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Machine Appliqué
Flower Basket
Sue Nickels
$140

Advanced Beginning – Intermediate
28” x 28" * +

In this workshop, learn how to appliqué using a quick raw-edge fusible machine technique. Ashley’s Flower Basket, the first pattern in a series of flower basket designs Sue and her sister, Pat Holly, are creating for JWD Publishing, will be used in this workshop. Learn the fine points of machine appliqué, including perfect points, neat curves, and creative surface embellishments. This technique is the focus of the AQS book Stitched Raw Edge Appliqué, co-authored by Sue and Pat. Quality workmanship is the priority in this workshop!
Lab Fee: $8 – Pattern

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Designing & Embellishing
Small Art Quilts
Kathy Shaker
$70

Advanced Beginning
Design Class –
Project Size Varies *

Art quilts are a fun, “no rules” way to express an idea or play with a new technique or color scheme. These small projects are quick and easy to complete and will stimulate your creativity.

We will review design concepts and explore a variety of embellishment techniques to create a small collaged art quilt. Kathy will review machine appliqué, couching techniques and edge finishes, and will discuss working with clip-art and photographic images. (If you’re flying in from out of town and can’t bring a sewing machine, you may choose to focus on design and embellishment and wait to assemble your quilt at home.) Lab Fee: $5 – Supplies
Book Purchase Recommended: $27.95 – Art Quilt Workbook by Jane Davila & Elin Waterston

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Crazy Quilted Memories
Judith Baker Montano
$70

Beginning – Intermediate
8” x 10” *

Create an 8" x10" gift of memories by combining Victorian Crazy Quilting and turpentine photos. Embellish with silk ribbon embroidery and Victorian fancy stitches. This makes a most beautiful gift for family and friends! Bring a photo to class.
Book Purchase Suggested: $24.95 – Elegant Stitches: An Illustrated Stitch Guide & Source Book of Inspiration

318 Ice Pops
Denyse Schmidt
$70

Intermediate
Full Size Quilt * +

Create this elegant design from Denyse’s book, with her step-by-step guidance, as well as her tips and shortcuts.

This workshop will also include an overview of how to create variations of the Ice Pop quilt blocks using an improvisational method. Your fabric choices for this quilt should include a solid for the background, a range of small to medium scale prints, as well as solids and yarn-dyes, in a range of values and similar hues for the Pops, and a contrast solid for the Pop accents.
Book Purchase Required: $24.95 – Denyse Schmidt Quilts, 30 Colorful Quilt and Patchwork Projects

305/405 Absolutely Beginning Quilting
Lawry Thorn
$140

Beginning
38” x 38” * +

Start your quilting experience with Lawry. While learning rotary cutting skills you will be making a four block sampler quilt. Strip cutting and piecing, plus both half-square and quarter-square triangles will be covered in class. By the end of the second day you should be close to having your quilt top together and beginning to machine quilt.

321 Sew Simple Pineapple
Karin Hellaby
$70
All Levels
43” x 43" *

Start with a square, and keep on adding layers till your pineapple explodes in wonderful variations of color and fabric.

It's a fun idea, and with no fabric waste, it's “sew economical” too! Can you believe there are no strange angles or special rulers? This new and unique technique has been developed by Karin and has taken the USA by storm. The class will start you off on a feast of Pineapple Chunks and Exploding Pineapple blocks for you to make into quilts and their backings!
Book Purchase Required: $13.95

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The Square Within
Karla Alexander
$70

All Levels
52" x 73" * +

Learn to use lots of medium to large-scale contrasting prints all within the same quilt. If you feel inspired to add an extra print or two - well you can! You'll design your blocks as you go and will leave with a head full of ideas, possibilities and techniques that you will use over and over again. This is a fun quilt to make and easy to adjust its size.

Book Purchase Suggested: $26.99 –
Color Shuffle! By Karla Alexander

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No-Rule Housebuilding
Karen Flamme
$140

All Levels
Design Class – Project Size Varies *

No blueprints are needed to make these houses!

Using a no-rules, play with your fabric approach, Karen will show you how to piece and fuse free-form, whimsical houses of varying sizes, shapes, colors and styles. She will emphasize the individuality of each house through fabric choices, shapes, and level of detail, and then help you look for places to add fused and dimensional embellishments to further enhance them. You’ll put your house blocks on the design wall, find interesting combinations, and begin to create your village. The class will talk about elements of design, composition and balance, and the use of connecting blocks and spacers to help you create your unique neighborhood.

