Celebrate the art and heritage of quilting at the 30th Annual A Mountain Quiltfest™. Quilters from all around come together at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge for this quilting event. Quilters have the opportunity to attend classes that are based on skill level and technique. There will also be a quilt show that displays a variety of quilts for your viewing pleasure.
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(Classes Begin Monday, June 3rd)
*Cancellation Policy*
Any attendee registration cancellations made before April 12, 2024, will receive a full refund (must pay $15.00 cancellation fee). Reservations canceled April 12 – April 26, 2024 will receive a 50% refund (+ $15.00 cancellation fee). Cancellations made April 27 – 30, 2024 will receive a 25% refund (+ $15.00 cancellation fee). Cancellations after May 1, 2024 or later will not be refunded.
Jacqueline DeJonge
Brenda Henning
Jaymi Horne
Nancy Mahoney
Vicki McCarty
Judith Baker Montano
Cheryl Sleboda
Stacie Spradlin
Connie Stowers
Cheri Termini
Joyce Teng
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If a class is full, please check this page periodically for cancellations. We will NOT have a waiting list. If a roster spot opens up, it will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Class 1 - Birds on a Wire
Instructor: Magic Cat/ Anita ChaistySkill Level: Confident BeginnerRoom: North 1ATime: 8:30 am – 4:30 pmEmail: [email protected]Learn how to make this fun quilt with tools from Studio 180 Design. The quilt uses a combination of triangles made with the Tucker Trimmer I tool and flying geese used in a creative way using the Wing Clipper I tool. You can use scraps or a grouping of coordinated fabrics – looks great either way. The block can be incorporated in quilts you make in the future. This is a fun project that looks complicated to others but you will find that it is simplified with these tools. Pattern is by Michelle Hiatt in an easy to use format. Come and create this fun quilt. Tucker Trimmer I and Wing Clipper I are required for the class. Pattern is also required. All will be available in the class at a discounted price. You can purchase the pattern and tool prior to class by contacting Anita at [email protected].View Supply List
Class 2 - Floral Needle and Scissor Class
Instructor: Judith Baker Montano Skill Level: ALLRoom: North 1B Time: 8:30 pm - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected] Important Note: Machines Provided by Janome The Victorian lady always displayed her sewing utensils in beautifully embroidered holders—all the better to subtly show off her needlework expertise. Here are two beauties to protect and show off your favorite embroidery scissors and prized needles. They look marvelous, tied into a sewing basket. This is a wonderful way to learn basic silk ribbon Embroidery Stitches while creating a cherished heirloom. Page 60 – The Art of Silk Ribbon Embroidery. www.judithbakermontano.comKit Fee: $50.00 Kit Includes:20" sq. poster board. , 6” square felt, 2 - 1/2 yd. lengths of rattail cord, Nymo thread and small metal snap, Tacky glue and craft spray adhesive, 10" template plastic for window pattern, 4mm silk ribbon: dark pink, light pink, dusty pink, med. turq., light turq., gold, 3 shades peach, 4 greens, 20” sq drapery-weight moiré (fronts and lining), 12” sq. iron-on interfacing, 12” - 1/4” (6mm) satin ribbon to attach scissors, One 6” double-sided satin ribbon, Beads and 4 needles, tapestry, chenille, embroidery, beading, Two 3/8” (6mm) satin ribbons (peach and dusty pink), patterns and handouts.View Supply List
Class 3 - Zippered Travel Case
Instructor: Jaymi HorneSkill Level: IntermediateRoom: North 2ATime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Let’s make a fun bag together! You’ll learn several ways to install zippers and pockets.Materials fee: $12 for printed pattern. $20 for optional kit in lieu of supply list (fabric selections will vary) View Supply List
Class 4 - Dot to Dot
Instructor: Nancy MahoneySkill Level: Confident Beginner-IntermediateRoom: North 2BTime: 8:30 am – 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Class begins with using strip piecing techniques to make the patchwork blocks. Then we'll shift our focus to easy invisible machine appliqué techniques. Tips for sewing accurate patchwork and all aspects of invisible machine appliqué are included. Learn how to use your sewing machine to achieve finished appliqués that look hand stitched.View Supply List
