Glendale Quilt Guild

AC1 • Machine Quilting                  $35.00
Thursday, 3/16/06                      3 hours          6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
All levels • Machine required                          Materials Fee $5.00
  
Once the top is made, it is time to quilt and most of us cannot keep up the pace with piecing. Very simple methods will guide you to becoming a better quilter without a lot of stress and time.
Supply List
Sewing machine with the ability to drop feed dogs
Extra sewing machine needles
Darning (free motion) foot to fit your machine, required
Thread for machine quilting, in any color (my favorite is YLI)
Scissors to cut threads
Optional: quilting gloves.

AC2 • Let Me Surprise You!          $55.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            6 hours          9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Intermediate level • Machine required                     Kit Fee $95.00
   
This is a wonderful fun-filled group workshop for those who just want to sew and not do too much cutting or thinking. A quilt is designed and a kit is produced for the Glendale Quilt Show 2006 and is only available at this Show. Each student will be making the same quilt kit, but differences can happen within each student’s borders, sashing or settings. The kit is for the top only and does not provide borders. This class is for students with a wide range of color tolerance. If you are worried about color, pattern or design then you should not take this class.

Supply List
• Sewing machine, with usual supplies
• Thread, pins, scissors to cut threads
• Things that make you happy: a pillow to sit on, candy and a good mood
• Optional: cutting tools (Rotary cutter, mat, ruler)
• Included in kit: Precut fabric for top and printed handout

AC3 • These are a Few of My Favorite Things            $65.00
Saturday, 3/18/06                       6 hours          8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Intermediate level • Machine required              Handout Fee $5.00

Charlotte will teach the way she designs and cuts the kits. This is a combination of many things she has learned over the years of quilt making. The class is full of information and real solutions to everyday problems in quilt making. Many quilts will be shown for ideas and possible future projects. A mystery project is started in the class along with the learning of the methods. There will be tools available for sale during the class. Students may use them before buying.
No purchase required.

Supply List
• Fabrics: scraps or from stash...the more the better. Choose your favorites - a minimum of 8 darks and 8 lights that go together well. An example: 6 dark browns, 2 dark rusts and 8 tans. Approximately ¼ yard of each.
• Sewing machine, with usual supplies
• Sewing thread, pins, scissors to cut threads
• Cutting tools (Rotary cutter, mat, ruler)
• Pins, pencil and other "stuff" you like to lug to class
• Tri-Rec tool, Half Square tool (available for use in class and for purchase)
• Optional: Angler tool
• Included in the handout: patterns and guidelines.

AC4 • Let Me Surprise You!          $55.00
Sunday, 3/19/06                          6 hours        10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Intermediate level • Machine required                     Kit Fee $95.00
   
This is a wonderful fun-filled group workshop for those who just want to sew and not do too much cutting or thinking. A quilt is designed and a kit is produced for the Glendale Quilt Show 2006 and is only available at this Show. Each student will be making the same quilt kit, but differences can happen within each student’s borders, sashing or settings. The kit is for the top only and does not provide borders. This class is for students with a wide range of color tolerance. If you are worried about color, pattern or design then you should not take this class.

Supply List
• Sewing machine, with usual supplies
• Thread, pins, scissors to cut threads
• Things that make you happy: a pillow to sit on, candy and a good mood
• Optional: Cutting tools (Rotary cutter, mat, ruler)
• ncluded in kit: Precut fabric for top and printed handout

ACL • Why We Make Quilts           $35.00
Saturday PM, 3/18/06                4 hours        7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Banquet Lecture, 1 hour   
                                                                        
Come to the Quilter’s Celebration’ Banquet and Celebrate [Ruth, do you want to add what we are celebrating], and savor a meal designed especially for a quilter. There will be awards presented, and tons door prizes, thanks to our generous affiliates and sponsors. Afterwards, get a heaping doze of the best medicine – laughter – as Charlotte presents her perspective on the question you ask 100 times during the ‘fun’ of making that really awful quilt. There are no slides, but there will be quilts in the lecture! The quilts can be touched and they can be photographed. Charlotte welcomes questions during the lecture.

Debbie Bowles
Debbie has been designing slightly unusual quilts for her own pattern company Maple Island Quilts since the spring of 1998. Quilt patterns from Maple Island Quilts are just a bit untraditional. They are fun to stitch and achievable for most skill levels. There are no templates used in Maple Island Quilts' patterns, instead clever cutting and often-unexpected block rotations make these quilts work. Debbie says, “One of the constants in my life has always been the art of creating. For many of us it is the process far more than the project because for me, sewing soothes the soul no matter what else is happening in my life.” If you have any questions about supplies or patterns, e-mail to Debbie at: info@mapleislandquilts.com.
www.mapleislandquilts.com

BD1 • Unique Pagodas                  $30.00
Thursday, 3/16/06                      3 hours          6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
All levels • Machine required

12" quilt blocks that have curves going around the center, how did you do that? Choose good contrast for the three fabrics and be prepared to become a quilter with curves. You will learn the inventive rotary cut (no templates) and machine stitched curve technique while creating your unique blocks and a spectacular curvy quilt. Choose a small wall piece, using only 4 blocks or lap size. Teacher will provide pattern, and it will be mailed to you prior to class. This quilt pattern is also in the book, Cutting Curves from Straight Pieces.