308 The Pictorial Northwest
June Jaeger
$70

Advanced Beginning – Advanced
Quilt Size Varies –
Block Size 10” x 16" *

Capture the essence of the Northwest scenery in this spectacular quilt. June has designed twelve blocks exclusively for us that depict special scenes from around the region.

Using pieced blocks along with the scenic blocks, you will create a pictorial quilt. June will help you to personalize your quilt throughout, using good color and design placement. You will enjoy this workshop, while being able to relax and create “your” quilt.
Lab Fee: $20.00 – Pattern

324/424 House Party
Tonye Belinda Phillips
$140

Advanced Beginning – Advanced
Block Sizes Approximately 15” x 15"

Welcome to the party! Design your own house or use one of Tonye’s patterns. Make it wild and wacky! Tonye will demonstrate her simplified needle-turn hand appliqué technique in class. Study Tonye’s crazy choice of fabrics and get ready to cut-loose!

(No sewing machine required.)
Book Purchase Recommended: $24.95 – Hand Appliqued Quilts – Whimsical Designs and Simple Techniques

309 Big Peels
Pamela Dinndorf
$70
All Levels
48” x 72” *

Big Peels is a whimsical quilt created with strip pieced peel shapes appliquéd in one of two different appliqué methods, then finished off by echoing the peel shapes with big stitch quilting. Paula will also include a whole lot of color and design tips. Pattern Purchase Required: $9.00

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Little Houses Miniature Quilt
Vivienne Moore
$70

Intermediate
- Advanced
16" x 19 1/2" *

Traditional house blocks are surrounded by an optional appliqué border in this prize winning miniature quilt. The 3" blocks in this charming quilt are pieced over paper foundations for precision and accuracy. Learn Vivienne's easy trick for making a thin bias applique vine.
Pattern Provided.

311 Graduated Geometrics
Judy Johnson
$70
Intermediate – Advanced
Design Class – Project Size Varies *

Always challenged to find ways to use fabrics with gradations in value, Judy created this quilt composed of quarter-square triangles and set-in circles.

In the morning session, you will learn to use value gradations in background fabrics to achieve a “shadowing” effect, and will begin the design process. In the afternoon, you will learn to create and set-in circle elements—something much easier than you might think. Many design options will be offered and participants will be encouraged to explore alternative block settings.
Lab Fee: $8 - Materials

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Can’t Help Lovin’
...Batiks!
Sue McMahan
$70

Advanced Beginning – Advanced
51” x 61 1/2” * +

This is a wonderful project for batiks, as their jewel tones lend themselves to this scrappy quilt. The block is an easy one and students will use cutting and piecing techniques to ensure an accurate block. The blocks will be set diagonally with surefire instructions on how to cut and piece the corner and side-setting triangles. There is also the opportunity to use some small blocks in the centers, instead of the half-square triangle blocks, making your quilt truly unique.
Pattern Provided.

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Line Dancing
Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer
$140

All Levels
Technique Class – Samples Only *

Line is a fundamental design element, but one which too often scares fiber artists who fear they can’t draw – and who equate the confident use of line with drawing. In this workshop we will explore line in some seriously fun exercises using wire, pen and paper, and fiber and thread; and we’ll spend time looking at some great examples of art that have been enhanced by the magic of line. You will learn about the way you make marks, and the way you make your marks your own. Come prepared to play, laugh, share, and explore.
Lab Fee: $15 - Class Supplies

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Hand Quilting
with Jan, Lou & Aunt Becky
Jan & Lou
$70
All Levels
Pillow Top Sample

Try your hand at quilting a muslin pillow top in this absolutely beginning introduction to hand quilting.

You’ll start right in with a pre-stenciled pillow top – a bit of basting, then begin hand quilting the pillow top in class. Learn some marking techniques, discuss various tools and techniques, and practice stitching straight and curved lines. With no seams to fuss through, you can concentrate on learning the quilting stitch. Jan and Lou will introduce you to Aunt Becky’s Finger Protector©, a unique quilting tool that not only protects fingers under the quilt, but promotes tiny, consistent stitches.
Lab Fee: $25 (Pillow Top Kit, Including Needles, Thread,
& Aunt Becky’s Finger Protector)