Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival
Loveland, Colorado
August 19 - 21, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
9 am – 12 pm
Overall Quilting – Break Away From Doing Pantographs
Instructor: Irena Bluhm, Irena Bluhm Designs
Class fee: $50
Kit fee: $18
Hands-on design/drawing
If you are ready to break away from doing pantographs and have a fear of trying, this class is designed just for you. Let Irena guide your hand and your brain into the amazing world of free motion quilting! You will learn how to guide your machine into the freedom of originality and your own style which will increase the chances for prosperity.
Students will start with very simple and easy to follow designs in order to break the fear and as they gain more confidence they will be walked through other easy to understand design concepts.
Before the class is over each student should leave with hefty dose of confidence.
Please bring drawing pad with no lines and grid and soft pencil or Sharpie Fine Point.
Kit includes workbook and dry erase pen. The workbook is standalone class in of itself. Kit fee will be paid directly to instructor before class.
Quilt-Out Your Computer
Instructor: Bernadette Griffith, Juki America, Inc.
Class fee: $30
Kit fee: $35
Hands-on with sewing machines, Limit 20
Why not bring some warmth and charm to your computer with a quilted mousepad? Besides decorating your computer, you will learn to applique' and use decorative stitches to create a charming and fun project. Mousepad design and patterns from Dianne Springer Designs. Please bring scissors, marking pens, clear ruler to class. Thread, fabric and other items needed to create the project will be included in the kit. Kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor before class.
Irresistible Iris or Tulip
Instructor: Veronica Cox, Bear Thread Designs, Inc.
Class fee: $30
Kit fee: $30
Your choice of this Nancy Murty flower. These are beautiful simple flowers that are all raw edge applique. We will use fusible web to complete this project quickly. We use The Applique Pressing Sheet, light fusible web and Hoffman batiks to complete this stunning quilt. This is an easy no sew method that will teach you the basics along with quick tips to complete your projects. Learn why some fabrics are better than others and learn why we use the tools we do to make your raw edge quilts fabulous.
Kit includes the pattern, all fabrics, fusible web and a mini Applique Pressing sheet.
Kit fee will be paid directly to instructor before class.
9:30 am
Snow & Ice Dying
Presented by Cindy Lohbeck, Hands on Hand Dyes
Stage, FREE
10:15 am – 11:15 am
Intro To Square in a Square
Instructor: Paula Doll, Paula Doll Square in a Square
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! Come relax for a few minutes and let your mind consider the possibilities as you see how easily results are achieved!
Needles, Threads & Stabilizers
Instructor: Pat Welch, Sulky of America
Class fee: $10
Take the confusion out of which stabilizer to use when and with what. Learn to keep those threads from causing you breakage and frustration.
10:15 am – 1:15 pm
Learn To Sculpt In a Day
Instructor: Barbara Crawford, Crawford Designs
Class fee: $30
Kit fee: $40
Hands-on workshop
All those glorious Santas you see in the shop windows can have your name on them! Learn to sculpt in a day using a Reverse Sculpture's Technique. You will sculpt your own head, bake it right there, paint, stain and add hair too! And if that isn't enough, Barbara will teach you how to attach the heads to poseable armatures.
10:30 am
Let's Get Creative With Free Motion Stitching
Presented by Darlene Miller, Clothes For You
Stage, FREE
Learn how the art form of creative machine stitching using your own sewing machine for quilting, thread play or embroidery can add panache' to your clothing designs.
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Silk Ribbon Rose
Instructor: Helen Gibb, Helen Gibb Ribbonwork
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 will be paid directly to the instructor before class.
11:30 am – 3:30 pm
 Snow & Ice Dyed Fabric Class
Instructor: Cindy Lohbeck, Hands on Hand Dyes
Class fee: $30
Kit fee: $40
Hands-on workshop
The Hands On Hand Dyes "Snow Dye" kit gives you all of the tools, fabric, dye, chemicals and instruction that you will need to make beautiful hand dyed fabrics in just a few hours. With this fast, fun and affordable dye method, you will learn to mix color and create your own unique snow dyed patterns. You will dye 12 different fat quarters (3 yards) in only one to two hours. The fabric that is included in your kit is high quality cotton, perfect to use for your upcoming classes! Choose from three Color Collections – Meadows (Pastels), Playgrounds (Brights), or Mountains (Earth Tones). Students bring large binder clips or small clamps (at least 10 to 12 clips), craft scissors, Sterilite 27 QT Bin (23 ¼ x 17" x 6"). Bring one bin for each kit you plan on doing. Wear art clothes and comfortable shoes. Kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor before class.
