ALEX ANDERSON TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS TUES 7/29 8:30-11:30AM Every year, Alex creates a design exclusively for our Quilt Celebration cruise. The special design for this trip will be inspired by our bon voyage from Holland, and include an artistic display of small flowers which, of course, include tulips! You will be learning an exciting style of redwork that you can see in Alex’s book Shadow Redwork. Shadow redwork combines the classic and popular redline embroidery with subtle messages stitched in the background with ecru thread. The result is timeless and fresh! Skill Level: All levels HAND QUILTING - SECRETS OF SUCCESS TUES 7/29 1:00-4:00PM In this class, Alex will teach how to master the art of traditional hand quilting as you stitch a small whole cloth wall hanging (or extra large pillow). Whether you are left or right handed, tips and techniques will be taught to learn the “rocking stitch”. In addition, you will see how easy it is to quilt in all directions using your thumb! Once the stitch is mastered, your quilting time will double. All the basics from batting to threads will be discussed and one on one attention will be given to either learn or improve your stitch. Skill Level: All levels SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN SAT 8:30-11:30AM and 8/2 1:00-4:00P Enjoy making a small, simple wall hanging which incorporates a lovely, appealing Scandinavian design. Alex will be demonstrating various methods of appliqué which can be used to complete this project during our cruise. Even if you are experienced in appliqué, you will have fun relaxing while making this fun memento of our exciting venture! Skill Level: All levels QUILTING DESIGN FRI 8/8 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00P Ever wonder what is missing or get stumped when it’s time to plan your quilting design? During this class, Alex will explain her personal approach to quilting design. You’ll learn how to draw a class cable, feathered wreath, 8 pointed star and more and discover how the classic designs, which have served well throughout history, will breathe new life into your quilts. This class is for anyone who has ever finished a quilt top and has asked, “Now what?” Skill Level: All levels JOEN WOLFROM SUNSHINE AND CIRCLES TUES 7/29 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00P Design your own beautiful sunshine quilt by using one or more fascinating circular sunburst designs as your quilt’s focus. In the morning, you will learn how to draw these beautiful circular designs. In the afternoon you will use your favorite design elements to begin drawing your quilt’s design, incorporating sunburst designs and other shapes. You have the option of designing a quilt using a traditional setting, or you may play with your design in a very creative manner. Skill Level: All levels STRETCHING AND SQUEEZING---EXERCISING YOUR BLOCKS WITH MAGIC SAT 8/2 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00PM Traditional-block quilts are captivating when they are stretched and squeezed in different directions. Learn how to create fascinating quilts by changing a block’s design grid. You’ll enjoy the exciting new designs that evolve when blocks are changed from squares to rectangles----or magically evolve into another captivating shape. Learn how to play with design to create quilts with fascinating shapes and exciting movement. Skill Level: All levels SHADOW PLAY FRI 8/8 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00P If you have always wanted to incorporate shadows in your quilts, but haven’t had a clue as to how to begin, now’s your time to explore the amazing possibilities of shadow play. Take a day to play with a variety of shadows, learning the secrets to enhancing and broadening the design possibilities in your future quilt projects. This class is designed for quilters of all skill levels and techniques. Skill Level: All levels CHRISTINE PORTER SUNBONNET SUE GOES TO HOLLAND TUES 7/29 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00PM Appliqué a cute little Dutch girl onto a pretty background of delft blue and white. We'll then make a border of pinwheels to resemble the Windmills of Amsterdam. There may even be a tulip or two along the way! Making this charming wall hanging will give you a fun souvenir of a fantastic voyage. Skill Level: All levels FAN CLUB SAT 8/2 8:30-11:30AM and1:00-4:00PM Sew either a cushion or small wall hanging using a special fan template which makes piecing really easy. The fans can then be arranged on a background in several ways making many different designs. There will be several examples to inspire you in this class, so join the Fan Club! Skill Level: All levels SAILING AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE FRI 8/8 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00P Foundation piecing various ocean and shore line items and of course a central lighthouse based on one we will sail past on our cruise. There will be various types of embellishment from fancy threads and beads to shells. Watch out for those fish! Skill Level: All levels JANE SASSAMAN PATTERN PLAY TUES 7/29 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00PM This workshop will explore many classic and