Robe Baskets: Create fabric covered rope baskets, bowls, coasters, placemats, purses and tote bags. Class makes a small bowl & coasters.

Sheila Arnold

Full Day Class

Room size

“Penny Rug” Table Mat Using wool-blend felt create a table topper reminiscent of the “penny rug” projects of years gone by.

Sheila Arnold

Full Day Class

Room size

“Sew” –Do-Ku using the clues to solve a Soduku puzzle you will create a 9-patch wall quilt

Sheila Arnold

Full Day Class

Room size

Seminole Patchwork This unique machine sewn patchwork showcases the designs developed by the Seminole of the Florida Everglades.  Experimenting with several patterns, two will b used to make a paperback book cover and a checkbook/datebook cover.

Sheila Arnold

Full Day Class

Room size

Pioneer Braid Scrap Quilt:  Guaranteed to put a dent in your scrap pile, this technique will have you sewing groups of patches together and the construction will be “quilt as you go”.

Sheila Arnold

Quilter’s Tote Bag:  A great scrap project, this handy tote measures 28” x 21” and may be customized to accommodate your personal collection of quilting tools and equipment.

Sheila Arnold

Full Day Class

Room size

Lone Star Revolutionary method, no angles to measure, no templates - Must buy Quiltesmart’s printed Interfacing

Southwest Placemats Learn to make triple-triangle Unit.  Fast and Fun

3 Ricky Tims Classes:  Harmonic Convergence, Divide & Conquer and  Grand Convergence…choose one

Rita Blocksom

Full Day Class

Room size

The Emergence of Convergence  A Ricky Tims Trunk Show featuring the tips, techniques and teachings of master quilter, Ricky Tims.

Rita Blocksom

2 hours

Room size

9-Patch Pizzazz  Patch work design by Judy Sisneros using a large scale print

Rita Blocksom

Museum Bag   purse from Barbara Randle’s More Crazy Quilting…uses silks, satins, velvets to create one of a kind art piece

Rita Blocksom

Full Day Class

Room size

Understanding the Quilt Show World  This lecture cover topics relating to quilt shows: interpreting entry forms, meeting deadlines, photograph submissions, appraisal, insurance and understanding judges” comments.

Rita Blocksom

1-2 hours

Room size

Imagery on Fabric:  This lecture explores the newest techniques and technology for putting imagery onto your fabrics.  With just the push of a button, you too can do image/photo transfers for your personal masterpieces. 

Rita Blocksom

1 hour

Room size

Organize Your Quilting Space:  This one-hour presentation covers tools and techniques to help make over your quilting/sewing space.

Rita Blocksom

1 - 1 1/2 hours

Room size

Teaching Children to Quilt:  This one-hour presentation provides an overview of techniques used when teaching children to quilt.  Safety is a major part of this presentation.

Rita Blocksom

1 - 1 1/2 hours

Room size

Copyright: Fact or Fiction:  This presentation provides concrete examples of copyright issues as they relate to quilters.

Rita Blocksom

1 hour

Room size

Imagery on Fabric:  This hands-on class allows participants to more fully explore the process of putting their own images or personal photos onto fabrics utilizing the newest in push-button techniques. 

Rita Blocksom

6 hours

12

Piec-lique-Lazy Daisy:  Piec-lique technique with a daisy design.  Purchase of pattern is required.

Cristy Fincher

1day/5 hour class

15

Machine Appliqué: Machine Appliqué with a twist. Purchase of pattern is required

Cristy Fincher

1Day/6 Hour Class

15

Care and Feeding of Your Quilts:  A lecture that covers the four factors most damaging to your quilts as well as care and cleaning of quilts. 

Karen Housner

1 1/2 - 2 hours

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Is Your Quilt Worth More Than a Blanket?:   A lecture combined with a small trunk show and discussion of the different types of appraisals. 

Karen Housner

1-2 hours

Room size

Old Quilt Tops---To Quilt or Not to Quilt:  A workshop covering the factors involved in the decision to quilt or not to quilt an old top.  Student tops are discussed. 

Karen Housner

3 hours

Room size

English Paper Piecing  This class introduces the basics of English Paper Piecing using pre cut pattern pieces.  Great hand project!  Class includes so many samples it qualifies as a Class & Trunk Show.

