Fused Art Quilts from Photographs
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Fused Art Quilts from Photographs
with Sandra Mollon
Turn your favorite photograph into a stunning, realistic art quilt! In this hands-on workshop with award-winning quilt artist, Sandra Mollon, you'll learn how to transform an image into fabric form using Sandra's signature fusing and quilting techniques.
Start by selecting a photo that inspires you — or choose one of Sandra’s beautiful patterns, perfect for beginners. You’ll learn every step of the process, from enlarging and tracing your image to cutting, fabric selection, fusing, and adding dimension with media and quilting.
Whether you’re new to art quilting or looking to expand your creative skills, you’ll leave with the knowledge and confidence to bring your own photographic memories to life in fabric.
Meet the instructor!
Sandra Mollon is an award-winning fiber artist, author, and teacher best known for her realistic art quilts inspired by photography and nature. Her work has been featured in major quilt shows and publications, and she is the author of Creativity Unmasked: Fused Art Quilts Inspired by Nature. Sandra shares her expertise through classes and workshops nationwide, inspiring quilters to turn their favorite images into stunning works of fabric art.
Please bring the following supplies to class:
- Misty Fuse Fusible Web
- I prefer this type because it doesn’t seem to build up in your machine, or make your needle gummy, or make the finished quilt rock hard like a piece of cardboard. You will want at least 4-5 yards.
- Freezer Paper
- You will need enough freezer paper to trace your entire image on. If
your enlargement is bigger than the 18” wide freezer paper, you will need to tape pieces
together—butt up—don’t overlap (use beige masking tape) to make a big enough piece.
- You will need enough freezer paper to trace your entire image on. If
your enlargement is bigger than the 18” wide freezer paper, you will need to tape pieces
together—butt up—don’t overlap (use beige masking tape) to make a big enough piece.
- A travel size iron and ironing mat
- Light box (Unless you complete the tracing in advance)
- Pencil with an eraser
- Scissors for cutting paper and fabric
- A Slice ceramic craft knife (highly recommended). Do not use an Exacto knife with a metal blade—it can cut your fabric. I usually have some with me to sell, contact me to hold one for you.
- Silicon Goddess Sheets or 1 yard Parchment paper (Reynolds brand or Costco brand parchment paper work well).
- Portable Light
Fabric requirements:
- You will need a piece of background fabric or a cotton solid or batik (choose a color for this that is often seen in the photo) the size of your enlargement (or pattern) with a bit left around the work to be trimmed off later—about an inch all around.
- A large variety of other fabrics (something like 30-40 different fabrics, in 1/8 yard to 1/4 yard amounts)
- Be sure to really look at your image, and spend some time finding fabrics which are close in both the color and values you see—batik fabrics are preferred for this process. Avoid solids, prints of all types, and fabrics that fray easily. Good quality hand dyed cottons are great. This requires you to look at your image very carefully.
- Make sure your fabric selection is varied in the types of batiks as well as color and value—you will want batiks that have a variety of visual textures.
A more detailed supply list and preparation instructions will be emailed to those who register for this workshop.
Class is held in our Ohio Studio located at 3792 Boettler Oaks Dr, Suite B, Uniontown, OH 44685.
Lunches will be provided each day, as well as morning and afternoon refreshments, coffee, tea, and use of our fridge and kitchen. Please let us know if you have any food allergies or dietary restrictions!
Supplies are available for purchase in-store during class if not purchased ahead of time.
For suggestions on hotel accommodations or any other questions/concerns, contact Abby at shop@suespargo.com or call 330-899-9454 ext. 114.
Cancellation fees reflect the cost of registration, staff, instructor contracts, material acquisitions, and other services. This policy applies to all registrants, regardless of the reason for canceling. We encourage you to take our cancellation policies into consideration before registering for classes.
If you need to cancel your registration, you have the following options:
Transfer:
Registrants who cancel their enrollment in a workshop held in our Ohio studio may make a one-time transfer to any other workshop held in our studio.
- Transfers may be made either in the current workshop season, or any workshop in the following year. Transfers must be made more than 30 days prior to the workshop, and is subject to a 5% cancellation fee.
Refund:
If you prefer not to transfer your workshop registration, the following fees apply:
- More than 60 days prior to the workshop, refund of your deposit minus a 20% cancellation fee.
- Less than 60 days prior to the workshop, no refunds will be issued.
Redirect:
Registrants are able to send someone in their place into the workshop for no additional fee. In this case, no refunds will be issued, payment arrangements are the responsibility of the original registrant if needed.