2008 SEMINARS AT THE STUDIO With JUDITH BAKER MONTANO WELCOME! This page is designed to provide as much information as possible to anyone who may be interested in attending one of my new Seminars at the Studio here in La Veta, Colorado. I'm pleased to have expanded the offerings for the 2008 season! The added curriculum and schedule can be found in the Seminar Details below, and as always, they are summarized in the Calendar Section as well. Click on any topic below to jump to that section, or just scroll down the page to browse. • About La Veta • Location and Directions • Accomodations • Seminar Details: Basic Crazy Quilting (April 12th-16th) (May 10th-14th) (Sept. 13th-17th) Landscapes La Veta (Aug. 2nd-6th) From Photo to Needlework (July 12th-16th) Embelishments Galore (June 14-18) Cottages Galore (June 21st-25th) Under the Sea (Sept. 27th-Oct. 1st) • Reservation Details • Cancellation Policy • Little Details ABOUT LA VETA The Judith Designs Studio is situated in the small western town of La Veta, Colorado that nestles in the cleavage of the beautiful Spanish Peaks.  Known by the Indians as the Wahatoyas (Breasts of the World) these two beautiful mountains can be seen for miles around.  La Veta enjoys a fascinating history and was established by Colonel John Francisco who upon seeing the Wahatoya Mountains and valley exclaimed ”This is paradise enough for me”.  He moved to the Cuchara Valley in 1862 and established Francisco Fort. Around 1876 the name was changed to La Veta, meaning “the vein” in Spanish.   Francisco Fort remained the center of town and currently houses the Francisco Fort Museum. La Veta has 950 year round residents but this swells to 3000 in the summer when people from all over return to their generational summer homes.  The summer season is a busy time with festivals such as Art In The Park, The Children’s Art Program, Local Rodeos, October-fest and Winter-fest. While students are learning at the Studio there is no need to worry about accompanying family or friends being entertained!! La Veta is home to numerous award winning artists, writers and musicians.  It has long been the playground for people seeking the beauty and recreation offered by a high mountain sierra region.  The town is well situated for day excursions into the surrounding area.  Taos, New Mexico is just two hours away and the Great National Sand Dunes, only one hour.  Enjoy the therapeutic hot springs in the area or wonder at the beauty of the Royal Gorge. The valley offers recreation for all ages.  There is camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, back packing, mountain climbing, horseback riding, and golfing.  Always there is music to be heard, art galleries to visit and wonderful food to enjoy Check out the Chamber of Commerce website………..  www.lavetacucharachamber.com LOCATION & DIRECTIONS The town of La Veta sprawls across a lush valley floor in the high mountain sierra of southern Colorado.  The altitude is 7013 feet. La Veta is situated 17 miles south west of Interstate I-25 at Walsenburg and just five miles off of US 160.   Whether coming from North or South on I-25 all travellers will turn off at the Walsenburg exit and will drive into the town center.  Look for the sign indicating US 160 and turn west. Continue through Walsenburg and drive for 17 miles.  Look for signs advertising Cuchara and La Veta. Turn left onto Highway 12 and continue on for five miles.  Stop at the top of the valley before entering La Veta…just for the view!!   The Cuchara Valley Airport at La Veta has a 6,000-foot runway, which can accommodate small jets.  The landing strip is equipped with lights for night- time arrivals. The nearest International airport is situated in Colorado Springs.  The Colorado Municipal Airport is one and a half hours from La Vita.  Car rental and bus service is available.  The phone number is 719-550-1972. DIRECTIONS TO THE STUDIO IN LA VETA: Drive down into the town of La Veta.  Cross over the railroad tracks and continue down Main Street. Look for Virginia Street on your left.  The marker to use is the large adobe Catholic Church on the southeast corner. Continue past the church and turn left into the one-way alley. Drive to the end of the block.you will see a school and play ground on the right; the Studio is directly across on the left. Park in the Studio parking lot and enter through the trellised pink gate on the right. ACCOMODATIONS   Guesthouse At The Studio accommodates one or two people. The guesthouse area consists of a kitchen, living room, bathroom and a bedroom (queen size bed).  Private Entrance. Check out at www.judithbakermontano.com The price is $95.00 per day.   Phone 719-742-3388, email reservations at ejshealy@webcoast2coast.net The La Veta Inn is just three blocks away and has a lovely restaurant. The price is $85.00 to $93.00 per day Phone 888-806-4875, web address http://www.lavetainn.com Inn at the Spanish Peaks has three suites and serves wonderful breakfasts. The price is $95.00 to $140.00 per day  Phone 719-742-5313, web address http://www.innatthespanishpeaks.com   Sara’s Guesthouse is an adobe house with queen size bed in bedroom & queen size pull out couch in living room.   Nice kitchen and living room. The price is $125.00 per day Phone 719-742-3335 The Cherry Street Inn is situated across from the Golf Course and is the furthest from the Studio.  