classes

This is a new class for Quilt Festival with a new mystery pattern and you get to bring your own fabric! There is homework before class—some cutting, some fabric to be collected, and excitement of something new anticipated. We will exchange batik strips to give us a pallet to pull from for our color wild card. Find a multi-colored batik fabric that will help tie all of this together. Playing with color is a major component in this class and Angotti will help you gain confidence as you sew. It is like magic. If you have taken this class before at your guild or with a group, this will be a different pattern. www.charlotteangotti.com 

Let's get creative! Using Dahlhausen's shapes for vases and flowers, be guided through the wool appliqué process and create your own composition. Instruction will be given to add some easy cotton accents.  Each student's work will look different due to the shapes, colors, and stitches used. The finished size is 12 inch x 16 inch. Examples of ways to finish the piece will be discussed. Wool is a forgiving and easily stitched fabric waiting for your creativity! www.felicequiltdesigns.com

Full title—Class—Modern Machine Quilting—Longarm Hands-On. Join this hands-on workshop designed for quilters ready to push their boundaries. Unleash your creativity and master the art of using rulers to create contemporary, intricate designs by quilting two provided panels. Be ready for a day of exploration, experimentation, and skill building. One person per machine, limited to 18 students. www.crisarcbono.com

Color in a line drawing of a landscape with oil pastel sticks, then add bits of printed fabrics to enhance the scene. Quilt some simple lines and end up with an impressionist scene. No artistic talent needed (you went to kindergaten, right). No drawing skill needed, but expect to learn about value, contrast, perspective, the rules of composition, and a new way of looking at fabric! Cullen will show some simple quilting patterns that enhance any landscape then you'll quilt them at home! They'll have to look close to determine if it's fabric or an oil painting! www.phylliscullenartstudio.com

Full title—Class—Lighthouse Quilt—Stationary Longarm Hands-On. In this practice class for confident beginners/intermediate level machine quilters, enjoy learning how to quilt the background using quilting grid patterns to create a unique secondary design that will showcase the focal point. One person per machine, limited to 12 students. www.fabiadiniz.com

Beep! Beep! Have fun making this lively Roadrunner! He is on the move through the flowering cactus. Made with the straight-line sewing technique that Cynthia England devised. Not a foundation technique. Sewing right sides together, no paper to pick out, and cheating is encouraged! www.englanddesign.com

Paint a quilt design on a board to be hung on a house, gate, porch, barn, etc. Dozens of quilt designs will be available to choose from. During the class, learn how to transfer and paint that design on a 2 foot x 2 foot MDO board. It is all taping and painting. No special artistic skills are needed. Also offered as 107 on Monday. Do not enroll for both. www.quiltblocktrail.com

Learn painterly or strip collage and floral collage while making these darling "Sewing Scissors." The finished collage can be mounted on a canvas or bound with traditional binding. This is a must for your sewing room! www.fiberworks-heine.com

Learn Marina Landi's tricks by creating this cute "Cat"! With a kit specially prepared for this class, you will be able to finish it in class. Make another one at home with the remainder of your kit. www.marinalandi.com.br

You can do this! Learn to free-motion quilt in a supportive and fun atmosphere. Follow along in this hands-on process and learn five beautiful and fun motifs to put on your own quilts using your domestic machine. Imagine being able to quilt your own quilts! www.quiltskipper.com

Full title—Class—EQ8—I Want to Learm More—Computer Hands-On. 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, photos, and explore free-form quilt settings. By the end of the class, have the confidence to design your own beautiful blocks and quilts. The perfect followup to the #110 Class—"EQ8—Start at the Beginning" class.  Windows and Mac users welcome. www.lorimillerdesigns.com

Full title—Class—No Rules, Just Pleasure!—Stationary Longarm Hands-On. You have your image completed...and now comes the quilting. Nothing more liberating than getting rid of straight lines and rules. Loosen your muscles and add movement to your quilting. Echoing is the most powerful way to create texture in quilting, creating visual impact. Use a simple design that gives visual rhythm rather than relying on seeing the thread. A fun and light class, where we won't miss sparkle, as we will be working with satin. Come shine and play with our Bernina Q-Series longarm sit-down table. www.instagram.com/estelamota.patch

