 Will Be Toad Machine Applique and Ink
Instructor: Barb SchultzClass Fee: $35.00Monday, October 22, 11 am to 2 pm
This grumpy ol' toad is perfect traffic control when those trick or treaters swoop in claim their bounty. He's quick to create using stabilizer applique' and few fabric pens. Even the lettering is an easy job when you thread trace it from the back of your project. more..
 Girls Day Out
Instructor: Roxanne Carter
Class Fee: $40.00 per month Class meets the third Saturday of each month 10 am to 4 pm. Come join Roxanne Carter for a class one day a month. Learn easy techniques
that make piecing fast and fun and take advantage of her extensive quilting expertise. You can choose any project that you want to work on from her books or patterns or just bring in your own project that you need help with. This is a time for you to ask questions and get the help you need! Beginners are always welcome, Roxanne has a several great patterns to start off new quilters. Each time the class meets participants will get a free pattern from Roxanne as well as a block pattern for a block of the month quilt. 
Quilt Block ala Modern Workshop Instructors: Cindy Jandt & Rhonda Quayle
Class Fee: $15.00 per session or sign up for six sessions for $75.00
Workshop is the first Saturday of each month....join anytime, come when you can!
Play with fabric, color and design with Cindy and Rhonda as they make two blocks each month from the "Modern Blocks" book compiled by Suzanne Woods.
Cindy Jandt and Rhonda Quayle are bffs who love to share the art of quilting and enjoy a variety of styles of quilting and piecing. This class is applicable for all levels - beginning to advanced. Rhonda and Cindy will cover an array of techniques and methods. As a student you can join in at any time or commit for the entire session! Treat yourself to some time to explore these wonderful blocks! Sign up for six workshops at a time, use them whenever you want during the year, and save $15.00
Modern Blocks Book: 99 Blocks which is chock full of fun blocks that are original designs or fresh twists on traditional quilt blocks. Some of the most talented modern quilters have contributed to the collection of blocks.
 "Now What?"
Beginning Machine Quilting Instructor: Peggy St. George
Class Fee: $45.00
One session class: Friday, November 16, 10:30 am to 4 pm You've made a quilt top...now what? Come learn the next steps...how to baste your quilt top, and stitch in the ditch. These two important steps may be just what you need to get that quilt top finished or on it's way. Peggy will share many tips and tricks for getting that top ready to baste and quilt, including the importance of pressing, various basting methods, and stitching in the ditch and simple quilting using a walking foot. More......  Ink Workshop - The Crayon Thing Instructor: Barb SchultzClass Fee: $45.00
One Session Class: Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, 11am to 4 pm
There are a variety of patterns and embellishment techniques that use crayons for color. Crayons provide a soft color that is especially effective in quilts with hand embroidery - in fact one of our favorite hand embroidery pattern designers Crabapple Hill uses crayons a lot. However crayons on cotton fabric have a couple of drawbacks - they are really more permanent on a cotton/poly blend fabric (we quilters don't tend to have much of that around !), you only get one kind of a tip to work with, and it can be difficult to get the shading to come out just the way you want. Never fear! Barb has come up with a way to use the Fabrico Markers by Tsukineko instead of crayons more...
 Radiant Feathered Star Class Instructor: Maggie Ball
Class Fee: $80.00 Two Session Class: Thursday Oct. 25 and Friday Oct. 26, 10:30 to 4:30 Make the beautiful 28½" Radiant Star block with your choice of Le Moyne Star, Snowball or Kaleidoscope in the center. We will study a variety of piecing techniques for perfect triangles, including foundation paper-piecing for the feathers. We begin with instruction in basic pattern drafting to make a template for the star arms and to calculate the sizes of the block components. Then we'll continue with constructing the block and a discussion of options for making a medallion-style quilt to showcase this stunning star.
Beginner's Sampler
Instructor: Celeste Alexander
Begins Friday, February 8, 2013 - 10 sessions
10:30 am to 2:30 pm
This class is for the person who wants to learn quilt-making, for the quilter who wants help improving skills, and for the one who wants to know why past quilting attempts haven't brought satisfying results. The techniques are all here, including rotary cutting, hand piecing, appliqué, English paper piecing, strip piecing, foundation piecing, mastering that elusive ¼" seam, machine piecing, working with templates, how to decode a pattern, more....
