| Joyce R. Becker Beautifully Embellished Landscape Quilts This dynaic workshop explores the basics of landscape quilting including design, imparting realistic perspective, embellishing and fine finishing techniques. Joyce will lead you through all of the steps involved and demonstrate how simple creating a landscape quilt can be. Joyce includes many interactive demonstrations on fabric and design selection, raw-edge appliqué, color applications with inks, paint, wax pastels, etc., overlays, embellishments, free-motion embroidery and quilting techniques. If you have respiratory issues, such as asthma, this class may not be for you due to spray adhesive use. www.joycerbecker.com Level: Confident Beginner to Advanced Levels Supply List |
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Susan Carlson Cutting Loose This class combines aspects of her earlier classes with her evolving techniques of fabric collage. In this class, Susan demonstrates her approach to the piecing and assembly of a wall quilt. The approach taken will be freeform. Emphasis will be placed on the collage piecing process. Students will sketch their design onto a foundation fabric and proceed to fill in the design with fabrics of their choice. Students will be shown how to create designs from their own subject matter, but simple designs of Susan's will be available if needed. www.susancarlson.com Level: All Supply List |
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Sally Collins Sampler Supreme This class is filled with information, ideas, and new experiences and promises to advance your technical and creative skills. Within the scope of the class project, you will learn how to compose your own unique quilt as we explore drafting categories; designing on an overall grid, color and precision piecing. You will gain the knowledge and confidence to exploit the opportunities for re-designing Sampler Supreme. Block design, size, placement and background design are yours to decide if you choose. Discover how exciting it is to create your quilts, your way. Sally's book "Drafting for the Creative Quilter" is necessary for this class and will be discounted to students. www.sallycollins.org Level: Intermediate to Advanced Supply List |
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| Jerry Fujimoto Bento Maru Looking for a way to use that beautiful panel? This is the class where we will create a stunning composition. This will give you the opportunity to use one of those gorgeous panels that you've collected but are unsure of how best to enhance it. Other options include a large scale repeat fabric or for even more fun a pieced design will work. You will also be combining log cabin and pin-free curved piecing techniques. Although I work mainly with Asian motif fabrics, any fabrics or panels will look terrific in this relatively easy, but sensational quilt. www.pocketquilting.com Level: Confident Beginners to Advanced Supply List |
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| Sandra Leichner Layered Hand Appliqueé and Embroidery Embellishment Learn how to successfully appliqué more complex and multi-layered appliqué designs with fresh techniques developed by Sandra. No more struggling to achieve perfect points, inward points and perfect circles –really! Understand how you can make the fabrics do the painting for you in creating quilts with depth. You will learn how to transform your appliqué with the addition of a few simple embroidery techniques. Learn to take your quilts to a completely different visual level full of texture and interest. Lab fee: $25.00 www.sandraleichner.com Level: Intermediate to Advanced Supply List |
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Gwen Marston Liberated Quiltmaking II Gwen introduced her liberated quiltmaking techniques 20 years ago and it's safe to say that it has caught on and flourished in the quilt world. This class is based on her second book on the subject, Liberated Quiltmaking II, AQS, 2010, which is recommended as a resource for the class. Students will be introduced to the principal concepts of liberated piecing which is a way of working without using templates or set patterns. It's a comfortable path to making lively original work, so original you can't copy yourself. www.gwenmarston.com Level: All Supply List |
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Judy Niemeyer Reaching Beyond Tradition with Foundation Paper Piecing Students will have the opportunity to learn a process, which simplifies and minimizes waste, which has come to be associated with many common foundation paper piecing methods. Judy's distinctive approach involves the use of templates that allows the user to precut the fabric pieces intended for use in their quilts. When using the templates, she teaches her students speed-cutting techniques. There will be an appliqué technique demonstration. Lab fee: Purchase of one of Judy's patterns required. www.quiltworx.com Level: All Supply List |
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Sue Rasmussen Machine Quilting Starting at your own particular level, we will practice on "sample sandwiches" beginning with basic design elements. Building on these simple shapes, you will practice free form and marked quilting designs of leaves, flowers, overall and background designs, repetitive patterns, classic or fun feathers and more. With Sue's one on one help, you will expand and perfect your machine quilting skills. We will discuss many topics that affect machine quilting: battings, needles, threads, basting, planning designs, marking, and fabric care. This is a FUN and relaxed class where you will increase your confidence. Lab fee $5.00 www.suerasmussenquilts.com Level: Beginners to Advanced Supply List |
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David M. Taylor Pictorial Hand Appliqueá This class is for quilters who have mastered their own appliqué technique. I will demonstrate how to adapt a photograph or drawing into a wall quilt, using hand-appliqué and piecing techniques. A simple subject with nice details works best for my method. I will show how to get beautiful details from simple shapes, letting the fabric do the hard work. www.davidtaylorquilts.com Level: Intermediate to Advanced Supply List |
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Anna Van Demark Sumptuous Surface Design and Embellishment Adding the WOW factor to your quilts isn't difficult; in fact, it's fun! This class will interest the contemporary as well as traditional quilter because it's all about adding beautiful surface design and embellishment to any quilt. Foiling, bead embroidery, stamp-carving, paint stick rubbing, and creating dimensional bugs and butterflies will be covered. As you "play" with and master these techniques, you will also learn about color, value, art and design concepts, along with ideas for finding inspiration, jump-starting creativity, and keeping journals. www.vandemarkdesigns.com Quilting Level: Advanced Beginner & Beyond Supply List |
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