This was the category that wouldn’t be divided. In my Dwell On-line Courses I’ve between eight and twelve college students. I sometimes arrange them by topic or different theme and divide them into two or three Zoom “breakout rooms.” This has labored nice. College students can speak amongst themselves with out interrupting different individuals’s suggestions or they’ll “escape” by muting themselves whereas they work.
For at the very least a pair years now, we’ve given attendees the power to maneuver from one breakout room to the opposite in order that they might hear the suggestions I used to be giving to the opposite college students. College students have instructed us they usually study sudden and essential issues listening in like this. As soon as we gave everybody the power to change breakout rooms, it was fairly evenly divided by those that adopted me from one breakout room to a different, and those that most well-liked to remain in their very own assigned room.
Nonetheless, from day one, my October 2024 Dwell On-line Class members wouldn’t be separated. On Monday Tom created the standard breakout rooms they usually cut up up, however that lasted a few half an hour earlier than they have been all in the identical room with me. This continued all day—everybody shifting collectively from one digital room to a different. On Tuesday, Tom created an elective “Escape Room” the place anybody may go in the event that they wished some peace and quiet. By Wednesday, Tom had given up, not bothering to create any breakout rooms in any respect.
Right here’s the tight-knit group under—each so very pleasant to work with. Thanks, girls.
In lieu of breakout rooms there nonetheless must be some form of group to the course I “stroll” across the classroom to offer suggestions. So Tom arrange their photograph albums—that I can view and annotate from—in chronological order by first title, and that would be the means I now introduce you to this most up-to-date 5-day on-line class. Some had been in courses with me earlier than, some have been newer converts to cloth collage. All have been so very laborious working and I’m so happy with them.
As we speak’s Half 1 publish will characteristic Ann Wilbur, Catherine Lane, Donna Cook dinner (that’s her cat Sew, along with his mesmerizing eyes watching us within the photograph initially of this publish), and Liz Chronister. Beneath you’ll meet them and their paintings, their tales and feedback, and their show-and-share choices of quilts that they talked about throughout our mid-week after-class get-together.
Benefit from the tour and are available again subsequent week for Half 2 of this colourful, inventive, and really outgoing class.
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Ann Wilbur
Ann logged in from Nevada, Iowa, and made nice progress on the portrait of her effectively beloved Eugene, who day by day reviewed his options and fur patches as she lunched and loved good climate with him throughout break-time.
Eugene is my 10 12 months previous barn cat that has been via some powerful instances. He’s a dignified previous man and spends most of his time sleeping in his heated mattress on the deck or tucked into his area within the tack room. Once I’m outdoors he follows me round and “helps” me weed and plant seedlings! He has some Instagram publicity via my daughter’s flower web site so there are some native individuals who know and love him. He’s a personality. Susan inspired me to work on a topic that I’ve emotional reference to so when the going will get “messy scary” I might be motivated to push on. She was so proper!
Ann Wilbur Present and Share
Catherine Lane
Catherine joined us from Loveland, Colorado, and turned a really good photograph she took of a bighorn sheep right into a fantastical collage utilizing well-placed patterns and shade values present in her materials.
I beloved taking Susan’s on-line class. The format allowed me to discover utilizing her methodology in a means that was nonetheless so personable however with out the inconvenience and expense of journey. I additionally actually like with the ability to display screen shot all her annotations on my cloth choices in addition to precise quilt for later reflection. Plus I nonetheless had my full stash to attract from as soon as I improved my understanding of cloth choice that works with cloth collage.
Catherine Lane Present and Share
Donna Cook dinner
Donna employed her in depth assortment of materials designed by Tulla Pink on this regal portrait of her royal fur-baby—lovingly created in her dwelling studio in North Hampton, New Hampshire:
I selected to work on a cloth collage of my cat, Sew, who I misplaced in July this 12 months at 14 years previous to diabetes. Whereas the loss continues to be contemporary in my thoughts I wished to honor the devotion he unconditionally gave to me within the 10 years I used to be blessed to be owned by him. From the second I went to the rescue to have a look at cats he selected me and continued to assert me as his individual every single day.
Liz Chronister
Utilizing one other fascinating group of materials, Liz actually pushed herself with these vibrant and daring African prints. She labored with the contoured designs fantastically and is effectively on her strategy to one other fabulous cloth collage.
There actually isn’t a narrative apart from I’m not snug doing a topic I do know personally . I’m afraid I’d get slowed down within the emotional facet of making an attempt to get a pet or individual I do know to look excellent. I beloved watching the You Tube movies of the untimely hippo (Fiona) born a number of years in the past in Cincinnati and simply seemed for a photograph that resembled her. I like the child hippo’s toes within the [copyright free] {photograph} I selected and her sleepy eyed expression.
