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100. MASTER CLASS—MACHINE REVERSE APPLIQUÉ IS FAST AND FUN!

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Margaret Willingham

$20

Thursday

10-11:30 AM

De-mystify with knowledge and skill, finding the FUN and EASE of machine reverse appliqué done the Eye of the Beholder way. See step-by-step demos of Eye of the Beholder's trace, snip, iron, and stitch process for machine reverse appliqué, and get pointers on how to satin stitch like a pro. Learn and see satin stitch techniques to stitch sharp outside points without "x-es", crisp corners and smooth curves with no gaps.

Explore some unique creative possibilities that come with reverse appliqué by machine and discuss why Willingham chose the fusible and stabilizer she uses. There will be lots of opportunity to get your questions answered. Willingham will demonstrate using the Snowflake A block from Eye of the Beholder's Twinkling Flurries Quilt pattern and Fleur de Lis pattern. www.eobquiltdesign.com

102. LECTURE—PLAYING WITH PIXELS—USING IMAGE EDITING APPS TO INSPIRE NEW WORK

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MJ Kinman

$10

Thursday

10-10:50 AM

Join MJ Kinman as she demonstrates how to use image-editing apps to discover inspiration for new quilt designs. In this lively presentation, she'll use Photoscape, a free online app, to manipulate images of spectacular gems in a myriad of ways, transforming them into intriguing sources of inspiration. www.mjkinman.com

103. LECTURE—AHA! TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FOR PERFECTING YOUR QUILTING

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Carol Wilhoit

$10

Thursday

10-10:50 AM

Aha! is an expression of satisfaction or triumph. It's how Wilhoit feels when she identifies a better technique as she stitches. Wilhoit has been gathering ideas throughout her 40 years as a quilter and will share these tips for precision piecing and for simplifying and improving your quilting. www.carolquilts.com

105. LECTURE—PANEL PALOOZA

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Cyndi McChesney

$10

Thursday

11:30 AM-12:20 PM

Journey through how McCheshney works with panels in unique and creative ways. Discover how to work with different styles of panels, where to find design ideas, and how to make the most of those panels you love! www.cedarridgequilting.com

107. MASTER CLASS—STASH BUSTING FASHION PIECING

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Rae Cumbie

$20

Thursday

NOON-1:30 PM

Do you have a collection of vintage Kimono, treasured cottons, or other fine fabrics, but none large enough to make a complete garment? Take a look at four piecing techniques that will have you designing and sewing up your stash into wearable art garments for today's casual lifestyle. www.fitforartpatterns.com

108. MASTER CLASS—ANIMAL PORTRAITS
LIVE VIEWING ONLY

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Esterita Austin

$20

Thursday

Noon-1:30 PM

There is nothing like the expression of unconditional love from your best friend. In this master class you can follow along as Esterita Austin demonstrates how to create an expressive portrait from cotton (or any) fabric. Live Viewing Only. www.esteritaaustin.com

110. LECTURE—MODERN CELTIC—BIAS AND BEYOND

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Scarlett Rose

$10

Thursday

1:30-2:20 PM

Bias tape is best known in Celtic knotwork or stained glass appliqué, but it has also been discovered and creatively utilized by modern and art quilters. See some incredible quilts where bias tape plays a unique role in their stunning designs. www.scarlettrose.com

112. MASTER CLASS—IMPROV FABRIC MADE EASY

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Shannon Roudhán & Jason Bowlsby

$20

Thursday

2-3:30 PM

Quilters! Let go of pre-made and pre-printed fabrics and start creating your own textiles to use in your projects. Be the envy of everyone in the your guild! If you have a basic machine, random fabric from your stash, and thread, you have what it takes to make Improv FABric. www.shannonandjason.com

114. LECTURE—MAKING NEGATIVE A POSITIVE

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Jane Hauprich

$10

Thursday

2-2:50 PM

Everyone is afraid of negative space and how to quilt it. Let Hauprich share with you her methods for quilting negative space. She has developed a plan through trial and error that enables her to have fun with negative space instead of fearing it. www.stitchbystitchcustomquilting.com

