Featured Quilting Teacher for July 2009 - Dale Anne Potter
04/09/09 14:00 Filed in: July 2009 - Dale Anne Potter
Dale Anne Potter is a Mixed Media artist, specializing in textiles, from Morse, Saskatchewan. Check out her blog
Dale Anne's GALLERY
Dale Anne Potter's Calender
Sept. 26 & 27, 2009 Studio Art Tour, My studio - Morse, Sk.
Oct. 2 - 4, 2009 Quilting Retreat. Mainstay Inn, Riverhurst, Sk.
October 19, 2009 Quilting workshop, Eyebrow, Sk. Quilting Guild
October 24, 2009 Mixed Media:The Basics & Beyond Workshop, Studio of Dale Anne Potter
November 7, 2009 Exploring New Uses for Old Pieces, Studio of Dale Anne Potter
January 16, 2010 Wrapping Up Memories!, Studio of Dale Anne Potter
June 5 -12, 2010 Craft Cruise, Mixed Media
WORKSHOPS
SURFACE DESIGN SMORG - 6 hours
Are YOU just getting into fabric art? Or are you at a standstill and want to try out some NEW techniques? Then, this is the class for you! Techniques we will cover include printing with household tools, stamp carving, foiling, photo transfer, making paper into fabric, chiffon layering - to name just some of the techniques. We will create a little sample book for you to refer to in the future.
MAKING YOUR OWN FABRIC STAMPS - 3 hours
Have you been wanting to learn how to carve your own original stamp? Then, this is the workshop for you! We will carve our own ORIGINAL design stamps using several different materials, so that you will have options for your own use at home. We will play with those stamps using textile paint, inks and even acrylic paints.
BINDINGS & EDGES FOR YOUR ART QUILTS - 3 hours
Tired of the same old bindings & edges on your art quilts? This workshop will give you a sampler of different binding & edge treatments for you to add to your art quilts. We will cover facing an art quilt, couching, exploring several different embroidery stitches, adding beading and many more.
ALL THE INS & OUTS OF FREE MOTION QUILTING - 6 hours
In this workshop, you will become one with your sewing machine and be Free Motion Quilting without stress. This class will cover all the basics of Free Motion Quilting - from basic meandering to making your own designs while you quilt.
MIXED MEDIA: THE BASICS & BEYOND- 2 days
We will take an older book, and PLAY with different techniques. This is a process workshop in which we will create backgrounds, borders, collaged images, experiment with monoprint, image transfer, water soluable crayons, stencil, stamping, gel pens, different papers, various inks and gel medium. Each student will leave the class with many journal pages filled with new techniques and inspiration. These techniques will give you inspiration for your own cards, scrapbook pages, fabric paintings or your own artist journal.
UPCYCLING an Old Art Quilt - 6 hours
UpCycling is the practice of taking something that is disposable or downcycled and transforming it into something of greater use and value! In this workshop, you will take an unloved art quilt, add to it, paint on it and cut it up to make a totally FABULOUS new Art Piece. No two quilts will be the same! They will be so inspiring, you’ll be taking notes the whole time to use in future pieces! And, once you have cut up one old, unloved quilt, you will be looking for more. You will be shown how to even start unloved quilt, for future UpCycling!
WRAPPING UP MEMORIES - 6 hours
Create your OWN album for a keepsake for an event or you can make one for a SPECIAL person! You will machine quilt your fabric scraps, transfer photos onto fabric, use paper on fabric, add machine & hand embroidery, add beads, buttons, ribbons and silk flowers. You will learn how to emboss the CD tin as well.
FABRIC MEMORY BOOK - 6 hours
This workshop will show you some basics, tips and techniques for you to make your own fabric memory book for a special occasion or gift to a special someone. Your book could also be just about YOU, your dreams, your visions, etc.
