Adventures in Quilting:
Virtual Online Classes
Our classes are Accuquilt Friendly
and some are just fun.
Virtual Online Classes
Our classes are Accuquilt Friendly
and some are just fun.
READ ABOUT CLASSES IN THE FUTURE
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Classes are online 'quilting bee' classes in a virtual classroom.
Students must download the free Zoom app onto their laptop or I-pad to participate.
All classes are channeled through QuiltersB.com.
QuiltersB: Real classes with real people from the comfort of your home.
ALL CLASSES ARE CENTRAL TIME.
Future Accuquilt for Beginners classes:
Tuesday, December 29 and January 5, 2-5:00 Central Time
Future Grids and Pattern Conversion class:
Tuesday, November 17th and 20th, 7-10:00 p.m. Central Time - Taught by Laurie Jimenez, Texas
Check your time zone. Classes are taught from Evansville, Indiana. Click here for a time zone converter.
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Stay up to date with Accuquilt for Beginners classes. Build your confidence with using your cutting system.
Learn how Accuquilt has done the math for us by building Qube shapes with seam allowances. Let us show you the way around the Accuquilt landscape.
Class is recorded, and available to download for five days. Receive a PDF of the PowerPoint/study guide as a permanent reference.
Enjoy membership on an Accuquilt for Beginners Facebook page created as an extension of the Zoom classroom. Tell your friends about these classes. There is so much to learn.
Click here to register. Bring pencil and paper and your enthusiasm for learning. That's all you need for this class.
Get ready to do some exploring through the Accuquilt landscape. It's an amazing tool for your own creativity.
Come learn the power of the Qube. Develop a mindset that enables you to look at a pattern, put down the rotary cutter, and cut accurately with the shapes in your Qube.
Learn to look at a pattern. Understand the shapes in your Qube. Look at the multitude of options you have for easily and accurately cutting your patterns.
Class is recorded and downloadable. Also, you receive a PowerPoint pdf that gives you a permanent reference of topics covered, and you will be invited into a Pattern Conversion Facebook page that is an extension of our Zoom classroom.
Practice and learn. Some say you will be converting patterns in your sleep! This class could change your quilting life. It's a great resource for translating patterns.
Register by clicking here. You will be so glad you invested your time in this learning.
In August, we did this class as a 'flash' class. The response is amazing. Now we are tweaking our placemats for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
These placemats are professional-grade. Honest. You'll be amazed at the body they have, and the short amount of time they command from you.
Make seasonal placemats. Add embroidery or applique. Choose to make them with smaller rectangles. Use them for free motion practice. I love to make them simple out of fabrics that go with my kitchen.
Each month I change my placemats. Sometimes each week. That's how many I have stored away. And they make GREAT gifts!
There is a supply list on the registration page. So, look there when you go to register.
With interest we may offer another class in December for last-minute gifts. They can be made really fast!
Plain and simple this is a quick review of the embroidery process, Accuquilt style. Learn how to download embroidery files and get them onto your USB stick. Apply them to applique and smile.
Watch me demonstrate embroidery in real time. We could embroider a gnome Christmas cookie, a Christmas tree, Sunbonnet Sue ice skating, or this little guy.
Fact is, because this is a flash class, it will be the abridged version of embroidery so you understand it and will be able to use the designs available for use with Accuquilt applique.
Again, this is a last minute possibility for Christmas gifts. Embroider something on a placemat, a hot pad, a table runner, a purse, an apron. The possibilities are endless.
Tuesday, November 24th, 2-5:00 p.m. Central time
February 13, 14 and 15 , 9-5:00 p.m. Central Time.
QuiltersB offers virtual quilt retreats. Yes. On Zoom. All you need to do is download the free Zoom app onto your laptop. Then we can chat, sew, learn and build friendships for three days, 9-5:00 p.m. Eastern time. And it's all happening in your own sewing room.
No need to pack everything up. No long drives to the retreat site. Sleep in your own bed. Get snacks from your own kitchen. Pull out UFOs and complete them. Make table runners. Catch up with class projects. This is such a sweet deal.
And I will sew right along with you. During this retreat we will explore and share ideas and patterns for hearts in quilts. We may sew a table runner, look at paper pieced hearts, or simply enlighten ourselves with what Accuquilt hearts we can use. Come and play with us. Work on your UFOs. Woot! Woot!
Do join me for this virtual retreat. The camaraderie is great.
Register for this retreat by clicking here.
June - November - one Monday each month, 1-4:00 Central Time (2-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
As I have taught foundation paper piecing, many asked if I would offer a class every month. When I suggested my idea of a monthly CLUB, there was enthusiasm. And so, this is another dream of mine coming true.
