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.

Play through Fowler's new book Foolproof Art Quilting: Color, Layer, Stitch, C&T Publishing. Explore different provided products (every color available, of course). Learn how to use a variety of tools for mark making on fabric. If you love your painting, start stitching. Not so much? Cut it up! This is truly a foolproof method for creating unique and colorful Art quilts. No need to invest in products, Fowler brings everything (including her new book). All you need is a paint shirt or apron and your imagination. www.katiefowler.net

Join Cynthia England and create one of her beautiful landscape designs. This "Tranquil Lake" design is made using the Picture Piecing technique she developed. Learn how to create a realistic picture using only straight line stitching. England shares tips and tricks to make the process not only doable, but enjoyable! www.englanddesign.com

Be inspired by a range of decorative edges which will make your quilts, wallhangings, and home furnishings really special. Sew samples and learn how to make straight and shaped facings, decorative rouleau trims, and a range of original Prairie Points. Learn how to support and hang irregular shaped quilts with reinforcement that is invisible from the front of the work. So much more interesting and inventive than the usual binding, this class will inspire your design choices up to the last stitch! www.quiltersquestiontime.com

Offering a second, different “Let Me Surprise You!” class. Just as much fun as #1, this time with a different kit designed just for Quilt Festival. This one is for those of you who just can’t get enough of these wonderful classes! Join Angotti for the kit, the laughs, and all the great times. www.charlotteangotti.com

Do you like machine quilting and love pictorial quilts but don't know where to start? Have you seen Arcenegui Bono's quilt "The Jump" and would you like to know how she did it? Do you want to know what her sources of inspiration are and what criteria she follows to choose them? In this class, learn how to bring an illustration to life and make it yours. Play with different colors of thread, adding a touch of color with pencils and markers, and adding volume with batting and quilting. www.crisarcbono.com

Learn to create beautiful land/seascapes using fabrics, threads, yarns, and ribbons instead of canvases, brushes, and paints. Judith Baker Montano teaches you to think like a painter and guides you through the process from fabric choices and fabric manipulation to free-form stitching. This one-of-a-kind Art piece is ready for framing. Freeform Stitching with Judith Baker Montano, C&T Publishing. www.judithbakermontano.com

While the name says for friends, you can keep it if you want to. This bouquet includes a bit of stumpwork to give the design a bit more dimensionality. "A Bouquet for Friends" uses all the basic Brazilian embroidery stitches plus some easy stumpwork techniques using five of the eight weights of EdMar Rayon Z Twist threads. www.bestitched.biz

Grid work is a MAGICAL thing! After learning to work with a grid, you'll be amazed how great your quilting will look! Learn many tips and tricks to acheive more than twenty impressive quilting designs, while making a sampler to take home. Come on, let's learn this MAGICAL technique! www.ninaquilts.com

In this practice class for confident beginners/intermediate level machine quilters, stitch interesting textures, divide spaces to create a stunning background, and transform a simple quilt into a masterpiece. www.fabiadiniz.com

This lap quilt is designed with just ONE block! It's where you put the colors that create the secondary and tertiary patterns! Learn how to use Triangles on a Roll to both stay organized and to quickly and accurately make half-square triangles. www.froghollowdesigns.com

Create a unique mandala using simple templates and fusible web. "The Seed of Life" incorporates all of the geometric shapes depicted in Sacred Geometry and brings them together into a symbolic and inspiring 30 inch wallhanging. www.morningglorydesigns.com

Learn collage the Laura Heine way! Learn about color and value while completing this 16 inch X 20 inch quilt. Enjoy the day cutting motifs and creating a one-of-a-kind quilt! Finishing techniques will also be covered! www.fiberworks-heine.com

Learn to create patterns for foundation piecing, everything from traditional blocks to pictorial quilts. Once you learn the Paper Police rules^©, design a block and a small pictorial quilt working from a photo. With these techniques, create blocks and quilts with extreme angles, sharp points, even the appearance of curves. www.danajonesquilts.com

Learn how to turn a multicolored face into a beautiful monochromatic quilt. Know how to work with colors and values without losing the feeling of volume and depth with a simple and fast technique. www.marinalandi.com.br

Does free-motion quilting on a home sewing machine scare you? Me too! Let's get fearless by stitching in the ditch, stitching straight lines and curves, and wait for it, feathers! Lucas covers all the things that make machine quilting a lot easier.