Supply List
• Sewing machine with usual supplies
• Rotary cutter with sharp blade
• Cutting ruler 6” x 24”
• Cutting mat at least 17” x 23”
• Special “Blue” painter’s masking tape
• Design Wall: piece of flannel, felt or batting
• Optional: 12½” square ruler
• Optional: two different 6” x 42” strips for practice curve
• Fabrics for a Wall size quilt, 32” x 32”
• Block centers A – ¼ yard or 4 – 4½” squares
• B/C – ½ yard each. These are the curve fabrics.
• Border – ³/8 yard
• Border corner – ¼ yd or 4 – 4½” squares
• Fabrics for a Lap size quilt, 60” x 72”
• Block centers A – ½ yard
• B/C 2 yards each. These are the curve fabrics.
• Inner border – 5/8 yard
• Outer Border – 5/8 yard
• Border corners – ¼ yard or 4 – 4½” squares

BD2 • Amazing                               $55.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            6 hours          9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All levels • Machine required

Keep your viewers guessing about how you created a maze that spirals from the inside to the outside and on to the next block. These 20” blocks create a bold look when you choose two highly contrasting fabrics. Very achievable. Teacher will provide pattern, and it will be mailed to you prior to class.

Supply List
• Sewing machine, with usual supplies
• Rotary cuter, mat, ruler with a 45° line
• Marking tool of your choice, needs to show on both fabrics
• Fabrics for a Wall size quilt, 44” x 44”
• Dark 1½ yards
• Light 1 ½ yards
• Cutting directions prior to class:
• Both fabrics are cut the same. Work with one fabric at a time.
• Cut 1 – 4½” strip; then cut 2 – 4½” x 4½” squares for center
• Cut 13 – 2½” strips; then cut the following segments:
• Layer 4 strips and cut 10½”, 10½”, 8½”, 8½” (38”)
• Layer 4 strips and cut 6½”, 6½”, 6½”, 6½”, 12½” (38½”)
• Layer 4 strips and cut 8½”, 8½”, 10½”, 4½”, 4½”, 2½” (39”)
• From 1 strip cut 4 – 4 ½” segments.

BD3 • Eureka                                  $55.00
Saturday, 3/18/06                       6 hours          8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
All levels • Machine required

A little arty, exciting and bold. Eureka will teach you the template free rotary cut and machine stitched inventive curve technique. If you don’t “do curves”, this may be for you. A great project to try out colorful fabrics and have fun with design. Teacher will provide pattern, and it will be mailed to you prior to class. Two choices for the borders, both quilts are 36” x 48”.

Supply List
• Sewing machine, with usual supplies
• Rotary cutter with sharp blade
• Cutting ruler 6” x 24”, cutting mat at least 17” x 23”
• Design Wall: piece of flannel, felt or batting
• Optional: red/green filter to check value
• Optional: two different 6” x 42” strips to practice curve
For Quilt A:
• 8 row fabrics, 3/8 yard each
• Inner border, 3/8 yard
• Outer border, ½ yard
For Quilt B:
• 10 row fabrics, ¼ yard each
• Border light, ¼ yard
• Border dark, ½ yard
Fabric Selection Tips:
The fabrics are used in pairs. The contrast within each pair varies from row to row. Quilt A has big color and value contrast in some areas and much less in other areas. The fabric used had large color and value changes. Because of this, the quilt appears to have used more than 8 row fabrics. Quilt B used the darkest and lightest fabric for the border. The fabrics were paired with a dark/medium or medium/medium –light value.

BD4 • Frames                                 $55.00
Sunday, 3/19/06                          6 hours        10:30 AM – 5:30 PM
All levels • Machine required

Create a bold frame for a special centerpiece using this easy template-free long angle. Fun and easy to do, the frame angle showcases your center. Consider photo transfer, needlework, appliqué, or special fabric as the center. Two sizes of center (12½” x 18½” or 4½” x 10½”) and three different border choices offer design choice for quilters of all skill levels. Teacher will provide pattern, and it will be mailed to you prior to class.