The rooms have double beds. The price is $65.00 per day. Phone 719-742-5149, web address http://www.thecherrystreetinn.com Log Haven Lodge And R.V. Park The price per room is $65.00 Phone 866-742-3576, web address http://www.loghavenmotelandrv.com SEMINAR DETAILS Judith’s seminars are five full days from Saturday through Wednesday.  This allows the students to fly in on a Friday afternoon and study for five days with the option of staying longer to enjoy the area. Judith carries a variety of books, videos, sewing supplies, variegated silk threads and ribbons plus solids for sale in the Studio EACH SEMINAR IS LIMITED TO SIX STUDENTS This allows for exclusive time and attention!! Classes are six hours a day. Morning hours - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon with an hour and a half lunch break.  Afternoon classes - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Midmorning and midafternoon coffee/snack breaks are provided. Students are welcome to work longer hours and return to the studio in the evenings. Judith will check in each evening for a visit only! Students are free to eat their meals in town except for Tuesday evening when they will be Judith’s guests for a backyard barbeque.  Menus for all eateries will be on display in the Studio. Lunches can be ordered in. Sunday is an evening (optional) with dinner and dancing at the Dog Bar in Cuchara. There will be planned lecture- visits (optional) to local artist studios. Friday.............evening introduction....drop off supplies at Studio.   Saturday........class Sunday...........class & dancing and dinner at the Dog Bar. Monday..........class Tuesday.........class evening barbeque guest of Judith and Ernest Wednesday....class THE PRICE PER SEMINAR IS $550.00 SEMINARS AT THE STUDIO: BASIC CRAZY QUILTING in 2008: Apri1 12-16; May 10-14; and September 13-17 This year Judith offers three Crazy Quilt Seminars!! Open to All Levels. Join Judith for five days of exclusive instruction and attention in the making of a crazy quilt.   Each student will create four crazy quilt squares with the choice of making them into a wall hanging or continuing on to make a larger crazy quilt. Judith will guide you through the basics of crazy quilting using the “Montano Center Piece Method” along with colour theories and fabric choices. Upon the completion of the blocks the emphasis will be on Victorian embroidery stitches silk ribbon embroidery, using ribbons, lace and beading as embellishments.  A second seminar will be offered for the basic crazy quilting students to go on to more advanced techniques.  Day 1. a. history lecture with slides  (may be on another day) b. fabric choices c. colour theory d. basic machine crazy quilting. Day 2. a. creating flow between the blocks b. trouble shooting c. painting and dying laces Day 3. a. Laying down laces and ribbons b. Victorian embroidery stitches Day 4. a.Silk ribbon embroidery b. Punch needle embroidery demo c. Sewing blocks together Day 5. a. Buttons, beads and doodads b. finishing techniques c. critique LANDSCAPES LA VETA, 2008: August 02-06 Open to All Levels. (Student should know Crazy Quilting.) Learn to think like a painter but work like a fiber artist. Instead of brushes, paint and canvas, Judith will teach you to paint using fabrics, threads, yarns, crazy quilting and embellishment techniques. Using the beautiful landscapes of the surrounding area Judith will help each student create an original work of art. Students can bring photos of their choice or choose from Judith’s collection of landscape photos. Patterns can be provided for the feint of heart.  Time will be provided for a digital photo shoot on the first day. Students will work on an 18" x 24" landscape.   The finished project can be framed and hung with pride. Day 1. a. presentation of slides b. from photo to layout sketch c. choosing fabrics. d. laying down fabrics Day 2. a. Using colour and painting rules b. crazy quilting in background, mid-ground or foreground c. burning, pleating, and wrinkling fabrics.  Day 3. a. finishing up base work b. using dyes, watercolour pencils c. embroidery stitches to create texture d. Silk ribbon stitches Day 4. a. Embellishment techniques b. working in the background, mid-ground and foreground. c. adding buttons, doodads, crystals and beads. d. creating shrubs, trees, lichens and rocks. Day 5. a. Finishing and framing techniques b. trouble shooting c. critique FROM PHOTO TO NEEDLE WORK, 2008: July 12 - 16 This is an Advanced Class Bring your favorite landscape, seascape, childhood home or a favorite house photo and Judith will show you how to scan, manipulate in Photoshop, print and paint onto watercolor paper. After painting, the watercolor is scanned back into the computer and printed out onto silk fabric. Now your painting is ready to be used in a one of a kind art project. Judith guides you through Crazy Quilting, fabric manipulations and numerous freeform needlework techniques. The finished piece can be framed and hung with pride. Day 1. a. presentation of photos b. scanning photos in Photoshop c. watercolor painting d. printing on silk Day 2. a. using colour and painting rules b. crazy quilting or piecing surround. c. burning, pleating, and wrinkling fabrics.  