116. LECTURE—COLOR PLAY—CREATE SPARKLE, GLOW, & TRANSPARENCY IN YOUR QUILTS

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MJ Kinman

$10

Thursday

3-3:50 PM

Over the course of the last 25 years, MJ Kinman has learned a thing or two about how to achieve sparkle, glow, and transparency in her signature gem quilts. Learn how to use value and saturation contrast to bring drama to your work, regardless of your inspiration. www.mjkinman.com

118. LECTURE—USING PAINTED TYVEK IN ART QUILTS

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Lauretta Crites

$10

Thursday

3:30-4:20 PM

Mailing envelopes could become your new favorite "fabric.".This amazing material can be painted, textured, and manipulated in a myriad of ways to create dimensional embellishments, mimic paper, metal, and much more. Get all the how-to steps plus tons of inspiration to try this distinctive form of up-cycling.  www.laurettacrites.com/gallery

120. MASTER CLASS—LAYERS AND LINES—HOW TO CREATE A QUILTING DESIGN

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RaNae Merrill

$20

Thursday

4-5:30 PM

"How do I decide what quilting designs to put where on my quilt?" Merrill will discuss story, personality, layers, contrast, and much more as she explores the answer to that question. Examples from beginners to masters will be shown. www.freemotionmasteryinamonth.com

122. LECTURE—TRAVELING TEXTILE INSPIRATIONS

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Lisa Walton

$10

Thursday

4:30-5:20 PM

Once an obsessive traveler and now limited to virtual travel, Walton shares her experiences all over the world and shows how she has been inspired to create beautiful textile art. From thousands of photos to selected snippets of inspiration, you will never look at your travel photos the same way again. www.lisawaltonartist.com

124. FREE EVENT—LECTURE—QUILTS AND QUILT TRIPS

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Katie Pasquini Masopust

$0

Thursday

6-7:15 PM

Not necessarily your normal slide lecture. This one is a combination of slides from Pasquini Masopust's quilting trips, the unusual things she found there, and the beautiful quilts from quilters all over. A more humorous look at the world from a quilter's point of view. www.katiepm.com

FRIDAY

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200. MASTER CLASS—LUMINOUS PAINTED ILLUSIONS
LIVE VIEWING ONLY

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Esterita Austin

$20

Friday

10-11:30 AM

Transfer original imagery onto Organza using any medium. This process is unlike any other painting and monoprinting process. It is not a reverse process...what you see is what you get. This makes it a breeze to incorporate the written word and numbers. Esterita Austin will show you step-by-step how she arrives at her finished pieces. Live viewing only.  www.esteritaaustin.com

202. LECTURE—JUST CUT THE SCRAP
LIVE VIEWING ONLY

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Michele Crawford

$10

Friday

10-10:50 AM

What DO you do with all your scraps? Become a frugal and "green" quilter by using your scraps and making quilts! Learn Crawford's "formula," the more the merrier (fabric that is), to create quilts using Color Value to offer contrast, depth, and movement in your quilts! Crawford will present an informational and inspirational PowerPoint presentation of various types of scrap quilts along with a trunk show of her own original scrap quilts. Her mantra is "No scrap left behind!" Live viewing only. www.flowerboxquilts.com

203. LECTURE—CREATING COLOR PALETTES PRESENTATION

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Tara Faughnan

$10

Friday

10-10:50 AM

Drawing on 20 years of experience in quilting and textile design, Faughnan will share some of her approaches to pulling color palettes together and discuss the importance of value and proportion to the overall look of the quilt. She will also delve into the mystery of why a beautiful palette can fall apart as soon as you cut into it and begin to sew. The presentation ends with a & A session. www.tarafaughnan.com

205. LECTURE—HOW SHOULD I QUILT THIS?

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Jane Hauprich

$10

Friday

11:30 AM-12:20 PM

This is the #1 question that quilters ask. Don't let those quilt tops hang in the closet any longer. Let Hauprich take you through the process of developing a plan for quilting your quilts. www.stitchbystitchcustomquilting.com

