Before filling out your registration form, please read the class descriptions and the daily itinerary so that you can best determine how you would like to spend your cruise time. You will be assured of being placed in two full day and one half day class sections. Class assignments and supply lists will be mailed to you along with your final confirmation. Classes are open to all levels of ability unless otherwise stated in the class description. The class choices are:

THURSDAY - ALL DAY
8:30 - 11:30 AM & 1:00 - 4:00 PM

CHERRY DELIGHT - Alex Anderson
THURSDAY ALL DAY
Get a jump start on Alex’s darling red work wall hanging pattern, Cherry Delight (JWD Designs). In this class you will learn many different quilting techniques including efficient basket piecing, redwork techniques and prairie points. You can see this exciting style in Alex’s book Shadow Redwork. Warning: You will quickly become “addicted” to this fun and easy technique.
Skill Level: All levels Sewing machines will be provided during the morning session of this class.

KAPA TAPA - Mary Haunani Cesar
THURSDAY ALL DAY
Learn quick and easy ways to cut reverse and channel appliqué designs. Transfer patterns to fabric easily without light tables or iron on transfers. We will work with Polynesian tapa designs or some fun primitive fish. The designs work up easily. Needleturn appliqué basics are taught.
Skill Level: All levels

ODE TO THE ISLANDS: RUCHED ROSE LYRE - Elly Sienkiewicz
THURSDAY ALL DAY
Elly, who re-interpreted an antique Album square for ease to make the class pattern, notes: “This is one of my favorite blocks to make. It’s simple but uses so many techniques!” The lyre symbolizes “All music in honor of God! ”What better way to stitch a souvenir of cruising a tropical paradise? Fully kitted, this vacation fun is as good as it gets! We’ll learn Victorian “Shell Ruching” (in ribbon or cotton) plus a feast of easy to learn techniques: Pattern-marking with pen or paper; needleturn and the Tack Stitch; Running Stitch Appliqué; Top-Stitching; Perfect points, curves, and inside corners.
Skill Level: Beginner to “Just Here for the Fun!” (Advanced)

FEATHERED FRIENDS - Mary Sorensen
THURSDAY ALL DAY
The techniques you master as you stitch this charming wall quilt will take all the mystery out of achieving great looking hand appliqué. The perfect class for appliqué enthusiasts who want to improve their technique, and for the beginning student who enjoys hand work. Stitch a variety of needle turn techniques, including thin stems, sharp points and perfect circles. Learn the tricks for appliquing a meandering vine border that looks complex, but its not! Of course, you won’t complete the designing class, but you will leave class able to finish this project with confidence.
Skill Level: All levels

FABRIC PAINTING - Cindy Walter
THURSDAY ALL DAY
Learn to paint your own contemporary fabric in just one day! No mess, no hassle, and no complicated recipes with paints. Simply heat set with an iron at the end. In class you learn several of the most popular paint application methods including different brush stokes, scrunch, sponge, spray, over-painting and heliographic. Small class kit fee includes variety of paints, gloves and brushes. (Optional accompanying publications: A Guide to Dyeing & Painting Fabric, by Cindy Walter and Jennifer Priestley)
Skill Level: All levels

“SETTING SAIL: WISH YOU WERE HERE” - Darra Williamson
THURSDAY ALL DAY
Originally designed for Quilt Celebration 2000 to the Caribbean, this charming “fabric postcard” adapts beautifully for any cruise to tropical climates...Hawaii no exception! This wonderful “pieced pictorial” wallhanging features delightful images of sand, sea, beach umbrellas, and even our cruise ship! In addition to piecing most of the design (including some nifty piecing shortcuts), we’ll cover quick-fuse appliqué and suggestions for quilting and embellishment. The ultimate Quilt Celebration souvenir!
Skill Level: All levels. Sewing machines will be furnished for this class

