2012
Class Descriptions
Registration Sunday:
1pm - 4pm. Students - pick up Gift Bags, drop off medical forms, check in
Vending Will Be Open Until 4pm
Welcome Reception - Location to be announced - check in at registration and we'll let you know. 5pm - 6:30pm. Meet and Greet.
The number indicates the corresponding number for the classes. Please call 518.624-3077 for Quilt Camp Brochure which will be finalized in mid-January.
Day One- Monday, June 25, 2012
1. Linda Bennett - Mariner’s Compass Medallion -
Limit 12
Finished size: 46”x 46”
Traditionally, the Mariner’s Compass has a reputation for being one of quilt makings most challenging pieced quilts. Imagine how difficult it may seem to get all of those 16 points of the compass to come together! While achieving precise points may seem daunting, I will teach you how to do just that with a technique called foundation paper piecing. This method is exceptional for making those seemingly impossible quilts!
2. Shea Farrell Carr - Market Basket Class
Limit 10
Cost of materials for the class is $30.
Payable with class tuition please.
3. Lu Corts – The Bear’s Went Over the Mountain – Limit 10
Some people call it machine applique. Lu calls it" Slapplique"! Join Lu in the making of this very fun,Adirondack style wall hanging. You will be learning several machine applique techniques in the process, PLUS have the perfect opportunity to use some of those fancy stitches you have on your machine. Not too worry if you don't have bazillion stitches, a straight stitch and a zig zag will do the trick too!
4. Pat Flath and Bev Stellges – Open Studio.
AVAILABLE ALL WEEK!
We all have them. Unfinished projects or projects that we have never started but have the pattern and all the fabric. Now is the time to finish one or more of them! Take the Studio Class. Open Daily! Sign up ahead of time or pop in when you finish your classes. Sign up for one or two or three days and give yourself the luxury of finishing your project without interruption. Pat and Bev offer up years of award winning quilting knowledge to guide, instruct and inspire you to start, rejuvenate and complete your project(s). The room is always open during quilt camp to pop in and finish up class projects. Bring your own supplies. Open Daily all day long!
5. Joan Ford - ScrapTherapy® Cutting Workshop & Table Stripes Runner
(15 x 42” finished size) Limit 12
Enough! It’s time to get control of your scrap fabric stash. Kick off the day with a review of basic cutting tips and recommendations as outlined in the book, ScrapTherapy, Cut the Scraps! by Joan Ford. Spend the morning, cutting and organizing your scrap fabrics into three square sizes that make sense. Joan will share her tips and demos to convert messy scraps into ready-to-use fabric pieces.
Once your fabric scraps are on the way to organized bliss, let’s start sewing! Make an an easy table runner that incorporates your scraps, a little bit of accent fabric, and a fabulous border stripe print of your choosing. Learn fun piecing tips while using your small scrap fabric pieces, and make the most of your backing fabric without creating more scraps.
6A/6B. Jean Mooney Beginning to Machine Quilt and More
Limit 10
TWO DAY CLASS - Must take both days MON/TUES
In this 2 Day class you will learn not only the basic preparation necessary but also how to make and apply stencils as well as use a variety of quilt marking tools and techniques. Although not a piecing class you will apply simple borders to a whole cloth that you create with stencils made by your own hand. When your whole cloth is complete you will learn a foolproof way to assemble your quilt sandwich for a wrinkle free result every time. Once your project is prepared you will move to the sewing machine and set up for machine quilting by experimenting with tension and different types of thread. In this class you will do a little free motion quilting as well as quilting with your walking foot. This class is designed to give you a good foundation as well as introduce you to a variety of quilting/marking techniques for you to grow on.
7. Louisa Woodworth - Surface Design Techniques
Limit 10
We will have some messy fun experimenting with several design techniques such as shaving cream painting, molding paste, foils, moldable stamps, and mono-printing, just to name a few! You’ll leave with several pieces of original fabric to use in quilts or small projects.
Supply List:
I will supply ½ yard each of black and white PFD fabrics and various small pieces, plus all the paints, tools, and supplies needed. Bring any extra fabrics that you would like to print on.
Material Fee: $30 payable with tuition
8A/8B. Lois Wiegert
STACK, WACK AND SHUFFLE CRAZY QUILT
Limit 8
Use this unusual quilt for a wall hanging or table mat (approximate finished size 45 inch square). You will be ignoring the typical methods of cutting triangles, squares, etc. and learning how to cut free style. I will also emphasize the use of a ¼ inch seams allowance and proper pressing techniques. You will learn how to use a ruler, cutting mat and a rotary cutter as well as how to square your crazy blocks.
DAY TWO – Tuesday, June 26, 2012
9. Linda Bennett - Hunter’s Star Wall Hanging
Finished size: 46” square Limit 12
Create this traditional, but difficult, star block with no set-in seam anxiety! You’ll be amazed at how easily this two-color Hunter’s Star block comes together using Deb Tucker’s “Rapid Fire Hunter’s Star’ ruler along with careful pressing and trimming techniques. Instructions for future three- and four-color star projects are also included with the ruler.
10. Shirley Ware – Children’s Quilt Class
Tuesday and Wednesday all day. Material Cost included in tuition
All other supplies and equipment will be provided. $110
Limit 10.
Children will make a Duffle Bag with a zipper. The machine quilted bag is 18” X 9” X 9” and lined with muslin fabric. Children will choose precut fabric squares to create the outside of the bag and a coordinated fabric for the handles and pockets.
