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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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Hawaiians
design their own quilts so that each pattern has personal meaning for its creator. In Make
Your Own Hawaiian Quilt, Nancy Chong
will teach you to design your own appliqué, choose the fabric and complete the
appliqué and quilting. The process is fascinating and Nancy makes it as
simple as cutting out a paper snowflake. Create a treasure!
Learn more.
One of
the many things you can do with CorelDraw is create quilt blocks. Lily Kerns will
show you how to go from simple shapes to complex designs in Designing Quilts with CorelDraw.
You will even be able to trace a photograph and turn it into a viable,
quiltable design. Basic familiarity with the program functions is a
requirement. Learn more.
If
you want to learn to quilt and don't know where to begin, Starting From Scratch is
perfect for you. Carol Miller will help
you shop for supplies, learn rotary cutting basics and sew accurate units.
Instructions include basting, batting, quilting and binding your project.
Choose a wall quilt or lap size. Learn the half square triangle, flying
geese unit and simple strip piecing. Great for refreshing skills!
Learn more.
You don't
have to tell your friends how easy it was to paint beautiful designs on fabric. Simple premixed paints and the natural
qualities of fabric will soon have you designing your own works of art. Marjie McWilliams
will share her secrets and keep you entertained in Fabric Painting.
Learn more.
If shortcuts
appeal to you, then Sewfasst is right up your alley. Barbara
Dieges will show you her tricks for quick triangles, half and quarter
squares, flying geese and square in squares. These no waste methods will
give you perfect units. Create one of the many blocks that use these
popular units or treat it as a technique class.
Learn more.
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Registration Calendar
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| March 19 | |
| 2 Fabric Appliqué with Nancy Chong | |
| Mermaid Jacket with Linda Schmidt | |
| On Land and Sea with Susan Brittingham | |
| Photographing Your Quilts with Janice Baehr | |
| Strip Mine with Patti Anderson | |
| March 26 | |
| Designing Quilts with CorelDraw with Lily Kerns | |
| Fabric Painting with Marjie McWilliams | |
| Make Your Own Hawaiian Quilt with Nancy Chong | |
| Sewfasst with Barbara Dieges | |
| Starting from Scratch with Carol Miller | |
| April 2 | |
| Bargello Blues with Ruth Blanchet | |
| EQ6 Advanced Layouts with Fran Gonzalez | |
| InVestigations with Carol Miller | |
| Tessellating Stars with Cindy Thury Smith | |
| Thick and Thin with Marjie McWilliams | |
| April 9 | |
| Inspired to Design with Elizabeth Barton [closed] | |
| Quilter's Palette with Marjie McWilliams | |
| Seminole Piecing with Daphne Greig | |
| Stress-free Celtic Tablerunner with Nancy Chong | |
| Waves and Waterfalls with Linda Schmidt | |
| April 16 | |
| Beginning Machine Embroidery with Joanne Winn | |
| EQ6 Appliqué Design with Patti Anderson | |
| Exploring Log Cabin with Carol Miller | |
| Fractal Fragments with Lily Kerns | |
| Tools of the Trade with Chris Pascuzzi | |
| April 23 | |
| Firm Foundations with Jane Hall | |
| Feathered Star with Patti Anderson | |
| Gutta Resist on Silk with Marjie McWilliams | |
| Hand Quilting with Nancy Chong | |
| Triple Treat Tulips with Susan Brittingham | |