classes

Consult one-on-one with an ergonomist and quilt studio designer about your specific needs. Walk away with solutions to your ergonomic problems, layout recommendations, furnishing ideas, and organizing solutions tailored to your requirements. Consultations provided in 1-hour increments. Contact Lois Hallock at clearviewdesigns@comcast.net to reserve your appointment. Photographs of quilt studio and room dimensions are helpful but not required. Go to www.clearview-designs.com for more information.

Have loads of fun making this versatile bag for yourself or as a gift. The bag is smaller than a tote, but big enough to carry everything you need, from cell phone, wallet, and keys, to a sewing project on the go. The best part is that it's all made on the serger. Learn several trims and embellishments while making this great bag. www.pamdamour.com

A scrap lover's delight! Crawford will show how to turn sixty-six different 12 inch squares into a large quilt and then use the "leftovers" for two different projects, a small quilt and pillow, by adding a contrasting fabric to tie all the fabrics together. She will share her accurate cutting, piecing, and pressing tips and techniques to help you improve your piecing skills. No scrap left behind! www.flowerboxquilts.com

Make this bright, beautiful, bluebonnet wallhanging using the Picture Piecing technique. Learn from the award-winning designer who created this technique. This is NOT a foundation method. In this technique, only sew straight seams; no insets. All machine sewing—Lots of cheating! www.englanddesign.com

Show up with your sharp scissors and sew slow to learn decorative embroidery stitches with no perfection pressure. Leave this class with confidence to stitch a unique "scroll" sampler. Fowler brings everything you need to make a colorful sampler to be rolled onto the included decorative spindle. www.katiefowler.net

Naylor shows how to create a 3-dimensional flower basket using various techniques to create a range of flowers and leaves. Make rose and carnation-like flowers, rouched flowers, flowers with individual petals, Maltese Cross flowers, Suffolk Puffs, and tiny flower buds. Naylor demonstrates how to make a “bagged out” basket, and how to embellish this basket to give a beautiful textured result. www.quiltersquestiontime.com

Oh, the fun we will have here! Finally, a class where you know you have all the right fabrics because there is laser-cut kit waiting for you to make a quilt top designed just for Quilt Festival. Such a relaxing, fun-filled day! Although you will be amazed at what you can get done here, you will not finish in class...but you can certainly try! www.charlotteangotti.com

Judith Baker Montano guides you through the process of creating beautiful underwater shapes using free-form embroidery and fabric manipulation. Learn how to make floating jellyfish, buttonhole anemones, net stitch corals, spiderweb backstitch starfish, velvet brain coral, and many other techniques. A wonderful introduction to painting with threads and ribbons. Freeform Embroidery with Judith Baker Montano, C&T Publishing. www.judithbakermontano.com

Been afraid to try free-motion quilting?  Let Clotfelter hold your hand and show you lots of tips and tricks! We REALLY start at the very beginning. Come away with new found confidence and make a sampler you can refer to with fifteen new fun and different designs to mix and match! Let's have FUN! www.ninaquilts.com

A little more complex New York Beauty design opens up many more design possibilities. Learn Hahn's unique technique for creating perfect New York Beauty blocks using just one pin, then how to combine those blocks with a simple block for stunning results. www.froghollowdesigns.com

Create this amazing quilt using a Jelly Roll and background fabric. Fun to make and easy to cut out, this colorful project cuts 60° diamonds from 2 ½ inch strips. Simple assembly techniques require no set-in seams.  In a 6-hour class, plan, cut out, and partially assemble the quilt top. Complete the assembly at home. Includes lots of tips and tricks for accurate cutting and precision piecing to make this project fast and fun. www.morningglorydesigns.com

Learn collage the Laura Heine way! You can choose one of three different flower vase options. Complete your collage in class and learn the different finishing options! This is an easy class for all students! www.fiberworks-heine.com

Have fun learning about color and value. At the same time, create this beautiful quilt using fused appliqué, assembling your own color combination! www.marinalandi.com.br

Create an exciting and unusual panel project, a montage using words and images along with your multi-frame panel! In this 6-hour workshop, dig deep into the creativity located within your panel. Add images, words, and embellishments to create a totally unique design. www.cedarridgequilting.com

