6001 – What's on Top? $75
Rose Hughes
www.rosehughes.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED
 Embellishments, that's what. In this class we'll explore the varied and delightfully creative forms embellishments can take in our work, and how you can use them to add drama, whimsy, character and sparkle to your quilts. You will learn the skills for adding beads, bangles, buttons, found objects, personal trinkets and treasures, and even paper to your fabric art. Plus, how to add and layer these embellishment elements by hand or by machine. In addition, you will discover a new kind of quilt sandwich, a unique design element created by turning, couching and fusing your favorite fabrics. With this layer-upon-layer technique, your projects will be dressed up for show-and-tell, top to bottom and bottom to top, with a story you will tell through fabric, imagination and embellishments!
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6002 – Beginning Long Arm $125
Marilyn Badger
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: BEGINNER
Learn the basics of longarm quilting in this 6-hour hands-on class. We will cover proper loading of a quilt, a discussion of threads and tension, batting, needles and other important tips. Then we will go over the use of pantographs from the back of the machine to create borders, blocks and pleasing overall designs. In an introduction to the freehand side of the machine we will stitch marked stencil designs. This class is designed to help you save time and gain confidence using your machine. Cameras welcome.
Longarm Machines provided by APQS
Supply List: Straight pins (ie: glass head), thread scissors.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS CLASS IS THE SAME AS 2001 |
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6004 – Happy Villages $80
Karen Eckmeier
www.quilted-lizard.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
Explore the freedom of fabric collage! No seams to piece or match, no lines to trace ... Just free form cutting of step and window shapes. Step by step your little village will magically come to life. Finished size 16 1/2 inch square.
Sewing Machines provided by VIKING
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6005 – Tricks of the Trade $90
Carol Doak
www.caroldoak.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
This exciting and fun technique of sewing oversize fabric pieces to a paper foundation drawing permits you to make accurate patchwork blocks easily and quickly without making any templates! Using your scraps, this full-day class will introduce you to some of the latest paper-piecing tricks of the trade as you sew several different small patchwork blocks shown in Carol's book, Easy Machine Paper Piecing and various other books to discover how to push the paper piecing limits!
Sewing Machines provided by BROTHER
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6006 – Radical Rulers $125
Dustin Farrell
www.cscountrystitchin.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Skill Level: INTERMEDIATE
Master the art of using rulers and templates. Dusty will work his one-of-akind magic and teach you how to use rulers by breaking all the rules. Who says you have to use them for what they say? Join Dusty in this fun-filled class that will leave your head spinning and full of inspiration.
Long Arm Machines provided by INNOVA
Kit Fee: $15 - Includes 1-mini king YLI thread, 3 pre-wound bobbins, and handout of feather ideas
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
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6007 – You Can Do That on a Machine? $80
Cathy Franks
www.cathyfranks.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Confident Beginner +
Sewing machines are for more than just quilting! Beautiful textures can be created quickly with a few simple fabrics and exciting Yarns, ribbons and bits of left over fabrics. I'll show how to create fringing and flash and trash to cover up raw edges. Create stunning textures by capturing bits and pieces with netting and pleating and floral designs with silk flowers and thread. Make your own thread appliqués fabric and needle lace to add to your list of what you can do. If I can, I'll even show you how to make the kitchen sink.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Kit Fee: Unknown at Publication
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
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6008 – One Day Lone Star $80
Debby Kratovil
www.quilterbydesign.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE
Honest - All rotary cut, strip pieced. Finish the star in this 6 hour workshop. Learn how to set in the setting squares and triangles without sweating bullets. My Magical Mitering Lesson for the border print is part of this FANTASTIC class.
Sewing Machines provided by JANOME
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
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6009 – Cupcake Fun $80
Sandra Leichner
www.sandraleichner.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED
Bake a 'good enough to eat' cupcake in fabric and thread using needleturn appliqué, hand embroidery embellishment and stuffed appliqué techniques. Add another trick to your appliqué toolbox to make your future quilts come alive with detail, dimension, and visual fun. Student must be comfortable with hand appliqué and basic hand embroidery.
Hand Sewing Class
Kit Fee: $20.00 – Includes Pattern, illustrated workbook, embroidery needle, stuffing material, pre-printed freezer paper templates
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6010 – Dancing Dots $80
Nancy Mahoney
www.nancymahoney.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
Nancy loves making traditional quilts – with a new twist. In this class, Nancy will share her 'Curvelliqué' appliqué techniques. Using plastic templates and spray starch for flawless appliqué results. Class will encompass all aspects of invisible machine appliqué including template and pattern piece preparation, tips for lying out perfectly placed designs, and step-by-step instruction for using your sewing machine to achieve finished appliqués that truly look hand stitched. Pattern included for each student.
Sewing Machines provided by BABYLOCK
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6011 – Rebecca' Baskets – Double Handled Baskets $80
Jo Morton
www.jomortonquilts.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE
A tisket, a tasket, come make this basket! This block was taken from an antique crib quilt. Students will love making these wonderful basket blocks so much they won't want to stop making them! Learn Jo's easy rotary cutting and piecing methods to make accurate blocks. Pressing tips given. Fabric selection help given. Yes, you will have to hand appliqué the inner curved handle. Quilt is 24" x 32".