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
Easy Jackets With a Designer Look
Instructor: Darlene Miller, Clothes For You
Class fee: $10
Here is a pattern you have been asking for! Not only is it easy, it is a perfect blank canvas to showcase a beautiful fabric or for your one-of-a-kind designed fabric. Each art-to-wear jacket can feature a unique fabric you have quilted, beaded, embellished or used for thread play. It will fit, it will be comfortable and you will love hearing all the compliments about your original design.
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
How in The World Do I Quilt This?
Instructor: Irena Bluhm, Irena Bluhm Designs
Class fee: $50
Kit fee: $10
Hand-on design/drawing
Have you ever experienced the feeling of frustration about not having a clue about how to quilt your next project? Let's try to eliminate this dilemma with Irena's guidance. She will try to stimulate your creative thought process by breaking down the entire procedure into just a few easy to follow steps. All of a sudden many design possibilities emerge. You will make design choices and follow through with the execution. There is always more than one way of quilting the same quilt. Actually there are quite few choices based on time and resources factor. This class will be hands-on experience, working with necessary tools and supplies provided in class kits.
Kit includes diagrams, Mylar sheets, dry erase pen, plotter paper Please bring drawing pad and pencil or pen. Kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor before class.
Creating Images with Free-Motion Thread Painting & Quilting
Instructor: Bernadette Griffith, Juki America, Inc.
Class fee: $30
Kit fee: $40
Hands-on with sewing machines, Limit 20
If you have been a little nervous about using your computerized machine to create free-motion work, then this class is for you. We will learn tips and tricks for free-motion work and how to create stunning artwork using free-motion thread painting and free-motion quilting techniques. Please bring scissors, marking pens, rulers and rotary cutter. Kit fees include all thread, fabric and items needed for the class. Kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor before class.
Whispering Pines
Instructor: Veronica Cox, Bear Thread Designs, Inc.
Class fee: $30
Kit fee: $30
Whispering Pines is a McKenna design of a wonderful eagle. He is truly very simple and does not take as much time as you would think. We will use fusible web to complete this project quickly. We use The Applique Pressing Sheet, light fusible web and Hoffman batiks to complete this stunning quilt. This is an easy no sew method that will teach you the basics along with quick tips to complete your projects. Learn why some fabrics are better than others and learn why we use the tools we do to make your raw edge quilts fabulous. Kit includes the pattern, all fabrics, fusible web and a mini Applique Pressing sheet. Kit fee will be paid directly to instructor before class.
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
My Mistake – Your Takes
Stage, FREE
Presented by Sheila Cheatham, SNIP & PINS
Mistakes are opportunities to take home new knowledge. We will talk about machine embroidery hooping, stabilizers, hoop templates, and needles. We will discuss some of the challenges of machine embroidery and offer some advice on threads. This class is for the beginner machine embroiderer, but everyone is welcome.
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
The Finishing Stitches
Instructor: Debbie Wendt, Wendt Quilting
Class fee: $10
Time for the finishing touches of your quilts with bindings, sleeves and labels. Tips for stitching bindings by hand and machine, applying a sleeve for hanging and imaginative ideas for the all important label of information.
Fabric Painting For Dummies
Presented by Pat Welch, Sulky of America
Stage, FREE
We are not all born artists but with a little transfer pen and embroidery magic we can look like one.
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Nuno Felting Demo (Silks & Wools
Create an Unbelievable Fabric)
Instructor: Barbara Crawford,
Crawford Designs
Class fee: $10
Nuno felting is a Japanese felting technique that combines shear fiber and wool to make lightweight garments and other items. The word Nuno is Japanese for fabric. This type of felting is also known as laminated felting so there is no sewing involved with exception of hand sewing your embellishments. Barbara will teach how to combine wool roving and silks, yarns, even curly mohair silks, soap, and water to create a one-of-a-kind scarf. The scarves are works of art on their own and embellishing them with beads, embroidery creates more dimensions and quite a profit making item in high-end stores. This class will enable you to learn the technique and create clothing that is lightweight and non bulky to sew. Patterns can be free style by throwing the roving randomly onto the silk or actually laying out the rovings and yarn, silk ribbons, etc in a distinctive pattern. Either way is great and creates many possibilities for transparency and exciting texture.
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