Collage without any specific pattern or design. The abstract result will be created by following organically grown lines in colors and the connections these colors can make. The class is all about grouping and blending of colors using a collage technique. Finishing options (to be done at home) will be discussed. www.carlymul.com

An awesome opportunity to learn another of Claudia Pfeil's award-winning sewing techniques. This is a totally unique class with fearless free-cutting methods even with difficult material like silk, so don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity. We will create different styles of leaves (straight/spikey and round/organic). This class is a perfect combination with the class #316 Class—"Crazy Blooming" to use all techniques in one quilt. https://claudiapfeil.de

Karen Stone's “Cinco de Mayo” quilt set the standard for contemporary interpretations of traditional designs. Enjoy a day of color work, paper foundation piecing technique, curved piecing (and alternatives), and the variations that make this quilt unique. www.karenkstonequilts.com

Full title—Class—Carve, Stamp, Color—Stamp Making with Lisa Thorpe. Create your own pattern stamps to use again and again on fabric and paper. Thorpe will teach how to carve both simple and elaborate repeat pattern blocks to use as focal points or borders in your fabric art and quilting. Learn how to colorize your designs using Derwent Inktense colored pencils making the design possibilities endless with the unique and personal stamp blocks. The morning will be devoted to designing and carving up to six repeat pattern blocks in three sizes. Then the afternoon we will be printing and learning to color on fabric with the Dewent Inktense pencils to cap off the day. Want a preview?  These techniques were featured on Quilting Arts TV, episode #3012. www.lisathorpe.com

Learn the basic techniques of needle felting. The course will be split into two parts. First, Tronchoni will briefly introduce the technique of needle felting and teach different ways of transfering a picture onto felt. Then embark on the actual felting project which has been pre-printed onto a piece of felt. www.sunpatchspain.com

Have you heard that curves are hard to piece? They're not hard. If you are a beginner, now is the time to learn. If you are an experienced quilter, but afraid of curves, this is the class for you. Conquer your fear! A simple two-pin method for piecing will be thoroughly demonstrated. Learn to love your curves! www.stripsandcurves.com

Can paper become cloth? Can it be used as fabric? Certainly! Explore Japanese paper manipulation techniques in this process workshop. Create a variety of layered papers with "Konnyaku" starch. "Momigami" presents a folding/kneading process. Many examples will be presented using kozo, rice paper, and easily accessible papers such as napkins, newspaper, old dress patterns, and book pages. Be inspired by the possibilities of Japanese paper manipulation. There will be no finished product. www.bethcunningham.com

This beautiful quilt looks hard, but is sew easy! Great for stash busting! Perfect piecing and a flat, stable quilt top are the results with EasyPiecing Grid^™. Finishes 87 inches x 78 inches before border, or make two smaller quilts. www.tensisters.com

Full title—Class—Shedding Light on Machine Reverse Appliqué—Summer Sun. Come out of the dark and into the light with Trace, Snip, Iron, and Stitch the Eye of the Beholder way. Learn this easy four-step method as you make the shining Summer Sun block (10 inches square) from their newest quilt, “Solstice & Equinox”. This method makes it simple to stitch by machine and so simple to get graceful curves and crisp inside and outside points. www.eobquiltdesign.com

Join Baker Montano to learn basic Victorian embroidery stitches used in Crazy Quilts and traditional stitching. The class covers Featherstitch, Herringbone, Chevron, Cretan, Buttonhole, Lazy Daisy, French knot, and Colonial knot.  Learn three silk ribbon stitches—Iva's Rose, Judith's Curled Leaf, and Fargo Flower. She teaches how to combine stitches to create the beautiful Victorian Crazy Quilt designs. Judith Baker Montano's Essential Stitch Guide, C & T Publishing. www.judithbakermontano.com

