CATALOG & SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 18-21, 2016 PASADENA CONVENTION CENTER, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
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Contact Us...... 2 General inquiries [email protected] Advertising [email protected] About QuiltCon ...... 3 Group sales [email protected] About Pasadena...... 3 MQG membership [email protected] Public relations [email protected] About the Quilt Show ...... 4 Registration [email protected] Sponsor billing [email protected] Special Exhibits...... 4 Sponsorships [email protected] Get Involved ...... 5 Vendors [email protected] Volunteers [email protected] Rules ...... 5 Admission Items & Costs...... 6 Group Rates ...... 6 Workshop Details ...... 7 About the Modern Quilt Guild The Modern Quilt Guild developed out of the thriving Refund & Cancellation Policy ...... 7 online community of modern quilters and their desire How to Register ...... 8 to start meeting in person. The founding guild was formed in Los Angeles in October of 2009. Through Thank You to Our QuiltCon Sponsors! ...... 9-10 blogs and the Internet, word quickly spread of the fun they were having and soon guilds started popping up QuiltCon Schedule ...... 11-14 everywhere. The MQG is a nonprofit corporation with Special Events ...... IRS15 501(c)(3) status. The guild’s mission is to encourage the growth and development of modern quilting Lecture Index ...... 16 through art, education, and community.
Lecture Descriptions ...... 17-19 The Modern Quilt Guild Board of Directors Workshop Codes ...... 20 Jacquie Gering, Chairperson Kathy Mack, Treasurer Workshop Index by Category ...... 20-21 Susanne Woods, Secretary Heather Grant Workshop Index by Type ...... 21-22 Andres Rosales, Region 1 Representative Workshop Descriptions ...... 23-36Shannon Page, Region 2 Representative Andrew Joslyn, Region 3 Representative Faculty Index ...... 37-39 Carole Lyles Shaw, Region 4 Representative Jules McMahon, Region 5 Representative Faculty ...... 40-45 MQG Staff Pricing, schedules, workshop descriptions, and content Alissa Haight Carlton, Executive Director contained in this document are subject to change at any Heather Grant, Director of Marketing & Programming time . This program is only available in digital format; hard- Elizabeth Dackson, Events Manager copies will not be printed . Molly Isenbarger, Membership Manager Your participation and attendance, including family Riane Menardi, Communications Manager members and minors who accompany you, in any QuiltCon Natalie Ellsworth, Bookkeeper class, lecture, exhibit or event — paid or unpaid — is conditioned upon your agreement to hereby indemnify Volunteer Leaders QuiltCon, its employees, volunteers, and contractors from Lindsey Kiesz, Communications Coordinator any claim for injury, loss, or damage caused by QuiltCon’s Colleen Molen, Volunteer Manager negligence, strict liability, or for any other reason. Your Andres Rosales, Help Desk Manager online acceptance or signed class registration form is a Christine Slaughter, Individual Members Moderator binding agreement to this liability waiver. QuiltCon 2016 bears the right to cancel any workshop due to inadequate Amy Friend, Charity Quilt Challenge Coordinator workshop enrollment, failure of teacher availability, or other Shea Henderson, Technical Editor circumstances beyond the control of QuiltCon. Megan Callahan, Editor Kristen Lejnieks, Jenny Wiegley, Attorneys
2 ABOUT QUILTCON Lodging QuiltCon is the conference and show by and for the Special rates have been negotiated for QuiltCon Modern Quilt Guild. The only international modern conference attendees at hotels within walking quilting event of its kind, QuiltCon features top modern distance of the Pasadena Convention Center. These quilting instructors teaching hands-on workshops, a hotels include the Sheraton Pasadena, Westin, Hilton, lecture hall, vendors, and exhibitors. It also includes a and Courtyard Marriott. juried modern quilt show with thousands in cash prizes. For a list of the current QuiltCon hotels and links to Dates book your room at our special discounted rates, February 18–21, 2016 please visit: QuiltCon.com/lodging.
Location Getting There Pasadena Convention Center By Air 500 East Green Street, Pasadena, California 91101 Pasadena is easily accessible through several airports, including the Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR), Los Hours Angeles International Airport (LAX), Long Beach Thursday, February 18 Airport (LGB), and Ontario International Airport (ONT). Show 10 a.m.-6 p.m. SuperShuttle can transport you from the airport to Workshops 9 a.m.-9 p.m. your hotel. We have negotiated a special rate with Lectures 9 a.m.-6 p.m. SuperShuttle for QuiltCon attendees.
Friday, February 19 By Train Show 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The Gold Line is a 13.7 mile light rail line within the Workshops 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Los Angeles-area Metro Rail network that transports Lectures 9 a.m.-6 p.m. passengers from Pasadena to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Take it to connect to other Saturday, February 20 Los Angeles rail lines or Amtrak. Trains operate daily Show 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and include six stops to Pasadena. Purchase tickets Workshops 9 a.m.-9 p.m. from self-service ticket vending machines at Metro Lectures 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Rail stations. Cost is $1.50 one way.
Sunday, February 21 By Car Show 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Parking at the Pasadena Convention Center is Workshops 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $10/day for up to 16 hours; $15/day for in-and-out Lectures 9 a.m.-4 p.m. privileges (subject to change). Two entrances are available for your convenience: the west entrance For the latest information, please visit QuiltCon.com. is off Marengo Avenue and the east entrance is off Euclid Avenue. Both are located between Green Street and Cordova. Directions to parking garages ABOUT PASADENA and maps are also available at QuiltCon.com. QuiltCon will be held in Pasadena, California. From dining and shopping to theater and museums, By Pasadena ARTS Pasadena offers travelers a surprising combination Pasadena ARTS offers local city bus service from of sophisticated charm, culture, history, and fun. areas around the Pasadena, providing service Pasadena is home to over 500 restaurants, three throughout Pasadena. You can find schedules, maps dynamic shopping and entertainment districts, 14 and fares at CityofPasadena.net/Transportation/ world-class museums and gardens and spectacular Public_Transit. nightlife, all less than 10 miles from Los Angeles. The average temperature in February is 67 degrees.
The Pasadena Convention Center is located in the heart of Old Town Pasadena, a beautiful historic district with countless entertainment, food, and shopping destinations nearby. The convention center offers free wireless Internet access, a business center, ATMs, and a snack bar.
3 ABOUT THE SHOW SPECIAL EXHIBITS QuiltCon is the only international juried competitive Abstract Quilts in Solids Gwen Marston Exhibit show for modern quilters. Sponsored by Beyond the Reef Entries open July 1, 2015. The deadline for entries Gwen has always is November 30, 2015. You must be a member of preferred simple, the Modern Quilt Guild to enter your quilt into the uncomplicated, competition. informal design with an element of the Thousands in cash prizes will be awarded for: unexpected tucked • Best-in-Show: $5000 prize in. Always having an Sponsored by Northcott appreciation for the • People’s Choice: $1000 prize history of quiltmaking, Sponsored by Windham Fabrics she looks to antique • The FreeSpirit Award for Excellence: $1000 prize quilts for inspiration and Three Triangles by G. Marston Sponsored by FreeSpirit Fabrics you can see influences • Best Machine Quilting (Framed): $1000 prize of Amish, African American and unorthodox pieced Sponsorship available, contact Heather Grant quilts in her work. When making contemporary, • Best Machine Quilting (Frameless): $1000 prize abstract quilts she works almost exclusively with Sponsorship available, contact Heather Grant solid fabrics. She prefers solids for a host of reasons, • EZ Quilting Triangle Quilt Challenge: $1350 in prizes none more important than the fact the line and Sponsored by EZ Quilting form are more clearly defined: solids emphasize the • Michael Miller Fabric Challlenge: $1350 in prizes delineation between shapes whereas prints can blur Sponsored by Michael Miller Fabrics the edges of adjoining shapes. • Appliqué: $850 in prizes Sponsorship available, contact Heather Grant Molly Upton Special Exhibit • Group/Bee Quilts: $850 in prizes Sponsored by Bloc Loc Sponsorship available, contact Heather Grant Molly Upton (1953-1977) • Handwork: $850 in prizes was a pioneer in the Sponsored by Sulky nascent art quilt movement • Improvisation: $850 in prizes of the 1970’s. Her quilts Sponsored by Cherrywood Fabrics range from huge to tiny, • Minimalist Design: $850 in prizes but all exhibit a mastery Sponsorship available, contact Heather Grant of color, rhythm, and • Modern Traditionalism: $850 in prizes composition. Bright colors Sponsored by Marcus Brothers Fabrics dance in dark backgrounds • Piecing: $850 in prizes in non-representational Molly Upton Sponsored by Aurifil compositions. Some • Small Quilts: $850 in prizes quilts seem based in tradition with carefully Sponsored by Pinwheels constructed themes of trees and buildings, and others • Use of Negative Space: $850 in prizes are just fun statements of everyday things. Molly Sponsored by Coats left this planet at the age of 23, leaving us a legacy • Youth (must be 18 and under): $850 in prizes of many quilts, most of which will be exhibited at Sponsorship available, contact Heather Grant QuiltCon 2016.
Support the MQG! The Modern Quilt Guild’s 2015 Quilts of the Month The Modern Quilt Guild Giveaway Quilt Sponsorship available, contact Heather Grant Agatha June designed the official giveaway quilt, Each month, Modern Quilt Guild members receive entitled “Eidos,” that benefits the Modern Quilt Guild. a free pattern, designed by an MQG member. We are very fortunate to have Elizabeth Dackson Productions of the 12 quilt patterns from 2015 will be piece the quilt and write the pattern. Gina Pina is the displayed in one exhibit. quilter. Stay tuned for the reveal. Special Exhibit Tours Giveaway tickets will only be sold at QuiltCon and Mornings before the show opens, join Pamela Weeks rules will be posted on the QuiltCon website by for an exclusive tour of the special exhibits. For more December 31, 2015. details, please visit page 15.
4 GET INVOLVED! RULES Volunteers • Please do not touch the quilts. Are you a QuiltCon fanatic with a passion for • Smoking permitted in designated outdoor volunteering? We need you! areas only. • No food or drink outside of designated areas. Super Volunteer applications are being accepted • Lost and found is located in the volunteer room. until June 15, 2015. Applicants will receive notice of • Rolling carts and luggage are prohibited; however acceptance on June 20, 2015. Super Volunteer shift strollers are allowed. sign-ups will take place from August 1-31, 2015. • Photography is permitted throughout the convention center. General volunteer sign-ups begin September 1, 2015. –– Friends and family want to see all the cool Visit QuiltCon.com for details. things you saw at QuiltCon. Feel free to share your photos with them. –– Do not use photos for commercial purposes. –– Please disable any services on photo sharing websites that would permit viewers to order goods with the image printed on it. –– When posting photos of quilts on your blog, be sure to credit the quilt maker. Tip: take a picture of the label, too, so you have all the information on hand! –– When photographing vendor booths, please first ask the vendor if they permit photography. –– Please use the hashtag #quiltcon. • QuiltCon policy on children: –– Supervised children of all ages are welcome on the show floor. –– Children over the age of 10 are permitted in the lecture hall with a purchased pass. –– Babes-in-arms are welcome in the lecture hall. • Some quilts in the exhibition area are for sale. Please check the label to find details. If you are QuiltCon Charity Quilt Challenge interested in purchasing a quilt, please inquire at The QuiltCon Charity Challenge is one of the MQG’s the MQG info booth. largest-scale charity projects, and we look forward • When participating in workshops, please follow to getting as many member guilds and individual these guidelines: members involved as possible. This year’s challenge –– Please silence your cell phones and other requires participants to work collaboratively to mobile devices. create completed quilts using a predetermined –– Bring required materials, cut and prepared as color palette and improv with intent. The quilts will stated in the supply list, available online. be sewn in their entirety by each guild, from design –– If you forget something, remember, the vendors and piecing through quilting and binding, to produce will likely have what you need! complete twin sized quilts. After the quilts are –– Ask your instructor for permission to take photos exhibited at QuiltCon, guilds will donate their quilts to of workshop quilts or instructional materials. organizations in their communities. Guilds will need –– All quilts, handouts, and other class materials to indicate they would like to participate by July 30, shared by the instructor are the copyright of 2015. Visit QuiltCon.com for details. the instructor. –– Please ask if you have questions regarding how you intend to use the materials outside of the workshop. –– If the workshop is not what you thought it would be, please try to enjoy learning a new skill or technique and stay for the duration of the session.
5 ADMISSION ITEMS & COSTS Admission Costs Workshops Lectures QuiltCon workshops are hands-on courses. $15 non-members, $12.75 members Participants may be required to bring supplies or All-Access Lecture Pass (includes all lectures, Awards purchase supplies from instructors. Sewing machines Ceremony, General Session and Featured Speaker) will be provided for all workshops that require use of $199 non-members, $169.15 members a sewing machine. Limited irons, cutting mats and Thursday Lecture Pass (includes Awards Ceremony) rotary cutters will be provided. $50 non-members, $42.50 members Friday Lecture Pass For complete workshop schedule, see pages 11–14. $60 non-members, $51 members Saturday Lecture Pass (includes Featured Speaker) Nine-Hour Workshops NEW $60 non-members, $51 members Nine-hour workshops are nine hours in length, running Sunday Lecture Pass (includes General Session) from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. with a two-hour lunch/lecture $40 non-members, $34 members break from 12 p.m.-2 p.m. and a one hour dinner Special Exhibit Tours break from 5 p.m.-6 p.m. $15 non-members, $12.75 members Nine-Hour Workshop Six-Hour Workshops $265 non-members, $225 members Six-hour workshops are six hours in length and run from Six-Hour Workshop 9 a.m.-5 p.m. with a two-hour lunch/lecture break $175 non-members, $149 members from 12 p.m.-2 p.m. Three-Hour Workshop $90 non-members, $77 members Three-Hour Workshops Yoga Workshops Three-hour workshops are three hours in length. $15 non-members, $12.75 members Morning workshops run from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Four-day Show Pass (includes admission to the quilt Afternoon workshops run from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. show and vendor hall) Evening workshops run from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. $35 non-members, FREE to members* One-Day Show Pass (includes admission to the quilt In addition to the supply lists provided by instructors, show and vendor hall) students should bring a basic sewing kit to each $10 members and non-members class that includes a quilting ruler, scissors, pins and thread. If you would like your own cutting space, we The first 1,000 members to register will get a free recommend bringing a 12” x 12” cutting mat. goody bag when they check in at the event!
