Trash Talk: A Sustainability Study
Saturday, October 4, 10am-1pm
Class level: All levels welcome!
Age requirements: 18+
Teaching artist: Maday Delgado (@sustainabletextiledesign)
Class fee: $120
To Maday, improv piecing is like a writing a poem. There is nothing more magical than to re-assemble the “discardable” to make something whole again; it feels like a hug from a loved one.
Improv piecing contains the experiences lovely scraps have lived before they even reached our maker hands; think of the incredible process cotton goes through before it reaches us as a finished textile. Sewing a few curves may be sprinkled into this workshop as a dash of glitter for your masterpiece.
Join Maday in an exploration of what improv means to you and you create magic out of the unexpected.
What to Bring:
Sewing machine in working order with quarter-inch piecing foot or zig zag foot (if you’d like to use one of TAC’s studio machines, please email us to reserve one.)
New sewing machine needle
Fabric scraps (Maday will also bring scraps from her stash, and you can pull from TAC’s Little Free Scrap Library)
Natural thread
Scissors
Rotary cutter (optional)
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Bio:
Maday is a prolific artist, arts educator, Janome America Artisan, and magazine contributor based in Wisconsin who is committed to bringing innovation and artistry to the forefront of her work. Learning from cultural textile traditions and exchanging powerful stories is a source of inspiration for her that she hopes to share with all. Maday’s goal is to unify students with different skill sets and share her love of art and vibrant textiles. She combines paint, weaving, hand-stitching, machine sewing, and embroidery to infuse her creations with energy and pay homage to her Cuban upbringing. Maday’s work has appeared in publications such as Curated Quilts; Spring, Love & Patchwork Magazine; Uppercase magazine; Beyond Words literary magazine; and the book “Quilted.”
Website: sustainabletextiledesign.com
Social: @sustainabletextiledesign