FR01 – Fantastic Fabric Faces $80
Pamela Allen One Day
Here’s a unique way to use those fabrics with large prints in small art quilts. Pamela will demonstrate a fabric collage technique that uses the shapes in large prints, such as those from sarong batiks or floral fantasy fabrics, as components of a portrait face. A curling vine becomes an eye, a circle becomes a chin. Pamela also provides fabrics that have been bubble jet printed with eyes, mouths, etc. to help in the creation. Emphasis in this class will be on the creative process with less fussing about sewing techniques and traditional quilting methods. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 9,11,12,14,15,21,24. Other Supplies: spray baste and mask (optional), embroidery floss, large hand needles (3 1/2” dollmaking needle is ideal). Fabric: selection of commercial and recycled fabrics all types (silk, velvet, rayon, polyester, etc.), large prints if available. Batting for approx. 20” quilt. Optional but nice: sewing machine if you HATE hand sewing.
FR02 – Two Puzzles to Genius! $75
Linda Carlson One Day
Easy machine piecing methods gets you two quilts in one! This reversible 63”x78” quilt is made with Flying Geese units that combine to create secondary spinning pinwheel design elements. Traditional or contemporary fabrics both produce dazzling results, or you may choose Linda’s fabric kit using her new line, Grammie & Mimi’s Baby Geniuses Grow Up! A short PowerPoint presentation shows how Linda’s fabrics encourage the ability to focus and concentrate thus enhancing intelligence capacity. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 1,2,8,9,10,12,13,22,26,27,29,30,33,34,36. Other Supplies: 73”x87” batting to finish quilt later. Fabric: (if not purchasing optional kit) for quilt top: 1 FQ each of 3 coordinating prints for block centers, 3/4 yd. each of 3 colors for flying geese, 3/4 yd. each of 3 colors for geese background (“skies”), 2 yds. for inner borders and binding, 2 1/4 yds. for outer borders. Pattern Fee: $5, if not purchasing optional kit. Optional Kit: $140, includes pattern, 14 1/4 yds. partially pre-cut fabrics for front quilt, back quilt and binding. Please pre-order at www.lindacarlsonquilts.com. Optional but nice: 4” square acrylic ruler.
FR03 – Cotton Theory Quilting $65
Betty Cotton One Day
Quilt first, then assemble using Betty Cotton’s folding procedures. Betty will help you create a reversible table runner with quilted embroidery, decorative stitches and 3-D seams. Perfect for the Spring as well as the Fall. Sewing machines for this class are provided by Pfaff. Note: Same as TH04. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 9,11,12,13,18,22. All other fabric and supplies will be provided as a kit in class at no additional charge.
FR04 – Backgammon $80
Sharyn Craig One Day
Are you looking for a fun, fast, easy new quilt to make? Then this workshop is for you. Inspired by the common Rail Fence pattern-on-a-skew, the resulting blocks look very much like the backgammon game board. You don’t need to be a game player to enjoy this quilt. You can build it in two colors, or any number that suit your fancy. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 1,8,11,27,30,31,32,33,34,36. Fabric: E-mail Sharyn for detailed fabric list at gcraig@mail.sdsu.edu.
FR05 – Machine Quilting Sampler $65
Nancy Fiedler One Day
Machine quilting is so simple when you use the built-in stitches of your sewing machine. Explore the possibilities while you create a stitch sample to inspire you for all your projects. Sewing machines for this class are provided by Janome. Note: Same as WE03. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 9,12,13,22,27,29,30. Other Supplies: (30-40) 1 1/2-2” safety pins. All other fabric and supplies will be provided as a kit in class at no additional charge.
FR06 – Saving Our Treasures $70
Mary Kerr One Day
This workshop touches on the basics of restoration, conservation and repair of antique quilts with a discussion and trunk show of historical repairs. The hands-on portion will cover basic repairs, restoration techniques, conservation, rescue tips and the recreation of patterns that are damaged beyond repair. Students are encouraged to bring a vintage quilt in need of repair to discuss and begin work on during the workshop. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 8,11,14,15. Kit Fee: $15, includes conservation netting, thread, vintage practice block and more.
FR07 – Painting Water Fabrics $80
Mickey Lawler One Day
In a relaxed atmosphere of warmth and good humor, students will spend the day painting water: sunny ponds, stormy seas, ocean reflecting sunset, waterfall, etc. with an emphasis on becoming familiar with non-toxic transparent permanent textile paints, mixing, and applying the paints to cotton fabric for use in quilts. Students generally complete about 2-4 yds. of fabric pieces if weather is good and they are able to dry fabric outdoors. The designs produced are a combination of planning and serendipity, and give students a hands-on basis for future exploration in hand-coloring fabric. Skill Level: All
Supply List: 9,10,12. Other Supplies: kitchen sponges, 2 natural sponges, 8 total cheap 1”-4” natural bristle brushes and sponge brushes, apron, plastic bags, rubber gloves, 20”x30” piece of 1/4”-3/8” FoamCore, spring style clothes pins, laundry marking pen, paper towels, 10-15 cottage cheese-style containers, light-weight to medium-weight plastic drop cloth (clear or white only)-cut into 15-20 pieces 2ft x 1.5ft, plastic plant mister bottle. Fabric: 2-4 yds. of white 100% cotton. Kit Fee: $12, includes unlimited use of paints and other supplies.