LIBERATING YOUR SCRAPS - 6 hours
This workshop will give you good block ideas for those strips, blocks, or leftover scraps. You will end up with 6 different block patterns to use for a larger quilt. You will be provided with a couple quilt layout plans. Bring your "scraps" tote; we'll share with each other and see what we come up with!
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Featured Quilting Teacher for June 2009 - Pam Clarke
01/06/09 07:51 Filed in: June 2009 - Pam Clarke
A noted machine quilter, teacher, and artist, Pam has been machine quilting and creating her own quilting designs since 1986.
Pam's shop, Log Cabin Dry Goods in Spokane, Washington. http:logcabindrygoods.com
Pam’s Website. http://homestitches.com
Classes Pam Teaches
QUILT AS DESIRED and DESIGN WORKS - Learn how to read a quilt and know what designs will work best for different types of quilts.
Easy Elegant Borders - Borders, Borders, and more Borders along with More Designs with Lines will be the topic of discussion in this workshop.
ELEGANT EFFORTLESS APPLIQUE - Three show-stopping technique’s to jazz up your quilting using the Longarm/Home Machine or Handi Quilter, learn a fast trapunto technique with mock appliqué, blank-stitch and raggy applique
Time Management & Fearless Beginnings to Longarm Quilting - Documentation, shop organization, lead generation, scheduling, preparation, community exposure, delegation and basic day- to-day routine operations are the subjects to be covered and a profitable business is the goal.
DESIGNS WITH LINES - Whether you are a confident beginner or an advanced Longarm machine quilter, you will find this class packed full of valuable information so simple to learn that you will be amazed at the versatile and exciting ways you’ll approach machine quilting.
Designs from Simple Shapes and Blocks - Take a simple circle, swirl, 9-patch, heart and add a few basic shapes to create fantastic designs to be used in borders, blocks, sashing, corners and set-in blocks.
QUILTING DESIGNS - Discover how to modify and combine the piecing of the block when you add a line or fill in a space, then combine two or three more shapes and see what happens.
BACKGROUND FRENZY SAMPLER - Are you in a stipple rut? Join Pam Clarke as she shares with you her 25 favorite background designs. Using the sample provided in class along with a workbook, draw/stitch along with Pam as she guides you in making a stain glass looking wall-quilt of all these great background fillers.
STAIN GLASS MEDALLION - Make this beautiful stain glass wall hanging using the Longarm machine.
THIS OLD QUILT - Using Power Point see how to take care of problem area's such as full borders, blocks and loose seams, learn how to treat musty smells, remove old age stains, how to choose the correct batting, backing, thread and the correct quilting design.
TEACHING THE TEACHER - Whether you are planning to teach a series of basic Quiltmaking classes, Longarm classes, or an individual quilt pattern this class is full of information to prepare you for hte experience.
ELEGANT BORDERS - Borders, borders and more will be the topic of discussion in this workshop. This class is similar to the Borderlines class but with new designs.
TRIANGLE TANGO - Half square triangles and Flying Geese will be the topic of discussion along with a workbook to draw along as Pam Clarke shares with you her fun, simple and ever so beautiful designs.
WHERE CAN YOU FIND PAM?
June 5-7,2009
Quilters Unlimited
36th Annual Quilt
Dulles Expo Center, North Builing
Fairfax County, Virginia
* Quilting Inside the Lines
July 10-11, 2009
Ankeny Area Quilters'Guild Presents:
