Workshops

Machine Quilting—Beyond the Basics

Three 3 hour sessions

Go "Beyond the Basics" and learn advanced heirloom quilting techniques to make your machine quilted projects really stand out. Lecture topics include choosing and combining quilting designs, methods and tools for design transfer, and a roundtable discussion with participants' quilts. Workshop focuses on free motion techniques, double stitching, meandering, and stippling. Students will learn about and absorb the 7 Keystones of Beautiful Heirloom Machine Quilting. This is a workshop for intermediate level quilters. To get the most benefit from this workshop, students are strongly encouraged to take a beginning machine quilting class before taking Machine Quilting-Beyond the Basics.

Cutwork Star

Two 3 hour sessions

Make a small wall quilt while learning basic cutwork hand appliqué. An enlarged Ohio Star with cutwork patterns in the four corners can be easily machine pieced with no templates.

Exploring Bargello Quilt Designs

Two 3 hour sessions and one 4 hour session

Learn about the many different types of Bargello quilt designs in this class: part lecture, part trunk show, part workshop. View the quilts, choose your fabrics, and begin to construct your own small Bargello quilt. The possibilities are endlessly beautiful.

Borders-Top to Bottom

Three 3 hour sessions

Learn the basics of applying straight or mitered borders to your quilts, and the tips and tricks for perfect borders from backing to quilting designs and bindings. Part lecture, part trunk show, part workshop.

Pfaff Pfundamentals

One 2 1/2 hour session

Have you purchased your new Pfaff, only to find that it's not as easy to use as you thought? Do you know the basics, but still have questions? Explore machine basics like proper tension setting and the 7 Keystones of Stress-Free Machine Troubleshooting, must-have attachments and tips and tricks with this hands-on class from a 15-year, 4 machine Pfaff user. Great for quilters, crafters and home sewers.