See what this exciting event is all about! Six of the top artists from the Quilt Festival faculty will present this mixed focus, coordinated by Trudy Cleveland. Each will give a digital presentation or show-and-tell of their particular expertise. Then, spend fifteen minutes with each artist as they demonstrate the topics listed below. Go home with a booklet consisting of a handout from each presenter, new ideas, information on products and processes, and lots of enthusiasm.

Trudy Cleveland—Upgrade Your Quilt Toolbox

Upgrade your quilt toolbox by using household technology to improve your quilt process. Our smartphones, applications, printers, and laptops have features that can support our quilt process. A review of specific features that can help from start to finish in making a quilt. From choice of fabrics to photographing the final product, modern technology adds a new ways to look at the process. Let modern technology aid in color theory, palatte generating, calculating formulas, and image searches... Learn how our everyday technology applies to our quilting process. www.trudycleveland.com

Sara Hochhauser—No Mark Machine Quilting

Have you ever wished the design you have in mind would be easily transferred to your quilt or garment project? Sara will demonstrate how to resize designs to fit the space you want to quilt, whether it be a quilt top or garment. You will learn a method that allows you to quilt anything without marking. www.sara-elizabeth.com

RaNae Merrill—T-Shirt Quilts 1 Block at a Time

Someone has asked you to make a t-shirt quilt for them. The bag of shirts has been sitting there for a while and you're dreading it. You don't know where to start. Look at the process in a new way—instead of sewing all the shirts together, making a stretchy top that is difficult to quilt, quilt the T-shirts individually, before joining them. The process is easy and fun, and will save you money and your sanity! www.ranaemerrillquilts.com   

Marla Senter Morris—Specialty Yarns from the Sewing Studio Lecture

Most fiber artists are multi-craftual—meaning knitters spin and weave, quilters knit and crochet, weavers spin and dye. This demo explores the sewing room as an option to create yarn. The scrap box is a great place to start with bits of fabric, thread, and ribbons. Marla has worked with textiles in various forms since childhood, including making trim. She uses her creativity to recreate specialty yarns she'd seen, and to create new ones she'd love to use. These yarns add texture and color to weaving, knitting, and sewing projects. A variety of techniques are used to create these yarns—and many will translate to enhanced sewing skills.

Catherine Redford—Walking Foot Quilting—Take the Scenic Route, Add Hand Stitching

Catherine combines her two loves by adding hand stitching to her walking foot quilting for maximum impact. Find out how she does it. She has lots of samples of different machine stitched grids and hand embroidery combinations that will have you planning your quilting before you even start piecing your quilt top. www.catherineredford.com    

Carol Wilhoit—Quilting with Color

Quilt in color! The color of the quilting thread has a big impact on the final appearance of a quilt. And why limit yourself to a single color of quilting thread in a project? Learn tips for selecting thread colors for your quilting and how to anticipate the impact of thread color. See many examples of the difference that thread color makes. Leave ready to have fun as you bring your quilt to life with colorful thread. www.carolquilts.com