Full Title—Class—Beginning English Paper Piecing (EPP). You'll learn how to cut out, glue baste, and hand sew the hexagon pieces together. EPP is relaxing, portable, fun, and creative. You're going to love this technique! There are so many different designs you can make with EPP that are hard any other way. Come join this creative trend! The kit has everything you need other than your thimble and thread snips. There will be a cutting mat and rotary cutter for you to use in class. www.ninaquilts.com

Create a small fabric collage of a red Cardinal and begin work on hand-stitching it to a background. This Christmas-themed collage will work as a stand alone project or could be used as a block in a Christmas-themed quilt. The project is a good intro to collage. www.janehaworth.com

Full title—Class—Quilting Design Decoded—Choosing with Confidence. Have you ever wondered how experienced quilters choose the designs they include on their quilts? They make it look so easy! Join Hruska to demystify the process, learn invaluable techniques and thought processes, and gain the confidence to select and implement the perfect quilting designs for your projects. Bring your quilt tops for discussion during this lecture and drawing class. www.forever-quilting.com

Let your hand quilting tell the story. Use heavier weight, colored threads to stitch a Fantasy Garden design. Experiment quilting with and without a hoop while learning all of Sarah Maxwell’s tips and tricks for creating a story in stitches. www.designsbysarahj.com

A fun and liberating way to use your fabric scraps. The charm and appeal of Fragments comes from the spontaneous way they are created. There is no measuring, no cutting mistakes, and no piecing. By ignoring all the old rules and letting unexpected combinations in color, pattern, and scale occur, bring a freshness and magic to your quilting practice. Learn how to transfer photos and words onto fabric with the images Lesley Riley provides, while learning or brushing up on your composition skills. Individual attention will be given to each student with an emphasis on combining fabrics, using color and composition to create eye-catching design and stunning works of fiberart. Create one to three ready-to-sew collages. Beginners are welcome and encouraged. Seasoned quilters will gain a whole new perspective on color and composition. www.lesleyriley.com

Let's take a Traditional Quilt block and remix it! Stretch the block, shrink it, add lines, take away lines, or layer it to come up with something completely new. The interactive class will include an informative and inspiring lecture, along with hands-on exercises to lead you through the design process. Relax—we are going to design with pencil and paper only! www.tamarinis.com

Using our unique iron-on leave-in custom-cut appliqué paper templates, learn all the tips and tricks to appliqué your own cushion or mini quilt the easy HNK way using turned-edge appliqué by hand or machine. Learn curves, circles, tips and points, bias stems, and each step of the gluestick appliqué method. We will be doing this by hand in class, preparing the shapes, basting into position, and learning the hand appliqué stitch. Complete the appliqué and the construction and quilting of your project at home. Stubbings will talk through the machine appliqué process during class for those who are interested. www.wequilt.com.au

Full title—Class—Get the Most Out of Store Patterns with a Body Form. 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. The class will work in teams to create an avant-garde look. www.frencheuropeaninc.com

Hone your serging skills as you construct a basic t-shirt. In this class, learn the flat construction method—the fastest and easiest way to construct a t-shirt. Be amazed at how simple it really is. Also learn an elegant and easy way to hem the neckline, sleeves, and hem of the t-shirt using a Coverstitch. This hem can also be sewn with a traditional sewing machine. www.katrinawalker.com

Get excellent results with walking foot quilting! Learn how to prepare your quilt and set up your machine. Make samples of straight-line quilting, stitch-in-the-ditch, freehand curved lines, spiral quilting, and quilting with special stitches. Also learn to stitch short perfectly straight lines without marking. www.carolquilts.com

If you've ever wanted to try a mini-quilt, then this is for you! So fun and simple with EasyPiecing Grid^™. Get great points every time. Cut 1 inch squares for an amazing ½ inch finished! Finishes 18 inches x 18 inches before border. It can be made smaller or bigger very easily. Great confidence builder on color and design. www.tensisters.com

