I'm so fortunate to live near enough to Lowell Massachusetts that I can drive up and take classes there during the annual Lowell Quilt Festival. This year, my friend Debbie and I decided to take the two day class being offered by Jane Sassaman.
I've admired Jane's work for years, and although her style is totally different from mine, I was eager to take the class Abstracting From Nature. Or maybe it's because her style is so totally different from mine. What's the point of learning something you already know?
This line caught my eye in the class description: "This class is especially beneficial for the drawing impaired and the tragically literal." Well, that fits me and Debbie to a tee: I'm drawing impaired and Debbie is tragically literal. And we struggled with these shortcomings throughout the class!
Jane's gorgeous quiltsBut a miracle happened. By the end of the first day, I realized that I had been drawing pretty much all day long, and I didn't even mind it! Jane is one of those amazing teachers that you end up thanking for making you do what you never thought you wanted to do. Not that she forced us...she just broke it down so it was doable and fun.
I'll be sharing the progress of my quilt with you over the next little while. I don't know how long exactly, but we'll see!
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But I plan to make more...