The Process

ANDREA BROKENSHIRE

Floral Painted Applique on Silk

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Monday May 11 - Friday May 15

Andrea is retiring from teaching fiber art at the end of 2027.

Don't miss this opportunity to join her.

Andrea is inspired by the natural world. Learn her technique for realistic floral imagery painted onto silk fabric. Choose between 2 workshop projects:

Ladies Slipper or Busy Bee (Black Eyed Susan)

In addition to painting your beautiful flower, Andrea will also demonstrate how she creates her highly textural confetti backgrounds and her technique for turning the edges of the finished applique’ for a clean finish.

Join Andrea and her paint box to learn her technique for painting realistic floral imagery onto silk. You will be creating a beautiful Lady Slipper or Black Eyed Susan that can be turned in to an appliqué’ or whole cloth design.

Let’s have some fun and create with paint and fiber.

Please note there is a kit fee of $150.00

– payable to Andrea Brokenshire via cash or check only.

Supplies: Printable PDF

"I try to express the essence of a flower with fabric.
The curve of a petal, the vibrancy of color and the diversity of flora
to me is sexy… beautiful."

If you have any questions, please contact Andrea at ambfiberartanddesign@yahoo.com

Andrea Brokenshire (AMB Fiber Art and Design) is a national and international award winning quilt artist and instructor from Round Rock, Texas.

She specializes in appliquéd botanical quilts. Her love of sewing, fabric, color, and texture had been nurtured within her from an very early age. In 1998 she was talked into making a quilt and found this form of art a perfect outlet of creative expression. Andrea quickly realized that her passion was appliqué.

After a catastrophic illness in 2005 she had a creative “epiphany” and in 2007 Andrea found her own voice of creative expression. For me, the creative process is a journey as essential as breathing. An expression of self. I am a professed technique junkie always try to push myself to learn new skills.

Andrea studied Zoology at Oregon State University. As a former biologist, Andrea draws her inspiration from the natural world.