Above: Baghdad Burning, a story quilt by Lisbet Okun.
Below, top to bottom: Cartwheel, Uptown/Underground and Queens, New York, quilts by Lisbet Okun.
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Story-Quilt Fabric Collage
July 19-21, 2008
Students will choose a unique memory or moment in time and express that thought in an artistic wall hanging. This project will serve as a special way to preserve your experience through design and fabric embellishmet.
Participants should bring a selection of their favorite rags, a piece of cotton the size of the desired quilt, thread, scissors, embroidery thread, ribbon, beads, buttons, or any other embellishments they may wish to add to their own story quilt wall hanging.
3-day, 4-night package: $480.00
Includes tuition, lodging, and meals Tuition only: $210.00
3 full days of workshops
About the Workshop Leader
Lisbet Okun has been fascinated with string since childhood, and she continually seeks new ways to tie the strings of her current life to her roots. She learned to knit in her native Denmark, to weave while living in New Mexico, and to spin, dye yarn, and quilt since moving to West Virginia 30 years ago. Each technique reflects another stage of the journey, and each new stitch helps tie it all together.
Recently, her work was featured in an invitational two-person exhibition at Davis & Elkins College and in “Wild Wonderful Fibers,” a regional traveling exhibition.
Lisbet's work can be seen throughout West Virginia: at Tamarack in Beckley; Artists at Work in Elkins; The Goff House in Beverly, WVHAG in Davis; and South Side Depot in Huntington.
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