Curated Quilts, Modern Quilt Guild Journal, Make Modern, and Modish Quilter, and her quilts have been exhibited at local and international shows including QuiltCon, Pacific International Quilt Festival, and the de Young Museum. Learn more about Karen’s work by visiting her website at www.KarenBolan.com.

Karen Bolan Trunk Show At Feb 13, 2025 TMQG Meeting

February 13th Meeting: “Engineer Your Quilts” lecture. Free to members!

Free yourself from the need to use someone else’s pattern and appoint yourself head of your own design empire. View a gallery of original quilts and learn how to apply the engineering design process to your quilts. Learn to find and use sources of inspiration, harness nifty software and manual tools, and get inspired by approachable improvisational techniques.

Karen’s Bio; 

Karen Bolan is a quilter in Northern California. Drawn to the layers of design and expression possible in quilting, she loves the learning that comes from experimenting. She endeavors to find efficiencies in process and material use. Her designs are out of the box, and integrate a love of geometry, experimentation, interconnection, depth, and texture. Her work has been featured in magazines including Curated Quilts, Modern Quilt Guild Journal, Make Modern, and Modish Quilter, and her quilts have been exhibited at local and international shows including QuiltCon, Pacific International Quilt Festival, and the de Young Museum. Learn more about Karen’s work by visiting her website at www.KarenBolan.com.

The Guild is paying for the lecture!