Supply List
• Sewing machine, with usual supplies
• Cutting ruler 6” x 24”, cutting mat at least 17” x 23”
• Design Wall: piece of flannel, felt or batting
• Marking pencil (mechanical pencil suggested)
• Fabric Selection Tips:
• The framing fabrics D and E must contrast.
• Fabric E must contrast with the center A.
• Cutting directions prior to class:
• Cut 4 – 4” x 21” segments of D and E
• Cut center A: 12½”x 18½” or 4½”x 10½”

Hollis Chatelain
Hollis was born and raised in Pennsylvania, but lived 14 years of her adult life in Switzerland and in four West African countries. At the end of 1996, she moved back to the United States. Her current studio and home are in Hillsborough, NC. Hollis started her career as a textile artist in Africa. Her interest was sparked by the richness and beauty of African fabrics, which are ever so integrated into the everyday life of Africans. Her distinctive use of colors and imagery, as well as her dye-painted scenes of multicultural life have brought her international recognition.
http://www.hollisart.com/

CH1 • Painting Images with Dyes                          $140.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            6 hours          8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday, 3/18/06                       6 hours          8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All levels • No machine                                              Lab Fee $35.00

This 2-day workshop will teach students how to paint with Procion dyes on cotton. Learning to control the dyes will be emphasized. Blending, layering, special effects and painting without bleeding will be covered. All of these techniques can be used to create images as complex as portraits or as simple as a line on a scarf. Students are asked to bring drawings for transfer onto cloth and then paint. These drawings can be as simple as drawings from a coloring book because we will mainly be concentrating on how to apply the dyes. Students will leave with a painted piece that could become a vest, quilt or pillow top.

Supply List
• 2 or 3 18" x 20" drawings or designs (there will also be drawings to choose from)
• White synthetic round brushes used normally for acrylic or watercolor painting - US sizes 0, 2, 4, 8, 12 (teacher will have enough brushes available for sale. The brushes for sale are specific to the type of work being taught).
• 4 large white plastic clean trash bags
• Sharpie black magic marker (fat one)
• Prismacolor pencils
• Scotch tape; 6 plastic teaspoons; 1 large zip lock bag; paper towels; kitchen rubber gloves
• Extra sheets of drawing paper
• An empty film vial with top
• Notebook and pencil for note taking
• Items provided by teacher for the lab fee:
• White cotton cloth already dipped in soda ash
• Procion dyes and all other chemicals needed to dye paint
• Face masks
• Deep well palette.












CH3 • Quilt Line as the Third Design Aspect           $80.00
Sunday, 3/19/06                          6 hours        10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
All levels • No machine

This is a process class that will help you find ideas on how to use quilting to enhance your quilt. We will be working on design, not technique. We would like to go further than just holding the three layers together with stitches. The main objective is to use quilting lines to create depth, texture, tension, or shadowing which give a new dimension to your quilt. Lines can be inspired by an endless variety of things (architecture, nature, technology, etc.) to add visual interest and reinforce the overall design of your quilt. Even straight lines can become a design in themselves. You will be working with the quilt tops you bring, which can be a traditional patchwork or a contemporary design. We will pin the quilt tops on the wall one after the other and discuss how to enhance what you like best and diminish what you like least in your quilts.

Supply List
• 1 to 3 quilt tops
• A large assortment of threads
• Tracing paper
• Photographs of water, clouds, buildings, furniture, etc.
• Prismacolor pencils
• Notebook and pencil for note taking.

CHL • Influences of Africa            $18.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            1 hour            5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Lecture
Leaving the USA just after college and living most of my adult life in West Africa has had a major impact on my artwork. During this lecture, using both slides of my work and of my life in Africa, I lead the audience through a voyage starting with my discovery of African cloth, and ending with my return to the U.S. and the making of my African imagery quilts.

LAL • Threads                                $10.00
Friday PM, 3/17/06                     1 hour            7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Lecture 
                                                                                                    
Ann returned from an exciting trip to Europe where she met with the manufactures of DMC thread. Her goal was to encourage them to come up with more publicity for the DMC threads as they related to piecing, hand quilting and machine quilting. She was successful in having DMC become more aware of the needs of the quilter for piecing, , hand and machine quilting as well as its continued use in appliqué. Come hear her interesting lecture as to why DMC thread should be used by every quilter.

Two of Annie’s favorite passions are sewing and quilting.  She owns a MC7500 and MC10001 and has attended quilt shows in Houston, Paducah and Nashville where her "crazy quilt" was on display.

Sewing is Annie’s passion and addiction.  Whether the quilt or garment is bold bright colors or tone-on-tone elegance with machine trapunto Annie enjoys creating using Janome’s top of the line sewing machine.

