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Open Studios™
Ever wanted to see artists work in real time right before your eyes? During show hours four artists will be working simultaneously (two hours at a time) in each of the rooms, demonstrating their craft. Come by Open Studios on the show floor and be inspired by what these top-notch artists are doing.
Schedule is subject to change. Photos from the 2022 Quilt Festival.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2
10:00 a.m.-Noon
Quilt
Walking Foot Quilting – Take the Scenic Route
Catherine Redford
Create
Demonstration and Presentation of Brazilian Embroidery
Mendie Cannon
Embellish/Paint
Foam Stamps for Fabric Printing
Susie Monday
Stitch/Sew
Paper Piecing – Stitch by Number
Margaret Willingham
Noon-2:00 p.m.
Quilt
Quick Cutting Techniques for Beautiful Scrap Quilts
Judy Gauthier
Create
Fabric Tube Maker
Carol Mesimer
Embellish/Paint
Doodle Drawing on Photo Fabric
Ruth Ann Berry
Stitch/Sew
Contour Quilting – How to Quilt A Portrait
Phyllis Cullen/Cindy Richards
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Quilt
More Free-Motion Grids Please
Jenny K. Lyon
Create
Storytelling through Mexican Hand Embroidery
Mariana Barran
Embellish/Paint
Your Perfect Paint Palette
Cindy Lohbeck
Stitch/Sew
The 5P Method! (Freezer) Paper Patterns for Precision Picture Piecing (Daylily)
Betsy Habich
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Quilt
Fast and Fabulous Free-Motion Grids
Sue Heinz
Create
All the Ways to Swirl
Dara Tomasson
Embellish/Paint
Love Triangles—Itajime Shibori
Cindy Lohbeck
Stitch/Sew
If You Can Sew a Straight Line, You Can Make an Awesome Legit Kits Quilt! Deb Atchison
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3
10:00 a.m.-Noon
Quilt
Machine Sewn Bindings for the Win
Debbie Wendt
Create
Brazilian Embroidery and Quilt Embellishment
Mendie Cannon
Embellish/Paint
Geisha Wear for Every Body
June Colburn
Stitch/Sew
The Joy Quilt Project – Advent Calendar Edition
Laurie Russman
Noon-2:00 p.m.
Quilt
Quilt-As-You-Go
Margaret Willingham
Create
Designing a Pieced Picture Quilt
Betsy Habich
Embellish/Paint
Foam Stamps for Fabric Printing
Susie Monday
Stitch/Sew
Tips and Tools for Professionally Finished Totes, Purses, and Bags
Heather McFarlane
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Quilt
Quilted Trays – There When You Need ’em, Stash When You Don’t
RaNae Merrill
Create
You’ve Got a Friend Named Elmer
Sue Heinz
Embellish/Paint
Ruler Work – Meet Me at the Drawing Board
Donelle McAdams
Stitch/Sew
Embellished Stitches for Hand Embroiderers
Catherine Redford
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Quilt
Free-Motion Quilting with Sheers!
Jenny K. Lyon
Create
Make a Quilt-As-You-Go T-Shirt Quilt
RaNae Merrill
Embellish/Paint
Using Tsukineko Inks & TSC Design Stencils to Create Your Eye-Popping Fabrics
Joyce Teng
Stitch/Sew
Easy English Paper Piecing Using Leave-In Papers
Belle Brunner
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4
10:00 a.m.-Noon
Quilt
Walking Foot Quilting – Beyond the Ditch
Catherine Redford
Create
Brazilian Embroidery and Crazy Quilting
Mendie Cannon
Embellish/Paint
Fast and Fabulous Free-Motion Grids
Sue Heinz
Stitch/Sew
Extreme Thread Painting – Photorealistic Hibiscus
Betsy Habich
Noon-2:00 p.m.
Quilt
Free-Motion Cutwork – Versatile and Fun!
Jenny K. Lyon
Create
Mola Making! Kickass Creative FUN!
Margaret Willingham
Embellish/Paint
Foam Stamps for Fabric Printing
Susie Monday
Stitch/Sew
Baby Blocks without “Y” Seams
Debbie Wendt
2:00-4:00 p.m.
Quilt
Quilting for Pictorial Quilts – The Quilting Doctor is IN!
Betsy Habich
Create
You’ve Got a Friend Named Elmer
Sue Heinz
Embellish/Paint
Easy Embellished Stained Glass Quilts
Phyllis Cullen
Stitch/Sew
Mexican Tenango Otomi Hand Embroidery
Mariana Barran
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Quilt
Doodle School and Getting Comfortable with Free-Motion Quilting Before You Know It
Dara Tomasson
Create
Trace, Baste, Snip, & Stitch Your Way to Hand Reverse Appliqué & Appliqué
Margaret Willingham
Embellish/Paint
Pole Dancing—Arashi Shibori
Cindy Lohbeck
Stitch/Sew
Learning My Award-Winning Patterns from the Made in the South Awards with Garden and Gun
Mariana Barran
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5
10:00 a.m.-Noon
Quilt
The Joy Quilt Project – Advent Calendar Edition
Laurie Russman
Create
Demonstration and Presentation of Brazilian Embroidery
Mendie Cannon
Embellish/Paint
Designing and Stitching a Baltimore Album Block
Carol Mesimer
Stitch/Sew
Zippered Cases – Fast, Easy, and Useful!
RaNae Merrill
Noon-2:00 p.m.
Quilt
Fast and Fabulous Free-Motion Grids
Sue Heinz
Create
Wool Appliqué Basics
Catherine Redford
Embellish/Paint
Clover’s Design Pro Mat & Wonder Fuse
Carol Mesimer
Stitch/Sew
Baravelle Spiral Block – More than a Spiral and All Straight Lines
RaNae Merrill