Workshops
Schedule Live Online or In Person with Jennifer.
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Modern Madras Table Runner 72" x 16"
Level: Confident Beginner This is the best project for new ombre enthusiasts because it just uses 3 Ombre SKY fabrics per side. It's a reversible table runner that is easy to make due to simple piecing and comes together quickly. Students get to focus more on the color and less on construction. Bonus learning golden nugget is Jennifer teaches in depth how to matchstick quilt which gives this textile fabulous texture. And it's great as a piece on the back of a couch or bottom of the bed. Not just a table runner! Students consistently give this class a Five Star review. Buy Book Ombré Quilts by Jennifer Sampou in shop Kit available in multiple color stories. |
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Ombré Tote
Level: Confident Beginner Take this LIVE workshop with Jennifer as a small class format to get the best possible tutorial with Jennifer and prerecorded sections for better learning. This private workshop offers Zoom link, limited enrollment so you'll get lots of attention. Plus pearls of wisdom and nuggets of gold only gleaned from live interactions! The students love this way to engage. Order the kit at least two weeks in advance and get the $ discount once signed up. If you like to learn at your own pace on your own time, go to the standard class OMBRÉ TOTE for $49.99 to take anytime that works for you! (but you don't get Jennifer LIVE) |
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Octagon Shimmer Quilt 70” x 86” Level: Confident Beginner Learn improvisation within structure and good design principles, so you can make this jumbo quilt block with success, as well as your own flair. Pair neutrals with pop of brights or saturated prints to create a bold spiderweb quilt. Learn how to capture dynamic movement in your quilt as you explore positive and negative space, color, and proper value placement. Improvise with accent colors, like a painter, to finalize your look! You’ll also review ways to make perfect points and the shortcuts for the wonky Flying Geese border. This quilt looks great simplified or super scrappy: your choice! Paper templates are included, Purchase Acrylic Templates Buy Pattern: Octagon Shimmer by Jennifer Sampou in shop |
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Dawn Star Quilt 60” x 60”
Level: Confident Beginner In this workshop, Jennifer teaches good color principles and mastering value, plus how to make double sawtooth star blocks with precision, while exploring the fun of working with a full range of color. Use multiple ombré fabrics to capture dynamic movement, as you explore foreground and background and the blurred lines in play. You’ll learn Jennifer’s favorite way to make sharp points and beautiful stars, along with her approach to deeper understanding of color and value through use of ombré fabrics. Plus, you’ll explore a bit of improv within structure, as the secondary star may not need all its points, and let the fabric do the work! Buy Book Ombré Quilts by Jennifer Sampou in shop Kit available |
Classes Available Upon Request
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My Color Wheel
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Dawn Star
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Lectures
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LIGHT YOUR OMBRÉ FIRE
"I am not sure about my color choices", "I love color and I want to be better at it" Does this sound like you? Let Jennifer get you color confident by lighting your ombre fire! As a textile designer, quilt maker, and teacher studying color, she knows you can learn a lot from using her SKY ombré fabrics. She delights in sharing and gives a spirited talk about the joy of using gradient ombrés that capture large swaths of the color wheel in just one yard. Because of digital technology, Jennifer made her dream of "offering 1000 colors at your fingertips" come true. (RobertKaufman.com) She shows how to work with ombré fabrics- on their own or with solids/prints from simple to complicated! Even professional makers have endorsed SKY- "SKY makes me feel like a color pro!", "When I work with SKY, It feels like cheating but it's not" "I am buying color confidence with SKY" " Talk is 50 minutes with 10 minute Q&A. Can also organized a fun game and giveaways online. |
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INSPIRED DESIGN
Armchair travel the world with Jennifer as she takes you on a color filled journey of what inspires her to create fabrics and quilts with zest! From the artisan markets of Oaxaca to the heights of the Himalayas, Jennifer's life's work has been fueled by her love of culture, nature and discovery of distant exotic lands. With her camera (and now iPhone) in tow, aiming to venture way off the beaten path, she captures repetition in pattern and color combinations. She loves inspiring others and shares an inside peak of how she translates what she sees. Having gathered thousands of images which she interpret into her fabrics and quilts, she has culled the very best in this presentation. See the beauty of our planet through her eyes. It's sure to spark your own creative making. Talk is 50 minutes with 10 minute Q&A. Can also organized a fun game and giveaways online. |
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SPARK YOUR CREATIVE MOJO
Feeling stuck when you enter your sewing space? Tired of that same pile of fabric staring you in the face? With decades of experience of being a creative as a career choice, Jennifer will share how to spark your creative mojo and boost your productivity so you are inspired with renewed enthusiasm. Through a dynamic talk that is upbeat and honest, you will learn her favorite tricks and techniques to getting over the studio BLAHS. Get tips on when to dig deep or just take a nap and show up the next day. Join Jennifer to have a good laugh, learn some new ways to spark your mojo and trust that you really are a creative being, sometimes that little rainbow glow is just covered under a 97 pound pile of cotton scraps! Talk is 50 minutes with 10 minute Q&A. Can also organized a fun game and giveaways online. |
Hey Guilds and Shops!
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Jennifer talks live/online classes on Global Quilt Connection
On the GLOBAL QUILT CONNECTION highlights teachers from around the world for hire by guilds and shops. A three minute video to talk about how, what, where, when and why she teaches professional style classes and workshops both on line and live workshops to guilds and special events. For more information on pricing, types of classes offered, etc...email [email protected] |
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