7001 – Radiant Star $75
Eleanor Burns
www.quiltinaday.com
Sunday: 6Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
 Soar to new heights with Eleanor's easy strip piecing methods to make this beautiful traditional star. Basic piecing experience is suggested for this class. Four color wall quilt. Size: 50"x50"
Sewing Machines provided by BABYLOCK
Fabric Kit Fee: $45 includes all fabric to complete the top including borders and binding.
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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7002 – Stitch to the Finish Line $80
Wendy Butler Berns
www.wendybutlerberns.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE
Dig yourself out from under all those pieced tops and finish them with machine quilting. We will cover all aspects of machine quilting and free motion quilting including using a walking foot, a darning foot and working with specialty threads like rayon and metallic. We will practice ways of breaking away from using predetermined quilting patterns and encouraging "you" to become the creator. Whether this is your first experience at machine quilting, or you are ready to branch into free motion, you will gain practical tips and confidence. We will begin the class with using practice sandwiched kits, then move to discuss how to quilt a wall sized, layered project you bring from home.
Sewing Machines provided by BERNINA
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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7003 – Background Grid Work Fillers $125
Dawn Cavanaugh
http://dawncavanaugh.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: NEED INFO
Learn how to use a straight edge ruler to create grid-work which can then be filled with many design variations from diamond crosshatching to clematis leaves. These terrific textures will add pizzazz to custom quilting!
Long Arm Machines provided by APQS
Kit Fee: $25.00 – Includes marked fabric, batting, marking ruler, marking pen, pattern packet.
Supply List: Scissors, Notebook, Pen or pencil, Camera (optional) |
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7004 – Sunset at Sea $90
Carol Doak
www.caroldoak.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
This Sunset at Sea Quilt (26" x 26") is made using the foundations in Carol's book, Simply Sensational 9-Patch Stars. The foundations are simple, but the variety of fabrics and the setting produces a dramatic quilt. This quilt is a super way to use fabric from your stash and a great way to learn to paper piece with perfection. You can use Carol's colorway or your own, just decide on four colors and gather fabric from your stash.
Sewing Machines provided by BROTHER
Kit Fee: $4.00 for foundations
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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7005 – Accidental Landscapes - Beaches $80
Karen Eckmeier
www.quilted-lizard.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
Here is an introduction to creating landscapes "accidentally" using Karen's layered topstitching technique. These little beach scenes are quick and easy to make, no templates, not fuss - just free form rotary cutting and topstitched edges. Personalize your beach by adding collage details like a dune fence, beach grass, shells, sailboats, beach chairs, umbrellas, lighthouses, photo transfers, etc. Beach scene measures approximately 8" x 12" (without borders).
Sewing Machines provided by VIKING
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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7006 – Facets of Color $80
Debby Kratovil
www.quilterbydesign.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE
Wow! A great big block to use those great big floral prints! So much is packed into this quilt. You will learn several techniques (click the Supply List link to read the description). And you'll discover how much fun it is to make BIG blocks. From my book, Supersize 'Em Quilts
Sewing Machines provided by JANOME
Supply List: Downloadable PDF
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7007 – Design Quilts for EQ7 $80
Nancy Mahoney
www.nancymahoney.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
Nancy designs all of her quilts using this versatile and user-friendly software program. Explore designing quilts using a variety of settings. You will learn how to apply a variety of border and sashing styles to create amazing quilts. Students will gain confidence in designing quilts in this fun and informative setting. Requires basic EQ knowledge. Laptop computer with EQ7 installed for each student are encouraged. If you don't have EQ7, a free, classroom only EQ7 program is available in class. See the supply list for details.
Sewing Machine Required: No
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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7008 – Fat Quarter Bag $40
Linda McGehee
www.ghees.com
Sunday: 3 Hrs: 8:30am – 11:30am
Skill Level: ALL
Are you looking for a project that uses fat quarters or leftover fabric? Would you like to use those samplers from longarm or quilting classes? Great for beginners or the seasoned stitcher, this bag makes a great quick project and/or gift. The easy to make bag uses a new zipper application that is quicker than ever before. There's a zippered hanging pocket on the inside, too. Learn quick miters. Acquire immediate satisfaction and walk out of the classroom with a finished project and the knowledge to make more.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Kit Fee: $20.00 includes fabric for bag, binding & pocket; zipper for bag closure and pocket; strap, instructions.
Supply List: Bring basic sewing supplies, off-white thread and dark thread, scissors, pins with big heads. |
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7009 – Rachel's Reel $80
Jo Morton
www.jomortonquilts.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: BEGINNER - INTERMEDIATE
Students will practice the back-basting prep method for needleturn appliqué using this very early design dating to 1818 (later a number of variations resulted from this wonderful block). Quilt is 39" x 39".
HANDWORK CLASS
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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7011 – Crazy for Landscapes - Summer $80
Nancy Prince
www.nancyprince.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
Come be Mother Nature for a day and thread paint a small landscape vignette. This workshop is a great way to give thread painting a try or to increase your thread painting skills. The supplied preprinted design assures success right from the start. And a straight and zigzag stitch do all the work for you, all you have to do is move the hoop. So come spend a few hours learning how to create landscapes in thread. WARNING: can become addictive!
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Kit Fee: $13 includes custom printed background fabric, two preprinted designs, two pieces of stabilizer backing and handout.
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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7012 – Batik Stars in a Desert Sky $75
Virginia Walton
www.creativecurves.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: ALL
Leaping into a night sky from the surface of the quilt, a scrappy cascade of color flows across the surface of this dramatic quilt, creating the effect of an Aurora Borealis of Hoffman "Bali Batik" Stars. Take the rich texture of the Batiks and combine them with the simplicity of a dark or light Background Fabric and this dramatic, yet simple quilt is the result. Inspired by the traditional quilt block '54/40 or Fight', this colorful quilt is amazingly quick and easy to piece with the Creative Curves 2" X 4" Ruler (oval curves). Sewing is easily done with Virginia's unique 'No Pins' sewing technique for oval curves.
Sewing Machines provided by PFAFF
Kit Fee: $30 - includes all of the Hoffman Batik Star Fabrics – everything except the Background Fabric (light or dark).
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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7013 – Art Quilt Dimensional Stitching $75
Rose Hughes
www.rosehughes.com
Sunday: 6 Hrs: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED
Want to add sparkle, light, shadow and texture to your art quilts? Have your design concepts pop? Your colors flow like rivers? Come to the Art Quilt Dimensional Stitching class and learn how to use stitching in new and exciting, non-traditional ways. In this class, we will take traditional linear, fill and dimensional embroidery stitches and learn how to use them in unique and amazing ways to express life's true textures. Go home with a working sample of each of the new art quilt dimensional stitching techniques being presented in this workshop.
Sewing Machine Required: No
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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7014 – What You See is What You Get! $75
Rene Haddadin
Sunday: 4 Hrs: 8:30am – 12:30pm
Skill Level: Anyone Interested in Auto Pilot
This is an Auto Pilot Training Course. The lessons are all about how to design your quilting on the computer. Starting with an Edge 2 Edge design Renae will show how she quickly places patterns for overall quilting. Then, using a small sampler quilt with borders and blocks, Renae will teach how to manipulate designs, place designs and trouble shoot any placement issues using the AutoPilot computerized system on an Innova longarm. Students will follow along on their computers (provided by ABM) during the design process. If you are interested in seeing how the AutoPilot system works and how some special functions can be helpful, this is the class for you. Computers provided by INNOVA. It is hands on the computer but students only take handouts and their notes home. |
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