Periodically it is the privilege of the Studio
to host workshops by locally and nationally known quilters who share
their special expertise with us.
Please check back often for updated schedules and information.
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Cindy Roth
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Founder and Director of
Longarm University®
and Innovations – a Machine
Quilting Conference®
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April 3-4, 2007
Cindy
Roth will be presenting two workshops at the Studio on Tuesday,
April 3 and Wednesday, April 4. See below for further information.
Please contact Vicki at the Studio to reserve your place today!
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Beyond the Basics – Free Hand Patterns |
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hand designs are fun and easy to do and will give your
quilting a very “custom” look. In this hands on class
you will learn work on a quilting sampler using over 20
different free hand patterns, including feathers and
feather variations, different stippling and fill-in
patterns, and many more designs. We will also discuss
and create “overall” free hand patterns. We will also
talk about and play with specialty threads. As always,
there is plenty of time for questions, answers and
networking. |
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Beyond the Basics – Free Hand Feather Sampler and
Working with Templates |
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Everyone loves feathers!
But feathers, although beautiful, can
sometimes be the “problem child” of the quilting world.
In this all day workshop you
will learn about all types of feathers. We will work on
feather wreaths of all types
including circular wreaths, oval wreaths
 and
heart wreaths. You will also learn how to use templates
as the feather’s
“spine” and several different and unique
feather borders
and corners. Cindy will also show you the easy way to
make cabled borders and feathered Baptist Fans. You
will be seeing feathers in your sleep and making
beautiful and easy feathers on your quilts. |
Each class is a
“free standing” class can be taken individually. Classes are a
combination of lecture, demonstration and hands on.
CLASS HOURS:
Classes are all day, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. There is a break for lunch
and also a morning and afternoon break.
CLASS SIZE:
Class size will be limited to 4 students per day, per class. There
will be a minimum of 6 students for the 2 classes.
CLASS FEE:
Class fee is $200 per student per day. Class fees can be paid with
cash, check or Visa or Master Card.
CLASS DISCOUNTS:
If two days of classes are taken by one student the class fee for
both days is $375. Please note that there is no discount for
spouses, relatives or business partners nor are there any unpaid
“class observers”
CLASS SUPPLIES:
The Studio (and Cindy) will provide all class supplies which include
quilt tops and backing, quilting supplies (pins, tape measure,
scissors, etc.,) class handouts and/or notebooks, pencils, etc. All
students need do is show up for the class.
AUDIO AND VIDEO
RECORDING:
Audio taping and video taping of classes is not allowed but still
photos, both regular and digital, are allowed. Still photos taken in
class are for personal use only. If photos are to be posted on the
Internet or in any publication, permission for their use must be
obtained in writing.
About the
Instructor
Cindy Roth has been involved
with sewing and quilting most of her life. She worked many years as
a seamstress before discovering quilting over 20 years ago. She has
taught quilting/piecing classes of all types for many years in her
local area. In 1995 she bought a Longarm quilting machine and
started her own quilting business Needles in Motion. She has taught
at the Machine Quilters Showcase for the last nine years. She is
the founder and Director of Longarm University® and Innovations – a
Machine Quilting Conference®
www.mqinnovations.com
. Cindy lives in the
Seattle, WA
area, has three adult children and three grandchildren. Cindy is a
2006 Teacher of the Year nominee from Professional Quilter magazine.
If you would like to view some photos of
Cindy’s work, please go to her website
www.cindy-roth.com and click on the link
to view her work.
Karen
McTavish
Custom
Heirloom Quilting
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
"Custom Heirloom Workshop" topics
include instruction in traditional quilting, using heavy quilting,
trapunto, stencils and full traditional feathering. Includes a trunk
show of wholecloth/trapunto quilts, demonstration and instruction in
designing traditional quilting for show or customer quilts. Hands-on
instruction in "Mctavishing", contemporary traditional background
quilting, and in how to achieve "non-stop" cross-hatching and other
very traditional background fillers. Discussion of shadow trapunto,
use of stencils, color batting methods of trapunto, marking tools
and feathering techniques for hand-quilted effects, as well as
discussion of useful products and the business of longarm quilting.
There are many question and answer opportunities.
The class is geared toward the
intermediate to advanced quilter; although, others are more than
welcome. The workshop will be limited to 10 students. Eight
students will use the APQS Millennium and two will be able to use
George. A small trapunto, shadow trapunto, or color trapunto wall
hanging will be started in this class, then completed at home. This
project could be hung in students studios to display or be shown in
a wall hanging category for competition.
The fee for this workshop is $275.00 and
includes all the supplies you will need. $100 will hold your place
in the workshop and the fee needs to reach the hostess by June 1.
Checks can be made out to the Country Quilt Studio. Please contact
Vicki or Jeri at the Studio (515 382-1815;
countryquiltstudio@midiowa.net) with
any questions or for more information.
Feel free to call the instructor if you
have questions for her!!
Since the Ankeny Area Quilt Guild annual
quilt show is this same weekend, why not make a weekend of it and
plan to attend both. Ankeny is only half an hour south off I-35.
It’s a great show!
For those of you who are out of
town/state, arrangements have been made for special workshop rates
at the Baymont Inn & Suites and Montebello B&B Inn in Ames. I would
highly recommend the B&B, especially if you have never stayed in one
before. One room, two person occupancy runs ~$50-55 per person per
night and includes a wonderful breakfast. Just mention that you’ll
be here for the quilt workshop to receive special rates.
Montebello B&B Inn
Iowa’s Prairie Hacienda
Daphne & Jaime Reyes, Innkeepers
3535 S. 530th Avenue (south Elwood
Drive)
Ames, IA 50010
(515) 296-2181
(515) 290-3999
info@montebellobandbinn.com
Baymont Inn & Suites
2500 Elwood Drive
Ames, IA 50010
(515) 296-2874
www.baymontinns.com
Rates from $63.71 to $89.21
Judy Allen
Watertown, NY
Feathers, feathers and more feathers
Pam
Clark
Spokane, WA
Design
with Lines
Darlene Epp
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Longarm Potpourri
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