5001 – The Art of Quilting $75
Patt Blair www.pattsart.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL Your art or traditional quilt top is DONE. Now what? We'll review what kind of quilting line conveys what message/ feeling, and how thread colors can enhance, support, and even excite your quilt top. The class is divided into two segments; "The How and Why of Designing a Quilt Plan" and "Creating Your Plan and Taking Action." You are welcome to bring a quilt top for discussion/planning and perhaps start quilting.
Sewing Machine Required: OPTIONAL
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5002 – Whimsical and Funky Feathers $125
Irena Bluhm www.irenabluhmscreations.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: All
Students will be introduced to different styles of feathers commonly used in quilting today. Then they will be presented with wide variety of feathers to the basics. Irena will present beautiful and unique feather selections to choose from. The best thing about them, they are easy to stitch. No backtracking, period! If you are ready to change your quilting style and wish to impress your customers and the judges, it's time to use Feathers of a different Color. This is a hands on experience where students will gain confidence, be inspired and encouraged to develop their own style. Long Arm Machines provided by HANDIQUILTER .
Kit Fee: $18- workbook and dry erase pen. The workbook is a standalone class in of itself.
Supply List: Drawing pad with no lines and grid and soft pencil or Sharpie Fine Point.
5003 – Piecing on Your Stand-Up Machine $125
Dawn Cavanaugh www.dawncavanaugh.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED
Imagine piecing AND quilting your quilt right on your mid-arm or longarm, at the same time! You'll piece, appliqué, couch and quilt a set of placemats during class, but once you catch on your mind will be reeling with the possibilities. This class gives you the chance to create something just for yourself, and learn a new skill at the same time. Long Arm Machines provided by APQS
Kit Fee: $10 – Includes appliqué templates, placemat patterns, fusible web, (invisible thread will be provided)
Supply List: Downloadable PDF plus Scissors, Notebook, Pen or pencil, Camera (optional)
5004 – Quilting Inside the Lines $125
Pam Clarke www.homestitches.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: CONFIDENT BEGINNER Whether you are a confident beginner to an advanced machine quilter using your mid-arm machine, longarm machine or your home machine, you will find this class packed full of valuable information, so simple to learn that you will be amazed at the versatile and exciting ways you'll approach machine quilting. This workshop is designed to help speed up the process of machine quilting. Pam will share her convenient, proven and helpful methods of creating outstanding continuous designs. Discover the easy to follow instructions to customizing and personalizing your quilt tops. This workshop will begin with sketching in a workbook provided by Pam. Follow along as she draws these designs using an overhead projector and discover the effective and convenient approach to unlimited designs using basic lines as a reference guide. Then using the pre-stamped fabric provided in kit, stitch these designs using the longarm machine. Experience the dramatic difference in how you approach your next quilt and appreciate the outstanding quality you will be able achieve and the confidence in knowing you can create a unique and invaluable style of your own. Long Arm Machines Provided by INNOVA
Kit Fee: $15.00 – Includes Workbook and pre-stamped fabric
Supply List: Bring a clip- board, colored pencils or pens, a pencil, a small sharpener and eraser.
5005 – Not Your Grandmother's Feathered Star $90
Carol Doak www.caroldoak.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL Have you always admired those perfect Feathered Star blocks and thought you could never make one? With the ease and perfection of paper piecing, you too can achieve a stunning block that could be the showcase of your next quilt or the attention getting accent in a room such as a pillow on the sofa. Come and see just how easy it is to look like an expert and make a Feathered Star that is out of the box simply by using unexpected fabrics. The lessons you will learn in this workshop will give you the tools you need to achieve perfection easily and the confidence to think outside the box. Sewing Machines provided by BROTHER
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5006 – Scrappy Layered Log Cabin $80
Karen Eckmeier www.quilted-lizard.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL This Log Cabin really has an attitude! Relax and enjoy topstitched seams, curved edges, no measuring, blocks of different sizes, and raw-edge prairie points embellished with beads. Sewing Machines provided by VIKING
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5007 – Hand Appliqué by Machine $80
Beth Ferrier www.applewd.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL Learn how to imitate the look of fine hand appliqué with your sewing machine. My nifty-deluxe appliqué technique will take you from novice to appliqué goddess in one class. Sewing Machines provided by BERNINA
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5008 – Divide & Conquer Backgrounds $125
Cathy Franks www.cathyfranks.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Confident Beginner + Take the ordinary quilt to the extraordinary by creating stunning background designs. Students will learn how to divide the background area and place different designs to create textural as well as visual impact. Many design ideas will be given and different ways to combine them will be shown. Students will take home a sampler with designs to inspire future quilting projects. Long Arm Machines provided by GAMMILL
Kit Fee: $10 Includes blue marker, plastic and dry erase marker. Use of Instructors rulers for the designs.