Lectures No discounts for onsite registration or passes . QuiltCon features dozens of 45-minute lectures covering a wide variety of topics of interest to the *Notes on Show Passes: modern quilter. The conference also features the • Four-day show passes only will be available when awards ceremony, featured speech by Gwen member pre-registration opens on June 25, 2015. Marston and the Modern Quilt Guild general session. • Four-day show passes are free to members with pre-registration until November 30, 2015. For complete lecture schedule, see pages 17–19. • Single-day show passes will be available in late 2015 and are not eligible for member discounts.
Join the MQG by June 19 for early registration!
GROUP RATES Private Bus Trips A bus trip can be a fun and relaxing way for a group to travel to the show. QuiltCon is offering discounted event tickets for groups organizing bus trips to the event. Show passes will be available to these groups at $8.50 per person for a one-day pass. We’ll also offer one free pass for the organizer of the trip. Please visit QuiltConWest.com/group-sales-form to purchase tickets for your group and receive information on bus parking.
6 WORKSHOP DETAILS Locations All QuiltCon activities will take place at the Pasadena Convention Center, located at 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, California 91101.
Fees • Workshop prices are based on the duration of the class. We offer nine-hour, six-hour, and three-hour workshops. • Prices are listed on page 6. • No discounts are available for onsite registration or passes.
Supply Lists • Workshop attendees can access supply lists at QuiltCon.com. Some supplies are included in material fees (see next section). REFUND AND CANCELLATION POLICY
Material Fees Refunds will be processed based on your date of cancellation. If you cancel between: Required and optional materials fees for workshops • June 1- July 31, 2015 – 5% cancellation fee are noted in the course descriptions. • August 1-31, 2015 – 20% cancellation fee • Individual courses list what is included with the fee. • September 1-30, 2015 – 30% cancellation fee • Material fees are payable directly to the instructor • November 1-December 31, 2015 – 50% at the start of class. cancellation fee • QuiltCon will not accept payments for • January 1, 2016 and beyond – No refunds material fees. available • The types of payment the instructor accepts will • For more details, visit QuiltconWest.com/ be sent via email with supply lists in late 2015, but conference/pricing-policies-and-rules every instructor accepts cash.
Level Descriptions The cancellation fees above apply to cancelling all We offer a variety of workshops for quilters and sewists or part of your registration. of all skill levels. Each workshop is marked as beginner, intermediate, or advanced. You can opt to transfer part or all of your registration • Beginner workshops are geared towards for a $50 fee per transfer recipient. QuiltCon will not participants with some basic sewing skills. These refund the money you paid for the transferred item; workshops will provide instruction for more however, you may work out payment arrangements technical skills. directly with the person to whom you’re transferring • Intermediate workshops are for sewists and your registration to. Please note that no transfers can quilters who have solid skills on basic cutting, be performed after January 15, 2016. piecing, quilting and sewing techniques. Participants should require little to no instruction It can take up to five business days to process on sewing machine operation. transfers and refunds. • Advanced workshops are for experienced quilters with solid skills on a wide variety of This policy applies to all QuiltCon registrations quilting techniques, including piecing, appliqué, (show passes, lecture passes, special events, handwork and more. and workshops) .
Questions on which workshops would be best for your If you are not satisfied with a workshop, please visit skills? Email us at [email protected]. the registration desk after the session is completed to fill out a formal complaint form. This form must be filled out within 24 hours of the session to be considered. If we receive five or more formal complaint forms for one workshop, we will issue refunds to the people who complained no later than March 30, 2016.
7 HOW TO REGISTER Registration for QuiltCon will be offered online only.
Payment Visa, MC, AMEX or Discover will be accepted.
Cancellations Please review the Refunds & Cancellations section on page 7.
Confirmation QuiltCon registration will be confirmed via email within 48 hours of payment. You will receive detailed workshop information no later than 30 days before the start of QuiltCon.
Member Registrations You must be a member when you register to get the member discount.
Non-member Registration Non-members registering before July 1 will be unregistered and refunded. A NOTE ABOUT ONLINE REGISTRATION: Registration Dates Workshop spots are secured once payment is • MQG member registration opens on June 25, 2015 finalized in the registration system.On June 25th, • Non-Members registration opens on July 1, 2015 rather than registering for every workshop you want • Onsite enrollments: If space is still available, at once, we strongly recommend that you register for workshop and lecture passes can be purchased one workshop at a time to maximize your likelihood onsite during QuiltCon. Please monitor our of getting your most highly desired workshop(s) . website prior to the event to see if workshops Complete the registration process individually for and lecture passes will be available for purchase each workshop you desire, thus speeding up your at the event. There are no discounts available registration process and securing your workshop for purchases onsite. selection.
Use this worksheet to jot down your preferred workshops prior to starting online registration . Workshop Title Instructor Date/Time Choice Number (1, 2, 3, etc)
Liability Statement Your participation and attendance, including family members and minors who accompany you, to any QuiltCon class, lecture, exhibit or event — paid or unpaid — is conditioned upon your agreement to hereby indemnify QuiltCon, its employees, volunteers, and contractors from any claim for injury, loss, or damage caused by QuiltCon’s negligence, strict liability, or for any other reason. Your online acceptance or signed class registration form is a binding agreement to this liability waiver. QuiltCon 2016 bears the right to cancel any workshop due to inadequate workshop enrollment, failure of teacher availability, or other circumstances beyond the control of QuiltCon.
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QUILT SHOW CATEGORY SPONSORS Michael Miller EZ Quilting Triangle Quilt Glitz Fabric Challenge Challenge Best-in-Show Sponsored by Sponsored by Sponsored by
QUILT SHOW CATEGORY SPONSORS People’s Choice Sponsored by Aurifil Cherrywood Fabrics Coats Marcus Brothers Fabrics Pinwheels Sponsorships Sulky are still available! Email heather@ themodernquiltguild . com for details! The FreeSpirit for Quilting Excellence Sponsored by
SPECIAL EXHIBIT SPONSORS
Beyond the Reef Bloc Loc Best Machine Quilting (Frameless) Sponsored by WORKSHOP ROOM SPONSORS Sponsorship available, for details email Baby Lock Bernina [email protected] Coats The Electric Quilt Company Elna Flatter Best Machine Quilting (Framed) Handi Quilter Sponsored by Janome OmniGrid Rulers Quilter’s Dream Batting Sponsorship available, for details email [email protected]
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10 SCHEDULE - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 8:00 p . m Piecing Surface Design Foundation & Paper Christa Watson 7:00 p . m Creativebug Fabric Design Challenge by Sponsored Creativebug English Paper Piecing 6:00 p . m 812A Well Worth the Time Fillers Jodi Robinson 816 More Dot to Angela Walters 830A Free-Motion Favorites for the Modern Quilter 320A The Big Finish Shea Henderson 420A Embroidery Sampler Alison Glass 611B Johanna Masko 722 Paperless Paper Piecing Cristy Fincher Special Events Finishing Techniques 5:00 p . m Break LE06 Modern Quilts: Branching Out Bill Kerr Quilting 4:00 p . m Embroidery
3:00 p . m LE05 Modern Quilts from Digital Tools Anne Sullivan Textural Quilting Design 2:00 p . m Angela Walters 611A English Paper Piecing Johanna Masko 815B Piecing Techniques LE04 Panel: Self Publishing Your Patterns Casey York 1:00 p . m Miscellaneous 12:00 p . m Break Break Break LE03 Color Theory Kim Eichler- Messmer Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Modern Traditionalism
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LE02 Art History and the Modern Quilter Casey York
Improvisation Business of Quilting 10:00 a . m Intermediate Improv Paper Piecing Design 9:00 a . m Krista Withers 821A Free-Motion at Home Christina Cameli 824 Compositional Quilting 911 Fabric Design & Printing Lizzy House Exhibit Tour Pam Weeks Awards Ceremony Hosted by Jacquie Gering 515 Modern Block Improv Wood Sherri Lynn 530 Minimal Quiltmaking Gwen Marston 533 Rossie Hutchinson 632 Facing East Carloyn Friedlander 620 Amy Garro 612 Somerset Star Johanna Masko 712 Strip Piecing 713 Pies & Points Sizzix Class Victoria Findlay Wolfe 721A Making Faces Melissa Averinos 731 Huckleberry Quilt 815A Textural Quilting Angela Walters Amy Smart Rebecca Bryan Appliqu é All lectures are 45 minutes long, they are shown longer above for legibility. Explanation of the workshop codes can be found on page 20. 45 minutes long, they are are All lectures History & Cullture 7:45 a . m Yoga for Quilters NOTE:
11 SCHEDULE - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 8:00 p . m Piecing
Surface Design Foundation & Paper Christa Watson 7:00 p . m MQG Leadership Meet & Greet Hosted by the MQG of Directors Board Embroidery Sampler Free-Motion Favorites for the The Big Finish 6:00 p . m 020 Maker to Making a Living Jacqueline Sava 210 The Joy of the Design Wall Rossie Hutchinson 217 Quick and Dirty Color Theory Kim Eichler-Messmer 320B Shea Henderson 420B Alison Glass 510 Improv Half Log Cabin Heather Jones 610A Arrows: Foundation Paper Piecing Johanna Masko 630 Crackle Amy Garro 710 Strip Piecing Crash Course Amy Smart 734 Creative Half-Square Triangle Piecing Jeni Baker 736A For the Love of Y Seams Libs Elliot 826A Piece As You Quilt Krista Withers 830B Modern Quilter Special Events Finishing Techniques 5:00 p . m LE12 Quilt Vernacular Luke Haynes Break Quilting 4:00 p . m Embroidery 3:00 p . m LE11 Classical and Improv Quilt Making Rebecca Bryan Explanation of the workshop codes can be found on page 20.
