3001 – Crazy Quilting on the Loose $80
Cindy Brick www.cindybrick.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: All
Shadow quilting, netting and more – there are fast ways to make a Crazy quilt, even including embellishments and stitching! Come explore the possibilities in this new take on the modern Crazy – but it still remembers its antique ancestors, too. We’ll explore a variety of ways to construct a Crazy patchwork background, including fusibles and machine work. We’ll also explore stitching possibilities, including the “Road Warrior” method, and quick and easy color and pattern tricks for a graphic, interesting Crazy of your own. Plan to leave with your own Crazy well along the way to completion.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes.
Supply List: Downloadable PDF |
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3002 – American Barn Quilt Trails $70
Eleanor Burns www.quiltinaday.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: All
Join Eleanor for a delightful hands on quilting class. Learn new techniques as you construct your own Gambrel Barn featuring a quilt block on the front.
This class also offered on Saturday as #6004 and Sunday as #7004
Sewing Machines for this class provided by BABYLOCK
Kit Fee: $30 Half Rectangle Template and all fabrics for the top
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3003 – Pride of the Prairie $80
Elsie May Campbell www.elsiemcampbell.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Precision Piecing for Perfect Points. Combine the speed of rotary cutting with the accuracy of templates to make stunning, intricate quilt blocks such as New York Beauty, Dahlia, and Whig’s Defeat. Stitch my “Pride of the Prairie” quilt while learning this unique technique for precision machine piecing.
Sewing Machines for this class provided by BERNINA
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3004 – Fish Nets $80
Mickey Depre www.mdquilts.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Confident Beginner - Intermediate
Let me lead you thru the creation of your own “Free Form Fish Net” students will then design their own trio of whimsical fish to swim through it. Yes, each student will design their own fish ... everyone can draw and this workshop will prove it! Design elements and color guidance will be covered in this creative workshop.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3005 – Back To Basics $80
Penny Haren www.pennyharen.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Many of us are self-taught which means some of the basics just fell through the cracks! Learn the fastest, easiest and most fun ways to sew traditional blocks! This “Hints from Heloise” type class will teach you all of the tricks that the experts have been using for years – and some I’ve made up! In class, the blocks will be precut so we can start sewing immediately!
This class also offered on Saturday as 6007.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Kit Fee: $10 (includes pre-cut fabric for all of the blocks; templates; freezer paper; and Triangle Paper on a Roll)
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3006 – Sister’s Choice $80
Bonnie Hunter www.quiltville.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Confident Beginner - Intermediate
Everyone loves star blocks! And this one is a favorite with its 9 patch center and easy star points. This is also a great scrap buster as the whole quilt center is made from 2.5” strips! Great for Jelly Rolls too. Block size: 10”
Sewing Machines for this class provided by BROTHER
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3007 – The Great Gluestick/Screwdriver Caper $70
Martha Nordstrand www.morequiltsplease.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: All
Appliqué from the Hardware Store.
This is a class to learn the basic method using gluesticks and screwdrivers to turn and prepare edges for appliqué.
We will create the whole design before we stitch it down to give us more control and precision. We will learn about making fine points and inward curves as well as how to make easy bias strips that is worth the whole class time! Taking this class first gives the student advantages and a head start for other appliqué classes. The pattern is a lovely red Camellia in a bowl.
This class also offered on Saturday as #6009
Sewing Machine Required: No
Kit Fee: $15
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3008 – Yes, You Can Stipple! $80
David Taylor www.davidtaylorquilts.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Beginner
This is a beginners’ class for learning basic free-motion machine quilting techniques on their own home machine. Students will learn how to properly adjust tension on their own machine for perfect stitching. Please have machines in clean, working order with a fresh needle installed. Machines must have free-motion quilting ability.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Kit Fee: $30 (Includes Fabric and Batting ‘sandwiches’ kit and all lesson materials)
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3009 – Bunny in the Violets $70
Cathy Van Bruggen cathyvanbruggendesigns.com
Wednesday: 6 hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: All
All of the basics of “Appliqué the Easy Way”™ will be discussed and demonstrated. Cathy will also explain how to make animals look realistic with special embellishment techniques. Students will begin working on one of the 14” blocks, “Bunny in the Violets”, from Cathy’s new “A Walk in the Garden” Quilt pattern.
