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Workshops and Lectures Descriptions

Registration

Registration for both lectures and workshops is easy using our handy printable registration form, and saves you a spot. All registrations are by U.S. mail, so
Click here for a downloadable pdf workshop and lecture form to mail in.

Workshop Descriptions

Join us for a workshop with one of our wonderful teachers. Check the schedule below for a three, four or full day class.

Workshop Location

Our workshop space is located on the floor of the Gordon Field House at RIT just a step away from the exhibition of quilts.

Equipment

All classrooms will be equipped with machines used for the workshop, all you need is the usual sewing supplies. After registering, a supply list will be sent to you along with times.

Weekend Pass for Four Hour Class Sign-Up

Remember that a weekend pass is free if you take a class that is more than four hours long. The pass can only be used by the class participant, and one pass per person. You may receive the weekend pass only if you sign up for a four hour class, not a combination of several classes that add up to four hours.

Jane Sassaman Machine Applique Saturday June 6 10:00 - 4:00 Fee: $120 This workshop will focus on rich surface design as students learn techniques of precision machine applique. Students will be exposed to organic shapes in other mediums (Art Nouveau, etc.) and will be challenged to apply these shapes to their textile compositions. Each student will experiment with several applique and decorative embroidery options. This is a six hour workshop.
Jane Sassaman Simple Silhouettes Show Spring Divas Sunday June 7 11:00 - 5:00 Fee: $120 I have created a series of silhouettes to be used in combination with my FreeSpirit fabrics. This is a good class for beginning machine appliquers or quilters who want an easy, but dramatic small wall quilt. Each student will pick a center motif from flowers, butterflies, etc, a favorite Sassaman fabric and a coordinating background to make an 18" quilt using Jane's unique "bandage" appliqué technique. Once you grasp the system, you will feel comfortable to make more when you get home.I will provide fabrics for purchase. This is a six hour workshop.
Mary Mashuta Pieced Fan Basket Saturday June 6 5:00 - 8:00 Fee: $60 Enjoy selecting vintage fabrics and stitching this fun block while learning about fabrics of the mid-twentieth century when quilts, out of necessity, were often pieced from scraps. Group fabric stash provided. (Acrylic templates available) This is a three hour workshop.
Mary Mashuta Creating Great Quilt Borders with Pieced Stripes Sunday June 7 1:00 – 4:00 Fee: $60 Learn four smashing borders from a stripe expert. Repeat simple shapes like squares and triangles: let stripes do the work! Easy calculations from someone who doesn't balance her check book. This is a three hour workshop.
Paula Scaffidi Happiness Bag Either Saturday June 6 11:00 - 2:00 or 4:00 - 7:00 Fee: $60 Textural Temptations at Your Fingertips Experience the adventure at an all-fun-no-stress textile party! Follow along with Paula Scaffidi, aka Fiberella, as you quickly and easily create tempting textures with machine needle felting. Select fabrics and fibers in the colors you love. You’ll layer materials and needle felt “new fabrics” to embellish a great handbag with personal pizzazz. Walk out all finished. And the best part? You will have enough embellished fabric and base fabric to create a second purse at your leisure. With your creativity turned on (you can bead it, embroider it, serge it…) you’ll want to try out more than one idea to make it your very own. It’s really the best of both worlds… one to keep, and one to give as a gift that’s sure to make someone very happy! Kits (included with your class) will be presented in a range of beautiful color palettes, available the day of class. This is a three hour workshop.

