Road to California loves quilt guilds.

Most of our staff members belong to at least one quilt guild.

A quilt guild is chosen each year to supply the quilts in the main hallway of the Ontario Convention Center.  

And quilt guild members supply many of our volunteer spots, including white glove attendants.

2019 Quilt Guild Opportunities

Quilt Guilds have a couple of special opportunities to shine during Road to California 2019:

Display Opportunity Quilts

Many quilt guilds earn money for their programs and quilt shows by making and raffling off their Opportunity Quilt. To help support these quilt guilds, Road provides space in the main hallway of the Ontario Convention Center for guilds to display their Opportunity Quilts and provide information about their guild to attract future members and attendees at their activities.

Guidelines are provided on our website. Generally, quilt guilds are selected on a first come, first assigned basis to man one of the four tables provided each day of the show. If chosen, a participating quilt guild must provide 20 hours of white glove service to Road for each day the quilt is displayed. There is an exception to the volunteer rule for quilts displayed on Sunday: only 10 hours of white glove service is required.

Three volunteers per guild may sign up in each volunteer time slot. Space is limited, and times are assigned when Road has received all information required. If a shift is full, volunteers are scheduled to serve at the next available time. The minimum shift for each person is 2 hours; Each 2 hour + volunteer receives a free entry bracelet. In addition, Road provides up to four complimentary passes for guild ticket sales persons the day their quilt is displayed.

There are still four spaces available for Sunday, January 27th. Interested quilt guilds should complete the form located at https://goo.gl/forms/3xZOjZ0Ik7odA8h03

Quilt Guild Challenge

Road is once again hosting a Quilt Guild Challenge, sponsored by The Traveling Quilters. A $500 cash prize will be awarded to the quilt guild with the highest percentage of guild members attending the show. Another cash prize of $500 will be awarded to the guild with the highest gross attendance.

***Note: qualifying attendance is based on actual quilt guild members, not friendship groups.

To enter, guilds need to submit qualifying paperwork online to Road before the show. The form is located at this link:

https://goo.gl/forms/VPKzZBb5vKXLsv0w1

Then, as members attend Road 2019, they need to register their attendance on the iPads provided near the south lobby doors. Road will notify winning quilt guilds in February.    

Will your quilt guild be participating with these added benefits?

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Road to California would not be the premier consumer quilt show that it is without our sponsors. “Our sponsors are what keeps us competitive,” shared Show Owner, Matt Reese. Because of their generous support, Road continues to attract the industry’s finest entrants, teachers and vendors which are enjoyed by the thousands of our guests that attend our event.

Road 2019 has 13 Ruby Sponsors.

To be at this third level of sponsorship, (our Platinum Sponsor, Gammill, is the highest level followed by Emerald Sponsors), a company donates $2,250 towards the show. Their generous contribution goes toward prize money for the quilt show contest as well as help fund other aspects of the event. Some Ruby Sponsors will also have a vendor booth on the main floor while many will have their products available with other retailers at the show.

One of the companies new to the Ruby Level of sponsorship is Creative Grids®, makers of over 100 quilting rulers and templates. Their original non-slip rulers are made in over 30 standard sizes, each incorporating their Turn-A-Round feature – designated by the 1/2 inch grip sides – to add the 1/2 inch seam allowance to quilt pieces. Creative Grids® is sponsoring the Pictorial Category in Road’s 2019 Quilt Contest, awarding prizes to the First, Second, and Third Place winners.

Some of the other Ruby Level Sponsors include:

Bernina

This Swiss, family owned company, has been celebrating creativity  for 125 years. As part of their anniversary celebration, Bernina created a gold-plated special edition presser foot. Bernina is sponsoring the Animal Category, giving prize money to the First, Second, and Third Place winners. 

Brother

Brother International has more than 100 years of history in the global sewing industry. They’ve been a leader in the US for more than 60 years, offering a diverse lineup of machines with industry-first, exclusive features. Their motto is “Explore, learn and remember — being creative isn’t a hobby; it’s a way of life!” Winners in the Naturescape Category will be sponsored by Brother. 

Elna

Since around 1940, the Elna trademark has always symbolized quality, innovation and service. Today, Elna continues to build the company with these three elements as the foundation. Elna is a growing company committed to bringing excellence to our customers and our international distribution network. Elna is active in more than 60 countries, throughout the world. Elna is sponsoring the Other-Wall Category. 