207. MASTER CLASS—THE GREAT RUB OFF

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Jennifer Stern Hasemann

$20

Friday

NOON-1:30 PM

Do you have something hanging in your closet that you wish you had more than one of? Or, maybe you got a stain on your favorite tee. Stern Hasemann will show you how to clone your ready-to-wear! Use Rub Off techniques in class to create pattern pieces without the need to cut about the garment.   There are two ways to Rub Off a garment. For simple things like sleeveless tees and straight skirts, how to use the Paper Rub Off Method will be demonstrated. This involves pinning your garment to paper and tracing around the edges. For more complicated garments with sleeves and style lines, Stern Hasemann will show how to use the Pattern Ease (or Muslin) Rub Off Method. Not all garments are easily copied. Learn how to make pattern pieces that are ready to sew. Plus discover which garments and fabrics are easier to work with and result in more accurate pattern pieces. www.jsterndesigns.com

208. MASTER CLASS—GEMSTONE QUILTS—HOW TO TRANSFORM GORGEOUS JEWELS INTO SPARKLING QUILTS

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MJ Kinman

$20

Friday

NOON-1:30 PM

Kinman will demonstrate how to create your own sparkling quilt block. Start with auditioning gems and identify their faceting patterns. Learn how to make your gem sparkle and glow. Understand how fabrics impact gem "clarity." Decipher the codes to help you piece with confidence. Then learn tips for assembling your gem block. www.mjkinman.com

210. LECTURE—PAGTINABANGAY—THE QUILTS AND QUILTMAKERS OF CAOHAGAN ISLAND
LIVE VIEWING ONLY

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Dana Jones

$10

Friday

1:30-2:20 PM

Be transported to a tiny island in the central Philippines as you enjoy images, stories and loads of colorful quilts of Caohagan Island. Jones will introduce the unique techniques developed by the island's 100-plus quiltmakers whose tools are simply fabric, scissors, needle, and thread. Live Viewing Only. www.danajonesquilts.com

212. MASTER CLASS—REVERSIBLE PIECEWORK—POJAGI STYLE!

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Katrina Walker

$20

Friday

2-3:30 PM

Learn how easy it is to create beautiful reversible single-layer piecework. Inspired by traditional Korean pojagi/bojagi piecework, this class teaches simple machine-sewn seaming techniques for creating your own modern translation of the historic textile art form. www.katrinawalker.com

214. LECTURE—GET TO KNOW YOUR SERGER

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Gail Yellen

$10

Friday

2-2:50 PM

No matter what brand or model serger you own, the basic parts are the same and perform the same function. Stitch finger? Upper looper? Differential feed? Let's take the mystery out of theses amazing machines and their components as we tour a serger from top to bottom. Gain a new level of confidence on your very next serger project! www.gailpatrice.com

216. LECTURE—SHOOT YOUR QUILT

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Trudy Cleveland

$10

Friday

3-3:50 PM

Learn the why, how, and when to photograph your quilts. Use your smartphone to get professional looking quilt images. This lecture is full of tips and useful advice that you can apply to your quilt photography. Cleveland will go over the five essential images that should be taken of every quilt and how to get great results. www.trudycleveland.com

218. MASTER CLASS—FANTASTIC FUSION

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Lisa Walton

$20

Friday

4-5:30 PM

No sewing is required to create a unique quilt top. All fabric is fused in place and then the quilting holds it together. Learn to cut with no rulers, create your own original quilt, and open up a new world of possibilities with this improvisational technique. www.lisawaltonartist.com

220. LECTURE—ALL ABOUT FABRIC DYEING

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Lynn Koolish

$10

Friday

4-4:50 PM

Learn how easy it is to dye your own fabrics and how to use them for quilting and other fiber art projects. A fabric-dyer for over 20 years, Koolish presents a non-technical view of the dyeing process and using hand-dyed fabrics in fiber art. www.lynnkoolish.com

222. LECTURE—CONQUER YOUR FEAR OF FREE-MOTION QUILTING

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Kim Jamieson-Hirst

$10

Friday

4:30-5:20 PM

Get over your fear of free-motion quilting and start enjoying this creative technique. Jamieson-Hirst addresses the reasons behind this fear and how to overcome it so you can start enjoying free-motion quilting. Information and tips on setting up your sewing machine and the best motifs for beginners are included. www.chatterboxquilts.com

SATURDAY

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300. MASTER CLASS—CREATING WITH DERWENT INKTENSE PENCILS—PAINTING A SIMPLE APPLE

