Springfield Quilting & Sewing Expo
Springfield, MO, April 8-10, 2010
Thursday April 8 Seminars & Workshops
 Quilts With Great Edges
Hands-on Workshop, 6 Hours, Thursday 10:00am - 5pm. Limit 20 students.
Instructor: Kathy Kansier, www.kathykansier.com
During class, you will learn how to make a variety of edge treatments. You will be making samples that you will take home and can later refer to for finishing the edges of your quilts. You will learn to make a regular, double-fold binding with mitered corners, connected tails and hand finishing. Also in class, you will make a scalloped edge, continuous and individual prairie points, a rick rack binding, single and double pipings, a reversible binding and a fusible binding. Kathy will discuss the history of edge treatments, grain lines, Amish bindings, faced edges and machine finished edges.
 Supply List: Basic sewing supplies including a scissor for cutting paper, a small sharp-pointed scissor for cutting fabric, a chalk marking pencil, a mechanical pencil, Clover silk pins with glass heads and a seam ripper.
 Kit fee $35 which includes freezer paper, rick rack, cording, quilt batting and all of the fabrics needed to make a variety of edge treatment samples. The colors and fabrics may vary in the kits. The kit also includes a 46-page booklet of instructions. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Class fee $65
Wacky Rails, Color Manipulation
Lecture, 1 hour, Thursday 9:00 am - 10:00am
Instructor: Rhonda Dieker, Need'L Network
This class focuses on an easy striped pieced quilt that gives you a different look each time you make it. Color manipulation is the key to changing the look of the quilt. Learn to manipulate color and movement in this easy to make quilt.
Class fee $10
Fat Quarter BAG
Hands-on Workshop, 2 Hours, Thursday 9:00am - 11:00am. Limit 20 students.
Instructor: Linda McGehee, Ghees
Are you looking for a project that uses fat quarters or leftover fabric? Would you like to use those samplers from longarm or quilting classes? Great for beginners or the seasoned stitcher, this bag makes a great quick project and/or gift. The easy to make bag uses a new zipper application that includes several features on the machine to make the task easier. Learn quick miters. Use sewing machine feet to your best advantage for fast and accurate finishing touches. Acquire immediate satisfaction and walk out of the classroom with a finished project and the knowledge to make more.
Bring basic sewing supplies (off-white thread, scissors, pins with big heads).
Kit fee $9. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Class fee $20
 Small Friendship Quilt
Hands-on Workshop, 3 Hours, Thursday 9:00am - 12:00pm. Limit 20 students.
Instructor: Veronica Cox, Bear Thread Designs
We'll make a signature quilt top that is great for a weekend retreat with friends, you can collect signatures at a wedding, baby shower, birthday party or any specail family gathering. This is great for "remembrances." This quilt has 20 blocks in it, but you can add more if needed.
Please bring a small rotary cutter, mat and ruler if you have them. No bigger than a 12" cutting mat and ruler for this class only.
Kit with book $30. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Class fee $35
Releasing The Magpie! Adding Metallics To Your Projects
Hands-on Workshop, 3 Hours, Thursday 9:00am - 12:00pm
Instructor: Susan Leslie Lumsden, Rebel Quilter
Do you find you are drawn to shiny things in your projects? Discover ways to add that metallic shimmer using foils, Angelina pigments, and paintstiks. Hands-on, explorations, new found skills! Never a dull moment!
Kit fee $12. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Class fee $35
 Bluhming Background Designs
Hands-on Design Drawing Workshop, 3 Hours, Thursday 9:00am - 12:00pm
Suitable for All Levels
Instructor: Irena Bluhm, Irena Bluhm Designs
Say goodbye to any conventional way of using stippling to fill in negative spaces on any quilt. This very unique, easy to understand and easy to execute technique will have your creative juices flowing, as you can add your own twist to Irena’s ideas. From very dense to allover, this technique is very forgiving and the visual effects are very impressive. No planning ahead and no marking of the background designs are required.
Supply List: bring drawing pad with no lines or grid and pen or soft pencil
Kit fee $15, which includes 14 pages double wire bound laminated design practice diagrams package plus dry erase pen. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Class fee $35
 Iron-on Rhinestone Embellishments
"hands-on lecture", 1 hour, Thursday 10:15am-11:15am
Instructor: Sharon Stanley Brown, Snappy Logos
Add a little sparkle to you life. Learn how easy it is to apply iron-on embellishments to quilts, t-shirts, and fabrics. This is a fun and "hands-on" lecture with tips and techniques for a variety of material types. Samples will be provided.
Class fee: $10
Clutch IT
Lecture, 3 Hours, Thursday 12:00pm - 3:00pm. Limit 20 students.
Instructors: Merrily Parker & Lillian Bradley, Merrily We Quilt Along
Can’t sew? Can’t use a serger? Can’t quilt? This is the class for you. We will be using the Bernina Stitch Regulator to quilt and a serger to put in a zipper. You will leave class with a new clutch.
Class fee $35
Kit fee $5. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the lecture.
 Applique The Fast, Fun Way
Hands-on Workshop, 3 Hours, Thursday 1:00pm - 4:00pm. Limit 20 students.
Instructor: Veronica Cox, Bear Thread Designs
Pick one from a trio of whimsical frogs. They all use the same technique with The Applique Pressing Sheet and fusible web. This is a "no stress" fun filled class where you will learn all the tricks of the trade, learn which fusibles to use and why and the fabrics best used in raw edge applique.