Supply List: Drawing pad and pencil, blue wash-away marker.
5009 – Digital Wholecloth $80
Kelly Gallagher-Abbott www.jukeboxquilts.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Computerized Long Arm Designing
If you own a computerized longarm quilting machine, and want to make a stunning wholecloth, this is the class for you! Learn all steps for successfully completing wholecloths on cotton or silks. The morning will focus on ideal fabrics, threads, preparation, batting, tension control and precise pattern placement. The afternoon will bring information about turning quilts for border completion, border placement, and binding while the quilt is still on the longarm. We'll spend some time on using Creative Studio with commercial patterns, subdividing and creating new combinations for integral wholecloth design. This is not a hands-on machine class but is packed with theory and video presentation showing all steps of completion. You'll receive free electronic patterns for a wholecloth quilt using all of these techniques valuing $75 (provide your controller number to kelly@jukeboxquilts. com). Note: Kelly works on a Statler/Gammill, and will specifically address this process using Creative Studio, the Statler program. General wholecloth construction will be addressed, but if you use another software, Kelly may not be able to address specific questions related to that software.
Supply List: All classes are theory based. Please bring pen and paper for note taking. Bring a laptop with CS Stand Alone loaded if you wish to practice altering commercial patterns.
5010 – Sugar Loaf $80
Debby Kratovil www.quilterbydesign.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE Measure, mark, slice and shuffle a stack of 10-1/2" squares with NO WASTE and a lot of fun. No bias edges on the outside. Couldn't be easier. Sewing Machines provided by JANOME
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5011 – Emma's Quilt $80
Jo Morton www.jomortonquilts.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE
This wonderful quilt was inspired by an antique crib quilt. In the morning we will begin the starch prep method for invisible machine appliqué, we will practice on a scrap background fabric and get the stitch settings for your machine. In the afternoon learn Jo's tips for accurate piecing on the two pieced borders. Learn how to make Flying Geese from squares, and Jo's pressing tips. Quilt size 38" x 38". Sewing Machines provided by PFAFF
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5013 – Thread Painting - It's Easy as 1-2-3 $80
Nancy Prince www.nancyprince.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL Have you wanted to incorporate realism into your quilting with a little thread work but just aren't sure where to start? Then come share a day with Nancy and thread paint this small country vignette. Correct thread selection is paramount to creating the realism you want and just as important is learning how to manipulate the hoop to create a wide range of designs. You will learn just how simple thread painting can be if taken one step at a time. So come and join us for a day of fun and creativity!
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Kit Fee: $14.50 includes: Custom printed background fabrics, two preprinted designs, three pieces of stabilizer backing, custom printed house, tulle and a handout.
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5014 – Innovative Wholecloth Design $80
Jodi Robinson
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: EVERYONE
In this class, I will show you the process and methods I use to design and mark a totally original Wholecloth Quilt. We will discuss how different techniques, thread colors, and fabrics can be used to add design elements to our whole cloth. We will also talk about using fused fabrics and paints under sheer layers, as well as painting a whole cloth. We will be using no stencils, so each student will leave class with a marked, totally original and YOU-nique Innovative Wholecloth, ready for quilting. A lot of people ask me how I come up with the ideas I have used in my whole cloth quilts, and I think you will be surprised by how simple it really is .... And NO, you do NOT have to be an artist.