Ann Kimble

Full Day Class

Room size

English Paper Piecing Trunk Show   History of English Paper Piecing & extensive trunk show of samples.

Ann Kimble

3 hours

Room size

Pineapple Wall Hanging Pineapple block is easily pieced using paper of fabric foundation.  Using lights & darks it is a good way to use scraps or “planned “ scraps.

Dee Lynn

Full Day

Room size

Hand Quilting  Learn hand quilting or perfect your stitch.  Information includes tools of trade, basting, marking and preparing the piece to quilt

Dee Lynn

3-4 hours

Room size

Colorful Crayon Quilts:  Bring a brand new box of crayons and color the day away!  Dee will provide patterns and will help you add texture and dimension.

Dee Lynn

3-4 hours

20

Tarantella “ Twiddle, fiddle, nip, tuck and tweak” your fabric into a delightful dimensional wall hanging using Jennie Rayment’s  Creative Tucks and Textures book.

Diane Magarelli

Full Day

20

Fast, Fun and Easy Fabric Vases Class  Create a contemporary rectangular and a classic ginger jar vase.  Fast and Easy these vases are beautiful unadorned or with embellishments.

Diane Magarelli

Full Day

20

Simple Kameleon Quilt: This unique technique will create a quilt that can change colors.  With fabric sewn between the seams of the nine patch, flaps are created that provide a variety of design options.

Diane Magarelli

Full Day Class

20

Fabric Postcards Class  Create fabric postcards that can be sent through the mail…it’s fun, fast and a great way to use up scraps and orphan blocks.

Diane Magarellli

Full Day

20

Fantastic Fabric Flower Folding: This class teaches several easy origami techniques for making folded stars and flowers.  The Springtime Impression II wall hanging will be created to use the flowers.

Diane Magarelli

Full Day Class

20

Hanky Panky Crazy Quilt Class: Use 7-10 of your favorite hankies in this unusual “out-in” stitching method to make a unique 13” Crazy Quilt top.  Easily finished in a day, it works well with beautiful embellishments.

Diane Magarellli

Full Day Class

20

Quilter's Gazebo:  A challenging pattern with only two fabrics and four blocks!  Showcase a fantastic fabric in this intricate cutting, sewing and re-cutting of the blocks.  A $4 pattern charge applies.

Phyllis Marcus

6 hours

12

Kissing Cousins  An original design incorporating variations on several popular quilt block designs.

Phyllis Marcus

6 hours

12

Spring Bouquet  Table Runner:  Easy scrap piecing combined with machine or hand appliqué creates a spring-perfect table runner.  Project can be adapted to other seasons.

Phyllis Marcus

6 hours

15

Squares to Scrappy  Fast and fun…stitch squares together, fold, cut and cut triangles and then stitch back together…creating a half square triangle pattern with a scrappy look.

Darlene Miller

Full day

20

Strip & Slash:  Jackie Robinson class.  Working with strip sets, create fabulous diagonal blocks that twist and turn.  Make no half-square triangles and yet “get” them.  It’s magic!

Darlene Miller

Full Day Class

20

Precision Piecing through Proper Pressing Techniques to create the Perfect quilt top ($12 additional fee)

A Wrap –Just for You class:  An original Darlene Miller design.  This class tailors the wrap to your body shape.  Pattern purchase required.

Darlene Miller

Half-day Class

So, You Want a Great Vest Pattern:  If you are tired of feeling like you are wrapped in a blanket when you wear a pieced/quilted vest, this seminar is for you. Learn the correct pattern for your body shape and the prints and fabrics that are best for your pattern. This is a very interactive class! 

Darlene Miller

3-5 hours

25

Crazy Quilts are the Gypsies of the Quilt World:  Lecture and trunk show of crazy quilts, including the history of crazy quilting in the United States and a personal journey of crazy quilting. 

Darlene Reid

1 hour

Room size

Crazy Quilts are the Gypsies of the Quilt World:  Class using either silk or wool. Students learn piecing and embellishment techniques. A kit fee of $45 supplies base fabric, doodle cloth, boxes of silky or wool fabrics, embellishments, embroidery floss and needles. 

Darlene Reid

Full Day Class

7 hours

30

Multiple madness, multiple layering of fabric repeats which gives spectacular new looks to a Traditional Dresden.  Fan and Chrysanthemums quilt