Quilting Classes
Before filling out your registration form, please read the class descriptions and the daily itinerary so you can best determine how you would like to spend your cruise time. You will be assured of being placed in one, full-day class and one 1-1/2 day class section. Class assignments and supply lists will be mailed to you along with your notice for final payment 90 days prior to departure. Classes are open to all levels of ability (unless otherwise stated in the class description).
Monday, June 19, 2023
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
9:00am to Noon
Creek Street
| Instructor | Chardel Blaine |
| Take a walk down Creek Street in Ketchikan! Sew log-cabin style blocks together to make the perfect souvenir of your Alaska Cruise! Evoke the feeling of pioneer Alaska during the gold rush with this fun-to-make design. |  |
| Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) Sewing machines provided for this class |
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Mystery Quilt
| Instructor | Gyleen X Fitzgerald |
| Did you come here for more information on this class? It’s a mystery! You know you’ll have all the fun and excitement of Gyleen’s classes with the twist of a mystery. What will it be? Keep sewing along and find out! |  |
| Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) Sewing machines provided for this class |
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Saturday, June 24, 2023
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm
Grizzly Crossing
| Instructor | Chardel Blaine |
| Will you see grizzlies on your Alaska adventure? Bear Paw blocks will remind you of the wildlife that inhabits the wilderness. With fast and accurate 8-at-a-time half square triangles, we will have these bears on the run in no time, but you will still have your 30-inch square quilt to remember them by. |  |
| Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) Sewing machines provided for this class |
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Gone Fishing
| Instructor | Gyleen X Fitzgerald |
| So, what’s your fish? Mine is Salmon and second would be Rockfish. Swimming in schools and at times in erratic drifts. This is an organized organic design. The border will set the personality of the design. Make it you. Learn quick accurate piecing techniques to include inset seams. I’ll walk you through step-by-step, let’s go fishing! |  |
| Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) Sewing machines provided for this class |
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Class notes: Holding a quilt seminar on a cruise ship is a unique experience. Sometimes there are space and time challenges that prevent our being able to be “project oriented” and we must concentrate more on process. It is very unlikely that you will have an absolutely finished project at the end of a class. It is helpful if your expectations match these realities. But regardless of how far you are able to progress, our instructors are professionals—some of the best in the quilting world—and we know you will learn many new techniques and have a wonderful experience!