Worlds collide with Air Traffic Control! Young pilots and paper engineers can snuggle beneath this foundation-pieced pattern. Air Traffic Control is a terrific project for beginners, complete with paper piecing illustrations and a cutting guide. Bonus instructions are included to approach the quilt improvisationally and create airplanes in multiple sizes, flying in all directions. What could be more fun? This six-hour workshop will be tailored to focus on foundation paper piecing, and combines aspects of foundation paper piecing with an improvisational approach. Don’t miss out!

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Join Carolyn on a journey to Australia to learn about and piece your very own Australian Bush Quilt. Learn the history behind the “Wagga” quilts of Australia while sewing a quilt top unlike any you’ve ever created. You will complete the top in class, and Carolyn will share hints and tips on big-stitch and utility quilting for completion at home. Don’t miss the rich history and new techniques this class has to offer. Finished quilt size: 64″ x 77″.

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Update the traditional Palm Leaf block with this contemporary positive/negative coloration. With the included kit, you will learn to paper piece using Quick-Strip Paper Piecing, an innovative assembly-line method of paper piecing on strips.

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Michelle designed this class as part of her Scrappy Series, which utilizes precuts or scraps and builds techniques to help you master the Combination Unit. During this class, students will create perfect Combo Units while making the Combo Weave quilt. Join Michelle for an afternoon of fun piecing and learning new tricks as you create a beautiful quilt top in whatever size you choose, using Studio 180 Designs Tucker Trimmer 1.

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Try your hand at rotary cutting and hand piecing curved seam projects like Apple Core, Drunkard’s Path, Sunburst, and Winding Ways. Marti will supply templates for use in class. She will demonstrate rotary cutting and hand piecing for all of the shapes, show you a great way to do reverse appliqué on the Sunburst, and share good tricks to combine hand and machine piecing. She will also show you a very short (less than 2″) hand piecing trick for simplifying the Double Wedding Ring!

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Michelle designed this dazzling quilt for Studio 180 Design. Diamonds in the Sky creates a brilliant four-piece diamond that really radiates, plus a beautiful alternating block which gives this quilt dimension and allows it to shine! Diamonds in the Sky uses (14-20) fat quarters (18″ x 22″). The number depends on how much scrappiness you desire. Alternatively, you could use 6″ strips or scraps, and this quilt would be dynamite. If you want high contrast, use assorted bright fabrics for your Diamonds and a dark or light background. Learn how to use Deb Tucker’s Corner Beam™ as you make this fun quilt. The class will include step-by-step use of the Corner Beam, as well as tips on matching points and piecing on-point quilts. You’ll also learn strip-piecing techniques and general machine piecing hints and tips. This quilt shimmers!

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Always loved the look of hexagon quilts? Intrigued with Grandma’s Flower Garden, but don’t want to spend months hand piecing? Then this class is for you. In this class, Kris will teach you how to make and piece a variety of different hexagon quilts, all on your domestic sewing machine with no marking and no “Y” seams! You will love this fun, fast, and easy method to create beautiful quilts that look hand-pieced.

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Spend a fun evening with friends as you piece this beautiful quilt with a twist. Finley’s Fence features playful rings of interwoven colors made up of fat quarters (18″ x 22″) to create a modern play on an Irish Links quilt. This playful quilt comes together easily with the help of Studio 180 Design’s Corner Pop™ tool, and Michelle’s inventive use of the Corner Pop makes this otherwise difficult angled/bias unit tons of fun to make. The more fabric the better here! The class will include step-by-step use of the Corner Pop, as well as additional examples of how to use the Corner Pop to make your quilting life easier, plus tons of tips on matching points, squaring up your blocks, and general machine piecing.

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Tricky quilt? Deb thinks not! This amazing quilt is made up of blocks and sashing in such a way that it looks like the blocks are set on point. You’ll use Studio 180 Design’s Tucker Trimmer I and Square Squared tools to create this simple yet complex-looking quilt. In class, students can expect to finish one block sample, one or two sashing samples, and a border section. Once you discover the benefits of oversizing and trimming down with Deb’s tools, you will wonder how you ever made a quilt without them!

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Spend a fun and relaxing evening with Carolyn, learning how to hand piece. Hand piecing is great take-along work and so much fun to sew in a group. If you’re looking to learn something new or to push yourself a bit out of your comfort zone, this is the class for you!

