LECTURES

Learn easy, foolproof techniques for beautiful, successful bindings every time. Tips for machine or hand-sewn bindings included, with a bonus demo on piping. Looks hard, but SEW easy. www.tensisters.com

So many things happen to quilters that are just fun. Laughing is part of quilting as much as thread. It holds us all together. Join Charlotte for an hour of laughs, stories, and a few quilts. www.charlotteangotti.com

In her lecture, MJ Kinman, maker of giant gem quilts, will share four rules of color interaction and show how to apply them to your own quilt designs to create dramatic effects, regardless of your inspiration. Add sparkle to your quilts. Create dramatic focal points. Add exciting visual movement. Make your quilts glow. Create powerful transparencies. Alter the appearance of a color simply by pairing it with another color. Create the illusion of metal without using metallic fabric or thread. MJ's lecture is based on her new book, Cracking the Color Code: Master the Magic of Color Interaction, 2025, self-published. www.mjkinman.com

Complete title—My Journey Through the Artistic Muddle. Jenny's journey as a quilter and artist has not been a direct path. She has wandered through some interesting places along the way. Listen to Jenny share her joys and triumphs as well as disasters, all in a humorous and encouraging manner. www.quiltskipper.com

Complete title—Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Quilters. During this insightful presentation, delve into the fascinating applications of AI in the realm of quilting. Learn how AI-driven design tools can assist quilters in generating intricate patterns, selecting harmonious color palettes, and exploring unique compositions that transcend traditional boundaries. Uncover the endless possibilities of generating custom quilt designs that reflect your unique vision and creativity, with AI as your intuitive and supportive co-creator. www.crisarcbono.com

Discover how to make quilting even more rewarding and fun. In this inspiring session, learn practical strategies to tackle unfinished projects, explore fresh techniques, and reignite your passion for the craft. Perfect for quilters of all levels, this lecture offers real-world advice, creative ideas, and tools to help you bring more joy and intention to every stitch. Walk away with actionable tips to keep the inspiration going. Ready to infuse your quilting with excitement and purpose? Join Christen and discover how to maximize your quilting joy. www.iseestarsquilting.com

Turn your sewing room into a creative studio. Whether you have a small, shared room or the most palatial space, your sewing room should be a place where you feel happy and inspired to create. Being a military wife with more than 20 household moves under her belt, Kimberly has set up sewing studios in each of her homes and is excited to share what she's learned for making the most of the space you've got. She'll share photos of her sewing rooms, her favorite (and not-so-favorite) features of what works and what doesn't, and her best tips for setting up a creative haven to suit your personal needs. Then, sit back and enjoy a personal tour of today's top quilting stars' studios (both clean and cluttered) as they open the doors to their spaces and share their favorite features and tips you can easily implement. This fun, informative, and inspiring "parade-of-homes" style visit will provide a wealth of ideas and tips for transforming your own space into a place where you can be your most creative! www.kimberlyeinmo.com

This informative lecture is full of examples demonstrating how the modern aesthetic applies to the machine quilting process. Learn how negative space, minimalism, graphic geometry, improvisation, and other hallmarks of the modern aesthetic can be incorporated into your machine quilting work. Gain a better understanding of why many modern quilters choose to employ an abundance of straight-line and "industrial looking" designs rather than quilting overly ornate and perfectly symmetrical motifs. Suggestions on how to incorporate graphic and linear free-motion quilting as an alternative to straight-line quilting will also be explored. www.christaquilts.com

Discover the key to mastering garment fitting with an intuitive approach that simplifies the process. Learn how to analyze wrinkles, understand their causes, and make confident pattern adjustments, all guided by one essential question. This lecture connects the dots between patternmaking and achieving a perfect fit with ease. www.creativecostumeacademy.com

Complete title—Social Justice Quilts and Arpilleras—Women's Resistance through Textile Art. Hear a fascinating lecture telling the story of Chilean women who used appliqué wallhangings to show the world what was happening during the Pinochet dictatorship of the 1970s-1980s. Using a form of craft art resistance, see how women communicated human rights violations to the outside world with these dimensional appliqué textiles resembling quilts. Explore various themes illustrated and what they mean in historical context. Also look at arpilleras today and how this craft art continues. Learn a little about history, politics, and textile art of South America during this captivating lecture. www.dreamitquiltit.com

Some quilters find that their fabric stash, scraps, quilting tools, and books are a burden, as they don't have a good approach for organization and storage of these precious resources. Knowing how to approach the task of organizing quilting supplies makes it easy to transform the dreaded stash into a collection that is a delight to use. This lecture provides many practical ideas for making your fabric, tools, thread, books, and magazines readily accessible. Topics include how to fold and store fabric so that it's easy to view and locate, labeling, using your computer as a tool, and many ideas for actually using your stash. www.carolquilts.com

Creating a studio you love is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Learn to build a creative place that works for you, your space, your budget, and where you are right now. www.lilobowman.com

We all have the same 24 hours each day. Learn many tips to utilize your available time to get quilting things done. Rethink your sewing space, storage, equipment, and files to make the most of the time you have. Many quilters say, months later, how much these tips helped them accomplish more. You are sure to learn at least one “take away”. www.bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com