FR08 – Wholecloth Vintage Linen Quilts $75
Cindy Needham One Day
Learn to create something new out of something old by turning vintage linens into wholecloth quilts. Old tablecloths, dresser scarves, handkerchiefs, pillowcases and lace will become your own unique heirloom quilt. The workshop will begin with information on how to deal with stains and holes, special designing issues and basting and binding techniques. I will have a large collection of my vintage linen quilts with me to inspire you. My large stash of stencils will be available for your use. Skill Level: All
Supply List: 22. Other Supplies: A small stash of old linens.
FR09 – Designing Your Own Floral Borders $65
Martha Nordstrand One Day
Learn how to design an unusual border for a quilt or start with the border and design a quilt around it! We will think backwards and in reverse to create perfect borders… Sound complicated?? Not when you take this border class. We will play with templates of basic flower and leaf sections and tailor them to our own choice of style. Borders can be with natural looking floral prints or stylized in an innovative approach. We will learn to make large templates and learn balance and ratios of size and effect. No more boring plain borders for us! We will learn how to incorporate beautifully pieced borders with appliqué. Students may bring a borderless quilt top and design their own border to finish the quilt or start with a border and design the quilt later! Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 9,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,32. Other Supplies: optional borderless quilt top, 27,29,31 if you plan on cutting out the background, small set of screwdrivers, a roll of white contact paper, several Avery’s glue sticks, small acrylic or plasic cutting board, Roxanne’s Glue-Baste-It, blue painters tape. Fabric: assorted fabrics for flowers. Kit Fee: $15, includes basic appliqué instructions and cheat sheet, several pages of border ideas and designs, how to measure and plan a border, a large border frame in legal size paper as a guide, patterns for rose and tulip borders, how to make easy bias strips, tips on making flowers for appliqué, Ziploc bag.
FR10 – Floating Tiles $70
Donna Poster One Day
This beautiful quilt is pieced with rectangles, then trimmed! Learn how to “float” any design. Big bonus: this class includes tips on handling bias, cutting, sewing, pressing, and matching seams – all needed for successful quilting. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 1,8,12,13,27,29,30. Other Supplies: 12 1/2” square acrylic ruler or large triangle ruler. Fabric: All fabric should be 100% cotton and precut. Cut strips 1 1/2” wide (16 of each length), dark-11 1/2” and 6”, medium-9 1/2” and 5”, med. light-7 1/2” and 4”, light-5 1/2 “ and 3”, accent-(16) 3 1/2”x2” and (8) 2 3/8” squares, Background-(8) 6 1/4” squares and (4) 1 1/2”x34”, for borders: 1/4 yd. accent and 3/4 yd. dark.
FR11 – Wow! More Beautiful Machine Quilting $65
Lois Smith One Day
Are you looking for something new to add to your machine quilting fun? Add new freemotion designs. Feel confident as you swirl across your fabric. Discover spirals, flames and continuous connected stars, echo and outline flowers and other designs. Learn to make beautiful feathers to fill in blank spaces. Then, make a surprise zippered bag in class using one of your stitched samples. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 1,5,7,8,9,12,13,14,15,28,29,31,36. Other Supplies: black thread for bobbin, 10” or larger zipper, 75/11 and 90/14 quilting needles. Kit Fee: $25, includes five 18” squares of black cotton, one 18” square large print, three 18” squares of mid-weight batting, 3 different threads, and Metafil needle. Optional but nice: quilting gloves, adjustable bobbin case, and zipper foot.
FR12 – Spinning Star $80
Pat Yamin One Day
Looking for a new hand-piecing project to take with you? This one-patch design is a tessellated pattern, which, when sewn, makes pointed stars. Then use the same template to form a floating background. Tips and tricks for simple construction will be demonstrated. Bright fabric colors work best to create a fun quilt to hang or to use. If you do not wish to hand piece, this project may be made using a sewing machine. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 8,11,12,13,21,26,28,31,32,35. Other Supplies: Acrylic Template for Spinning Star ($12, available from teacher). Fabric: 30 or more bright scraps and a large variety of green prints or other color for background of star. Optional but nice: Sewing machine with 1/4” foot and One-Patch Scrap Quilts book.
