Workshops

June 23 - 26, 2010

Farmstead Inn & Conference Center
370 S Van Buren St. (SR5)
Shipshewana, IN 46565
260.768.4595

Due to limited quantities, workshop enrollments will only be accepted by phone. When speaking to the customer service representative please inform them of all activities you wish to attend along with your desired workshop(s). DO NOT ENROLL IN OTHER ACTIVITIES ON-LINE IF YOU ARE ORDERING WORKSHOPS. Please call toll free 877-768-1945 from 9 am - 5:30 pm EST.

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Wednesday June 23, 2010 Afternoon Sessions
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

WP1 Charmed Arrows: Rita Fishel

Beginner, Cost: $45
This fast, fun class is a clever and easy way to use Charm Packs or scraps. In this class we’ll make a lap quilt (53” x 61”). pre-cut kits or cutting instructions upon request are available. Great class for a beginner!

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires; pattern and pre-cut fabric kit ($54.95). Limited to 48 participants.

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WP2 Perfect Points & Curves: Penny Haren

Beginner, Cost: $45
Create perfect results by combining piecing with layered appliqués that make it possible to sew perfect points and curves by eliminating them! In this three-hour class, make three different 6” blocks: Hummingbird, Boston Uncommon and Sarah’s Choice. Learn four different techniques and a multitude of quick piecing methods. All of the fabric and templates will be available so you can begin sewing immediately!

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires; Penny Haren’s Pieced Appliqué Book, 6 ½” Creative Grids Square It Up & Fussy Cut Ruler, 6 ½” x 12 ½” Gridded Ruler and purchase of pre-cut Fabric Kit ($10). All items are available at the Festival Supply Kiosk. Limited to 48 participants.

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WP3 Borders for Beginners: Carol Butzke

Beginner, Cost: $45
Have you wondered just how quilters achieve flat, smooth, well fitting borders that just don't wave? Are you intimidated by the thought of mitering corners? Are you overwhelmed with the thought of trying a pieced border? These questions are answered in this class along with how to achieve border strips connections that are perfectly matched and how to choose border fabrics and widths.

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Limited to 16 participants.

Wednesday June 23, 2010 Evening Sessions
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

WE1 Come Bake With Moda: Amy Matheny & Mark Pytel

Beginner - Advanced, Cost: $5
Learn about Moda Fabric’s online recipes, which can be used with a wide range of Moda precuts. Project Tutorials from Moda's Bake Shop will be illustrated, showing all sizes and types of projects and featuring various designers and shops from around the country. You will be provided with some weights & measures to complete your recipe and will learn about some necessities you might need in order to cook up something scrumptious!

Lecture only, No sewing machine or supplies necessary. Limited to 500 participants.

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Thursday June 24, 2010 All Day Sessions
9:00 am - Noon
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

TAP1 Grandmother's Flower Garden by Machine: Carol Butzke

Beginner, Cost: $85
Learn to piece this favorite old pattern with rotary cutting and machine while working on a wall quilt of grandmother's flower garden blocks surrounded by a picket fence with prairie points as an edging. Instruction will also be given for constructing the fence, making the prairie points to match the fence and the use of spacer borders to make a perfect fit of the fence to the garden. Pattern included.

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Limited to 15 participants.

Thursday June 24, 2010 Morning Sessions
9:00 am - Noon

TA1 Mexican Tile Placemats: Susan Knapp & Mary Jane Mattingly

Beginner w/experience, Cost: $45
You are in for a Mexican treat! The concept we have developed starts with 6 half-yard cuts of fabric -- 3 lights and 3 darks -- and yes it ends that way too. The backing is also cut from the 6 half yard cuts. All you will need to complete the placemats is 6 pieces of your favorite batting 14"x18". Our instructions include a detailed cutting chart along with illustrations and pressing directions. Your finished mats will measure 12"x16". This project is so much fun you will want to make several sets once you leave our workshop.

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop will also require; “Six Halves Make a Whole” book, 6 - ½ yard cuts of fabric (three light and three dark), or three each of two contrasting colors and 6 batting rectangles of 14" x 18". Books available at the Festival Supply Kiosk. Limited to 16 participants.

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TA2 Purse Pursuit: Susan Juszczak

Beginner, Cost: $35
A quick versatile pocketed purse with everything in its place. No zippers, just a lot of creative fun. You will make a basic purse but go home with additional instructions to create beautiful gifts.