Learn from the best. Japanese kimono artists have spent centuries perfecting their surface design embellishment techniques. Examine 20^th century examples of fabrics, ombre and other styles of dyeing, hand and machine embroidery, couched thread outlining, metallic embossing, and more. Study their use of symmetric and asymmetric designs, some dating from the 1920s. This is an up-close and personal look at vintage and antique kimonos. Take pictures and be inspired! www.junecolburn.com

Complete title—Stitching to Sell—How to Successfully Price Your Quilts and Textile Art. Join Lisa, a certified quilt appraiser for over 28 years, as she explores several different approaches for emerging quilt artists to set a fair and realistic price to sell their work. How to price, where to sell, and some tips from experienced and successful quilt artists will be included. No matter if you focus on Modern, Traditional, or Art Quilts, this lecture will give you insight on pricing your work to sell. www.lequilts.com

This slide lecture shows Katie's development from early painting through Traditional Quilts up to the present contemporary wall quilts including her early Traditional Quilts, mandalas, three dimensional quilts, isometric quilts, fractured landscapes, ghost layers, color washes, and new more abstract pieces. Includes inspirations, funny stories, mistakes, foul-ups, and design techniques. There will be a question and answer session to follow. www.katiepm.com

The finest poems begin with a simple grasp of the alphabet, just as the most stunning quilts are crafted from fundamental techniques. Join Nancy's "Great Quilting Basics" program to master the "quilter's alphabet" and set yourself on the path to quilting excellence. Discover efficient methods for storing your fabric stash, cutting with unparalleled accuracy, solving issues with fitting blocks, crafting perfect bias strips, and so much more. Embrace the art of quilting today! www.quiltingwithnancy.com

We know we need to "get our affairs in order" when it comes to medical and financial issues. What about your stuff...machines, fabric, books, patterns, notions, and supplies? Not to mention all your finished quilts and those still in progress. Get 10 tips for helping your family "release your stuff" when the time comes. www.bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com

This trunk show delights as it subtly shares best practices in color selection without the jargon that can cause quilters' eyes to glaze over. See more than 30 quilts up close and personal, plus more in the accompanying slide show. Learning color has never been so easy or so intuitive. Within the hour, be on your way to tuning into your unique color sense. The show includes quilts designed by speaker, Dana Jones, plus those designed by others and made by Dana. Color experts and those a bit intimidated by color will find inspiration in this lighthearted, conversational presentation. www.danajonesquilts.com

Questions abound about the how, when, and why Harriet Angeline Powers profoundly quilted her precious "Bible Quilt". This legendary folkart quilter shows strength and hopefulness as she stitched the trials and triumphs of her life into her many quilts. Only two of her quilts survive to this day—"The Bible Quilt" and "The Pictorial Quilt". Be inspired to consider the origin and narrative story behind Harriet's appliqué cut-outs of a dove, a high-stepping elephant, a camel, a serpent, and a Leviathan in her "Bible Quilt"! Her voice as an African American artist is integral to her legacy of quilting. www.bquiltin.com

Did you know that most artistic disciplines parallel each other in how they are created? Ricky Tims demonstrates the parallels between music composition, the elements and principles of art, and how they relate to quilting. Be entertained and inspired from this enlightening presentation that includes live musical excerpts and plenty of visual treats. www.rickytims.com

With 50 years of quilting background, Charlotte has a large enough body of work that she can dedicate a lecture to her creations and life as a quilter. Spend an entertaining hour listening to the personal, sometimes laugh-out-loud adventures of a quiltmaker who has experienced quite a bit of the ups and downs of our favorite pastime. www.cwaquilts.com

MJ Kinman, maker of giant gem quilts, will share one of her favorite ways to find inspiration for new work or a new series, playing with images in a photo editing app. These apps allow you to manipulate images in infinite ways. MJ will show specific examples of the process she has used to create new mock-ups. Additionally, students will learn 20 different ways to manipulate images to create fascinating designs. www.mjkinman.com

Have you ever thought "I want to make a quilt with my scraps, but how can I make sure it actually turns out beautiful"? Ask no further. Join Kate Quinn for clear and practical tips to make amazing, interesting, and fun scrap quilts. Kate will share cutting tips, planning guidelines, color balance ideas, and organizational tips so you can turn your scraps into a treasure trove of absolutely beautiful quilts. This lecture includes both a PowerPoint presentation and a robust trunk show, so you will have strong visuals to help you turn your own scraps into quilting gold. Kate also includes a special discussion about how scrap quilting affects the utility of a quilt, the longevity of a quilt, and the quilt's ultimate use. If your scraps are multiplying out of control, come learn how to wrangle them into shape! www.fabrikatedquilts.com

Enjoy a humorous and visually delightful foray into Cindy's decade long dalliance into ice dyeing. Determined to lasso this mystical technique into some kind of order, Cindy has explored a dozen different approaches to ice dyeing, some with mind blowing results, and some dismal failures. A combination of slides, a trunk show, and live reveals, this exciting lecture offers a multitude of mash-up ideas to incorporate ice dyeing into your quilting fun! www.dyehardsstudio.com