Sewing Machine Required: No
Kit Fee: $15 includes fabric for quilt block, embellishment package, and pattern.
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3010 – An Artful Vase of Flowers $70
Terry Waldron www.terrywaldron.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: All
 Because in this class you will use NO PATTERNS, there are two especially fun things that you will learn. You’ll add to your repertoire. 1) A fun, easy scrap background that you can use for many different kinds of quilts, and 2) the freedom to cut natural elements for your work WITHOUT having to use patterns. As an extra incentive, in this class you’ll use up oodles of those scraps that you’ve been saving for who-knows-what! No two students’ work will be alike. That’s the art of it! At the end of this class, students will be taught the easiest way ever to turn their piece into a pillow without SEWING ON BUTTONS OR MAKING A PLACKET!!!
Sewing Machine Required: No
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3011 – Hoochy Mama! $80
Mary Lou Weidman www.marylouquiltdesigns.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Skill Level: ALL
This is a fun one. Mary Lou will teach you how to make funky and fun blocks a new way (by machine). After making a series of three blocks you will put together this fun wall hanging and your friends will say “how’d you do that”? This quilt stretches tradition and makes you smile when you see the results!
This quilt is fun, easy and quick once you understand the technique. It makes a wonderful quilt for your wall, gift for a friend and a darling baby quilt, too. Prepare to have fun and learn new tricks for blocks.
Smiling and laughter is a part of this experience too.
Sewing Machine Required: Yes
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file
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3012 – Fan-cy Dancing $80
Darlene Zimmerman www.feedsacklady.com
Wednesday: 6 Hours: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Skill Level: ALL
Learn how to make Fans or Dresden Plates with an easy finished edge and any size! The wedges are rotary cut with Easy Dresden™, and points are sewn then turned for an easy edge finish. Learn how easy it is to create your own pattern! A relaxing and creative class that will inspire you to create some wonderful quilts. Fan-cy Dancing is found in the book Granny Quilts Décor.
Sewing Machines for this class provided by PFAFF
Supply List: Downloadable PDF file |
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3013 – Every Little Bit Counts $110
Sue Patten www.canadianquilterschoice.com
Wednesday: 4 Hours: 8:30am – 12:30pm
Skill Level: Intermediate - Advanced
Tired of the same old background stippling?? This class is packed full of new, fun and creative ideas that will wow everyone from your clients to the show judges. Students will learn a multitude of exciting alternatives to the everyday scribble stipple... which is so last decade. These innovative ideas can be used for everything from block fillers and appliqué backgrounds, to whole cloth design fillers used to compliment and enhance trapunto. This class takes the art of stippling to a whole new level! Come discover that “every little bit” really does count!!
Longarm Machines for this class provided by HANDI QUILTER.
Kit Fee: $15 includes pre-marked top and threads. |
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3014 – Beautiful Beginnings to Fabulous Feathers $100
Linda Thielfoldt www.thequiltedgoose.com
Wednesday: 4 Hours: 1:30pm – 5:30pm
Skill Level: Confident Beginner – Intermediate (Student should have good command of machine)
Have you always wanted to learn how to sew feathers freehand? Do you cringe when a customer asks you to do a feather in a border? Have you been quilting feathers freehand but wish you had some more creative ideas when it comes to feathers on quilts? Do the feathers you quilt now fall below your expectations? If so, this class is for you! This class will take the student through all the steps necessary to be fearless with those feathers. Using some time-tested techniques and tricks, Linda will help take the fear out of feathers.
Longarm Machines for this class provided by HANDI QUILTER
Kit Fee: Information not available at time of publication.
Supply List: Basic quilting supplies, pen and paper for notes and design work |
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