Borders and Backgrounds Design 2:00 p . m 131 Modern Hawaiian Applique Sarah Fielke 811A Modern Simplicity Jodi Robinson 817B Angela Walters Piecing Techniques LE10 How to Love Free Motion Quilting Christina Cameli 1:00 p . m Miscellaneous 12:00 p . m LE09 Panel: Staying Creative Anne Sullivan Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Modern Traditionalism
11:00 a . m LE08 Quilts of Molly Upton Pam Weeks Improvisation Business of Quilting Jacquie Gering 10:00 a . m Making Faces Activating Space in Modern 9:00 a . m Exhibit Tour Pam Weeks LE07 Panel: Maker to Making a Living J. Sava 010 The Shift Dress Christine Haynes 211 Quilt Designs Christa Watson Victoria Findlay Wolfe Friedlander Carolyn 216 Breathe New Life Into Your UFOs Bill Kerr 220 Getting Started with EQ7 520A Small Studies Gwen Marston 514 Get Your Curve On Wood Sherri Lynn 711 Stretch Hex & Tumbler 721B Melissa Averinos 738 Castle Treasury Lizzy House 810 Hand Quilting Sarah Fielke 817A Borders And Backgrounds Angela Walters 820 Home Machine Quilting 822A Broken Wreath Krista Withers 912A Block Printing Wells Valori Appliqu é All lectures are 45 minutes long, they shown longer above for legibility. History & Cullture 7:45 a . m Yoga for Quilters NOTE:
12 SCHEDULE - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
8:00 p . m Piecing Surface Design Foundation & Paper 7:00 p . m Arrows: Foundation Paper For the Love of Y Seams Modern Simplicity Piece As You Quilt 6:00 p . m 218 Using Color Troublemakers Kim Eichler-Messmer 221 Designing Modern Quilts in EQ7 Christa Watson 512 Improv Lettering Sarah Fielke 513 Wavelength Crash Course Rebecca Bryan 610B Piecing Johanna Masko 720 Conquering Curves Janice Ryan 723 Mastering the Half-Square Triangle Jeni Baker 736B Libs Elliot 737 Paperless Paper Piecing Design Cristy Fincher 811B Jodi Robinson 826B Krista Withers 831 Free-Motion Impact Christina Cameli 910 Quick Block Printing Lizzy House Special Events LE18 Liberated Quiltmaking: It’s About Making it YOUR Way Gwen Marston Finishing Techniques 5:00 p . m Break
Quilting 4:00 p . m Embroidery 3:00 p . m LE17 Creativity and Play Victoria Findlay Wolfe Advanced Piecing Shape By Quilting Well Worth the Time Fillers Design 2:00 p . m 735B Amy Smart 818B Angela Walters 812B Jodi Robinson Piecing Techniques LE16 Panel: What I Stash and How Rossie Hutchinson 1:00 p . m Miscellaneous 12:00 p . m LE15 Quilting with Code Libs Elliott Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Modern Traditionalism
Rossie 11:00 a . m LE14 Dyeing Modern Quilts Hutchinson Improvisation Jodi Robinson Business of Quilting 10:00 a . m Jacquie Gering Free-Motion at Home Log Condo . A modern take 9:00 a . m Exhibit Tour Pam Weeks LE13 Great American Quilt Revival Mary Fons 110 Catenary Quilt Friedlander Carolyn 215 Solids Marathon Bill Kerr 511 Rainbow Remix Rebecca Bryan 516 on the Log Cabin Luke Haynes 531 Improv Pineapple Heather Jones 631 Icy Waters Amy Garro 732 Shining Stars Sampler 735A Advanced Piecing Amy Smart 814 Creative Walking Foot Quilting 818A Shape By Quilting Angela Walters 821B Christina Cameli 823A Straight Line Quilting with a Modern Twist 825 Compositional Drawing/ Wholecloth Design Krista Withers 913 Silk Screen Printing Wells Valori Jeni Baker Appliqu é All lectures are 45 minutes long, they are shown longer above for legibility. Explanation of the workshop codes can be found on page 20. 45 minutes long, they are are All lectures History & Cullture 7:45 a . m Yoga for Quilters NOTE:
13 SCHEDULE - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 8:00 p . m Piecing Surface Design Foundation & Paper 7:00 p . m 6:00 p . m Special Events Finishing Techniques 5:00 p . m Quilting 4:00 p . m Embroidery 3:00 p . m Design 2:00 p . m 122 Reverse Appliqué + Jersey Knit Alison Glass Piecing Techniques LE22 How Do I Quilt It? Angela Walters 1:00 p . m Miscellaneous 12:00 p . m Break MQG General Session by Presented the MQG Board of DIrectors Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Break Modern Traditionalism
é 11:00 a . m LE20 Panel: Diversity in the Quilting World Sandi Sawa Hazlewood Improvisation Business of Quilting Jodi Robinson Libs Elliot 10:00 a . m Small Studies Broken Wreath Straight Line Quilting with a Block Printing 9:00 a . m 121 Working with Wool, Modern Wool Appliqué Alison Glass Sarah Fielke 832 Wild Quilting Christina Cameli 912B LE19 Panel: Copyright & Your Work Rossie Hutchinson 130 Needleturn Appliqu 120 Piec-liqué Cristy Fincher 214 Embrace the Chaos - An Exercise in Controlled Randomness 213 Studio Scheming Luke Haynes 212 Color Theory in Practice Kim Eichler-Messmer 520B Gwen Marston 532 Get Your Bias-Strip Curve On Wood Sherri Lynn 730 Large Scale Piecing Heather Jones 733 Equilateral Triangles Jeni Baker 822B Krista Withers 823B Modern Twist Wells Valori Appliqu é All lectures are 45 minutes long, they are shown longer above for legibility. Explanation of the workshop codes can be found on page 20. 45 minutes long, they are are All lectures History & Cullture 7:45 a . m Yoga for Quilters NOTE:
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EVERYDAY distributed by Michael Miller and for the QuiltCon 2017 Fabric Challenge. Don’t miss this live event that 7:45 a .m .-8:45 a .m . could launch a beloved new designer! Yoga for Quilters Free, pre-registration recommended; subject Quilting is a meditative to room capacity practice for many of us, but the hours of sitting and repetitive motions can be FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 challenging on the body. 9 a .m .-10 a .m . We will explore correct Special Exhibit Tour body position, alignment, Pamela Weeks breathing, and ways to Before the show opens, join Pamela Weeks for an release tension through exclusive tour of the special exhibits. Pamela will stretching and strengthening muscles in the neck, share her knowledge of quilting and quilt history to shoulders, back, and opening the chest. By creating bring life and excitement to these special quilts. In this greater freedom of movement and ease in the body, interactive experience, attendees will be able to ask we open the door to a calm mind inviting enhanced questions and gain a new appreciation for quilting. creativity. Attendees should dress for yoga and bring $15 non-members, $12.75 members a yoga mat or towel. $15 non-members, $12.75 members 6:30 p .m .-8:30 p .m . Modern Quilt Guild Leadership Meet & Greet THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Hosted by the MQG Board of Directors Join us for a casual and conversational happy hour 9 a .m .-10 a .m . open to guild leaders. Meet other MQG leaders, QuiltCon Awards Ceremony the MQG Board of Directors and staff. Cash bar. Hosted by Jacquie Gering Guild leaders will receive an email with details and Chairperson of The Modern Quilt Guild Board registration information in September. Together we’ll celebrate the amazing award-winning Free to MQG Leaders quilts of QuiltCon 2015 and award thousands in cash prizes. Meet the judges and our top award sponsors. $15 non-members, free to members (pre-registration SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 required) 9 a .m .-10 a .m . Special Exhibit Tour 9 a .m .-10 a .m . Pamela Weeks Special Exhibit Tour Before the show opens, join Pamela Weeks for an Pamela Weeks exclusive tour of the special exhibits. Pamela will Before the show opens, join Pamela Weeks for an share her knowledge of quilting and quilt history to exclusive tour of the special exhibits. Pamela will bring life and excitement to these special quilts. In this share her knowledge of quilting and quilt history to interactive experience, attendees will be able to ask bring life and excitement to these special quilts. In this questions and gain a new appreciation for quilting. interactive experience, attendees will be able to ask $15 non-members, $12.75 members questions and gain a new appreciation for quilting. $15 non-members, $12.75 members SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21
6:30 p .m .-8:30 p .m . 12 p .m .-1 p .m . Creativebug Fabric Design Challenge Modern Quilt Guild General Session Sponsored By Creativebug Presented by The MQG Board of Directors In Partnership With Michael Miller Meet the new member of the board of directors, Join Creativebug and Michael Miller Fabrics for the learn about the strategic goals of the guild, the year finale to their Fabric Design Challenge. This event in review, major upcoming projects and more! will feature a panel made up of top designers and Members only, free (pre-registration required) Michael Miller’s design team. Together they will listen MEMBERS! to pitches from the finalists, then select (live and on- Register by November 30, 2015 stage!) a winner who will be flown to New York and to get the member rate. awarded their own fabric line, manufactured and
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BY CATEGORY
Business of Quilting History & Culture LE04 Panel Discussion: Self-Publishing Your Quilt LE02 Art History and the Modern Quilter with Patterns moderated by Casey York Casey York LE12 Panel Discussion: Maker to Making a Living LE08 Work of Molly Upton with Pamela Weeks moderated by Jacqueline Sava LE13 Great American Quilt Revival with Mary Fons LE19 Panel Discussion: Copyright & Your Work LE20 Panel Discussion: Diversity in the Quilting World moderated by Rossie Hutchinson moderated by Sandi Sawa Hazlewood
Design Improvisational Quilting LE03 Color Theory for Modern Quilters with Kim LE11 Classical and Improvisational Quilt Making Eichler-Messmer with Rebecca Bryan LE05 Modern Quilts, Digital Tools with Anne Sullivan LE18 Featured Speaker: Liberated Quiltmaking: LE06 Modern Quilts: Branching Out with Bill Kerr Making It YOUR Way with Gwen Marston LE09 Panel Discussion: Staying Creative, Keeping the Mojo Burning with Anne Sullivan Quilting LE12 Quilt Vernacular with Luke Haynes LE10 How to Love Free-Motion Quilting with LE14 Ten Dollars + One Hour with Rossie Hutchinson Christina Cameli LE15 Quilting with Code with Libs Elliott LE22 How Do I Quilt It with Angela Walters LE16 Panel Discussion: What I Stash and Why with Rossie Hutchinson For a listing of lectures by lecturer, the Faculty LE17 Creativity and Play with Victoria Findlay Wolfe Index is on page 37-39.
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ALL ACCESS LECTURE PASS Includes all lectures and Awards Ceremony $199 non-members, $169.15 members
THURSDAY LECTURE PASS Includes Awards Ceremony $50 non-members, $42.50 members
FRIDAY LECTURE PASS $60 non-members, $51 members
SATURDAY LECTURE PASS Includes Featured Speaker $60 non-members, $51 members
SUNDAY LECTURE PASS $40 non-members, $34 members
Members! Register by November 30, 2015 to get the member rate.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19 10:30-11:15 a .m . 9-9:45 a .m . LE02 Art History and the Modern Quilter LE07 Panel Discussion: Maker to Making a Living Casey York Moderated by Jacqueline Sava with panelists The history of art is a treasure trove of quilting ideas, In this panel we will talk to industry leaders who’ve from multi-cultural motifs to innovative quilting transitioned from ‘Maker to Making a Living’. From patterns. With a Ph.D. in art history, Casey constantly balancing personal and business goals, to financial turns to this field for inspiration. She also firmly believes planning and marketing strategies, it’s always that inspiration is an active process, and in this lecture inspiring to hear real life stories of how creative outlines the ways quilters can approach great art of endeavors become successful businesses. the past as a source of inspiration for their own work. 10:30-11:15 a m. . 12-12:45 p .m . LE08 Quilts of Molly Upton LE03 Color Theory for Modern Quilters Pamela Weeks Kim Eichler-Messmer Molly Upton’s quilts range from huge to tiny, but all Color theory is not a secret, yet many quilters are exhibit a mastery of color, rhythm, and composition. unsure of how to put together effective quilt palettes. Bright colors dance in dark backgrounds in non- Kim will cover the basics of color theory with tons of representational compositions. Pam will give a broad examples from the Modern Quilt world. Come learn view of the beginnings of art quilts in the ’70s, cover a variety of tools and tricks for how to put together a Molly’s work putting it in context, and explore her color palette and how to find and use your own color unique vision and its lasting impact on the quilt world. inspiration for successful color use in modern quilts. 12-12:45 p .m . 1:30-2:15 p .m . LE09 Panel Discussion: Getting & Staying Creative, LE04 Panel Discussion: Self-Publishing Your Patterns Keeping the Mojo Burning Moderated by Casey York with panelists Moderated by Anne Sullivan with panelists Have you ever considered publishing and selling your Writer’s block is a common creative block that writers original patterns for quilts and sewing projects? Join experience when having a tough time writing, but us for this panel of expert designers, shop owners, quilters experience a similar block that keeps us from and other professionals involved in the process of creating and quilting. Learn tips and tricks for trying to self-publishing and selling sewing patterns. Learn break that block and stay creative. about the process of writing, editing, printing, and distributing patterns and gain the knowledge you 1:30-2:15 p .m . need to achieve your pattern design goals. LE10 How to Love Free-Motion Quilting Christina Cameli 3-3:45 p .m . Get some tips on falling in love with free-motion LE05 Modern Quilts from Digital Tools quilting. With a little humor and plenty of experience, Anne Sullivan Christina will help you over the awkwardness of Are you interested in how computer design tools can getting to know one another. Come with your take your quilts further? In this introductory survey, free-motion questions and concerns. Leave with Anne will discuss some of the software available to enthusiasm for jumping in to FMQ! modern quilters. Come learn what’s out there and how you can expand your design possibilities! 3-3:45 p .m . LE11 Classical & Improvisational Piecing 5-5:45 p .m . Rebecca Bryan LE06 Modern Quilts: Branching Out Of all the techniques, tools, and opinions on how Bill Kerr best to make a quilt it all comes down to this: it’s all Quilting, like many design disciplines, has grown and related and can be placed on a continuum between expanded as a result of new influences in culture, classical piecing and improvisational piecing. In this technology, and pioneering work. In this lecture we’ll lecture we’ll explore the tension between the two discuss what triggered growth and new ideas in other sewing philosophies and discover how elements design disciplines and where opportunities exist for of each can be used with purpose to express and modern quilters to grow our medium. achieve different goals in our quilts.
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5-5:45 p .m . 10:30-11:15 a m. . LE12 Quilt Vernacular LE14 Ten Dollars + One Hour: Dying Modern Quilts Luke Haynes Rossie Hutchinson Luke will be reviewing the visual language in quilting. Are you scared of the time, mess, or expense of fabric As modern quilting pushes forward, we are taking the dye? Don’t be! Do you think hand-dyed fabric has foundation; changing scales, colors, and precisions. to be mottled and jewel-toned? You’re wrong! It’s Luke will take a long look at some of the things we actually really cheap and easy to dye fabric for use to create the work we make using his latest shows your next modern quilt. Come and see what Rossie as examples to explain variations and iterations. And (and you!) can do with 1 hour and 10 dollars of dye maybe a few pictures of cats too. supplies.
12:00-12:45 p m. . SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 LE15 Quilting with Code: The Quilts of Libs Elliott 9:00-9:45 a .m . Libs Elliott LE13 Great American Quilt Revival Libs Elliott is a quilter who is known for using a Mary Fons programming language called Processing to design We look at the roots of the Great American Quilt all her quilts. She will discuss her ongoing exploration Revival: the Whitney exhibit in ’71, the Bicentennial in of how technology can transform a traditional craft ’76, and the quilt industry boom of the ’80s and ’90s. into modern, functional art without abandoning the Funny and fascinating for people who were there inherent pleasures of handcrafted objects. Libs has firsthand and newbies who never knew it happened! been designing and quilting professionally since 2009. She’ll give you a peek into how she works and tell the story of her quilting journey thus far.
