401 ABSOLUTELY BEGINNING QUILTING
Lawry Thorn
$65
(Very) Beginning
Two Table Runners or Small Quilts *

Start your quilting experience with Lawry. You will learn rotary cutting skills while making two projects—both table runners. The first project will be strip cutting, piecing, and sewing blocks together, then adding borders. The second project will contain both half-square triangles and quarter-square triangles, plus borders. Optional instructions to make these into small quilts will be given. Easy machine quilting will also be covered.

418 BEGINNING MACHINE QUILTING
Cindy Needham
$65
Beginning
Technique Class – Samples Only *

This is a very hands-on class where I will teach you the basics of machine quilting.  The first half of the class will cover setting up your work space, teach you how to pick the perfect batting for your quilt, eliminate the mystery and frustration of choosing the correct thread, tension, needles and how to properly baste your quilt.  You will be spending the second half of the class at your machine where I will teach you how to obtain that perfect stitch, provide helpful hints on quilting various designs and send you home with the needed confidence to successfully complete your quilt!

403 LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Johanna Gibson
$65
Advanced Beginner - Advanced
Project Size Varies – Wallhanging *

A favorite photo or “mind picture” can be
turned into a beautiful, quilted and embellished wall hanging. In this class, you will learn to translate your favorite scene into a piece of fiber art using soft edge appliqué, free motion thread-painting and other embellishments of your choice. Emphasis will be placed on using color and value to create a sense of depth and perspective in your scene. By the end of class, you should have a good start on your composition.

419/519 ZOOM LENS
Sarah Kaufman
$130
Advanced Beginning - Advanced
22” x 29” * +

An intriguing 3-D effect is the result of careful placement of contrasting color and value. Learn Sarah’s Folded Log Cabin technique, and away you go to transform this old favorite into a new and contemporary look. The design possibilities are endless! On day two, you will learn neat tricks to blend your blocks precisely together to create a stunning wall piece.

405 CREATIVITY FOR KLUTZES
Libby Lehman
$65
All Levels
Technique Class - Project Size Varies

Are you stuck in a creative rut? Learn how to turn it into a groove. The day will be spent doing fun and easy exercises designed to get your creative juices flowing. There’s no sewing, just play and discovery. Get ready to have fun!
No Sewing Machine Required.

420/520 DESIGNING FROM NATURE FOR APPLIQUÉ
Gabrielle Swain
$130
Intermediate – Advanced
Design Class – Project Size Varies

Use your favorite photograph or drawing from nature to create an original design appliqué quilt. Working with the basic principles of color, design and a variety of appliqué techniques, each student will complete a design and begin its execution. Appliqué techniques covered range from reverse and direct appliqué to segmented shapes. Also included are two surface design techniques: colored pencil and pen and ink.
No sewing machine required.

407 SPARKLING CIDER
Sally Frey
$65
All Levels
64” x 80” * +

If you are looking for a fast quilt, grab a tall “Fat Quarter Tower” that you love and head to this class. Your favorite prints will “sparkle” in this two block quilt. We will be using the ever popular and easy Flying Geese Ruler to make a super easy quilt.
Large Flying Geese Ruler required: $9

421/521 INNOVATIVE TRADITIONALS
Janet Fogg
$130
All Levels
Design Class – Project Size Varies *

This workshop is geared towards all individuals, whether you are beginning or advanced students of quilt making. Innovative Traditionals is not a technique class—it is an idea generation class. Janet’s years spent as an art director, one who is required to be creative on demand, have had a huge effect on the way she approaches quilt making. Let her share with you some of the creative skills she has carried with her, from her background as a graphic designer into the world of quilt art design.

409 THE SPIN
Karla Alexander
$65
Beginning – Intermediate
62” x 82” * +

An awesome class geared to help you showcase all the fascinating large-scale prints now available. Karla’s quilt has a veggie theme, but any theme will work. Look for a fun group of large-scale prints to use for the centers of the blocks. They can all be from the same fabric, or each block can have a different print —your choice!
Book purchase required: New Cuts for New Quilts – $24.95

422 9-PATCH PIZZAZZ ON POINT
Judy Sisneros
$65
All Levels (Basic Sewing Skills Required)
40” x 48” *

From the cover of 9 Patch Pizzazz by Judy Sisneros, a “fun, fast, finished” quilt that looks much harder than it is! This quilt uses large scale prints plus 9 patches on point. You might even be able to finish this one in class!
Book purchase optional.

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410 POTTED PLANTS – SIMPLE NEEDLE-TURN APPLIQUÉ
Tonye Belinda Phillips
$65
Advanced Beginning
Technique Class – Sample Size Varies

Have a great time recreating one of Tonye’s “potted plants” from her new book about handapplique, due to be released in the spring of 2008. Using simple shapes and your favorite fabrics, Tonye will share with you the fun and creative energy you are sure to find when playing with hand appliqué. Once you get the hang of it, you may find—like Tonye has—that it can be extremely relaxing.
No sewing machine required.
Book purchase optional.

