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Join us for a weekend of learning, friendship and fun! A wide selection of classes will allow you to sharpen your skills or maybe venture off in a different direction and try something new. And if you can only join us for one day, or two days, that is completely acceptable. However, to get the maximum benefit, the recommendation is for a full weekend of classes!  Mark your calendars for July 28-30, 2017. Classes announced and registration open for GAAQG members on March 18, 2017.  Registration for non-members begins May 1, 2017, based on availability.

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SQUARE C U R V E S??? Huh? Exactly what does that mean?? Author of Vivacious Curvy Quilts, Dianne Hire will teach you in this Friday class to create easy, template fee, intuitively designed squares into a motion filled wall hanging that is fast to assemble and in three optional designs: broken circles, randomly curved squares, or meandering, dancing curves. If you use basic bold brights in nearly solid fabrics, the quilt is exceptional. By the end of the day you may have your Curvaceous squares completely sewn together and ready to quilt. 

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Experience Level:   Some experience with free cut piecing needed

If you are comfortable with  free cut/improvisational  piecing, GAAQG member and instructor Mary Bajcz will help you in this Friday class to try your hand piecing more complex subject matter, like compound leaves, simple flowers, fruits, veggies, birds, traditional quilt blocks like New York Beauty, abstract  units or ???.   There are so many possibilities and it only takes two pieces of fabric to check out one’s ideas! 

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Jean Coleman’s objective in teaching this Friday class is for you to learn the technique to achieve this kaleidoscope effect.  She plans to teach a block with 4 repeats.   You will probably end up with 16 or 20 blocks.  What you do with these blocks is up to you.  You could make them into place mats, a table runner, a lap quilt, a baby quilt, or a throw.  If you like what you have and want to make it into something large, add borders or go back to the store where you purchased the fabric and buy more to make more blocks.  A different horizontal cut from the same fabric will yield an entirely different set of blocks.  Learn more about Jean in our blog interview.

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Everyone loves a mystery, so come and join in the fun.  In this Friday class, Carol Ann Matthews will lead you through the clues.  When you “solve” the mystery, you will have a 52” X 76” quilt and a story to tell.  This is a traditional quilt pattern, so if you have mastered your quarter inch seams and want to produce an impressive quilt top, this might be the class for you. This is all we can tell you, so bring your adventurous spirit to this workshop!

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Embellishment is not only for crazy quilts, but can be used to bring heirloom beauty to the quilts you make. In this Friday class, learn to enhance your designs with embroidery, beads, ribbon, lace or trims. GAAQG member, instructor and author of Rule Breaking Quilts, Kathy Schmidt will teach hand stitching and the basics of embroidery and beading. Click here for some examples of her beaded work. You will have a pattern for a small piece, sew it in class and be ready for your final finish at home. Materials for a unique, personalized kit will be available in class ($10) or you may bring all your own supplies (see the supply list). 

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CLASS FILLED – Appropriate for all levels.

Author of Art Quilt Collage and other publications, Deborah Boschert will teach you simple techniques to achieve stupendous results in this Saturday class! Cut freezer paper stencils, create foam stamps, print with found objects and make marks with pen and ink! She’ll talk about shapes, pattern, repetition, and color. Students will leave with a beautiful stash of original fabrics ready to be used in art quilts, collage or mixed media.  

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Catherine Redford will show you in this Saturday class how to discover the magic of free motion quilting. After drawing patterns on paper,  you’ll put the feed dogs down and begin stitching on pre-made quilt sandwiches in a relaxed, no criticism allowed setting. Try lots of different designs to find your personal favorites. This class is designed to give the beginning or hesitant machine quilter a confidence boost, ready to return home and practice. As seen on Catherine’s DVD Modern Machine Quilting: Free Motion.   

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Intermediate to Advanced  –  Focus: Design, Technique, Intuitive Color

Need to lighten up? Not having any quilting fun? Tired of prissy little piecing? Then this 2-day Saturday & Sunday workshop’s for you. Improvisational and intuitive, author of Quilter’s Playtime, Dianne Hire will show you how to play liberating games at your sewing machine, allow creative juices to flow. We’ll slice and dice fabrics, trade slivers of blocks, hunt for the bright colors just begging for a place to land in a quilt. Return home with a few oxymoron blocks, in random order. Can’t you see it now?  Fabrics all over the floor…mayhem, chaos, delightful laughter.  Requirement:  Excellent Sense of Humor!…and a good friendship with a sewing machine/basic piecing knowledge.  

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Confident Beginner/Intermediate

In this 2-day workshop on Saturday & Sunday, Kathy Groves will teach you the Compass Rose Table Runner, a pattern by Judy Niemeyer from her company, Quiltworx.  It is the central pattern for many of Judy’s larger quilts and thus is a great introduction to the foundation paper piecing technique.  This class is appropriate for confident beginners as well as experienced quilt makers.  You may not complete the entire table runner – but you should have sufficient time to make 1 or more complete blocks.  Once the blocks are complete – joining them is as straightforward as joining 9 patch blocks. 

The pattern contains enough papers to make two 22″ x 69″ Table Runners (a total of 8 Rose blocks).   If you prefer, instead of sewing them in a table runner design – these blocks can be stacked and made into a beautiful wall hanging.  If you want to make a larger quilt – replacement packs are available that include only extra papers so you can easily make more blocks! 

