EGA Seminar Class One - Beading

I signed up for classes well over a year ago and my plan was to learn a little about the subjects before the Seminar. Well best laid plans and life got in the way and I went into my first class as a total novice. If I knew then what I know now I would have said Karen you are crazy!!! The two day class covered four beading techniques and we had three hours for each bracelet to learn the technique.

I can honestly say that Deanna Powell was a great and patient teacher. I didn't feel out of place because I was such a newbie. I just followed along at my own pace and she helped me over the few stumbling blocks that I encountered.

Above you can see a how far I got with each technique. Some were easier than others but they were all new to me so I am happy that I learned as much as I did. Next time I think I will just take a class that teaches maybe one or two techniques but this way at least I've been introduced to all four and can decide if I want to go forward with any of them. I liked all of them and plan to finish at least a couple of the bracelets ..... that is if I can remember how to do them!

I took a class yesterday at Baer Fabric's in Louisville on technology and printing pictures to fabric. They had a great turn out and I'm glad I had the opportunity to meet Joe Hesch, famous for his technology presentations on "America Quilts Creatively" . He has a great sense of humor and is very knowledgeable about printers, software and fabrics.

Joe uses a HP Photosmart 2610 all-in-one printer, fax, copier for his class presentation and now I want one!! LOL ... I have never used an all in one printer before or had the opportunity to see one in use but this machine can do a lot and he made it look so easy. I guess I'll be asking Santa for a new toy this Christmas.


Above is a sample page of Joe's book showing how he makes collages using the copy function on the Printer. Ideas were popping into my head as I watched him create!

They had several books and pre-treated fabrics for ink jet printers available and of course I had to buy one of his books and a package of fabric to try!


I also picked up Amy Barickman's Art-to-Wear book because it had a CD with 100 Vintage Images included with the book. I can't wait to play around with it today. I'll let you know how I like it once I have a chance to play with it.