Classes:
Class registration has been extended through November 10th for full day classes.
Thursday lecture tickets may be purchased at the door. Half day classes and the Friday night lecture registration will be available on Friday at the Quilt Show. Get your registrations in now as several classes are almost full!
Lecture Schedule
All lectures are Held at the Mazatzal Hotel Casino
Fireside Room
| | Thursday, Nov. 12 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. | Friday, Nov. 13 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. | Saturday, Nov. 14 | Sunday, Nov. 15 |
| Laura Wasilowski | Chicago School of Fusing Guided Tour $20 | | | |
| Marti Michell | | Short Cuts, Top Tips & Secrets $20 | | |
| Wilma Hitterman | | Treadle Machine Demonstration Noon - 1P.M. (Free) | Treadle Machine Demonstrations (Free) | Treadle Machine Demonstrations (Free) |
Half Day Classes
| Instructor | Saturday, Nov. 14 9:00 - Noon | Saturday, Nov. 14 1:00 - 4:00 |
| Marti Mitchell | Quilt As You Sew $40 | Sunburst $40 |
| Lisa Brothman | Machine Trapunto $40 | Sunshine & Shadows Log Cabin $40 ($4 Kit Fee)* |
Full Day Classes
| Instructor | Thursday, Nov. 12 9:00 - 4:00 | Friday, Nov. 13 9:00 - 4:00 | Saturday, Nov. 14 9:00 - 4:00 |
| Lisa Brothman | | Fabric Painting $50 ($25 Kit Fee)* | |
| Sharon Schamber | Longarm Advanced Stipples - Unique Feather Application $125 | Longarm Dancing Feathers - Pattern Design $125 | Domestic - Filling The Spaces Machine Quilting $75 |
| Gina Perkes | | Leave In Foundation Piecing $75 | Creating Beautiful Quilting Designs $75 |
| Marti Michell | Interlocking Hexes $75 | The Rosette & It's Relatives $75 | |
| Laura Wasilowski | Object Lesson $75 ($20 Kit Fee)* | Fusing Fun (2 Day Class) $120 for two days | Fusing Fun (2nd Day of 2 Day Class) |
* Kit Fees are payable to the teacher the day of the class.
Thursday - November 12, 2009
| Teacher | Class | Description | Class Location | Cost |
Sharon Schamber Bono | Longarm Advanced Stipples - Unique Feather Application 9 - 4 | 1 day class - This class is designed for the quilter that wants to add more complicated feather work to their abilities. Limited to 8 students. | Sharon Shamber's Home Studio | $125 |
| Marti Michell | Interlocking Hexes 9 - 4 | 1 day class - The illusion of interlocking hexagons is created by adding strips to hexagons. Limited to 15 students.
| Rim Country Health & Retirement | $75 |
| Laura Wasilowski | Object Lesson | 1 day class - To truly make your own art quilts, begin by designing your own fabric. $20 Kit fee required in class*. Limited to 15 students. | Best Western | $75 |
Friday - November 13, 2009
| Teacher | Class | Description | Class Location | Cost |
| Lisa Brothman | Fabric Painting 9 - 4 | 1 day class - Create your own one-of-a-kind fabrics with Setacolor fabric paints. We'll paint, wash, stamp, and use other fun tools to get texture and color out of plain pieces of fabric. Hope for good weather so we can also use the sunshine as a tool. You can even transform an ugly fabric into something worth using! Kit fee for paint and good-quality PFD fabric will be $25. Limited to 15 students. | Majestic Mountain Inn | $50 |
| Marti Michell | The Rosette & It's Relatives | 1 day class - Work with our rotary cutter and Marti's templates to make a versatile family block. Limited to 15 students. | Rim Country Health & Retirement | $75 |
| Laura Wasilowski | Fusing Fun 9 - 4 | 1 day class - Working with fusible web on fabric like free cutting, strip fusing, confetti collage, playing blocks, and improvisational assemblage. This is a two day class. Limited to 15 students. | Best Western | $120 |
| Gina Perkes | Leave In Foundation Piecing 9 - 4 | 1 day class - Create a gorgeous wall-hanging using this leave-in foundation piecing technique that is fast and fun eliminating the tedious of tearing away paper. Kit fee $35. Limited to 15 students. | Best Western | $75 |
| Sharon Schamber | Longarm Dancing Feathers - Pattern Design $125 9 - 4 | 1 day class - This class teaches the student how to quilt feathers with flowing ease. Limited to 8 students. | Sharon's Home Studio | $125 |
Saturday - November 14, 2009
| Teacher | Class | Description | Class Location | Cost |
| Lisa Brothman | Machine Trapunto 9AM to Noon | 3 hour class - Learn an easy way to add dimension to your quilt, doing trapunto with your sewing machine. You'll like this slick method using water-soluble thread. Choose one of my fat-quarter friendly patterns and we'll make a sample in our class. You should be able to get the majority of it done during the 3-hour time slot. Limited to 15 students. | Gila Community College Art Room | $40 |
| Lisa Brothman | Sunshine & Shadows Log Cabin | 3 hour class - Make this sunshine & shadows log cabin to put a different twist on things. It takes five fabrics and two different block configurations to make the design. Alternately, you can make it scrappy with 2 basic colors. This 45" by 45" quilt top is paper-pieced. You can complete several blocks during the 3-hour class. $4.00 kit fee for foundations. Limited to 15 students. | Gila Community College Art Room | $40 |
| Marti Michell | Quilt As You Sew 9 - Noon | 1/2 day class - Learn how and when you can machine piece through batting and backing. Get introduced to Quilt-As-You-Sew quilts made in blocks, strips and sections. | Rim Country Health & Retirement | $40 |
| Marti Michell | Sunburst 1 - 4 | 1/2 day class - Classic starburst design now available in templates. Tricks to making a stunning block. Limited to 15 students. | Rim Country Health & Retirement | $40 |
| Laura Wasilowski | Fusing Fun 9 - 4 | 1 day class - Working with fusible web on fabric like free cutting, strip fusing, confetti collage, playing blocks, and improvisational assemblage. This is the second day of a two day class. Limited to 15 students. | Best Western | $75 |
| Gina Perkes | Creating Beautiful Quilting Designs 9 - 4 | 1 day class - You will learn how to find inspiration in unexpected places and how to translate into your own original quilt designs. Limited to 15 students.
| Best Western | $75 |
| Sharon Schamber | Domestic Filling The Spaces Machine Quilting 9 - 4 | 1 day class. - Learn to fill the spaces on your quilt with different designs. Limited to 15 students. | Sharon's Home Studio | $75 |