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Our classroom can be used for hands on workshops,
seminars, community events and other functions.
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Here is the classroom set up for a community seminar. A
door at the far corner of the room leads outside to the
patio, fountain and sculpture garden. There is a large pull-down
screen at the front of the room. A digital projector is
mounted in the ceiling, and your computer can be plugged
into an outlet at the front of the room. There is also an
ethernet port, and the whole building has free wireless.
There is a separate entrance from the street if the room
is needed during times when the shop is closed.
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Here is the classroom set up with chairs only
for a lecture/demo. The double doors on the end lead into the
dye studio/classroom annex, and the door in the far corner leads
into the residence entry hall to the great room and kitchen.
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| KHQS 3 day design workshop in progress October
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Hands-on quilting workshops started in June 2008. Let
us know if you would like to be notified when we start scheduling
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Knitting Retreat, March 2010
The group rented the classroom for the weekend and had meals
in our kitchen, which comfortably seats 20-30 people. Several
members choose to stay in the guest rooms rather than drive
home at night, and everyone enjoyed knitting and movies in the
evening on the big screen. |
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mini-kitchen and coat closet are located near the handicapped
bathroom between the shop and classroom. |
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Hands-on quilting workshops will start soon. Let
us know if you would like to be notified when we start scheduling
classes.
Here the room is set up for our retail customers during the
big April quilt show.
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| Classroom set up as retail and gallery space
for 2008 AQS Show. |
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Wet Studio:
Here we are looking through the double doors from the classroom
into the dye studio. It serves as extra design space and classroom
annex during workshops and extra lunch-room space when we
host larger groups. Double doors at the back of the dye studio
open onto the back patio.
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| Dye studio as retail and gallery space during
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It serves as extra design space and a classroom annex during
workshops and extra lunch-room space when we host larger groups.
Double doors at the back of the dye studio open onto the back
patio |
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Bryerpatch Studio building from 5th St. showing
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| Building from Harrison St. showing entrance
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Patio and sculpture garden between Bryerpatch Studio and
the home of Dwain and Margie Smith next door on 5th St. This
was a cooperative venture and is co-owned by Caryl and the
Smiths.
The patio and garden were designed by Morgen Turner/Turner
Landscapes of Paducah.
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| The sculputre and fountain were designed by
next door neighbor, artist Dwain Smith (pictured below on wheels).
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It's a great space for a neighborhood gathering. |
| Front door of shop, with stained glass transom
designed by Caryl and made by Wanda Sanders of Paducah. |
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Here we are in the shop, looking into classroom/gallery in
the background. |
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Doors from both the classroom and dye studio lead into the
Harrison St. entry hall... |
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which leads into the great room and the kitchen,
where lunch will be served during workshops and special events.
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The hallway also houses part of Caryl's personal collection
of quilts by other artists. This is "The Problem with Princes"
by Ellen
Anne Eddy. |
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This quilt about remodeling and contractors
is by Ruth Reynolds and is part of her 1995-1996 "Riva"
series. It was a gift on the last day of my kitchen rennovation
in Illinois. It is a perfect quilt for the residents of LowerTown
Paducah, where everyone is either building or renovating.
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| Kitchen |
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Our kitchen is designed for entertaining, with a 4'x10' island
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Yes......it is large. It's designed to seat
20-30 for lunch when we have workshops, seminars, and community
events.
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At the far end of the kitchen are three small quilts made
by friends from Chicago. Click below for close-ups.
Laura
Wasilowski - Miniature
Paintbrush quilt
Jane
Sassaman - "O" Click
here for close-up
Sharon
Malec - Orangutan Click
here for close-up
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| Great Room |
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The great room is next to the Kitchen off the main hallway. |
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The great room is filled with work by other
quilt artists and other art I have collected from my lifetime
of travels around the world.
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A doll by Elinor
Peace Baily sits atop hand made pillows on a red velvet
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"Tabaski Ram" by Hollis
Chatelain hangs on the west side of the room. This is
one of Hollis's painted quilts based on photographs she took
during her many years living in West Africa. For a close-up
of the quilt click
here or on the picture. For information about the artist,
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Penny
Sisto's "Woman of the Corn" hangs on the other
side of the window. Like Hollis, Penny also live in Africa for
several years, and makes quilts based on her experiences there.
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here or on the picture for a close-up. Click
here for information about the artist. |
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.The breakfront in great room was designed
around a set of antique, prairie style windows purchased in
Chicago in 1977. A lifetime collection of antique milk glass
and many or my crystal quilting awards are housed within.
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In the center of the breakfront is a machine embroidered work
by Barbara
Lee Smith. It is in a style she used for many of the commissions
she did for public buildings in Chicago. Click
here or on the picture for a close-up. Click
here for information about the aritst. |
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The ceiling in the great room is twenty-one
feet high. A mural of sky, clouds, and one bird was painted
by Lana Watkins of Brookport Illinois.
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| For information about our guest rooms or a tour
of the rest of the building, click
here. |
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