JE1 • Crazy Quilt Accent Pillow
Thursday, 3/16/06 
3 hours 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM
JE2 • Crazy Quilt Accent Pillow
Friday, 3/16/06
3 hours 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM

JE3 • Crazy Quilt Accent Pillow
Saturday, 3/17/06 
3 hours 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM

JE4 • Crazy Quilt Accent Pillow
Sunday AM, 3/17/06 
3 hours 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

This fun class will teach you how to quickly piece a crazy quilt block and add decorative stitches to make a beautiful decorative pillow.  Kit to be supplied.

Students to bring to class:
Cutting mat
Rotary cutter
Ruler
Scissors
Pins
Small class size iron and ironing pad (optional)
14” x 14” pillow form (optional, you can leave it home if you wish)
Excitement
Enthusiasm

Sue Nickels
Sue began quilting over 25 years ago, starting out by hand and gradually focusing on machine work. Sue has written three books, two of them with her sister, Pat Holly. Pat and Sue also work on quilts together. They have entered many quilts in national shows and have collected an array of impressive awards. Some quilts, like The Beatles Quilt, or The Space Quilt are recognizable by any quilter. Sue says: “My most rewarding endeavor is teaching others about quilting and timesaving machine techniques. I emphasize the best quality workmanship possible, never compromising quality for speed. Along with being a wife and mom, I will continue to make the best machine quilts I can, and share my knowledge with other quilters around the country”.
www.sue.nickels.com/

NS1 • Feathers and Cables          $30.00
Thursday, 3/16/06                      3 hours          6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
All levels • No machine    
                                                                     
Explore the techniques Sue uses to create custom feathers and cables. Do you want to free yourself from using stencils or tracing your quilting designs from books? Have you always wanted to draw your own designs? Sue will show how she designed the feathers and cables in her book, "Amish patterns for Machine Quilting." It's easier than you think! Let Sue walk you through step by step and make it easy to start your own collection of designs. Learn to make the feathers fit your quilt! Also, learn about the latest marking tools.

Supply List
• 20 sheets white paper (copy paper works good)
• 5 sheets tracing paper
• 2 large sheets (18’ x 24”) paper
• Pencil and pencil sharpener
• Permanent black marker (Micron or Sharpie)
• Ruler: quilter’s type, 6” x 24”; paper scissors; compass







NS2 •  Machine Quilting Essentials                            $55.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            6 hours          8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Beginner to Intermediate • Machine required

With Sue’s patient guidance learn all the basic skills needed to master machine quilting on your home sewing machine. Start with a discussion on supplies, including thread, needles and notions. Next, practice the basic techniques of straight line and free motion machine quilting on small quilt packages. After learning the skills to feel confident with these techniques, Sue will demonstrate how to successfully baste, package and quilt the actual quilt. Many quilts will be shown for inspiration.

Supply List
• A sewing machine with the ability to drop feed dogs; extension bar or table; all accessories
• Darning (free motion) foot to fit your machine, required
• Twelve 12” squares of muslin
• Six 12” squares of cotton or cotton blend batting
• 50 safety pins (size 0 or size 1)
• Machine needles (size 80/12 and 70/10 Microtex or quilting)
• Transparent nylon thread: CLEAR, .004 weight
• Cotton thread: off-white and tan, 50 weight
• Marking pencil (I use Quilter’s Choice brand, silver).
• Ruler for marking straight lines
• Kitchen rubber gloves, one size smaller than you wear for dishwashing
• Basic sewing supplies: scissors, bobbins, etc.
• Optional: walking foot (if you have one)
• Optional: small cushion to sit on.

NS3 • Traditions! in Machine Quilting             $55.00
Saturday, 3/18/06                       6 hours          8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Intermediate • Machine required                         Stencil Fee $8.00 
          
Explore machine quilting using traditional quilting designs. Sue's inspiration for choosing quilting designs comes from antique quilts, keeping with the traditions in quilt making. Feathers, cables and motif designs along with stipple quilting, cross-hatching and diagonal lines will be covered. Discussion will include history of machine quilting, thread and batting choices, choosing quilting designs and handling a large quilt. This is a great class for students who are interested in adding to their machine quilting experience.

Supply List
• A sewing machine with the ability to drop feed dogs; extension bar or table; all accessories
• Darning (free motion) foot to fit your machine, required
• Eight 10” squares of muslin for practice
• Four 10” squares of cotton batting for practice
• 50 safety pins (size 0 or size 1)
• Machine needles (size 80/12 and 70/10 Microtex or quilting)
• Transparent nylon thread: CLEAR, .004 weight
• Cotton thread: off-white and tan, 50 weight
• Marking pencil (I use Quilter’s Choice brand, silver).
• Ruler for marking straight lines
• Kitchen rubber gloves, one size smaller than you wear for dishwashing
• Basic sewing supplies: scissors, bobbins, needle, etc.
• Small Quilting Project: 18” square solid fabric; 22” square backing fabric; 22” square batting (I use cotton); quilting thread to match the project
• Optional: walking foot (if you have one)
• Optional: straight stitch throat plate (if you have one)
• Optional: small cushion to sit on.