Class 5 - Blue Bonnets
Instructor: Cynthia EnglandSkill Level: IntermediateRoom: North 3ATime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]There is NO homework. Look forward to seeing you in class! We are going to have FUN!View Supply List
Class 6 - Outside the Box
Instructor: Brenda HenningSkill Level: Beginner to AdvancedRoom: North 3BTime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Squares are stacked then sub-cut into pieces. The squares can be sub-cut following a detailed cutting diagram, or the diagram can be used simply as a suggestion as you create your own liberated design. You decide! Who knew cutting fabric pieces willy nilly could be soooo much fun! Gather your pile of squares and join me for a fabric whacking good time!View Supply List
Class 7 - Hat Hat Hooray
Instructor: Connie Stowers Skill Level: Confident Beginner Room: South 1Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Let’s get ready for the cooler fall and winter seasons with this fun hat and scarf quilt. Built with fat quarters, it’s a great way to use some of your collection.Pattern: Hat Hat Hooray by Terry Atkinson. You may purchase yourself or I will have one reserved for you when you contact me. Pattern is $10.00View Supply List
Class 8 - Amish Stumpwork Tufting for Quilts
Instructor: Cheryl SlebodaSkill Level: Beginner Friendly Room: South 2Time: 8:30 am-11:30 am Email: [email protected]Learn the fascinating technique known as tufting or Amish stumpwork, a type of handwork embroidery/chenille done over a template! Cheryl is an expert in vintage and heirloom techniques and will show you everything you need to know about this method and how to put them into your quilts. Make a small flower in class and go home with a block to turn into a larger wall hanging or pincushion.Kit Fee: $15 (Includes needles, template, and yarn)View Supply List
Class 9 - Pleats to Meet You
Instructor: Cheryl SlebodaSkill Level: ALL Room: South 2Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Pleats To Meet You Table RunnerLearn an interesting twist on your standard quilt block with this show stopping pleating technique! In this half day class, you’ll have a ton of fun sewing these EASY pleats by machine, and you’ll leave with a completed table runner top.Kit Fee: $10 (includes pattern for project)View Supply List
Class 10 - Fabric Coloring 101 with Tsukineko Inks
Skill Level: ALLClass Title: Fabric Coloring 101 with Tsukineko InksRoom: South 3Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Email:[email protected]Tsukineko All Purpose Inks (API Inks) from Japan are child-safe, archival quality, colorfast, and a permanent medium without changing the texture of the fabric it is applied on. It works on any POROUS Surfaces from paper to wood, wall, leather, and fabric (cotton, silk, poly, and wool.) Beginners welcome! Come and enjoy with no experience necessary to learn coloring fabric from your own stash using Fabrico dual tip markers or Fantastix brush. Learn, explore, and expand coloring possibilities for color blending, shading, highlighting, and shimmering. For an even more dynamic outcome, use TSC stencils to create Patterns ON a white or white-on-white and printed fabric pattern Fabric. TSC DESIGNS offers a wide range of stencils featuring elements from nature. Use TSC stencils as an overlayer or partial design or mix and match to create your own pattern for art quilts and wearable fiber art projects. Understand how to use inks with different media to create gradient background colors. Practice TSC Design's many different INKING techniques using an art watercolor brush, household, or items from your local Dollar Store. The possibilities are endless. Bring your own challenge Fabrics. Let's work together and apply what you learn from class to give your fabrics a new life.Required class kit, $30 payable to the instructor in class, includes an assortment of fabric blocks and lace; (2) sizes Fatastix tips; Water brush pen; Lg and small daubers; Ink droppers; Tidy tray; one API ink; one Fabrico Marker; TSC DESIGN stencil. VIEW SUPPLY LIST
