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Class
#101 - Construction and Production Debbie Wendt
$42 8:00A-10:00A All
Skill Levels
Lecture/Demo
Have you ever wanted
a quick quilt but don't feel you
have the time to piece a top? In
this class you will learn how to
piece a quilt right on your
mid/longarm. To further speed up
the process, you learn how to attach
the binding before the quilt is
removed from the frame. Before you
know it, we'll have a finished quilt
in class! Class sample will be
given away with door prizes.
Includes a truck show of how this
technique is great for charity
quilts, quilting samples and get'er
done quilts.
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#102 - Fearless
Beginnings Pam Clarke
$47
8:00A-10:00A
Beginner/All
Skill Levels
Lecture/Demo
Discover the secrets to smooth
quilting and basic quilt designs all
from the front of the machine. This
class is designed to save time and
gain confidence. If you are new to
Longarm quilting or not comfortable
in front of the machine, this class
is for you. Pam Clarke, a longarm
quilter since 1988 will guide you in
this step by step no fuss-method.
This class will cover how to mark a
quilt top, several background
stitches, and the seven basic quilt
patterns to create unlimited quilt
designs. You will be amazed how easy
it is to do feathers, hearts,
leaves, waves, etc. And with a
little bit of practice, you will
soon be finishing quilt tops faster
than you thought possible. A
workbook packed full of ideas and
practice ideas will be provided in
class along with several samples and
demonstrations using the quilting
machine. For easier note taking and
sketching bring a clipboard and
colored pencils or pens, a pencil, a
small sharpener and eraser.
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Class
#103 - Simple
Sashings and Beginner Background
Fillers Sue Patten $42
8:00A-10:00A
All skill levels
Lecture/Demo If you have ever been stuck for sashing ideas or
background fillers then this is the
class for you. This BEGINNER class
is designed for the new longarmer,
to teach you free motion techniques
that can be used for all your
clients' quilts for sashing, borders
and background fillers. We will
discuss even quilting, to stitch in
the ditch or not, cornerstones,
thread and batting choices, and how
to charge your clients for a job
well done. So put away your marking
tools and turn off that laser light
and come learn the quick and easy
art of dozens of free motion
quilting designs.
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Class
#104 - The Professional Quilter
Page Johnson $30
8:00A-10:00A
All skill levels
Lecture You have put your heart and soul into this business, is it working for you
or is it the other way around? Use
the information in this class to
project and maintain a professional
approach to this career. Attract and
maintain the right customers through
effective sales and marketing
strategies. Learn how to use a
proactive waiting list. Analyze your
quilting behaviors, pricing
structures, and daily routines and
how they impact your bottom line.
Use the information from this class
to have fun and make profits! Make
this business work for you.
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Class
#105 - Discovering
The Origin Kim Diamond
$75
8:00A-12:00P
Computerized-Statler
Lecture/Demo
For
Most of us who use CreativeStudio,
we just set the Origin to the upper
right corner of the table and then
we get on with the job of quilting.
In this class we are going to
explore the possibilities of
combining patterns together and
creating new designs. We will learn
how to create them once, then sew
them out over and over while
maintaining the precision we've come
to expect from CreativeStudio. We
will design blocks for use on some
popular quilt blocks: Ohio Star,
Double Wedding Ring, Irish Chain, to
name a few. We will explore
medallion quilts and create some
corner pieces as well as design some
centers for whole cloth quilts.
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Class #105
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Class
#106 -
Border Bonanza Kay Oft $30
8:00A-10:00A
All Skill Levels
Lecture
A class designed to explore and
organize options in border design to
simplify and streamline the creative
process into efficient execution of
the stitching of any given border
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Class
#107 -
Beautiful Borders, Elegant Edges Grace Anderson
$30 8:00A-10:00A
All Skill Levels
Lecture/Drawing
This class will
give you an intense learning
experience as you learn to draw lots
of beautiful freeform designs just
for borders, sashings, edges of any
quilt, straight or shaped. Bet
you've never dreamed of these
possibilities. The rest of your
quilt will get jealous. There are
new designs, new concepts, including
how to change the look of the quilt
by modifying the outer edges.
