101 JUST FOR FUN MYSTERY
Lawry Thorn
$65
All Levels (Basic Sewing Skills Required)
Lap Size Quilt or Larger *

Like the title of the class, this is a “just for fun” mystery. You select your fabrics based on the “clues” given in the supply list, then do the pre-class cutting, so you can get right to the fun of sewing when you arrive for class on Monday morning bright and early. Follow the sewing instructions and by the end of class you will be well on your way to having an almost finished quilt top.

110 HAND APPLIQUÉD MEDALLION
Tonye Belinda Phillips
$65
Advanced Beginning
Technique Class – Sample Size Varies

Have a blast learning Tonye’s simplified way to hand appliqué and her techniques for layering multiple pieces. The design for this class is from Tonye’s new hand-applique book (due to be released in the spring of 2008). The appliquéd center medallion is sure to get you started on a fun and inspirational journey towards a real masterpiece. There will be discussion about how to expand your design, but the center medallion will set the tone for your entire quilt. No sewing machine required.
Book purchase optional.

102 REVERSIBLE QUILTS – TWO AT A TIME
Sharon Pederson
$65
All Levels
Technique Class – Project Size Varies *

Do you hate basting quilts? Have too little time to hand quilt and are afraid to try machine quilting? Then this is the quilt for you. As you piece the blocks they are miraculously quilted at the same time. And, when you are finished, you have TWO quilts—a different color on each side. In this hands-on class, you will learn everything you need to know to finish your quilt and will get a good start on it in class.
Book purchase required: Reversible Quilts - $26.95

111 ALL ABOUT OCTAGONS
Catherine Conkey
$65
Advanced Beginning - Advanced
40” x 40” (without borders) *

This popular and informative class is an exciting exploration into an innovative use of striped fabrics. This deceptively simple-to-create block shows off any striped fabric beautifully. Each block you put together is reminiscent of looking through a kaleidoscope for the first time, and the possibilities are endless. You can then take the techniques you learn in class and apply them to many other projects, including blocks using prints instead of stripes.
Large Kaleido-Ruler® purchase required – $16

103 FABRIC COLLAGE
Ionne McCauley
$65
All Levels (Basic Sewing Skills Required)
Small Wall Hanging *

This is a creative and easy class. Relax and have fun finding new possibilities in your fabrics. Work with a small picture (either one of your own, or one that Ionne provides), and cut fabrics to make a raw-edge appliqué version of the image.

112 CASCADING KALEIDOSCOPES
Judy Johnson
$65
All Levels (Basic Sewing Skills Required)
Design Class – Quilt Size Varies *

Judy has combined her knowledge of mathematics and love of symmetry to create a kaleidoscope-like quilt composed of octagon blocks in several different sizes. The use of a Kaleido-Ruler® and layered construction methods make it simple to produce dynamic one-of-a-kind blocks. Your morning will be spent constructing the blocks, and in the afternoon you will begin the design process.
Large Kaleido-Ruler® purchase required – $16

104/204 TRANSFORMING THE STILL LIFE
Katie Pasquini Masopust
$130
All Levels
Design Class – Samples Only

Work from a white still life, drawing it in many different ways to learn about value, shadows, texture, highlights, and different kinds of perspective. This is a drawing class but don’t be afraid if you can’t draw—we will learn how to draw together, by learning to really see through blind contour drawings. We will add color, exploring many different color schemes and their impact. Then images will be projected on the still life to create color, texture, and drama. Several abstract drawings for quilts will be the end product of the class.
No sewing machine required. Lab Fee: $5

113 TRIANGULATIONS
Brenda Henning
$65
Advanced Beginning (rotary cutting skills required)
20” x 47 1/2” *

Table runners are like potato chips—small, bite-sized, and you can’t make just one! Brenda will introduce you to her favorite approach to triangle construction—making half-square and quarter-square triangle units using grids from Brenda’s “Triangulations 2.0” disc. The use of printed grids to construct triangle units ensures accuracy. Book & CD purchase encouraged, but not required.

