The Moeraki Boulders are unusually large and spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach in New Zealand.
Learn how to roast fabric for the sand and paint fabric to create your rocks. Taking these fabrics make your own version of Moeraki or an equivalent landscape.
Instructor: Catherine McDonald
Fee: $80 + HST plus Kit Cost: $ 15 for roasted fabric
There is a one hour lunch hour included in the class time.
Entrance to the Festival is included in the registration fee.
Materials supplied:
- Roasted fabric (background fabric)
- Paint
Materials to bring:
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Fabrics:
- o A fat quarter of white or light grey fabric to paint rocks.
- o Optional – half metre of sky / sea fabric and some other scraps if you want to make a more landscape effect
- o Half metre of backing fabric (you are likely to start quilting the piece by the end of class)
- Paper backed fusible web (wonder under, etc)
- Firm batting
- Rotary cutter, mat and rulers, fabric scissors
- Sewing machine and appropriate feet
- Threads for applique and quilting
- A few embroidery threads for couching the rocks – thicker threads and variegated work well
- General sewing supplies (scissors, pins, etc.)
Catherine McDonald
“My love of colour and fabric sees me create my own hand dyed and hand treated fabrics which I then use in my own work as well as sell to others. The possibilities are endless to create original work.“ Catherine is an award winning fibre and surface design artist whose work has been juried into exhibitions around the world. A Life Member of the Aotearoa Quilters National Association of New Zealand, she lectures on New Zealand Quilting, and has been published in several fibre art publications, including NZ Quilter Magazine and Australia’s Textile Fibre Forum magazine.