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1:30-2:15 p .m . methods, the titles of six that begin with the word LE16 What I Stash and Why “liberated.” She’ll talk about why and how she got Rossie Hutchinson started down this path, why she loves it as ever, where Most quilters keep a personal collection of it’s taken her and where it can take YOU. And she’ll quilting cottons, but the size of that stash, the way have her quilts with her to illustrate her journey. it is organized, and how it is stored varies from quilter to quilter. Come and hear from a variety of quilters about their stashes, see pictures of their collections, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 and learn from their mistakes and adventures 9:00-9:45 a .m . in stashing! LE19 Panel: Copyright and Your Work Moderated by Rossie Hutchinson with panelists 3:00-3:45 p .m . In this panel, hear about the role of copyright in the LE17 Creativity & Play with Victoria Findlay Wolfe quilting world. Copyright is often a hot-button topic in Victoria Findlay Wolfe the quilting industry. Hear differing viewpoints on how Victoria will share with you ways and steps to explore copyright can apply to your quilting work and learn your own creative process. By sharing tips on open- from the experiences of others in the quilting world. mindedness, risk taking, and just giving yourself a break with permission to play. Let her guide you 10:30-11:15 a m. . through ways that will open your vision and reboot LE20 Panel: Diversity in the Quilting World your creative process. Moderated by Sandi Sawa Hazlewood with panelists 5:30-7:00 p .m . A panel discussion on diversity in the quilting world. LE18 Featured Speaker: Liberated Quiltmaking: It’s How does coming from varying ethnicities, genders, About Making It YOUR Way and sexual orientations impact the individual and the Gwen Marston community? And how do we look for our similarities In this lecture Gwen talks about her long journey and make meaningful connections? on the trail of exploring new methods for making quilts. Early in her quiltmaking she turned away from 1:30-2:15 p .m . what she considered arbitrary rules and regulations LE22 How Do I Quilt It? and began to explore new techniques for making Angela Walters quilts without commercial patterns. At first she used It’s not a quilt until it’s quilted! But sometimes, picking words like free pieced, innovative, intuitive and out the quilting designs can be the most challenging improvisational to describe her new methods, but part. In this lecture, Angela Walters will give you tips eventually settled on “liberated” because that’s and ideas to get you started on those quilt tops how she felt when she made quilts using her own that you have been putting off finishing. With lots of design and construction ideas. Beginning with her pictures and down-to-earth advice, chances are you book “Liberated Quiltmaking” (AQS, 1996), Gwen leave ready to get quilting! has published 11 books discussing her liberated
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Workshop information uses BY CATEGORY the following configuration: 000 Miscellaneous 0 0 0 Example: 5 1 3 010 The Shift Dress with Christine Haynes Improv All Levels Course Number Category Level Course Number 020 Maker to Making a Living with Jacqueline Sava
100 Appliqué 110 Catenary with Carolyn Friedlander 120 Piec-liqué with Cristy Fincher 121 Working with Wool Appliqué with Alison Glass 122 Reverse Appliqué + Jersey Knit with Alison Glass 130 Needle Turn Appliqué with Sarah Fielke Codes 131 Modern Hawaiian Appliqué with Sarah Fielke Workshop Category — this is the main quilting technique taught in the course 200 Design 000 Miscellaneous 210 The Joy of the Design Wall with Rossie Hutchinson 100 Appliqué 211 Activating Space in Modern Quilt Design with 200 Design Jacquie Gering 300 Finishing Techniques 212 Color Theory in Practice with Kim Eichler-Messmer 400 Embroidery 213 Studio Scheming with Luke Haynes 500 Improvisation 214 Embrace the Chaos – An Exercise in Controlled 600 Foundation Piecing or Paper Piecing Randomness with Libs Elliott 700 Piecing Techniques 215 Solids Marathon with Bill Kerr 800 Quilting 216 Breathe New Life into Your UFOs with Bill Kerr 900 Surface Design 217 Quick and Dirty Color Theory with Kim Eichler- Messmer Skill Levels — the appropriate skill level for the course 218 How to Use Color Troublemakers with Kim Eichler- 10 All skill levels Messmer 20 Beginner 220 Getting Started with EQ7 with Christa Watson 30 Intermediate and above 221 Designing Modern Quilts in EQ7 with Christa 40 Advanced Watson 300 Finishing Techniques Course Number — a unique identification number 320A The Big Finish with Shea Henderson assigned to each course in a category 320B The Big Finish with Shea Henderson
400 Embroidery 420A Embroidery Sampler with Alison Glass 420B Embroidery Sampler with Alison Glass
500 Improvisation WORKSHOP PRICING 510 Improv Log Cabin with Heather Jones 511 Rainbow Remix with Rebecca Bryan Three-Hour 512 Improv Lettering with Sarah Fielke $90 non-members, $77 members 513 Wavelength Crash Course with Rebecca Bryan 514 Get Your Wedge Curve On with Sherri Lynn Wood Six-Hour 515 Modern Block Improv with Sherri Lynn Wood $175 non-members, $149 members 516 Log Condo with Luke Haynes 520A Small Studies with Gwen Marston Nine-Hour 520B Small Studies with Gwen Marston $265 non-members, $225 members 530 Minimal Quiltmaking with Gwen Marston 531 Improv Pineapple with Heather Jones Members! Register by November 30, 2015 to 532 Get Your Bias Strip Curve On with get the member rate. Sherri Lynn Wood 533 Intermediate Improv with Rossie Hutchinson
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600 Foundation Piecing or Paper Piecing 825 Compositional Drawing with Krista Withers 610A Arrows: Foundation Paper Piecing with 826A Piece as You Quilt with Krista Withers Johanna Masko 826B Piece as You Quilt with Krista Withers 610B Arrows: Foundation Paper Piecing with 830A Free-Motion Favorites for the Modern Quilter Johanna Masko with Christa Watson 630 Crackle with Amy Garro 830B Free-Motion Favorites with Christa Watson 631 Icy Waters with Amy Garro 831 Free-Motion Impact with Christina Cameli 632 Facing East with Carolyn Friedlander 832 Wild Quilting with Christina Cameli 611A English Paper Piecing with Johanna Masko 611B English Paper Piecing with Johanna Masko 900 Surface Design 612 Somerset Star with Johanna Masko 910 Quick Block Printing with Lizzy House 630 Paper Piecing Design with Amy Garro 911 Fabric Printing & Design with Lizzy House 912A Block Printing with Valori Wells 700 Piecing Techniques 912B Block Printing with Valori Wells 710 Strip Piecing Crash Course with Amy Smart 913 Silk Screen Printing with Valori Wells 711 Stretch Hex & Tumbler with Victoria Findlay Wolfe 712 Strip Piecing with Amy Smart 713 Pies & Points Sizzix Class with Victoria Findlay Wolfe WORKSHOPS BY TYPE 720 Conquering Curves with Janice Ryan Business 721A Making Faces with Melissa Averinos 020 From Maker to Making a Living with 721B Making Faces with Melissa Averinos Jacqueline Sava 722 Paperless Paper Piecing with Cristy Fincher 723 Mastering the Half-Square Triangle with Jeni Baker Computer 730 Large Scale Piecing with Heather Jones 220 Getting Started with EQ7 with Christa Watson 731 Huckleberry with Rebecca Bryan 221 Designing Modern Quilts in EQ7 with 732 Shining Stars Sampler with Jeni Baker Christa Watson 733 Equilateral Triangles with Jeni Baker 734 Creative Half-Square Triangle Piecing with Drawing Jeni Baker 825 Compositional Drawing with Krista Withers 735A Advanced Piecing with Amy Smart 735B Advanced Piecing with Amy Smart Handwork 736A For the Love of Y Seams with Libs Elliott 110 Catenary with Carolyn Friedlander 736B For the Love of Y Seams with Libs Elliott 121 Working with Wool Appliqué with Alison Glass 737 Paperless Paper Piecing Design with Cristy Fincher 122 Reverse Appliqué + Jersey Knit with Alison Glass 738 Castle Treasury with Lizzy House 130 Needle Turn Appliqué with Sarah Fielke 131 Modern Hawaiian Appliqué with Sarah Fielke 800 Quilting 217 Quick Color Theory with Kim Eichler-Messmer 811A Modern Simplicity with Jodi Robinson 218 Color Troublemakers with Kim Eichler-Messmer 811B Modern Simplicity with Jodi Robinson 420A Embroidery Sampler with Alison Glass 812A Well Worth the Time Fillers with Jodi Robinson 420B Embroidery Sampler with Alison Glass 812B Well Worth the Time Fillers with Jodi Robinson 611A English Paper Piecing with Johanna Masko 815A Textural Quilting with Angela Walters 611B English Paper Piecing with Johanna Masko 815B Textural Quilting with Angela Walters 612 Somerset Star with Johanna Masko 816 More Dot to Dot Quilting with Angela Walters 630 Paper Piecing Design with Amy Garro 818A Shape by Shape with Angela Walters 818B Shape by Shape with Angela Walters Long-arm Quilting (Stand Long Arm/Frame) 817A Borders & Backgrounds with Angela Walters 812A Well Worth the Time Fillers with Jodi Robinson 817B Borders & Backgrounds with Angela Walters 812B Well Worth the Time Fillers with Jodi Robinson 820 Home Machine Quilting with Carolyn Friedlander 817A Borders & Backgrounds with Angela Walters 821 Free-Motion at Home with Christina Cameli 817B Borders & Backgrounds with Angela Walters 822A Broken Wreath with Krista Withers 823A Straight Line Quilting with a Modern Twist 822B Broken Wreath with Krista Withers 823B Straight Line Quilting with a Modern Twist 823A Straight Line Quilting with a Modern Twist 824 Compositional Quilting with Krista Withers 823B Straight Line Quilting with a Modern Twist 826A Piece as You Quilt with Krista Withers 824 Compositional Quilting with Krista Withers 826B Piece as You Quilt with Krista Withers 21 WORKSHOP INDEX
Long-arm Quilting (Sit-Down Long Arm/Frameless) 511 Rainbow Remix with Rebecca Bryan 811A Modern Simplicity with Jodi Robinson 512 Improv Lettering with Sarah Fielke 811B Modern Simplicity with Jodi Robinson 513 Wavelength Crash Course with Rebecca Bryan 815A Textural Quilting with Angela Walters 514 Get Your Wedge Curve On with Sherri Lynn Wood 815B Textural Quilting with Angela Walters 515 Modern Block Improv with Sherri Lynn Wood 816 More Dot to Dot Quilting with Angela Walters 516 Log Condo: A Modern Take on the Log Cabin 818A Shape by Shape with Angela Walters with Luke Haynes 818B Shape by Shape with Angela Walters 520A Small Studies with Gwen Marston 822A Broken Wreath with Krista Withers 520B Small Studies with Gwen Marston 822B Broken Wreath with Krista Withers 530 Minimal Quiltmaking with Gwen Marston 830B Free-Motion Favorites with Christa Watson 531 Improv Pineapple with Heather Jones 532 Get Your Bias Strip Curve On with Surface Design/Printing Sherri Lynn Wood 910 Quick Block Printing with Lizzy House 533 Intermediate Improv with Rossie Hutchinson 911 Fabric Printing & Design with Lizzy House 610A Arrows: Foundation Piecing with Johanna Masko 912A Block Printing with Valori Wells 610B Arrows: Foundation Piecing with Johanna Masko 912B Block Printing with Valori Wells 630 Crackle with Amy Garro 913 Silk Screen Printing with Valori Wells 631 Icy Waters with Amy Garro 632 Facing East with Carolyn Friedlander Domestic Machine Sewing 712 Strip Piecing with Amy Smart 010 The Shift Dress with Christine Haynes 710 Strip Piecing Crash Course with Amy Smart 120 Piec-liqué with Cristy Fincher 711 Stretch Hex & Tumbler with Victoria Findlay Wolfe 210 The Joy of the Design Wall with Rossie Hutchinson 713 Pies & Points Sizzix Class with Victoria Findlay Wolfe 211 Activating Space in Modern Quilt Design with 720 Conquering Curves with Janice Ryan Jacquie Gering 721A Making Faces with Melissa Averinos 212 Color Theory in Practice with Kim Eichler-Messmer 721B Making Faces with Melissa Averinos 213 Studio Scheming with Luke Haynes 820 Home Machine Quilting with Carolyn Friedlander 214 Embrace the Chaos – An Exercise in Controlled 821A Free-Motion at Home with Christina Cameli Randomness with Libs Elliott 821B Free-Motion at Home with Christina Cameli 215 Solids Marathon with Bill Kerr 830A Free-Motion Favorites with Christa Watson 216 Breathe New Life into Your UFOs with Bill Kerr 831 Free-Motion Impact with Christina Cameli 320A The Big Finish with Shea Henderson 832 Wild Quilting with Christina Cameli 320B The Big Finish with Shea Henderson 510 Improv Log Cabin with Heather Jones For a listing of workshops by instructor, the Instructor Lecturer and Panelist Index is on page 37-39.
