301-401 Hidden Beach
Melinda Bula
$140
All Levels
Size 22” x 34”

Transport yourself to this special beach as you create your own hidden paradise with Melinda’s new Hidden Beach pattern. You will learn the steps of developing your beachscape by how color and value work to add depth and perspective, how to use fusible web, plus the basics of landscape design and layout. All skill levels can master this quilt and make it their own. Next, Melinda will demo her “Renegade Thread Play,” which is a simple method of free-motion quilting (don’t get nervous, she’ll break it down into simple steps). This technique adds detail and highlights to your beach quilt. Lab Fee: $15
(No sewing machine necessary)

302 Heirloom Feathers & Backgrounds
Cindy Needham
$70
Advanced Beginning - Advanced
18” x 22” Sample *

Cindy loves to add beautiful details to her heirloom wholecloth quilts...it’s the special touches that take an ordinary quilt and make it a wow quilt! The morning lecture will cover threads, needles, and batting and their importance in heirloom quilting. The rest of the day will be spent learning how to do heirloom feathers, free-form feathering, and special detailed backgrounds. Cindy will provide you with a fat quarter size Dupioni silk quilt sandwich on which to work and have plenty of threads available for your use. Extensive handouts provided on CD.
Lab Fee: $15

303 Zen Doodle Quilt
Laura Wasilowski
$70
All Levels
Size 18” x 18”

Explore the mesmerizing world of “Zen Doodling” and design an original art quilt at the same time. You’ll soon discover how easy it is to doodle like a Zen master and learn how to convert that drawing into a pattern for your quilt. With an easy pattern transfer process for fused fabric, your drawing quickly becomes a fused art quilt. New fusing tips and tricks are presented to enhance your Zen Doodle design. Drawing paper and a kit of colorful hand-dyed fabrics and threads are provided to give you the freedom to play. Lab Fee: $25
(No sewing machine necessary)

304 Stamp, Screen, & Stencil
With Everyday Objects
Rayna Gillman
$70
All Levels
Technique Class – Samples Only

Learn Rayna’s easy methods for using ordinary objects to stamp, screen, and stencil. Using screens and low-cost, low-tech materials from the kitchen and around the house or hardware store, you will come away with your own unique fabric to use in your quilts, as seen in her book, Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth. Book Recommended: Create Your Own Hand-Printed Cloth – $27.95

305-405 Imperial Blooms - Creating with Wool & Textural Fabrics
Sue Spargo
$140
Advanced Beginning – Advanced
Two 10” x 10” Blocks

Explore contemporary folk-design using a combination of hand-dyed wool and textural fabrics. You will work on two blocks from Sue’s new quilt, adding layers and stitches to each block. Sue will share many creative ways to make unique flowers, leaves, and stems. Wool is a fabulous medium to work with, and the texture and dimensions you can achieve will amaze you. Book Required:
Imperial Blooms - $25.95 Book Suggested:
Creative Stitching by Sue Spargo - $32.95

306-506 Branch Out
Rosalie Dace
$210
Intermediate
Design Workshop – Size Varies *

Nature has crafted trees to be the largest life forms that have ever existed on our planet. They have given shelter, shade, food, and inspiration for centuries to artists, poets, and storytellers. Now let us celebrate their beauty and diversity by using them as a basis for composition and design. In this class, we will discover the different shapes, patterns, lines, textures, colours, and symbolism of trees; while experimenting with design and using various piecing and appliqué techniques to make a beautiful quilt top. These will include foundation piecing, block making, and appliqué (hand, machine, and reverse). There will be a feast of visual inspiration as well as discussions on embroidery, quilting, and finishing. So “branch out” and try something new, by making a stunning, well-designed quilt top based on trees.

307 The Art of Machine Quilting
Barbara Shapel
$70
Beginning
30” x 30” Sample *

In this beginning-level quilting workshop, students will learn proper basting techniques, which machine needles to use with specific thread, and the differences between the various quilting threads that are currently on the market. We will then work on a practice sampler and learn how to stitch over a dozen free motion quilting stitches.

308-408 Absolutely Beginning Quilting
Lawry Thorn
$140
Beginning - Advanced Beginning
38” x 38” * +

Start your quilting with Lawry (or get a brief refresher). You will be making a four-block sampler, while learning (or perfecting) your rotary cutting skills. Techniques covered in these four blocks include strip piecing, making half-square and quarter-square triangles, and getting that ¼” seam just right. Sashing, borders, and machine quilting will also be discussed–and probably started–by the time you leave class.

309-409 Fabric Dyeing Using Water-Soluble Resists to Create Pattern and Texture
Lynn Koolish
$140
All Levels
Samples

Learn to dye fabric using a variety of water-soluble resists such as soy wax, flour paste, sugar, gel glue, oatmeal, corn dextrin, and potato dextrin. Water-soluble resists are easy to use and wash out with hot water. You’ll have two days to dye, over-dye, and play with an infinite variety of colors and patterns. If you have been wanting to try out these techniques, but don’t know where to start, this is the perfect class for you. $30 supply fee payable to instructor for dyes and resists covers both days of class.
Lab Fee: $30
(No previous dyeing experience required)

310 Circle Takes the Square
Karla Alexander
$70
All Levels
56” x 72” Block Size: 8” x 8” * +

Sewing circles was never so fun! Little squares are scattered in the center of these circles using a fun technique that does not require fusing! FABRIC TIP: Choose a main background for the circles on the blocks– Karla used a mix of small scale tone-on-tone white and gray prints. The fabric for the circles should be a mix of your favorite colors that contrast well with whatever background you choose.
Pattern Required: $10
Optional: Circle Savvy Ruler, CGRSAV1
by Creative Grids - $36

