Narrative Quilting: From Figures to Feelings with Luke Haynes

5 Days Monday to Friday, July 20-24, 2025

Narrative Quilting: From Figures to Feelings is a week-long immersion into using fabric as a language for personal story. Guided by artist Luke Haynes, students will learn how to bring the self into their work through both technique and emotional exploration. Luke will teach his signature portrait method and demonstrate how to create human figures through raw edge applique, while also inviting students to reflect on their own identity, memory and meaning. Through material choice, experimentation, and gentle permission to follow instinct, each student will on projects that hold both narrative form and honest feelings. 

Skill level: All levels

All QBL workshops begin on Monday and end on Friday. Workshops are from 8:30 am to 4 pm daily. Students check in to their dorms and move into classrooms on the Sunday before the workshop begins. There is a welcome dinner with a lecture Sunday night.