LINE DANCE - Joen Wolfrom
THURSDAY ALL DAY
Create your own stunning Line Dance quilt, using the dynamic three-dimensional pattern design created by Joen. This quilt can be pieced quickly, since it uses only one shape—the half-square triangle. Joen used five fabrics, moving from bright red to black, to create the foreground design; she used a variety of soft gray fabrics for the background. You can choose her coloration or work in your own favorite color family.
Sewing machines will be provided for the afternoon session of this class.
Skill Level: Beginning

SATURDAY MORNING
8:30 - 11:30 AM

HAND QUILTING: THE SECRETS TO SUCCESS - Alex Anderson
SATURDAY MORNING
Master the art of traditional hand quilting as you stitch a feathered wreath. 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

HAWAIIAN DESIGNIN’ - Mary Haunani Cesar
SATURDAY MORNING
Learn to design our own Hawaiian quilt patterns. Patterns are designed on the eighth and then cut much like the paper snowflakes we made in school. You will learn to design with simple templates that we will draw or trace and make ourselves. Everyone will design at least a wall hanging pattern (45” X 45”).
Skill Level: All levels

PLUMERIA PILLOW BLOCK - Elly Sienkiewicz
SATURDAY MORNING
“Plumeria (Frangipani) also known as the Lei flower”
Love those leis! So many are made of plumeria blossoms (so easily replicated by rake-ruching and shaded ribbon) that this fast and fun 9 1/2” block is the perfect Hawaiian Cruise memento! Fashion the flower from cloth or ribbon – your choice! Complete this Hawaiian memento on the ship! Back home, border it into a 14” pillow or the center for a baby quilt or wall hanging! Fully kitted, its ideal vacation stitching. Learn so much so simply:
Kit includes Elly’s designer cloth with ample to frame this petite block into a 14” pillow! So delightful, you may well go on to make the classic original for your Baltimore Album!
Skill Level: Beginner to “Just Here for the Fun!” (Advanced)

JUST A LITTLE BIT: HAND APPLIQUÉ BASICS - Mary Sorensen
SATURDAY MORNING
The perfect class for those rotary cutting, machine piecing quilters who have vowed they will never hand appliqué! In a half day workshop, experience just a taste of both needle turn and dimensional hand appliqué
technique in one small, whimsical project. You will leave this workshop with the tools to add those special touches to your latest project or quilt challenge. Who knows? You may just get hooked!
Skill Level: All levels

ATTIC WINDOWS - Cindy Walter
SATURDAY MORNING
This is a great basic quilting class for the beginner or for the more advanced that just want to review techniques. Cindy will teach fabric selection, rotary cutting, piecing, and how to make a perfect miter. This quilt with a view is a perfect place to showcase Hawaiian fabrics or photos of your Hawaiian adventure. Class is packed with information. (Optional accompanying publications: Attic Windows, by Cindy Walter and Diana Leone). Sewing machines will be provided for this class.
Skill Level: Beginner or “Just Here for the Fun” more advanced

“ALOHA BABY! FLOWERED LEIS AND FANCY FLIP FLOPS” - Darra Williamson
SATURDAY MORNING
Brand new for Quilt Celebration 2007! You’ll love this little, quick-to-assemble wallhanging which features a fabric lei made with Darra’s “Log Cabin with Attitude” flowers (as seen as Simply Quilts) and a parade of glitzy flip flop sandals. Bring colorful fabric scraps, a yard of fusible web, snazzy ribbons and trims, and other assorted quirky embellishments. We’ll have a beach blast right in the classroom!
Skill Level: All levels Sewing machines will be furnished for this class.