Class 11 - Let's Ruffle Some Feathers (Long Arm)
Instructor: Stacie SpradlinSkill Level: ALL Room: Greenbriar CTime: 8:30 am - 11:30 amEmail: [email protected]It’s feather time! Let’s discuss, draw and stitch feathers that can fill those wonderful spaces. We will learn basic long-arm feathers, bump-back feathers, saw-tooth feathers, and more. Need to fill squares? Circles? Odd Shapes? We will definitely turn those corners and more. Basic feathers can be enhanced by the simplest methods. Bring your pencil and sketch pad and Let’s Ruffle Some Feathers!Kit Fee $45: Includes all fabric and batting for class, handouts, needle tip water bottle and water soluble marking pen.View Supply List
Class 12 - Beginner Ruler Work (Long Arm)
Instructor: Stacie SpradlinSkill Level: ALL Room: Greenbriar CTime: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Intimidated by fancy ruler work? Fear no more! We will take a look at both straight and curved rulers, learn how to hold and position the rulers and stitch around them. Most importantly, we will get you the confidence you need to use those rulers! You will quickly gain the knowledge of how to incorporate ruler work among those free-motion designs.Kit Fee $70: includes all fabric and batting for class, handouts, needle tip water bottle and water soluble marking pen. Bonus long arm ruler also included.View Supply List
Class 13 - Stories and Stitches Bus Tour
Guide: Kathy Gwinn Time: 8:45 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Meet in LeConte Lobby at 8:45 am Since we started doing Bus Tours at A Mountain Quiltfest in 2017, we have always focused on the backroads and stayed in the country. This year we are headed for the city, specifically, downtown Knoxville and Historic Gay Street. What will not change is our focus on the history of specific places and people, and especially on the quilts that will be on display at various stops along the way. Lunch will be at a favorite gathering place downtown in the historic Woodruff Building. You will order off the menu and everyone will pay for their own meal. The Tour also includes some of Knoxville's murals, statues, and early radio stations and their impact on early Country Music."
Class 14 - Making the Most of Your Stash (Trunk Show)
Speaker: Cynthia EnglandRoom: Greenbriar A/BTime: 6:00 pm- 7:00 pm Email: [email protected]This lecture explores ways to increase the potential of what we already have in our fabric collections. Cynthia will offer new insights on what to look for in fabrics to get the most out of it; a topic that is near and dear to all quilters! See what fabrics this award-winning quilter is drawn to when buying for her realistic landscape quilts. Organizing and storage of fabrics will also be addressed.ANYONE REGISTERING FOR THE TRUNK SHOW WILL RECEIVE A FREE QUILTFEST TOTE BAG!
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Class 15/31/45 - Happiness 2.0 Master Class (3-day class)
Instructor: Jacqueline DeJongeSkill Level: Beginner to Advanced Room: North 1ATime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Class Days: Tuesday - ThursdayNote: Sewing Machines will be provided by Juki.Jacqueline will teach: • Happiness 2.0• Enchanting stars• Beautiful Day• Spring table runner ore one of the other spring table runner colorways• Flora bella• Orange blossom • BluebellPreparation is an essential part of taking my class and to be fully prepared. View Supply List
Class 16 - Crazy Quilting Basics
Instructor: Judith Baker Montano Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate Room: North 1B Time: 8:30 pm - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected] Important Note: Machines Provided by Janome Create a 12" crazy quilt square using the Montano Center Piece process. Judith guides you through her prize-winning, intricate machine piecing method. Learn the basic Victorian stitching and embellishments to decorate the pieced square. Leave the class confident about the techniques and shortcuts for beautiful crazy quilt piecing. www.judithbakermontano.com The Crazy Quilt Handbook 3rd EditionMaterial Fee: $55.00 Includes: 12" sq. muslin base; 10-9"fancy fabrics; beads; Nymo thread; 4 needles, 4 pearl buttons; 2 laces; 2 satin ribbons; 1 wire ribbon; 2 shear ribbons; 2 trims; 6 solid embroidery threads; 6 silk ribbons; 6 variegated threads; 3 metallic threads; diagrams and handouts.View Supply List