Students will be given handouts that
encourage participation in the
learning process. Draw along with
the teacher as she creates these
amazing designs. There will be
samples to view. Cameras are
welcome. This is a drawing class so
bring paper, pencil, eraser for
notes and sketches. There will be
prizes, including a stitched sample
quilt. An optional design workbook
will be available for purchase at
the end of class.
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Class
#108 - Gammill
Longarm Maintenance Ron Paul $62
9:30A-12:30P
All Skill Levels
Lecture/Demo Explore inside your quilting machine with close-up photography to discover
how it really works. You will go
home with an understanding of how
easy it is to make simple
adjustments including 4 part timing
and 5 part tension including a
variety of top thread paths. We will
cover everything from daily
maintenance to yearly tune-ups to
ensure your machine remains your
happy quilting partner. There will
be lots of time for questions and
answers with an instructor with 19
years experience with all quilting
machine brands.
Register for Class 108
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Class
#109 -
Appeal of the Orange Peel
Laura Lee Fritz
$50 9:00A-12:00P
All Skill Levels
Lecture/Demo
Simple in form, elegant in
repetition, the Orange Peel and
Laura's dozens of variations quilt
up easily and combine cleverly to
cover the whole quilt, make borders,
add to pictorial designs. As you
learn the patterns you'll also
absorb hours of quilting tips and
useful tricks good for all
experience levels. Laura will be
teaching from her new book "Mindful
Meandering" Bring your copy to class
and work along with Laura or
purchase your copy before or after
class. Also bring a clip board and
paper for easier drawing and note
taking.
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Class
#110 -
To Mark or Not to Mark - Stencil
Options Nancy Goldsworthy
$42 10:30A-12:30P
All Skill LevelsLecture/Demo
Do you have them, that drawer full
of plastic quilting stencils,
collecting dust? Here's your chance
to break them out and find new and
interesting ways to use them. We
will be covering all types of
marking pens and pencils as well as
other ways to get your designs on
the quilt top. From using the laser
on the front of your machine to
pouncing on a design with chalk, we
talk about them all. Great handout
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Class
#111 - Designs with
Lines Pam Clarke
$47
10:30A-12:30P All
Skill Levels
Lecture/Demo
Whether you are a confident beginner
or an intermediate longarm machine
quilter, you will find this class
packed full of valuable information
so simple to learn that you will be
amazed at the versatile and exciting
ways you'll approach machine
quilting. This class is designed to
help speed up the process of longarm
quilting. Pam Clarke will share her
convenient, proven and helpful
methods of creating outstanding
designs. Discover the easy to follow
instructions to customizing and
personalizing your quilt tops. This
class will begin with sketching in a
workbook provided by Pam Clarke.
Follow along as she draws these
designs using an overhead projector
and discover the effective and
convenient approach to unlimited
designs using basic lines as a
reference guide. Then watch as she
demonstrates on the longarm and
shows you how to mark and stitch
these designs. Experience the
dramatic difference in how you
approach your next quilt and
appreciate the outstanding quality
you will be able to create and the
confidence in knowing you can create
a unique and invaluable style of
your own. For easier note taking and
sketching bring a clipboard and
colored pencils or pens, a pencil, a
small sharpener and eraser. Cameras
are welcome!
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Class
#112 - Free Motion
Possibilities For The True Beginner Sue Patten
$42 10:30A-12:30P
Beginner/All
Skill Levels
Lecture/Demo
This Class is designed to inspire
and assist the beginner to become
confident with their ability to use
free motion designs and techniques
for themselves and their clients.
This class is packed full of info
for the beginner, while mastering
the skill of free motion quilting.
We will discuss threads, tension,
how batting affects both, and how to
offer our new found skills to our
clients and how it is charged out.
These designs are set on remarked
everyday quilt block designs we as
longarmers deal with every day. It
offers a quick, easy, accurate way
to increase not only your quilting
skills but your client base as well.
I recommend this class to anyone who
has never tried free motion quilting
or those who are new to the longarm
quilting world. There are 20
different design ideas in all. So
put away those marking tools and
turn off that laser light and join
us for this free motions block
party.