Sewing Machine Required: No
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5015 – Fabric Painting for Everyone $80
Cindy Walter www.cindywalter.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
Learn from the author of the new C&T book, Fabric Painting with Cindy Walter. No mess, no hassle, and no complicated recipes with paints, simply heat set with an iron once dry. In class you learn about paints, and then experiment with several of the most popular paint application methods including: different brush stokes, scrunch, sponge, spray, overpainting and heliographing. Be careful, fabric painting is addictive! Small kit fee includes several hard to find items making your supply list easy. Optional Reading: Fabric Painting with Cindy Walter, C&T Publishing, or Contemporary Quilting by Cindy Walter & Stevii Graves, Krause Pub.
Sewing Machine Required: No
Kit Fee: $15.00 – Includes fabric paint for the day, 5 foam or bamboo brushes, silk scarf, gloves, 1 piece of Stabilized cotton. Teacher will provide additional items for students to use and experiment with
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5016 – Ready, Set, Go….Let's Quilt! $80
Cindy Needham
Friday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Beginner This is a popular, very hands-on workshop where I provide you with a good foundation of information and teach you the basic skills of machine quilting. The first half of the class covers setting up your workspace, how to pick the perfect batting, eliminate the mystery and frustration of choosing the correct thread and needles, learn how to easily and safely change your tensions and how to properly baste your quilt. You will be spending the second half of the class at your machine where you will obtain that perfect stitch and rhythm... guaranteed! You will learn some very easy background designs, learn how to do feathers, circles, points and scribbling. This is a fun, informative, inspiring and stress-free class!
Sewing Machine Required Yes
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5030 – Lakeside Mystery I – Love is a Mysterious Thing $75
Tracey Brookshier www.traceybrookshier.com
Friday: 6 Hrs: 6:00pm to Midnight
Skill Level: ALL Come and join us in an "Up Late and Quilting" fun and fabulous class. Tracey has designed the quilt for Road to California. The Lakeside Mysteries are a Road to California tradition that fill quickly, so don't miss out. Let's piece some love for ourselves or a new baby, a wedding, or a dear friend in need of some extra support. Sign up for the class to find out how!
Optional kit contains all fabrics for 40"x 48" quilt top: $60 (or see supply list to bring your own).
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5031 – Hopscotch $40
Jodi Barrows www.squareinasquare.com
Friday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: BEGINNER This is a wonderful quilt to learn the Option 3 flying geese of the Square in a Square system. Don't let the small size of this great little star scare you away. Once you learn these flying geese you will never be afraid of them again! We will concentrate on three stars in this 3-hour class; if you have always wanted to learn the Square in a Square system, this is a great beginner class. During our session, you will learn the Square in a Square technique that eliminates the triangle hassle normally associated with cutting and sewing of multiple pieced blocks. You will also enjoy learning professional pressing and rotary cutting techniques and will be amazed at the speed and accuracy of this method. Sewing Machines provided by BABYLOCK
Kit Fee: Unknown at Publication
Supply List Downloadable PDF
5032 – Mini Monthly Memories $40
Debbie Busby www.woodenspooldesigns.com
Friday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL
Make a mini wool quilt with monthly motifs. Students will learn the basics to working with wool for appliqué. A variety of hands stitches will be taught for finishing the edges of wool. Quilt measures approx. 12" x 15".
Sewing Machine Required: No
Kit Fee: $40.00 –Includes pattern, all wool, needles, thread, backing fabric, and metal wire stand.
Supply List: appliqué pins, small sharp scissors with a point, scissors to cut through paper & wool.
Optional: extra wire stands available in class $25.00.
5033 – Long Arm Maintenance $75
ABM Staff Technician
Friday: 4 Hrs: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL
Come learn the basic of maintaining a Long Arm Quilting System. Using the Innova Long Arm you can experience how easy it is to: · Adjust tension · Time the machine · Clean and maintain the machine · Chase out vibrations, and more. Long Arm Machines provided by INNOVA
Supply List: Pen for taking notes
5034 – Teacup Bouquet $40
Friday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL Class will begin with a discussion of basic wool appliqué techniques and with tips for working with wool. Students will learn to make this teacup filled with three-dimensional wool flowers. The background fabric is Moda's marbled flannel. Some beadwork is included in this project as well as flowers made with felt balls. Fabric for the "wool lace" frame is included in the kit for the class, but is an optional finish. There will be enough fabric in the kit to bind the edges if that is the preferred finish.
