Organic Appliqué with Kathy Doughty

5 Days Monday – Friday, July 27-31, 2026

You will love this class if you have been looking for reliable, easy techniques that open a path to creative outcomes. Fill blocks, medallions, borders or whole cloth projects with personal symbols, motifs, people or places that you love.

Organic Appliqué is all about considering the importance of contrast used to create line and shape, light and shade while making interesting fabric choices, easy appliqué methods and design elements. Those new or unsure about applique will build confidence and acquire skills while those more experienced with applique will enjoy tweaking what they know to be more personal. Join me for a fun week of carefree creativity! 

I am currently working on a new project based on one of my dad’s quotes, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” I love how this approach works with Organic Appliqué.  If they start with the right materials, something always happens!! 

Skill level:  Beginner to advanced

Materials fee:  TBA.  This fee will supply each student with an Organic Appliqué starter kit. As Kathy is from Australia, she has asked students pay her for the starter kit in cash during the workshop.

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.