After a little practice for sewing machine control and basic sewing skills, the students will get “Quilt Cash” to go shopping at the vendors to pick out fabric for their bag handle. This is an active class that will keep the students busy for 2 days. If time permits students may have the opportunity to create other small items. Children should pack a lunch and bathing suit so if the weather is good we can spend our lunch hour at the beach. Shirley Ware is a certified NYS Red Cross life guard and Water Safety Instructor.
Class Fee $110 includes all materials and supplies
11. Lu Corts – Charlene’s Bag
Limit 10
Gather up those favorite jeans that "shrunk in the dryer" over the years, plus a fun fabric and head in to make this way cool denim bag designed by Lu's friend Charlene Bubb. The bag has a pocket for everything you carry and then some! When you sling it over your shoulder you will in fact be wearing those jeans you thought you would never fit in again! Plan on fun! Bet you can't make just one!
12A & 12 B
DAY TWO AND DAY THREE
Mystery Quilt – Bev Stellges
2-day class
Limit 12
Join in one of the hottest quilting movements, as you enter the realm of the Mystery Quilt Detective series. The Challenge is in selecting the fabrics and having trust in your selection. No, you can’t have a sneak preview of the final quilt. Just trust your instincts.
You will become a detective by cutting and sewing the mysterious pieces together that will combine into a double or queen sized quilt. You will be given one step at a time and upon completing that step, you will receive the next step until you have completed all seven steps! That’s right! You will not know what the quilt looks like until you have completed the seventh step. A project that you can complete by the end of the second day of the class.
13. Joan Ford - ScrapTherapy® In the North Woods Quilt
(69 x 69” finished size)
Limit 10
After a brief review of scrap cutting tips, take scrap fabric pieces to the next level with this stunning quilt project. Traditional bear paw blocks are created with an unexpected twist. Start with a focus border print that sets the stage for a quilt project inspired by our Adirondack surroundings. Then choose coordinates, accent prints, and scraps from your organized pieces to create the perfect blend of rustic style. Learn about value, sample some fun piecing techniques, perfect your mitered border technique, and create a unique on-point setting to add dimension to your quilt.
14. Woodworth - Fiber Metamorphosis
Limit 10
See what can happen to a plain ol’ piece of fiber when paint and heat are applied. Fun and easy techniques will give you a plethora of ideas for creating textile art. We’ll play with Misty Fuse, Angelina, Fast 2 Fuse, Tyvek, Lutradur, Kunin Felt, and more. We will put together a sample book for future reference.
Supply List:
All supplies included. If you have any heat tools, they would be helpful.
Material Fee: $30 - Payable with tuition please
DAY THREE - JUNE 27, 2012
15. Linda Bennett - Trip Around the World Quilt
Finished size: 57” x 73”
Limit 10
This class will demonstrate a strip piecing and fabric layering technique that will enable you to quickly complete this traditional quilt top. Depending upon the fabric choices, this quilt will make an elegant gift, a great addition to your family room or a fun dorm quilt. A fun, no stress workshop for both the beginning and expert quilters!
16. Lu Corts – Purple Mountains Majesty
Limit 10
Join Lu in this wonderful "free style" bargello class. As long as you can sew a 1/4" seam, you can make this spectacular quilt. Starting with a gorgeous fabric such as a floral or one of those beautiful oriental fabrics now available, you will run off of that in different color directions. Lu's original piece is of a coy fish with lavender and green on a black background. From that piece, she went in one direction with lavender to dark purple and in the other direction from dark to light green with a couple of "discomfort" pieces thrown in. They say in the selection of fabrics for bargello, you should be 90% comfortable with your fabrics, 10% will be the spark all truly beautiful quilts have. As always with Lu, you will enjoy yourself, learn some things and go home with a quilt technique you will use again and again!
17. Joan Ford - ScrapTherapy® Bloomin’
Steps Quilt
(
75x87 finished size)
After a quick review of
ScrapTherapy cutting techniques and tips, we’re going to go crazy using scraps
in the small and medium sizes. Follow a theme to select the scraps to use in
this quilt or go completely scrap crazy with this cozy comforter! Hundreds of
small scrap pieces will disappear into this stunning twin-sized quilt along
with a single background fabric for the blocks and inner pieced border. Not
enough scraps in your cut-up scrap collection for that luscious scrappy border?
Not a problem; alternate border options can be substituted. Learn some of
Joan’s favorite piecing techniques as you make block elements, construct
blocks, and create borders to build this detailed, but easy-to-assemble, quilt.
18. Jean Mooney - Beginning to Machine Quilt.
Limit 10
19. Louisa Woodworth - “Ok, Now What Do I DO With It?”
Limit 10
One of the questions I hear a lot after students create a pile of fun fabrics is, “What am I gonna do with them now?” In this class you’ll be making as many small projects as you can get done. You may use pieces that you have made in my previous classes, or bring in your own fabrics. You’ll be able to add any needed embellishments.
Supply List:
All tools and additional embellishments will be provided. You provide your “sample technique,” or other fabrics.
Material Fee: $15 Payable with tuition
20. Jessica Vandenburgh -Tourist Tote Bag & Trio Zip Pouch
Limit 10
In this class you will learn the basics of bag making including how to make handles without turning fabric tubes, using fusible interfacing and making an easy zippered top. We will start in the morning by making the Tourist Tote Bag. This versatile bag is nice and roomy inside and perfect for quilting retreats and overnight visits. In the afternoon we will work on the Trio Zip Pouches. Using an easy “sandwich” technique, these zippered bags go together quickly and easily. Have no fear – zippers are easy! They make a great addition to the Tourist Tote Bag to keep you organized. No prior bag making or zipper experience required. Both projects will be completed in class using basic sewing/quilting skills.
