Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival
Loveland, Colorado
August 20 - 22, 2010

FRIDAY CLASSES

Quilts of a Different Color
Hands-on Coloring Workshop by Irena Bluhm
505-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Class fee: $30 Kit fee: $35
Suitable for All Levels
Learn how easy it is to apply color using colored pencils to a small, already quilted piece, ready for painting. You don’t have to be an artist, just try to paint what you see. Don’t shy away from using bold colors and stark contrast to create a drama. You can learn how to do the shading in order to make your designs look dimensional. It is a lot of fun and very relaxing. Irena feels very passionate about what she is doing and loves sharing her experiences, the good along with the bad, so you don’t have to go through the pain of learning the lessons the hard way like she did.
Kit fee $35, which includes one quilted sample (12”x12”), ready for color application, two sets of 12 colored pencils, one set of six brushes, plastic dispenser cup, 2 oz. textile medium, paper pattern package, CD with all information about the coloring technique, plus another CD with 367 images in color.

The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.

Appli-felting
by Barbara Crawford
510-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 10:15 am – 1:15 pm
Class fee: $30 Kit fee: $35
Join Barbara in this wonderful technique of appli-felting. Learn to combine appliqué and needle felting and add it to garments. You will create double decker designs by creating three-dimensional appliqués to add to or build on to the garment itself. You’ll learn to embellish with hand embroidery, adding buttons, yarn, hotfit rhinestones too. It’s a great way to get back to the basics in our lives with handwork, practicing with hand embroidery or even learning hand embroidery if you haven’t done it before. The class will also go into detail on making things permanent on your clothing as well.

Supply list: bring scissors, tracing pen (if you have a special appliqué pattern that you would like to dimensionalize and add on to the double decker pattern.)

Kit fee: $35, which includes sweatshirt, needles, foam bases, wool rovings, wool felts, yarns, threads, ribbons, buttons, perle cotton and needle, patterns and more. You can select the shirt from Barbara’s booth.

Have Sleeve Will Travel
by Connie Crawford
515-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 10:15 am - 11:15 am
Class fee: $10
Learn how to fit sleeves for a variety of arm shapes and sizes. At the same time, learn how the armhole controls the fit, cap shape, sleeve size and hang of the sleeve. This class will teach you how to adjust a sleeve for more movement along with the various ease amounts, cap shape and hang of the sleeve.

Roman Shade Basics
by Pam Damour
525-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 10:15 am – 11:15 am
Class fee: $10
You may know the basics on Roman Shades or you’ve seen them and have an idea of how they work, but do you know about all the design and fabrication options? There are many ways to customize your Romans to make them yours. Join Pam for a lecture/demonstration on Roman Shade construction, including assorted styles, types, and embellishments. You will see flat, hobbled, relaxed, bottoms-up and arch-top of Roman Shades.

“Avatar” Leaves – 3 Methods
by Pat Welch
570-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 10:15 am – 1:15 pm
Class fee: $30 Kit fee: $12
Hands-on Workshop with machines
Learn three methods to making 3-dimensional leaves which might be used on your quilts, wall hangings, jackets and jewelry. Bring to class: 6” hoop, 90 embroidery needle, scissors, Sharpie fine point marker, fabric marker and straight pins.

Kit fee: $12 includes fabric, Sulky Blendables and Rayon threads, 3 Sulky Stabilizers and binding agents. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.

Tips & Tricks for Machine Piecing
by Kaye Wood
580-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 10:15 am - 11:15 am
Class fee: $10
You’ve seen Kaye strip on her TV show, Strip Quilting and Kaye’s Quilting Friends, for over 40 seasons – NOW watch her strip her quilts in person. Kaye Wood, “quilt engineer” has developed strip quilting into more than squares and rectangles; it can be diamonds, triangles, hexagons, and much, much more. Her seminars are lots of fun and educational. You will Learn how easy and how much fun quilting can be with Kaye’s original techniques that assure success and inspire creativity. She designs for both the pointed and the pointless people, so there is something for everyone from the new quilter to the more experienced quilter. She also shares some of the fun things and not so funny things that have happened to her on the road to quilting. Kaye brings lots of her quilts and shares with you step by step exactly how to make these quilts.

Square in a Square
by Paula Doll
535-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Class fee: $10
The Square in a Square system is a fast and accurate way to make fantastic quilts without ever having to cut or sew triangles. Within the system are 39 different triangle units or options. Using these options, you can make half square triangles four at a time, flying geese two at a time, 60 degree diamond triangle units and much more. The resulting points are sharp, lie very flat and are easy to achieve. The technique provides the quilter with the ability to construct increasing complex patterns. This cutting system is so simple and accurate that quilters everywhere will be producing more quilts and enjoying it more! No supplies needed for this lecture. Just come, rest your feet and be inspired!