Spend an afternoon with Swan Sheridan and learn a variety of label making methods, using appliqué, Inktense, archival markers, and more! Take home loads of information on how to make your own label a special work of art to accent your quilt, as well as the specific details every quilt label should have. Swan Sheridan will guide you through the process of testing archival markers, painting with Inktense, and playing with various embellishments. www.swanamity.com

Full title—Class—Machine Quilt Geometric Designs without Marking—One Line at a Time. This workshop will teach you designs, many of them of Sashiko origin, which Andersen developed on a silk quilt that she did not want to launder, therefore marking the quilt was undesirable. Using tools and techniques practice four to five quilting patterns from her books, One Line at a Time and One Line at a Time Encore. www.cwaquilts.com

Create a charming cottage landscape by painting on fabric and adding a garden of silk ribbon and thread embroidery stitches. This wonderful art project can be framed or incorporated into a quilting/Crazy Quilt project. This is a fast and satisfying project for those exploring mixed-media. Crazy Quilt Handbook, 3rd. Edition, page 89. www.judithbakermontano.com

Learn how slow stitching with hand piecing can put found moments to work. Y-Seams are easy by hand. This lovely block is useful in many designs including Stars. Put your scraps to use. www.bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com

Full title—Class—Fussy Cutting for English Paper Piecing. English Paper Piecing (EPP) is the perfect place to play with fussy cutting to create effortless beautiful designs. Clotfelter will show tips and tricks to make it easier to achieve the perfect cut each time. Be amazed at how fun and rewarding this is! The class kit has everything you need...just come and have fun learning this new skill! www.ninaquilts.com

An introduction to fabric collage, “Zinnias and Stitch” is a small colorful project. The project is about 12 inches and is perfect for adding simple hand stitching. As time allows, Haworth will demonstrate some of the options for hand stitching but the project can be finished at home. www.janehaworth.com

Discover the creative possibilities that can be achieved when you start with a foundation of grid lines and add in beautiful artistic designs. By laying down a grid you now know where to place, position, and scale all the elements of the design. In this drawing class, learn designs for squares, triangles, diamonds, curvy grids, and more. Create incredible texture in your next quilt by adding some of these grid-based designs. www.forever-quilting.com

Start your own Stordalen Garden quilt. Learn the process of turned-edge appliqué using Stubbings' unique and simple method by making one block from her “Stordalen Garden Quilt-As-You-Go” quilt. Laser-cut papers for the block will be included in your kit for a quick start in class. Choose your own fabrics or order a kit. You can also upgrade to the full kit, papers, and pattern. Learn the complete process from preparation to appliquéing by machine. Some pre-class prep required. Do the prep and gluebasting in class, ready for machine or hand appliquéing at home. Stubbings will demonstrate both methods in class and has videos to assist for further help at home. www.wequilt.com.au

Whether you are just getting started making quilt tops or you would like to elevate your piecing skills to blue-ribbon status, this class is a must! With easy lessons and plenty of "Aha!" moments, this seemingly simple project class will teach you helpful practices to incorporate into your own sewing skills. www.davidtaylorquilts.com

Learn about the newest notions for the quilting and fashion world combined. See over seventy-five notions and their greatest use. These specialty sewing notions are all used in the sewing room for “Dancing with the Stars” and “Disney”. The best part will come towards the end of class where everyone will receive some of the notions demonstrated. Join all the wonderful fun in learning how to use these notions! www.frencheuropeaninc.com

Have a serger but haven't taken it out of the box? Serger curious? Started serging but needing more confidence? This is the class for you! Learn all about sergers—how they work, how to use them, and what stitches are best for which projects. Practice threading a serger, starting and securing seams, and learn how to use special serger tools like differential feed as you create a reference notebook to take home. This class is specially designed for those with very little or no serger experience to gain skills and confidence. Taught by the author of Serger 101: A Field Guide, C & T Publishing. www.katrinawalker.com

Accurate rotary cutting creates the fabric shapes that make precision piecing possible. Learn to use the rotary cutter safely and effectively. In class, cut fabric in a variety of shapes and sizes, learn basic rotary cutter math, how to use fabric efficiently as you cut, and how to square up a quilted top. www.carolquilts.com