Quiltfest 2009
Faith Baptist Bible College
1900 NW 4th St
Ankeny,Io
* Quilt as Desired
* Designs Works
July 22-25, 2009
AQS Quilt Expo 2009
Knoxville Convention Center
701 Henley Street, Knoxville, TN
* Quilting Inside the Lines
* Custom Quilting Designs
* Fabulous Block to Block Quilting
* Background Frenzy Sampler
* Designs from Simple Shapes and Blocks
* Designs With Lines
* Trianle Tango
* Easy Elegant Borders
* Fearles Beginnings to Longarm Quilting
* Longarm Effortless Applique
September 16-19, 2009
Innovations 2009
Tacoma Convention Center
1500 Broadway
Tacoma, WA 98402
September 24-26, 2009
Northwest Quilting Expo
Portland Expo Center
2060 N. Marine Dr.
Portland, OR 97217
September 28 - October 1, 2009
Camp Mowana 2009
2276 Fleming Falls Rd.
Mansfield, OH 44903
October 15-18, 2009
International
Quilt Festival/Houston
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston,TX
October 22-24, 2009
Quilting With Machines
Bertram Inn
Aurora, Ohio
Pam's shop, Log Cabin Dry Goods in Spokane, Washington. http:logcabindrygoods.com
Pam’s Website. http://homestitches.com
Classes Pam Teaches
QUILT AS DESIRED and DESIGN WORKS - Learn how to read a quilt and know what designs will work best for different types of quilts.
Easy Elegant Borders - Borders, Borders, and more Borders along with More Designs with Lines will be the topic of discussion in this workshop.
ELEGANT EFFORTLESS APPLIQUE - Three show-stopping technique’s to jazz up your quilting using the Longarm/Home Machine or Handi Quilter, learn a fast trapunto technique with mock appliqué, blank-stitch and raggy applique
Time Management & Fearless Beginnings to Longarm Quilting - Documentation, shop organization, lead generation, scheduling, preparation, community exposure, delegation and basic day- to-day routine operations are the subjects to be covered and a profitable business is the goal.
DESIGNS WITH LINES - Whether you are a confident beginner or an advanced Longarm machine quilter, you will find this class packed full of valuable information so simple to learn that you will be amazed at the versatile and exciting ways you’ll approach machine quilting.
Designs from Simple Shapes and Blocks - Take a simple circle, swirl, 9-patch, heart and add a few basic shapes to create fantastic designs to be used in borders, blocks, sashing, corners and set-in blocks.
QUILTING DESIGNS - Discover how to modify and combine the piecing of the block when you add a line or fill in a space, then combine two or three more shapes and see what happens.
BACKGROUND FRENZY SAMPLER - Are you in a stipple rut? Join Pam Clarke as she shares with you her 25 favorite background designs. Using the sample provided in class along with a workbook, draw/stitch along with Pam as she guides you in making a stain glass looking wall-quilt of all these great background fillers.
STAIN GLASS MEDALLION - Make this beautiful stain glass wall hanging using the Longarm machine.
THIS OLD QUILT - Using Power Point see how to take care of problem area's such as full borders, blocks and loose seams, learn how to treat musty smells, remove old age stains, how to choose the correct batting, backing, thread and the correct quilting design.
TEACHING THE TEACHER - Whether you are planning to teach a series of basic Quiltmaking classes, Longarm classes, or an individual quilt pattern this class is full of information to prepare you for hte experience.
ELEGANT BORDERS - Borders, borders and more will be the topic of discussion in this workshop. This class is similar to the Borderlines class but with new designs.
TRIANGLE TANGO - Half square triangles and Flying Geese will be the topic of discussion along with a workbook to draw along as Pam Clarke shares with you her fun, simple and ever so beautiful designs.
WHERE CAN YOU FIND PAM?
June 5-7,2009
Quilters Unlimited
36th Annual Quilt
Dulles Expo Center, North Builing
Fairfax County, Virginia
* Quilting Inside the Lines
July 10-11, 2009
Ankeny Area Quilters'Guild Presents:
