8401C – ByAnnie Bag Making Basics

ByAnnie,LLC – Annie Unrien

Day: Thursday 1Hr 9:30 AM – 10:30AM

Learn secrets to making beautiful bags with durable structure, designer touches, and professional construction details from bag-making expert Annie Unrein of ByAnnie.com.

8402C – Tsukineko Inks – Transforming Fabric Into Art

TSC Designs – Joyce Teng

Day: Thursday 1Hr 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Tsukineko Inks - Transforming Fabric into Art

8403C – Thread Therapy with Dr. Bob

Superior Threads – Bob Purcell

Day: Thursday 1Hr 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

All about thread, needles, tension, and success.

8404C – Quilt Binding with Piping!

Tensisters Handicraft – Carmen Geddes

Day: Thursday 1Hr 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM

Quilt Binding with Piping! Create a beautiful award winning finish to your quilt projects. The Tensisters Piping Tool makes it easy! Lots of great binding tips is this lecture!

8405C – Jump Right In – The Water is Fine!

Sulky of America – Eric Drexler

Day: Thursday 1Hr 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Yes, jump right in. The water is fine outside the box. Come with Eric on a fun fast paced ride through the water soluble world of Sulky Wash Aways! Eric will start with some very useful tips and tricks and end with some cool ideas you would have never thought of. Eric always brings a trunk full of goodies to see up close, with great, “how to” descriptions.

8406C – Fabulous Fusible Appliqué with Paintsticks and Stamps

Laura Murray Designs – Laura Murray

Day: Thursday 1 Hr 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Learn an innovative applique method using paintstiks and stamps to create richly colored, fusible backed shapes that are layered and fused to a background fabric. The result is dazzling stars, kaleidoscopes, painted tiles, and cathedral windows quilt block design accomplished without sewing.

8407C – Quilting & Templates (Rulers) A Primer Course

Quilters Rule International – Patricia Simons

Day: Thursday 1Hr 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Do you have a home machine and are ready to step beyond stitching in the ditch and meandering? Perhaps you have hear of a particular foot you can put on your home machine to use templates when quilting? Or perhaps you have a mid- or long-arm templates (aka rulers). Find out: Why templates are made out of different thicknesses; Strategies for getting really small or getting points. Get the facts and knowledge before you leap into the exciting world of templates and all the possibilities.

8501C – 10 Easy Projects with a 10 Degree Ruler

Sew Wonderful Dreams – Connie Spurlock

Day: Friday 1Hr 9:30 AM – 10:30AM

Wow! How can so many projects be so quickly and easily accomplished with just one ruler? Placemats, various table runners, jackets, center pieces, Christmas Tree skirts, quick quilt borders and more. We will share lots of possibilities with you. These projects are ideal for beginners or veterans alike. Quickly piece hundreds of pieces of fabric by rotating and cutting the fabric in various ways. You will be inspired at the options.

8502C – The Modern Mariner’s Compass

Robin Ruth Designs – Robin Long

Day: Friday 1Hr 10:45 PM – 11:45 PM

The Modern Mariner's Compass - Strip Pieced!

8503C – Gina Perkes Trunk Show!

Gina Perkes Designs- Gina Perkes

Day: Friday 1Hr 12:00 PM – 1:00PM

Join national award winning quilter Gina Perkes for a trunk show of her collective work. Gina will inspire you to create and quilt outside of your comfort zone. Gina won the Road to California Best of Show Quilt Award in 2009 for her group quilt Grape Harvest (Pictured), made by Gina and Lynn Drennen, Jessie Marinas and Marilyn J. Smith.

8504C – Stripology Mixology

GE Designs – Gudrun Erla

Day: Friday 1Hr 1:15 PM – 2:15PM

Amazing quilts from precuts using the Stripology Rulers

8505C – Clover Tool School with Steve Butler

Clover Needle Craft – Steve Butler

Day: Friday 1Hr 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

New fabrics, threads, patterns, designs and techniques are popping up everywhere. Today your potential for creativity is limited only by your imagination. Well, actually your imagination and your basic sewing skills. How do you turn a stack of fabric, a spool of thread and a creative vision into an heirloom quality quilt? It's not easy but there is help. This class will cover the most important advances in sewing tools that will help you design, measure, mark, cut, press and stitch it all together and help enable you to achieve your creative intent. Questions on notions, threads, needles and sewing machines are encouraged.

8506C – The Back Roads to California – What Does It Take to Produce Road?

Road to California – Matt Reese

Day: Friday 1Hr 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Ever wonder what it takes to put on a show like Road to California? This tell-all presented by show owner, Matt, will talk about what goes into planning the show, how things get done and whatever else you want to know. Submit your questions ahead of time by clicking here: https://goo.gl/forms/YnDPkMcwbKZ2qlTJ2

8507C – The  Art of Inkjet Printing on Fabric

Easymade Publications – Stephanie Kleinmen

Day: Friday 1Hr 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

To be successful in transferring your photos and projects onto fabric, you must understand the relationship between your photographs, printers, printer inks, and pretreated fabrics.

8601C – Quilting & Templates (Rulers) A Primer Course

Quilters Rule International – Patricia Simons

Day: Saturday 1Hr 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Do you have a home machine and are ready to step beyond stitching in the ditch and meandering? Perhaps you have hear of a particular foot you can put on your home machine to use templates when quilting? Or perhaps you have a mid- or long-arm templates (aka rulers). Find out: Why templates are made out of different thicknesses; Strategies for getting really small or getting points. Get the facts and knowledge before you leap into the exciting world of templates and all the possibilities.

8602C – Unlocking Your Creativity – The Key to Templates

Quilters Rule International – Patricia Simons

Day: Saturday 1Hr 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

Ever dream of being able to create your own quilting desings? Are you convinced the Artistic fairy bypassed you when she was handing out talent? Join Patricia as she shows you how to move templates to create stunning designs that look complicated, but are in reality the simplest of shapes. She will teach you four techniques for moving templates. These techniques can be used by all, regardless of your method of quilting (hand, domestic machine, long-, mid-, or short-arm machine). How to transfer the design to your quilt using a variety of methods will be discussed. Join Patricia in learning how to release the creativity inside you.

8603C – The Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Batting

The Batty Lady- Alicia Campbell

Day: Saturday 1Hr 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Come learn about the different types of batting, feel what they do for a quilt, see what they look like, and why there are so many differences.

8604C – Make it Modern and Quilt it Fearlessly

Orange Dot Quilts – Dora Cary

Day: Saturday 1Hr 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM

Make It Modern and Quilt It Fearlessly (includes Dora"s No Baste quilting method)

8605C – Tsukineko Inks – Transforming Fabric Into Art

TSC Desings – Joyce Teng

Day: Saturday 1Hr 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Tsukineko Inks - Transforming Fabric into Art

8606C – Clover Tool School With Steve Butler

Clover Needle Craft – Steve Butler

Day: Saturday 1Hr 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM

New fabrics, threads, patterns, designs and techniques are popping up everywhere. Today your potential for creativity is limited only by your imagination. Well, actually your imagination and your basic sewing skills. How do you turn a stack of fabric, a spool of thread and a creative vision into an heirloom quality quilt? It's not easy but there is help. This class will cover the most important advances in sewing tools that will help you design, measure, mark, cut, press and stitch it all together and help enable you to achieve your creative intent. Questions on notions, threads, needles and sewing machines are encouraged.