Class 17 - Custom Fit Quilt Coat (NEW)t
Instructor: Jaymi HorneSkill Level: Advanced Beginner to AdvancedRoom: North 2ATime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Use your own measurements to make the perfect quilt coat! In class, we’ll put coats together, and work on pockets, hoods, and binding! Materials fee: $30 for printed pattern. $120 for optional kit in lieu of supply list (fabric selections will vary). View Supply List
Class 18 - Spruced Goose
Instructor: Nancy MahoneySkill Level: Confident Beginner-IntermediateRoom: North 2BTime: 8:30 am – 4:30 pmEmail: [email protected]Come join in the fun and learn how to make these wonderful, scrappy blocks using an array of colorful pre-cut squares. If you have been wanting to master new skills, this class will inspire confidence and equip you with new techniques. Learn an easy and precise way of making triangle units, as well as tips for making strips sets and foundation-pieced sashing units. If scrappy is not for you, use a planned color scheme or make it patriotic.View Supply List
Class 19 - Blue Heron
Instructor: Cynthia EnglandSkill Level: IntermediateRoom: North 3ATime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Material Fee: $38.00, payable in class.Includes pattern and fabric for top, complete with borders and binding.Cash preferred for Material fee. I will have credit card capabilities and will have change for any other purchases.View Supply List
Class 20 - Quatrefoil
Instructor: Brenda HenningSkill Level: Beginner to AdvancedRoom: North 3BTime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]This quilt design has the wow factor! Brenda’s Half Rect Ruler is used to create the half rectangle units that create the appearance of curves with straight seams. This diverse unit brings an entirely new look to quilts - a great shape that is so easy to construct.Kit fee: $30 which is payable in class. A kit is required and includes Quatrefoil pattern, Triangulations Grids for HST construction and Half Rect Ruler.View Supply List
Class 21 - Miss Carrie's Cross
Instructor: Connie Stowers Skill Level: Confident Beginner Room: South 1Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Miss Carrie McGavock lived in Franklin, Tennessee, at Carnton Plantation. Her land was the sight of one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War. Her home was used as a field hospital. The dead were buried in a cemetery at the fringes of her property. She cared for thousands of graves until the day she died. This quilt is symbolic of her sacrifices as she cared for others. View Supply List
Class 22 - Pleats as Punch
Instructor: Cheryl SlebodaSkill Level: Beginner Friendly Room: South 2Time: 8:30 am-11:30 am Email: [email protected]Pleats as Punch Table runnerLearn an interesting twist on your standard quilt block with this show stopping pleating technique! In this half day class, you’ll have a ton of fun sewing these EASY pleats by machine, and you’ll leave with a completed tablerunner top.Kit Fee: $10 (for project pattern)View Supply List
Class 23 – Honey of a June
Instructor: Calico Patch/ Vickie McCarty Skill Level: Confident BeginnerRoom: South 3Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 pmEmail: [email protected]It’s a Honey of a June and just in time to try your hand at wool applique. Learn Vicki McCarty’s technique for wool applique, decorative hand stitches and project embellishments to make this cute design that can be proudly displayed all summer long. Kit Fee: $32.50 All fabrics, wool to make project, embellishments, Color Printed Patten, reprinted applique pieces on fusible web View Supply List
Class 24 – What in Carnation
Class: Instructor: Cheryl SlebodaSkill Level: ALLRoom: South 2Time: 1:00 pm- 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Make a gorgeous dimensional flower quilt all by machine in this half day class! You’ll learn how to create the quilted background and the gathered flowers and leaves in class. Everyone will ask you where you learned how to make such pretty flowers. Uses the gathering foot for your machine, and a couple stitches by hand to attach them.Kit Fee: NoneView Supply List
Class 25 - Tumbling Triangles
