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OPEN STUDIOS

Symmetry In Design, as seen in
instructor Ellen Graf’s quilt.

Open Quilt Studio---time
and space to work on
any project you like.

Last year’s ‘Quodlibet’ Quilt class. Will they return for this year’s “Mission Possible”?

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Quilting

4      Quilting: Symmetry In Design      (June 3-8)
Class Fee $400

Ellen Graf      Are you looking for your next step in creative quilting, but not sure how to approach it?  This years’ design class will focus on the principle of symmetry, exploring its different types, and how to use them in your quilts.  Each morning a short presentation, followed by user-friendly exercises, will help you understand a particular facet of the concept.  After the morning session, studio time will be yours to spend on an independent quilt project or projects of your choice, with Ellen on hand to provide advice or assistance.  Feel free to bring your quilting projects, whether machine or hand done, at whatever point in the process they are, so that you can take them to the next step towards completion.  You will leave the class with a new-found knowledge or better understanding of what makes a quilt design work.  (Sewing machine in good working condition required if you are doing your project by machine.)  $5 materials fee for morning exercise supplies and handouts.  For all levels of quilters.

5      Open Quilt Studio      (June 9-14)
Studio Fee $125

No Instructor      The quilter’s dream—one uninterrupted week devoted to designing and piecing
a major project, or experimenting with techniques there never seems time to do.  The studio space is yours—to put up designs, sew, lay out quilts for pinning, hand quilt, etc., in the company of other quilters.  We provide the studio, pin-up boards, tables for sewing and cutting; you provide your sewing machine, needed equipment and supplies. 

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18      My Latest, Greatest Quilt      (July 15-20)
Class Fee $400

Marianne Fons & Ellen Graf      Are you a quilter with a pile of UFOs (unfinished objects)?  Have you ever laid aside a stack of blocks because you couldn’t think of the perfect setting?  Have you abandoned an almost-completed top because you couldn’t decide on a border?  This weeklong class hooks you up with veteran quilters Marianne Fons and Ellen Graf, creating friendly, extra brainpower to devise happy solutions to un-block and move those quilt projects to completion.  Monday morning starts with a look at an individual project from each student, with observations and suggestions from Marianne and Ellen.  The rest of the week is devoted to individual sewing, with both instructors ‘at the ready’ for assistance and collaboration.  Whether you bring one project or several, whether you work by hand or by machine, you’ll head for the ferry dock at the end of the week knowing your quilt is squarely on its way to be the great quilt it was meant to be!  (Sewing machine required if you are doing your project by machine.) For all levels of quilters.

26      Beginning Quilter “Boot Camp”      (July 29 – August 3)
Class Fee $400

Mary Fons      Do you want to make a quilt?  One that will warm hearts and bodies for a long, long time?  You can do it!  This class is your jump-off point.  Instructor Mary Fons (co-host of the PBS show, “Love of Quilting” and creator/host of “Quilty”) will begin at the beginning:  fabric basics, color theory, design choices, rotary cutting basics, sewing a perfect quarter-inch seam, pressing, patchwork tips and more.  Next, you’ll start making blocks for a quilt top.  If you know zip (or next to zip) about quilts or patchwork but you know you’ve got a quilt in you, this is your time.  There are no stupid questions—and there is a LOT of fun to be had.  You’ll leave class with a quilt top either done or nearly done!  Sewing machine in good working order required.  $40 materials fee for “starter” fabric bundle, ½ and ¼ triangle rulers and copy of “The Quilter’s Complete Guide.”