I will still offer popular paper piecing classes for anyone on our page to enjoy. However, the paper piecing CLUB will enjoy novel little patterns that will be seasonal fun, and could be included in table runners or quilts.
Most of the patterns I select come in a variety of sizes. That means you can choose your size for your project. I aim to keep the patterns fairly simple so they can be completed in class.
I do hope you'll consider joining me. We're offering this CLUB for six months. Let's see how it works for you. If it is a success, we'll consider another club in 2027. Remember to attend the bonus Christmas Party on December 21st.
Six three hour classes on Zoom
Monday, June 22, July 27, August 24, September 21, October 19, November 23, 1-4:00 p.m. Central
Bonus Christmas party December 21st
Schedule uninterrupted sewing time.
These mini retreats are offered through QuiltersB to promote the idea that we can all sew together and be motivation for each other.
Click here to register for any of these mini retreat/Christmas Workshops.
Fall workshops: Sept 17, Oct 15, Nov 19, Dec 17 - 9-5:00 Central Time
Overwhelmed quilters need uninterrupted sewing time for unfinished projects, Christmas sewing, and for catch-up on class work.
Many want company in their sewing room. Others want to know there is someone who can help them with a skill. So, join me in my sewing room. I will join you in yours. Let's help each other, and sew together on Zoom.
Schedule one day once a month for uninterrupted sewing. Write it on the calendar. Educate your family that you are dedicating that day to the sewing room. Maybe plan ahead so supper is in the freezer.
Call this a mini-retreat, a therapeutic respite, or a Christmas workshop. The spirit is the same; we are all like elves preparing for that big day when we gift a quilt to someone. Many of us just need to breathe and create.
It is possible to register for one day or two or three. Please know that the cost is slightly less if you pay for the three day package. But this payment option gives you some flexibility, month to month.
AND IF YOU REGISTER FOR THE CHRISTMAS CLUB, you are given a discount to these mini-retreat days of sewing.
November 9 & 16, December 7 & 14, January 4 &11, Feb 8 & 15, March 8 & 15
Monday afternoons, 2-5:00 p.m. Central Time
Starting Monday, November 9th and 16th, 2-5:00 Central Time
This is a delightful quilt from the Martingale Beyond the Battlefield book of Civil War Quilts. It is made from one quilt block pattern. Yes. It's all about taking the same quilt block and changing the colors for emphasis. Notice how different they look.
I would love to play with this block, wouldn't you? This will be a 5 month clss. We will work with three block variations each month. There is one rogue block that slips in there to make life interesting.
This can be totally scrappy and fun. At the same time, it could be made with civil war fabrics, reproduction prints or modern fabrics. Give this quilt your own special look.
Monday, November 30th and December 14th, 2-5:00 p.m. Central Time with an empty week in between.
That gives you time to work on your runner and ready it for putting on a flange.
This is the November runner. Gather your green 2 1/2" strips. Another stash buster. Let's build this tree and those spools. They give you a hint of the holidays, and mix in the friendship stars for added interest.
Each month, I post the photo of the runner for the month. Because we are always looking for seasonal runners to dress up our tables, this is an awesome class. Or if you are looking for runners to make as gifts, then I will keep you in stitches, literally, offering runners to make for friends and family.
Seeing what we can create whets your appetite - I hope - for more runners in the future. This is a must-have-class if you want to keep learning new skills and having fun with the learning.
Click here to register. Notice also that the supply list is posted on the registration page.
Friday, November 20th, 10-1:00 p.m. Central Time
For those who want to practice paper-piecing or learn how to do paper-piecing, this is a good class. Let me guide you through this pattern from Ten Cow Quilts. It is delightful fun and satisfying to create.
Look on the registration page for supplies needed. Collect your scraps and come play. I can't say enough about the clever patterns you can create with paper-piecing. They add to your quilts and table runners.
So, expand your skills. Learn the paper-piecing process with me. We will take it slow and easy.
Wednesday, December 30 and Jan 6, Jan 27 and Feb 3. Feb 24 and March 3, 10-1:00 p.m. Central Time (11-2:00 p.m. Eastern Time)
Expand your learning. Grow your sewing and knowledge into the Angles and Corners that Accuquilt designed for us. Learn how to partner your Qube with its Mix and Match sets. You will be amazed at the new designs in your reach. New angles and lines blend with the Qube shapes to amaze.
After becoming proficient with your Qube, you will be ready for what's next. It's like suddenly you are ready to expand your vision, learn tips for sewing with new and different shapes, and then become creative. Register by clicking here.
DECEMBER FREE MOTION FESTIVAL ~ Give yourself a gift. Relax. Stitch. Practice. Enjoy.
Our free motion teacher, Donna Matlik, has a creative eye, always searching for ways her students can expand free motion skills. Her goal: to make the learning fun and offer free motion events to help us practice. Big news! Another Free Motion Festival is happening at the start of December. A Christmas Festival of sorts.