Husqvarna Viking

The need for change inspired their beginning. They began as a royal arms factory in Huskvarna, Sweden in 1689.  Almost two centuries later in 1872, facing declining demand for firearms, the artisans of the factory were inspired to make a more peaceful product—sewing machines. Today, Husqvarna Viking^® is a worldwide organization that still designs high-quality sewing machines in Sweden and markets our products to passionate sewers all across the globe.  Prizes for the Human Image Category will be awarded by Husqvarna Viking.  

Innova (ABM International)

Innova longarm machines are manufactured by ABM International, a three generation family owned and operated business near Houston Texas and are engineered to meet the most discerning quilter’s needs. Based on a long term commitment to excellence, ABM International offers a full array of high quality quilting machinery. Innova will be giving prizes to the Mixed Large Category.  

Martelli

Martelli Enterprises is an international company based in Pensacola, Florida. They make tools, equipment, work stations and machines for sewing, quilting, and embroidery. For over 20 years, they have provided quilters and other sewing and crafting enthusiasts with the tools and accessories to pursue their art and express themselves. The Applique Wall Category will be sponsored by Martelli.

Thank you to these great Ruby Sponsors of Road to California 2019. We will recognize the remaining Ruby Sponsors in our next blog article. 

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Desiree Habicht loves to create. 

She has been an artist her whole life, dabbling in all forms of creative arts. At one point, Desiree’s art had her traveling all over the country. She was showing both her fine art and the murals and faux finishes she had created for designers and for custom, luxury homes.

Then tragedy struck in 2000.

Desiree’s daughter was critically injured by a drunk driver. In order to provide the care her daughter needed, Desiree needed to reinvent her business. So she started a home-based pattern and design company, Desiree’s Designs, creating quilt patterns, fabric and embroidery designs from her  home studio. What could have been a tragedy on so many levels, has become “a blessing” for Desiree and her family.  

Desiree loves that she gets to do what she enjoys every day: Designing, Creating and Teaching others how to set free their creativity.

What to Look For at Road 2019

Items that will be featured in the Desiree’s Designs booth include fabrics from their new fabric lines. Their quilt patterns are known for being “happy, colorful, whimsical designs.”

One of Desiree’s newest fabric line panel designs, “Party Like a Unicorn,” will be making its’ debut at Road 2019.

Many of Desiree’s designs are digitized. Their machine embroidery CDs are very popular with their customers. Visitors to their booth will also have the chance to learn about Desiree’s Designs’ new monthly 2019 ITH Mug Rug Club. Desiree states that the enrollment for the club is “filling up fast.”

A Southern California native, Desiree won’t have to travel far to get to the show. What is she most looking forward to at Road to California? The opportunity to meet new people and visit with repeat customers. Desiree says, “We are always striving to build our quilting community with our clubs and classes that we offer throughout the year.”

Desiree’s Designs will be in booths  1919/1921+ in the Pavilion at Road 2019. To learn more about Desiree’s Designs, please visit their website.

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Did you know that Road to California is a Quilting World Pioneer?

Road is a Quilting World Pioneer because it is a family owned and operated business.

Carolyn Reese purchased Road to California in 1995. At the time, it was a small quilt show consisting of a handful of classes and was held in Anaheim California. Carolyn had the vision to grow and move the show to Ontario, California in the atrium of the then Marriott Hotel (located where the Ontario Gateway Hotel is today). She enlisted the help of her entire family to put on the newly formatted show. Her three grown sons and their wives handled logistics, set-up, and registration. Grandchildren took tickets and handed out programs to a fashion show featuring homemade garments. A few vendors were invited to sell their quilt related products. Each year, more and more classes were added, more and more vendors applied to the show, and more and more people attended. The show quickly outgrew the hotel, so Road to California had to find a new home—the Ontario Convention Center. Today, the show is owned and operated by Carolyn’s grandson, Matt Reese. 

Road is a Quilting World Pioneer as the second largest quilt show in the United States.

Road to California is the premier consumer quilt show West of the Rocky Mountains, awarding over $92,000 to fiber artists from around the world. More than 42,000 visitors from all 50 states and several foreign countries come each January to view exhibits featuring antique, traditional, art and modern quilts designed by both national and international quilt groups. A vibrant vendor mall of over 225 nationally and internationally known retailers feature the very latest to see, try and buy in quilt making supplies, machines, notions, antique quilts and gift items. Classes taught by a distinguished faculty are geared to all levels of quilters, offering assistance with traditional to modern techniques, hand and machine quilting skills and the latest in surface-embellishment using paint, thread and embroidery.

Road is a Quilting World Pioneer with its use of technology.

