Salon
Workshop Description
IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM COURTEPOINTE QUÉBEC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Courtepointe Québec’s executive council, in accordance with the provincial government’s directives to cancel all summer festivals, has decided to cancel its 2020 Salon, exhibition of quilts and textile arts to a later date.
Thank you all for your understanding and your trust.
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Thursday June 4, 2020
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Helen Doyle – No J 101
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Workshop: Shade Boutis
Course objective: Achieving in part all the steps including finishing in the creation of a small project using the technique of “shade boutis”, work by hand.
Price: $45 + kit
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 10-15 max
Materials needed: click here
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Dominique Ehrmann – No J 102
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Workshop: Understanding the role and power of colors while having fun
Course objective: Learning to understand how the power of colors and tones works
– through daytime exercises making learning fun and thereby removing the fear of choices
– empowering participants when choosing their fabrics at the beginning of a project to create quilts with a WOW graphic effect
Price: $85
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 15 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Colette Dumont – No J 103
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Workshop: « Lotus » Stained Glass
Course objective: Making a wall hanging using the basic technique of stained glass which can be embellished later depending on your creativity
Price: $50 + kit
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 12-15 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Lise Bélanger – No J 104
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Workshop: Introduction to artistic quilt with a raw edge cut
Course objective: The course aims to introduce participants to the creation of an artistic quilt using the raw edge cut technique. Participants will be able to familiarize themselves with the tools and techniques needed to create the quilt. During the course, they will also receive additional explanations to better understand the entire process and to be able to keep going on their own.
Price: $130 + kit $25
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 10-12 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Joane Daoust – No J 105
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Workshop: Domestic Machine Quilting
Level: Beginner
Course objective:
Learn different marking methods for quilting
Learn to quilt with a walking foot
Learn to quilt with a free hand foot
Price: $90
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 6-8 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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France Vannobel – No J 106
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Workshop: Table runner with curves
Course objective: Discussion on improvisation. Mastering curves sewing. Making an original table runner or small wallhanging without a pattern. ..
Price: $50
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 10-12 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Friday, June 5, 2020
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Dominique Ehrmann – No V 202 and No S 302 (2 days) – FULL
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Workshop: Understanding the miniature in a textile sculpture (2 days)
Level: Open to all but having experience in quilting will be a plus
Course objective:
Technical portion: Understanding the approach and gestures of cutting, assembling and stitching to create a miniature quilt
Artistic portion: Understanding how to transform a quilted project into a textile sculpture
Price: $170 (2 days)
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 15 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Edith Choinière – No V 203
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Workshop: Hummingbird and Hibiscus
Prerequisite: none
Course objective: Master Free Motion Quilting and share my experience and tips and tricks
Price: $55
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 12-15 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Lise Bélanger – No V 204
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Workshop: Introduction to hands-free quilting
Course objective: My goal is to demystify the hands-free quilting, to explain why hands-free quilting can be easier for some than for others and to give them the tools necessary to surpass themselves.
At the end of the training, participants will know the basic tools, the three golden rules, the exercises needed to improve, a placemat project that will be useful to them, and they will know several hands-free quilting patterns. They will then be able to continue their set of placemats by practicing new patterns.
Price: $75 + kit if needed $25
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 10-12 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Beverley Beauchemin – No V 205
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Workshop: Quilting with ruler foot on a domestic machine
Level: Have some basic practice at free motion quilting
Course objective:
This course aims to help you work easily with a ruler foot and will help you master your free motion movements with the ruler foot on a domestic machine. You’ll learn how to use the rulers to create patterns and stitching patterns without marking them.
This course will be given in French but Beverley will answer your questions in English.
Price: $90
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 6-8 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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France Vannobel – No V 206
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Workshop: Improvised circles
Course objective: Talk on improvisation. Cutting curves freehand. Mastering curves sewing. Creating an original
piece that could become a table runner or a small murale.
Price: $50
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 10-12 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Saturday June 6, 2020
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Mr. Kamal
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Workshop: Featherweight maintenance
Pre-requisite:
Course objective:
Price: $25
Schedule: 9 am to 12 pm
Attendees: Unlimited
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Helen Doyle – No S 301
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Workshop: Reverse Appliqué
Course objective: Achieving in part all the steps including finishing in creating a pouch of your choice using reverse appliqué technique, work by hand.
Price: $45 + kit
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 10-15 max
Materials needed: click here
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Dominique Ehrmann – No V 202 and No S 302 (2 days)
Biography: click here
Workshop: Understanding the miniature in a textile sculpture
Level: Open to all but having experience in quilting will be a plus
Course objective:
Technical portion: Understanding the approach and gestures of cutting, assembling and stitching to create a miniature quilt
Artistic portion: Understanding how to transform a quilted project into a textile sculpture
Price: $170 (2 days)
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 15 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Claire Haillot – No S 303
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Workshop: Diamond Dance
Pre-requisite: none
Course objective: At the end of the training, participants will have all the tools to finalize a 15″ by 30″ piece; some may even have completed it
Price: $80 + pattern $15
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 6-20 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Phyllis Moody – No S 304
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Workshop: Fundamentals of English paper piecing and traditional piecing.
Class will be given in English with French translation as needed.
Level: Intermediate
Course objective: Learn the technique of English paper piecing and the traditional patchwork using the Tula Nova Pattern
Price: $40 + kit $105.75
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 12 max
Materials needed: click here
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Paul Léger – No S 306
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Workshop: 3D illusion-effect quilt
Course objective: During this one-day workshop, Paul will share his tips and teach you how to transform a traditional design into a three-dimensional cube by playing with colors. The incredible combinations produced can result in the creation of fascinating illusion-effect quilts.
Price: $65 + kit $30
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 15-20 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Lily Lam – No S 307
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Workshop: Have fun with the magic of Shibori and indigo
Pre-requisite: Imagination and adventurous spirit
Course objective: Start with a white cotton fabric and bring home a starting point for an adventure that can open up your creative world
Price: $55 + kit $20
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 15 max
Materials needed: click here
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Sunday June 7, 2020
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Sherida Giddings – No D 402
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Workshop: Quiltworx « One » Leaf Series
Prerequisite: Basic sewing skills
Class will be given in English, with French translation as needed.
Course objective: Learn basic foundation paper piecing skills, some patterns include curved assembly and paper pieced vein as well.
Price: $90 + pattern $30
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 12-16 max
Materials needed: click here
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Claire Haillot – No D 403
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Workshop: Initiation to EQ8 software $80
Prerequisite: Basic computer skills
Course objective: Learn how to use the software
Price: $80
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 6-20 max
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Ginette Williams – No D 404
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Workshop: Finishing Touches $45
Level: Beginner
Course objective: Learn some special finishes on a quilt such as: prairie points, interior and exterior, reversible bias, 45º corners and others, blocking the finished work.
Price: $45
Schedule: 9 am to 4 pm
Attendees: 10 max
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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Dominique Ehrmann – No D 406 (half day)
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Workshop: Course for children $40 + kit
Level: Initiation
Course objective: Learn how to choose fabrics, understand placement in the form of “block games,” learn how to assemble, learn to sew ¼” with a sewing machine, safely learn how to press seams and safely learn how to press a fusible appliqué.
Price: $40 + kit 25$
Schedule: 9 am to 12 pm
Attendees: 6-8 max + 2 parents
Materials needed: click here
* Sewing machine & iron provided
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