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Nancy Prince

$20

Saturday

10-11:30 AM

Have you purchased Derwent Inktense pencils and have no idea what to do with them? These pencils are simple even if this is your first venture. First the apple is penciled, then the magic begins when a paint brush and Prince's fantastic fabric medium transforms the penciled apple into a colorful work of art. Join Prince for loads of fun! www.nancyprince.com

302. LECTURE—SIMPLIFIED TWO-FABRIC BARGELLO QUILTS

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Ruth Ann Berry

$10

Saturday

10-10:50 AM

Learn how to design and construct a two-fabric bargello quilt that makes beautiful use of an ombré fabric and a coordinating print. Use minimal measuring and marking to create a fast and fun project with dozens of design possibilities. www.quiltersclinic.com

303. LECTURE—HOW TO WRANGLE YOUR SCRAPS

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Kim Jamieson-Hirst

$10

Saturday

10-10:50 AM

Fabric scraps, we all have them and they can sometimes overwhelm our studios. Jamieson-Hirst offers suggestions on how to organize, sort, and store your fabric scraps so they'll be ready to use in your next project. Examples of scrap quilt projects will be shown. www.chatterboxquilts.com

305. LECTURE—SYMMETRY & SURPRISE—THE KALEIDOSCOPE AS DESIGN INSPIRATION

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Paula Nadelstern

$10

Saturday

11:30 AM-12:20 PM

KALEIDOSCOPE—the very word promises surprise and magic, change and chance. Exploding with visual excitement, a kaleidoscopic design organizes an abundance of color and shape into a complex and coherent whole. Nadelstern showcases some of the forty-five quilts in her KALEIDOSCOPIC series. www.paulanadelstern.com

307. MASTER CLASS—MAKE A COLORPOP QUILT

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Lynn Koolish

$20

Saturday

NOON-1:30 PM

This is the perfect Improv starter quilt! Pick a color and use free-form/improvisational piecing to create a small quilt top. Learn how to free-cut without a ruler, free-sew straight-line and easy curved seams, work on a design wall, and thoughtfully analyze how your quilt is progressing using a few basic design principles. www.lynnkoolish.com

308. MASTER CLASS—QUILTING FOR SHOW

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Kristin Vierra

$20

Saturday

NOON-1:30 PM

Ever wonder what makes one quilt a winner over another? Interested in competing with quilts of your own, but unsure where to begin? Vierra will share numerous tricks of the trade to help you produce a competition worthy quilt. Cover everything from what the judges look for to how to take the best pictures to help your quilt get juried into a show. Vierra will also discuss how to decide which quilts are suitable for different shows and how to wade through the paperwork involved in entering each show. Actual judging sheets from shows and a virtual trunk show of award winning quilts will be included. www.quilterontherun.com

310. LECTURE—MAKING TEXTILE PAPER-CREPE POPPIES

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Grace Errea

$10

Saturday

1:30-2:20 PM

See the process of making a quilt from the beginning with a photo, to the very end where the quilt is ready for hanging. Walk through Errea's collage with templates. Choose the fabrics with the guidance of Errea's value technique. Make the fabric shapes, put them together, choose the background, quilt the quilt, and finally, edge the quilt in a professional manner. www.amazingquiltsbygrace.com

312. MASTER CLASS—DIGITAL FABRICS—PAINTING ON THE IPAD

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Traci Bautista

$20

Saturday

2-3:30 PM

Create digital artwork from sketches, doodles, and paintings! Turn your art into patterns using Procreate to create custom fabrics for your art quilts. Learn how to create a digital brush and a simple freestyle pattern. Bautista will talk about printing and share samples on inkjet fabric sheets, iron-on transfers, and Spoonflower. www.treicdesignsdigitals.com

314. LECTURE—MASTERING BAG HARDWARE

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Pam Damour

$10

Saturday

2-2:50 PM

The difference between custom-made and handmade is in the hardware when it comes to bags. Join Damour as she shows how to install metal feet, make adjustable straps, insert wallet frames, and more, in this fun and informative lecture. It's time to kick it up a notch with great looking bags! www.pamdamour.com