Instructor: Magic Cat/ Anita ChaistySkill Level: ALLRoom: South 3Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Learn how to make this great display of triangles tumbling through your quilt- only 40"x 40" - but the pattern has 6 sizes ranging from a small wall hanging to queen size. Looks great with either a light background or black background. Made with Deb Tucker's V-Block ruler which will give you a jump start to use this ruler in many more projects. The tool and pattern will be available in class at a discounted price. If you would like, you can purchase in advance by contacting Anita at [email protected]. All levels of quilters. View Supply List
Class 26 – Dazzling Koi in a Serene Pond
Instructor: Joyce TengSkill Level: Confident Beginner – Advanced Room: South 3Time: 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Email: [email protected]Immerse yourself in the process of transforming a blank white or white-on-white print fabric into a captivating work of art using the proprietary TSC Alcohol Spray formula. You will experiment with 6 techniques to create color harmony highlighting Pantone Colors of the Year with your end creation featuring a dazzling koi in a serene pond setting. In this hands-on class, you will learn and explore using various applicators and a range of mediums - Fabrico markers, Fantastic, and other unexpected mediums such as shaving cream, rubbing alcohol, and Soft Scrub with Bleach cleanser. Join us to explore how to employ new techniques and common household items to achieve a cohesive ombre effect. Required class kit, $30 payable to the instructor in class, includes an assortment of fabric blocks and lace; (2) sizes Fatastix tips; Water brush pen; Lg and small daubers; Ink droppers; Tidy tray; one API ink; one Fabrico Marker; TSC DESIGN stencil.View Supply List
Class 27 - Background Fillers & Fun (Long Arm)
Instructor: Stacie SpradlinSkill Level: ALLRoom: Greenbriar CTime: 8:30 am - 11:30 amEmail: [email protected]Let’s learn some fun, fast and fabulous background fillers! Free-motion feathers, swirls, flowers, stacked circles, pebbles, snails and more will all be demonstrated and stitched. We will even talk Ghost Blocks! Don’t know where to start? Join me…let’s fill those backgrounds!Kit Fee $45: Includes all fabric and batting for class, handouts, needle tip water bottle and water soluble marking pen.View Supply List
Class 28 - Beautiful Borders and Sashings (Long Arm)
Instructor: Stacie SpradlinSkill Level: ALL Room: Greenbriar CTime: 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Let’s take an in-depth look at those wide borders and narrow sashings and learn how to make them stand out! From drawing, designing, marking and stitching, you will be sure to leave this class with the confidence to quilt those spaces. Best of all, you will learn how to mark your border using the no-math-method!Kit Fee $45: Includes all fabric and batting for class, handouts, needle tip water bottle and water soluble marking pen. View Supply List
Class 29 - Stories and Stitches Bus Tour
Guide: Kathy GwinnTime: 8:45 am - 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Meet in LeConte Lobby at 8:45 amSince we started doing Bus Tours at A Mountain Quiltfest in 2017, we have always focused on the backroads and stayed in the country. This year we are headed for the city, specifically, downtown Knoxville and Historic Gay Street. What will not change is our focus on the history of specific places and people, and especially on the quilts that will be on display at various stops along the way.Lunch will be at a favorite gathering place downtown in the historic Woodruff Building. You will order off the menu and everyone will pay for their own meal.The Tour also includes some of Knoxville's murals, statues, and early radio stations and their impact on early Country Music."
Class 30 – Crazy Quit Journeys
Speaker: Judith Baker Montano Room: Greenbriar A/BTime: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmCrazy Quilt Journeys is an informative and amusing presentation about Judith’s adventures as a teacher. It is full of wonderful quilts and art to wear, appealing to all types of needle workers. Judith covers her many visits to Australia, New Zealand Japan, Canada, Great Britain, Europe and the United States.Evening includes: Buffet style dinner and a special gift.
