Workshops
Are you a traditional quilter or is your passion contemporary work? Do you want to learn something new or improve your favorite techniques? Whatever your interest, we have the class for you. Study with our eight internationally renowned instructors who offer classes in a variety of techniques. Meet some of the country’s most talented and creative quilters. Our classes fill quickly, so registration today! We’ll see you in class. Entry to show included when you sign up for a workshop.
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NOTE: Workshops are filled on a first come first serve basis.
Accepting on-line registration through Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012.
Thursday, March 1
Full-Day Workshops – $70
#101 Pat Speth Small Wonder CLASS IS FULL
You will choose from seven fabulous patterns as you work with 5” squares. Once you start these units you won’t want to stop. Simple sewing and cutting techniques will turn your 5” squares into these remarkable units without cutting any triangles or working with bias. Pat will also share with you the secrets of making fun pieced borders fit your quilt. Skill Level: Easy to Intermediate, not for beginners
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#102 Karen Eckmeier Happy Villages CLASS IS FULL
Create your own village as you let your creativity flow in this fun, freeing class as Karen shares her layered techniques. Your village will grow as you follow simple instructions as you cut simple step and window shapes to magically form a village! Skill Level: All
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#103 Gail Garber Scrumptious Star Stitchery CLASS IS FULL
This class is especially tailored for the novice paper foundation-piecer. Working with one of Gail’s designs, learn the ins and outs of this fascinating technique that enables you to stitch very complex designs with ease and best of all, accuracy. ($7.00 pattern fee. Fabric kits are available for this class.) Skill Level: All
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#104 Kathy McNeil Animals to Love
Fun, fast, fusible and oh so beautiful! Choose which animal scene calls to your heart. Learn the playful freedom that comes with fusible appliqué. Each scene will introduce you to the art of layered appliqué, using value to capture high lights and shadows, and machine embroidery embellishments. This class has a $10.00 pattern fee. To view all the options for this class visit Kathy’s website at http://www.kathymcneilquilts.com/ Skill Level: All
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#105 Nancy Prince Thread Painting Landscapes
Have you ever seen beautiful “thread painting” on quilts and thought you needed a special machine to do the work? Join Nancy as she teaches her “anyone can do it” approach to thread painting while creating a beautiful landscape. Discover how simple it can be using just your straight and zig-zag stitch. No artistic skill is need. Simple designs are taught as you learn that you can do it! Skill Level: All
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#106 Edyta Sitar Stars in Quilts CLASS IS FULL
This is a splendid workshop to honor one of the most common loved quilt designs – a Star. I will help you to create beautiful star blocks and inspire you by sharing my thoughts, knowledge, and star quilts. The Star in Quilts workshop features 15 different star patterns. Through these patterns we will look at star blocks, layouts, sashing and different techniques to set stars in quilts. This workshop has a $30 kit fee paid to instructor. Skill Level: All
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Friday, March 2
Full-Day Workshops – $70
#201 Pat Speth Paducah Nine Patch
This quilt is a favorite of many of Pat’s students. Pat will share with you her methods of starting with 5” squares and producing wonderful quilts without complicated cutting and sewing. This quilt can be made with any color combination for stunning results. Skill Level: Easy to Intermediate, not for beginners
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#202 Karen Eckmeier Scrappy Layered Log Cabin CLASS IS FULL
Use Karen’s layered topstitching technique to create curvy log cabin blocks that really have attitude! This is not your Grandmother’s Log Cabin! Skill Level: All
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#203 Nancy Prince Shading & Blending with Thread
Want to have some fun with thread and create realism into your thread work? This class will introduce you to a simple way of blending, shading and highlighting with thread. The process might seem complicated, but Nancy’s step-by-step approach will show you how choosing the right thread colors, and the color-coded design, makes thread painting the design a snap. It’s easy and way too much fun! Skill Level: All
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#204 Edyta Sitar Clematis CLASS IS FULL
Flowers are so beautiful, yet unfortunately; their splendor often seems short-lived. Join us as we let the creativity flow and construct a beautiful floral work of art using the raw edge appliqué technique and an array of brightly colored fabrics. You will learn to capture still life by creating a Clematis Table Runner in this delightful class. This workshop has a $30 kit fee paid to instructor. Skill Level: All