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Have you ever wanted to make a quilt that makes your friends ask, “How did you do that?” Based on Victoria’s newest book, Modern Quilt Magic, this class will focus on the Herringbone pattern with a partial seam construction. This is not a French Braid! Learn the construction skills to make dazzling quilts with interwoven movement and simple, graphic style. This is a great scrap-buster! Create a piece that looks more complicated than it is, and build your skills with partial seams for a result that boggles the viewer’s mind – but not the maker’s! Lunch will be provided.

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This is NOT your grandmother’s English paper piecing. Learn how to piece by hand and implement clever ways to combine hand and machine piecing for great carry-along projects. Start by rotary cutting hexagons (triangles and diamonds, too, if they are needed in your chosen layout) with acrylic templates, then hand-piece. While you enjoy the stitching, Marti will share ways to machine-piece some of the sections and join them faster by hand than machine. Learn swirl pressing; it is so pretty you will never want to cover it with batting and backing! This is a must-see course for lovers of hand work.

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Michelle designed this fun, quick, and easy quilt that can be made with scraps, fat quarters (18” x 22”), or yardage…you pick! The pattern offers four sizes and two setting options. All sizes are made with the same number of blocks and units; the size of the flying geese units determines the size of the quilt. Michelle chose a large floral print for her stars and tone-on-tone for her Flight block. You can use the same fabrics, different fabrics, or scraps! In Flight comes together easily with Studio 180 Design’s Wing Clipper I tool. Learn step-by-step instructions for the Wing Clipper, plus great tips and tricks for improving your piecing!

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Bring a Jelly Roll, other 2½” precut roll, or set of strips to class to make these fast and easy strip-pieced blocks. Learn how to use all those precuts in your stash to create a beautiful contemporary positive-negative design. You can use floral prints for a softer look, or select geometrics or solids for a graphic impact. Join Peggy for a fun morning of play, piecing, and precuts in Paducah!

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Join Carolyn for a fun and fulfilling class and go home with a 70″ x 70″ quilt. You choose an Ohio or Sawtooth Star setting as your quilt progresses. This project is based on an antique Amish quilt, but is made for today’s quilter. You’ll be amazed by what you can create in a day with your cute and colorful precuts!

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Michelle designed this modern play on the Snail’s Trail quilt layout in honor of a longtime friendship; both Michelle and Jenn love the positive and negative aspects of this design. Michelle mixes the traditional Snail’s Trail with elements from the Storm at Sea setting. Her design makes excellent use of those yard fabric cuts you have been collecting. It comes together effortlessly using Studio 180 Design’s Diamond Rects and Large Square Squared. You will complete this journey with ease. Yes, you read correctly; a Snail’s Trail block without paper piecing!

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If you have been looking for your next piecing challenge and want to have fun using up your scraps, join Pat Yamin for this especially creative workshop. Learn easy methods of sewing convex and concave curves. You can machine piece using a variety of scrap fabrics in light, medium, and dark shades, or you can use only three colors of fabric to create an interlocking pattern. Pat will give you hints and show you techniques for making your intersections meet and your blocks lay flat. This traditional pattern is a true classic that will greatly enhance your quilt collection.

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Unlike scrap Log Cabin quilts that feature a different fabric in every strip of a block and require hundreds of prints, this scrappy “Kailua Cabin” quilt depends on orderly repetition of fabrics within each block. The trick to the organized mess of the scrap quilt is made simple by fabric selection in groups of four fat quarters. Additionally, the correct fabric arrangement for cutting simplifies the whole process again. The four blocks from the class are the perfect start for a larger quilt and can also be finished as a small wallhanging or four pillows. Join Stacy for a fun evening and create updated Log Cabin blocks using tropical prints and bright colors!

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Perfect your curved piecing and have fun with your Layer Cake fabrics. Carolyn will show you how to create a pathway through the snow! With a little practice, you will be piecing these curves without pins! Don’t miss your chance to play with a beautiful layer cake and conquer curved piecing, all in one afternoon!