Class 32 – Those Little Extras
Instructor: Judith Baker Montano Skill Level: ALL Room: North 1B Time: 8:30 pm - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Important Note: Machines Provided by JanomeDescription: Create a beautiful floral spray sampler using over 15 embellishment and embroidery techniques combining silk ribbon embroidery, fabric manipulation; Victorian embroidery, ribbon ruching, beading and free form stitching. Judith teaches you to think like a painter using background, midground and foreground sections. The sampler can be framed or used as the center of a crazy quilt project. Students from the Basics Crazy Quilting class are encouraged to bring their pieced blocks to work on.“The Crazy Quilt Handbook, 3rd. Edition” www.judithbakermontano.comKit Fee: $50.00 Includes: 10" sq. moire fabric with iron-on backing; 2 shear ribbons; 1 wire ombre ribbon; 4 satin ribbons; 10 silk ribbons; beads, Nymo thread; 4 needles; 4 perle buttons; 2 doodads; 3 metallic threads; 6 fine silk and cotton threads; 6 medium embroidery threads; 4 variegated embroidery threads; 6 yarns and flax threads; diagrams and handouts.View Supply List
Class 33 - Retriever
Instructor: Jaymi HorneSkill Level: ALLRoom: North 2ATime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Make a mini quilt featuring your favorite pooch! Choose from three color variations, and learn how easy this amazing quilting technique can be! Class kits include the pattern and fabric needed to complete the quilt top, in the student's choice of three different color ways (Chocolate Lab, GoldenRetriever, Cream Retriever)Kit cost: $40 Class kits include the pattern and fabric needed to complete the quilt top, in the student's choice of three different color ways (Chocolate Lab, Golden Retriever, Cream Retriever). Additional kits will be available to purchase. View Supply List
Class 34 - Twist N Shout
Instructor: Nancy MahoneySkill Level: Confident Beginner-IntermediateRoom: North 2BTime: 8:30 am – 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Make a graphic, stash-busting quilt while learning an easier, quicker, and less-waste method of paper foundation piecing. The pieced border adds more scrappy goodness and completes the design! If you love the look of scrap quilts but don't have an overflowing scrap basket, use one background fabric. All aspects of foundation paper piecing will be covered, including how to correctly position the right fabric piece. With Nancy's helpful directions, you can relax and have fun in this information packed class.View Supply List
Class 35- Tranquil Lake
Instructor: Cynthia EnglandSkill Level: IntermediateRoom: North 3ATime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Material Fee: $38.00, payable in class.Includes pattern and fabric for top, complete with borders and binding.Cash preferred for Material fee. I will have credit card capabilities and will have change for any other purchases.View Supply List
Class 36 - Wild Roses
Instructor: Brenda HenningSkill Level: AdvancedRoom: North 3BTime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]The table runner is a terrific introduction to Quilt-As-You-Go Stained Glass. Rotary cut squares, triangles, and strips are applied to fusible interfacing to create the body of the table runner. Freezer paper templates are used to cut the appliqué wild rose pieces for each end of the design. This is a very busy 6 hour class period. Many students will not actually sew in class.A kit is required and includes the Wild Roses Table Runner Pattern Kit Fee: $10 which is payable in class.Finished Size: 16" x 4.5"View Supply List
Class 37 - Diamond 4-Patch
Instructor: Connie Stowers Skill Level: Intermediate Room: South 1Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Using strip sets and your regular ruler, you will learn the tricks for matching a 60/30-degree seam. This quilt will help you perfect your 60/30 degree piecing and matching of points. It is a great skill to have in your sewing arsenal. Pattern is included with this class. Cutting your strips before class insures you will get a lot completed.View Supply List
Class 38 - Petal Pushers
Instructor: Cheryl SlebodaSkill Level: Beginner Friendly Class Title: Petal Pushers Room: South 2Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 am Email: [email protected]Learn unique techniques while making these beautiful blossoms! These vintage sewing techniques will raise the surface of your quilt and truly impress. We’ll learn handwork heirloom smocking techniques, tucking, ruching, and more, and put them all into this mini quilt bouquet. Quilt measures 12″x 12″. No sewing machine required. Kit Fee: none View Supply List
