Cheryl is available for both lectures and workshops. The lectures last 1 hour and the workshops are 6 hours long. Questions and interactive discussions are encouraged. Please contact her for prices and availability.

Please check CherylLynchQuilts.blogspot.com for lecture and workshop locations and dates.

South of the Border
My interest in Mexican folk art began on a trip to Cabo San Lucas in 2008. There was eye candy everywhere and I found it was well suited as a basis for quilt designs, especially the Talavera tiles.  Join me as I talk about my trip to Cabo and subsequent visit to Puebla, a city that is covered in tile, in search of inspiration and design ideas, how to transform a tile pattern into a quilt and the resulting quilts created from the Mexican tiles. ¡Quilt Fiesta!, a book based on this journey of creation will be coming out in Jan 2011.

Peronalizing Your Quilts
Every choice you make when designing a quilt makes it unique.. This lecture will cover the specifics about how to print digital images and text onto fabric and how to transform your words, photos and drawings into patterns for appliqué. Many quilts will be shared demonstrating how to include photos and text in your quilts and how to make each of your quilts unique and individual. Leave this lecture with the tools to go home and start working on your own personalized quilt.

Inspiration From Squiggles and Dots
This lecture was inspired while on vacation in Florida. The wallpaper in the hotel room shouted out to me - "I would make a great quilt." I started looking at the world and objects around me and found lots of inspiration from everything from wallpaper to sidewalks to wine labels to wrought iron gates. Using photos and finished quilts, you will see how inspiration can be transformed into a quilted piece.

One Quilter's Journey
Many of us learn how to quilt by taking a class at a local shop. Traditionally, we make our first sampler quilt by hand - using hand piecing, hand appliqué and hand quilting. These methods are soon left behind for the expediency of the machine. But, while we gain productivity, we lose the pleasure that handwork can bring. Follow me on my journey as I start quilt making by hand, head down the machine path and come full circle to using handwork to embellish my quilts. This lecture is a trunk show.

Sewing With Silk     1 Day
Dupioni silk is a beautiful and multi-faceted fabric that adds elegance to any project. Cheryl will share her tips for working with dupioni while each participant will design and construct a wallhanging out of half square triangles. Kit that includes fabric, tips and patterns is required.

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Fusible Appliqué     1 Day
This workshop is suitable for both beginners and more experienced quilters. We will start with the basics of machine appliqué beginning with the different fusible products and how to transfer your designs. Then using a myriad of techniques,including top stitching, zig zagging and blanket-stitching, we will progress to reversible appliqué, 3-D appliqué, using netting and fusible binding - all by machine. This is an action packed class filled with lots of tips and techniques and you will end up with a 22" x 30" bird themed appliqué sampler.

Surprising Designs From Mexican Tiles     1 Day
Using ¡Fiesta Quilts! as the basis for this workshop, design your own Mexican tile quilt. Learn about creating your own block, how to manipulate the secondary design formed where the 4 block corners meet and the ins and out of fusible machine appliqué.

Small Works     1 Day
Create a funky framed fabric piece of art using a photo, a small applique piece, a special piece of fabric or a UFO. Learn about printing photos and words on fabric, how to create appliqué letters using your computer, how to tastefully embellish and how to really make it exciting by finishing it with uneven edges. Optional kit fee.

Book It!     2 or 3 Days
Using the same techniques taught in the Small Works class, develop several unique pages based on a theme. Then we will learn several techniques for turning those pagse into amazing, eye-popping books.

Tropical Greetings     1 or 2 Days
Cheryl's colorful patterns based on the houses of Key West or saltwater fish are the basis of this class for creating 4" x 6" postcards that can actually be sent through the mail. During the optional second day of class, the individual 4" x 6" pieces will be transformed into an accordion style book. Kit fee.