Twenty-four Festival teachers at separate tables around the room offer continuous demonstrations of particular techniques and methods. Enrollees circulate around the room informally and receive a booklet consisting of a handout from each participating teacher.

Ruth Ann Berry—Shortcuts to 3-D Quilts
Creating the illusion of 3-D with color, value, and contrast just got easier. Using a new measuring technique, 3-D quilts can be built in columns of measured strips with 60 degree cut ends. This new updated cutting and constructing method eliminates the need to sew a long series of identical triangles. www.quiltersclinic.com

Barbara Black—Work Faster, Not Harder
Learn a variety of tips and tricks that will speed up your quiltmaking. From how to use charm squares for FAST Nine Patches to making six different blocks from only four cuts. You will wonder "Why didn't I think of that?"! www.bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com

Kim Brownell—Fabric Scrap Fun
Have a bin full of fabric scraps hanging around? Make fabric clusters. Use them to adorn notecards, embellish your quilts, make them into brooches or barrettes, and anything else that you can think of. Make them wherever you go, they're very portable. Betcha can't make just one! www.thewackydoodlequilter.com

Nina Clotfelter—How to Combine Multiple Quilting Designs Together
Combining quilting designs together adds a lot of interest to your quilt. This also adds texture. Have fun learning which designs work well together, how to choose designs to go together, and how to make it work. www.ninaquilts.com

Tina Craig—Fussy Cutting with the Wonder Window
Tina developed the Wonder Window as an aid for fussy cutting any shape for English Paper Piecing. Using materials you may already have on hand, it eliminates the need to purchase an acrylic template for each shape. The technique is especially exciting on fabric with mirror-image motifs. www.seaside-stitches.com

Jaimie Davis—Dynamic Details—Designing with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Explore ways to "paint" on fabric with Derwent Inktense pencils. Whether you want to paint a whole quilt or just add shadows and highlights to existing fabrics, these pencils are a versatile, clean, and easy-to-use way to add dynamic details to your projects. Derwent Inktense pencils are watercolor pencils in strong, vibrant colors which work beautifully on their own or can be mixed together to create rich or subtle tones. They can be used either dry for rich intense color or combined with aloe vera gel to create a vivid translucent effect on fabric. Once dry, the color is permanent and can be worked over with other mixed-media. www.loopytulips.com

Laura Lee Fritz—The Weight of a Thread Line
Yes, you can embroider a continuous-line quilting design! Practice along with Laura Lee Fritz (master quilter since 1987) as she demonstrate how to change the line weight as you stitch, from thin to thick, to emphasize prominent areas, and recede secondary details within a single line of stitching. These lines do not need filling in. In your own work, use the embroidery techniques to enhance your regular quilting, whether you do the latter by hand or by machine. Add beauty and meaning to your own works of love. www.lauraleefritz.net

Jacquelyn Frost—Tunisian Crochet on an Interchangeable Hook
Tunisian crochet, also known as afghan crochet or hybrid crochet, is a crochet technique to make a dense but flexible fabric. Come see how this technique is accomplished with an interchangeable hook set up! www.kimonomomo-shop.com

Sue Heinz—One and Done! Solving for "Quilt as Desired"
Finding the right combination of quilting designs to balance a quilt can be challenging. Let Sue Heinz reveal her secret of using just one shape to fill an entire quilt with a variety of unique and harmonious blocks, borders, grids, triangles, linear, and circular designs. Simple shape, stunning results…easy to master! www.sueheinz.com

Nancy Hinds—A New Look at Cathedral Windows
This technique Nancy developed used one circle and one square to make the block. Nancy will demo the process from start to finish, with step-by-step samples. Variations with colors and sizes will be discussed. www.fiberartsstudio.com

Dana Jones—Demystifying Design for FPP
Extreme angles, sharp points, precise piecing, easy patch cutting, one-of-a-kind images, and more, are all possible with Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP). This sampler will introduce you to principles that can guide you in creating your own FPP patterns. www.danajonesquilts.com

Cindy Lohbeck—A Dive into Dextrin
Discover the versatility and fun of this highly sustainable method of resisting dye. Use with brushes, squeeze bottles, or stencils, the easy to mix and easy to use corn dextrin and potato dextrin resists offer a non-toxic and easy to wash out resist. www.dyehardsstudio.com