Class 39 - Wagon (Wool Applique)
Instructor: Calico Patch/ Vickie McCarty Skill Level: Confident BeginnerRoom: South 3Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 pmEmail: [email protected]The July Wagon is time to try your hand at wool applique. Learn Vicki McCarty’s technique for wool applique, decorative hand stitches and project embellishments to make this cute design that can be proudly displayed all summer long. Kit Fee: $32.50 Includes: All fabrics, wool to make project, embellishments, Color Printed Patten, Preprinted applique pieces on fusible web.View Supply List
Class 40 - Vintage Smocked Pincushion
Instructor: Cheryl SlebodaSkill Level: ALLRoom: South 2Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Make a cute mini smocked pincushion in this half day class! You’ll learn how to create the beautiful smocked center, and then complete the mini smocked pincushion in class. Once you make one, you just can’t stop. You’ll be making them for everyone you know! Great as gifts! Kit Fee: $10 (includes pattern and stuffing for pincushion) View Supply List
Class 41 - Bloomin’ Parade
Instructor: Cheri Termini Skill Level: Advanced Beginner- Intermediate Class Room: South 3Time: 1:00 pm -4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]That Bloomin’ Parade is a combination of traditional piecing (with a couple of tricks demonstrated for quick HSTs) and applique’. We will discuss several options for applique’ to include raw edge, machine applique’, and hand applique with a demonstration on my favorite technique of freezer paper and starch.Workshop Kit: $18 (includes pattern, handouts and applique’ kit)View Supply List
Class 42 - Stand Up for Applique (Long Arm)
Instructor: Stacie SpradlinSkill Level: ALL Room: Greenbriar CTime: 8:30 am - 11:30 amEmail: [email protected]Let’s take a look at those applique tops and learn how to make those shapes stand out! Intricate stitching and echoing will be discussed and demonstrated so that you will see how it can transform those applique shapes. You will be sure to leave with a wealth of ideas for quilting around those precious appliques! Samples will be shown so that you can see first-hand how your quilting can really make an impact! Students should be familiar with free-motion quilting and ruler work.Kit Fee $65: Includes all fabric and batting for class, handouts, needle tip water bottle and water soluble marking pen. Bonus prepared applique quilt block also included.View Supply List
Class 43 - Combining Design (Long Arm)
Instructor: Stacie SpradlinSkill Level: ALL Room: Greenbriar CTime: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]We will take an in-depth look at combining designs to make your quilting features pop! Feathers, swirls, circles as well as straight and curved lines can all be combined to give your quilt top that extreme custom look. From drawing basic shapes, grids, and feather spines, we will look at how stitching order, echoing and more will truly transform your top.! It would be beneficial for students to be familiar with free-motion feathers and ruler work.Kit fee $45: Includes all fabric and batting for class, handouts, needle tip water bottle and water soluble marking pen.View Supply List
Class 44 - Stories and Stitches Bus Tour
Class 46 - Landscape Painting
Instructor: Judith Baker Montano Skill Level: ALL Room: North 1B Time: 8:30 pm - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Important Note: Machines Provided by JanomeLearn to create beautiful land/seascapes using fabrics, threads, yarn and ribbon instead of canvas, brushes and paint. Judith teaches you to think like a painter and guides you through the process, from fabric choices and fabric manipulation to freeform stitching. This one-of-a-kind art piece is ready for framing. Freeform Stitching With Judith Baker Montano (C&T Publishing). www.judithbakermontano.comKit Fee: $54.00 Includes: 5"x7" matt; 9"x7" muslin; 2 Pellon fleece; sky/water fabric; 12 fabrics; 3 nettings; 1 trace paper; 8 embroidery threads; 6 yarns; 6-4mm silk ribbons; 2 hand dyed lace; beads; Nymo thread; 4 needles; roving; 2 dyed cheesecloth; Patterns; handouts.View Supply List
Class 47 - Custom Fit Quilt Coat
Class 48 - Weaving Stars