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Class
#113 -
Taking the Plunge! Judy Irish
$30 10:30A-12:30P
All Skill Levels
Lecture
One hour lecture for those who many be contemplating the purchase of a
quilting machine for business or
pleasure. Discussion and
information on simple business
necessities. This would be a very
non-technical class, just to get
people comfortable with the ideas
they may have for a longarm business
or just owning a longarm. Questions
and answers, with a very informal
format. Other information discussed
would be starting a business,
getting customers, dealing with
customers, shipping, etc.
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Class
#115 -
Design Your Own Interlocking
Pantographs Marjorie Rhine
$38
10:30A-12:30P
All Skill Levels
Lecture/Drawing
As a machine quilter you may know
exactly what you want to put on a
quilt but it is sometimes impossible
to find the right pantograph for the
quilt. Or you like the look of free
motion quilting but cannot
consistently 'draw' well the same
motif over the face of the quilt.
Marjorie has developed a very simple
process for creating interlocking
pantographs that can look like a
typical panto or like free motion,
allover quilting. In this class the
quilter will learn the secrets of
creating interlocking designs and
how to then set them up on the
machine quilting table. Marje will
provide several of her own designs
as examples. Students will have time
to play with the concept and develop
their own designs in class.
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Class
#116 - Line Dancing Diana Phillips
$35
10:30A-12:30A All
Skill Levels
Lecture/Drawing
An interactive drawing class to
introduce you to the original, easy
& forgiving Line Dancing Technique
that has become so popular with
machine quilters. Few stops, no
marking & surprising designs that
develop make this a must-have in
your bag of quilting tricks. Samples
to see, useful handouts and door
prizes. Cameras are welcome.
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#117 -
Mindful Meandering Laura Lee Fritz
$57 1:00P-3:00P
All Skill LevelsLecture/Demo
When "oh, just stipple it" just
isn't enough, it's time to add
character to your wandering lines.
Learn how to make a dozen basic
overall fills, and draw along as
Laura shows you how to quilt many
ways to add variety to each of those
launch pads. Laura will be
teaching from her new book "Mindful
Meandering" Bring your copy to class
and work along with Laura or
purchase your copy before or after
class. Also bring a clip board and
paper for easier drawing and note
taking.
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Class
#118 -
Traditional Curling Feathers Lisa Coker
$47 1:00P-3:00P
All Skill LevelsLecture/Demo
In this class you will "pencil
quilt" along with me as I share my
method for fitting and marking
traditional curling feathers in
borders. These feathers give the
quilt a very traditional look. Some
call them Amish feathers. We will
cover doing a continuous feather
border, a single sided feather
border and using feathers in the
sashing. I will show you where to
start and explain the reasoning
behind it. Why I mark a spine, and
when to turn the quilt for the side
borders and why I use this method
for a curled feathered border. I
will also throw in a few blocks,
just to keep you hopping! You will
also see how easy it is to quilt a
quilt with nothing but feathers and
your customers will love them.
Handouts will be provided in class.
Bring a clipboard, paper and pencils
for easier note taking and
sketching!
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#119 - What DO I
Practice When I Get My Machine Home? Sally Terry
$42
1:00P-3:00P
Beginner/All
Skill Levels
Lecture/Demo
Now that I have my machine, I don't
have a clue what to practice! Want
to eliminate wasted time and effort
doing the wrong things? If you are a
newbie starting out or just thinking
about getting a shortarm, midarm or
longarm this class removes the
doubt. Watch as we start stitching
amazingly simple basic shapes. Then,
learn how to combine the shapes and
graduate to fabulous patterns,
including simple free motion designs
you can use right away. Get customer
"friendly" designs and reduce the
need for perfection while learning.
Step-by-step this class puts it all
together from choosing patterns to
completing the process. Even trouble
shooting thread is covered. This
class offers a great opportunity to
jumpstart your pleasuring quilting
or your business. Handouts,
patterns, layout sheets, resource
list and more, class sample will be
given away.
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#120 - Mastering
McTavishing Karen McTavish
$42
1:00P-3:00P
All Skill Levels
Lecture/Demo
This class will help you understand
and quilt the popular background
filler called "McTavishing" and
other background fillers in today's
quilting trends. Quilts become award
winning from appliqué to whole
cloths! All Quilters Welcome! Class
will also include trunk show of
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#121 - Determine
Design for Quilting then "KISS" on
the Quilt Ione Whitney
$30
1:00P-3:00P
Beginner
Lecture
Ione will share ideas from her 16+
years as a Longarm Quilter and
lifetime in a family of quilters.
