RJR Cosmopolitans

Rose Hughes is a fabric artist from Southern California who creates one-of-a kind quilt art pieces. She uses layers of luxurious silk, velveteen and cotton fabrics, paints, yarns and embellishments to transform fabric into wondrous landscapes where color and shape play with the senses.

Rose has been working in fabric since 1991 and has had her work shown nationally and internationally through group and solo exhibits. During this time her work has been acquired by numerous collectors nationwide and featured on Simply Quilts. Along with creating her own work that is sold through regional galleries and exhibitions, Rose lectures and teaches many of the techniques she has written about in her Stuff of Dreams book series.

Always on the lookout for new ideas, Rose believes there are many new pathways out there ready to be discovered, and along those pathways come new fabrics, new colors and news sights that happily end up in our quilts.

Get additional information and see more of Rose's work at www.rosehughes.com.

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Fabric Painting: Crayon Design and Resist

Workshop Description:
In this one-day (6 hour) workshop students of all ages and every level will have fun coloring and designing their own fabric. Using simple crayons, silk or cotton fabric and fabric paints each student will create exciting fabrics and go home with four pieces of wonderful unique fabric that can be used to in any fabric project.
*A second day can be added where the students will be able to sew and embellish their newly designed fabric into a fabric project.
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Fast-Piece Machine Appliqué™

Workshop Description:
Fast, furious, and fantastic! In just one day students will learn the secret of using machine piecing and appliqué in combination to simplify complicated curves and circles, and get perfect results. This workshop is designed for the intermediate student, though anyone that can straight stitch and feels confident to try zig-zag will find the class fun and easy. Students will be able to go beyond cotton and use luxurious silks and add fun textural elements with velveteen fabrics. The students will also be able to see how to layer and use colorful, unique and unusual embellishments. Students will take home a creative appliqu´d piece underway, and a mind filled with new ideas and techniques to apply in future projects.
*This workshop can easily be made into a 2-4 day workshop. During longer opportunities students will learn how to create their own designs from photographs, and have instruction on ten different ways to embellish their quilts.
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