Digital Fabric Printing   Question: What is more fun than a trip to a new fabric store?  Answer: Making your very own fabric.  You can do it and no experience is required.  In this technique and design class, Lily Kerns will take you from printing photographs on fabric to creating your own repetitive designs and printing them with your inkjet printer.  With the availability of printer-ready fabric and better inks, quilters can now create custom-designed fabrics.  This class will take you far beyond memory quilts and labels into your own world of unique fabrics for new or traditional quilt making.  Level: you should be comfortable with your computer and printer.  You will need plenty of color ink and treated fabric sheets.  Four Lessons.  See Supply List.
$36         Class starts September 20.

Machine Quilting can be a quick way to finish a project or just as elaborate and detailed as hand quilting.  Carol Miller will take you  through the basic machine quilting techniques, including both free motion and straight line designs.  You will learn when to use the even feed foot and how different types of batting affect the way your quilting will look.  We will discuss basting for machine quilting, marking the design and deciding which designs are appropriate where.  Your homework will be a practice piece which you can turn into a table runner if you like or just keep as a handy reference.  Four Lessons.  All skill levels as long as you are comfortable with your sewing machine.  See Supply List.
$36         Class starts September 20.

Cotton Dyeing Basics   Calling all fabric stashers and hand-dyed fabric fans!  Time for you to learn how to dye your own cotton colors for your quilting, crafting or hoarding.  Everyone is welcome from the super-beginner to those who have played around with dyes, but need some professional guidance and instruction.  Fabric designer and hand dyeing expert Marjie McWilliams will teach you to make solid colors, mottled colors, color gradations and the colors of the spectrum, found on a traditional color wheel.  For best results, a minimum room temperature of 65º F throughout the dyeing process is recommended.  Warmer is even better!  Five Lessons.  All levels.  See Supply List.
$45        Class starts September 6.

Batik It!   Are you ready for an adventure?  Need those artistic juices stirred up a bit?  Did you even know that you HAVE artistic juices?  Well  you do and Marjie McWilliams will get them flowing!  Batik is the ancient Javanese process of applying hot wax to fabric.  The fabric is then dyed, causing the places that are covered in wax to resist the dye while the exposed areas receive the marvelous color.  The process continues by adding another layer of wax and another layer of dye until the piece is complete.  When the wax comes off, the veil of mystery is removed and a beautiful, one of a kind piece of fabric is ours to quilt, sew, hang or drape.  You will learn the basics of the batik process.  Join us if you are a super-beginner or a pro interested in learning new things about color and design.  Go with the Flow!  For best results, a minimal room temperature of 65 degrees F throughout the dyeing process is recommended.  Four Lessons.  See Supply List. 
$36         Class starts September 27.

Viewpoints - A Quilter's Perspective   Bring the art of perspective, one of the most important of an artist's tools, to your quilt making as you learn to create the illusion of depth in your work.  The simple techniques you will study are essential for creating interiors and work well when combined with landscapes to create "a room with a view".  You will learn to make eye catching three-dimensional frames to border your quilts and practice some exercises in linear perspective.  This Susan Brittingham class will also teach you about columns, arches, and other architectural details.  This is a process class in which you will learn new skills to use in your own quilts.  Intermediate level.  Four Lessons.  See Supply List.
$36      [credit card only]   Class starts August 30.

Realistic Fabric Portraits is perfect for quilters who think they cannot draw.  Start with a photograph and you, too, will be accepting compliments for your skills.  Award-winning artist and quilter, Marilyn Belford, will guide you step-by-step through the techniques that enable you to produce realistic fabric portraits of loved ones.  In this class, you will learn how to use the computer to adjust photos, appliqué by fusing, deal with the features on a face and use thread painting for the finishing touches.  Good basic sewing skills are necessary in this machine class.  Five Lessons.  Extra week after Lesson Four.  See Supply List and Gallery for previous student work.
$46         Class starts September 13.

Miniature Landscapes   This class introduces some of the major principles for designing realistic landscapes using atmospheric perspective.  Emphasis will be on the effective use of color to create the illusion of depth for quilters who are ready to try branching out into landscapes.  Students will begin to stitch their own small fabric "paintings" using fusible appliqué, free motion machine embroidery and some embellishment ideas.  Award-winning quilter Susan Brittingham will provide designs for several mountain landscapes, so you do not need to know how to draw to take this class.  Your finished project will be suitable for framing and will fit a 9" x 12" or 8" x 10" frame, or you may wish to add borders and bind it.  To complete your project you will need a sewing machine with an adjustable zigzag stitch and the ability to lower or cover the feed dogs.  Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate, especially designed for first time landscape quilters.  Four Lessons.  See Supply List.  See Gallery for previous student work.
$36         Class starts September 20.

Artists Revisited   Have you always wanted to see a Rembrandt or a Cezanne hanging on your living room wall?  Now you can.  Learn how to translate a work of art by your favorite artist into a fabulous fabric wallhanging.  Marilyn Belford will guide you, step by step, from selecting the artwork, choosing and applying the fabric through free-motion embroidery and quilting right up to hanging the finished art quilt on the wall.  No paints are used.  Her methods employ only fabric and threads to recreate the artistry of the tableau of your choice.  Class includes a choice of three  patterns of famous art works or instructions for finding copyright-free pictures of other art.  Five Lessons.  Sewing level: intermediate to advanced.  No special drawing skills are necessary.  The illustration is Marilyn's interpretation of a Georgia O'Keefe painting.  See Supply List for more photos.  There will be an extra week between Lessons Two and Three.
$46         Class starts September 27.