Road went from accepting mailed in registrations and entering information by hand to being one of the first quilt shows to use a fully automated, online registration system. Road to California continues to improve its online presence by offering a state-of-the-art website and social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  Road is a Quilting World Pioneer because it showcases other Quilting World Pioneers.

Road to California searches the world over to present unique and trending quilt classes and quilt exhibits. Featured Special Exhibits are often showcased expressly for Road like The Tentmakers of Egypt, Route 66, Cherrywood Fabrics Challenges, and last year’s HERstory. Many of its faculty are well-known around the globe and are quilting world pioneers like Eleanor Burns. A popular Road to California teacher and presenter, Eleanor began her quilting world pioneer journey with the publishing of her first book, “Make a Quilt in a Day: Log Cabin Pattern.”  Not only has she become a prolific author, but she is also a revered teacher trainer, popular television personality, and celebrated industry role model. Eleanor has authored over eighty additional books that sell at a rate of well over 6,500 per week. She has trained thousands of instructors throughout the world who teach her quilt making methods. In 1990, Eleanor pioneered the way people view quilt making with television. Her Quilt in a Day TV series began airing on PBS and is still broadcasting nationwide and abroad, even teaching in Japan. Adding to all this, she has developed her own “Signature” fabric lines, several special edition sewing machines, and has received numerous awards and recognition for her lifetime of achievements. At Road to California 2019, Eleanor will be celebrating her 40^th Anniversary in the quilting world by teaching a quilt class on Sunday, “Mexican Star Quilt” (7012C) And two entertaining lecture style classes on Friday (9501C) and Saturday (6501C) evenings that are sure to be filled with lots of humor, creativity, and reminiscing. Road to California is proud to be a quilting world pioneer, encouraging new and experienced quilters of all ages to find their own pioneer journeys.           ]]>

1005C – Crumb Quilted Wheels Quilt on Monday And four evening, handwork piecing classes 3067C – Explore the World of English Paper Piecing: Hexagons on Wednesday Night 4073C Explore the World of Paper Piecing: Jewels on Thursday Night 5062C Explore the World of Paper Piecing: Diamonds  6061C Explore the World of Paper Piecing: Curved  In addition, Michele’s company, Flower Box Quilts, will have a booth on the vendor floor. Michele Crawford has a long history with sewing, crafting, and pattern making. Since the age of 9, she has always had a needle and thread in her hands. Stamped cross stitch, crewel, crochet, knitting, embroidery and sewing clothes were her passion. Michele taught herself to sew. Her first projects were sewn on her grandmother’s featherweight sewing machine. Michele’s first business was making woven potholders on a loom and selling them in her neighborhood. While in high school, she wanted to be a fashion designer and go to New York City to school. She ended up being an elementary school teacher, getting married, and starting a family. Later, she began her life as a self-employed designer and business owner. Michele’s first business was Cross ‘n Quilt. Started in 1986, Michele designed and sold her patterns combining counted cross stitch and quilting. Through this experience, Michele has created over 4,500 published sewing, needlework and quilting designs in over 40 different publications. She has worked with over 35 fabric, thread and batting companies to date. In 2002, a few quilting magazines started offering kits for the projects in their magazines featuring new fabric collections, and that was the start of Michele’s internet business, Flower Box Quilts. By 2008, she began designing her own quilt patterns to sell on her website as Flower Box Quilts, and also offered other quilt fabric kits exclusive to her site. The Flower Box Quilts booth is known as the “happy booth.” She likes to showcase many different piecing styles and techniques to inspire her customers. Featured in her booth are seasonal and non-seasonal fabrics as well as over 100 of her original quilt patterns including those for quilts of all sizes, runners, place mats, pillows, Christmas ornaments and tree skirts, and other decorative items. She still likes to combine counted cross stitch with quilting and of course offers her piecing handwork hexagons. Michele is looking forward to teaching her five classes, as well as sharing her quilt piecing philosophy: “We cannot achieve perfection but we can strive for excellence.” There are several piecing tips that Michele likes to share. One is Don’t wash fabric before piecing. She believes that the finishes help achieve a “cleaner” cut with a rotary cutter. Some other tips: Iron as you go; It’s OK to sew over pins; and Use 100% Cotton thread. To learn more of Michele’s tips, you’ll just have to take one of her classes!! Michele is looking forward to being at Road 2019. “I LOVE the amazing and positive energy of all the quilters – vendors – staff at Road! The extreme excitement of being at the cutting edge of quilting and being inspired by so many incredibly talented and creative people is mind boggling, humbling, and fabulous!” To learn more about Michele and Flower Box Quilts, visit her website.]]>