Panel ordering instructions are on the Registration Page. Click here to register.
Sunday, November 29th, 2-5:00 p.m. Central Time
The Hunter's Star block is delightful. All the way around, it's fun to make, almost addicting. Traditionally, it has been created with two colors: red and white, green and white, blue and white.
Now I'm suggesting options for creating a different look, something fun, that uses your scraps. This class reviews tips and tricks for sewing the blocks and then creating a quilt. Guaranteed: This block will encourage your color creativity.
I'm offering this class on a Sunday afternoon. Hopefully, if you have a chance you will pop in and we can sew together. It's always helpful to make a block during class so you're sure you are comfortable with putting it together.
Want to figure out yardage? Check out www.quiltnotes.com. It is a marvelous tool for helping you figure just what you need.
Make your Hunter's Star quilt from scraps that you've collected. A stash buster project!! Or make it from two colors that you love. Click here to register.
Wednesday, December 2 and 9th, 2-5:00 p.m. Central Time
This delightful wreath can be created in a variety of sizes, depending on what size squares and half square triangles used to construct it. My wreath project is made with 2" squares and half square triangles. The finished wreath finished at 18" and hangs on the wall in my studio.
I'm happy to say this project could be completed with the Ten Sisters fusible grid if you would like to play with that. It is an option. I am happy to walk you through it.
This is the perfect last minute Christmas gift for that friend or family member who has everything. Made to be a wall hanging or a table topper, perhaps with a candle or beautiful Christmas plant in the center.
Monday, November 16 and 23, 10-1:00 p.m. Central Time
The Mondo Bag class is popular. It introduces you to using a fusible grid with 192 squares. You can use precuts or squares cut from yardage with the Accuquilt 2 1/2 strip die.
This bag is a stash buster, my friends. Try it with your ugly fabrics. Discover how attractive they are when cut small and worked in combination with other ugly fabrics. The transformation is absolutely amazing!
The Mondo bag is big. It's perfect for carrying towels to the beach. It’s excellent for carting a quilt or supplies to a quilt retreat. It can tote a picnic lunch to the park. Friends will marvel at how well the squares match up. I gift wedding quilts in a Mondo bag.
With Thanksgiving approaching, it seems appropriate to talk about turkey giblets in the BOB Die format. Accuquilt puts such a marvelous spin on quilt blocks. This is one of them.
The Turkey Giblets quilt block has what I call hidden talents. It works when planning out a quilt bag, a full quilt, table runner, even flowers. The pieces in this block are so useable, especially if you are a creative quilter.
Finished quilt blocks are 12". That helps us out when we are in design mode and want something that might work with other 12" blocks we are building into a quilt.
Join me in class November 17th. Well ahead of Thanksgiving day, this block might just give us ideas for Christmas. And I will give you a study guide so you understand how this block works.
Tuesday, December 8th and 15h, 2-5:00 p.m. Central time ~ CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
For those who want to foundation paper piece, this delightful table topper is easy and open to your use of color or seasonal fabrics. Make it for Halloween or Christmas, Valentine's day, or Easter. Make it scrappy. Perhaps it will tell a story. It's flexible and fun play with fabrics for any occasion. It also shows you what you can do with foundation paper piecing.
It is the perfect size for a square table during the holidays. Highlight the star at the center if you choose. Fussy cut fabrics on Halloween, for example, to include little ghosts in the doorways. At Christmas, put a wreath in a doorway or a reindeer. It's fun to play with your scraps. This pattern is open to your creativity.
The Dresden Plate has been on my personal wish list for years. I see so many interesting patterns that are created from these A and B petals. It will be fun to finally play with the die and learn the ins and outs for creating the 12" finished block.
Supply list? Much depends on what you want to make. If you are making a sample block, I suggest contrasting fat quarters so you can build one block. Choose the round edges or the pointed shapes. I like us to make a block in class so you have a sample, and I am confident you understand the process.
The beauty of quilting is the multitude of styles, approaches, perspectives, techniques, and art. Add in the wide variety of quilters 'out there' with their personal interests and anything is possible.
I am a teacher who listens. Your input is always welcome. I love the ideas you bring to the table. So, give me the kernel of a class and let me mull it over. We'll brainstorm and be creative.
Do you have a class wish list? Do you have ideas I should know about? By clicking here, share your wishes. I'm all ears.
I don't think this die gets enough attention. It's a delightful pattern and each leaf is easy to construct. Now many of you might say, "I can figure that out on my own." I get that but when we do a class, I inspire you, and then we motivate each other.
This die creates a quilt block that can be used in multiple ways. I like to inspire you to experiment, try unique quilt designs, and be creative in table runners. Then - ah - there might be more.
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