FIber Arts Explosion at Marwen

This past fall I taught an art quilting class to 6-8 graders at Marwen.

Marwen is a non-profit that educates and inspires

under-served young people in Chicago through the visual arts.

I had a teaching assistant, 16 female students, and a lot of fun.

The girls loved working with fabric and sewing on a machine.

I was invited to teach the class gain in the spring.

November Journal Pieces 10-12

Week 10

 Painted Self Portrait

 Close up of stitching

 Week 11

I used scraps collected from shirts purchased at thrift stores

The strips are the button section

 I stitched right down the middle of each strip

 Week 12

I liked the way the last piece looked, so I experimented further

 I used the shirt cuffs for strips