424 MEMORIES OF SISTERS
Vivienne Moore
$65
Advanced Beginner - Advanced
29” x 38 1/2” * +

There is no better way to remember your visit to Quilter’s Affair in Sisters than to make this fun wall hanging featuring snow-capped mountains, ponderosa pine trees, and of course, quilts! Use scraps from your favorite quilts to create your own personal quilt show in miniature. All of the blocks are easy to sew using paper foundation piecing.
Pattern purchase required: $11.50

411/511 PLAYFUL PORTRAITURE
Catherine Conkey
$130
Advanced Beginning - Advanced
Design class, project size varies *

Spend two delightful days creating a wonderfully personal and whimsical portraiture quilt. Imagine the possibilities—you could create a selfportrait, or a touching quilt of someone you love. From start to finish, this is a fun and information filled class. You will begin with instructions for drawing a simple portrait, then you will learn a unique and easy machine appliqué technique involving satin stitching. Then you will top stitch your project to transform that simple drawing into a fabulous wall hanging.

425/525 THE TAKE IT ALL
WITH YOU BAG
Billie Mahorney
$130
Advanced Beginning - Advanced
Bag is approximately
20” x 20” x 6” *

Sew up your own personal bag using your design or one Billie provides. You can use this roomy bag to carry all your class supplies at once. Personalize the inside with pockets just the right size to hold your rulers and other sewing items.
Pre-class sewing is required.

412 SASSY CIRCLES WITH A TWIST
Judy Johnson
$65
All Levels
Quilt Size Varies (Sample is 52” x 62”) *

Feeling sassy? This quilt sparkles through the use of spirited fabrics, gradations in color and value, curved design elements, and rotational symmetry—and the whole construction process is much less complex than it looks! The block arcs are constructed using a simplified version of paper piecing, the inner and outer pieces are cut with templates, and patterns are provided for the curved borders. Judy will provide helpful tips for using color effectively, and will assist you throughout the design process.
Lab Fee: $17.00 (Templates)

426 HOLE IN THE BARN DOOR
Colleen Blackwood
$65
Advanced Beginning - Advanced
54” x 57” * +

In this project, rectangular blocks lend a new twist and dimension to a pair of classic quilt blocks. The pinwheels are stretched to add a fun and funky look to your favorite fabrics. This quilt is beautiful in traditional colors, and really fun in wild and crazy colors! 20 blocks and a “piano key” border combine to make this quilt just the right size for a throw.

413 QUILT AS YOU GO
STAINED GLASS TABLE RUNNER
Brenda Henning
$65
All Levels
14 3/4” x 51” *

It’s time to create a festive table runner for your holiday celebrations. Brenda’s original “quilt-as-you-go stained glass” method uses fabric glue, fusible interfacing, and fusible bias tape to streamline the process. The project is quilted as the leading is machine stitched, making this a quick and easy project.
Book purchase required: Christmas Traditions in Stained Glass - $20.00

427 QUILT DESIGNING
FOR SPECIAL FABRICS
Jeri Boe
$65
All Levels
Design Class – Project Size Varies *

Have you created or purchased fabrics that you just can’t seem to cut up? Then this is the class for you! Learn how to design and sew with these sensational fabrics. This workshop involves designing, creating, and exploring embellishment options. Don’t just leave those fabrics in your stash—get them into a project!
Book purchase optional: Sun Kissed Quilts & Crafts.

415 SISTERS TWISTER
Jan & Lou
$65
Advanced Beginning – Intermediate
72” x 85” * +

This is a fast, fun two-color or four-color quilt with a design that dances across the surface of the quilt. We’ve seen it enhanced with corner-to-corner shading and batiks, and it’s terrific as a scrappy quilt, so the sky is the limit! Using your choice of 2” finished “Triangles on a Roll,” “Thangles,” or “Quiltime” triangle papers, you’ll make quick progress on the blocks. This is a great quilt for advanced beginners, and terrifically gratifying for the more experienced quilter as well. Great fun!

428 CONCENTRICITIES
Sue McMahan
$65
Advanced Beginner - Advanced
Project Size Varies – Sample is 42” x 42” * +

Here is a challenge: select fabrics and colors that will result in a very unique quilt. Sue’s sample is done in Asian fabric--the fabrics and the diagonal setting result in a dramatic and dynamic project. Curved piecing techniques, which can be easily done by machine, will be demonstrated. The curves are gentle and the resulting blocks present numerous possibilities for a wall hanging or bed quilt.

416 DISCOVERING FOUND OBJECTS
Jane Davila
$65
Advanced Beginning - Intermediate
Technique Class – Project Size Varies *

Learn to look at everyday objects as possible additions to your art quilts. Experiment with paper, metal, plastic, wire, man-made and natural objects. Design a small art quilt including any or all of these. Archival considerations and attachment methods will be covered.
Book purchase required: Art Quilt Workbook -$27.95

429 SIT N’ STITCH
Joanne Meyers
$25
All Levels

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

417/517 APPLE STUDY
Velda Newman
$130
All Levels
Technique Class – 24” x 36” Sample *

This small study of apples and lemons is taken from the book, Velda Newman: A Painter’s Approach to Quilt Design. This class includes beginning painting projects, stitching techniques, and principles of design that Velda uses in her larger projects.
Lab Fee: $15 (paints, etc.) Sewing Machine Required. Book purchase optional.