Winning Stitches
Hand quilting for contemporary quilts? You bet! Learn how Elsie Campbell makes small, even hand quilting stitches. Then view a selection of award- winning quilts from her collection. Included in the trunk show are projects from "Winning Stitches". (C&T Publishing.2004) (Multi-media presentation/trunk show. 1 hour.)
Innovations and Renovations
What makes a successful scrap quilt? Learn Elsie's tips for planning and constructing scrap quilts. Photos include quilts from the International Quilt Study Center's collection, and award-winning quiltmakers. View a selection of scrap quilts from Elsie's collection.
(Multi-media presentation / trunk show. 1 hour.)
Tweaking Tradition
Today's quiltmakers have discovered a variety of ways to make stunning quilts based on traditional patterns by adding their own unique twists. Lecture includes quilts made by internationally-acclaimed artists Ricky Tims, Ann Fahl, and Susan Cleveland, among others. Enjoy this visual smorgasborg of colorful quilts. (Multi-media presentation/trunk show. 1 hour.)
Good Marks for Great Quilts
Mark quilting designs without ever cutting a stencil. Draft one-of-a-kind feathered quilting motifs, transfer them to freezer paper, then use the freezer paper marking guide to mark a quilt top for quilting. This technique was featured in the book Winning Stitches. (Design. 3 hours— All levels.)
Prices
Lecture:
$300 with workshop$350 without workshopWorkshop:
6-hour workshop................$5003-hour workshop................$300(prices subject to change without notice)
Winning Stitches
Improve your hand quilting stitch with Elsie's tips for making tiny, even stitches. Besides expert personal advice, you'll get 6 original quilting patterns for 14" blocks. Kit includes patterns, pre-marked top, batting, backing and instructions. Kit fee: $18.00. (Technique. 3 hours—Beginner to Experienced hand quilters.)
Heirloom Machine Appliqué
Create the look of hand-stitched, needle-turned appliqué by machine. No basting, no pinning, and no fancy pressing needed for Elsie Campbell’s award-winning techniques. All you need is a little glue stick and freezer paper plus your creativity and fabrics. Elsie presents all demonstrations with close-up video so you can see every stitch from your seat. Learn to make skinny bias stems and vines, perfect corners, and more. (Technique. 6 hours—Intermediate+. Requires sewing machine.)
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Heirloom Machine Quilting
Hone your machine quilting skills in this technique workshop. Practice Elsie’s methods for quilting feathers, and free-motion lines plus 6 different background patterns. Learn Elsie’s tricks for quick and easy stippling, and for managing the bulk of a full-sized quilt through the arm of a domestic sewing machine. Get up close and personal without leaving your seat! Class demonstrations will be presented with live,close-up video. (You can actually SEE the demo’s!) Kit fee: $15.00. (Technique. 6 hours —Basic sewing skills with some machine quilting experience. Requires sewing machine.)
Country Stars
Traditional Nine-Patch and Snowball blocks create the illusion of stars in Country Stars. Make it in Americana colors, or make it sweet with pastel reproduction prints. Learn easy machine assembly-line techniques for putting your top together, and keeping all the blocks in order from design wall to sewing machine. Pattern provided. Beginner to advanced levels. Sewing machine required. Full day class.
Tied up in Knots
Really Skinny Bias Celtic-Style Appliqué
Don't get "tied up in knots" over making bias binding strips for Celtic work. Elsie's technique for making 1/8"-wide bias is "sew" simple, you'll be amazed! You'll get a free pattern for an original Celtic Knot block, along with expert instruction for needle turn appliqué. (Technique. 3 hours. Intermediate. Hand work only, no sewing machine required.)
Seeing Stars?!!!
Piece perfect stars with pointers from Elsie. She shares secrets for preventing belly-button centers and pin-wheeling points. From cutting and stitching to pressing and setting in triangles and squares, this class covers it all! (Project. 6 hours.—Intermediate+. Requires sewing machine.)
Fun with Flowers
Turn scraps into an appliquéd floral medallion wall quilt. Paper-backed fusible webbing makes it easy. Your imagination makes it beautiful. (Technique; design. 6 hours—Beginner to Experienced. Requires sewing machine.)
Fancy Floral Stenciled Blocks
Duplicate the look of intricate appliqué with stenciling. Cut freezer paper stencil, apply paint, and add details with permanent ink. (Technique. 3 hours.—All levels.)
String-Pieced Quilts
Spend a day turning bits and pieces of fabric into a delightful quilt. Manufacture your own yardage for blocks or floral appliqués. Enjoy the spontaneity of string piecing. (Technique, design. 6 hours. — Beginner+. Requires sewing machine.)
Falling Leaves
Only two simple blocks are used to compose the center of this stunning quilt. Learn to stitch perfect curved seams and simple needle-turn appliqué, then play with blocks to develop the graceful vine-like lines that make up the barn-raising set.
(Technique and project. 6 hours. Experienced beginner to Intermediate level. Sewing machine required.)
Portable Patchwork
Make a bed-sized quilt entirely by hand? Yes, you really can! Learn traditional hand piecing techniques including tips for packaging blocks, stitching while traveling, and ideas for making handwork fit in busy lifestyles. (Technique. 3 hours—All levels.)
Precision Piece Perfect Points
Combine the speed of rotary cutting with the accuracy of templates to make intricate quilt blocks. Stitch "Pride of the Prairie" to learn precise machine piecing without foundations. (Technique. 6 hours—Intermediate+. Requires sewing machine.)
Blazing Star Table Runner
Add sparkle to your table with stars in 2 sizes. Freezer paper templates make the Blazing Star block child's play. Large star: 16" square; small stars: 12" square. Finished table runner: 24" x 56". (Project. 6 hours—Intermediate+. Requires sewing machine.)
Wall Flower
Based on the techniques Elsie used to create her
award-winning quilt Star Flower. This is a smaller version (24" square) but uses most of the same techniques to complete. Try your hand at the Wall Flower, and you're prepared to make the larger version from Elsie's new pattern. (Project. 6
hours-Intermediate+. Requires sewing machine.)