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000 MISCELLANOUS 100 APPLIQUÉ 010 The Shift Dress 110 Catenary Quilt Christine Haynes Carolyn Friedlander Learn to make The Shift Learn to love handwork Dress from the book “Skirts with this architecture- & Dresses For First Time inspired project. This Sewers,” with Christine graphic design from Haynes. A perfect garment Carolyn’s pattern line is a for sewers of all levels, this great project for picking simple dress will introduce up and refining your you to basic clothing needle-turn appliqué skills. construction, including bias- Learn how decisions in finishing the neckline, and fabric selection and block hand gathering the cuffed placement can impact the sleeve, as we cut, assemble, look of the design and the and finish our garments flavor of your project. with professional results. Please note: this pattern is Material Fees: $12, includes copy of the sized from 0–18 and is for bust sizes 31”–45”. If you fall Catenary pattern outside of that range, please consider making it for 110 Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. a friend as there will not be enough time for pattern adjustments in class. 120 Piec-liqué Material Fees: $10, includes copy of pattern Cristy Fincher 010 Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Piec-liqué is an innovative technique that makes any 020 Maker to Making a Living curved seam possible. Jacqueline Sava In class, you’ll learn how In this three-hour crash to piece the fun curves course, you’ll work of Circle Maze, without through your personalized the fuss of special sewing ‘maker to making a living’ machine feet or a ton of workbook, filled with tools, pins. This simple technique tips, activities and financial will give you confidence with curves and add many formulas. (Yes, financial new skills to your quilting “tool box.” formulas. Fear not, you’ll Material Fees: $15, includes pattern and instructions be fine.) You’ll also have 120 Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. access to additional top secret online resources to continue working on your own after the event. 121 Working with Wool – Modern Wool Appliqué This is a hands-on course, for both new and existing Alison Glass businesses. It’s also perfect if you haven’t started Wool is a beautiful material your business and are in the dreaming/ planning/ for appliqué. Often seen in exploration phase. Attendees will be guided through a more traditional setting, lectures, exercises and activities focused around this workshop teaches the the development of their business. At the end of the technique with a modern workshop, you will have a custom plan to transition design and color palette. from where you are, to where you want to be, Students will learn wool successfully balancing your personal craft philosophy appliqué basics, get with the realities of marketing, selling and profiting exposure to materials, and from your creative business. set up a project to work on Material Fees: $10, for customized workbook for use in class, with an opportunity during workshop + exclusive access to online content for individual instruction. The project can them be after course finished as a mini quilt, pillow, or bag panel. 030 Friday, Feb. 19, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Material Fees: $10, includes pattern/shapes for templates, template material, glue 121 Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
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122 Reverse Appliqué + Jersey Knit 200 DESIGN Alison Glass 210 The Joy of the Design Wall Students will learn the Rossie Hutchinson process of reverse Are you using your design appliqué, using jersey knit wall to design? Or is it just and cotton fabric, through a place you store blocks the creation of a block that and scraps? Participants can then be made into a in this class will learn to mini quilt, pillow, or bag make blocks for an Arne panel. Students will learn quilt (pattern is provided in the basics of raw edge class); those blocks will be reverse appliqué: setting up pooled and played with the design, stitching and knotting, and finishing the collectively as we explore the joy of the design wall. edges. Hands-on work time will allow students to get Material Fees: None a good start on their projects and will provide time for 210 Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. individual instruction. Material Fees: $10, includes pattern/shapes for 211 Activating Space in Modern Quilt Designs templates, template material, pins, pen for tracing Jacquie Gering 122 Sunday, Feb. 21, 2-5 p.m. In this workshop, students will understand figure/ 130 Needle Turn Appliqué ground relationships and Sarah Fielke how to activate space in Needle turn appliqué quilt designs. Students will made easy! Sarah’s fun, put that knowledge to work modern technique for to design graphic, modern hand needle turn will blocks and use their blocks help you achieve perfect to create quilt layouts circles, steep V’s a sharp using both traditional and points with ease and alternate grid concepts. confidence. Begin a block Students will complete at from one of Sarah’s new least one block and one quilt design and will begin quilts that can become a sewing blocks designed in class. medallion or a full size quilt. Material Fees: $5, includes paper blocks, card stock Material Fees: $15, includes quilt block pattern, or for block design as well as copy machine access students may bring copy of “Old Quilts, New Life” by 211 Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sarah Fielke, which contains the pattern 130 Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 212 Color Theory in Practice Kim Eichler-Messmer 131 Modern Hawaiian Appliqué Explore a variety of ways Sarah Fielke to translate your color Learn how to needle turn inspiration into modern Hawaiian appliqué the quilts. We will start with modern way using one of quick and easy color Sarah’s striking but simple theory exercises to create blocks. On their own the palettes, move onto the blocks make a visually design wall to test out appealing quilt, or make a different combinations start on the Centenary quilt using simple quilt blocks, from Sarah’s new book, and finish up with small “Old Quilts New Life.” sewn color studies. You will Material Fees: $15, includes leave class with greater confidence in how to put quilt block pattern, or students may bring copy of together colors in your quilts. “Old Quilts, New Life” by Sarah Fielke, which contains Material Fees: None the pattern 212 Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 131 Friday, Feb. 19, 2-5 p.m.
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213 Studio Scheming 216 Breathe New Life Into Your UFOs Luke Haynes Bill Kerr Join Luke in a workshop We all have them — projects geared to help improve that got away from us. your own studio practice. Halfway through it we knew You will be working through something wasn’t working some iterative projects and or we ran out of a key working out some easy fabric and gave up. Now design prompts to help you there’s a half-done project build confidence in your we’re no longer in love with own studio and a few skills but aren’t sure how to fix. towards creating your own patterns. Learn what went wrong Material Fees: None and how to redesign your 213 Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. project. Orphaned blocks, partially appliquéd pieces, you name it; transform them into a quilt you’ll love. 214 Embrace the Chaos – An Exercise in Controlled Material Fees: None Randomness 216 Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Libs Elliott Using only paper and 217 Quick & Dirty Color Theory pencils — no computers Kim Eichler-Messmer required! — Libs will walk If you’ve ever been stuck you through a series of trying to pick out colors for worksheet exercises that a quilt, this workshop is for mimic her code. By using you. Learn all about color controlled elements in theory and how to find and a random way, each use color inspiration in your participant will end up with quilts using fun, fast paced, — surprise! — a random hands on techniques. We quilt pattern layout. Once won’t be doing any sewing, the layouts are done, we’ll cut and work on piecing. but we will create a huge At the end of the class, each participant will leave variety of color palettes to with her/his very own quilt plan. take home for your next quilt project. Material Fees: None Material Fees: None 214 Sunday, Feb. 21 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 217 Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m.
215 Solids Marathon 218 How to Use Color Troublemakers Bill Kerr Kim Eichler-Messmer We’ll design and sew Is there a color in your from morning to night in stash that you just can’t this nine-hour workshop. figure out how to use? Come with a stash of This workshop will help solids and an eagerness you discover all of the to make an original quilt. potential palettes that We’ll have spend the first your color fits in. We will hour on design discussion cover basic color theory and sketching, then it’s and use the design wall to sewing time. Bill will meet create a vast number of with students individually possibilities for your color throughout the day for design and technical troublemaker. Go home with the confidence to work consultations. We’ll meet as a group at the end through your stash and create new and exciting color of class to admire each others’ work. Let’s blow combinations. everyone away with what we can accomplish Material Fees: None in a day! 218 Saturday Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. Material Fees: None 215 Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
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220 Getting Started with EQ7 300 FINISHING TECHNIQUES Christa Watson 320 The Big Finish In this comprehensive Shea Henderson workshop, students will Elevate your sewing and learn the basics of Electric quilting from homemade Quilt Software – version 7 to handmade and polish for Windows or Mac. Topics your finishing with these include: learning to use the professional techniques. block library, setting blocks Topics covered will into quilt layouts, adding include: achieving borders, importing fabric invisible hand-stitched swatches, designing simple binding, under stitching quilts, calculating yardage and facings for quilts. and more. Class also includes a trunk show of the Various binding widths, flanges and their uses will instructor’s quilts designed in EQ7 for inspiration. This be discussed. In addition, students will make a small is a hands-on computer class, and students must be project incorporating precision topstitching, pressing comfortable using their own laptops, with their version techniques and piping. of the software installed prior to class . Material Fees: None Material Fees: None 320A Thursday, Feb. 18, 6-9 p.m. 220 Friday Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 320B Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. 221 Designing Modern Quilts in EQ7 Christa Watson Take your modern designs 400 EMBROIDERY to the next level by learning 420 Embroidery Sampler how to manipulate them Alison Glass in EQ7. Topics will include The Embroidery Sampler drawing improv blocks, Workshop will cover scaling and numbering embroidery basics and tips foundation piecing and teach 10 embroidery templates, applying a stitches. Students will layer of quilting, designing work on a sampler piece custom set quilts, designed to appeal to the manipulating borders, modern quilter. The class incorporating negative will include a good amount space, going off the grid, of work time, allowing changing sizes, and more. for individual student We will work at a quick pace, so students should be instruction. comfortable with the basics of EQ7 prior to class. This Material Fees: $18, includes pattern, the printed is a hands-on computer workshop, and students must sampler design for stitching, embroidery needles, and be comfortable using their own laptops, with their a size 1 milliners needle version of the software installed prior to class . Students 420A Thursday, Feb. 18, 6-9 p.m. may use EQ7 for either PC or Mac . 420B Friday, Feb. 19 6-9, p.m. Material Fees: None 221 Saturday Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m.
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500 IMPROVISATION 513 Wavelength Crash Course Rebecca Bryan 510 Improv Half Log Cabin In this crash course you Heather Jones will learn the technique Students will learn the to design and make technique of creating your own version of the large-scale improv half Wavelength quilt from log cabins. You will design “Modern Rainbow.” This intuitively and explore a improvisationally crafted cutting technique that quilt invites you to play with does not require precision. the interchange of color as This type of patchwork shapes gradually emerge. produces completely We’ll talk about making unique, one of a kind angled cuts, fabric choice, blocks with a strong graphic color selection, block quality, and Heather fundamentals, and how will discuss how fabric choices will create different placement and color choices affect the design of effects in the quilt top. the block. Students will finish with a number of finished Material Fees: $25, or bring copy of “Modern blocks that can be used in small patchwork projects Rainbow” by Rebecca Bryan or as the beginning of a larger quilt. 513 Saturday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. Material Fees: None 510 Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. 514 Get Your Wedge Curve On Sherri Lynn Wood 511 Rainbow Remix Get your wedge-curve, Rebecca Bryan mod-mood, groove on Come spend the day in this improvisational creating your own version quilt-making workshop. of “Rainbow Remix.” Participants will commit We’ll explore the tension one step at a time, as between classical and they explore advanced improv quilt making thereby approaches to improvised patchwork and learning to manipulate composition, develop a personal/intuitive language techniques to create a quilt of color, and learn ruler-free, wedge-curve, piecing with stunning effect. As the class progresses, the focus techniques. will shift towards color play and quilt top composition. Material Fees: None Material Fees: $25, or bring copy of “Modern 514 Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Rainbow: 14 Imaginative Quilts that Play with Color” by Rebecca Bryan 515 Modern Block Improv 511 Satuday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sherri Lynn Wood Improv is flexible patterning. 512 Improv Lettering Participants will start Sarah Fielke with a favorite fixed or Text can add personality, “traditional” block pattern dimension and intent to and gradually transform your stitching. Learn how it through a series of to machine piece improv repetitions and variations. letters for your quilts or Without the use of rulers, cushions with Sarah’s fun templates or instructions to guide them, they will gain technique. Choose a word a deeper sense of how patterns and shapes form or phrase to work on and and evolve, while learning ruler-free patchwork and by the end of class you’ll be composition techniques along the way. off and running! Material Fees: None Material Fees: None 515 Thursday, Feb. 18 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 512 Saturday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m.