Quiltfest 2009
Faith Baptist Bible College
1900 NW 4th St
Ankeny,Io
* Quilt as Desired
* Designs Works
July 22-25, 2009
AQS Quilt Expo 2009
Knoxville Convention Center
701 Henley Street, Knoxville, TN
* Quilting Inside the Lines
* Custom Quilting Designs
* Fabulous Block to Block Quilting
* Background Frenzy Sampler
* Designs from Simple Shapes and Blocks
* Designs With Lines
* Trianle Tango
* Easy Elegant Borders
* Fearles Beginnings to Longarm Quilting
* Longarm Effortless Applique
September 16-19, 2009
Innovations 2009
Tacoma Convention Center
1500 Broadway
Tacoma, WA 98402
September 24-26, 2009
Northwest Quilting Expo
Portland Expo Center
2060 N. Marine Dr.
Portland, OR 97217
September 28 - October 1, 2009
Camp Mowana 2009
2276 Fleming Falls Rd.
Mansfield, OH 44903
October 15-18, 2009
International
Quilt Festival/Houston
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston,TX
October 22-24, 2009
Quilting With Machines
Bertram Inn
Aurora, Ohio
Featured Quilting Teacher for May 2009 - Dawn Cavanaugh
02/05/09 19:34 Filed in: May 2009 - Dawn Cavanaugh
When choosing this months Featured Quilting Teacher, many names came to mind. We had a handful of nominees but with her recent achievement at The Machine Quilters Exposition (MQX) we had no choice but feature this awesome quilting instructor, Dawn Cavanaugh.
Congratulations Dawn for winning the 2009 MQX Teacher of the Year Award. (pictured below with Sue Patten at The Radisson in Manchester, NH.)
Visit Dawn Cavanaugh online where you will find a list of her upcoming classes. The first thing you will learn about Dawn when visiting her website is that she is a very accomplished Teacher.
This quote is directly from http://www.dawncavanaugh.com
“She has taught at Machine Quilter's Showcase for ten years, plus Longarm University, MQ Innovations, Quilting the Quilt, Quilting on the Waterfront, Canadian Machine Quilters' Expo, the Australian Machine Quilters Showcase, and several regional guilds. Judging machine-quilted projects in quilt shows has also kept her busy. In addition, Dawn is the National Director of Education for APQS, Carroll, Iowa.”
Here’s to you Dawn and many many more years of teaching...
Her next Teaching Gig takes her to the...
Machine Quilters Showcase
May 11th - 13th, 2009 where she will be teaching...
* Background Quilting with Fillers
* More Funky Feather Fun (hands-on)
* This Quilt is Trouble!
* Sewing Savvy for Stand Up Quilters
* Quilting Feathers When You're a Chicken
Dawn Cavanaugh’s APQS Blog
March 23, 2009
Tension Troubles? Let me Teach You The Secret Handshake!
January 28, 2009
Do "Quilt Emergencies" Really Exist?
November 21, 2008
Seasonal Tension
September 10, 2008
Needle Flex and Its Impact on Tension
August 12, 2008
Is there a Quilter in the House?
July 21, 2008
When Is Quilting Ever Enough?
July 11, 2008
A Rose Is a Rose
July 02, 2008
Couching with Your Longarm
Congratulations Dawn for winning the 2009 MQX Teacher of the Year Award. (pictured below with Sue Patten at The Radisson in Manchester, NH.)
Visit Dawn Cavanaugh online where you will find a list of her upcoming classes. The first thing you will learn about Dawn when visiting her website is that she is a very accomplished Teacher.
This quote is directly from http://www.dawncavanaugh.com
“She has taught at Machine Quilter's Showcase for ten years, plus Longarm University, MQ Innovations, Quilting the Quilt, Quilting on the Waterfront, Canadian Machine Quilters' Expo, the Australian Machine Quilters Showcase, and several regional guilds. Judging machine-quilted projects in quilt shows has also kept her busy. In addition, Dawn is the National Director of Education for APQS, Carroll, Iowa.”
Here’s to you Dawn and many many more years of teaching...
Her next Teaching Gig takes her to the...
Machine Quilters Showcase
May 11th - 13th, 2009 where she will be teaching...
* Background Quilting with Fillers
* More Funky Feather Fun (hands-on)
* This Quilt is Trouble!
* Sewing Savvy for Stand Up Quilters
* Quilting Feathers When You're a Chicken
Dawn Cavanaugh’s APQS Blog
March 23, 2009
Tension Troubles? Let me Teach You The Secret Handshake!