NS4 • Invisible Machine Appliqué               $30.00
Sunday AM, 3/18/06                   3 hours        10:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Beginner to Intermediate • Machine required

Learn a quick machine appliqué method that looks just like hand appliqué. Use a freezer paper preparation and a blind hem stitch with invisible thread to achieve accurate and attractive finished project. Choose from a simple rose or tulip patterns. Sue's book "Machine Appliqué: A Sampler of Techniques" features this and other techniques and patterns. For a second technique, NS5 can be taken in combination with this class.

Supply List
• A sewing machine with the ability to a blind hem stitch
• Open toe appliqué foot (a must for machine appliqué)
• Machine needles (70/10 Microtex or universal)
• Small scissors for precise cutting of appliqué pieces
• Basic Sewing Supplies: paper scissors, pins, pencil, etc.
• Freezer paper – 1 yard
• Water soluble glue stick
• Spray bottle and wash cloth
• 100% cotton pre-washed and pressed fabric: 10” square for background; ¼ to ½ yard for flower and leaf appliqué
• Cotton embroidery thread, 60 weight, background color
• Transparent nylon thread: CLEAR, .004 weight



NS5 • Stitched Raw Edge Fusible Machine Appliqué               $30.00
Sunday PM, 3/18/06                   3 hours          2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
All levels • Machine required

Create a rose and bud block while learning a quick raw edge fusible machine appliqué technique. Sue's award-winning “The Beatles Quilt” and “The Space Quilt” uses this method of machine appliqué to create fun and intricate blocks. For a second technique, NS4 can be taken in combination with this class.

Supply List
• A sewing machine with a blanket or zigzag stitch capability
• Open toe appliqué foot (a must for machine appliqué)
• Basic sewing supplies: scissors, needle, pins, pencil, etc.
• 1 yard paper backed fusible web, lightweight (I use HTC Trans-web)
• 100% cotton pre-washed fabric: 10” square for background, pressed and spray-starched to the stiffness of paper; lots of scraps and some fat quarters for flower and leaf appliqué
• Cotton thread, 50 weight, color to match appliqué.

Velda Newman
Velda is an internationally recognized contemporary quilt artist, author and lecturer. Known for her large scale, mostly organic designs, Velda creates original quilts of exceptional beauty and craftsmanship. For the past 18 years, Velda's work has appeared in many national and international exhibitions and has been featured in over 30 publications. She lives in Northern California and is the mother of four and the grandmother of ten.
http://www.veldanewman.com/

NV1 • Creating Realism                $70.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            6 hours          8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All levels • No machine                                   Materials Fee $15.00

Experimenting with fabrics to produce nature’s wide range of patterns and colors is the focus of this class. We will explore the use of discharge, ink, crayon, pencil, foil and paint on fabric. By combining an unlimited amount of mediums, we can recreate the textures and organic richness found only in nature.
Supply List
• 2 yards freezer paper
• 1 roll paper towels
• Hair dryer (1 per 2 students)
• Embroidery hoop, 14”
• Air-erasable marking pen
• Aleene’s foiling glue (craft store)
• Jacquard water based resist, 2 oz
(Dharma 800 542 5227)
• White or clear plastic drop cloth and old towel
• Plastic spray bottle with trigger handle

• Cotton household string; Masking tape
• 3 or 4 WHITE disposable plastic plates
• Scissors, for both, fabric and paper
• Apron or wear old clothes, gloves and mask
• Paint brushes for acrylic paint, medium size, flat and round
• 1 utility paint brush, 2” size (costs about $1 at paint stores)
• 2 one-cup size containers for water
• All fabrics must be 100% cotton, solids ONLY!
• Medium to dark range fabric, 12 pieces, 1/2 yard each
• 2 yards muslin OR pale yellow SOLID fabric.
• Included in Materials: paints and other lab items.

NV2 • Apple Study                       $140.00
Saturday, 3/18/06                       6 hours          8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Sunday, 3/19/06                          6 hours        10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
All levels • Machine required                        Materials Fee $15.00

Velda says: “I am constantly working on studies. They let me experiment without the commitment of a larger piece, and they make great gifts!” Create a study (24" x 36") of apples and lemons taken from the book “A Painters Approach to Quilt Design”. Contains many of the fabric manipulation techniques used in Velda’s larger pieces.