There's something special about wrapping up in a t-shirt quilt, feeling all those memories surround and comfort you or someone you love. The look on someone's face when they receive the gift of a t-shirt quilt is beyond words. But getting from a bag of old t-shirts to that magical moment can seem like an overwhelming project. And working with stretchy t-shirts can be really challenging. But that's about to change. Learn to make that t-shirt quilt quilting one shirt at a time! This approach has so many advantages! www.ranaemerrillquilts.com

Build your EQ confidence! Tour the workspace and begin designing a variety of beautiful quilt styles. Search the EQ8 libraries for the perfect block or fabric to turn your quilt designs into reality, or add fabrics from your own stash. Learn how to print yardage estimates, rotary cutting charts, and more. Nicely paced and encouraging class for those who want to understand and practice the basics. Windows and Mac users welcome. Also offered as 419 on Thursday. Do not enroll for both. www.lorimillerdesigns.com

With an iPad or other tablet, design, construct, and mount a small 12 inch X 12 inch Art quilt featuring your original digital designs. This interactive workshop is both process and product, with each quilter making an Art piece using a personal photo. Morning is digital design, afternoon is for construction. www.susiemonday.com

The Log Cabin block is so very versatile, it will be used as the basis for creating linear abstract Art quilts. Start with a painting or photograph. Crop that to a strong personal composition. Overlay a grid (this can be an even grid, an uneven grid, curved, or random grid). This linear drawing is laid over the inspiration photo or painting to become the map. Then Log Cabins made up of the colors found in each unit of the grid will be constructed and put together to make the quilt. Emphasis on composition, variety, color, value, and visual pathways. www.katiepm.com

A "must" for beginning machine quilters who want to successfully quilt their own quilts. Learn all the basics, plus three types of feathers, stippling, and most importantly, how to easily handle large quilts on your home sewing machine. Gain the skills and confidence to quilt all of your quilts. www.quintessentialquilting.com

Easy strip piecing and triangles combined with Sullivan's tips and tricks allow students a stress-free project to perfect their precision piecing skills as well as working with tricky triangle shapes while making this fun and exciting strip quilt. Additionally, pulling together the supplies for this workshop couldn't be easier—just one 2½ inch strip roll plus two 1 yard cuts of coordinating fabric is all that is needed for this gorgeous and super fun 48 inch X 48 inch quilt! www.colourwerx.com

Do you love coloring but are too afraid to do it on a quilt? Hear Arcenegui Bono's tricks and secrets for applying pen to fabric. On top of that, quilt a little wallhanging that looks like it has been pieced although no piecing or appliqué is involved. See how different threads can make a big impact in the final result. www.crisarcbono.com

A quilt with a view! This historical quilt features pictorial fabric through window panes. To make it fast and easy, use a piece of panel fabric printed with a large picture for the windows. Cindy Walter will explain the quilt components and other window options. Class teaches a perfect miter—first time, every time. www.cindywalter.com

Straight, even, ripple-free binding with perfect corners can be yours! Practice on pre-quilted samples and learn a foolproof method for joining the ends. Discover tricks for scrappy bindings and what to do if you don't have enough fabric. Hear what the judges look for! www.helenfrostquilts.com

Learn basic pattern making skills in Vecchiarelli's combined lecture and hands-on experience. Splitting the class into groups and using a dress form, drape a bodice and convert it into a sloper. Use darts to allow the bodice to fit your individual figure and learn many other essential techniques. This sloper can later be used as the foundation for many of your pattern making projects. All these wonderful skill sets will be taught by practicing the tips and tricks used on television celebrities. Everyone deserves the opportunity to become a fitted celebrity. www.frencheuropeaninc.com

Create the illusion of 3-D with vertical rows of equilateral triangles and no "Y" seams. Use color and value instead of complicated piecing to give the impression of depth and dimension. www.quiltersclinic.com

Take the fear out of embellishing by learning to layer, then disect laces and trims to add dimension. Learn spoked rose, rolled velvet rose, bead loops, rosebud button, French knot flower, and knotted ribbon flower. Practice techniques that may be added to many other projects. 7 inch X 7 inch pre-pieced block provided in neutral tones. May not be finished in class. Some glue basting. Charms sold separately.

