Crazy Quilt Piecing   Crazy quilting is not just slapping together whatever scraps you have laying around and hoping for the best. There are different methods of constructing the blocks depending on the look you want to achieve and the kind of scraps you are working with.  You will make two classic blocks as well as two blocks using innovative methods.  Cindy Thury Smith will provide a brief overview of historical crazy quilting styles and share the pros and cons of each method.  You will learn how to avoid some common crazy piecing problems and practice some embellishment options.  References for further study will also be provided.  A printed fabric foundation will be sent to each student.  If you wanted to try this Victorian specialty, this is the perfect opportunity!  Three Lessons.  Supply List.  All levels.  Be inspired by student work in the Gallery.
$27         Class starts September 10. 

Stack-n-Whack™ Hexagon Stars  Learn Bethany Reynolds's special techniques for creating kaleidoscope effects from a single print.  The blocks are all different and look incredibly intricate, yet no pre-planning or selective cutting is involved.  The print in your fabric does all the design work.  Class materials will cover fabric selection, preparing the fabric stack, rotary cutting 60° triangles, and fast, accurate piecing techniques.  This class is suitable for confident beginners who have had some experience with rotary cutting.  Three Lessons.  Supply List.  You can also see student pictures in the Gallery.
$28        Class starts September 10.

Starting From Scratch   Have you wanted to learn to quilt but were daunted by long supply lists?  Are you lost when the instructions tell you  to buy 2 lights, 2 mediums and 2 darks?  This class is for you!  It is a soup-to-nuts approach to quilting for the absolute beginner.  Carol Miller will teach you how to buy your tools, how to select your fabric, which patterns to use and how to size them.  The class is geared toward making your quilt top with a rotary cutter and a sewing machine, but some hand piecing instruction is included and much of the information is the same for either method.  The quilting at the end of class will be by hand.  You will learn the basic square, half square, flying geese, and quick-pieced 4-patch units.  Students will then make a medium square or a lap quilt, using the two basic blocks learned in class.  Variations will be included.  Instructions will take you through the batting, hand quilting and binding.  You CAN learn to quilt!  Six Lessons.  There will be an extra week between Lessons Four and Five, so you will have plenty of time to complete your blocks.  Supply List.  See completed quilts in the Gallery. 
$55         Class starts September 10

Too Easy Stained Glass™    Let’s face it.  Quilters love fabric, but some fabrics are hard to use.  Those wonderful landscape fabrics will not be the same if we cut them into tiny pieces.  What to do?  Daphne Greig has the perfect solution.  Framing your quilt with leading lines creates an often surprising new view of your fabrics, drawing the eye in and giving greater attention to your focus fabric.  You will learn a no-bias, no-glue stained glass technique.  As you make a small project, Daphne will show you the Too Easy steps that set this approach apart from other methods.  You will then explore further design options for a variety of fabrics and sizes.  All Levels.  Three Lessons.  Supply List.
$27         Class starts September 24.

Beginning Machine Embroidery   You bought a sewing machine with an embroidery module and you've never figured out how to use it, right?  Now you can.  In  this process class, you will learn how to stitch the designs that came with your machine, download designs from the internet, save them in design files, print PDF Color Charts and plan design placement using those files.  In over 25 years of teaching, Joanne Winn has learned how many different kinds of sewing and embroidery machines work.  She will be able to help you learn about your embroidery machine and how to use it with your computer.  Screen shots in this class use Windows XP.  If you use something else, you should be familiar enough with your computer to adjust.  Supply List.  Level: Beginner.  Three Lessons.  See student projects in the Gallery.
$27         Class starts September 17.

Beyond Basic Digitizing   If you use your digitizing software but would like to go beyond what you have learned in guide classes, Joanne Winn will teach you techniques for manual digitizing.  Bernina Artista Designer Plus V5 and V6 is used for step by step instructions with photos.  Embird is Joanne's second software and she uses it for certain functions not available with the Bernina software.  This class is meant for anyone who owns Bernina Artista Plus software, regardless of the brand of embroidery machine you have.  Students can Save As or convert the embroidery designs to the format for their machine.  There will be no instruction on Autodigitizing.  Check the Outline on the Supply Page for complete list of topics covered in class. Level: Intermediate to advanced.  Must be comfortable using the software. Four Lessons.  Supply List.
$36         Class starts October 1.

Lesson One opens on October 1; Lesson Two, October 8; Lesson Three, October 15; and Lesson Four, October 22.  Once a lesson opens, it remains available until this classroom closes on November 13.