This class will introduce you to the Quiltworx techniques which make paper piecing a favorite technique for many quilt makers.  From cutting and organizing to finishing your quilt, Judy’s techniques make it very manageable… and fun!  Don’t be surprised if you are planning your next “Judy Quilt” before you finish this one!  Visit Kathy at Bobkat Quilts and learn more about her in our recent blog interview.

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Appropriate for all levels.

Deborah, author of Art Quilt Design and other publications, will introduce eight design guides that get the creative juices flowing in this Sunday workshop. Look at examples of captivating compositions from fine art and the quilt world. Create a “sketch” for each of the design guides using fused fabrics. Learn to edit, audition and improvise using a super helpful design checklist. Explore adding details with machine and hand stitching. Your completed set of fabric sketches can be used as instruction and inspiration for future art quilts.  

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Catherine Redford will teach you in this Sunday class how to finish your quilts on a domestic machine while enjoying all the control of your walking foot. She will start with a brief discussion of preparing your tops for quilting including marking and basting. Then you will make stitched samples of different styles including modern grids, matchstick quilting and spirals. Finish with a look at Catherine’s work to inspire you to go home and turn your tops into quilts. As seen on QATV series 1400/ QA International Quilt Festival Scene 2014/ DVD Modern Machine Quilting. 

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Learn how to make simple freezer paper patterns to create your own original designs.  Barb Vedder will help you explore source material and inspiration ideas.  Participants will learn how to sketch and cut out simple shapes and explore color and composition for a small quilt.  Barb will teach the basics of hand appliqué and demonstrate how to make bias stems and berries.  (This is a design-based workshop.)

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Registration 

Workshops are open to both guild members and non-guild members. Because the cost of the workshops is subsidized by members’ dues, non-members are asked to pay an additional $20 per workshop. Non-members are able to register for a workshop approximately two months prior to the workshop. Workshop registration policy.

Members: $60

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Non-Members: $80

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Online registration is available for both members and non-members.  (If you prefer to write a check and mail in your workshop registration, please download our printable form.)  

See the complete GAAQG Workshop Registration/Refund Policy for more information.

Questions?

Contact our VP-Programs.

Doors open at 8:15am, and the meeting begins at 9:15am.

Lecture by Barb Vedder: SCRAP QUILTS – THE SECRET TO SUCCESS 

A Powerpoint Presentation using antique quilts and Barb’s own work to decode the secrets and patterns of success scrap quilt making.   Through a study of these quilts she will discuss design techniques such as color, contrast and composition and how they are employed to create beautiful quilts.  The lecture is followed by a trunk show.

This lecture follows the business meeting on Quilt Day. 

Following the Quilt Day Meeting, a SafeHouse Sewing event will take place.

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In this fun workshop there is very little prep and lots of sewing fun!  Barb Vedder will demonstrate techniques for making liberated house blocks in different styles and sizes. This is a fun way to use scraps or make a holiday-themed quilt.  You can make many blocks or just a few.  Barb will also discuss how to set the blocks to finish your house quilt.

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Registration 

Workshops are open to both guild members and non-guild members. Because the cost of the workshops is subsidized by members’ dues, non-members are asked to pay an additional $20 per workshop. Non-members are able to register for a workshop approximately two months prior to the workshop. Workshop registration policy.

Members: $60

Register Now

Non-Members: $80

Register Now

Online registration is available for both members and non-members.  (If you prefer to write a check and mail in your workshop registration, please download our printable form.)  

See the complete GAAQG Workshop Registration/Refund Policy for more information.

Questions?

Contact our VP-Programs.

Paula Golden will show you a liberating approach to quilt making where there are no right or wrong answers!  Explore color and design while creating a wall quilt using non-traditional sewing techniques.

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Registration 

Workshops are open to both guild members and non-guild members. Because the cost of the workshops is subsidized by members’ dues, non-members are asked to pay an additional $20 per workshop. Non-members are able to register for a workshop approximately two months prior to the workshop. Workshop registration policy.

Members: $60

Register Now

Non-Members: $80

Register Now

Online registration is available for both members and non-members.  (If you prefer to write a check and mail in your workshop registration, please download our printable form.)  

See the complete GAAQG Workshop Registration/Refund Policy for more information.

Questions?

Contact our VP-Programs.

Doors open at 8:15am, and the meeting begins at 9:15am.          

Lecture by Paula Golden: COLOR!  HOW TO MAKE YOUR QUILTS SING  

Learn three easy steps to make your quilts sparkle and delight the senses. Paula will show many of her quilts and explain how colors interact, the importance of value and how to successfully use many textures of print together so you, too, can make your quilts sing.

This lecture follows the business meeting on Quilt Day.

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Paula Golden will begin the day teaching Jinny Beyer’s theory of color and then help you create a fun wall quilt from a simple tessellated paper foundation to show off your new skills in understanding value, shading and color.

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Registration 

Workshops are open to both guild members and non-guild members. Because the cost of the workshops is subsidized by members’ dues, non-members are asked to pay an additional $20 per workshop. Non-members are able to register for a workshop approximately two months prior to the workshop. Workshop registration policy.

Members: $60

Register Now

Non-Members: $80

Register Now

Online registration is available for both members and non-members.  (If you prefer to write a check and mail in your workshop registration, please download our printable form.)  

See the complete GAAQG Workshop Registration/Refund Policy for more information.

Questions?

Contact our VP-Programs.