Following a lecture to help you look
at a quilt to determine what designs
to quilt, the class will continue
with a trunk show of quilted quilts,
many with "Keep It Simple Stitching"
on the quilt. Students will have a
chance to see pictures of some of
the over 2,000 quilts Ione has
quilted. Students are encouraged to
bring unquilted tops for group
discussion on quilting
possibilities. This class may help
you to determine your quilting
style.
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#122 -
Wanted - Design Ideas for Quilts Judy Irish
$30 1:00P-3:00P
All Skill Levels
Lecture
A lecture and discussion class for
ideas for quilts when you have
become brain dead!! This is a class
not only for the teacher but also
for students to share ideas about
designs, thread, marking (NOT), and
finishing your tops without turning,
marking, and agonizing over design
decisions. Bring a note book and
pen for sketching and doodling ideas
you can use on your customer
quilts. A non-traditional approach
appropriate for all levels.
Students are encouraged to bring
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#123 - AutoSketch for
Beginners Kay Oft $60
1:00P-5:00P
Computerized-AutoSketch
Lecture/Demo
Hands-on guided instruction, just
the basics to get you started on a
journey of fun and success as you
learn to use the basic tools for
creating your own quilting designs
for your Statler Computerized
Quilting system. Class Requirements:
a laptop loaded with Auto Sketch
including the basic toolbar from the
Statler website and Precision
Stitch/Creative Studio. Optional:
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#124 - Freehand
Freedom Mary Nordeng $33
1:00P-3:00P All
Skill Levels
Lecture/Drawing
Fretting finally finishing?
Flip it, flop it, finesse it,
finangle it, but foremost, finish
it! Join Mary as she shares her
fearless freehand techniques for an
overabundance of borders, sashings,
blocks, and backgrounds, all with
little, or no marking. Leave class
with the confidence to tackle that
pile of quilt tops screaming to be
finished. Discover fun, fearless,
freehand finishing! This is a
drawing class so bring a notebook,
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#125 - Basic Drawing for
Quilters
Anne Bright
$33
1:00P-3:00P All
Skill Levels
Lecture/Drawing
Let Anne Bright teach you HOW to
learn to draw. We will work on
building your confidence in drawing!
What you learn to draw will easily
transfer into your freehand
quilting. Learn ways to travel from
one point to another beautifully,
proper spacing, even coverage,
correct use of proportion and
sizing, shapes and so much more!
Learn to program your mind to
continually expand your freehand
repertoire'! Add variety to your
background fillers and have more fun
with your quilting! Bring a
clipboard, paper and pencils for
easier note taking and sketching!
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#126 - Introduction to the Gammill
Design Center Lisa Coker
$62 3:30P-6:30P All Skill
Levels Lecture/Demo
Introduction to the Gammill Design
Center - Is your Gammill design
center still in the box? Are you
just thinking about adding it to
your list of tools? Lisa is here to
show you what the Gammill Design
Center can do for you and what you
can do with the Gammill Design
Center. The possibilities are
endless! This class is for the
owners, or those looking to
purchase, a Gammill Design Center.
In this class Lisa will demonstrate
all the features of the Gammill
Design Center and how user friendly
it can be. This class covers the
basics to get you started including
choosing designs, different sizing
and layouts, and much more. . Time
permitting, Lisa will also demo
embellishing the designs you create
using the Gammill Design Center. It
is highly recommended that you have
the book “The Magic Of Freehand
Embellishment” by Irena Bluhm, a
step by step tutorial for the
Gammill Design Center, which will be
available for purchase before and
after the class. Bring a clipboard,
paper and pencils for easier note
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#127 - Designs from
Simple Shapes and Blocks Pam Clarke
$47 3:30P-5:30P
All skill levels
Lecture/Demo
Take a simple circle, swirl,
9-patch, heart and add a few basic
shapes to create fantastic designs
to be used in borders, blocks,
sashing, corners and set-in blocks.