Jenny K. Lyon—Straight-Line Ruler Work—Easy and Accurate, Every Single Time!
Straight-line ruler work is versatile and easy, perfect for a reluctant free-motion quilter. You don't need an arsenal of rulers, just the right straight-line ruler. Then you are off and running— borders, fills, and yes, stitch-in-the-ditch! Straight-line ruler work gives a perfectly straight line in any direction on your quilt without even having to flip your quilt. Learn the basics and then start turning quilt tops into finished quilts. www.quiltskipper.com

Jennifer Moore—Stencil & Paint—Effortless Backgrounds on Pre-Cut Felt Kits
Discover how easy and fun it is to transform pre-cut felt kits using paints and stencils. In this demo, Jennifer will show simple techniques to create stunning backgrounds and unique designs that add depth, texture, and personality to your projects. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced maker, leave inspired to experiment with color and pattern in your own creations. Come see how effortless embellishing can be! www.asterandanne.com.au

Emma Jane Powell—Make Your Own Piping
Piping brings definition, contrast, and dimension to any quilt. While store bought piping is limited to solid colors, creating your own allows for artistic freedom with fabric choice and thickness of the piping. Define sections of your quilt by taking advantage of the contrast piping provides. Add an unexpected 3-D element to your quilt with piping, and even learn how to avoid sewing curves with this dynamic demonstration. www.dreamitquiltit.com

Kyra Reps—Dots, Mandalas, Turned-Edge Appliqué Using the APLIQUICK^®™ Tools
Let Kyra show how to create a unique mandala with turned-edge appliqué using the APLIQUICK^®™ tools. Kyra will show how she grids her mandalas out and how you can make perfectly turned-edge appliqué with ease using the APLIQUICK^®™ tools. www.quiltingtranquility.com

Nancy Roelfsema—The Power of On Point Settings
A quilt set on point offers a captivating and dynamic look that can elevate your quilting projects beyond the ordinary. The diagonal layout allows for creative designs that capture attention and spark interest. To successfully set your quilt on point, consult the provided chart to find the ideal sizes for cutting side and corner setting triangles, along with setting squares. Experience the beauty of on point settings in your quilting today! www.quiltingwithnancy.com

Dena Rosenberg—Easy Appliqué Stems
Looking for an easy way to appliqué stems? See a quick demonstration on how to make easy appliqué stems. With this technique you can make wide or skinny stems. It’s all done the same way without any fancy tools. www.denarosenberg.com

Swan Sheridan—Love Hand Appliqué
Learn how to prepare your hand appliqué pieces with the freezer paper starch method. Swan will show how to use this method safely and effectively, setting up your pieces to be easy to travel with and stitch when you're ready. Discover some of the best ways to approach preparing your appliqué pieces for beautiful clean edges and lovely layering. www.swanamity.com

Deonn Stott—Y-Seams, Y Not? An Easy Approach to Y-Seam Construction
Have you dreamed of making complex-looking quilts but were stopped in your tracks by the dreaded Y-seam construction? Join Deonn as she shares just how easy it is to stitch a beautiful Y-seam that lays flat and takes no time at all. This gentle 60 degree angle is your gateway introduction to seemingly difficult seams that level up your quilting skills! www.quiltscapesqs.com

Joyce Teng—Fabric Mania—10 Ways to Create Custom Fabric
Have you ever wanted to transform a piece of dull fabric into something original and fun? Or have you needed to create fabric with a specific color palette? Joyce will demonstrate 10 unique media techniques for creating printed and colored images on materials from silk to cotton to polyester. Learn about five different mediums and how to apply them with various tools and layering stencils. Supplies are not required for the demo, although you may want to bring a pen and paper to take notes. www.teacherstamp.com

Debby Walters—You Can Learn to Love Your Curves!
Learn to love your curves and see how simple sewing a curved seam can be. 3 inch, 6 inch, 9 inch, and 12 inch curved seams will be thoroughly demonstrated. This demo is perfect for any quilter, from beginner to advanced, who has been hesitant to use beautiful curves in their quilts. You can do this! www.stripsandcurves.com

Debbie Wendt—Perfect Bindings Every Time
Bindings put the final touch on quilts. These tips and tricks make those bindings as perfect as possible. Debbie will discuss binding widths, attaching the binding, perfect mitered corners, and finishing tail ends neatly, to look like all other joins in the continuous binding. www.wendtquilting.com

Carol Wilhoit—Try Cork!
Cork is easy to cut and stitch. It is durable, sustainable, easy to keep clean, and the edges don't ravel. All of these attributes make cork fun to use. Learn tips for working with cork and receive a pattern for a zippered pencil case—a small project that is useful, makes a great little gift, and is an easy way to give cork a try. www.carolquilts.com