Advanced Quilt Sampler Class
Instructor: Celeste Alexander
Begins Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 8 sessions, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm Celeste Alexander has created an advanced sampler class that is designed to teach a variety of additional techniques. Whether you are a fairly new quilter, or a more experienced quilter that would like to improve your skills, this class is perfect for you. Quilt top can be completed with a variety of hand and machine techniques, or can be completed entirely by machine. More...
Hawaiian Applique with Nancy Lee Chong
Instructor: Nancy Lee Chong
Class fee: $79.00
Friday, April 5, 2012, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Awesome in their symmetry and beauty, Hawaiian quilts are surprisingly easy to make. Nancy has been making Hawaiian quilts since 1978; she knows them intimately. In the one-day class, you will have hands-on experience with cutting out a Hawaiian block, basting, and needleturn appliqué. After taking a class from Nancy, beginners and experts agree that Hawaiian appliqué is not only possible but positively addicting! more...
 Yvonne Porcella: Jacket and Coat Class Instructor: Yvonne Porcella
Class Fee: $145.00
Two Day Class: Friday & Saturday, May 17 & 18, 2013, 10 am to 4:30 pm
Yvonne Porcella is an internationally known artist, quilter and teacher. Yvonne is a prolific author and her textiles including quilts and clothing have been featured in national and international collections of quilt artistry.
Yvonne Porcella's "Easiest Jacket Ever Made" offers endless possibilities for you to customize the basic pattern to suit your style and mood. The optional pieces (all included!) make it fun. Make your jacket short or long, include a front button placket, extend the front drape, add a collar and/or collar stand, make the sleeves tapered or straight. Need a pocket? Not a problem. A pattern piece is included! more...
Jan Krentz: Diamond Landscapes Instructor: Jan Krentz
Class Fee: $145.00 Two Day Class: Thursday & Friday, May 3 & 4, 2013, 9 am to 4:30 pm Jan Krentz is a nationally recognized quilt instructor, author and designer. Winner of the 1998 Teacher of the Year award, Jan's motivating workshops are packed with practical tips, techniques and methods to insure success. Author of Lone Star Quilts & Beyond, Hunter Star Quilts & Beyond, Diamond Quilts and Beyond, Quick Star Quilts & Beyond, and Quick Diamond Quilts. In this class Jan will help you create an impressionist - style quilt using 45-degree diamonds. Working from your own photo, students will design a quilt with a painterly approach, using a fabric palette. If desired, details are added to the pieced quilt top with various forms of embellishment, appliqué and thread work. more..... 
Kim Diehl's Four and Twenty Blackbirds Instructor: Kim Diehl
Class Fee: $95.00
One Session Class: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm All Skill Levels
Six-Hour Class Combine a rich palette of your favorite prints, simply stitched patchwork, and a variety of applique shapes that look hand-sewn, and the result is this stunning lap quilt. Spend the day with Kim as you learn her tips for easy design layout, techniques for preparing a variety of applique shapes, and then discover how easy it is to use your sewing machine to achieve finished designs that appear hand-stitched. Workshop time will focus on the pieced and appliqued "pie" blocks more....
Kim Diehl's Penny Wise Wool Applique
Instructor: Kim Diehl
Class Fee: $95.00 One Session Class: Friday, June 14, 2013, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm All Skill Levels
Six-Hour Class Simple cotton patchwork and an overlay of gently shaped wool appliques make a charming statement in this table runner that will look at home in any room of your house. Pre-piece this simple patchwork design in the comfort of your own sewing room, and then leave your sewing machine at home and spend a relaxing day with Kim while you learn her easy methods for fool-proof applique design layout, wool applique preparation more...
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The pattern isn't quite ready - but so many people asked, that Barb Schultz of Enchanted Valley Arts is going to do a quick - "before Halloween" class for her Toad Wall Hanging. Details below. Her stabilizer machine applique is a great technique, quick, easy and no stiff fusible web to deal with!