January 28, 2009
Do "Quilt Emergencies" Really Exist?
November 21, 2008
Seasonal Tension
September 10, 2008
Needle Flex and Its Impact on Tension
August 12, 2008
Is there a Quilter in the House?
July 21, 2008
When Is Quilting Ever Enough?
July 11, 2008
A Rose Is a Rose
July 02, 2008
Couching with Your Longarm
Featured Quilting Teacher for April 2009 - Karen McTavish
30/03/09 09:45 Filed in: April 2009 - Karen McTavish
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Karen runs her own Quilting Studio in Duluth Minnesota where you can also visit her APQS showroom.
Karen has several different classes to offer you and will even travel to teach your group or guild.
You can contact Karen here 218-391-8218 or visit her website http://www.designerquilts.com
Quilting with Karen McTavish
Karen McTavish’s Teaching and Lecture Schedule for 2009
April 13-18, 2009 - Manchester, New Hampshire - Machine Quilters Exposition (MQX)
May 6-9, 2009 - Salt Lake City, Utah - Home Machine Quilting Show (HMQS)
May 11-16, 2009 - Overland Park, Kansas - 13th Annual Machine Quilters Showcase (MQS)
June 11-13, 2009 - Duluth, Minnesota - Minnesota State Quilt Show
Wild Women Quilting Tour.June 23-28, 2009 - Long Beach, Southern California -
July 22-26, 2009 - Long Beach, California - International Quilt Festival
September 24-26, 2009 - Portland, Oregon - Northwest Quilting Expo (NWQE)
October 15-18, 2009 - Houston, Texas - International Quilt Festival/Houston
October 22-24, 2009 - Aurora, Ohio - Quilting with Machines - A Learning Experience
November 7, 2009 - Hudson, Wisconsin - The Hudson Heritage Quilters
Don’t miss your chance to get a second printing copy of her sought after book
WhiteWork Quilting.
Featured Quilting Teacher for March 2009 - Pat Sloan
29/03/09 18:03 Filed in: March 2009 - Pat Sloan
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Introducing Pat Sloan!
Learn-2-Quilt is devoted to bringing you Free videos from some of the best quilter’s around the world. Our first quilting teacher featured this month is none other than Pat Sloan. Check out this random selection of Pat’s Videos
Pat has had an online presence for over a decade! Here’s some of the places you’ll find her.
FaceBook: Come be Pat's Facebook Friend, and join her Facebook Quilt group!
* Pat's Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/people/Pat-Sloan/1004154166
* Pat Sloan' Place is the name of the quilt group
Yahoo Groups: Pat has several Yahoo groups.
* Main Quilt group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pat-Sloan-Quilts/
* Swap group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pat-Sloan-RR-Swaps/
* Good book cafe - book club http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pat-Sloan-Good-Book-Cafe/
* Healty living –small but hearty group, come join us and be healthy so we can quilt until we are 110!!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pat-Sloan-Healthy-Living/
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Twitter:
* QuilterPatSloan - come follow my twitter! http://twitter.com
Youtube Videos
* http://www.youtube.com/user/PatSloan
Death by Quilting Challenge Blog
* Ultimate Quilt challenge!http://deathbyquilt.blogspot.com/
Flickr: Quilt Photos
* quilterpatsloan http://flickr.com/photos/10959492@N04/
Ravelry: The place for yarnies to hang out!
* I'm Pattycakes there https://www.ravelry.com
YarnMashUp:
* My very own yarn blog http://patsloan.typepad.com/yarnmashup/
Second Life: Largest quilt group in the 3D virtual world – page at blog about it
* Read all about it! http://patsloan.typepad.com/pat_sloans_corner/quilters-in-second-life-s.html
Rachel's Calendar Quilt Blog: Quilters making calendar quilts from Pat's Technique Book
* Pat posts and comments http://calendarquiltchallenge.blogspot.com/