No longer will you be searching
through your pre-cut stencils to
find the perfect fit. Pam Clarke
will show you how, with these simple
shapes, you can make Amish feathers
with a circle, beautiful swirl
shapes for large borders or small
sashing. Discover how to use any
size heart shape to create an
elegant feather heart to be used in
plain blocks or half square
triangles. Take a 9-patch block and
using the piecing of the block as a
reference, stitch outstanding
designs with very little marking.
Then see how simply this is achieved
as Pam demonstrates using the
longarm from the free-motion side of
the machine. For easier note taking
and sketching bring a clipboard and
colored pencils or pens, a pencil, a
small sharpener and eraser. Cameras
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#128 -
APQS
Machine maintenance Amy Anderson $42 3:30P-5:30p
All Skill levels
Lecture/Demo
APQS Machine Maintenance - All Skill
Levels - Learn how to keep your APQS
quilting machine in peak condition -
no matter which model you own. Amy
will go over the basics of daily and
long-term maintenance, wheel
adjustments, timing,
troubleshooting, and she will take
the fear out of working on your
machine. You will receive a booklet
with full color photographs and
instructions on everything covered
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#129 - It's Hip to be
Square Debbie Wendt
$33
3:30P-5:30P
All Skill Levels
Lecture
Are you worn out with wonky quilts?
Tired of fighting with uneven quilt
backs? Then step on over to the
square side. Debbie will show you
how to apply mitered & straight
borders to a quilt to keep it
square, then move on over to the
longarm to square up those backs. Click Here to return to the
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#130 -
Flat or Fluffy - The Batting In
Between Nancy Goldsworthy
$30 3:30P-5:30P
All Skill Levels
Lecture
Battings, battings and more
battings! They are flat, fluffy,
polyester, cotton, and all manner of
blends. How can we possibly choose
the best one for our current
project? Nancy is here to help you
separate the urban legends from the
facts about today's battings. Learn
what the correct batt can do to
enhance all of your quilting
projects. From bags to bed quilts,
find the best batt for the job.
There will be lots of sewn samples
so you can compare for yourself.
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#131 - Hooked on
Feathers - No More Backtracking
Sally Terry
$30
3:30P-5:30P
All Skill Levels
Lecture/Drawing
Feathers are loved and the goal of
every quilter is to master
feathering that is perfectly spaced
and uniform. Now you can learn to
stitch "perfect" feathers without
the frustration, intense
concentration on the occasional
"unstitching". Get easy step-by-step
directions for quick and elegant
feathers that meet your
expectations. Because you can
eliminate backtracking forever,
these elegant freehand feathers
effortlessly fill any space and turn
corners without even trying. You
won't feel like a newbie at
feathering after taking this class.
Because this technique favors easy
free motion, they are a joy for
quilters of all skill levels. You'll
learn to stitch the different
styles, curves and shapes, and how
to add graceful elegance to your
feathers. Discover how to find your
own style, like your signature so
you don't have to copy me to be
successful. Find out why so many
quilters are hooked on feathers!
Handout includes border patterns,
pattern for the body of the quilt,
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#132 - Companions
Anne Bright
$35
3:30P-5:30P
All Skill Levels
Lecture Drawing
You will be
amazed at the wonderful things that
you can do with Anne's Companion
Sets! Create blocks, borders and
edge-to-edge designs that work
quickly and easily! Everyone will
receive a Companion Set to work
with. These fun manipulatives make
learning fun! These designs work
wonderfully as edge-to-edge and make
custom work easy! We will be working
together to create beautiful whole
cloth designs. You will never look
at a triangle in the same way again!
Bring a clipboard, paper and pencils
for easier note taking and
sketching!
This
class is nearly full! Only a few
spaces remain!
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#133 - Frameworks - Expanded Version Diana Phillips
$59
4:30P-7:00P All
Skill Levels
Lecture/Demo
Straight from the popular "Frameworks" book, we'll stitch a bevy of border
designs to add pizzazz to your
quilts. We'll cover, skinny, wide,
simple, elegant, multiples @ once
and more. Since we'll be
concentrating on basic techniques
for styles of borders - you'll have
lots of ways to adapt & personalize
all of these to your own quilts and
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