Day 3. a. finishing up base work b. using dyes, watercolour pencils to extend watercolor painting. c. embroidery stitches to create texture d. silk ribbon stitches Day 4. a. embellishment techinques b. working in the background, mid-ground and foreground. c. adding buttons, doodads, crystals and beads. d. creating shrubs, trees, lichens and rocks. Day 5. a. finishing and framing techniques b. trouble shooting c. critique EMBELLISHMENTS GALORE, 2008: June 14 - 18 Intermediate (This is an extension of the Crazy Quilt Seminars.) Just think…Five whole days of nothing but embellishment techniques. This class is for the serious crazy quilter who wants to improve techniques and learn new ones. Judith will guide you through Victorian stitch variations, folded Ribbon techniques, dyeing lace and ribbons, silk ribbon embroidery, punchneedle embroidery, velvet pansies, spiderwebs, embroidered trees, painting on fabric, twisted cord and wire ribbon techniques. Bring a crazy quilt square to work on. Day 1. a. Six basic stitches b. Victorian combinations c. Vine shapes d. fan designs Day 2. a. Spiderweb designs b. Hollyhocks and Iris c. Velvet pansies d. Dyeing lace and ribbons Day 3. a. Silk ribbon embroidery b. Special flower stitches c. Silk ribbon twisting techniques d. Wire ribbon fuschias Day 4. a. Punchneedle embroidery b. Painting on fabric with watercolours c. Button and bead flowers Day 5. a. Twisted cords b. Frogs and closures c. Embroidered trees COTTAGES GALORE, 2008: JUNE 21-25 Note:This is an Advanced Class. Prerequisite: Student must have taken a Crazy Quilting course taught by Judith. With a choice of Twenty different printed cottage patterns from Europe, Australia or the United States you will enjoy the process of adding a crazy quilt surround, garden and pathway. Judith has created these wonderful watercolour prints from her photographs. You may also arrange ahead of time to use your own house. This will entail you creating your own watercolour. The project can be a horizontal or vertical picture and your choice of fabrics will set the mood of the piece. The finished size is 11" x 14" to 14” x 18” These embellished charming cottages will become an heirloom project to be treasured for generations. They can be framed like a painting or made into a wall hanging. Day 1. a. Thinking like a painter b. Creating the crazy quilt surround Day 2. a. Burn out center b. Attaching the surround and painted cottage c. Lace and ribbons d. Embroidering the crazy quilt surround Day 3. a. More embroidery for background b. Adding shrubs and trees c. Dyeing lace and gauze Day 4. a. Embroidery in mid-ground b. Flower shapes, ruching, folding and wire shapes c. Buttons, beads Day 5. a. From background, to midground to foreground b. Big flowers c. Critique UNDER THE SEA, 2008: SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 01 Beginners to Advanced. The most beautiful gardens are under the sea! Learn to think like a painter but work like a fiber artist. Instead of brushes, paint and canvas, Judith will teach you to paint using fabrics, threads, yarns, crazy quilting and embellishment techniques. You will learn how to work with many layers of netting, organza, and dyed silks to create depth and detail. This is a wonderful freeform embroidery class. The finished project can be framed and hung with pride. Day 1. a. presentation of slides b. from idea to layout sketch c. choosing fabrics. d. to crazy quilt or not. Laying down background layer. Day 2. a. using colour and painting rules b. working in background and mid-ground. c. burning, pleating, and wrinkling fabrics. Day 3. a. working in foreground. b. using dyes, watercolour pencils c. embroidery stitches to create texture d. silk ribbon stitches Day 4. a. embellishment techinques b. special embroidery stitches c. adding buttons, doodads, crystals and beads. d. creating anemones, jelly fish and staghorn coral. Day 5. a. trouble shooting b. Framing techniques c. critique REGISTRATION DETAILS 1. First, reserve a space by phoning 719-742-3388 OR request a reservation online by clicking here. 2. After a space has been reserved: Please print-out a registration form (click here to get the printable form). You will then have SEVEN days to complete and mail the registration form with the full fee of $550.00 via check or by 'electronic payment' through Pay Pal. (Instructions to pay electronically via PayPal are on the registration form.) 3. Upon receipt of payment Judith will notify you via email and snail mail. She will include the class supply list with this. 4. After the registration of six students, Judith will start a waiting list. CANCELLATION POLICY 1. The registered student must give a minimum one-month notice. This allows for making flight and travel plans for someone else. 2. Judith will contact people on the waiting list to offer the opening.   The full refund will be returned upon the sale of the opening. 3. If the opening cannot be sold, there will be a $75.00 administration fee and the remainder will be refunded. LITTLE DETAILS 1. Sewing machines will be supplied for International students only. 2. Judith lives with a menagerie dogs and cats but the Studio/Guesthouse is totally Pet Free!!! 3. Medical facilities are readily available in La Veta and Walsenburg. 4. Cell phones are iffy in the Valley but sometimes work at higher ground! 5. Grocery and Gift shops will be open for your convenience. 6. Lunch can be ordered in from the local restaurants. 7. The Bakery is the hub of the community.  It is a must and is open for breakfast and lunch.( Sat., Tues., and Thurs. only!) 8. Dress code is casual.  Layering is a good idea. Summer days are warm with cool evenings.  Indian summer lingers on into September and October but it can be windy. 9. Bring dancing shoes!!
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