Quilt Quarter's is hosting a special guest this August!
Dr. Susan Kruszynski lives in Muskegon, Michigan, and is an award-winning art quilt designer, teacher, author, and gallery artist - and she's coming to teach two workshops in the QQ classroom! Coming from her opportunity to speak at the Mudsock Guild in August, Dr. Susan Kruszynski has offered to teach one workshop on Thursday, August 17th and the other on Friday August 18th. We only have 10 spots available per day, so space is limited for both and you should buy your tickets sooner rather than later!
Workshop #1: Remembering Your Roots: Conner Prairie
Date: Thursday, August 17
Time: 9:30am-4:00pm
Cost Breakdown:
- Class: $30
- Super Kit: $70, which includes all fabrics and an art canvas
Location: Quilt Quarters Classroom
Learn the art of collage landscaping with photo fabric pictures inserted! You'll be amazed by at how easy it is to create a simple art quilt of one of Indiana’s historic treasures. Awe your friends and family, and prepare to have fun - it IS so much easier than it looks! You only provide your machine, sewing supplies, & thread.
The super, pre-assembled kit contains all of the needed fabrics and an art canvas, which include:
- Fabrics
- Sky
- Trees
- Ground cover
- Grass
- Gravel
- Wonder Under (pre-applied to all fabrics)
- 9½” x 12½”” batting and backing
- 11” x 14” stretched art canvas
- 13½” x 16½” dark brown fabric to cover art frame
- Photo fabric with pictures
- Freezer paper template
- Parchment paper for ironing
- Iron and board; rotary cutter, ruler & mat
Supply List:
- Sewing machine (open-toe foot)
- Large glue stick
- Tacky glue
- Scissors (small and sharp for fussy cutting)
- Erasable marker
- Threads by Mettler
- Medium sky blue #1525
- Smoke invisible (we might have some to share)
- Dark tan #0269
- Medium tan #1228
- Several shades of green
- Forest #0655
- Light sage #1210
- Medium sage #0886
- Medium dark olive #0420
- Dark olive #1043
- Medium-gray bobbin thread
Workshop #2: Downtown Indianapolis Art Quilt
Date: Friday, August 18
Time: 9:30-4:00
Cost Breakdown:
- Class: $30
- Super Kit: $80, which includes all mounting materials
Location: Quilt Quarters Classroom
In this workshop, you'll learn the skill of art quilting with a collaged landscape and will be amazed at how easy it is to create this gorgeous art quilt, featuring the waterfront Indianapolis cityscape over a swirling skyline. Learn how to use freezer paper templates and parchment paper collaging, but most importantly, prepare to have fun!
The super, pre-assembled kit contains all of the needed fabrics and mounting materials, which include:
- Fabrics
- Swirly sky
- Water
- Orange aura
- Black
- Wonder Under (pre-applied to all fabrics)
- 21½” x 10” backing and batting
- 24” x 12” stretched art canvas
- 26½” x 14½” teal fabric to cover art canvas
- Binding 7/8” x 66+”
- Parchment paper for ironing
- Freezer paper templates
- Iron and board
However, please note that there are a few additional necessities that you'll be responsible for bringing!
Supply List
- Sewing machine (I prefer open-toe foot)
- Iron and small board (optional)
- Large glue stick
- Pencil and a few straight pins
- Scissors
- Small and sharp for fussy cutting & paper scissors
- Sewing gloves, optional
- Erasable marker (optional)
- Threads by Mettler
- Sky blue (#9843)
- Dark tan (#0269)
- Slate blue (#1275)
- Dark teal (#1472)
- Black (#4000)
- Medium-gray bobbin thread
About the Educator
Dr. Susan Kruszynski – lives in Muskegon, Michigan, and is an award-winning art quilt designer, teacher, author, and gallery artist. Feeding her artistic nature, Susan, at age 8, started experimenting with fabrics to produce colorful creations. She began landscape fiber art design with collage art quilts in 2014. A native of Michigan, her works, which range in sizes from 3”x3” to 40”x60”, are often inspired by the trees and woodlands along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Susan currently divides her time between:
- Creating original collaged art quilt designs
- Teaching art quilting
- Marketing this fiber art in shows and galleries
- Running her Quilting Fabrics in Time business
- And only just recently retired as a literacy specialist from Muskegon Community College
Susan uses her 40+ years of K-College level teaching experiences and a PhD in Education to teach this art through in-class experiences in and around the state of Michigan, through on-line instruction, and with art quilt books from Fox-Chapel Publishing.
- Grand Rapids ArtPrize Nine 2017 (TOP 25), Reaching Upward ; J.Gardella’s Tavern on 11 Ionia
- Michigan Education
Association (MEA) Art Acquisitions Purchase Exhibition; 1216 Kendale, Lansing:
- Kruzin' Thru the Seasons in 2018
- Teal Trees in 2019 (JURORS’ CHOICE AWARD and PURCHASE AWARDS)
- Grand Haven Lighthouse Quilt Guild Show, 1st PLACE, Teal Trees in 2018 and Resilience #1 in 2019
Contact
Dr. Susan Kruszynski
Quilted Landscape Fabric Artist
1265 Anna Road
Muskegon, MI 49445
Phone: 231-329-0201
Email: quiltingfabricsintime@gmail.com
Website: www.quiltingfabricsintime.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Quilting-Fabrics-In-Time
Etsy: ArtQuiltsbySusan