Supply List: Please bring 5" non stick scissors; if you can't find them, some will be available for sale in the Bear Thread Designs booth. And bring neutral colored thread and all sewing supplies normally needed for sewing classes.
Kit with pattern $30. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Class fee $35
Going Pro: Secret Boutique Sewing Tricks
 Lecture, 1 Hour, Thursday 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Instructor: Sandy Higgins, The Crackerjack Shack
Have you ever made anything for your kids or grandkids only to find it hanging in the back of their closet or the dark recesses of their bottom dresser drawer? You want them to have things made by you, but they want something more up-to-date! If you're ready to update your sewing skills to offer trendier fashions to the kids in your life, then this class is for you. Learn some of the best kept secrets in the boutique sewing industry! We'll show you how to make pants like tailors do in 20 minutes flat, learn how to make beautiful ruffles and gathers without a serger and without pulling a single basting thread, and we'll also show you how to incorporate these and other techniques into the latest fashion trends that your kids will be BEGGING to wear! You don't want to miss this class! Everyone in this class will receive a copy of the full length Going Pro e-book which includes full color photos and step-by-step instructions.
Class fee $25, includes book.
Stylish Sweatshirt Jacket FIT & Flatter - Londa's Way
Lecture, 2 Hours, Thursday 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Instructor: Londa Rohlfing, Londa’s Creative Threads
Power Point presentation teaching how to never again spend time and waste your 'stash' on a great sweatshirt jacket - only to be disappointed in the fit! Learn Londa's fitting techniques, seeing the sweatshirt as fabric and matching ribbing, stabilization of edges, and get awesome creative embellishment and design ideas.
Class fee $20
 Full Spectrum Hand Dyed Fabric Class
Hands-on Workshop, 3 Hours, Thursday 1 pm - 4 pm (This class will also be presented on Friday, 10am-1pm)
Instructor: Cindy Lohbeck, Hands On Hand Dyes
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The Hands On Hand Dyes dye kit gives you all of the tools, fabric, dye, chemicals, and instruction that you will need to make beautiful hand dyed fabrics in just a few hours. This fast, fun and affordable method makes it easy to start your projects with fabrics you have hand dyed yourself. You will learn to mix color and create your own full spectrum, colorwheel pallet. Then you will create a light, medium and dark value of each of those 12 colors! You will dye 36 fat quarters (9 yards) in only 3 hours. The fabric that is included in your kit is high quality cotton, perfect to use for your upcoming classes. Choose from three Color Collections - Gardens, Playground or Mountains. Kit fee will be paid to instructor during the workshop.
Class fee $15, Kit fee $99.95 The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
 My Roses For You
Hands-on Workshop, 6 Hours, Thursday 11:30am - 5:30pm
Suitable for Confident Beginners to Advanced
Instructor: Nadine Thompson, Somewhere In Time
Nadine has long been fascinated with Baltimore wreaths that feature complex center appliqués. She has always felt that is was like having two blocks in one square. “My Roses For You” comes from the center of a block she created to honor that style. This eight-inch block is manageable, yet offers a challenge for the experienced stitcher as well as the confident beginner. Techniques include small circles, ultra suede appliqué, layered appliqué; tiny stems reverse appliqué, and embroidery.
Supply List:
- One ten inch square neutral background fabric.
- ¼ yard freezer paper.
- Two pair small scissors. One for paper and one for fabric.
- Thimble if you use one
- Applique threads to match appliqué fabrics.
- Applique needles. I use sharps.
- Marking pencils for fabric.
- Personal sewing light and cord.
- Circleese if you have a set. I will share mine.
Fabric.
- One ten inch square neutral background
- Container: I used three fabrics. One five-inch square for base and reverse appliqué in vase. Scrap for the circles and an eight-inch square for the main sections
- Leaves and stems: Scrap of brown for stems, and a variety of greens for leaves.
- Whole flowers: Scraps for reverse appliqué flowers, layered blue violet flower, and layered red violet flower.
- Ruched flower. One yard (generous amount) ¼” to 3/8” wide shaded ribbon.
- Buds: One quarter yard shaded silk ribbon, one inch wide and one quarter yard shaded wire edge ribbon
- Glass beads for center of ruched ribbon flower.
- Five inch square ultra suede for calyxes.
Kit $25 includes the following: Background square. Fabric for stems, calyxes, leaves, flowers, and container. Ribbon in raw edged silk and wire edged, ultra suede, beads and full color picture of the project. The kit fee will be paid directly to the instructor during the workshop.
Students may bring their own fabric as listed above OR a kit will be supplied for $25 if the kit is ordered by March 1
Class fee $65
Sewing Yoga
1 1/2 Hour Lecture, Thursday 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Instructor Kat Robinson, Active Kat Yoga
Sewing Yoga is a series of yoga postures combined with deep breathing designed to alleviate the aches and pains associated with sewing. The postures are gentle enough that even the most novice can do them. Come and learn yoga's deep breathing and gentle stretches that help relieve the tense shoulders, a stiff neck, and an aching lower back, and help circulation in the legs. Many postures can be done while sitting at your sewing chair. Bring your yoga mat with you. If you don't have one Kat will have them available to purchase for $15.
Class fee $10 |
