My second fiber conference was CGOA 2011 in Greensboro, NC, where I had a great course with Prudence Mapstone, learning the ins and outs of freeform. And, I fell in love with it there. I had done a little bit of creating a coral reef, but Prudence showed us how to make bullions, how to join and how to tuck in the ends. We got to try on some of her great creations and watch her make things. She would walk around and answer questions by saying, "May I?" Then she'd take your scrumble and show you how to do whatever you asked. So most of us came away with little pieces of Prudence's work amongst our scrumbles.
My third fiber conference was CGOA in Concord, NC, in 2013, where I was privilege to take a class with the also very great Margaret Hubert, a prolific writer and teacher. We would gather around her chair as she sat in the middle of the room and watch her do specific stitches and joins as well as learn by looking at her work, testing our skills in what she proposed doing. I published photos of the vendors at that conference, but I never posted pictures of the workshops. So here are a few.
Here is Margaret Hubert talking about how she created her freeform cream sweater/jacket.
Juanita and others listen attentively
Margaret taught us how to make limpet stitches
We came prepared with some pieces and made lots more during class with Margaret helping us arrange them to make a purse.
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