Drop In Community Quilting Workshop: Finishing Touches

Carlee Latimer
Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

As Together-together* nears completion, this final workshop invites participants to help guide the quilt-in-progress to its closing chapter. In this session, we’ll focus on finishing techniques—binding edges, reinforcing seams, adding final marks—and honoring the accumulated …

The word "quilts" is spelled out in all caps in red pieced letters on a patchwork quilt.

Draw Your Quilt Workshop

Carlee Latimer
Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join artist Carlee Latimer for Draw Your Quilt, a hands-on, fast-paced, no-pressure drawing workshop that invites participants to explore personal stories, memory, and patterns through quilt-inspired imagery. Inspired by the exhibition Find Your Quilt, this workshop encourages attendees to translate the …

Digital illustration of a cream-colored quilt with a dark blue border. Designs within the quilt depict sections of blue flying geese patterns. With each section of flying geese, there are other smaller figures including trees, humanoid figures, and mushrooms.

WIP Lab Workshop: Recycled Patchwork Appliqué

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join art education student Tess Voight to express yourself through the art of stitching. Create a beautiful wall hanging to decorate your home or a patch to fasten onto a garment using appliqué, patchwork, and …

Photo of a tote bag with recycled patchwork applique and a photo of the applique process. Text on masking tape above the image reads "WIP Lab Workshop." Text on brown paper below the photo reads "Recycled Patchwork Applique with Tess Voight."

Drop In Community Quilting Workshop: Finding Your Flow

Carlee Latimer
Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

With a clear vision emerging, Together-together* is ready for even more hands. Drop in, slow down, and find your flow as you add your stitches to this collaborative quilt-in-progress. Whether you have 10 minutes or …

The word "quilts" is spelled out in all caps in red pieced letters on a patchwork quilt.

WIP Lab Workshop: Neon-Inspired Wire Bending

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Join PhD student Skye Xollo to learn how to create sculptures that mimic the look of glowing neon. In this all-levels workshop, you’ll learn to sketch a design, shape armature wire using techniques inspired by …

Photo of a yellow-green neon light. Text on masking tape above the image reads "WIP Lab Workshop." Text on brown paper below the photo reads "Neon-Inspired Wire Bending with Skye Xollo."

Community Quilting Workshop: Advancing the Process

Carlee Latimer
Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

In this hands-on workshop led by artist Carlee Latimer, we’ll once again lift Together-together* from the gallery wall and gather around the quilting frame to continue exploring the collaborative, creative process of discovering all that …

The word "quilts" is spelled out in all caps in red pieced letters on a patchwork quilt.

Build a Block workshop with Dr. Sharbreon Plummer

@ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Build a Block: Simple Raw Edge Appliqué Drop in to create a quilt block with this year’s Harris Lecturer, artist and public scholar Dr. Sharbreon Plummer. Participants will use raw edge appliqué to shape a …

A photo of hands working at a table scattered with fabric, scissors, thread, and glue sticks. A quilt block depicts a tower struck by lightning and one fire.

WIP Lab Workshop: Hello Loom Tapestry Weaving

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join artist and MFA student Lars Shimabukuro for an introduction to tapestry weaving using pocket-sized Hello Looms. Participants will learn how to warp a tapestry loom, beginning tapestry techniques, working with multiple colors, and how …

Photo of Hello Loom woven tapestry pieces. Text on masking tape above the image reads "WIP Lab Workshop." Text on brown paper below the photo reads "Hello Loom Tapestry Weaving with Lars Shimabukuro."

Natural Dye Demonstration

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Join staff from the Allen Centennial Garden as they dye embroidery floss with different plants harvested from the garden. This session will feature weld, indigo, and coreopsis. Staff will demonstrate basic principals of plant-based dying …

Photo of 4 dyed textiles lying atop one another.

Community Quilting Workshop: Picking Up the Thread

Carlee Latimer
Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

In this hands-on workshop, we’ll take Together-together* down from the gallery wall and come together around the quilting frame to begin stitching the quilt’s three layers. Artist Carlee Latimer believes quilts are powerful tools for …

The word "quilts" is spelled out in all caps in red pieced letters on a patchwork quilt.