311-411 Your Land is My Land
June Jaeger
$140
Advanced Beginning – Advanced
18” x 24” – 24” x 36” +

In this two-day workshop, you will create a realistic landscape of your favorite place on earth. Working from any landscape photo you desire, you will start with drafting the pattern and learning June’s “paint-by-number” technique using fabric. With fusible web, you will have a great time reproducing your photo of that special place. Watch your quilt bloom into a quilt for that special spot on your wall or a gift for a friend. (No sewing machine necessary)

312 Sushi Spots
Sally Frey
$70
All Levels
50” X 64” *

There are so many beautiful Asian fabrics out there!!!! Sally has been collecting them for years, and finally decided to make a quilt with her collection. Circles are a perfect pattern for Asian fabrics. You will machine appliqué the circles together, then slice the circles and sew them back together, to get a great mix of fabrics.

314 Go Wild!
The Endangered Species Project
Rob Appell
$70
All Levels
Approximately 34” x 44” (size varies)

Rob has designed a series of art quilt patterns featuring endangered animals, in an “up close & personal” style, to help raise money to support our Endangered Species. These quilts are super simple to construct, and perfect for all levels of quilters. Rob will help you to construct your chosen quilt using the fusible appliqué method. There are currently twelve different pattern choices including the Polar Bear, Blue Iguana, Rockhopper Penguin, and Green Sea Turtle. $3.00 from each pattern is donated to help support these animals. There has never been a more simple and fun way to help support our Endangered Species!
Pattern Required: $18.00

316 Raspberry Dessert
Julie Herman
$70
Beginning
77” x 77” * +

Two simple, small blocks are combined, and then set on point to create large diamonds in this luscious quilt. Creativity in your fabric selection is encouraged. This design works best with solids, tone-on-tone, or small scale prints.
Book Required: Skip the Borders - $24.99

317 Improvisational Piecing
Alissa Haight Carlton
$70
Beginning
Block Sizes Vary *

Learn how to throw caution to the wind and piece improvisationally within the context of two different block styles! People are often scared to take the leap into improvisational piecing, but using two different block structures makes it more manageable to tackle. Keep the fun of designing involved in the entire piecing process!

318 Neighborhood Quilt
Elizabeth Hartman
$70
Intermediate
45” x 60” *

In this quilt design from Modern Patchwork, just a few clever steps turn a collection of Log Cabin blocks into a lovely neighborhood. Framed windows allow you to add fussy-cut inhabitants to these mod houses. This is a great project for students who want to explore working with solid fabrics without abandoning prints entirely. This quilt is also a good skill-building project for a quilter who has mastered the basics and wants to take on a new challenge.
Book Required: Modern Patchwork - $24.95

319 Natural Elements
Judy Johnson
$70
All Levels
Size 34” x 34” *

You’ll have just as much fun collecting nature-inspired fabrics to use in this quilted wall art piece as you will making its circle-within-a-circle blocks. The project is quick and easy. The blocks are gently curved and simple to construct using template cutting and machine piecing. The lab fee includes a set of templates and some pre-cut fabrics that can be added to those you bring to class, if desired. And best of all – since only nine blocks are required, you’ll likely have a completed quilt top by the end of class! Lab Fee: $8

321 Log Jam
Jackie Erickson
$70
All Levels
Lap Size *

This quilt is just a whole lot of FUN! We don’t worry about seam allowances or straight seams. As a matter of fact, the more crooked the seam, the better! Using random-sized strips, you will create wonky blocks and even up the edges after all the blocks are sewn. Empty your mind of all the quilting rules you have learned over the years and let yourself be free. You will be introduced to the “naughty” side of quilting! And the best part is, all the fabric you need for a lap-size quilt will be provided in class. You don’t need to bring any fabric! Lab Fee: $16

322 Too Flat
Amy Walsh
$70
Advanced Beginning – Intermediate
81” x 95” *

The original Too Flat is made out of a variety of batiks in a dusty plum/wine palette. The sheer number of batiks in this quilt adds texture and interest (the original quilt uses more than 40 different batiks!). The more batiks/fabrics you use—the better! This would be a great quilt to de-stash with—we can discuss cutting options for your size fabric pieces in class.
Book Required: Colorful Quilts for Fabric Lovers – $21.95

323 The Saltbox
Tonye Phillips
$70
Advanced Beginning – Advanced
Size 25” X 25” * +

Mixin’ it up! Take a traditional style and “redecorate” to your heart’s content. Make it crazy or keep it traditional. It’s your call. This is a needle-turn hand appliqué project with a bit of wool thrown in on the tree.
Pattern Required: $9.50, Book Purchase Suggested: Hand Appliquéd Quilts/Whimsical Designs & Simple Techniques: $16.95
(No sewing machine necessary)

324 Layered Reverse Appliqué
Ruth Ingham
$70
All Levels
Several Fat Quarter-sized Samples * +

In this class, Ruth will show you how to layer several sets of fat quarters together with batting and backing, and then stitch through them in different patterns. Once you have completed your stitching, you will cut through the different layers to reveal the fabrics beneath. You may also wish to embellish your piece with couching, decorative threads, and fancy stitches after the cutting process.

330 Sit N’ Stitch
Colleen Blackwood
$35
All Levels

We will have a room open where you can sit and stitch on any project you like. Colleen, one of our resident experts, will be on hand to answer your questions.