316. LECTURE—PAINTING WITH CLOTH

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Katie Pasquini Masopust

$10

Saturday

3-3:50 PM

Pasquini Masopust shows her development from early painting through traditional quilts up to the present contemporary wall quilts including her early Traditional quilts, Mandalas, 3-Dimensional quilts, Isometric quilts, Fractured Landscapes, Ghost Layers and Color Washes, and new more abstract pieces. Includes inspirations, funny stories, mistakes and foul-ups, and design techniques. Q&A session to follow. www.katiepm.com

318. LECTURE—ALL THE SECRETS OF ICE-DYEING

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Cheryl Kuczek

$10

Saturday

3:30-4:20 PM

Use ice-dyeing to transform vintage table cloths, runners, and plain natural fiber fabrics into true works of art. The results are nothing short of amazing, using incredible colorways and learning to understand how different fibers and wovens react with this technique. Ice-dyeing allows the powder dye to separate out into an array of colors used to make one shade. Many examples of ice-dyeing results with different fabric contents and weaves will be shown! www.paradisodesigns.com

320. CREATIVE VARIETY FORUM

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Teri Hall

Kim Jamieson-Hirst

Margarita Korioth

RaNae Merrill

Cecile Whatman

$20

Saturday

4-5:30 PM

See what this exciting event is all about! Five artists from the Virtual Quilt Festival faculty will present in this Forum. Each will give a 15-minute digital presentation or a show-and-tell of their particular expertise as they demonstrate their topic listed below. Then spend the last 15-minutes receiving answers to your questions. Download a booklet consisting of a handout from each presenter. Come away with new ideas, information on products and processes, and lots of enthusiasm.  

Teri Hall—Quick Tips for Using Mylar in Appliqué
Mylar has been successfully used for years with machine embroidery to replace metallic threads. Imagine what you can create when you use it to replace some of the fabric in your appliqué projects! www.2manylizards.com

Kim Jamieson-Hirst—Get Out of the Ditch—and Into Free-Motion Quilting
Learn how to push past your fear of free-motion quilting and start your journey with this creative technique. If you're tired of stitching in the ditch and are looking to jump out of it, Jamieson-Hirst will discuss the best first steps to get you free-motion quilting. www.chatterboxquilts.com

Margarita Korioth—Faux Bleached Painted Cloth
Add texture and design to your painted fabric by using a binder and aloe vera gel. When the paint dries, these lighter designs will magically appear and reminisce of bleached patterns in the cloth. This results in a soft fabric ready to be applied to your quilting project. www.margascrafts.blogspot.com

RaNae Merrill—Free-Motion Mastery in 30-Days . . . or 30-Minutes
Learning free-motion quilting can be easy when you practice the right way. Learn a new design in just 30-minutes or master free-motion quilting in 30-days with these simple daily exercises. www.freemotionmasteryinamonth.com

Cecile Whatman—Appliqué with Specialty Fabric
Did you know that you can appliqué with fabrics other than cotton? Try some velvet, silk, burlap, wool, satins, and sheers. Why would you do that? Mixing your texture changes the way the light hits and reflects off the fabric, allowing dimension, depth, and movement; all without any extra work. www.textiletransitions.com.au

322. LECTURE—PREVENTING SEWING-RELATED EYESTRAIN AND UPPER BODY TENSION

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MaryBetts Sinclair

$10

Saturday

4:30-5:20 PM

How quilters use their eyes and their bodies when sewing can create great tension and strain in the eyes, neck, and back, and often creates a round-shouldered posture. Most of us also spend hours hunched over cell phones, or with the head far forward while we use a computer or read a tablet in bed. Learn strategies to alleviate headaches, eyestrain, and tight muscles, including how to relax and relieve the eyes, when and how to take breaks, proper ergonomic and lighting, stretching and strengthening. www.marybettssinclair.com

324. LECTURE—SO WHAT IS THREAD PAINTING ALL ABOUT?

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Nancy Prince

$10

Saturday

5-5:50 PM

With 20 plus years of making thread painted quilts and teaching to anyone that will listen, there is a story to tell surrounding Prince's quilts. Prince will demonstrate her thread painting techniques, share some fun and humorous stories, and present a virtual trunk slide show with stories of quilts from her first thread painted quilt to her latest competitive quilt. www.nancyprince.com

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