Do you struggle with how to quilt a top with the least amount of starts and stops? In this hands-on class, learn the strategies Hruska uses to find the continuous quilting path around pieced blocks. Based on her book, Making Connections, C&T Publishing. Students are encouraged to bring quilt tops for design discussion. www.forever-quilting.com

The broderie perse technique will be taught in making this beautiful hummingbird garden. Learn how to cut birds and flowers and design a garden of your very own. Beautiful bias stems will also be taught without the use of a bias tape maker. Learn how to make not only the fat stems that fill the garden, but also thin stems as well. Be careful in the garden, you never know when a frog might appear.

Learn a few basic shapes and create your own custom forest while making a mini Wholecloth quilt. Let go of the rules while quilting designs from your imagination and have some fun. www.crisarcbono.com

Create the illusion of 3-D with vertical rows of equilateral triangles and no "Y" seams. Use color and value instead of complicated piecing to give the impression of depth and dimension. www.quiltersclinic.com

Discover the fun of designing small collages! Useful, practical cases make wonderful gifts. They are the perfect way to learn and practice the art of cutting, layering, coordinating, and accenting fabrics to create beautiful, if tiny, compositions. Design using three different fabric groups and heat fuse the designs in class. Take home to finish. Lots of samples! www.junecolburn.com

Students of all levels need only bring fabric scissors to learn how to layer and use an eclectic mix of materials, laces, dyed silks, velvets, trims, rhinestones, ribbons, flowers, etc. on a wool heart (provided). Master the quick and easy rolled rose. Tips and tricks using glue to expedite the process, looks like you spent hours stitching! Should be completed in class. Approximate size 13 inch X 11 inch. May be framed or used as coffee table piece. Charms sold separately.

Transform organic, spiked, and even feathered linear designs into curved and gorgeous medallions and wreaths. Need a block design?  Easily add corners! Let Sue Heinz show her innovative technique of combining simple grids with her patented, easy-to-use tools in this fast-paced drawing class. www.sueheinz.com

Explore all things Floral—flowers, stems, and leaves...with cherries, swirls, ribbons, starburst, butterflies, bees, and dragonflies ''sprinkled'' all around. Freehand overall designs that are simple, yet when combined, appear to be very complex. Join Hruska as she breaks down these designs and teaches how to stitch them out continuously. www.forever-quilting.com

Stitch exercises demonstrate how sewing machine needles, thread, technique, and you, the sewist, control stitch quality. Experience stitching with a variety of fabrics and needles, along with a few surprises. Gain respect for the needle and elevate confidence in your needle selection. This is a fun, educational class. www.schmetzneedles.com

When making a garment, it will become faster and more accurate than ever to create your fit on a dress form with easy placement of sizing material. Learn to make simple adjustments on the form to fit your shape instantaneously and eliminate the frustrations of fitting the pattern to your shape. One dress form can become your body shape in seconds, making fitting faster and more accurate. www.frencheuropeaninc.com

Achieve spectacular modern results by quilting with only the walking foot. Especially helpful if you aren't comfortable free-motion quilting. Leave class confident to quilt your own projects. Small Materials fee includes all you need except a thread clipper. www.cindywalter.com

Do you want to improve your hand stitch work? Practice and refine your hand stitch for reverse appliqué and appliqué. Use a pattern developed specifically for this purpose. Do your practicing on this piece rather than on a design you care about. Learn the tips and tricks to stitch sharp 90° angles and acute outside points, crisp inside points without frays, and smooth curves/circles as you learn the easy steps in Eye of the Beholder's "Trace, Baste, Snip, and Stitch" process for hand reverse appliqué. Explore the tools to use, the role of trimming and clipping for success, body mechanics, how to hold your piece, and more. Get tips & pointers on how to hand stitch like a pro. All you learn is applicable to both hand reverse appliqué and hand appliqué. www.eobquiltdesign.com/home