Layered Collage and Running Stitch Workshop

Drawing inspiration from the tradition and history of Kantha quilts, participants in this

workshop will create hand stitched small (~12” square) layered fabric collages with textile

scraps.

Artist and instructor Hadley Clark will demonstrate her own approach to collage both

creatively and functionally in her studio, and will provide participants with basic instruction

about layering and connecting textile remnants with the running stitch central to Kantha

quilts. This workshop will include identification of woven textiles versus knit textiles,

discussion about basic design elements such as composition, color, and texture, and

ongoing creative direction and functional instruction. This is a workshop open to sewists of

all skill levels.

Participants will be provided with textile remnants, one hand sewing needle, and embroidery

floss. You are welcome and encouraged to bring your own textile remnants and other

sewing supplies like embroidery floss, scissors, thimbles, etc.

Host or Publisher Kansas City Artists Coalition