nontraditional ways of applying pattern. We will examine historic ornament and decorative design throughout the course. We will do several exercises on paper that could eventually become a unique fiber project. Jane will strive to stimulate new ways to add energy and excitement to your work with surface decoration. It will also supply you with a collection of unique designs to apply to your surface design or fiber art. Skill Level: All levels BOUNTIFUL BOUQUETS SAT 8/2 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00PM Students will combine Jane’s wonderful printed fabrics to create a colorful and energetic floral broderie perse collage. Choose your favorite flowers and leaves to fuse a delightfully unique fabric composition which can be finished with hand embellishment. Skill Level: All levels ABSTRACTING FROM NATURE FRI 8/8 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00P Nature is an endless source of inspiration. In this class we will examine a wide variety of artists interpretations of nature before beginning to manipulate natural forms ourselves. Through a series of exercises we will experiment with abstraction and exaggeration to capture the essence and energy of your favorite flora and achieve dramatic visual effects. Drawing skills are not needed but participants should have a strong interest in developing their own design language and unique visual symbols. Skill Level: All levels VELDA NEWMAN APPLE STUDY TUES 7/29 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00PM Create a study (24”x36”)of apples and lemons taken from Velda’s first book, Velda Newman: a Painters approach to Quilt Design. The piece contains many of the fabric manipulation techniques used in larger pieces. Studies provide the freedom to experiment without the commitment of a larger piece, and they make great gifts! Skill Level: All levels QUICK & EASY PAINTING TECHNIQUES SAT 8/2 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00PM Paint offers endless opportunities for creating special effects on fabric. Learn how to add color and give the illusion of shape, shadow and form to a flat surface. Book reference: A Workshop with Velda Newman Skill Level: All levels CHERRY TIME FRI 8/8 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00P Delicious looking, three dimensional cherries, easily made by hand using wool, paint and stuffing! Whether you choose to make deep, dark red cherries or the “Queen Anne” variety with tints of yellow, you will find many fun uses for them including clothing, quilts and around the house. Skill Level: All levels ELLY SIENKIEWICZ SINGING A HAPPY SEAFARING TUNE TUES 7/29 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00 First an overall view of Cutaway Needleturn’s latest and greatest basics (self-stick templates or drawn turn line, having your way with points, curves, and corners). Then joyful dimensional appliqué: Split leaves by unit appliqué (with a free-standing option), followed by Rosebuds folded and embroidered, the showy five-petaled Rake Ruching in French wired ribbon or Shell Ruching (simplified) in 100% cotton. The wee bird reviews cautious commonsensical miniaturization skills like laying the head seam flat beneath the embroidered beak! And she’s warbling a message – come learn tricks for free-handing a Copperplate inscription in permanent Pigma pen. Penwork and fine embroidered finishes (the bird’s eye, top-stitching, & botanical details) lift your block out of the ordinary – and make you want go right on to your next one! Skill Level: Confident beginner to advanced QUICKSTART BALTIMORE ELEGANCE SAT 8/2 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00P From Elly’s Baltimore Elegance: enjoy Elly’s quick-start methods to make (possibly finish!) this charming 8” square. Glide along happily from self-stick pattern transfer to Cutaway Appliqué by needleturn, perfecting points, curves, corners as you appliqué. Choose clipped needleturn circles, fringed circles (pictured) , yoyo’s, or quick Ultrasuede – made easier with office dot templates! Learn how to inscribe a memento of your cruise in Copperplate script. Then relax to a tour of Baltimore Elegance’s tools for designing a dramatic set for your quilt. Learn how a strong block design functions to organize your quilt and help it charm hearts yet unborn! Skill Level: Confident beginner to advanced SUCH HAPPY MEMORIES FRI 8/8 8:30-11:30AM and 1:00-4:00P Appliqué Elegance is in the details! Stitch Elly’s favorite block from Baltimore Elegance! You’ll learn the simplest pattern transfer. Your curves and corners will be smoother and cleaner, your points picture perfect with Elly’s ever-improving methods. Master miniaturization with this wee bird — then relax into chain-stitched stems. The unit appliquéd nest invites sequencing savvy, then evocative straw embroidery! And Ah, the apples! Choose from various “perfect circle methods” – and open Baltimore Elegance’s dimensional appliqué mysteries with yo yo apples, ultrasuede, or “Bette’s fringed fruits”. Stitch peacefully while listening to a lesson on inscribing your blocks in permanent Pigma pen. Inscribed, this makes a cherished framed birth or wedding gift! Cruising, stitching, … pure bliss! Skill Level: Confident beginner to advanced