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SAM59
Andrea Bishop
Electric Quilt 6 Basics
Do you
want to EQ and don’t know how? This is the class for you. We’ll start from scratch and cover the basics of Electric
Quilt 6 software. We will learn how designing, coloring, drawing, saving, and printing work. We will make a few quilts
and blocks, and then see what our patterns look like. By the end of this class you will have the skills to create and print
designs of your own.
SAM60
Cathy Miller
Reverse Machine Appliqué
Skill
Level: Some free motion machine quilting experience.
We will practice this technique by working on a small project using
two layers of fabric, free motion machine stitching and cutting away the top layer to reveal the bottom. This is very useful
for both quilts, and wearable art. The finished item will probably end up about 24" square.
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SAM61
Peg Spradlin
COLORFUL SHADOW APPLIQUE
Intermediate
Students will learn colorful shadow appliqué using brightly colored fabric and felt overlaid by voile. A simple
practice 15” x 15” design will be completed in the half-day class. Free motion background quilting stitches
that set off the appliqué will be demonstrated.
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SAM62
Arlen Brown
NINE-PATCH DIAMOND VARIATIONS
Intermediate
Learn how to cut one 1-1/2” diamonds on grain and using the fabric grain line correctly for designing different diamond
nine-patch designs. Arlen will teach his method of success for matching seams on the diamonds perfectly each and every
time. Learn from a carpenter’s point of view, tips on how to make accurate diamonds without pulling them off grain,
along with how to create different variations using larger diamonds for the centers for emphasis.
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SAM63
Nancy Christopherson
BACKGROUNDS, BORDERS AND BLOCKS
Beginner
Have you tried or do you have a long arm “Quilting Machine” and you are ready to learn
more? Explore the tools and skills that will help you add texture, design and fluidity to your quilts. In class
we will explore basic backgrounds, borders, and block designs that can be used on any quilting project. You will leave
class with your mind full of design ideas and possibilities.
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SAM64
Sherrill Lewis
SILK RIBBON & THREAD
EMBROIDERY: THE BASICS
Beginner – Intermediate
The pattern in this kit utilizes eight stitches, thread
and silk ribbon, in a sweet garden scene. The instructions include a bonus of five stitches, plus combination ideas.
The kit project may be the center of a crazy quilt block, a decorative lid, or a needle book cover.
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SAM650
IQSCM TOUR
All Levels
Hop on the free
shuttle bus for a half-day tour of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum. Wear your QNE09 name badge for
free admission. Enjoy two exhibitions: “American Quilts in the Modern Age, 1870-1940” and “A
Fairyland of Fabrics: The Victorian Crazy Quilt.” You should also have time to view the Mary Campbell Ghormley
Reading Room and doll quilt display, check out the Virtual Gallery and its array of interactive options, and visit the museum
store. For more information: www.quiltstudy.org.
Supplies:
QNE09 name badge
Comfortable shoes!
SAM660 - Lecture
Gloria Hall
GRAMA IS A BAG LADY
All Levels
This feedsack lecture and trunk show takes you back to an “I Remember When” time in our textile history. The
era of feedsacks are lost to history and never will be repeated for their intended use. You will have a chance to see
a hand woven and sewn sack made before commercial machines were available. The trunk show includes a display of feedsack quilts,
feedsack creations and special interest prints, including logo sacks, Disney, “Gone with the Wind,” etc.
Gloria is an avid collector of feedsacks and the items made from them. You will also enjoy snatches of 30s and 40s family
life.
SAM670 - Lecture
Gloria Smith
PATCHWORK MOSAIC
All
Levels
Having quilted for over 25 years, Gloria Smith has made a mosaic of patchwork items. Journey into her world
of quilting as she shares the pieces of that quilting mosaic from the past to the present and into the future.
SAM680-Lecture
Sue Chaffee and Cathy Audley
EXTREME MAKEOVER FOR FABRIC
All Levels
Why have plain fabric when you can have WONDERFUL fabric? Come and let the Sisterspeak
sisters, Cathy Audley and Sue Chaffee, entertain you as they explore some of the many ways to make blah fabric brilliant!
How will they change it? Will they paint it or batik it or print it or dye it? You will have to come and see for
yourself. Find out how they do it and what products they use. One thing is sure, you will never look at a dull
piece of fabric the same way again. It will become an opportunity! Cathy and Sue will also show you quilts they
have made using these improved fabrics. Drooling is permitted.
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