Workshops
& Lectures
These
are the workshops and lectures Marlene does on a regular basis.
Contact her to schedule one for your
group.
Click
here to see her schedule of
upcoming workshops, shows and lectures.
Workshops
Fabulous
Silk Scarves!
Class Description — Make your own designer silk scarves
with easy and neat instant-setting dyes. Learn casual Shibori
(scrunch dye) techniques (without tying or major preparations)
to make sunset lines or zebra stripes, soft or dynamic floral
images and little window shapes. Create a silk scarf, a hand-dyed silk organza greeting card and stencil-dye some silk broadcloth. It feels and sews like cotton, but is 100% silk. So, it takes the instant setting dyes easily, with no heat-setting needed.
Feedback from my "Make it and Take
it"
Hand-Dyed Silk Scarf Demo at Craft Art
"Thank you. Once again your hand dyed scarf
demo was a HUGE success! You are a pleasure to work with and
the patrons loved the experience. Your support of Florida Craftsmen
and [the] Craft Art [show] are truly appreciated."
You are the Best!
Janie
Florida Craftsmen Gallery
St. Petersburg, FL
Spray
Dyeing with Stencils
Class Description — Create multi-layered images using stencils
from felt or plastic with fabric dyes in spray bottles on silk
handkerchiefs or silk broadcloth. (Silk broadcloth makes the transition
easy from cotton to silk for quilters.)
Color
Play with Silk: The Basics
Class Description — Explore the basics of learning to apply
color to silk with instant setting dyes. You will be amazed at
how easy it to create designs on luxurious silk fabrics ending
in an array of accessories — a silk pouch, a cosmetic bag,
a designer shawl, a sheer gift bag and a silk greeting card. Techniques
include dyeing in a baggie, spray dyeing and using resists for
stained glass effects.
Feedback on My Silk Dyeing Class
"I would like to thank you again for the opportunity
to take the silk dying class. I have been raving about it. Thank
you. It was wonderful. You are so patient and thorough - great
teacher attributes! You are patient, organized, thorough and creative.
I was amazed at the complete folder full of samples, order forms
for supplies and information that accompanied the class. I look
forward to your next workshop!"
Sincerely,
Tana Harper
Collage and 3D Effects Workshop
Class Description — Explore personal design ideas using
monochromatic colors in a small format along with adding 3D effects
(floral sheers, embellishments, dimensional fabric).
Feedback from My Collage Workshop
"The workshop you gave was wonderful. I have
a great deal of awe for your planning, organization and the
 materials
you arranged and gave us to work with...so thorough and generous.
"I made 7 [collages] from the materials in yellow. What
I saw is that in addition to these techniques and skills, you
have a great deal of knowledge and sense of the colors and how
they live with each of them. Yellow was a challenge and yet,
since each color has a value, there must be a challenge in each
of them.
"Something wonderful happens when you enter
the color itself and you have a great deal to share on this
I am sure."
Warmly,
Barbara
Finger
Knitted Scarves
Class Description — Quickly and rapidly make narrow, fluffy
scarves or belts using just four fingers, one strand of plain
yarn and one strand of eyelash (or fluffy) yarn. This technique
is faster than knitting. I learned it from one of my 3rd grade
art students!
Dyeing Doorways with Doilies
Class Description — Walk through a new doorway and experiment
making your own fabric with doorway images using plastic doilies,
paper or plastic shapes, spray colors, silk fabric and instant
setting dyes. Sooooooooo EASY!
Lectures
- My Life in Fabric: True Confessions of a Fabricoholic
- The Daily Design Process Using the Color Wheel and Fabric
Collage
- Taking a Leap: How to Begin Art Quilts
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