Against the Grain: Landscapes

Your guide to capturing the wild places you love.

Not a Photograph. A Feeling.

There is a place you love. A place that lives not just in memory but in your body. The way the light falls there. The way the land feeds your heart and soul. The particular color of that sky.

Landscapes is a course about making that place visible in fabric.

Not as a photograph or a realistic rendering. Instead as the answer to the question: what does this land call out in me?

Over four 90-minute Zoom classes, you will build a layered collage landscape quilt from background to foreground — sky, horizon, hills, water, earth — using color, texture, and the instincts that you can bring to the place you love. You will learn to suggest rather than render, to feel rather than copy, to let the fabric take your landscape somewhere a photograph never could.

Your landscape does not have to be local. It can be the Scottish Highlands, a remembered coastline, a field you have walked before, a desert you drove through once and never forgot. Any wild place that has claimed a piece of your heart.

Here is how it unfolds:

Class 1 — In this class you choose your wild place: the feeling, the elements, and the foundation layer. We talk about fabric choices that capture this feeling and start with the building basics.

Class 2 — In this class, you begin to build and break: layering depth, atmosphere, and getting out of the safe choices.

Class 3 —This is where the experiment begins, exploring disruption, rune-breaking, and following the fabric instead of the photograph. We explore texture, surprises and emotional connection to landscapes

Class 4 — Wrap up class: tips on quilting the land and how the thread brings out the texture of the land. We will talk about finishing strategies and share what we have created. .

Prerequisite: First Cut class or equivalent comfort with free-form collage quilting and fusible adhesives. No drawing skills required. No realistic rendering required.

All skill levels welcome. Whether you have been quilting for twenty years or twenty minutes — if you are ready to play, you belong here.

Cost

$125 for 4 classes

Time

Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 pm ET

Dates

•November 18

•December 2

•December 9

•December 16

Four live Zoom classes | 90 minutes each | All levels welcome

Make magic at your own pace.

Refund Policy:

Full refund minus $5 handling fee if cancelled more than 7 days prior to the course

50% refund minus $5 handling fee if cancelled 3 to 7 days before the first class

No refund if cancelled fewer than 3 days before the first class or after the series has begun

Want to learn in person?

Gina offers personal retreats for up to 3 people in her home.