A virtual class with Sandra Chandler
Apr 1, 10:00am-12:00pm and 2:00-4:00pm CDT
Discover how to use Sashiko stitching to create beautiful, innovative quilts, clothing, and DIY items AND how to use the Boro mending method to repair damaged textiles.
Sandra Chandler
Class List
An in-person class with Sandra Chandler
Aug 5, 9:00am-12:00pm & 2:00-5:00pm
Discover how to use Sashiko stitching to create beautiful, innovative quilts, clothing, and DIY items AND how to use the Boro mending method to repair damaged textiles.
An in-person class with Sandra Chandler
Aug 6, 9:00am-12:00pm & 1:30-4:30pm
Explore the history of Nigerian Indigo designs as Sandra introduces you to the traditional Yoruba techniques of Batilk, Adire Eleko, and Tie-Dye.
About Sandra Chandler
Hand sewing with her grandmother taught Sandra Chandler the magic of transforming fabric into art. Recycled denim is her favorite material. Her handsome quilts feature myriad tones of well-worn jeans in simple patchwork shapes.
I love to hand stitch using the traditional Japanese Sashiko and Boro embroidery styles and incorporating them as a decorative feature into my designs. The concrete, repetitive nature of this work frees my imagination provides many opportunities for happy accidents and grace to influence the finished product.
My core materials for quilting are thread and fabric, however, I often employ recycled denim, yarns, dyed fabrics and stamps to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. I hold a B.S. in Clothing, Textiles and Design from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Recently, I discovered modern quilting: simple, crayoned patchworks that resonate deeply with my fiber work. Inspired and invigorated by a renewed sense of continuity, and awed by the mystery of how creation occurs, my process allows me to explore visions to enable my creative work to evolve and grow.
Denim is my thing! So, if you didn’t know I am in love with all thing’s denim. So if you look through my portfolio you can see a collection of my work in denim. I am featured in an international magazines, Simply Moderne’ which is published in Paris. I have a dress and articles featured in Altered Couture which is published by Stampington and I am featured in Quiltfolk, a quarterly magazine.