FR13 – The Wonderful World of Wearables $35
Gina Perkes Morning Class
Come and learn how you can create your own wardrobe using your longarm machine! You will learn from start to finish, the process of selecting a pattern and fabric, threads, marking your fabric and executing the quilting. You will come away with award-winning techniques and tips that you can apply to your own style of clothing. You will be hooked on creating casual or dressy fashionthat you can wear with pride! Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 14,15.
FR14 – Down the Road Landscape $35
Kathie Alyce Evening Class
Create this small wallhanging all by machine with gentle, curved piecing using my own pattern design. Color placement, design and the basics of making a landscape by machine will be covered in class. Samples of my hand painted sky and water fabrics available for sale. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 1,2,8,12,18,28,30,34,36. Fabric: Lots of landscape colors, batik, or small prints for trees, grasses, flowers, wood. Calicos are not recommended. Kit Fee: $10, includes pattern.
FR15 – Trinity River Bridge $40
Jodi Barrows Evening Class
Learn the new diamond units of Square in a Square® using Option 21. Just follow along and you will have a large quilt in no time or you can keep it small. If you can cut and sew a strip you can make this intricate and beautiful quilt! This class also covers strip piecing, rotary cutting, chain sewing, pressing and, of course, the Square in a Square® Diamond. You will find this pattern and quilt in one of our new books Abby’s Schoolhouse, page 35. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 1,2,9,11,12,13,27,30. Book: Abby’s Schoolhouse by Jodi Barrows. Other Supplies: neutral thread, metal stiletto, Square in a Square® Technique Ruler. Fabric: (2) 3” tan strips, (9) 1 3/4” red strips, (4) 2” green strips, (7) 3” tan strips.
Two color quilts – simple yet elegant. This traditional pattern is an original design for Road to California. Pick out a light and dark fabric and you are ready! Techniques and tips will enable you to zip right through to the end. The results will be stunning! This quilt finishes at 78”x78” and makes a generous lap quilt or a nice quilt for a double bed. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 1,2,9,11,12,13,27,29,30,32,33,34,35,36. Fabric: 3 1/2 yds. light, 4 yds. dark, 3/4 yd. dark binding. Cutting instructions will be posted at www.cathyfarrisquilts.com.
FR17 – Spring Tulips with Hot Ribbon $35
Lennie Honcoop Evening Class
Here’s a fun class that teaches you an easy way to put an extra special look on your appliqué. Hot Ribbon has become THE method for finishing off raw edges from appliqué without sewing. You can also use Hot Ribbon to put in those special effects that will give your project depth and dimension. This 3-hour class will teach you how to look at fabrics to find the pattern that will add realism to your design, different ways to use Hot Ribbon in your quilts and shading techniques with permanent markers to give your design that right tone and hue. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 9,10,11,26,34,36. Other Supplies: Clover mini-iron, Bear Thread appliqué pressing sheet, Steam-A-Seam 2, Sharpie. Kit Fee: $62.50, includes pattern, hot ribbon (7 pkgs.), all fabric needed to complete the quilt top.
FR18 – Get Over Your Fear of Machine Appliqué $35
Debora Konchinsky Evening Class
This is a techniques class for machine appliqué – both raw-edge and satin stitching. You will work on a cute ladybug wallhanging or table topper while mastering the techniques. Pre-order a kit from www.critterpat.com to do some cutting and fusing before class. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 1,3,5,10,11,12. Other Supplies: thread in white, black and bright colors, 1 yd. Steam-a-Seam Lite (fusible), 1 yd. Tear-Away stabilizer. Kit Fee: $19.95, includes fabric, pattern and postage (mention Road to California). Optional but nice: Fuse all parts of the appliqués together for two ladybugs before class to save time.
FR19 – Daiwabo Coin Purse $35
Maria Tamaoka Evening Class
This adorable coin purse is made using a foundation-pieced base on Daiwabo Taupe fabric. It is then embellished with embroidery stitches, buttonhole stitch appliqué and a kurumi button. The finishing touch is a Japanese ball and chain zipper. Most of the coin purse is sewn by hand, minimal sewing machine used. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 1,9,10,12,13,21. Kit Fee: $18, includes Daiwabo Taupe fabric, zipper, kurumi button, stiffener, pearl cotton, needle, Vilene, pattern.
Jean will discuss construction in a very different way and all will learn the “magic” quilting technique she created with the original Aunt Becky Tool. Skill Level: All.
Supply List: 8,9,12,21,35,36. Other Supplies: quilting needles (the best are Jeana Kimball or Piecemakers, size 10) and Aunt Becky Tool. Fabric: frames and fabric to work on will be loaned for the class, for consistency. Thimbles and Aunt Becky tools will be in class if needed to borrow, or other sizes needed.
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