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Registration
You are invited to register for any class that starts during the next five weeks. Five to seven classes open each weekend. The registration page contains a detailed description of each class including skill level, number of lessons, tuition and a link to the Supply List and Outline.
If you register in advance, either by credit card or check, you will receive your password on the Thursday before class starts. Otherwise, you will receive it within 12 hours of paying for your class.
If we have to close a class's registration early, we announce the date for the next session.
Class Catalog
Want to know when a class will be offered again? The Catalog lists tentative starting dates for the next several months.Quilt U offers both general interest and specialty classes. Thumbnail descriptions and prices of all classes are listed by category. Each class has a link to a more detailed description.
Categories include patchwork, appliqué, dyeing, design, embellishments and computer-aided design.
Meet the Faculty
Read about our international faculty. Find a list of each teacher's classes as well as links to their Web sites, to student reviews and to photos of finished work by students in previous classes.Our teachers are available to answer questions and to offer suggestions about your work-in-progress photos.
Our teachers come from the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Kenya.
Student Commons
Chat with quilters from around the world. Student Commons is the place where students gather to participate in our three open discussion groups.The Student Lounge is a chat room where you can discuss anything you want. Finishing School is an unstructured classroom where you can get encouragement and advice about your UFOs. Dyeing Forum is a place where dyers hang out.
You will also find information about events or activities happening at Quilt U and a copy of the most recent Quilt U newsletter.
Student Gallery
The Gallery is a collection of photos of completed projects by our students, arranged by instructor and class. See what you can learn at Quilt U!Library
Need to know how to ...Are you afraid that you do not have the computer expertise to take classes online?
Our Library includes a Quilt Terms section full of definitions and tutorials. The Computer Terms glossary contains basic definitions of generally-used computer terminology.
You can also find information about Supply Sources and Metric Conversions.
Expand your quilting horizons from the comfort of your own home. Quilt University offers more than 120 online classes, from basic quilting to graduate design work. New to Quilt U? Visit our Student Orientation.
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Whether
you want a way to make your patchwork portable or yearn to work at a slower pace, Hand Piecing
will teach you what you need to know. As you work through three small projects, Susan
Purney-Mark will show you how to make all the basic shapes and
seams, so you can easily complete any patchwork project by hand.
Learn more.
Whether you have a home embroidery machine or simply want to use the decorative stitches on your sewing machine,
Embroidery on Patchwork with Joanne Winn
will teach you how to combine patchwork with beautiful threadwork in this
3-block tablerunner. Learn how to set up your machine and prepare your
fabric for professional results. Learn more.
You know
how accurate paper piecing can be. If you have been nervous about starting on your own, let
Daphne Greig teach you her method for this popular technique. In
Paper Pieced Paradise, you will begin
with the simplest units and progress to more complicated blocks. Learn to
piece around a central patch or make several sections and attach them. Learn more.
Getting
Started Online introduces you to all the ways you can create a Web presence for
yourself. You can go out on your own or join an existing community, visit
with friends or introduce your quilts to a whole new world, advertise your
teaching schedule or sell what you make. Julie Neu breaks this complex
subject down into clear pro-con lists, so you can find the solution that is
right for you. Learn more.
In
Printing on Fabric, Ruth Blanchet will teach you how to prepare your fabric, make labels for quilts or clothing
and create a small photo memory quilt. If that is not enough, you will also learn a quick way to make fabric books
using a scrapbooking journal and will explore creating a thread-painted scene with a photo printout as your foundation.
After all that, you will still only have scratched the surface of this versatile technique.
Learn more.
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Registration Calendar
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| February 12 | |
| Embroidery on Patchwork with Joanne Winn | |
| Getting Started Online with Julie Neu | |
| Hand Piecing with Susan Purney-Mark | |
| Paper Pieced Paradise with Daphne Greig | |
| Printing on Fabric with Ruth Blanchet | |
| February 19 | |
| Dyeing with Tea and Spices with Marjie McWilliams | |
| EQ6 Building Blocks with Fran Gonzalez | |
| Playing with Paint with Lyric Kinard | |
| Reflections with Dena Crain | |
| Using Fusing to Express Yourself with Michele Scott | |
| Viewpoints with Susan Brittingham | |
| February 26 | |
| Winter Wonderland with Linda Schmidt [closed] | |
| Art for Quilters with Marilyn Belford | |
| Baltimore Basics with Nancy Chong | |
| Flower Power with Susan Brittingham | |
| Structured Fabrics with Dena Crain | |
| March 5 | |
| Color Companions with Carol Miller | |
| Curved Piecing Made Easy with Michele Scott | |
| Embroidered Appliqué with Joanne Winn | |
| Playing with Lines and Shapes with Lily Kerns | |
| Too Easy Stained Glass with Daphne Greig | |
| March 12 | |
| Whisper Felting with Lily Kerns | |
| Crazy Quilt Piecing with Cindy Thury Smith | |
| EQ6 Sampler with Fran Gonzalez | |
| Miniature Landscapes with Susan Brittingham | |
| More Machine Quilting with Carol Miller | |
| Realistic Fabric Portraits with Marilyn Belford | |