Supply List
• Sewing machine (Sunday ONLY) and basic sewing supplies
• 1 roll paper towels
• Hair dryer (1 per 2 students)
• Embroidery hoop, 14 inch (to be used with paints)
• Air-erasable marking pen
• Fabric markers, black and brown, fine point (Micron is good)
• White or clear plastic drop cloth and old towel
• 5 or 6 WHITE disposable plastic plates
• Apron or wear old clothes
• Paint brushes for acrylic paint, size ½” flat and medium size round.
• 1 utility paint brush, 2” size (about $1 at paint stores)
• 2 one-cup size containers for water
• All fabrics must be 100% cotton, solids or hand dyed ONLY!
• ¾ yard medium yellow-green for apple leaves
• ¼ yard light yellow-green for lemon leaves
• 1 yard pale yellow for apples and lemon branch
• ¼ yard taupe or grey for apple branch
• ¼ yard bright yellow for lemons
• 1 yard background (I chose a 90%Black/10%White print)
• 2 yards muslin for painting techniques
• Included in Materials: paints and other lab items.

Andrea Perejda
Andi is an award winning quilt maker, teacher and NQA Certified Quilt Judge. She is known for her hand quilting and hand appliqué, however her interests include all facets of quilt making. Andi regularly enters regional and national shows and has won many prizes, such as Best of Show, Best Innovative Design, and Appliqué Master. Andi says: “The hand work is relaxing. It’s gratifying. I think I’m really fortunate because I’m able to quilt rather quickly and I don’t know why--it’s sheer luck basically, but I find it very relaxing. To just sit back and have the sense that something’s accomplished in a short period of time and that it’s not going to disappear.”

PA1 • Basic Hand Quilting             $50.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            6 hours          8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Beginner • No machine

This class will cover the basics for the beginning quilter. It will address marking the fabric for quilting, types of batting, performing the quilting stitch, and how to make quilting stencils.

Supply List
• Brighter room
• ½ yard or 2 fat quarters of solid color fabric. Bring a light box if using dark-colored solid fabric.
• Quilting thimble: my favorite is an English thimble from the Needleart Guild. It has a brass end with a grid stamped into it and a lip so the needle doesn’t slip. A Dritz thimble with a waffle-cut end is also okay.
• Cotton thread for quilting; basting thread.
• Quilting needles (betweens) size #10 or #12
• A 12” to 14” circular hoop
• 22” square piece of batting. DO NOT USE Warm & Natural cotton, Thermore or Thermolam
• Any marking pencils/tools you have on hand, don’t buy any for the class. You may try some of mine if you like.
• Masking tape, large quilting pins, large basting needle, spoon
• Small scissors; needle threader if needed
• A smile and a positive attitude!


PA2 • Whigged out Roses            $50.00
Saturday, 3/18/06                       6 hours          8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All levels • No machine                                         Pattern Fee $8.00

Make appliqué blocks using Andi’s pattern for “Whigged Out on the West Coast”. The block is appliquéd using the overlay method, so there are no marking lines on your quilt top! Stems, flowers, leaves, and appliqué stitch are covered. Finishing the quilt using wavy sashings will be discussed.

Supply List
• Background fabric: 4½ - 5 yards. For each repeated appliqué block, the background fabric should be cut into 24” square. There are 5 of these blocks in the patterned quilt. You are free to make as many as you like! The large bouquet block should be cut 38” or 39” square. You may vary the background fabrics for a scrappier look.
• Other fabrics: 1 yard or so of stem fabric, may be several closely related green colors; large scraps of any color for the flowers; colors should contrast with the background
 • A 24” square of pink-dot pellon for overlay.
• Sharpie pen; sharp silver and white chalk pencils
• Plastic template material; freezer paper
• Needles: sharps or betweens
• Small silk pins or short appliqué pins
• Small, sharp scissors
• Rotary cutter, mat, and ruler
• Threads: color to match flower and stem fabrics, Mettler cotton thread #50 or #60 weight
• Bias bars 3/8 and 1/4 inch)
• A few 6” squares of white cotton batiste
• Scraps of a flat batting material such as cotton or Hobbs 80/20
• White cotton yarn: 4-ply worsted weight Sugar‘N’Cream made by Lily.

PA3 • Stuff It!                                $50.00
Sunday, 3/19/06                          6 hours          9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Intermediate to Expert • No machine

Ultimate hand quilting, stippling and stuffed work class. This class will introduce you to a variety of stippling stitches, cording, padded work and stuffed work. These techniques add the ultimate interest and texture to a quilt. Knowledge of the basic hand quilting stitch needed.


Supply List
• ½ yard or 2 fat quarters of solid color fabric. A pastel color, white or off-white is best. Avoid tightly woven (pima) cottons. Sateen is fine.
• *¼ yard white cotton batiste
• *Purple air-erasable fine-point pen
• Silver pencil
• Masking tape
• *½ yard Pellon fleece
• Small, sharp scissors
• Fine dressmaker pins or silk pins
• Cotton thread for quilting; basting thread, basting needle
• Cotton batting: Hobbs 80/20 or Fairfield Soft Touch 80/20
• Quilting needles (betweens) size #10 or #12
• *White cotton yarn: 4-ply worsted weight “Sugar‘n’Cream” made by Lily.
• Tapestry or embroidery needle for yarn: as thin as possible with a big enough eye for cotton yarn!
• 12” or 18” see-thru ruler
• Round toothpick
• Batted, loosely basted “sandwich” of muslin and the same batting as above and some quilting thread to match
• *Items with asterisks can be found at Betty’s, Beverly’s, Michael’s or Wal-Mart.

