Mark Lipinski – Pickle Road Studios & Quilters Home magazine
You will be hard pressed to find a more entertaining personality and enjoyable class or lecture than one with international quilt teacher, designer and editor, Mark Lipinski. As a designer, Mark’s recent work has been seen in McCall’s Quilts, McCall’s Quick Quilts, Quiltmaker, American Patchwork and Quilting, The Quilter and Fabric Trends magazines and has appeared on HGTV’s Simply Quilts. He has also launched a line of his own quilting patterns, called “The Quilts of Pickle Road.” Mark has designed patterns, products and workshops for companies like Benartex, Andover Fabrics, LakeHouse Direct, Maywood Studio, RJR Fabrics, Island Batiks (Bali and California), M&S Textiles Australia), Langa Lapu (South Africa), Wrights EZ Tools, Libas Limited Silk and the Prym Dritz Company. A veteran, multi Emmy Award nominated and Cable Ace Award winning, talk show producer and programming executive, producing shows as Oprah, The View, The Joan River’s Show, Attitudes and Rikki Lake to name but a few, Mark conceived and developed the ultra-successful publication called, Mark Lipinski’s Quilter’s Home, which has been published by CKMedia, Inc. since 2006.

9 a.m. - 4 p.m. FR201 Room 105
Katmandu: Hand Embroidery & Embellishment Techniques for Every Kind of Quilt Shop Fabric
Mark Lipinski
Class Fee: $50+Kit Fee: $75
When was the last time you saw someone with their sewing machine strapped to their back at their kid’s soccer game? Using Mark Lipinski’s new fabric line, Katmandu, a fabric designed to be embellished, learn the basics of dressing up any kind of quilt shop fabric, in an affordable, creative and, most importantly, portable way! Get in step with the embellishment techniques that will rock your world while learning new and exciting tips for turning run-of-the-mill fabrics into works of art, stamped with your own design flair and charisma. Turn your traditional quilts into art quilts using the simple lessons you take from this class. If you have already mastered many of these techniques, it doesn’t mean this class isn’t for you as you will be inspired and well on your way to a masterpiece. If you’re new to any or all of these techniques then it’s about time you get in on the secrets of the cultural and design traditions from around the globe and incorporate them into your own quilted creations.
Student Supplies: Scissors, extra light or magnifying glasses if you use them.

Saturday, 12:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. SA202 Room 101
Sunday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. SU203 Room 101
The Simple Simon Ball
Mark Lipinski
Class Fee: $50
There is just about no quilt that comes together faster than these quick-to-piece Simple Simon blocks. The best part is that using this pattern’s method of cutting and piecing, a quilter can do a queen sized quilt in about the same amount of time as piecing a run-of-the-mill crib size quilt! That’s why the Simple Simon is the perfect quilt to make to give to a friend or family member as a token of your affection and good wishes. Simple Simon is so versatile and easy to make that there is no end to the possibilities of color and style combinations. Whether you choose batiks, hand dyes, brights, contemporary or traditional prints, 30’s, children’s patterns, plaids, flannels, or a combination of the above, your Simple Simon is bound to be a hit! Simple Simon is so easy, that the novice quilter will quickly want to make another. For the experienced quilter, Simple Simon is such a relaxing and imaginative quilt to put together that it will be impossible to be satisfied with only one! This is a class unlike one you’ve ever taken before. Full of time and money saving tips, surprises and giveaways, you’ll leave this class wondering why no one has ever revealed to you these quilt-related jewels before!
Student Supplies:
Supply list includes fabric and other material needed to complete the project. The complete supply list will be furnished when registration is received. No refunds will be make for this class once supply list/cutting instructions have been supplied. If you have questions, call 800-473-9464.