Pat Bishop - Ragged and Real
Pat Bishop - Ragged and Real
Saturday - Sunday; September 20 - 21, 2025
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM with a 30-minute break for lunch each day
Class Fee: $225 WMQFA Member (with member discount code) / $250 Non Member
Class Description:
This class starts with building your subject by fusing; then completing the background with strips (torn and/or cut) of fabric fused to batting. This background is straight stitch machine quilted. After background is built, your real or somewhat real subject is fused and free motion quilted down. All work is done by machine. Must have some sewing experience and be comfortable with your machine. Machine required and should be capable of free-motion stitching. Finishing options will be discussed.
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About the Artist:
Pat Bishop
Pat Bishop is an artist who works with fabric, thread and a sewing machine and often watercolor and acrylic paints. Her artwork is an expression of her view and appreciation of nature. She is predominantly self-taught with the help of lots of workshops and classes from watercolors to rosemaling and other painting and textile classes.
As a midwestern descendant of farmers she is an inherent problem solver, with the need to use it up, fix it, make it work or repurpose it. Currently she is pursuing simplification in her work. Subjects she gravitates toward are trees, birds and broken down buildings, but with an abstracted view.
Her artwork is in private collections and has been exhibited nationally and internationally and won numerous awards in fine art venues and prestigious fiber art exhibits.
She has been on the cover of Quilting Arts Magazine, in Art Quilting Studio and on The Quilt Show.com with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims.