Sue Rasmussen
A diversified quilt instructor since 1988, Sue loves to inspire her class participants to stretch beyond traditional confinements, through paper foundation piecing and machine pieced landscape quilts. Sue has a degree in Textile Science from the UC Davis, and has produced an extensive and varied body of work, including hundreds of quilts, quilt art and quilted clothing, many nationally recognized. Fabrics, rich in color, intricately pieced into a story of her fancy. Stitches, carefully woven through the whole, bringing it to life. This has been Sue’s passion for over thirty years. To allow herself more time for the creative process, she has acquired and developed many tricks and techniques that are invaluable to the machine quilter. Sue says: “If you join me for one of my classes, we will explore together the ways to free up your Inner Artistry”.

RS1 • Paper Foundation Pieced Houses                    $45.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            6 hours          9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All levels • Machine required                              Pattern Fee $3.00

Simple houses using paper-piecing foundations are quick and easy. You will learn the basics of this simple technique to make any number of blocks with perfectly matching corners and perfect points every time. You will learn to look at other blocks and analyze how to apply this quick technique to future projects.

Supply List
• Fabrics - scraps or fat quarters or ¼ yards for backgrounds, houses, windows (if you want a scrappy look) or 1 yard of background fabric if you want the background to be the same
• ½ yard fabric for sashing
• ½ yard each of two different fabrics for pieced borders
• Sewing machine, thread, pins, basic sewing supplies
• Cutting tools (Rotary cutter with sharp blade, mat, ruler)
• Scissors, for both, fabric and paper
• Optional: Add A Quarter ruler,
• Optional: Hera or Dritz Quilting pressing tool

RS2 • Landscape                           $90.00
Saturday, 3/18/06                       6 hours          9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday, 3/19/06                          6 hours        10:30 AM – 5:30 PM
All levels • Machine required on Sunday

You will learn the techniques needed to design and make a landscape quilt. You begin by learning the initial steps of planning a landscape quilt, with this simple single tree pattern provided in class. Working on your individual tree quilt, over the two-day class, you will learn the process of making a landscape with the 'Ruth McDowell' technique, giving you confidence and knowledge to attempt other landscape designs.

Supply List
• ¼ yard of tree bark fabric
• Fat quarters or ¼ yards or large scraps for: 4-6 sky fabrics; 7-10 ground fabrics; 3 mountain fabrics light to dark (can be in the same color family). Bring more different fabrics to have a wider choice. Batiks, large and medium scale prints, Fossil Fern type fabrics, check the backs of your fabrics.
• Sewing machine, thread, pins, basic sewing supplies
• Scissors, for both, fabric and paper
• Freezer paper (18" wide)
• Pens, pencil, colored pencils
• Pillow to sit on for extra chair comfort
• Optional: 2-3 additional papers 18" x 24" (not thin tracing paper). Freezer paper can be used.
• Photos or pictures of future projects to discuss.

Dick hunts for these old sweethearts and lovingly repairs and restores them. He has produced and sells a video for FW owners to help them care for their little treasure. Dick is the service manager at Kingdom Sewing in Northridge, CA.

HD1 • TLC for your Featherweight                    $25.00
Sunday, 3/19/06                          3 hours        11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
All levels • No machine

This is a hands-on seminar covering FW history, care and cleaning, inside and out. It also covers general troubleshooting.

Supply List
• Notebook and pencil for note taking
• If you own one, you may bring your precious FW for reference, but it’s not required.

Bonnie Colonna
Bonnie Colonna enjoys all aspects of sewing and over the years has had lots of experience sewing for the home, children, school, band, church and theater. Her specialties include quilting, heirloom, art-to-wear garments, doll-making, and software. Her background includes running a custom sewing and smocking business. She has taught regionally and nationally for the Smocking Arts Guild of America, the Colorado Quilt Council, as well as freelance educator for Husqvarna Viking. Bonnie loves sharing her enthusiasm for sewing with others.

VE1 • Magnets on the Fridge       $40.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            6 hours          9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All levels • Sewing machine provided                       Kit Fee $12.00

Please join us for a fun-filled day making whimsical face pins. They can be used to decorate your fridge, wear to quilt guild, or as a personalized gift. The day will start with a trunk show of ideas, software demo, and then make and complete your own embroidered Face Pin. Learn easy digitizing and experience the creative power of the Designer SE. Come prepared to play and enjoy the day.