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires, 90/16 Topstitch needle and purchase of kit. Kit includes a pattern, closure and fabric and is available at the Festival Supply Kiosk. Limited to 40 participants.

Thursday June 24, 2010 Afternoon Sessions
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

TP1 Appliqué Circles Stems and More!: Doris Goins

Beginner, Cost: $45
Never fret about smoothly round circles, crisp appliqué edges, or perfectly narrow stems again! This workshop will set you on a course to prepare appliqué for either hand or machine stitching. The use of spray sizing and no melt plastic templates are the key to successfully using this technique. The students will work with a kit as a sample block to use this technique.

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires Small artist paintbrush, spray sizing and purchase of kit ($5). All items available in class or the Festival Supply Kiosk. Limited to 16 participants.

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TP2 A Charming Walk Around the Block: Ira Johnson & Julia Wolheter

Beginner, Cost: $45
A quick and easy throw made in a child’s size, but easily adaptable to larger sizes, made with a charm pack and coordinating fabrics. Also learn the easy technique to make adding a mitered border as easy as adding straight borders. With this method striped borders can be mitered, with stripes matching at all corners of the border.

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires focus fabric: (1) 22 inch square and (5) 3" x 42 " strips; Solid fabric: (8) 1½" x 42" strips; (1) charm pack-min. 28 pieces; 1 yd. of striped fabric-cut (4) 2½" x 42" strips and reserve the remainder. Fabric is not available in class or the Festival Supply Kiosk and must be pre-cut prior to class. Limited to 16 participants.

Thursday June 24, 2010 Afternoon and Evening Sessions
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

TPE1 Sew Many Strips Pieced Jacket: Nan Yablong

Intermediate, Cost: $100
We will be guiding you through the use of “quilting” techniques to create a one-of-a kind work of wearable art. Multiple coordinating fabrics in your favorite colors will be your creation. We will be discussing and demonstrating several couture techniques offering many tips for construction and completion of your jacket.

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires; ¼” piecing foot, piping foot, edge stitching foot, travel iron, ½ yard of five (5) coordinating prints for strip piecing and accent strips, 1 yard coordinating fabric for outside back and front and back lining, 1/8 yard solid matching color for binding or 2 pkgs. Double wide bias binding to match, ¾ yard polyester for sleeve lining, 2/3 yard coordinating cotton for sleeve, solid recommended and an unstructured jacket pattern no darts (three pattern pieces, front, back, sleeves). All non-machine items available at the Festival Supply Kiosk. Limited to 16 participants.

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Thursday June 24, 2010 Evening Sessions
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Workshop

TE1 Grandma Linderoth’s Hankies/Love Letters Wall hanging: Penny Sempert

Beginner, Cost: $35
Make either handkerchief pattern and find out how addictive these blocks are to make. This wall hanging size will give you the expertise to gather up your Grandma’s Hankies and make a bed size quilt!

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires; Appliqué Needles, thread, flower pins and purchase of pre-cut Fabric Kit ($74). All items are available at the Festival Supply Kiosk. Limited to 16 participants.

6:00 pm - 7:00/7:30 pm Lectures

TE2 Accept the Challenge!: Doris Goins

All Skill Levels, Cost: $15
Doris Goins, a four-time award winner of the Hoffman Fabric Challenge, will share her stories of inspirations for designing and making entries for Hoffman Fabric Challenge. Her experiences will motivate you one step further towards entering your own pieces into challenge opportunities. This is a motivational speech to encourage individuals to enter challenges, which will expand on their design and technical skills.

Lecture only, No sewing machine or supplies necessary. Limited to 75 participants.

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TE3 Quilts in Women's Lives: Carol Butzke

Beginner-Advanced, Cost: $15
A Trunk Show Looking at the History of Women and Quilts 1850-1950. Receive insight on women in their daily lives. See the changes in styles and coloration in a trunk show of approximately 30 quilts.

Lecture only, No sewing machine or supplies necessary. Limited to 96 participants.

TE4 Quilts of the Indiana Amish: Trunk show & lecture presentation: Rebecca Haarer

Beginner - Advanced, Cost: $15
Vintage Indiana Amish quilts (c.1890-1945) from the collection of Rebecca Haarer, a life long resident of the Shipshewana area, will be presented in a "Museum on the Road" trunk show venue. These quilts were gathered from the Lagrange and Elkhart County Amish Communities in the "coming out" years of 1970-90's. Rebecca will showcase museum quality quilts, tell their stories, and discuss why Amish quilts rose to popularity during this time and how interest in American Quiltmaking and collecting during the mid 1970's impacted the Amish community and quiltmakers. Questions and discussion welcomed! Photos may be taken.

