2027 Session 3
Instructors
Sunday, April 18 – Friday, April 23, 2027
Carolina Oneto
Imaginary Places
In this five-day retreat, participants will explore color theory and advanced piecing techniques to design and create their own unique Imaginary Place quilt. Created for intermediate to advanced makers, this workshop dives into more complex compositional thinking and construction methods. Through guided lessons on color value, mood, and transparency, students will learn how to build depth, contrast, and harmony in their work. Techniques include curved piecing, inset circles, and the freezer-paper method. Blending creative exploration with hands-on practice, the retreat encourages each participant to refine their personal visual language and transform imagination into a rich textile landscape. This is an immersive experience for quilters ready to deepen their skills, challenge their design thinking, and push their creative boundaries while working on a substantial, meaningful project.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
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Jacqueline de Jonge
A Colorful Journey
Welcome to an inspiring, vibrant quilting journey! In this class, we dive into the world of color and precision using Jacqueline de Jonge’s BeColourful paper-pieced patterns. Whether you are an experienced quilter or looking to refine your skills, this class offers the perfect blend of technique, creativity, and fun. You’ll learn paper-piecing methods for complex designs, tips for color placement and fabric organization, how to confidently follow and interpret BeColourful patterns, and finishing techniques that make your quilts truly shine. Come ready to sew, learn, and connect with fellow quilt enthusiasts as we bring bold designs to life—one stitch at a time.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
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Jennifer Sampou
Dawn Star
Explore strong color principles and master value while creating precise Double Sawtooth Star blocks using SKY ombrés or gradient fabrics of your choice. Jennifer teaches her favorite methods for sharp points, beautiful stars, and capturing dynamic movement through foreground/background play and blurred transitions. You’ll work with a full spectrum of color, experiment with ombré effects, and even dip into light improv—because sometimes the star doesn’t need all its points. This workshop deepens your understanding of color and value while celebrating the creative freedom of ombré.
Level: Confident Beginner
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Jessica Kwan
Hawaiian Quilting – Traditional and Modern
In this fun, low pressure workshop, students will learn the necessary skills to create a beautiful Hawaiian quilt block. Using both traditional and modern methods, students will discover the process of cutting out, centering and basting a Hawaiian quilt, then practice a variety of applique techniques including traditional needle turn as well as modern machine applique. We’ll learn about hand and machine quilting options that give students a variety of ways to finish their projects.
Level: Confident Beginner/Intermediate
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Lisa Binkley
In the Boro Spirit
Boro, kantha, Gee’s Bend quilts – each evokes images of old, worn fabrics, simply stitched for new use from thread and salvaged cloth. Born of necessity in diverse cultures, contemporary fiber artists can learn much from these textiles technically and aesthetically. In this meditative workshop we look to these functional cloth creations for inspiration in developing new works of fiber art. Beginning with old fabrics – vintage linens, worn jeans, blankets, tattered garments – we curate, layer, alter, and hand stitch them into new life. Explorations include non-traditional hand piecing and applique, hand quilting with heavier threads, and a variety of design considerations.
Level: All Levels
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Patricia Belyea
Creativity & Complex Curves
Learning to add complex curves to your quilt designs is like being given the keys to the universe. In this workshop, you start by making a curvy-pieced quadrant quilt of your own design. You translate simple doodles into block designs and transfer your linework to freezer paper for making patterns. You then proceed to make a fabric version of your drawing. For your second project, you move to a larger-sized composition with more complex curves. Patricia guides you with her step-by-step instructions and constructive encouragement. By the end of the workshop, you’ll be confident adding curves to your future projects.
Level: Confident Beginner
Sandra Bruce
Material Matrix
Material Matrix is a technique for those of you who love piecing, or want to improve your piecing skills. No fusing here! You will interpret this image of “Swan on a Lake” using 2-inch squares. This is a very different method of creating an image, and you will learn a new way of “seeing”, which will help you sharpen your piecing expertise. A partial list of topics covered in this workshop includes: easy curved piecing, how to grid your own photo, what makes a good composition, and using color and value successfully. You will enjoy gaining new skills for your paintbox! Kit fee: $5.00.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
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Sandra Mollon
Art Quilts from Photographs
Learn to adapt a photograph into a realistic art quilt. Workshop participants select an image to work from, get it enlarged, and trace a pattern from which to work. Another option is use any pattern by Sandra, which may be appropriate for beginning students who do not have an image they want to use. Cutting your pattern, choosing fabrics and fusing them into place, the use of media, and quilting techniques are all covered during the workshop.
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Sujata Shah
Medallion Medley
This workshop is a fantastic opportunity for students to explore their creativity while learning valuable quilting techniques. By focusing on a bright and sparkly aesthetic, participants are encouraged to experiment with color and texture in new ways, ensuring each quilt is as unique as the quilter creating it. Using a central motif as a starting point, students will integrate leftover blocks with newly made units in a process that is both a creative challenge and a fun exercise in mindful design decisions. By working with leftover blocks and scraps, you’ll create something beautiful from materials that might otherwise go unused, combining unexpected colors, shapes, and patterns into a cohesive and visually appealing design.
Level: Confident Beginner
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Susan Edmonson
Mermaid Garden
Remember always dreaming of the underwater world, a beautiful Mermaid lives in as a child…. all the glistening shells and sea foliage…..Explore this underwater “Mermaid Garden” with Susan as you learn many embellishing techniques & hand embroidery techniques. There will be appliqué with hand embroidery finishes and 3-D stitches to create textures for each page of your fabric book. Stamping on fabric for a design which will be stitched and highlighted using Crayons! If you don’t want to create a little fabric book you can frame each page to be hung on a wall or bunting over a bed.
Level: All Levels
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Tara Faughnan
Sketching with Textiles
Get ready to dive into a world of color and creativity in this five-day class focused on small quilt studies. Explore vibrant color, learn new techniques, and create studies that spark ideas for larger quilts. These pieces are about more than beauty—they help you tap into your own creativity and develop strong design foundations. Tara will guide students through an inspirational workshop on sketching with textiles, exploring color interaction, value for movement, and the use of shape to tell a story. Students will complete a series of design exercises and can later develop any study into a full-size quilt.
Level: Confident Beginner
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Veruschka Zarate
Paris, Je T’Aime
Step into the City of Light with Paris, Je T’Aime, a technique-focused quilting class that blends the precision of Foundation Paper Piecing with the softness of turned-edge appliqué. Students will learn to build a stylised Parisian skyline—Eiffel Tower, Sacré-Cœur, Notre-Dame, and Montmartre rooftops—using crisp FPP lines, directional seams, and advanced fabric placement for structural clarity. Curved garden motifs and decorative details are added through appliqué, with hands-on instruction in freezer-paper shaping, starch preparation, layering order, and glue-basting for smooth, professional edges. This class offers a rich artistic deep dive, resulting in a beautifully crafted tribute to Paris.
Level: All Levels
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