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516 Log Condo – A Modern Take on the Log Cabin 531 Improv Pineapple Luke Haynes Heather Jones Luke will teach you You will learn how to create to use materials in an improv pieced pineapple alternative way. We will blocks. While the traditional take yardage and make it version of this block can be more interesting and then somewhat intimidating to create a small log cabin create, it becomes more quilt top to show ways to relaxed and approachable incorporate traditional when combined with improv piecing with no need for patterns into a more precise measuring or cutting. This technique produces contemporary aesthetic. completely unique blocks with a strong graphic Material Fees: None quality. Heather will discuss how fabric placement 516 Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and color choices affect the block design. Students will complete some blocks during class. 520 Small Studies Material Fees: None Gwen Marston 531 Saturday Feb. 20 9 a.m.-5 p.m. This class is built on the idea of exploring abstract 532 Get Your Bias Strip Curve On design by making small Sherri Lynn Wood fabric studies. Gwen thinks Get your bias-strip curve of these small studies as on and celebrate your sketches. Just as painters mistakes! Participants will use sketches to explore learn the innovative ruler- possibilities, fabric sketches free technique of bias-strip are for working things piecing on the curve, along out; for learning new with tips on how to flatten techniques, exploring internal bubbles, and color and composition. options for applying the technique in fixed block or They are your ticket to play, and to develop your improvisational compositions. This is tricky patchwork own aesthetics in a safe, worry-free space. Making that takes time to master but worth the effort. sketches is like taking a crash course in design. Imagine the possibilities! Students should be able to complete one study. Material Fees: None Material Fees: None 531 Sunday Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 520A Friday Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 520B Sunday Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 533 Intermediate Improv – Cabins, Crosses & Colors Rossie Hutchinson 530 Minimal Quiltmaking Improv blocks provide structure Gwen Marston while allowing a lot of freedom This class is based on for play and expression. Students Gwen’s new book “Minimal who are already comfortable Quiltmaking.” The idea piecing improvisationally will of creating quilts in a learn three beautiful blocks – the minimal style is based on improv cross, the log cabin, and the principal of using the quartered log cabin. The the simplest and fewest blocks can be combined into elements to create the a single quilt or used as starters maximum effect. We will for separate quilts. As students be working with simple, explore each block and its unpretentious design. possibilities, Rossie will share her Scaling everything back is own quilts and explain how she a challenge, but one that Gwen embraces. builds color stories intuitively and Material Fees: None improvisationally. 530 Thursday Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Material Fees: None 533 Thursday Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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600 FOUNDATION OR PAPER PIECING 620 Paper Piecing Design Amy Garro 610 Arrows: Foundation Paper Piecing Students will discover how Johanna Masko to transform a design into Take your patchwork skills a paper-pieced block. We in a new direction with will begin by creating basic Arrows. Learn a freezer triangle patterns. Then, we paper-based method for will begin with a drawn paper piecing with this bold shape and convert it to and graphic block design. a paper-pieced pattern. This game-changing Students will learn how to method allows you to apply these techniques to spend more time creating increasingly difficult examples & shapes to create instead of removing bits of their own, unique paper-pieced patterns. paper, using your prettiest Material Fees: $5, includes class handout scraps to make a cushion, runner, quilt or tote. 620 Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Material Fees: None 610A Friday Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. 630 Crackle 610B Saturday Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. Amy Garro Learn Amy’s method 611 English Paper Piecing of paper piecing in this Johanna Masko workshop! Students A great choice for precise, will benefit from geometric patchwork, demonstrations of how English Paper Piecing is to paper piece this quilt, completely sewn by hand. how to handle sharp This fun, take-it-anywhere angles, and how to join technique shows off clever the quadrants of this block fussy cuts and is a beautiful while successfully matching seams. Suggestions will way to use your favorite be given on how to keep everything organized while scraps. In addition to hexagons, this method works piecing this quilt. The course will end with suggestions equally well for diamonds, half-hexagons, jewel and discussion regarding the quilting of this project. shapes and more. Pretty geometric shapes plus a Material Fees: $15, includes 8.5” x 11” cardboard streamlined approach to prepping and construction piece, quilt pattern & pattern pieces add up to an addictive and portable new way to 630 Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. squeeze more crafting into your day. Material Fees: None 631 Icy Waters 611A Thursday, Feb. 18, 2-5 p.m. Amy Garro 611B Thursday, Feb 18, 6-9 p.m. Learn Amy’s method of paper piecing in this 612 Somerset Star workshop! Students Johanna Masko will benefit from Make simple strips of fabric demonstrations of how sparkle in the Somerset to paper piece this quilt, Star. This faux patchwork including how to piece all technique looks best block variations. Amy will in solid, near-solid and also give suggestions on small prints. These layered how to keep everything beauties make charming organized while piecing ornaments, trivets, cushions this quilt. The course will and decorations to enliven end with suggestions and the walls of your home year discussion regarding the round. quilting of this project. Material Fees: None Material Fees: None 612 Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 631 Saturday, Feb. 20 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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632 Facing East 712 Strip Piecing Carolyn Friedlander Amy Smart Combine appliqué, paper Strip piecing is useful in quilt piecing, and color theory making to save both time with this strip-friendly and fabric. Strip piecing project from Carolyn’s is also extremely versatile. book, “Savor Each Stitch.” In this fun workshop, Carolyn will walk you spend the day learning through the techniques a wide variety of designs involved as well as how to and styles, all made from create your own color story different strip-piecing with this bold and versatile project. techniques. Material Fees: $25, or bring a copy of “Savor Each Material Fees: $17, or bring Stitch” by Carolyn Friedlander a copy of “Fabulously Fast Quilts” by Amy Smart 632 Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 712 Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
700 PIECING TECHNIQUES 713 Pies & Points 710 Strip Piecing Crash Course Victoria Findlay Wolfe Amy Smart Learn or practice those Strip piecing is useful in curved piecing skills and quilt making to save both explore color relationships time and fabric. Strip in this striking quarter circle piecing is also extremely block quilt. Cut quarter versatile. In this shorter, circle arcs and wedges fast-paced workshop, learn with Sizzix machines and a wide variety of designs Victoria’s Pies & Points dies. and styles, all made from Play with several variations different strip-piecing of this block, with all the techniques. interchangeable pieces Material Fees: $17, or bring included on the die. Play with the different effects of a copy of “Fabulously Fast Quilts” by Amy Smart color in the setting solids to create that “wow” factor. 710 Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. Material Fees: None 713 Thursday Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 711 Stretch Hex & Tumbler Victoria Findlay Wolfe 720 Conquering Curves Add new angles to your Janice Ryan quilts through PLAY with this Does the thought of sewing great stretched hexagon curves make you break shape! Learn or practice out in hives? Fear no more. those Y-seams. Note, this In this workshop you will clever setting requires only practice a variety of curves easy, wide Y-seams — and and circles of increasing there are fewer of them difficulty. Each student will than you think! Explore color work on a 27” x 27” mini relationships, showcase curves quilt, which can some of your favorite larger- be finished after class and scale prints, and play with proudly displayed to show they defeated the curve! negative space in this great scrap-buster. Go beyond Material Fees: None simple shapes and have fun opening up a greater 720 Saturday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. palette of techniques for your quilter’s toolbox. Material Fees: $20, includes two acrylic templates 711 Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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721 Making Faces 730 Large Scale Piecing Melissa Averinos Heather Jones In this inspiring session you Using the Fly Away quilt will learn to create faces pattern, students will learn in raw-edge appliqué. how to increase the scale Embrace the ease and of both traditional and texture of raw edge modern block designs, how appliqué and learn simple to successfully manage techniques to create faces large cuts of fabric and — no drawing experience large pattern pieces, how necessary! Melissa’s warm to work with large areas and down-to-earth teaching style will put you at of negative space, and ease as she shares tips on color, fabric selection and tips and tricks on fabric different ways to create facial features. You’ll finish selection, cutting, and construction methods for the day by experimenting with simple thread drawing working in this manner. Students will discuss the roots to add details that will really make your work pop. of large scale piecing, effects of reducing design Material Fees: $5, includes handout elements and design simplification. 721A Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Material Fees: None 721B Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 730 Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
722 Paperless Paper Piecing 731 Huckleberry Cristy Fincher Rebecca Bryan Paperless paper piecing Spend the day working is limitless! This simple on your own version of technique will empower the Huckleberry quilt from you to go beyond the limits “Modern Rainbow: 14 of paper. With Cristy, you’ll Imaginative Quilts that learn how to precisely Play with Color.” Instructor “paper-piece” a design Rebecca Bryan will also without the limits of paper share tips on advanced foundations. It gives you piecing as the class works freedom! You’ll also learn through piecing the blocks how to include improv and assembling a quarter piecing and modify paper-pieced designs. of a quilt top. Material Fees: $15 includes pattern and instructions Material Fees: $25, or bring copy of “Modern 722 Thursday, Feb. 18, 6-9 p.m. Rainbow: 14 Imaginative Quilts that Play with Color” by Rebecca Bryan 723 Mastering the Half-Square Triangle 731 Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Jeni Baker Half-square triangles 732 Shining Stars Sampler (HSTs) are a fundamental Jeni Baker building block in quilting. Take a trip across the milky Mastering this simple way with the Shining Star block will increase the Sampler. Explore a variety accuracy of your quilts of patchwork techniques and open up endless to construct six different design opportunities. Three star blocks in two sizes construction methods will each. Techniques covered be explored in this class. Plus, instruction on trimming, include half-square pressing, and tips for achieving a perfect 1/4” seam. triangles, flying geese, and Work from Jeni’s book, “Patchwork Essentials: The stitch and flip. Students will Half-Square Triangle,” to create three HST quilt blocks. work toward a throw sized sampler quilt. Alternate Material Fees: $25, or your own copy of “Patchwork project ideas will be shared as well. Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle” by Jeni Baker Material Fees: $9, includes copy of pattern 723 Saturday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. 732 Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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733 Equilateral Triangles 736 For the Love of Y Seams Jeni Baker Libs Elliott Discover how easy it is to The Weight of Love is a create beautiful equilateral pattern made up of hex, triangle quilts in this class. half-hex and equilateral Learn to cut triangles triangle pieces, designed without the use of a special randomly using code and ruler or template and the constructed using Y-seams. tricks to accurate triangle Students will review and piecing. Plus, explore the practice the Y-seam math behind designing your method of piecing, while own quilt and creating a customizing The Weight custom template. Students of Love pattern with your will work towards a quilt size of their choice. Alternate own selections of solids and prints. All students will project ideas will be shared as well. leave the class with full pattern instructions and the Material Fees: $9, includes copy of pattern knowledge required to complete the quilt at home. 733 Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Material Fees: None 736A Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. 734 Creative Half-Square Triangle Piecing 736B Saturday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. Jeni Baker Ready to take your half- 737 Paperless Paper Piecing Design square triangle (HST) Cristy Fincher piecing to the next level? Paperless paper piecing Explore creative methods can take your quilt for adding an extra twist designing to new heights. to the basic HST block. In this class, Cristy will guide Leave class inspired to you through the design think outside the box when method of paperless paper approaching quilting piecing to make your own techniques. Work from unique design a reality. Jeni’s book, “Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Come to class with a sketch Triangle,” to create patchwork HST quilt blocks. (or two) of a simple design. Material Fees: $25, or bring your own copy of During class, we’ll create your pattern and bring it to “Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle” by life with fabric and thread. Jeni Baker Material Fees: $10, includes graph paper, freezer 732 Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. paper, other design tools 737 Saturday, Feb. 20 6-9 p.m. 735 Advanced Piecing Amy Smart 738 Castle Treasury Learn how to go beyond Lizzy House basic quilting techniques The traditional Granny with advanced shapes Cross block was reinvented and techniques. This by Lizzy House to be class includes cutting a faceted, repeating and piecing diamonds pattern that sparkles with and hexagons, as well as brilliant color and shape. machine piecing partial Work closely with Lizzy to seams, inset seams, and create your own special y-seams. Amy will help you Castle Treasury Quilt, from make something that looks intimidating become easy planning fabric choices and build new skills in your quilting repertoire. to essential construction tips. This gem of a quilt will Material Fees: None reward your hard work many times over. This class is 735A Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. for confident quilters. 735B Saturday, Feb. 20, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Material Fees: $15, includes pattern 738 Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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800 QUILTING 814 Creative Walking Foot Quilting Jacquie Gering 810 Hand Quilting Want to quilt your quilts on Sarah Fielke your home machine and Learn to hand quilt your maybe free motion quilting tops with big stitch quilting isn’t for you? Discover the using Sarah’s easy to joy and creative possibilities follow technique. Hand of quilting with your walking quilting gives your quilts foot. Learn tips and tricks a completely different for successful walking look, feel and depth from foot quilting along with machine quilting — and it creative quilting designs and textures that can be doesn’t take nearly as long as you would think! Add accomplished on your home machine. hand quilting to your tool box. Material Fees: None Material Fees: Optional kits will be available in class Type: Domestic sewing machine Type: Handwork 814 Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 810 Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 815 Textural Quilting 811 Modern Simplicity Angela Walters Jodi Robinson Whether enhancing areas Jodi will teach amazingly of a quilt or providing a simple free-hand designs secondary design, machine from her book “Modern quilting can add texture. Simplicity.” You’ll love how Instead of focusing on adaptable and effective specific quilting designs, the designs are in achieving Angela will show you how texture and movement in to select designs based on your quilts. We will explore the texture they add. Learn adding design complexity, how to combine textures to create interesting areas and use in backgrounds, on your quilt, to highlight or hide areas of a quilt, and and allover quilting patterns. Students are how to make the quilting design selection process a encouraged to bring a quilt top to discuss how the little easier. This class will leave you inspired. designs from class could be applied to their actual Material Fees: $15, includes fabric, batting, handout quilts. In class, we will have a plastic overlay and Type: Shared sit-down mid-arm (frameless) markers so we can “see” how the designs will look. 815A Thursday,Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Material Fees: $15, includes all fabrics and batting 815B Thursday, Feb. 18, 2-5 p.m. Type: Shared sit-down mid-arm (frameless) 811A Friday, Feb. 19, 2-5 p.m. 816 More Dot to Dot Quilting 811B Saturday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. Angela Walters Do you love geometric 812 Well Worth the Time Fillers designs that require little to Jodi Robinson no marking? Angela shows In this background filler how to create intricate- class, you will learn some looking designs with the gorgeous background Dot to Dot concept. From fills that are definitely NOT blocks and borders to fast, but are definitely “well backgrounds, you will learn worth the time.” The textural new, creative designs for effects these designs will your quilts. Angela will add to your modern quilts leave you inspired and ready to tackle your next quilt. will set them apart! NOTE: You don’t need to take the first Dot to Dot class Material Fees: $15, includes all fabrics and batting to take this one as it has different content. Type: Shared standing long-arm (framed) Material Fees: $15, includes fabric, batting, handout 812A Thursday, Feb. 18, 6-9 p.m. Type: Shared sit-down mid-arm (frameless) 812B Saturday, Feb. 20, 2-5 p.m. 816A Thursday, Feb. 18, 6-9 p.m.