Flower Power   Capture the unexpected color burst of a wildflower or the riotous hues of a summer garden in your quilts.  Susan Brittingham will show you several different ways to create flower image quilts, including collage, free motion appliqué and upside down appliqué.  For bigger quilts, you can enlarge your image and use freezer paper or fusible appliqué methods.  Additional techniques for three dimensional work and embellishments will be examined.  Skill level: Intermediate to advanced quilters who wish to explore more advanced machine appliqué techniques, to expand their skills and to learn ways to combine different techniques.  Five Lessons.  See Supply List.  Extra week after Lesson Four.
$46         Class starts September 27.

15 Lines and a Squiggle   This is Lily Kerns's all-time favorite art lesson.  She says that it has generated more creative responses than any project she has ever taught.  Play along with her, and then translate one of your designs into an easy-to-make quilt if you wish.  Four Lessons.  We recommend that you take Playing with Lines and Shapes first.  See Supply List.  See some results from previous students in the Gallery.
$36        Class starts September 6.

Color Companions   Are you intimidated by the color wheel?  Don't be.  These guys are all the best of friends and they would love to have  you join them.  You just need to learn the secret handshake!  Seriously, learning who gets along and why is the key to putting together fabulous color combinations.  This class expands on a series of articles Carol Miller wrote for Traditional Quilter magazine.  Never again be the victim of a boring quilt!  Learn by doing as you make your own fabric color wheel and five 24" blocks.  The blocks can be joined together or displayed singly.  All levels.  Five Lessons.  Extra week after Lesson Four.  See Supply List and Gallery for previous student work.
$46         Class starts September 27.

EQ6 Appliqué Design   Have you been avoiding appliqué in EQ6 because you feel like you have no control of the drawing tools?  Patti Anderson will show you how to master the PatchDraw drawing board.  You will create smooth, neat and symmetrical appliqué motifs that can be used over and over again in any EQ6 project.  Acquire the skills to make perfect posy petals, and discover the secrets to creating curvy stems and spirals.  If that's not enough, Patti will show you how you can use EQ6's WreathMaker to create beautiful wreaths with all the new appliqué motifs you created in this class.  Use of EQ6's new Precision Bar will be covered in detail, as well as how to use some of the more advanced features in PatchDraw.  Skill level: Basic knowledge of EQ6 and PatchDraw is required.  Three Lessons.  See Supply List.
$27      [credit card only]   Class starts August 30.

EQ6 Advanced Layouts   Now that you have a working knowledge of EQ6, are you ready to dive into the deep end of quilt design?  In this class, Fran Gonzalez will show you how to use EQ6's powerful advanced design tools to create a series of complex quilts in a wide variety of layout styles: Horizontal, On-Point, Medallion, Strip and Custom Set.  As part of the design process, you will experiment with border styles and explore special features such as Serendipity, Symmetry and WreathMaker.  You will work extensively with the Graph Pad as you set blocks in Custom Set, appliqué motifs in Layer 2, and stencils or embroidery in Layer 3.  If you use appliqué with your pieced quilts or like to add digitized embroidery designs, learning to use layers is essential.  You will also discover EQ6's advanced color features and learn special printing techniques.  This is the third class in the EQ6 series.  Four Lessons.  See the Supply List for prerequisites. 
$36   Registration closed   Class starts September 6.

EQ6 Building Blocks   Let Fran Gonzalez show you the power of the two EQ6 drawing tables, EasyDraw and PatchDraw.  You will learn how to analyze designs, set up the drawing board and use the program’s sophisticated drawing tools to create a collection of pieced and appliquéd designs.  Start with simple grid structures and progress to complex arc designs, appliqué blocks, appliqué motifs and quilting stencils.  Your confidence with EQ6 will grow as you discover how to edit, rotate, resize, clone, partition and flip your designs.  You will also combine EasyDraw and PatchDraw drawings, briefly explore WreathMaker, and experiment with many of EQ6's generous printing options.  This is the second class in the EQ6 series.  See Supply List.  Four Lessons.
$36         Class starts September 27.

Strip Mine!   Be prepared to have fun with teacher Patti Anderson while making this quick and easy foundation string pieced quilt.  Layouts will be given for both the Lap size and the Wall quilt.  You choose which size you want to make.  Random-sized strips are sewn to the background/foundation using a stitch and flip method.  When the blocks are sewn together, the diamonds stand out as the main design element and folks wonder where the blocks begin and end.  You will learn tips for working with scraps and efficient ways to cut them.  A word of warning: Stitching string pieced quilts has been known to be habit forming among fabric collectors!  Lap size quilt: 50 1/2" x 62 1/2".  Wall quilt: 32 1/2" x 32 1/2".  All levels.  Three Lessons.  See Supply List and Gallery.
$27         Class starts September 27.

Getting Started Online   Are you ready to take your place online?  Whether you are planning to enter the marketplace, help run your guild Web site or just establish a showcase for your quilting talents, Julie Neu will guide you to the correct choice and help you establish your Web presence.  Defining your goals will determine whether you choose to enter an established community, start a blog or launch a Web site.  Julie will also show you the best ways to publicize your site.  No Web experience or design software is needed, but you should be comfortable with your computer and with navigating online.  All levels.  Three Lessons.  See Outline.
$27   Registration closed  Class starts August 30.

Photographing Your Quilts   Whether you are photographing your quilts to enter a quilt show, emailing them to a friend, posting them in the Quilt University Gallery, documenting them for insurance, creating  your personal quilt registry or keeping a  scrapbook, you want the best photos possible.  In this class, Janice Baehr, will help you take photographs of your quilts with the camera you have, whether it is film or digital.  It is neither expensive nor difficult to take good quality photographs of your quilts.  You will learn to understand and use your equipment and supplies, master setting up your quilt, taking the photographs and tweaking the results until you get it just right.  After this class, you will be as proud of your photographs as you are of your quilts!  Four Lessons.  All levels.   See Supply List.
$36         Class starts September 13.