If you have never tried them, it is about time! You will never regret it, once you understand the concept. The rest is just putting a little effort into trying to get them looking exactly the way you like them. The flexibility in creating quilting designs using these feathers cannot be underestimated! Starting with the basics followed by more advanced designs, you will realize that you can do anything you wish using these feathers on customers’ or your own quilts once you know how. You will learn how to create those charming, unique plumes of feathers and feather swags, how to fill any shape and form with these charming feathers. Irena will show you how to make them look like they are about to leap off your quilt. They might become your forte with some practice and confidence as time goes by.
Skill Level: All Class Type: Hand Workshop Fee: $15 includes 14 pg double-wire bound laminated design practice diagrams package and dry erase pen.
Fold, Clamp & Roll:
A Crash Course in Shibori Basics
Surface design isn’t just about where the dye goes, but where you keep it from going. Explore resists involving fabric manipulation as we fold yardage, clamp it, tie it, and roll it onto poles before dyeing and overdyeing with fiber reactive, room temperature dyes. Students will leave with dyed fabric in sealable plastic bags and instructions for the final rinse.
Skill Level: All Class Type: Hand Workshop Fee: $30 includes all dyes and auxiliary chemicals, PFD (prepared for dyeing) fabric, handouts and all other supplies needed for class work except those listed in the Supply List.
Discover a fresh approach to quiltmaking inspired by the style and grace of stained glass windows. You will learn my “no bias, no glue” method as you make a small wallhanging with a scenic fabric and fusible web. This terrific technique makes stained glass almost too easy to be real! Fast, fun and plenty of possibilities.
Skill Level: All Class Type: Machine Workshop Fee: $5 includes pattern, fusible web, black sewing thread. Machine Requirements: Open toe embroidery foot (or foot suitable for zig-zag stitching) and ¼" foot.
Please join Cathie’s workshop and learn a few of the techniques she has used in her award-winning quilts and garments. Each student will receive printed instructions for each of the techniques covered and these include: nested, piped, and lined Prairie Points, flat and corded piping, Afghani piece work, Cathie’s signature machined reverse appliqué, Barcelona Blossoms, Traditional and Origami Puffs, Rickrack Flowers and rickrack application. Students will also learn from viewing each other’s finished samples, from the varied fabric selections, and from Cathie’s discussion of the samples created by the class. This class is fast paced and fun, but suitable for the beginner and the intermediate quilter. Additional techniques are provided for those who wish to continue on at home including tips for drawing traditional blocks.
Skill Level: All Class Type: Machine Workshop Fee: None
Folded Log Cabin quilts incorporate narrow, pre-pressed folded strips carefully sewn to a foundation. These strips stack, forming tiny “logs”. The result is a stunning wall quilt, with weight and depth, exuding subtle shading – or bold contrast! Table runners and pillow tops are also fabulous with the extra “body”! Sarah will provide her legendary trunk show of Folded Log Cabin quilts -large and small; some framed or uniquely hung from “found objects”.
In this 6 hour class, students will learn Sarah’s secrets for machine stitching blocks, determine their particular log cabin block pattern(s), and then the design process begins! In the afternoon, class will focus on block sizing and assembly, options for quilting and finish techniques. Students may expect to have 6-10 (or more!) blocks completed, and well on their way to a stunning Folded Log Cabin quilt!
Skill Level: Confident Beginner to Advanced Quilter Class Type: Machine Workshop Fee: None
My passion in quilting is turning vintage linens into whole-cloth quilts. I love being able to create something “new” out of something old. It seems that everyone has a few old linens and lace tucked away that they just never knew what to do with. I am offering this one-of-a-kind workshop to help you create your own unique heirloom. This is a fun and creative workshop and I guarantee that you will become an addict, as I have, creating these beautiful quilts. The workshop will start with a hands-on lecture where I teach you how to deal with stains and holes, special designing issues, basting and binding techniques. I will have a large collection of my vintage linen quilts with me to inspire you and will have a large stash of stencils available for your use.
Skill Level: All Class Type: Design/Hand Optional: Sewing Machine
My most popular workshop introduces the two thread painting techniques I use. Using my anyone-can-do-it approach, you will learn how simple thread painting is. A zigzag or straight stitch are the only stitches necessary to create amazing thread painted designs. No artistic skill is needed so come join us for a day full of fun. Simple designs have been selected to boost your confidence right away!
Skill Level: All Class Type: Machine Workshop Fee: $16 for two preprinted designs, pattern, stabilizer kit and background fabric.
Be a master of machine appliqué with simple floral designs on a pieced background. In this class, students will learn to use paperless fusible web and the companion transfer paper for trouble free fused shapes. There will be a choice of three appliqué patterns and layout combinations that students can mix and match to make their own unique style while practicing a variety of machine stitches.
Skill Level: All Class Type: Machine Workshop Fee: $14 for Misty Fuse® and Transdoodle® Machine Requirements: Open toe embroidery foot (or foot suitable for machine appliqué/zig zag stitching) and ¼" seam piecing foot.
Ink-Lique is the unique process Sherry used on her quilts Tribal Fusion and Lollapalooza that have taken numerous ribbons and accolades over the past year. Learn the new technique that is taking the quilting world by storm!
If you like to color, then you are going to love this in-process workshop. In this class, you will learn Sherry's design process and all of Sherry's secrets to inking success. Sherry will provide a pre-quilted "inkling" to all her students and a rainbow of ink will be provided for use. Sherry will go over each step of this technique with you and bring oodles of inspiration to lead you down the inking path. Sherry will provide a PowerPoint presentation and a trunk show of all of her Ink-lique quilts.
Skill Level: All - No quilting experience required! Class Type: Hand Workshop Fee: $20 materials fee includes a 12" X 12" quilted and prepared sample and class materials.
This class will teach the confident beginner to intermediate machine quilter all the basics necessary to enhance any quilt top with good quality machine quilting. We will discuss proper basting techniques, machine needles and thread in detail. We will then work on a sampler sandwich and will learn 10 – 12 different free-motion quilting stitches that I use all the time in my fiber art pieces. Participants will leave class with a sampler quilt containing each of these stitches, and room in which to practice and perfect those stitches that appeal to you.
Skill Level: Confident Beginner to Intermediate Machine Quilter Class Type: Machine Workshop Fee: None
This class is for quilters who want to learn the basics behind turning their own photo or drawing into an appliquéd wall quilt. I will demonstrate how to adapt the photograph or drawing into a pattern and how to turn the pattern into a template for perfect positioning. Students should not expect to have a finished piece at the end of the class, but a good head start on the project.
Skill Level: All Class Type: Hand Workshop Fee: $30 includes pattern and all fabrics to complete an 18” x 20” block.
Experience the fun of easily creating texture on fabric using Texture Magic™ as you make this classy shoulder bag. Inside and outside slip pockets, a roomy interior, and a comfortable padded strap make this a bag you will grab often. The Serenity Shoulder Bag features a stylish front flap closure and is perfect for showcasing a unique fabric. Add interest to the shoulder bag by using texturizing the fabric with Texture Magic™.
Skill Level: All Class Type: Machine Machine Requirements: Walking foot to fit machine, sewing machine with free arm Workshop Fee: $15 includes Texture Magic and wool batting for flap, precut headliner foam, fusible interfacing for pocket and two 2” rings. *Advance pattern purchase required*.