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817 Borders and Backgrounds 821 Free-Motion at Home Angela Walters Christina Cameli Sometimes, quilting borders Get the right start on can be pain… but they your free-motion quilting don’t have to be. Whether adventure. Learn the you are working on a quilt absolute basics of free- with a single border or a motion and then jump in medallion quilt with multiple with exercises designed borders, this class will teach for complete beginners. you some great machine We will spend class time quilting designs especially sketching and stitching, with lots of opportunity to for borders. Angela Walters ask questions and fine tune your technique. Before will also show how to work leaving you’ll start your first free-motion quilted around the borders of your quilt in an efficient way by project with Christina’s supportive guidance. giving easy tips for breaking up the borders into more Material Fees: None manageable areas, creating interest with border Type: Domestic sewing machine corner motifs, and how to work your way around the 821A Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. quilt. Come ready to learn and ready to laugh! 821B Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Material Fees: $15, includes fabric, batting, handout Type: Shared standing long-arm (framed) 822 Broken Wreath 817A Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Krista Withers 817B Friday, Feb. 19, 2-5 p.m. Many modern quilts are using traditional blocks 818 Shape By Shape Quilting and incorporating modern Angela Walters fabrics with alternative Based on Angela Walters’ newest book, “Shape layouts, these quilts have by Shape Quilting,” this different challenges to class shows how you can deal with when deciding break most quilt blocks on quilting designs. This into smaller, basic shapes. class focuses on quilts of this nature and how to put a Learn designs that work in modern twist on a traditional motif. all differently shaped blocks Material Fees: $20, includes Mylar plastic, dry erase as well as other areas of a pen, blue wet erase fabric marking pen, mark-be- quilt, including borders and gone pen, chalk marking wheel negative space. Type: Shared sit-down mid-arm (frameless) Material Fees: $15, includes fabric, batting, handout 822A Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Type: Shared sit-down mid-arm (frameless) 822B Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. 818A Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 818B Saturday, Feb. 20, 2-5 p.m. 823 Straight Line Quilting with a Modern Twist Jodi Robinson 820 Home Machine Quilting Students will learn simple Carolyn Friedlander ways to enhance their Learn the basics for how basic straight line quilting. to quilt on your home We will add bends, twists, machine. Carolyn will and design elements to our start by discussing general straight lines to add interest, strategy before leading movement and break up into the specifics of free large expanses of straight motion quilting and what lines. You will also learn some cool tricks to create to do with the walking foot. optical illusions within your lines, as well as some fun Come to this class ready to designs using wavy and flowing lines. explore and experiment. Material Fees: $15, includes all fabrics and batting Material Fees: None Type: Shared standing long-arm (framed) Type: Domestic sewing machine 823A Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 820 Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 823B Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
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824 Compositional Quilting 830 Free-Motion Favorites for the Modern Quilter Krista Withers Christa Watson Start looking at your Take your modern free- quilting from a “whole” motion quilting to the next compositional standpoint. level by learning a dozen Explore the possibilities that different fillers that will add address negative space, depth and dimension. Let asymmetrical compositions go of perfection by quilting and alternative block asymmetrical textures that require little to no marking. settings. We will create a Students will practice on sample squares or orphan quilt map, tackle large blocks to discover geometric alternatives to straight- expanses of negative space and design a quilt path line quilting. This fast-paced workshop is for those to lead you across the quilt with few starts and stops. comfortable with basic free-motion quilting. Material Fees: $20, includes mylar plastic, vis a vis, Material Fees: None blue mark.b.gone, eraser pen, Type for 830A: Domestic sewing machine Type: Shared standing long-arm (framed) 830A Thursday, Feb. 18, 6-9 p.m. 824 Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Type for 830B: Shared sit-down mid-arm (frameless) 830B Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. 825 Compositional Drawing Krista Withers 831 Free-Motion Impact Design a whole cloth quilt Christina Cameli and explore possibilities This intermediate free- that open up with motion class covers compositional quilting. principles home quilters Starting with the path can use to amplify the concept, we will mark out effect of their quilting. a whole cloth quilt in this Experiment with using class. You’ll create a quilt quilting density, echoing, map, tackle large expanses of negative space and and dividing the space to create quilting textures design a quilt path to lead across the quilt with few that delight. Christina will teach the principles and starts and stops. In this drawing class, you will design guide you through exercises using the designs you are and mark a whole cloth quilt to take home and sew. comfortable with. Great for basic free-motion quilters Material Fees: $20, includes mylar plastic, vis a vis, who want their free-motion to be a stronger element blue mark.b.gone, eraser pen in their quilts. Type: Drawing Material Fees: None 825 Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Type: Domestic sewing machine 831 Saturday, Feb. 20 6-9 p.m. 826 Piece as You Quilt Krista Withers 832 Wild Quilting Students will learn how to Christina Cameli use their long-arm for the This intermediate free- QAYG method of piecing motion class focuses and quilting simultaneously. on combining multiple We will explore different free-motion designs into techniques starting with the complex arrangements. log cabin approach and Learn four basic expanding out into more approaches to create improv piece work. We will work with lots of straight varied, organic works from simple elements. Christina line quilting and some filler designs to enhance small will demonstrate techniques and guide you through spaces. Students will finish at least one panel that trying them in your own style. Students should they can use for a bag front, pillow cover, etc. understand free-motion basics and some common Material Fees: $10, includes base fabric designs like spirals and pebbling. Type: Shared standing long-arm (framed) Material Fees: None 826A Friday, Feb. 19, 6-9 p.m. Type: Domestic sewing machine 826B Saturday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. 832 Sunday, Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
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900 SURFACE DESIGN 912 Block Printing Valori Wells 910 Quick Block Printing In this workshop you will Lizzy House learn how to block print In this class you will learn starting from a drawing to how to carve blocks the final printed piece of for textile printing. We’ll fabric. The first half of the go over basic carving workshop will focus on the and printing techniques design and cutting the with a focus on creating design out of the block. repeating patterns on our The second half of the fabric. This will give you workshop will focus on mixing ink and printing. Kits are new skills to create fabric available for the workshop. for your own use in your Material Fees: $20, includes two 6”x8” blocks for projects and as gifts! carving, use of ink, brayer and other essential tools, Material Fees: $10, includes and fabric printmaking ink and block 912A Friday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. for printing 912B Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 910 Saturday, Feb. 20, 6-9 p.m. 913 Silk Screen Printing 911 Fabric Design & Printing Valori Wells Lizzy House You will learn how to print Create your own unique on fabric using the silk fabric designs with screen technique. The first celebrated surface half of the workshop you designer Lizzy House. In will print using screens, this extended workshop learn how to mix ink and you’ll learn about creating print on fabric. The second repeating patterns, half of the workshop will talk about coloring a have more printing as well collection, and then Lizzy as embroidery and embellishment technique for silk will guide you through block printing techniques to screen printed fabric. There will be a lab fee for the bring your creations to life. workshop. Material Fees: $15, includes block for printing, ink for Material Fees: $20, includes use of screens, ink, and printing, newsprint, tracing paper other essential tools, and fabric 911 Thursday, Feb. 18, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 913 Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Fielke, Sarah 130 Needle Turn Appliqué 131 Modern Hawaiian Appliqué 810 Hand Quilting
Fincher, Cristy 120 Piec-liqué 722 Paperless Paper Piecing 737 Paperless Paper Piecing Design
Fons, Mary LE13 Great American Quilt Revival
Friedlander, Carolyn (image left) 110 Catenary Quilt 632 Facing East Averinos, Melissa 820 Home Machine Quilting 721A Making Faces 721B Making Faces Garro, Amy 620 Paper Piecing Design Baker, Jeni 630 Crackle 723 Mastering the Half-Square Triangle 631 Icy Waters 732 Shining Stars Sampler 733 Equilateral Triangles Gering, Jacquie (image below) 734 Creative Half-Square Triangle Piecing 211 Space in Modern Block Design 814 Creative Walking Foot Quilting Bryan, Rebecca 511 Rainbow Remix 513 Wavelength Crash Course 731 Huckleberry LE11 Exploring the Tension Between Classical and Improvisational Quilt Making
Cameli, Christina 821A Free-Motion Quilting at Home 821B Free-Motion Quilting at Home 831 Free-Motion Impact 832 Wild Quilting LE10 How to Love Free-Motion Quilting
Eichler-Messmer, Kim 212 Color Theory in Practice 217 Quick and Dirty Color Theory 218 How to Use Color Troublemakers LE03 Color Theory for Modern Quilters Glass, Alison Elliott, Libs 121 Working with Wool – Modern Wool Appliqué 214 Embrace the Chaos – An Exercise in Controlled 122 Reverse Appliqué + Jersey Knit Randomness 420A Embroidery Sampler 736 For the Love of Y Seams 420B Embroidery Sampler LE15 Quilting with Code – The Quilts of Libs Elliott Haynes, Christine 010 The Shift Dress
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Haynes, LUKE (image right) 213 Studio Scheming 516 Log Condo – A Modern Take on the Log Cabin LE12 Quilt Vernacular
Hazlewood, Sandi Sawa LE20 Panel Discussion: Diversity in the Quilting World
Henderson, Shea 320A The Big Finish 320B The Big Finish
House, Lizzy 738 Castle Treasury 910 Quick Block Printing 911 Fabric Design & Printing Marston, Gwen 520A Small Studies Hutchinson, Rossie (image below) 520B Small Studies 210 The Joy of the Design Wall 530 Minimal Quiltmaking 533 Intermediate Improv – Cabins, Crosses & Colors LE18 Liberated Quiltmaking: It’s About Making It LE14 Ten Dollars + One Hour: Dying Modern Quilts YOUR Way LE16 Panel Discussion: What I Stash & How LE19 Panel Discussion: Copyright & Your Work Masko, Johanna 610A Arrows: Foundation Paper Piecing 610B Arrows: Foundation Paper Piecing 611A English Paper Piecing 611B English Paper Piecing 612 Somerset Star
Robinson, Jodi 811A Modern Simplicity 811B Modern Simplicity 812A Well Worth the Time Fillers 812B Well Worth the Time Fillers 823A Straight Line Quilting with a Modern Twist 823B Straight Line Quilting with a Modern Twist
Ryan, Janice 720 Conquering Curves
Sava, Jacqueline 020 Maker to Making a Living Jones, Heather LE07 Panel Discussion: Maker to Making a Living 510 Improv Half Log Cabin 531 Improv Pineapple Smart, Amy 730 Large Scale Piecing 710 Strip Piecing Crash Course 712 Strip Piecing Kerr, Bill 735A Advanced Piecing 215 Solids Marathon 735B Advanced Piecing 216 Breathing New Life Into Your UFOs LE06 Modern Quilts: Branching Out with Bill Kerr Sullivan, Anne LE05 Modern Quilts from Digital Tools LE09 Panel Discussion: Getting & Staying Creative – Keeping the Mojo Burning
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Walters, Angela 815A Textural Quilting 815B Textural Quilting 816A More Dot to Dot Quilting 816B More Dot to Dot Quilting 817A Borders and Backgrounds 817B Borders and Backgrounds 818A Shape By Shape Quilting 818B Shape By Shape Quilting LE22 How Do I Quilt It?
Watson, Christa 220 Getting Started with EQ7 221 Designing Modern Quilts in EQ7 830A Free-Motion Favorites for the Modern Quilter 830B Free-Motion Favorites for the Modern Quilter Wells, Valori 912 Block Printing Weeks, Pamela 913 Silk Screen Printing LE07 The Works of Molly Upton 914 Quick Silk Screen Printing Special Exhibit Tours Withers, Krista (image above) 822AB Broken Wreath 824 Compositional Quilting 825 Compositional Drawing 826AB Piece as You Quilt
Wolfe, Victoria Findlay 711 Stretch Hex & Tumbler 713 Pies & Points
Wood, Sherri Lynn Wood (image left) 514 Get Your Wedge Curve On 515 Modern Block Improv 532 Get Your Bias Strip Curve On
York, Casey LE02 Art History & The Modern Quilter LE04 Panel Discussion: Self-Publishing Your Patterns Mark Your Calendars! Registration Opens June 25, 2015 for members July 1, 2015 for non-members
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Gwen Marston Keynote Lecture, Workshops, and Special Exhibit Gwen Marston is a professional quilt teacher, author, and artist. She has taught and lectured worldwide since the late ‘70s, and for 30 years, has run a series of retreats near her home in Michigan. She is perhaps best known for sharing her methods for making quilts without patterns, a process she refers to as “Liberated.” Gwen has had 29 solo exhibits and participated in many group shows. In 2013, she had an exhibit at the Taupo Art Museum in Taupo, New Zealand, and an exhibit of her work was shown at the Dennos Art Museum in Traverse City, Michigan Jan 18-April 27, 2014.
Melissa Averinos Rebecca Bryan Workshops Lecturer, Workshops Melissa Averinos is a painter, As a fourth-generation fabric designer, craft quilter, Rebecca grew book author/illustrator, up in a family of makers. and longarm quilter. She Her mother graciously embraces imperfection taught her everything she and loves to make stuff. knew about sewing and She is a good listener, a helped Rebecca make lover of unicorns, rust, and her first official quilt for her strawberry rhubarb pie. first official apartment. Melissa’s quilt “face #1” was a judge’s choice award Rebecca has been quilting winner at QuiltCon 2015. Melissa lives on Cape Cod passionately ever since. with her adorable husband and golden retriever Rebecca is a quilt designer, puppy. For creative inspiration and juicy honesty, visit blogger, and author of Melissa’s blog melissaaverinos.com (formerly known “Modern Rainbow: 14 as yummygoods.com). Imaginative Quilts that Play with Color.” She currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband, four Jeni Baker children, and one dog. You can find out more about Workshops Rebecca and her quilts by visiting her blog: Jeni Baker has been sewing bryanhousequilts.com. since she was 11 years old, and loves nothing more Christina Cameli than to be surrounded by Lecture, Workshops fabric. She is a licensed Christina Cameli has been fabric designer for Art quilting for more than a Gallery Fabrics and self- decade, starting with a box publishes patterns for of her grandmother’s fabric the modern sewer. Jeni scraps. She now teaches, teaches sewing and designs patterns, and writes quilting classes locally in books to share her love of Madison, Wisconsin. Her quilting, especially free- first book, “Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square motion quilting. Christina Triangle,” will be published in Fall 2015. She is always is the author of the books “First Steps to Free-Motion looking for ways to be creative everyday, and simply Quilting” and “Step-by-Step Free-Motion Quilting.” enjoys living a handmade life. In addition to sewing, She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon where her hobbies include knitting, baking, collecting she works as a nurse-midwife. Christina writes the vintage kitchenware, and playing with her bunny, quilting blog A Few Scraps and is a member and George. For more on Jeni’s work, visit her website, past-president of the Portland Modern Quilt Guild. incolororder.com.