Silk Ribbon Rose
by Helen Gibb
540-Friday, August 20, 2010, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Class fee: $10 Kit fee: $15
Using 2 ½” wide silk ribbons you will learn to make a stunning rose with leaves. Helen guarantees you’ll finish the project in class! Bring scissors.
Kit fee: $15 The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.

Rag Quilts All Dressed Up
by Connie Sherlock
560-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Class fee: $10
Rag Quilts All Dressed Up – no X’s allowed! Learn how to make a rag quiltor jacket with prim stitchery, photo transfer, appliqué stenciling and more.

Running With Scissors
by Pam Damour
530-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Class fee: $10
Yes, this is what your mother told you never to do! If you’re still cutting with the same pair of scissors you had in high school, if your seam ripper is from junior high home-ec class, of if you’re still using the same sewing tools you’ve had for years, it’s time to see what the new products are, how to care for them and what to look for in quality sewing tools. Learn the proper way to cut with scissors, how to hold a rotary cutter, which end of a seam ripper is up, and which iron is best for you. Pam will show some of the latest gizmos, gadgets and gotta-haves for sewing. The right tools for the job can make all the difference in our sewing enjoyment, so if you haven’t updated your “tool box” lately or you’re new to sewing and want to make the right purchases then this is for you!

It Can’t Be A Sweatshirt
by Darlene Miller
545-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Class fee: $10
This is a transformation like no other. Turn a sweatshirt into a beautiful one-of-a-kind “boutique quality” jacket by using embellishments and a pattern matched to your body.

Butterfly Love
by Sherrill Lewis
550-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 12:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Class fee: $40 Kit fee: $25
Hands-on Workshop
Beads and silk ribbons make up into a pretty little garden scene with a sweet butterfly kissing the roses. For those beginner/intermediate. You’ll learn basic bead embroidery plus 5-petal flower, 4-bead flowerette, picots, and sequin. Silk ribbon embroidery: daisy, leaf, straight stitch and web rose. Kit fee: $25 includes silk ribbons, pearl cotton, beads and sequin, Silamide thread, needles, fabric and full instructions. Bring to class: sharp embroidery scissors, a pencil, and enthusiasm! The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.

Layered Landscapes
by Karen Pharr
Hands-on Workshop – Class Limit 24
555-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 12:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Class fee: $30 Kit fee: $30
Create a layered landscape using raw edge appliqué. Layering both cotton fabric sheers and netting to create shadows, depth and color changes. No sewing till you are ready to quilt.
Kit fee: $30 includes pattern, fabrics, and fusible. Bring to class: scissors for both paper and fabric, drawing pencil, small iron, pressing board and Teflon sheet. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.

Sew Like A Pro
by Connie Crawford
520-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 2 pm – 4 pm
Class fee: $20 Kit fee: $5
Learn fashion industry sewing techniques and shortcuts that will make your sewing more professional, efficient, enjoyable and satisfying. Connie will demonstrate several sewing techniques and interfacings that are used in the fashion industry today. Topics include efficient cutting techniques, selecting interfacings for fashion sewing that do not need pre-shrinking, notching concepts, pin basting, using a gathering foot, crimping vs. ease stitching, bias treatments, spaghetti variations, vest linings, placket techniques, and zipper techniques. This lecture will relieve your fears of the more complicated fashion details.
Kit fee: $5. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.

A Quilted Sampler
by Janice Stewart
565-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 2 pm – 4 pm
Class fee: $20 Kit fee: $15
Hands-on Workshop with machines
If you have been sewing and quilting forever or are just a beginner, you’ll love these different techniques that take an ordinary quilt to extraordinary. See how simple embellishments, raw edge appliqués, mini piping, prairie points, and stippling can bring more creativity into your quilts.
Kit fee $15 The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.

It’s Funny to Be Famous
by Kaye Wood
575-Friday, August 20, 2010 – 4 pm – 5 pm
Free Stage Demonstration - no fee.
Let’s have fun together as Kaye shares the unusual things that have happened to her. Do funny things happen to you? They seem to navigate toward Kaye. Or maybe she just sees the humor in the ordinary things in life.. Whether it is in her quilts, at a restaurant, at a quilting show, in a motel, in an elevator, traveling by car or air, cruising, phone calls or letters, you won’t believe some of what you will hear – but it’s all true!