Supply List
• Basic sewing supplies
• Assorted rayon embroidery thread: black, brown, blue, red, pink, flesh (colors appropriate for the face embroidery)
• 75/11 stretch or embroidery needle
• Embroidery bobbin thread, regular sewing thread
• Air or water erasable pen
• Lo-temp glue gun & glue sticks
• Chopstick/hemostat for stuffing head
• Included in kit: multi-formatted face, quilt designs and all other supplies needed to complete the pin.
• Sewing machine provided by Bearly Stitchin’/Viking.

VE2 • Heart Sampler                     $40.00
Saturday, 3/18/06                       6 hours          9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All levels • Sewing machine provided                       Kit Fee $ 5.00

This class is a mini Baltimore Album block with a message. Embroidered leaves create the heart shape. 3-dimensional (3D) flowers ruched by machine and stitched in the hoop add texture and interest. You will also create a personalized message for the center of the heart. Use 3D Digitizing to create the background and fill-stitch flowers. Arrange and size the leaves and sample the huge selection of fonts – make the software work for you, to express your own unique creativity.

Supply List
• Fabrics: 1 FQ background, 1 FQ backing,  2 - 3"x 42" strips for borders, 2 - 2 1/2" x 42" strips for binding, 2 - 11/2"x42" strips for contrasting insert
• 1/2 yd lightweight 100% cotton batting (Warm & Natural)
• Light and dark green embroidery thread, Sulky Blendable thread for background quilting, Assorted rayon threads for hooped flowers and center message
• Regular sewing thread
• #90/14 topstitch and #80/12 embroidery needles
• 2 yards 1” ribbon (no wire edge)
• Tear-Away stabilizer, heavy; Cut-Away stabilizer
• Angler II by Pam Bono Designs for ruching by machine
• Sewing machine provided by Bearly Stitchin’/Viking.

Linda Matthews
Linda Matthews began sewing at an early age and was known to have the best-dressed Barbie in town. A recent newcomer from Australia and now a resident of Florida, Linda has a background in dressmaking and decorative sewing. These days her area of expertise is in quilting, specifically art quilts, using decorative free motion, color and contemporary quilting techniques as an integral part of her design. Linda enjoys teaching, encouraging creativity, and inspiring imagination in her students.

JE1 • Circles                                    $40.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            6 hours          9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All levels • Sewing machine provided                       Kit Fee $25.00

Have you ever wondered what to do with all those decorative stitches that are included with your sewing machine? Or maybe you are thinking of buying a sewing machine with these features and would like to know how they can be applied to quilting. Then this is the class for you. We will give the sewing machine a real work out! Make this artistic and unique wall hanging using simple quilting techniques, built-in decorative stitches and digitized machine embroidery designs. Then finish off your project by adding your own personal touches with free motion quilting, beading and embellishments. In this class you would expect, at the very least, to complete the quilt top.

Supply List
• Basic sewing tools: pins, scissors, seam ripper.
• Cutting tools: rotary cutter, mat, ruler
• Included in the kit: all fabric (for both, top and back), batting stabilizer, thread and project instructions
• Sewing machine provided by Kingdom Sewing/Janome.

JE2 • The Dancing Tree                $40.00
Saturday, 3/18/06                       6 hours          9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All levels • Sewing machine provided                       Kit Fee $20.00

Have you ever wanted to make an art quilt? This beautiful art quilt is easy to make using machine appliqué for the tree. The quilt will then be assembled using easy quilting techniques including a great technique for sewing simple freehand curves without pins or rulers. Once the quilt is complete, let your own creativity take over and add your own personal touches with free motion quilting, beading and embellishment.



Supply List
• Basic sewing tools: pins, scissors, seam ripper.
• Cutting tools: rotary cutter, mat and ruler
• White bobbin thread
• Included in the kit: all fabric (for both, top and back), batting fusible web, thread, appliqué pattern and instructions.
• Sewing machine provided by Kingdom Sewing/Janome.

Sewing after Dark
Are you inspired by the awesome quilts you saw on the Show floor? Is your head buzzing with the information you learned at a workshop? Your foot is itching to push on that pedal, but your buddies turned the lights off in your hotel room? If that’s how you feel, then this venue is for you. You don’t even have to sew, you may cut, or draw, or fuse, or paint! There is no teacher, just a bright room, plenty of table space and utter freedom to do whatever you want (well, no dancing on the table).

SD1 • Sewing after Dark               $12.00
Friday, 3/17/06                            4 hours        6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
All levels • All types of work

SD2 • Sewing after Dark               $12.00
Saturday, 3/18/06                       4 hours        6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
All levels • All types of work

Both days, this a hands on class, and you are both, the teacher and the student. Have fun!