105 THREAD PLAY 1
Libby Lehman
$65
All Levels (Basic Sewing Skills Required)
Technique Class – Samples Only *

Learn the basics and tricks of machine em-broidery to create special effects on your quilts or wearables. This workshop concentrates on exploring different machine stitching techniques to give your quilts an individual and unique flavor. In order to learn as many different styles as possible, students will develop samples rather than completing a class project. The following will be covered: sheer ribbon illusions, satin and decorative stitching, and potluck appliqué. Required: Zigzag sewing machine in good working order. Optional: Threadplay book by Libby Lehman (out of print).

114 DESIGN DAZE
June Jaeger
$65
All Levels
Design Class – Project Size Varies +

In this workshop you will be using circles, wheels, gears, and unusual shapes to create an “art quilt” for that special spot on the wall. You will focus on the use of color, shape, intensity, and value while using fusible appliqué. This class will open the door to exploring contrast while overlapping shapes and creating focal points. You will have the opportunity to break rules, create new ones, and learn how to trust your instincts.

106/206 STRIPS N’ CURVES
Louisa Smith
$130
Advanced Beginning - Advanced
Technique Class – Project Size Varies *

Create a wonderful and exciting quilt through a simple procedure called “Strips ‘n Curves.” This technique is a combination of strip and curved piecing. This relationship between the straight lines and the curved lines is the key to creating dynamic designs! The technique is easy, fun, and habit forming. After learning the procedure, you will realize the many, many design possibilities it has to offer.
Book purchase required: Strips N’ Curves - $23.95

115 ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH
Jan & Lou
$65
Beginning (Basic Sewing Skills Required)
72” x 85” * +

In this quilt designed by JanniLou Creations, two simple blocks which are quite pleasing on their own, become very dramatic when they are paired together. “Triangles-on-a-Roll” or “Thangles” are used for the first block, templates and simple curved piecing are used in the second block.

107 DINING IN
Sally Frey
$65
All Levels
62” x 62” * +

Sally’s done it yet again with this new table-cloth design, inspired by a student’s antique quilt. Using fun summer fabrics and a mock feathered star in the center, this one is sure to become one of your favorites. (Using “Thangles” makes this a fast and easy table topper.)

116 PROJECT PATCHWORK
Jane Davila
$65
Advanced Beginning - Intermediate
Several Small Quilt Projects *

If you’ve been following Project Runway® on Bravo TV and wishing that something like that existed for quilters, then PROJECT PATCHWORK is for you. Over the course of the day, you will be issued several challenges for small quilts and have a limited amount of time to work on them—either as an innovative, contemporary, traditional, or art quilt. Play and challenge yourself—and the best part is, no one gets eliminated!

108/208 ABSTRACTING FROM NATURE
Jane Sassaman
$130
All Levels
Design Class – Samples Only

Nature is an endless source of inspiration. In this class, you will examine a wide variety of artists’ interpretations of nature, before beginning to manipulate natural forms yourself. Through a series of exercises, you will experiment with abstraction and exaggeration to capture the essence and energy of your favorite flora and achieve dramatic visual effects. You will then translate these ideas into fabric. Drawing skills are not needed, but participants should have a strong interest in developing their own design language and unique visual symbols. (This class is especially beneficial for the drawing impaired and the tragically literal.)
No sewing machine required.

117/217 TEXTURE & FORM
Velda Newman
$130
All Levels
Technique Class – Samples Only *

Nature is an endless source of beauty and inspiration. With this in mind, learn how to get rid of the “flat” look and turn your fabric into something interesting! You will create texture by learning simple machine techniques which can be used for quilts or clothing. The samples you create the first day will be used as a basis for painting techniques on day two.
Lab Fee: $15 (patterns & paints)
Book purchase optional:
A Workshop With Velda Newman - $22.95

109 FUNKY CURVY RAIL
Karla Alexander
$65
Beginning – Intermediate
63” x 80” b +

Based on Karla’s book Stack a New Deck! This is a ‘no fail’ design! New stack, shuffle, slice, and sew methods for cutting and sewing make this a fun and original quilt to create. Gentle curves that aren’t cranky (no pinning!), no seams to match, and a blast to make! Choose a family of small to medium scale prints in a combination of lights and darks. The result is an amazing variation of blocks! (Easy to make smaller or larger, too.)
Book purchase required: $24.95

118 SIT N’ STITCH
Colleen Blackwood
$25
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.