Diane Harris of "Stash Bandit" teaches how to cut and sew large, gentle curves while paying attention to value and scale for smashing results. She’ll cover many ideas for adding machine quilting details and hand-stitched embellishments. The day will end with Diane showing how to finish the piece using facing as an alternative to binding.

Join us as Krista Moser of The Quilted Life presents her "Diamonds Are a Quilter's Best Friend" program. Krista tells her story of how she started very young and went on to design quilts and patterns. She will discuss design concepts and color theory while showing different quilts.

At Eye of the Beholder Quilt Design, Margaret Brewster Willingham specializes in teaching hand and machine reverse appliqué using her non-traditional methods… Trace, Baste, Snip & Stitch for Reverse Appliqué. You will be amazed how simple it is to make her beautiful reverse appliqué designs. And so much fun.

The class project will be the Woodland Fern Table Runner. The main focus of the class will be on Machine - Reverse Appliqué with a short session on Hand - Reverse Appliqué.

Have you ever found a quilt pattern you loved, but it was too small or too large? Maybe you'd like to see what it would look like in a different color way. Want to design your own quilt, but don't want to deal with the math? EQ8 and/or Blockbase+ may be just what you're looking for. In this workshop you will explore the possibilities while making a small wall hanging of your own design using one or both of these programs.

Note: This workshop will be held over two days – Saturday, January 21 and Saturday, January 28.

Learn 10 different ways to construct one of the foundations of quilt construction ~ the half square triangle.

Many of us have silk treasures from trips abroad, neckties or prom dresses that are too special to cut up so we leave them tucked away in a drawer or box. It’s time to get them out and make something beautiful!

This workshop has three elements: You’ll begin by determining the fiber content of your fabrics by using the burn test. We will then cover two very different ways to work with silk: First, a very free, improvisational piecing technique I call ‘Pieces, Pairs and Panels’ and second, a foundation piecing method that gives stability and ultra-precise results, even with the lightest weight silks.

Working with your stash, you’ll construct elements in these two techniques that can be combined into a small, pillow-sized finished piece.

Have you ever wanted to make a Mariner’s Compass block but were too intimidated? Not a fan of paper piecing or using tedious templates? You’ll love this class for learning how to make 16-point compass blocks in 16 different sizes using Robin Ruth Design’s rulers and strip-piecing method!

This quilt incorporates the New York Beauty block into a larger Carpenter’s Square block. There are NO SET-IN SEAMS. Students learn Linda’s ONE PIN technique for creating perfect New York Beauty blocks, and then how to put this quilt together.

Learn how to make the mini Double Friendship Knots block (18” x 18”), a smaller variation of Sheri’s Double Wedding Knots quilt. This block incorporates foundation paper piecing on a machine and hand needle-turn applique.