Grace Errea: 4501G – Bird View Workshop – With “Free- Edge” Appliqué  on Thursday and Friday 6701G – From Inspiration to Amazing Quilt Top on Saturday and Sunday [caption id="attachment_6223" align="aligncenter" width="625"] OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA[/caption] There is no sewing machine sewing in either of these classes. Grace Errea became proficient in her quilt design techniques because she was looking for a way to go beyond simple quilting. She was first introduced to quilting by a friend who was a hand quilter who encouraged Grace to give it a try.  Because Grace was a sewer who preferred using a sewing machine, she wasn’t all that interested in hand quilting, but she was attracted to the craft, so she decided to investigate other quilting methods and consequently caught the quilting bug. Another influence with Grace’s quilt design techniques was the book, Art and Inspiration by Ruth McDowell. Grace found this to be ironic because while she is not a piecer, (in fact, Grace does not even like piecing) but she loved Ruth’s work and got started with her book. Ultimately, Grace confides, her quilt design style is really the result of years of learning, experimentation, trying different techniques and reshaping them to her style. The quilt design phase is her favorite part of quilt making. Once her pattern is done, then she enjoys choosing the right textiles to execute the quilt design.  What is her least favorite part of the quit process? She laughs when she says the quilting. A quilt teacher for the past eight years, Grace enjoys meeting and working with the people who attend her classes and seeing “the light bulb go on” for her students. Grace also enjoys gourmet cooking and gardening. Grace will be coming to Road to California 2019 from nearby Laguna Niguel. She says that she will be solely focusing on her classes while at Road. Of her quilt design teaching, Grace shares that the reason why she teaches is “because in all the students I meet I am sure I have inspired a good number to do things that they would not have done without learning some of my techniques.  My techniques are totally original and developed by me so, being the only one teaching them I am hoping that they will be appealing to some students and they will go on and use the technique and even improve on them.” To learn more about Grace, please visit her website.      ]]>

six Emerald Sponsors. To be at this second level of sponsorship, (our platinum sponsor, Gammill, is the highest level), an organization donates $5,000. Their generous contribution goes toward prize money for the quilt show contest as well as help fund other aspects of the event. Each Emerald Sponsor also has a vendor booth on the main floor. A new Emerald Sponsor for 2019 is Olfa North America. We’re especially excited to have them as one of our quilt show sponsors because Olfa will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the invention of the rotary cutter. Olfa North America will be sponsoring the Outstanding Modern Quilt Category and the Elvis Quilts Special Exhibit. Other Road 2019 Quilt Show Emerald Sponsors include:Babylock  has been dedicated to the love of sewing for over 40 years by creating machines for sewing, embroidery, quilting and serging – all with ease-of-use, high quality and a touch of elegance. In addition to easy-to-thread sergers and machines for sewers of any level, Baby Lock enhances the love of sewing with an extensive line of sewing supplies including feet, accessories, software and stabilizer. A family business with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, all Baby Lock machines and products are sold exclusively through Independent Authorized Baby Lock Retailers that can be found throughout the United States and Canada.  Babylock products are never sold online. The Best Domestic Quilt and Best Longarm Quilt categories are sponsored by Babylock.

Teachers whose students will be using Babylock machines in their classes include Gudrun Erla, Linda Hahn, and Linda Sullivan. Handi Quilter makes a reliable, low-maintenance longarm quilting machine. Its innovative technology and quality engineering provide the functionality that quilters demand along with the smoothest stitch in the industry. Every machine is backed by their trusted HQ warranty. They have over 300 trained HQ local retailers, plus offer HQ customer service, education, and technical support. They will be providing machines for classes taught by Mary Beth Krapil, David Taylor and Linda Gosselin. Handi Quilter is the quilt show sponsors for the Outstanding Artistry category.

Janome’s mission is to produce machines which inspire creativity and innovation, yet are simple to use. In Japanese, the word Janome (pronounced Ja-NO-me) means “eye of the snake.” The company earned the name in the 1920s when founder Yosaku Ose, a pioneer in Japanese sewing manufacturing, began to use a round metal bobbin system instead of the traditional long shuttle. The Japanese thought the new round bobbin looked like a snake’s eye, and from the innovative design, a name was born.