Lecture only, No sewing machine or supplies necessary. Limited to 75 participants.

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Friday June 25, 2010 All Day Sessions
9:00 am - Noon
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

FAP1 Intermediate Perfect Points & Curves: Penny Haren

Intermediate, Cost: $85
This class focuses on four different foundation blocks that are not covered in the Perfect Points and Curves Beginning Pieced Appliqué™ class. Students are welcome to take both and will learn totally different techniques in each class. In this six hour class, we will make four different 6” blocks; Spools, Purple Cross, Clay’s Choice and Cornerstone. All of the fabric; templates; and freezer paper will be available so you can begin sewing immediately!

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires; Penny Haren’s Pieced Appliqué More Blocks and Projects Book, 6 ½” Creative Grids Square It Up & Fussy Cut Ruler, 6 ½” Traditional Square Ruler to square up half-square triangles, Water Erasable Marker and pre-cut Fabric Kit ($10). All items are available at the Festival Supply Kiosk. Limited to 48 participants.

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FAP2 Shipshewana Remembered: Penny Sempert

Beginner, Cost: $65
In this workshop you will work towards finishing a 50” x 50” quilt inspired by a quilt at Rebecca Haarar’s Arts & Antiques shop in Shipshewana. Triangles and blocks make up this super sized Ohio Star for a stunning quilt to hang or put on your bed.

Sewing machine and basis sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires flower pins, and purchase of pre-cut Fabric Kit including pattern ($64). All items are available at the Festival Supply Kiosk. Limited to 16 participants

FAP3 Altered Photo Artistry: Beth Wheeler & Lori Marquette

Intermediate, Cost: $100
Love the look of art quilts, but not sure you have the artistic mindset to design one? Beth Wheeler and Lori Marquette, authors of Altered Photo Artistry and Next Steps in Altered Photo Artistry, invite you to join them for a mixed media quilt adventure! We’ll start with a photograph you have taken, then explore techniques to combine technology of basic household equipment, such as a digital camera, computer, printer, and sewing machine to create a breathtaking piece of fiber art worthy of hanging in a gallery.

Basic sewing and quilting skills are recommended; knowledge of free-motion quilting is a plus, but not necessary. Participants will complete a panel (approximately 16" x 20") ready for binding or framing. If you aren't comfortable with free-motion work, bring scrap fabric to practice on.

Special considerations: This workshop will require a photograph you have taken of a flower, building, landscape (not a human figure) to be e-mailed to sassypantsmt2@verizon.net Alternatively, photos can be mailed to Two Sipsters Studio, 6701 Mandarin Cove, Fort Wayne, IN 46845 at least a week before the workshop.

Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires free-motion or darning foot, black all-purpose thread, several spools of coordinating and/or contrasting threads (monofilament thread recommended) and purchase of pre-cut fabric kit ($15). All items are available in class and the festival supply kiosk. Limited to 16 participants.

Friday June 25, Morning Sessions
9:00 am - Noon

FA1 Peaceful Valley: Eleanor Burns

Beginner, Cost: $50
Join Eleanor for a delightful three hours for a hand’s on quilting class. Learn new techniques as you construct your own Gambrel Barn featuring a quilt block on the front. This project is featured in Eleanor’s new book, "Quilt Blocks on American Barns".

Sewing Machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires the purchase of pre-cut Fabric Kit ($30) and "Quilt Blocks on American Barns" book. All items available at the Festival Kiosk. Limited to 48 participants.

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Friday June 25, Afternoon Sessions
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

FP1 Peaceful Valley: Eleanor Burns

Beginner, Cost: $50
Join Eleanor for a delightful three hours for a hand’s on quilting class. Learn new techniques as you construct your own Gambrel Barn featuring a quilt block on the front. This project is featured in Eleanor’s new book, "Quilt Blocks on American Barns".

Sewing Machine and basic sewing supplies required. Workshop also requires the purchase of pre-cut Fabric Kit ($30) and "Quilt Blocks on American Barns" book. All items available at the Festival Kiosk. Limited to 48 participants.

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*All activities purchased on-line also require the purchase of a one time $8.00 registration.