Sewing Machines provided by PFAFF
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6013 – Thread Painted Landscapes $80
Nancy Prince
www.nancyprince.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
Nancy's most popular workshop introduces the two thread painting techniques she uses. Using an 'anyone-can-do-it' approach, students will learn how thread painting is simple and easy. A zigzag or straight stitch are the only stitches necessary to create amazing thread painted designs. No artistic skill is needed, so come join us for a day full of fun. Simple designs have been selected to boost your confidence right away.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Kit Fee: $15 includes: two pieces of printed stabilizer, two pieces of stabilizer backing, tulle, custom printed fabric and a pattern
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6014 – Less Stress Feathers $125
Jodi Robinson no web
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am 4:30pm
Skill Level: Confident Beginner - Intermediate
My "Less Stress Feathers" will allow you to stitch formal style feathers without the STRESS of backtracking. If you like the look of formal feathers, but have been struggling with the backtracking required to stitch them … or, you would like to stitch them in a contrasting thread … then these feathers are just what you are looking for. Elegant AND easy, what more could you as for! We will stitch all of the feathers in my "Less Stress Feathers" book.
Long Arm Machines for this class provided by handi quilter
Supply List: Scissors or Snips, water erasable marker, variegated thread of your choice |
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6015 – Hand Quilting $40
Cindy Walter
www.cindywalter.com
Saturday: 3 Hrs: 8:30am – 11:30am
Skill Level: ALL
Learn this time honored technique in just a few hours. If you already hand quilt and would like to perfect your stitch, this class is also for you. Learn the tools of the trade, basting, marking, and preparing the project to quilt. Cindy has taught this class for over two decades and it remains her favorite class to teach. You are guaranteed to be satisfied.
Optional reading: Fine Hand Quilting by Diana Leone and Cindy Walter, Krause Publications
Sewing Machine Required: No
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6016 – Hand Quilting $40
Cindy Walter
www.cindywalter.com
Saturday: 3 Hrs: 1:30pm – 4:30am
Skill Level: ALL
This is the SAME class as 6015. Please do not enroll in both.
Sewing Machine Required: No
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6017 – Water Fantasy $80
Nina Anderson none
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:300pm
Skill Level: ALL
 Using a Bali Batik Panel, you will add borders then layer and quilt. You will create a work of art with multiple embellishment applications.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Kit Fee: $23.00 – Includes heat foil, wool roving, crystals, Angelina, yarns, dust glitter.
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
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 6030 – Lakeside Mystery II – A Farmers Market Mystery $75
Tracey Brookshier
www.traceybrookshier.com
Saturday: 6 Hrs: 6:00pm to Midnight
Skill Level: ALL
Come and join this "Who Needs a Watch?" class. Tracey has designed the quilt for Road to California. The project is a secret, so the fun is in the surprise as it unfolds. A bountiful harvest of piecing and design skills (and a pretty quilt top) will be yours after taking this mystery class as we welcome spring! Optional kit contains all fabrics for quilt top: $60 (or see supply list to bring your own). The project in this session is different than the Friday Night session, so you could take both if you're a 'Mystery Quilt Junkie'.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
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6031 – Indian Blanket $40
Jodi Barrows
www.squareinasquare.com
Saturday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level:
This quilt is made entirely of triangles; but with the Square in a Square system you will never have to cut or sew a single triangle ever again. This fun and colorful Option 14 quilt sews together quickly and is so simple you hardly need a pattern. During class, 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 |
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6032 – Afrikan Folklore Embroidery $40
Leora Raikin
Saturday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL
It is for both beginners and those who have already attended an African Folklore Embroidery workshop as new and creative techniques to be taught. We will cover the basic of chain stitch, which is the foundation of African Folklore Embroidery and then go onto mola barbrara interweaving technique, which transforms a regular chain stitch into a rope like three dimensional appearance (the effect of this technique is stunning) double sided interweaving technique and the roller coaster technique, both of which use Chain stitch as their foundation. Use of color and different fiber weights are incorporated into these techniques for effect and enhancement.
This is a Hand Sewing Class
Kit Fee: Cost varies depending on kit chosen.
Supply List: a pair of scissors, everything else is provided. Students will have a choice 25 kits from which to choose.
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6033 – Don't be in a Bind! $40
Connie Spurlock
www.sewwonderfuldreams.com
Saturday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL
This simple hands-on workshop to dispel the horrors of binding will be fun and easy for you to learn the ins and outs of binding. We will cover strip binding, bias binding (learn to make continuous bias binding), prairie points and ruffles as a finished edge and more. Bind 90-degree corners, octagons and curves. Make an eyeglass holder to practice your new skills.
Sewing Machines provided by PFAFF
Kit Fee: $20.00 – Includes fabrics for strip binding, ruffles and prairie points as well as fabric and batting for class projects.
Supply List: Basic sewing supplies including scissors, thread, pins, and measuring tape. 4 * 12" squares of quilted fabric (can be purchased quilted fabric) that we will bind in class in various shapes. Also bring 2 fat quarters for continual bias binding (should compliment your fabric) Optional: rotary cutter, mat and ruler, iron and pad. PLEASE
NOTE: This is the SAME class as 4036. |
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6034 – Margit Bag $40
Maria Tamaoka
www.pinwheels.com
Saturday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL
The Margit bag is a great all purpose bag. The bag is fully lined and closes at the top with a magnetic snap. The front pocket is woven using a special Japanese interfacing and also closes with a magnetic snap. You will love using this classy bag to carry your Kindle, Nook or needlework.
Sewing Machines provided by JANOME
Kit Fee: Basic Kit $25 – Includes Pattern, snaps and interfacing. Full Kit $60 – includes the fabrics
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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6035 – House on the Hill – Table Runner $40
Lisa Bongean
www.primitivegatherings.us
Saturday: 3 Hrs: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Skill Level: ALL
Join Lisa in making this wool runner while learning all the basics of working with wool. We will cover fusing techniques, embroidery stitches, threads, finishing techniques and other tools used in stitching wool. You don't want to miss out so join in on the fun of stitching with wool! Finished Size is 10"x 30"
Bring your own sewing machine
$28 - Includes all the wools for the top and backing
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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