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The Process
ANDREA BROKENSHIRE
Floral Painted Applique on Silk
Monday May 10 - Friday May 14
Andrea is retiring from teaching fiber art at the end of 2027.
Don't miss this opportunity to join her.
From a distance, Andrea Brokenshire’s work looks like a painting. But lean in, and you’ll see that it’s actually a hand-painted silk art quilt exploding with texture and dimensionality — an exquisite blend of paint, fabric and thread that together create exceptional realism.
Andrea is inspired by the natural world, and in this workshop she’ll share her technique for creating realistic floral imagery on silk.
Choose between 2 workshop projects — Register for your design of choice, which can be used as an appliqué or whole-cloth design:
Lady Slipper or Busy Bee (Black Eyed Susan)
Andrea will also demonstrate how she creates her highly textural confetti backgrounds and how she turns the edges of the finished appliqué for a clean finish.
Please note there is a kit fee of $150.00
– payable to Andrea Brokenshire via cash or check only.
"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."
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.