Paula Scaffidi Creative Embellishment Especially for Quilters Sunday June 7, 1:00 – 5:00 Fee: $80 You will learn how to add texture to your quilts in exciting ways. Delight in the natural softness of the world’s finest roving as you create an original embellished quilt block. Find out how to use fabric prints as inspiration for embellishment and “color” fabrics to piece with. You’ll learn three felting techniques for creating washable embellishments; they’re visually pleasing and alluring to the touch. And before you know it free-motion skills have improved without effort. You’ll know lots about the new needle felting after just once around the block. Embellishing your quilts has never been this much fun before. A kit is included in the cost of this four hour workshop.
Deborah C. Pope "Bijoux Fleuri" Felted Floral Brooch Friday, June 5, 5:00 - 8:00 Fee: $60 Enjoy the freedom of creativity that the Baby Lock Embellisher represents. Using merino wool combined with a variety of luscious fibers and yarns you’ll explore a spectrum of colors to create exotic flowers quickly and easily. This is your opportunity to have fun with one of the most innovative products on the market. Come play and be prepared to be amazed at what you can accomplish. The results are fantastic. Choose from three different flower designs, then mix and match colors, add beads and details that would make Mother Nature proud. This stunning brooch is a charming fashion accent and the perfect display of your unique creativity. The kit is included in the cost of this three hour class.
Deborah C. Pope "Dream Fish" Saturday, June 6 10:00 - 4:00 Fee: $120 Fantastic fish leap from your imagination. Create a beautiful felt “Dream Fish” that adds a new dimension to sculpting in this wonderful medium. Your fish will be approximately 5″-6″ long. Dyed merino wool is embellished with paint, beads and sinuous silk paper fins that you’ll also learn to make. This class is a lot of fun and combines traditional wet feltmaking techniques with dry needle felting for a unique look and feel. The finished fish makes a wonderful ornamental hanging. The kit is included in the cost of this class.
Margaret Tully "Serge Up a Stunning Wall Quilt" Saturday, June 6 10:00 - 1:00 or 5:00 - 8:00 or Sunday, June 7 from 10:00 - 1:00 Fee: $60 Margaret will teach this quilt sampler that includes serger techniques to create traditional quilt blocks. We will serge blocks like Attic Window, Drunkard’s Path, Dimensional Pinwheel, Dresden Plate and Bow Tie as well as a Flying Geese in the border (not shown). You won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn from Margaret – her talent and skills light up the room. New to serging? Margaret will guide you with a loving hand and an engaging wit. Sergers will be provided for this three hour workshop, and a kit is also included.
Linda Bachman "Strip As-You-Go Serger Quilt" Saturday, June 6 2:00 - 4:00 Fee: $40 Join Linda for a fun and fast paced way to use the serger to complete a small strip quilt. Whether you are familiar with the serger’s great time saving methods, or want to try it for the first time, this is a wonderful way to make a quilt ready for binding at home. Baby Lock Sergers are available for use and a kit is included in the cost.
Mary Lowe "Fabulous and Finished" Friday, June 5 5:00 - 8:00 Fee: $40 Join Mary Lowe from Pennslyvania to learn how to sew a wonderfully pieced quilt top. Mary is the master of many techniques and will share her flip and sew version of this very fun and fabulous quilt. You will make top, batting and backing all at the same time. Materials are included in the kit as part of the cost, and sewing machines are provided.
Jeanne Simpson "Gentle Curves" Sunday, June 7 10:00 - 1:00 Fee: $40 Let Jeanne Simpson show you how the fabric does the work as you create a stress-free artistic wall hanging. Learning to cut gentle curves with a rotary cutter and sewing them back together will be the focus of this workshop. Begin with a simple four patch then enjoy the splendor of large prints while constructing a free-form flower. Materials are included in the cost and machines are provided.
Janet Root "Paper Piece a Midnight in the Garden" Saturday, June 6 5:00 - 8:00 Fee: $40 Discover the ease of paper piecing. Janet Root takes you through the steps of selecting colors, how to piece, and assemble the blocks used in the fabulous “ Midnight in the Garden” quilt used for the 2009 GVQC raffle quilt. Pattern and kit are included in the cost, and of course, machines are provided. Bring your scissors and spend the evening learning this wonderful technique( we will have a materials list for you) and of course sewing machines are available for use right in the classroom.

Lectures

Three days of lectures are planned, from Traditional quilts, to contemporary, to quilt history. Check the schedule below to see what is happening. All lectures require an admission ticket which can be ordered in advance, or can be picked up at the door during the quilt festival. Seating is limited, so you may want to order the tickets in advance. Lectures are $5 and seating is limited.

Lecture line-up schedule

Friday, June 5

6:00

Jane Sassaman
*QUILTING AGAINST THE ODDS

Saturday, June 6

11:00

Toni Foster
*EVERY QUILT TELLS A STORY
Quiltmaking is a very personal pursuit for Toni. Her quilts often spring from the need for a gift, an idea that begs to become a quilt, an antique quilt or a happy accident. She will share her quiltmaking journey beginning with a few early quilts from the 1970’s along with her latest work. You will want to hear the story associated with each of them; Toni’s work is beautiful, and her soft humor in story telling is a wonderful treat to hear.