Learn essential quilting techniques while creating a beautiful sampler quilt. Perfect for beginners and those wanting to add to their quilting abilities, this class builds skills block by block–piecing, appliqué, and more–while exploring color, design, and precision. A combination of machine and hand sewing will be taught. All levels welcome.

Explore improvisational cutting and piecing methods to create one-of-a-kind contemporary quilts. Dispense with templates, exact measurements, and block-based patchwork and embrace the unexpected and exciting outcomes you can get with improvisational patchwork. Arrive with a sense of adventure and spontaneity and prepare to break out of the traditional, quilt-making box. All levels of quilters welcome, but prior sewing machine experience is required.

UFO–un-finished object–sightings haunt every quilter’s closet. This is your chance to finish those projects and put them to use, on display, or into the hands of loved ones. Enjoy a supportive week dedicated to developing simple, effective solutions for your incomplete quilts or forming original quilt concepts. Learn techniques specific to your project needs, including borders, binding, and more.

Explore a quilt design that uses half-square–equilateral right angle–triangles. These simple units can be made large or small, using bright colors or muted shades. Designs can range from simple repeated patterns to creating pictorials. All skill levels can enjoy the process of planning, designing, and piecing a quilt top or two. Advanced students may have time to baste, quilt, and bind a smaller piece.

Transfer paints rely on heat to bond with synthetic fibers. Layer these paints to achieve a watercolor wash effect, apply them in more defined shapes, or use them with resists such as botanical shapes. Learn how to mix paints and play with color combinations on sample pieces. Incorporate your transfer-painted fabrics into a nontraditional wall quilt or table runner, embellished with hand or machine quilting. All levels welcome; basic sewing skills required.

Create a whimsical yet functional homestead pinafore that combines traditional quilting with dressmaking. Piece a sawtooth star quilt block for the bodice front, then construct a gathered, below-knee skirt with practical patch pockets. Cover fundamental dressmaking skills including bodice construction, gathering techniques, and finishing methods. Perfect for those wanting to blend craft traditions into wearable, functional clothing. Beginner to advanced beginner levels welcome.

Come play with ideas, color, design, and fabric as you step outside your comfort zone. Make a quilt in the colors of your choice and explore the effects of creating contrast–or not–and varying color values. Each year, your instructor explores a new pattern in this class and will contact you beforehand with which pattern was chosen. Repeat students may also select a different quilt pattern if they choose. All levels welcome.

Discover the joy of making these fun and beginner-friendly quilt-as-you-go blankets. Rag quilts aren’t only beautiful, they are also practical; designed to be tossed into the washer and dryer for easy cleaning. Start by stitching up a child-sized quilt, then dive into more creative techniques like machine appliqué and learn tips for making the seams extra fluffy. All levels welcome.

Learn each step of the process for making a quilt from start to finish. Begin with fabric selection, placement, and piecing tips, including best practices for assembling blocks, sashing, and borders. Cut, piece, press, and repeat. Then, finish with machine-quilting and binding. Project size is relative to experience level, but everyone will leave with a finished quilt. Experienced quilters looking to hone their skills and new quilters welcome; basic sewing skills required.