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Kim Eichler-Messmer Cristy Fincher Lecturer, Workshops Workshops Kim Eichler-Messmer is an Cristy Fincher was born assistant professor at the with a love for all things Kansas City Art Institute and sewing. Cristy and her runs the Kansas City Textile mom, Master Quilter Sharon Studio, a small community- Schamber, made their based textile art center. Her first quilt together 20 years book “Modern Color: An ago. Ten years ago, Cristy Illustrated Guide to Dyeing opened her online store, Fabric for Modern Quilts” PurpleDaisiesLLC.com, where she focuses on sewing was published in the fall of 2013. Kim’s hand-dyed, and quilting education. In 2007, Cristy and Sharon one-of-a-kind quilts have been shown nationally and co-authored “Piece-By-Piece: Machine Appliqué,” featured in prominent design blogs. She is a self- which features many of Cristy’s original designs. proclaimed color nerd and friend of cats. Cristy is passing on her mother’s techniques through teaching local, regional, and national quilting classes. Libs Elliott Cristy also shares her own tutorials and time-saving Lecturer, Workshops techniques on her blog, sewmuchlikemom.com. Elizabeth (Libs) Elliott is a quilter and textile artist Mary Fons exploring the intersection Lecturer of technology and Mary Fons is a writer who traditional craft by using grew up under a quilt. In generative design to 2010, Mary created Quilty, build handmade quilts. a weekly online program All her quilts are designed for the beginner quilter, using a programming and from 2011–2015, Mary language called Processing. Libs started quilting served as editor of Quilty in 2009, and the generative quilt project began in magazine. Mary co- 2012 as a collaboration with Joshua Davis. A deep hosts Love of Quilting on appreciation for craftsmanship, design history, and public television with her mom, quilter and educator future-focused applications are all reflected in her Marianne Fons. Her first book, “Make + Love Quilts: work. Libs studied material art and design at OCAD Scrap Quilts for the 21st Century” and “Dear Quilty,” University and lives in Toronto. You can find out more a Quilty retrospective, were published 2014. Mary’s about Libs’ work and patterns at libselliott.com first fabric line, “Small Wonders” will be released in Fall 2015. Her blog, PaperGirl, is updated at least five Sarah Fielke times a week and can be found at MaryFons.com. Workshops Sarah Fielke is a quilter, Carolyn Friedlander teacher, designer and Workshops author of five hugely Carolyn Friedlander successful quilt books: is a quilt and fabric “Material Obsession,” designer working from her “Material Obsession hometown of Lake Wales, Two,” “Quilting: From Florida, an environment Little Things,” “Hand Quilted with Love” and “Little she enjoys for its warm Quilts.” Her new book, “Old Quilts New Life,” is due weather, few distractions, out in September 2015. Based in Australia, Sarah and potent community of quilters and crafters. In has designed seven quilting fabric collections in her her work, she draws inspiration from features of the trademark whimsical designs. She teaches classes at Florida landscape—its long leaf pines, palmettos, craft shows, in quilt shops, and at craftsy.com on how water, scrub land, sand—as well as her background to make her unique style of quilts. You can find her at in architecture. You can follow Carolyn and her work sarahfielke.com and on her blog, thelastpiece.net. on her website (carolynfriedlander.com) and blog (carolynfriedlander.com/blog).
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Amy Garro Christine Haynes Workshops Workshops Amy Garro is a modern Christine Haynes is a Los quilter and mother of three. Angeles-based sewing She was first introduced to author, teacher, and quilting and paper piecing pattern designer with in elementary school, her own line of sewing but has been seriously patterns—Christine Haynes quilting for the last four Patterns—that are perfect years. Today, Amy enjoys for the vintage-loving quilting, pattern writing, modern seamstress. In addition to her four books, and participating in her local modern quilt guild. Christine teaches classes in person and online, and She writes about her modern quilting endeavors at presents lectures and workshops at conferences. 13spools.com. Here, she also shares patterns, tutorials, Christine is a contributor to the Craftsy blog, where and her musings on the artistic journey. Amy’s art she also teaches her popular Sassy Librarian Blouse training and her husband’s engineering work heavily class. Christine was a featured guest on two seasons influence her quilting work. Amy is the author of of PBS’s Sew It All TV show, and her work has been recently released “Paper Pieced Modern.” Her works featured in various publications around the world. and patterns also appear in magazines, including Modern Quilts Unlimited. Luke Haynes Lecturer, Workshops Jacquie Gering Luke’s work is currently in Lecturer, Workshops the Brooklyn Museum, the Jacquie is a passionate Newark Museum, and the modern quilt maker and Headquarters of the Bill and designer known for her Melinda Gates foundation, innovative “out of the box” and he shows across the designs, striking message country and internationally. quilts, and unique style. He studied architecture at Her first book is, “Quilting Cooper Union in New York Modern: Techniques and and considers his fabric art Projects for Improvisational to be an architectural method of images creation. Quilts.” Jacquie is His works can be classified as quilts since they follow Chairman of the Board of traditional construction, but his concepts and Directors of the Modern Quilt Guild and she blogs and images pull from the annals of historical painting and shares her quilting knowledge on her popular blog, sculpture. Luke currently lives in Los Angles California. Tallgrass Prairie Studio. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and black lab, Bruno. Sandi Sawa Hazlewood Panel Moderator Alison Glass Known as the “Crafty Workshops Planner,” Sandi is a trained Alison Glass is a designer city planner who followed living in Virginia with her love for sewing and her husband, daughter, quilting as her second and son. Her love of the career. She is one of the combination of color and founding members and first shape make fiber design President of the San Diego a perfect fit. She designs Modern Quilt Guild. She fabric for Andover Fabrics, has designed patterns for creates patterns and art magazines, has her own pattern line, co-designed prints, teaches within the industry, and is the author the Modern Quilt Sampler Coloring Book and has a of “Alison Glass Appliqué.” Alison is passionate about podcast about all things crafty. the ideas of making choices that are consistent with who a person is and living in the present.
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Shea Henderson Heather Jones Workshops Workshops A former middle school Heather Jones is a designer math teacher, Shea and self-taught quilter who Henderson now owns lives outside of Cincinnati, Empty Bobbin Sewing Ohio with her husband and Studio, a sewing and quilt two young children. She pattern company. She is is the founder and former the author of the award- president of the Cincinnati winning book “School of Modern Quilt Guild, a three- Sewing: Learn it. Teach time winner of the MQG’s it. Sew Together.” Her work has been featured in Project Modern Challenges, several books and magazines. She is one of founding and a finalist for the members and former president of the Kansas City Martha Stewart American Modern Quilt Guild. Shea lives in Kansas City, Missouri Made Awards. Heather recently finished her first solo with her husband and three young children. Find publication with STC Craft | Melanie Falick Books that more of her work at emptybobbinsewing.com. is scheduled for a fall 2015 release.
Lizzy House Bill Kerr Workshops Workshops Lizzy House is a printmaker, Bill Kerr co-founded fabric designer, author, and Modern Quilt Studio with his educator. She has released wife, Weeks Ringle. Bill and over 10 lines of fabric Weeks wrote the first book including one of her latest on modern quilting, “The for Andover, Natural History, Modern Quilt Workshop,” has designed a series of as well as “Quiltmaker’s quilt patterns and is the Color Workshop,” “Quilts author of the book “How Made Modern” and to Enter the World of Textile Design.” Lizzy has a BFA “Transparency Quilts.” They in Printmaking and currently resides in Salt Lake City. also co-authored a book When Lizzy isn’t printing, designing fabric, writing, or with their daughter Sophie titled “A Kid’s Guide to teaching, she can usually be found curled in a small Sewing.” In 2011, they launched a magazine, Modern ball asleep on an airplane. And no, she doesn’t want Quilts Illustrated. Bill and Weeks design several lines a any peanuts. year for Andover Fabrics and license their designs to other manufacturers. Bill is head of the Department Rossie Hutchinson of Art, Art History, and Graphic Design at Dominican Lecturer, Workshops, University in River Forest, Illinois. Panel Moderator Rossie Hutchinson is an Johanna Masko award-winning modern Workshops quilter and international Johanna Masko is an quilt teacher. Perhaps award-winning quilter, best known for founding instructor, and quilt pattern and moderating the Flickr author. She from the Detroit group Fresh Modern Quilts, she also writes a popular area and has a fine arts quilting blog and regularly contributes her ideas and degree from the University quilt patterns to books and magazines. You can find of Michigan. She lives in some of her recent work in the books You Inspire Me Toronto, where she teaches to Quilt; The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters, quilting. As a quiltmaker and designer, she is always and Quilting with a Modern Slant. Rossie lives in looking for efficient techniques to help streamline her Michigan with her husband, dog, and goats. Find her quilt construction, and that also maintain a high level on instagram at instagram.com/r0ssie_fmq. of craftsmanship. She loves all the quilts, from antique to contemporary and modern.
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Jodi Robinson Anne Sullivan Workshops Lecturer, Panel Moderator Jodi has been a quilter for Anne Sullivan is a 20 years, a professional researcher, engineer, artist, longarm quilter for 18 years, quilter, writer, and part-time and teaching nationally for pillow for her cat and Saint the past 12 years. She has Bernard. She loves color, won numerous awards for quilts, and technology and her machine quilting skills finds ways to talk about and won the Outstanding them whenever possible Modern Quilt Award at the 2015 Road to California on her blog at Play Crafts. show. Jodi designs pantograph quilting designs and She also writes quilting has self-published nine machine quilting books. Jodi’s programs including the books and classes focus on quick and easy methods popular Palette Builder to create beautiful, freehand machine quilting tool, which creates palettes based on any photo and designs. Visit her blog: jrdesigns.wordpress.com. matches them to solid fabrics and thread. She has a book coming out with Interweave in 2016. Janice Ryan Workshops Angela Walters Janice has been a long- Lecturer, Workshops time addict of all things Since learning how to fabric and sewing. quilt from her husband’s She began her career grandparents 10 years designing and sewing ago, Angela has been in costumes for theatre, and love with the art of quilting. she holds a master of fine She purchased her first arts in costume design quilting machine 10 years from Carnegie Mellon University. The birth of her ago and has been quilting children (and the creation of her first baby quilt) took professionally, teaching, her in a new direction, where she discovered her and giving trunk shows ever love of quilting. Janice is co-author of “The Modern since. She loves traditional quilting but has found her Medallion Workbook” released by C&T publishing in niche quilting modern quilts and helping others learn Spring 2015, and she teaches classes at Sew Modern how to adapt their quilting designs for modern quilts. in Los Angeles. You can find tips, patterns, and Angela quilts from her home studio and blogs at tutorials on her blog betteroffthread.com. quiltingismytherapy.com.
Amy Smart Christa Watson Workshops Workshops Amy Smart learned to Christa Watson is an piece quilts as a child but award-winning quilter, began making quilts with pattern designer, EQ artist, a vengeance after the and author of “Machine birth of her first baby 16 Quilting with Style.” She years ago. She’s worked in loves to teach others how a local quilt shop, taught to successfully quilt on a quilt classes, contributed home sewing machine, to numerous books and and she considers herself magazines, and is the a cheerleader for the DIY modern aesthetic. She’s author of “Fabulously Fast Quilts.” Her favorite part heavily involved in both modern and traditional quilt of teaching is helping new quilters get started and guilds and loves to encourage everyone to enjoy the ‘catch the fever.’ She writes about her quilting life on style of quilting that appeals to them. Christa lives her blog Diary of a Quilter. She lives in Utah with her in Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband and three husband and their four lively children. children who all think it’s normal to have a house full of fabric. Visit her at christaquilts.com.
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Pamela Weeks Victoria Findlay Wolfe Special Exhibit Tours, Lecturer, Workshops Lecturer Victoria Findlay Wolfe is Pamela Weeks is the Binney an award-winning quilter, Family Curator of the New fabric and thread designer, England Quilt Museum in and author based in New Lowell, MA. She is a quilt York City. Victoria’s books historian and her first book include “15 Minutes of Play” “Civil War Quilts” was and “Double Wedding released in 2012. Weeks Ring Quilts: Traditions Made Modern,” and she is the has been a state-juried founder of NYC MOD quilters. Victoria is also a board member of the league of member of the International Quilt Association, the NH Craftsmen since 1993. Quilt Alliance, and runs several community drives with She is a certified appraiser BumbleBeansBASICS. She currently also is the modern of quilted textiles, and a member of the Professional contributor to Quilt Life magazine. Her series of 12 Association of Appraisers of Quilted Textiles, and the double wedding ring quilts, including QuiltCon 2013 American Quilters Society. Best in Show, “Double Edged Love,” was shown at the Wisconsin Quilt museum in 2014 and the International Valori Wells Quilt Study Center in April 2015. Workshops Valori is a professional Sherri Lynn Wood quilter, author, fabric and Workshops pattern designer, painter, Sherri Lynn Wood lives in and photographer. Oakland, CA where she Amongst these, she co- improvises quilts as a life owns The Stitchin’ Post practice and blogs about it in Sisters, Oregon. She came into quilting through at daintytime.net. She has osmosis—having a mother who shared her love of an MFA from Bard College quilting and who opened The Stitchin’ Post in 1974. and received the Joan Photography and printmaking brought Valori to her Mitchell Foundation Grant present career as a fabric designer. Being a quilter for Painters and Sculptors in and seamstress herself, she is always designing quilts 2012. She is a MacDowell Colony fellow and a former and sewing projects in the back of her mind as she instructor at Penland School of Craft. Her first book, draws a design. Valori’s fabrics can be found in shops The “Improv Handbook For Modern Quilters,” was all over the world. released in spring 2015.
Krista Withers Casey York Workshops Lecture, Panel Moderator Krista lives and works as Casey received her formal a longarm quilter in the training in art history before beautiful Pacific Northwest turning to design. She is an with her husband and two avid quilter and designer, children. Influenced as a drawing inspiration painter by the shapes that from masterpieces of exist in the negative space the past as well as the beyond the subject, Krista contemporary world. Two draws inspiration in quilting of her quilts were included from this same focus. She in the inaugural QuiltCon quilt show in 2013. Casey has been quilting professionally for nine years as well has released several patterns, and her work has as designing patterns for digital quilting systems. She been featured in numerous magazines. Stash Books enjoys teaching and sharing her passion for quilting released her first book, “Modern Appliqué Illusions,” with others. She works out of her garden studio in fall 2014. She lives in St. Louis with her husband and where she quilts on a Gammill Classic Plus, with the two sons. Learn more about Casey at casey-york. occasional assist of her Intelliquilter. com or studioloblog.wordpress.com.
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