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Nothing is sweeter than a handwritten letter. The act of opening an ornately-lined envelope only to find kind words from your grandma, mother, or friend is a treasure not soon forgotten. Create an heirloom quilt to mark milestones such as weddings and graduations, to honor those serving in the military, or to remember any special life event. A modern take on the signature quilt, LETTERS FROM HOME is the ultimate love letter. This six-hour workshop will walk students through creating their own quilt: choosing fabric, cutting, sewing, and creating a bonus pocket that can be filled with kisses, good wishes, and love notes. Fussy cutting envelope linings will also be demonstrated, as well as using embellishments such as embroidery and appliqué to personalize the quilt.

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Make Mine Modern showcases your favorite prints in this Succulent Garden quilt. Building oversized hexagons couldn’t be any more rewarding. This class allows students to transform modern fabrics with large-scale prints into unique blocks, enabling them to make sense out of chaos when combining large-patterned fabrics. In this six-hour session, you will map your quilt with Heather’s handy planning guide and begin piecing your way toward your very own Succulent Garden. This is great for those who love the traditional look of hexagons and are ready to take their quilts to the next level.

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What looks complicated becomes doable once you know the process. In this class, you will explore machine piecing techniques that take squares and turn them into rows of staggered geese. Each student will be stitching a sample row or two during the class period as they learn the techniques involved. There will also be an opportunity to see several projects created with the Migrating Geese design. Amazing and fun!

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Got a lot of small pieces of fabric that are too good to toss out? Then sign up for Pat’s Miniature Sampler quilt class and use those same scraps in blocks made from her Quilter’s Miniature Template set. The set includes a half-square, square, quarter-square, and 60-degree and 45-degree diamonds, as well as a hexagon. Pat has designed 36 different 4-inch block patterns. All you have to do is cut, sew, and create your own Miniature Sampler Quilt. You might even decide to use just a single pattern and repeat it for a more traditional quilt. In addition to creating these 4-inch blocks, Pat will discuss how to set, border, and finish your wallhanging. This class is definitely a winner; you’ll love what you learn and what you leave with.

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Have you ever wanted to try the New York Beauty but without all the fuss? Peggy has streamlined this classic block with Quick-Strip Paper Piecing, an assembly-line strip method where you will piece four blocks at the same time on fabric strips. Hate sewing curved seams? Alternative methods for achieving a perfect curved seam will be presented, making this block easy for all quilting levels. Don’t miss your chance to learn Peggy’s Quick-Strip technique and leave with a New York Beauty of your own.

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Imagine being able to make any triangle unit and almost any quilt without stree or fuss. Jodi has the secret! During this three-hour workshop, students will learn how to make shapes using the Square in a Square quilting technique. This technique class will provide you with resources to make most any quilt long after the class is over. This is a short version of Jodi’s Square in a Square Certified Instructor course, and will leave you with options to use again and again!

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Make these difficult-looking stars quickly, easily, and accurately. Deb will walk you through the process of making individual units that are slightly oversized and then trimmed to precision using her patented Tucker Trimmer tool. Students can expect to finish the center block and several of the border stars during class time. Additional projects using the same blocks will be shown and discussed. Don’t miss your chance to learn a whole new way to make stars, stress-free!

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Let Deb be your guide as you explore a unique approach to constructing a traditional Hunter’s Star quilt. Students will learn the basics of Deb’s Rapid Fire process, which uses strip piecing, oversizing, and streamlined methods that guarantee success with a difficult design. You’ll learn how to piece a beautiful quilt in a fun and stress-free environment while learning tricks you can use again and again!

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Get ready for a great new method for constructing traditional LeMoyne Star blocks. Students will use strip-piecing techniques and oversized units for easy trimming and no Y seams. Deb Tucker’s Rapid Fire LeMoyne Star tool is designed to give the choice of ten different block sizes that range from 3″ finished to 12″ finished. The class project is a sampler of all the available size options, so students will get a chance to try them all and will end up with a marvelous wall quilt. Please be prepared by having strips precut and ready to use.

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The Starry Path is a sleek, dramatic, classic quilt block. With only 16 pieces per block and no set-in seams, it is not hard to make, however, the unusual triangles make it a challenge to cut without acrylic tools. Marti will teach you the secret to marking beautiful Starry Path blocks in this fun evening workshop. Plan to cut and make three matching 12″ stars for the table runner. Marti will also demonstrate how to use the multi-size tools to cut 6″ and 9″ blocks. The class includes cutting and construction techniques for the Zig-Zag Starry Path quilt shown.

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