Sacred Threads: Memory Quilting as Spiritual Practice

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Join us for a transformative weekend workshop where art quilting becomes a sacred practice of honoring and preserving cherished memories of personal her/histories and spiritual journeys. Guided by transformative arts facilitator Asake Denise Foye Jones, participants will explore intuitive design techniques, incorporating personal narratives and meaningful symbols into their textile creations. Through reflective exercises and hands-on techniques, you’ll craft a unique art quilt that serves as a tangible manifestation of your precious memories and spiritual journey. The workshop emphasizes quilting as a meditative process with the potential for healing and spiritual growth. This experience offers a unique opportunity to create a tangible artifact of one’s sacred memories, weaving together the threads of past and present into a tapestry of spiritual expression.

This workshop is suitable for experienced sewers who are confident doing hand and/or machine sewing. This is a process class not an instructional sewing class. To get the most out of the experience you must know how to sew on a sewing machine and/or by hand.

Supply List

– quilter’s sewing kit (hand needles, straight pins, scissors, rotary cutter & blades, seam ripper, quilting ruler, marking pen/pencil …).

– thread – 1 spool of medium grey thread. and colors that compliment your fabrics

Fabric:

– 1 yard used for both background & backing

– 1 yard of batting

– 1 yd of Wonder-Under fusible web

– 1/4 yard each or fat quarters of 6- 10 assorted fabrics of your choice ranging from light to dark. Or fabric/clothing that has sentimental value

– scrap fabric pieces

– embellishments (buttons, beads, photos, letters, medals, lace…)

– scrap fabric

We will intentionally practice the spirit of generosity by sharing fabric. Consider it as blessing someone. That’s part of the fun.

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Leader

Asake Denise Foye Jones is a creative and natural encourager who is at her best coaching others and making art. Her creative muse showed up throughout her career in the human service field as a substance abuse counselor, public school teacher, professional development trainer, entrepreneurship facilitator, and life coach. The common thread in her endeavors is creating spaces and experiences to support people in discovering what inspires them, as well as coaching them to new levels possibilities and sustainable transformations.

Asake leads transformative art workshops and retreats grounded in one’s own spiritual practice. Through her journey as a life-long learner, Asake brings an eclectic mix of practices that support transformation, renewal, resilience, and inspire people to believe and live their true authentic self.

As a mixed media fiber artist, Asake is an alchemist of sorts, believing that she can create something interesting, beautiful, impactful even. Although her primary medium is textiles, like herself, her work is an eclectic expression, using a mixture of material and techniques presented as art quilts and mixed media. Asake’s sewing skills were honed while assisting her mother, Dorothy Foye – professionally known as Miss D – in her Philadelphia, PA dressmaking business.

Since 1995 Asake has taught and exhibited nationally and internationally. Her self-guided training and studies include, but are not limited to, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA; Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; The Neighborhood Arts Center, Atlanta, GA; The Cultural Center of Liberia, West Africa; Main Line Arts Center, Haverford, PA; University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Artwell, Philadelphia, PA’ Build-A-Bridge Summer Institute for Arts and Transformation, Philadelphia, PA.

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