Janome products have been at the cutting edge of sewing technology since the earliest days of their founding. They were the first to develop a computerized machine for home use (the Memory 7, in 1979), the first to offer professional style embroidery to the home market (the Memory Craft 8000, in 1990) and the first to offer a long-arm quilting machine for home use (the Memory Craft 6500P, in 2003). Today, their flagship model, the Horizon Memory Craft 15000, is redefining the way sewists enjoy their hobby. This revolutionary machine is the first-ever wireless-enabled sewing machine. Janome machines will be made available to students in classes taught by Deb Tucker, Kimberly Einmo, and Connie Spurlock. The Outstanding Wall Quilt category is sponsored by Janome.  Moore’s is a family owned business. It started with Edd Moore the founder of Moore’s. Then his son,  Jim Moore, took over the company. Today, the company is owned by George Moore.  In business fo rover 60 years, Moore’s has seven locations throughout Southern California. They are retailers of Pfaff, Brother, and Baby Lock machines. Moore’s offers interactive classes taught by knowledgeable sewing educators that teach how to use their machines to their fullest potential. The Director’s Choice Award, chosen by Road to California’s owner, Matt Reese, is sponsored by Moore’s. Pollard’s Sew Creative began in Glendora, California in 1994 when Bill and Marcia Pollard decided to open a fabric store. The shop quickly grew and was warmly welcomed into the community. They were joined in 2002 by their daughter, Jenny Nobile who helped expand their business to a second location in Arcadia, California. Proud of their exceptional customer service and devotion to helping customers stay up-to-date with the latest sewing trends, Pollard’s is also known for their excellent sewing and embroidery classes, and their unique one-of-a-kind products. They are exclusive dealers of Pfaff and Bernina’s E-16 machines and will be the quilt show sponsors for the category, Outstanding Large Quilt.  Pollard’s is supplying the machines that will be used by students in classes taught by Michele Crawford, Maria Shell, Diane Gloystein, and Nancy Mahoney.  Pollard’s will be offering these demonstration machines at blow-out prices at the end of the show. Please join us in supporting these wonderful Emerald Quilt Show Sponsors.  ]]>

Linda Hahn will be teaching  two classes featuring the New York Beauty Block on

Wednesday: 3005C – Feelin’ Crabby

and Thursday: 4008C – Brooklyn Blues

She will also be teaching two additional piecing classes on

Friday: 5005C – She Can Dance

and Saturday: 6006C – Purplessence

It’s no mystery that this Black Ops/CIA thrillers reading quilt teacher, Linda Hahn, has always been fascinated with the New York Beauty Block. Part of the reason she was attracted to the New York Beauty Block was that she was born in Staten Island, New York.  She credits this for why she was drawn to taking “many classes for it and was unsuccessful.” Linda usually ended up with puckers, cut off points and pieces not fitting together (with some cussing thrown in). It was one of these mistakes that led to the development of Linda’s own New York Beauty Block technique which alleviated all those past frustrations. Linda started her quilting journey in 1993 and began quilt teaching in her own shop in 1994. She likes the design and piecing process best and isn’t too fond of binding. Linda has recently discovered that she also enjoys English Paper Piecing. “Organized Chaos” is how Linda describes her home quilt space. “We recently moved to Florida from New Jersey.  In New Jersey I had the whole lower half of a bi-level home and a portion of the garage.  I had a separate room for my long arm, office and studio (that I shared with my daughter).  The garage warehoused packaged batting and product and my husband’s office for kitting and shipping.  I’ve now had to downsize to having most in one room.  I took over the master bedroom in the new house and that houses my new Innova, my sewing desk, a Sew Ezi table set up with a second machine, recliner and ironing board.  The walk in closet in the master bath houses my fabric, thread, and everything else.   We use half of the garage for my husband’s office and product storage.” Coming to Ontario, California from Palm Bay, Florida (about 175 miles north of Miami), Linda is really looking forward to getting her first In-N-Out Burger!!! What does Linda hope for all her students taking her classes? Empowerment and confidence.  As Linda shares, “You can always learn SOMETHING from each class you take.  A little bit of me, a little bit of another, and so forth, help you to develop your own style.” Linda’s Wednesday and Thursday Road 2019 classes feature her New York Beauty Block technique. She loves watching the students’ faces when they make their final trim for the New York Beauty Block and they see that they actually were able to make a perfect block! Not only is Linda Hahn qualified to teach quilt classes, she is also a licensed Zumba ® instructor. Perhaps during classroom breaks, Linda might have her class break out in some Zumba ® moves!! To learn more about Linda, please visit her website.]]>

Who/What has had a major influence on your quilting style?