Sewing Machine Required: No
Kit Fee: $24.00 Includes all items needed to make the project.
Supply List: A basic sewing kit - paper scissors and fabric scissors with a sharp tip, needles, thimble, if used, pins, pen and paper for note taking and a spool of white sewing thread. All other items needed for the class will be in the kit to be purchased just prior to class.
NOTE: The project for this class was changed by mutual agreement.
5035 – Painted Blocks $40
Laura Murray www.lauramurraydesigns.com
Friday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL Using paintstiks, stamps, and fusible web, learn Laura Murray's "Stackers" technique, which uses layered squares and triangles to create the appearance of intricate detail in traditional quilt block designs. Sewing is not required because the blocks are assembled on a base fabric using fusible web. The Stackers technique is fun, easy to learn and produces amazing results!
Sewing Machine Required: No
Kit Fee: $12.00 – Includes fusible web, handout, and use of instructor's paintstiks and stamps.
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
5036 – GAMMILL Maintenance $75
Ron Paul www.houndhollr.com
Day: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL Explore inside your quilting machine with close-up photography to discover how it really works. You will go home with an understanding of how easy it is to make simple adjustments including 4 part timing and 5 part tension including a variety of top thread paths. We will cover everything from daily maintenance to yearly tune-ups to ensure your machine remains your happy quilting partner. There will be lots of time for questions and answers with an instructor with 22 years experience with all quilting machine brands. Long Arm Machine Provided by GAMMILL
Lecture/Demo Class
5037 – Success with Fusible Appliqué $40
Connie Spurlock www.sewwonderfuldreams.com
Friday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL Colorful batiks combine to create an amazing underwater scene, stepping outside the lines with color, texture and threadwork in this 23" x 27" wall quilt. Explore fusible appliqué, transferring patterns to fabric, best use of the appliqué pressing sheet and free-motion quilting. Sewing Machines provided by PFAFF
Kit Fee: $25.00 – Includes pattern, iron-on fusible, and all fabrics for wall hanging including the binding and Swarovski crystals. Pens for tracing will be available to borrow.
Supply List: Basic sewing supplies including large and small scissors, pins and tape measure. Several colors of thread including black and a light blue for stippling water. Optional: rotary cutter, mat and ruler, iron and pad.
5051 – Bread and Butter $60
Dustin Farrell www.cscountrystitchin.com
Friday: 3 Hrs: 8:30am – 11:30am
Skill Level: ALL
This class is packed full of everyday real life quilting designs. Dusty shares all his creative short cuts to help you prefect easy, but unique quilting designs that customers can afford, are sure to love, and come back for time and time again. You'll learn ten new designs, all based on two very easy free motion patterns that are sure to enhance even the simplest of customer quilts. These unique innovative designs will add just the right intensity of texture and movement to every quilt top that comes your way. This class is suggested for everyone who quilts for clients and is perfect for those who quilt for fun.
This is a Theatre Style Lecture/Demo Class
Supply List: Sketch pad, notebook, pen, camera.
Your art or traditional quilt top is DONE. Now what? We'll review what kind of quilting line conveys what message/ feeling, and how thread colors can enhance, support, and even excite your quilt top. The class is divided into two segments; "The How and Why of Designing a Quilt Plan" and "Creating Your Plan and Taking Action." You are welcome to bring a quilt top for discussion/planning and perhaps start quilting. 
5030 – Lakeside Mystery I – Love is a Mysterious Thing $75 
Class will begin with a discussion of basic wool appliqué techniques and with tips for working with wool. Students will learn to make this teacup filled with three-dimensional wool flowers. The background fabric is Moda's marbled flannel. Some beadwork is included in this project as well as flowers made with felt balls. Fabric for the "wool lace" frame is included in the kit for the class, but is an optional finish. There will be enough fabric in the kit to bind the edges if that is the preferred finish. 
