Painting Miniature Quilts
Sunday, July 31 • 8:30am to 4:00pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm

Learn to paint your own miniature or small wall hanging quilts with no mess, no stress and no complicated recipes. Painting a tiny quilt is MUCH easier than piecing! This is a really fun project and perfect to do on a cruise ship; but be careful, painting on fabric is addictive! A kit will be offered that includes paints to use for the day and other hard to find supplies.

Skill level:  All levels

Mediterranean Landscapes
Tuesday, August 2 • 8:30am to 4:00pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm

You too can be an artist...with fabric. Students work on their own individual, simplistic or complex, masterpieces by cutting snippets to create a picture. The quilted wall hanging created with the Snippet Sensations technique will capture the eyes of everyone. The step-by-step teaching method makes the process very easy. This is a perfect technique to make a landscape quilt and to capture the views you'll see on the cruise. This class gives a comprehensive overview of the snippet technique. Cindy includes a trunk show of published Snippet quilts and covers the steps of turning a snippet top into a quilt.

Skill level: All levels

Memory Mystery Quilt!
Monday, August 8 • 8:30am to 4:00pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm

You'll start the morning with clues to hand-piece a small mystery block using fabrics Cindy will provide. Have fun while learning the time honored technique of hand piecing – a perfect technique for traveling. Then in the afternoon learn to master the art of hand quilting. Whether you are a beginner or you want to perfect your stitch, this relaxing class is for you. Cindy will help each person master the technique. The hand quilted piece will merge with the hand pieced block to create a memory of your trip to the Mediterranean.

Skill level: All levels

Quilts of Illusion-Perspective
Sunday, July 31 • 8:30am to 4:00pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm

Join Karen as she teaches you some tricks of the trade of creating quilts of illusion using perspective. The illusion of depth and motion will be covered as you draw quilt blocks in perspective. A small sample will be started and hand pieced. This is the perfect small project to hand sew during the cruise!

Skill level:  Advanced

3-D Border
Tuesday, August 2 • 8:30am to 4:00pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm

Learn how to create an intriguing 3-D border with an amazing illusion of depth. Powerful and hypnotic, but easy to create! Before class, you will sew some simple strips together. In class, Karen will walk you through drawing the border and cutting it out and piecing it together. This is the perfect hand work to do during the cruise. This project can also be quickly sewn by machine at home.

Skill level: Intermediate

Transparency
Monday, August 8 • 8:30am to 4:00pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm

In this class, learn the secrets to creating the look of transparency in your quilts. Transparency is the use of color to make your quilts look like one color is laying over another. It's very simple if you know how. After this class, you can amaze your friends and family with your use of color! Several small design samples will be made in class.

Skill level:  All levels

Tumbling Blocks – Direct From Venice to You!
Sunday, July 31 • 8:30am to 4:00pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm

Christine has chosen this typical 15th century Venetian floor tile design for you to make either as a small wall hanging or cushion cover. Giving the impression of being three dimensional and complex to piece, it is in fact easy, using strip piecing and no set-in seams! Join Christine, the floor tile expert, to make a lasting memory of a wonderful cruise!

Skill level: All levels

Sunbonnet Sue Goes Cruising!
Tuesday, August 2 • 8:30am to 4:00pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm

Have quilt, will travel– Sunbonnet Sue sets out on her journey around the Mediterranean with her rotary cutter at the ready. This fun quilt is made using a simple fusible appliqué technique giving you the opportunity to try your hand at decorative stitching. Pieced spool blocks adorn the corners and colorful fabrics are the order of the day as Sue goes cruising!

Skill Level: All levels

Memories of the Mediterranean
Monday, August 8 • 8:30am to 4:00pm, Lunch Break from 11:30a to 1:00pm

The clear, bright colors of the Mediterranean buildings with their interesting architecture lend themselves to creating a colorful scene in fabric. Join Christine in making this wonderful quilt which is surrounded by a border of typical, vivid Mediterranean flowers. Simple fusible appliqué techniques with decorative stitches will give you a pretty project and a great souvenir of a trip of a lifetime!

Skill level: All levels