For Road 2019 teacher, Valli Schiller, that would be Harriet Hargrave. When Valli started quilting 28 years ago, she lived in Colorado near Harriet’s store, Treadleworks. Through Harriet, Valli was exposed to magnificent examples of domestic machine quilting before anybody planted the idea in her mind that domestic machine quilting was hard to do. Valli taught herself to do domestic machine quilting using Harriet’s “excellent book,” Heirloom Machine Quilting as her primer. Another influence as Valli was starting out in quilting was her local quilt guild. A friend invited Valli to attend her first meeting where she immediately noticed how the guild ladies gave lots of love to people who brought show and tell and that really motivated Valli. From that point on until today, Valli is challenged and fascinated by all aspects of quilt making, especially free motion quilting. Valli’s domestic machine quilting space comprises three, small basement rooms. One room has her design wall, an ironing station, and three sewing machines. Each machine is set up with different feet and thread. This room is where her quilt tops are constructed. An adjacent room has a big cutting table and tall open bookshelves where Valli stores her ever growing fabric stash, arranged by color and type. She took over a third room when she added a sit-down, long arm machine to her “stable.”  None of the rooms have windows, however, and she misses having natural light in her “quilting cave.” But each room does have a bluetooth speaker. Valli says she is “in my happy place when I can listen to audiobooks and podcasts as I work.” Valli has been teaching domestic machine quilting since 2006. She says that her classes “are designed to be supportive settings where structure is provided, but individual creativity is encouraged. I want every student to leave my classes equipped with the all the information and inspiration they need to apply the techniques they’ve learned to future projects.” Valli will be traveling from her home in Naperville, Illinois, to teach her 3 classes at Road to California 2019:

4017C- Confetti Ninepatch on Thursday

5014C – Ruler Quilting FUNdamentals on Friday

6015C – Quilting on the Half Shell on Saturday

What does Valli hope for her students? That they each have their own “Aha!” moments when the technique that she’s teaching starts to click for them. She also looks forward to them asking their own creative “what if?” questions because then she knows “I’ve done something right.”]]>

Road to California prides itself on offering a variety of quilt classes to a variety of quilting levels, all taught by the best quilt teachers from around the world.

Scheduling quilt classes for Road 2019 began right after Road 2018 closed its doors on January 21, 2018. First, we reviewed class surveys for responses to classes just concluded. We also spent time going to other nationally known quilt shows to visit their quilt classes and meet prospective new teachers. A tentative schedule was put together in late Spring and was fine tuned before announcing class offerings in late May. In July, when registration began, we got to see right away how our planning turned out. Almost immediately, it was easy to tell which quilt classes were most popular, which were gaining interest, and which didn’t resonate well with our guests. We usually give classes 2-3 months to see how their registration is panning out before any changes are made to the schedule.  Our Show Owner, Matt Reese, makes the final decision of whether a class will be dropped or if additional units need to be added. So far, we have had to drop a few quilt classes where attendance was lacking and replace them with other quilt classes. Some of the quilt classes that were added were already being offered and the instructor agreed to teach another unit of the same class: Diane Kirkhart has added two more Millefiori technique classes.

Monday: 1019C – Millefiori, La Passacagila (This class was also offered on Thursday)

Tuesday: 2019C – Tule Nova English Paper Piecing Quilt (This class was also offered on Friday)

Modern Quilter, Mel Beach, will be teaching another of her Improvisational Piecing Classes

Friday: 5020C – Slice of Improv (This class was also offered on Wednesday)

In a few cases, we added totally new quilt classes to an existing teacher’s schedule like with Gillian Travis who is now also teaching

Friday: 5073G – Using your iPad as a Design Tool

Students will be shown simple exercises to learn how to

Enlarge or reduce a single shape or simple line drawing;

Print large images as in a design for a wall hanging;

Fun games to play;

Turn a photo into a line drawing;

Turn a photo into a water color painting;

Capture colors to help with choosing fabric;

Designing color schemes;

Turning an iPad into a light box and more.

We also had the chance to add a totally new teacher with new classes. Christina Dolinar, from Pineapple Fabrics, is offering two classes on how to use Pineapple Packs in a quilt pattern designed by Pineapple Fabrics

Monday: 1020C – Spinner using a Fran Pineapple Pack

Tuesday: 2020C – Easy Breezy using an Ellie Pineapple Pack

All of these changes have been made to ensure that our guests—and our teachers– have the best quilt class experience possible.

Have you signed up to take a quilt class yet? Do you have room in your schedule to add one of these new classes?    ]]>