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Saturday, March 3
Full-Day Workshop – $70
#301 Sally Collins Pieced Baskets
Join Sally and make this lovely little basket quilt. She will focus on precision sewing, quality workmanship, and multiple half-square triangle techniques to create two different sizes of blocks. (1 7/8” and 3 1/8”) Students can choose either one or both sizes, depending on their skill level. A handout for the project is included. Skill level: Confident Beginner and Beyond
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#302 Karen Eckmeier Accidental Landscaping-Beaches
Open exciting new possibilities with this fun class. You will learn Karen’s fun techniques for creating “accidental” landscapes as you work on your very own “Beaches” landscape scene. Skill Level: All
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#303 Mickey Lawler Painting with Sky & Water CLASS CANCELLED
Remember how much fun painting was when you were little? Enjoy that freeing, fun time again as Mickey shares her easy, fun, and exciting techniques for painting fabric. You will become familiar with non-toxic transparent permanent textile paint, mixing, and applying the paints to cotton fabrics as you make your very own yardage representing “Sky” and “Water” in this hands on class. (Lab fee $12.00) Skill level: All
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#304 Nancy Prince Thread Sketching Flowers Along the Way
Sketching with thread is just way too much fun!! It’s as simple as following a preprinted color coded design with a straight stitch – how easy is that? You, too, can let the artist within shine! So grab your thread and come join Nancy for a bit of information and how to become the master of the straight stitch. Skill level: All
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#305 Edyta Sitar Friendship Spools CLASS IS FULL
Enjoy a fabric exchange through this wonderful quilt design “Friendship Spools”. Exchanging fabric, sewing a fabric panel, and learning how to coordinate your scraps will be the steps you’ll experience in this delightful class. Perfect for beginner or advanced quilter. This workshop has a $30 kit fee paid to instructor. Skill level: All
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#306 Pat Speth Flying Geese Units
Want a simple, stress free way to make flying geese? Join Pat as you learn to construct this unit with the sew and flip method. No triangles to cut or bias to work with as you work with 5” squares. Pat will share several great borders using these units. You will receive handouts for her flying geese method, and how to make a pieced border fit your quilt top. Skill Level: All
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Two-Day Workshop – $140
Thursday/Friday
#401 Sally Collins Circle of Stars
Sally will focus on design, color and workmanship as you create this project over two days using mirrors and mock-ups. You will compose a beautiful Trip Around the World background and place triangles to create nine Ohio Stars. You will learn to manipulate value to integrate the stars into the background and eliminate the edges to create a beautiful mosaic. You will receive handouts for the design, and borders will be discussed. Skill Level: Confident Beginner and Beyond
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#402 Mickey Lawler Skyscape Quilt CLASS CANCELLED
Have you ever wanted to create your own fabric then piece that fabric into a quilt design? Mickey will take you through the fun process of designing, hand painting, mixing colors, manipulating fabric, as well as painting special effects on that fabric. The second day you will learn design elements, and cut your painted fabric as you create your very own quilt. (Lab fee $25.00) Skill Level: Knowledge of piecing quilts necessary.
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Two-Day Workshop – $140
Friday / Saturday
#501 Gail Garber Sensational Stars & Spectacular Borders
Spend a two day “vacation” with Gail while learning the fundamentals of star design and a myriad of spectacular borders. In this class you’ll create a full sized original quilt design with a central star and surrounding borders, and begin stitching it together using paper foundation piecing. Learn the step-by-step process to make your own one –of-a-kind art quilt. ($7.00 workbook fee.) Skill Level: Intermediate
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#502 Kathy McNeil Landscapes to Love
Kathy will share the secrets that will bring your landscapes alive. Learn to choose fabrics that will create depth and dimension in your composition. Play with fabric paints, inks, discharge and overdying to create realistic hi-lights and shadows. Kathy will demonstrate a mix of appliqué techniques with the landscape pattern of your choice. There is a $10.00 pattern fee for this class. To see gallery of landscape quilts visit http://www.kathymcneilquilts.com/. Skill Level: All
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Cancellation Policy
1. Workshop cancellations postmarked by February 10, 2012 will receive a refund minus a $10 cancellation processing fee.
2. Workshop cancellations postmarked after February 10, 2012 will not be refunded.
3. No telephone cancellations will be accepted.
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