Archive of A Previous Program
Friday & Saturday, January 31 & February 1, 2014
 

         "Little Quail" – Lynn Payette (A Foley/Cornelius Teacher)

Please note:  Those members who did not sign up for the Lynn Payette class are invited to bring some other project to work on in studio time.  You are most welcome to sign up for lunch on one or both days.

'Little Quail' is a non-charted design created with the use of sheer and opaque fabrics, silk ombre ribbons, metallic threads, floss, and stump-work techniques.  Student will make the decisions for the placement of stitches and colors of the leaves.

Techniques will be demonstrated for the stitching and application of sheer and opaque fabrics (using a bonding technique with a product called Wonder Under, a fusible web).  Some of the leaves will be superimposed on the ground fabric after being wired (between two layers of bonded fabric) and will curve out from the piece in the student's choice of placement.  Some of the leaves will be bonded directly to the ground and then overstitched.  This will give a 3-D effect around and partially over the quail and the leaves bonded to the ground fabric.

Also taught will be the overstitching of fabrics with threads, working with novelty and metallic threads, and creating a color scheme that demonstrates cast shadows and perspective.  The wheat is created with pearl cotton and metallic threads in whipped back and straight stitches.

The quail's body and head will be stitched separately on muslin, and then applied to the ground fabric with padding created with one to two layers of felt.  Long and short stitch will be worked on the upper breast of the quail, and buttonhole stitch for the lower breast.  The quail's head is worked in a variety of stitches, including satin stitch, outline stitch and whipped outline stitch, chain stitch, French knots, and beading.

This piece allows the student to experience the use of a wide variety of media, and will have a heavy emphasis on creating perspective and shadows with the use of threads, metallics, beads and fabrics.  The student will also learn to recreate an object (quail) using stitches to create photographic realism.  'Little Quail' is the first piece in a bird theme series.

SIZE:  6" circle
GROUND:  White soft Congress cloth
KIT COST:  $85.00

Location:  Duncaster Senior Residence in Bloomfield, CT at 10 AM!

Schedule for Friday:
            10 AM to 12:15 pm           Class
            12:15 to 1 PM                     Lunch and show and tell
            1 PM to 3:30 PM               Class

Schedule for Saturday:
            10 AM to 12:15 pm          Class
            12:15 to 1 PM                    Lunch and brief meeting
            1 PM to 3:30 PM              Class

Here are directions to Duncaster:  (Official address is 40 Loeffler Road, Bloomfield, CT)
                                                                       (follow signs to the Aquatic Center)

From Rt. 84 Westbound [from Manchester]:
Take Rt. 291, exit 61.  Follow Rt. 291 to Rt. 218 exit.  Take left onto Rt. 218.  Follow for about 3 miles.  Take right onto Rt. 189 and follow to the center of Bloomfield.  Take a left on Rt. 178.  Continue straight on Rt. 178 for 1.4 miles.  To use the new front entrance, turn right onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.  From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance.  Our meeting takes place in the conference room one floor above the entrance level (4^th floor).

From Rt. 84 Eastbound [from Farmington]:
Take exit 41.  Go left on South Main Street [which becomes North Main Street at West Hartford Center] for 4.6 miles to Rt. 185.  Turn left on Rt. 185 for 1.8 miles.  Turn right on Rt. 178.  To use the new front entrance, after about ½ mile turn left onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.  From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance.  Our meeting takes place in the conference room one floor above the entrance level (4^th floor).

From Rt. 91 [North or South]:
Take exit 36.  Go west on Rt. 178 for 4.5 miles to the center of Bloomfield.  At the traffic light continue straight on Rt. 178 for 1.4 miles.  To use the new front entrance, turn right onto Mountain Avenue and continue approx. ½ mile to entrance on the left into Duncaster.  From the Loeffler Road entrance or the Mountain Avenue entrance, once on the campus, visitors should follow the signs to the Aquatics & Fitness Center Entrance.  Our meeting takes place in the conference room one floor above the entrance level (4^th floor).