{"id":8638,"date":"2021-09-07T18:32:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T01:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/?p=8638"},"modified":"2021-09-07T18:33:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T01:33:02","slug":"road-2022-teacher-desiree-habicht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/07\/road-2022-teacher-desiree-habicht\/","title":{"rendered":"Road 2022 Teacher Desiree Habicht"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At Road to California 2022<\/a>, Desiree Habicht of Desiree\u2019s Designs<\/a> will be teaching two all day classes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Painting Class on Monday, 1005O \u2013 Color Me Quilts – Sunflowers And Roses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And a Design Class on Tuesday, 2003O \u2013 Color Me Quilts \u2013 Chameleons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Friday Evening, Desiree will be teaching a 3 hour class<\/strong>, 5071C \u2013 Color Me Quilts – Sunflowers Or Wild Roses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turning Sadness Into Quilting Design Comfort<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A dark time in her family\u2019s lives is what introduced Desiree Habicht to quilting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A drunk driver had critically injured her third daughter. She spent almost a year in the hospital before Desiree and her husband were able to bring their daughter home. Desiree remembered, \u201cWorking as an artist and muralist, I had lost my creative mojo and needed to find something I could do that would bring me some comfort during those first few years. It was a time of reinventing myself so I could care for her and still find a creative path for self expression. It was this journey of discovering a new artistic medium in which I could play. I took a beginning quilting class and learned quickly that points and piecing weren\u2019t my favorite things. I wanted to share my art in fabric form and set out to push every boundary and figure things out. I quickly branched out into applique quilts and art quilts. The freedom to design and paint on fabric fed my soul <\/strong>and gave me a new creative outlet. I used my art quilts to tell my story and my murals transitioned into quilts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desiree\u2019s Designs <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The first quilt Desiree Habicht made and designed was a baby quilt for a friend\u2019s first grandbaby. She also painted a mural to match in the baby\u2019s room. Desiree was asked repeatedly if there was a pattern for her design, which started her designing and writing patterns. Starting with just 6 small patterns, Desiree and her husband decided to venture out and do a tradeshow under the name of Desiree\u2019s Designs<\/a>. They got a \u00bd booth at Spring Quilt Market and had no idea what they were doing! Desiree said they \u201clearned a lot that year and our quilts were well received.\u00a0 I was asked to design fabric a few years later and added machine embroidery years after that. It has been a great journey, a journey of discovery and friendship. I always say I needed a friend and gained a community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Desiree finds inspiration for new designs in her garden. She says that their business is always growing and changing; \u201cit\u2019s like a living thing, it can\u2019t be stagnant.\u201d Today, they design between 6-8 fabric lines a year<\/strong> and are focused on their online clubs<\/strong> and in the hoop embroidery<\/strong> where they do quilt projects in the hoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall Traditions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Desiree Habicht was asked what she enjoyed about the upcoming Fall Season. She replied, \u201cI love the Fall as the colors start changing and the sun casts a wonderful peachy glow over everything\u2026 I love to paint and start sewing for the holidays. For the past 15 years, Halloween has been spent in Houston (at Quilt Market) but I spend hours making and creating goodies for our grandchildren to be sent before we leave.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching at Road 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A teacher of both art and quilt classes for over 20 years, Desiree likes to teach unconventional quilt classes that allow the participant to create something special. She only teaches classes that combine art and quilting<\/strong> because she recognizes that \u201cthere are enough traditional quilt teachers.\u201d  Most of her students have no art training<\/strong> and get so excited seeing what they created unconventionally.  Desiree Habicht has taught \u201cpainting on fabric, acrylic inks on fabrics, colored pencils on fabrics along with other techniques.\u201d She says that she loves to move people outside of their comfort box into something different and more exciting. Taking the fear away opens lots of doors of creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Desiree is excited to be teaching \u201clive\u201d at Road 2022. \u201cJust seeing everyone again is exciting. We have been locked away too long. Having that one on one contact and interaction with students is really hard to replicate online. Art is always better live. When teaching I am always walking around checking on my students. Giving them tips, suggestions and support. In person I can also spot a perfectionist or a naturally talented and gifted person in a room. I love to see their eyes light up when they see what they can do!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Desiree Habicht and Desiree\u2019s Designs<\/a>, please visit her website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At Road to California 2022, Desiree Habicht of Desiree\u2019s Designs will be teaching two all day classes: A Painting Class on Monday, 1005O \u2013 Color Me Quilts – Sunflowers And Roses And a Design Class on Tuesday, 2003O \u2013 Color Me Quilts \u2013 Chameleons On Friday Evening, Desiree will be teaching a 3 hour class, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8646,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8638\/revisions\/8646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}