STORM AT SEA GONE ASTRAY - Joen Wolfrom
SATURDAY MORNING
Have great fun creating wonderful new designs using the traditional block favorite Storm at Sea. You will be amazed at how many fantastic designs can be created while playing with the Storm at Sea shapes. With colored pencils, paper and a little imagination, you will find an unlimited array of designs emerging. No sewing, design-play only.
Skill Level: All Levels

SUNDAY AFTERNOON
8:30 - 11:30 AM & 1:00 - 4:00 PM

MAGICAL MYSTERY QUILT TOUR - Alex Anderson
SUNDAY ALL DAY
Experience the pleasures of an uncharted quilt journey. It’s time to take the plunge and join Alex on a mystery adventure while making a quilt. You will bring your fabric precut and be ready to SEW! With a little quilting knowledge and provided clues, you will solve the mystery of this Hawaiian design in no time at all. Sshhh, can’t tell you much more, but promise it wil lbe fun!
Skill Level: All levels and sewing machines will be provided for this class.

A HAWAIIAN BEGINNING - Mary Haunani Cesar
SUNDAY ALL DAY
Beginning a Hawaiian quilt, requires some extra care to make sure that appliqué and quilting will go smoothly. Most common problems can be eliminated by spending extra time and care here. Learn how to prepare your fabric for cutting, tips on cutting, and how to lay out the pattern smoothly. We will pin and baste a quilt top, and discuss how to add multiple colors. If you already know how to appliqué and quilt, this may be the class you need to get started on your own Hawaiian quilt.
Skill Levels: All levels

LOVE BIRDS IN THE TROPICS! - Elly Sienkiewicz
SUNDAY ALL DAY
Tropical birds! Frangipani! Melodies of love! Cruise the islands making this design adapted from the antique block. Take the original antique pattern from the book or wait for the cruise adaptation with 5-petaled plumaria blooms and a streamlined bird. For those who’ve made several Album blocks, this is a totally new and charming one. For newcomers, this is a showy block to learn Cutaway, Needleturn, and Separate Unit appliqué plus basic stitches, embroidery, ribbonwork, and easy pattern transfer with self-stick templates. Elly’s joy in all the basic details of appliqué make this a delightful place to start or continue your fine needlework journey!

Kit includes Elly’s designer cloth! You may find it so fast and fun you’ll be tempted to go on to make the classic original for your Baltimore Album!
Skill Level: Beginner to “Just Here for the Fun!” (Advanced)

TROPICAL PARADISE - Mary Sorensen
SUNDAY ALL DAY
Lush tropical flowers hand appliqued over a classic pieced background were designed especially for our Hawaiian cruise. Refine your needleturn appliqué skills, including sharp points and smooth curves. Explore new ideas in fabric selection….and even get a little taste of hand piecing. The perfect project to stitch while relaxing in your deck chair!
Skill Level: All levels

SNIPPET HAWAIIAN LANDSCAPES - Cindy Walter
SUNDAY ALL DAY
In this class students work on individual projects creating the landscape of their choice. Bring your favorite Hawaiian photos, or the teacher will provide several to choose from. Every student will be successful because landscapes are inspiring. Class includes a trunk show of Snippet landscape projects and covers the steps of turning a snippet top into a quilt, including free-motion quilting. (Optional accompanying publications: Snippet Sensations or More Snippet Sensations).
Skill Level: All Levels

SENSATIONAL SCRAP QUILTS - Darra Williamson
SUNDAY ALL DAY
Unlock the “lessons” of the 19th century scrap quilt to create a modern masterpiece! Sharpen your color sense, and learn to view fabric with a more sensitive—and adventurous—eye. Develop and implement a workable quilt plan for a successful scrap quilt in the pattern/design of your choice. LOADED with tips, ideas, and inspiration...still Darra’s most popular workshop!
Skill Level: All levels.

COLOR CLASS - Joen Wolfrom
SUNDAY ALL DAY
Have you ever been apprehensive about selecting fabrics for your quilt projects? If so, join Joen to see how easy it is to pick the winning colors and fabrics for your future quilt projects. Find out what companion colors work best with your favorite color, how you can create your own dynamically-colored quilts, and how you can use your favorite colors to their fullest potential. You’ll be amazed at how easy it is to select colors and fabrics!
Skill Level: All Levels