No more basic panel and border quilts! Turn that panel you fell in love with into something truly unique. Tips and tricks for success include discovering design inspiration, squaring up your selections, adding interesting block treatments and borders, and filling those pesky open spaces with patchwork or appliqué to create a truly special quilt. www.cedarridgequilting.com

The mechanics of the needleturn appliqué stitch will be diagrammed, demonstrated on large screen, and then practiced with direct one-on-one help by McElroy.  The project is designed specifically to provide all five elements of needleturn appliqué in order so no one in class is left behind. www.thatperfectstitch.net

Meet and manage the challenges of piecing with silk fabrics in this 6-hour class. Explore fabric choices and ways to identify fiber content. Learn two contrasting techniques; free, improvisational piecing and fabric foundation piecing that gives stability and ultra-precise results. Construct elements using these two techniques to make the start of a quilt or a pillow cover. www.juliamcleodquilts.com

Learn to draw, color, and sew each of the four types of spirals. Start with Nesting and Baravelle spirals in the morning. In the afternoon, try Point-to-Point and Pinwheel spirals. Then finish off with some basic design techniques for incorporating spirals into quilts. Along the way, learn how to select fabrics by color, value, and pattern, and pick up techniques for foundation piecing that make it easier than ever. Receive a pattern for a hotpad to make at home using your spiral blocks. Don't let the title scare you—spirals are actually much easier than they look! www.ranaemerrillquilts.com

Take the next step learning EQ8. Learn to draw or edit your own blocks to place in your quilt creations. Explore appliqué, stencils, and understand the three layers of the quilt in EQ8. Take a deep dive into borders and Auto Borders. Create personal libraries, use text and/or photos, and explore free-form quilt settings. By the end of the class, have the confidence to design your own beautiful blocks and quilts. Windows and Mac users welcome. www.lorimillerdesigns.com

Play with an "underpainting" in fabric. Create two identical still-lifes on a 12 inch background. One of these will be left as it is and the other will be cut up and fused to a background that will show through between the cuts. Learn to set up a strong still-life composition and how to change it into something really exciting and vibrant. www.katiepm.com

Learn eight plus beautiful and fun quilting designs while creating a lovely Wholecloth holiday stocking. By the end of the day, you'll have mastered these designs and can use them to enhance any of your other quilting projects. www.quintessentialquilting.com

Boost your appliqué IQ! Loaded with super practical tips and tricks, this workshop is a great class to learn or brush up on easy machine appliqué. While making the "Splendor" appliquéd wallhanging, learn a variety of different methods to prepare shapes for raw-edge and turned-edge machine appliqué as well as perfect an "unique appliqué stitch" during class. Along the way, learn how to use a variety of fun decorative stitches to texturize appliqués and gain the confidence needed to appliqué the day away! www.colourwerx.com

From Damour's newest book, Power Serge, experience a series of functional and beautiful techniques on the serger. Chosen for their popularity and versatility, this collection includes double piping, pintucks, zipper insertions, ruffles, pleats, and more. Plus a trunk show to jump-start the flow of ideas before you leave class! www.pamdamour.com

Crosshatching comes in many forms, from straight, curved, and wavy, to Modern. So where do you start? Join Hruska as she shows some creative ways to quilt crosshatching designs with ease. Quilt these designs on a border-style sampler. Leave the class with the confidence needed to try crosshatching on your next quilt project. www.forever-quilting.com

Take a modern approach to an ancient textile art in this fun and easy fabric dyeing class. Each student can expect to fold, clamp, and dye their way into a rich collection of bold and graphic Itajime Shibori patterns. This technique provides infinite variety with the reusable twelve-piece collection of Itajime resist templates. www.dyehardsstudio.com

Learn the ins and outs of straight-line quilting with templates!  Whether enhancing traditional blocks or creating modern patterns in negative space, be amazed at the myriad of designs you can create! Explore combining straight-line designs with free-motion for a truly custom feel. https://blog.amandamurphydesign.com/

Create a beautiful flower garden with fabric to bloom all year! Michele Crawford will share her tried and true tips and techniques for accurate rotary cutting, piecing, and pressing, to sew a 9 inch square template-free flower block. Learn how to set the blocks on point and add connecting triangles to make the 54 inch square quilt top. www.flowerboxquilts.com

Finding the right combination of quilting designs to harmonize together on a quilt can be challenging. Discover how just two simple shapes can be easily transformed into a variety of unique block, grid, triangle, linear and circular designs, and more. Simple shapes, stunning results, easy to master! www.sueheinz.com

Get the most out of your dress form utilizing the store bought patterns to fit your body. Take a store bought pattern and fit it directly to the body form. Learn the tips and tricks to adjust the pattern to your body shape with a dress form. The store bought pattern that has a horrible fit will become perfect with Vecchiarelli's techniques. www.frencheuropeaninc.com

Students of all levels will learn to combine an eclectic mix of laces, ribbons, beads, buttons, and flowers to embellish a padded Crazy pieced star (included in kit). Bring only fabric scissors to dissect laces, flowers, and trims to give your projects continuity. Shortcuts and tips with gluing will speed up the process which looks like you spent hours sewing! Lots of ideas to add to your other projects. May not be finished in class. Approximate size 12 inch X 12 inch. Charms sold separately.

