Vicki Conley lives in the mountains of Southern New Mexico. She has been a creative person all her life and has recently retired from 42 years as a studio potter. She has been a fiber artist for about 20 years and is now also exploring surface pattern design and online teaching. Hew work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and was part of Quilt National 2017. Vicki has an eye for interpreting the natural world and is best known for her original national park poster art quilts. She and her husband now travel extensively in their RV with their two dogs, always looking for the next inspiration. Vicki enjoys bold graphic landscapes as well as abstract improvisational piecing.
You may have seen Vicki’s work in Machine Quilting Unlimited, Art Quilting Studios and Art Quilt Quarterly and she has articles in recent issues of Quilting Arts Magazine. She has also been a quest on The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson demonstrating some of the techniques she uses in her national park art quilts. She recently finished taping for Quilting Arts TV series 3100. Look for it this fall on PBS. In her class you will learn all the techniques she uses in these stunning quilts.
Lecture
Inspired by the Parks
Vicki will share her inspiring journey through the national parks and how she combines photo inspiration and imagination to make graphic style art quilts. She will share a few funny stories as well as history and facts about the parks. She will also speak a little about the various techniques she uses. Turned edge machine piecing, fussy piecing and silk screening.
Workshop
Bold Graphic Landscapes
Workshop is full and there is a waiting list. Contact programs@tucsonquiltersguild.com if you would still like to be added.
Note: This is a 1 and 1/2 day workshop. Fee is $75 and includes the pattern.
In this class you will construct Vicki’s toadstool rock formation pattern in order to learn her turned edge machine piecing technique as well as the fussy piecing technique she uses on her signature skies. this is not applique. The quilt is constructed using Floriani Stitch and Wash fusible stabilizer which is left in the final piece giving great body to the quilt. It is soft and easy to sew through. You have a choice of either of these two rock patterns or the new Monterey pattern.
