Fish eye

Workshop topic: Moderne machine quilting
Languages: French flag English flag Spanish flag
Nb of students: 15

Shape is the key to optical effects, but we can accentuate them by applying the concepts of color theory and perspective to achieve an incredible fish-eye effect.
In class, I show you how to make the outline and the sewing method we’ll use for the whole quilt, while designing and sewing a sample block. We’ll talk about the attributes of color and its maximum use in perspective to achieve different effects. And we’ll go over a number of examples to help you define your own pattern.
Cheer up! You can’t go wrong with this!

Where: ancien lycée, 3 rue Osmont, 68160 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Room 1

List of supplies
  • neutral sewing thread
  • pins
  • fabric scissors
  • glue stick
  • quilter's ruler
  • rotary cutter
  • cutting mat
Required supplies
  • None
Fabrics to bring + lengh
  • Fabrics in different colors. Be sure to bring light, medium and dark colors.
Kit
+ Content

Compulsory kit (30 €, included in the price) :

  • foundation paper for the entire quilt.
  • Quilt diagram with measurements and distribution.
  • Fabric strips required for main grid.

The teacher

The dyeing of fabrics is an initial and fundamental part of Cecilia Koppmann's creative process. It is the moment to unfold scales, ranges, shades.
Then she cuts, discards, arranges, gathers, opposes, separates, sews in an improvised and almost frantic way. She looks for the exact tone, so that the scraps are like the brushstrokes of a canvas.
From there the process slows down: she arranges, relocates, rotates, turns the pieces until she finds the result.
The themes of her works are related to moments in her life: interests and emerging situations. Many were inspired by mathematical or geometric logics: successions, movement, gradings, geometric modules and repetitions.
Others are related to the healing dimension of the work she does: diseases and pandemics set in motion powerful and inspiring processes for her and for others. It is a great joy to gather and share different paths and approaches to textile work.