This tiny book tells a story of the views from the English Countryside, with hills of green, cottage gardens, thatch roof houses, and much more! It's just like a fairy tale all stitched by hand in an enchanting little book! Many hand embroidery stitches will create the garden and countryside. In class, create one of the signature pages, but there will be instructions given to complete the fabric book. www.susanedmonsondesigns.com

The Kaleidoscope Block is relatively easy to make but, because of the design possibilities even advanced quilters can enjoy making Kaleidoscope quilts. The From Marti Michell Kaleido-Ruler includes guidelines for cutting all the pieces in the block in many sizes. Best of all, Marti Michell brings rulers to class for you to use. www.frommarti.com

Learn to use several digital apps for travel journals, art journals, and daily journals. Come home from travel or a conference with pages, booklets, or slideshows. These apps are magic! Or perhaps you want to start daily journaling. See Monday's suggestions and try out your own ideas. iPad or other tablet required. www.susiemonday.com

Learn all the techniques needed for successful whip stitch wool appliqué while working on a small design that can be finished into a pincushion or needle case. Add some embroidery for embellishment. Lots of tips and tricks will soon have you planning your next wool project! www.catherineredford.com

Working with Alcohol Ink is one of the hottest trends in all of crafting. Learn to create with this medium on special paper, a foil sheet, and a silk scarf to wear. Find that working with this medium is unpredictable, creatively amazing, and very addictive. www.onpoint-tv.com

Machine quilting can be fun with straight or curvy lines. Find out which patterns fit your ability and also enhance your quilt's design. Hands-on learning will make you more comfortable to work on your own projects at home. www.cindywalter.com

Free-motion floral designs are great as an over-all filler but sometimes all that open space is intimidating. What if you had some guide lines? Something to help you control the shape and size of your designs? Join Hruska in this hands-on class, as she teaches how to use stencils to create symmetrical floral designs and breaks down the four paths, for continuous quilting. www.forever-quilting.com

Create your own unique ice-dyed mega mandala in this #1 selling fabric dyeing class. Lohbeck's tips and tricks for manipulating and successfully dyeing huge pieces of fabric will have you feeling confident every step of the way. This colorful and exciting fabric dyeing technique will leave you with a curiosity for the magic of ice-dyeing with intent! www.dyehardsstudio.com

Circle and oval templates are wonderful quilting tools because of their versatility and ease of use. Learn how to use them to create MANY designs and variations. Then fill in the spaces created with a variety of beautiful free-motion motifs, all on a sit-down longarm! https://blog.amandamurphydesign.com/

Students need only bring fabric scissors to learn how easy it is to draft, cut, and glue a Crazy pieced block pattern. Learn to design, layout, and dissect laces and trims to achieve a rich look. Aging and over-dyeing laces and fabrics will be discussed. A lot of ideas to use your stash! 7 inch square before outer lace edge. Should be finished in class. Charms sold separately.

What DO you do with all those tiny leftover fabric scraps (a.k.a. "crumbs")? Create your own fabric through crumb quilting, then cut the strips for each block from your crumb quilted fabric! Machine quilt each strip by sewing ¼  inch multiple times on each side. Create any size quilt you want by adding more blocks horizontally or vertically! No scrap left behind! www.flowerboxquilts.com

Step into the world of serging with Pam Damour, as she shows how much fun and how easy sewing on a serger can be. Make three very easy projects on the serger while learning basic skills and techniques that will stay with you a lifetime. Your kits will have everything you need, so there's no prep required! www.pamdamour.com

This tiny book tells a story of an English Garden! It's just like a fairy tale all stitched by hand in an enchanting little book! Many hand embroidery & stumpwork stitches will create the garden and countryside. Use several types of hand-dyed fabrics for backgrounds and hillsides. In class, create one or two of the signature pages, with instructions given to complete the fabric book at home. www.susanedmonsondesigns.com

Move Mariner's Compass to the top of your "bucket list" with From Marti Michell acrylic templates. The sets are available in two finished size circles (14 inch and 20 inch). Each set contains six acrylic pieces carefully designed for you to easily make 16 point, 32 point, split point, halos, and fussy-cut variations of Mariner's Compass. www.frommarti.com

With an iPad or other tablet, Monday teaches how to make repeating designs and patterns, including seamless repeats by hand and digitally. This interactive workshop also introduces a number of pattern apps perfect for fabric & quilt design. www.susiemonday.com

An introductory class in walking foot quilting. Learn how to finish your quilts on a domestic machine while enjoying all the control of your walking foot. Start with a brief discussion on preparing your tops for quilting, including marking and basting. Then make stitched samples of different styles including matchstick quilting, grids, combined stitches, serpentines, and a basic spiral. Finish with a look at Redford's work to inspire you to go home and turn your tops into quilts. www.catherineredford.com

Design and create your own fabric, something no one else has. Learn to use paints, stencils, stamps, and other tools for monoprinted designs that you will be able to use in Art and Traditional quilts. No artist training needed! Using a gel press printing plate and paints, create complex fabric designs that are uniquely yours. These fabrics are a fabulous additional to your stash, ready to use the day they are printed. Totally permanent on fabrics. www.onpoint-tv.com

Learn about the newest notions for the quilting and fashion world combined. See over seventy-five notions and their greatest uses. The best part will come towards the end of the class where everyone will receive some of the notions demonstrated. Come join all the wonderful fun in learning how to use these notions! www.frencheuropeaninc.com

The right tools and step-by-step directions will take the mystery out of this time honored technique. Cindy Walter's experience from decades of teaching hand quilting will assure your success, and you might even find it relaxing. www.cindywalter.com