Instructor: Nancy MahoneySkill Level: Confident Beginner-IntermediateRoom: North 2BTime: 8:30 am – 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Scrappy, fun, bright, and happy – all describe this playful quilt. This is a great project for using your scraps. White tone-on-tone prints make the stars more prominent; black-and-white prints create an interesting background; and a variety of bright prints make the quilt sparkle. You'll learn several methods for making perfect stitch-and-flip corners. Then, see how easy it is to construct the blocks while reducing the number of seams. Learn how to use the bonus triangle to make other projects. If you want to make a larger quilt, simply add more blocks!View Supply List
Class 49 - Hummingbirds
Class 50 - Trapezium
Instructor: Brenda HenningSkill Level: ALLRoom: North 3BTime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pmEmail:[email protected]Fun and speedy Jelly Roll design that uses the light, medium and dark fabric values to create a dynamic secondary pattern. Brenda is the Queen of Strip Piecing, having designed and written 13 books using 2 1/2” strips. She will teach you her technique to ensure accuracy when sewing pre-cut strips together.View Supply List
Class 51 - Science Fair
Instructor: Connie Stowers Skill Level: Intermediate Room: South 1Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]This no y-seam pattern is a modern take on a hexagon quilt. Science Fair takes hexigons and makes them simple with no y-seams. It’s a fun project. Let’s go!View Supply List
Class 52 - Handwork Textures
Instructor: Cheryl SlebodaSkill Level: Beginner Friendly Room: South 2Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 amEmail: [email protected]Learn these unique hand sewing techniques that will enhance your next quilt! These vintage sewing techniques will raise the surface of your quilt and truly impress. We’ll learn Canadian smocking, hand pleating, ruching, and rouleau fabric manipulations, and then we’ll cover how to put it into a block in your next quilt. Whether you are a traditional, contemporary, art, or modern quilter, you can add a cutting edge, yet classic, look to your next project. Great for beginners and experienced sewists.Kit Fee: NoneView Supply List
Class 53 - Canvas Photo Embroidery Art
Instructor: Cheri TerminiSkill Level: Beginner-IntermediateRoom: South 3Time: 8:30 am - 11:30 amEmail: [email protected]Class description: In our Canvas Photo Embroidery Art workshop you will add simple embroidery stitches to your personal photo to create a unique piece of photo art. Choose a photo on your phone, edit it to black & white, and send it to your nearest Walgreens for a canvas print of at least 8" x 10" or larger. You will add color back into your photo with simple embroidery stitches to selected areas of your photo to either enhance an area, or add decorations to your photo. This is a fun workshop that is certain to inspire your creative juices, and entice you to make this unique type of gift for family and friends.Cost of class kit: $12.00 (includes handout, some threads)View Supply List
Class 54 - Fun Fabulous Fabric Manipulation
Instructor: Cheryl SlebodaSkill Level: ALLRoom: South 2Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Email: [email protected]Learn unique machine techniques that will enhance your next quilt! These vintage sewing techniques will raise the surface of your quilt and truly impress. We’ll learn gathers, pleats, tucking and lots of other fabric manipulations, and then we’ll cover how to put it into a block in your next quilt. Whether you are a traditional, contemporary, art, or modern quilter, you can add a cutting edge, yet classic look to your next project. Great for beginners and experienced sewists.Kit Fee: NoneView Supply List
Class 55 - Quilted Sentiments (Long Arm)
Instructor: Stacie SpradlinSkill Level: ALL Room: Greenbriar CTime: 8:30 am - 4:00 pmEmail: [email protected]Personalizing your custom designs will elevate your quilting style to a new level. Adding names, dates, ghost blocks and other details will help create family heirlooms that will surely be treasured for years to come.We will look at style, placement, marking, centering and stitching order to help you create your very own personalized designs. Several samples will be shown and discussed that will inspire your own creativity. Confident beginners and advanced quilters welcome. Leave this class with the confidence to create something truly special and unique.Kit Fee $90: Includes all fabric and batting for class, handouts, needle tip water bottle and water soluble marking pen. Bonus quilt top ready for designing and quilting also included. Templates will be available to use in class as well. View Supply List
Class 56 - Stories and Stitches Bus Tour
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