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 2.5 full-day classes. Class assignments and supply lists will be emailed to you approximately 90 days prior to departure. Classes are open to all levels of ability (unless otherwise stated in the class description).
Sunday, August 18, 2024
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm
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Monday, August 19, 2024
9:00am to 12:00pm
North Star
| Instructor | Michele Everts |
| Learn to paper piece the Judy Niemeyer way! This beautiful paper pieced pattern goes together quickly and easily. Michele will guild you through the process and have you paper piecing like a pro! The perfect points will delight you and amaze you with the ease of their execution. Create this North Star in the colors of the Northern Lights or the soft hues of the sea. Either way, it will look spectacular! Use it as a wall hanging and every time you gaze upon it remember your time spent in alluring Alaska. |  |
| Skill Level: Skill Builder (for the more experienced quilter) Sewing machines will be provided for this class. |
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Midnight Sun
| Instructor | Gail Garber |
| As we travel to the Land of the Midnight Sun, students will stitch Gail’s Alaska inspired circular wall hanging. Made from 4 different freezer paper foundation blocks and one fussy-cut center design, it includes a tiny tree, a little house, and a mountains and valleys outer border. It’s the perfect project for scraps from your stash combined with sumptuous hand-dyed gradations. Kits, partial kits, and hand-dyes are available as well. |  |
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Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) |
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Alaska Art Vessel
| Instructor | Rita Lynne |
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Let’s create something different with fabric. Fond memories of your Alaska trip will be designed on this beautiful art vessel. All the flowers you create are native to Alaska and add special stories to your art vessel. |
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| Skill level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience). No sewing machines required or provided for this class. |
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Alaska Forget Me Not
| Instructor | Chardel Blaine |
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Create an Alaska memory by capturing the State Flower in appliqué! We’ll learn an easy way to create perfect appliqué shapes using a leave-in stabilizer, as well as an overlay technique for perfect placement. An almost-invisible hand appliqué stitch is easier than you think! As you create your Forget-Me-Not work of art, consider the possibilities – a small quilt, a throw pillow, or the beginning of a textile field of a beautiful field of flowers! |
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| Skill level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience). No sewing machines required or provided for this class. |
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Friday, August 23, 2024
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm
Alaskan Splendor
| Instructor | Michele Everts |
| Learn to paper piece the Judy Niemeyer way and create this stunning souvenir to remind you of your Alaskan adventure. The design brings to mind the Fall colors of Alaska, as the leaves change and bring about a transformation of the landscape with the brilliant colors displayed. Michele will guild you through the techniques to make this beautiful quilt easily and quickly. Use this as a wall hanging, table topper, or it is the perfect size for a baby quilt. Want to make it bigger? You can! Contact Michele for options to enlarge this beauty. |  |
| Skill level: Skill Builder for the Experienced Quilter. Sewing machines will be provided for this class. |
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How Does My Garden Grow/Alaska Native Wildlife
| Instructor | Gail Garber |
| Choices, Choices! Gail and Liz Roberts teamed up to offer two projects for our return class on Friday. You can choose from a set of 6 hand-drawn and stamped blocks: Pollinators (bees, birds, bugs and bats) or Alaska Natives (bald eagle, puffins, bear and whale), set together with a charming interlocking sashing. Both standard pieces and freezer paper foundation piecing will make this cute wall quilt a breeze.
Fabric Stamping 101 – a Free Demo by Liz Roberts. |
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| Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) Sewing machines will be provided for this class. |
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Floating Alaska Landscape
| Instructor | Rita Lynne |
| Yes, this class has a ‘floating” motion to it. The Alaska landscape is so diverse and filled with unique history, I designed a landscape incorporating some of the Alaska beauty. The state flower, Forget Me Not, is front and center on the art quilt. The majestic mountains and lush forests fill the background.
The flowers “float” away from the art quilt giving an unusual design element to the art quilt. We also will add some hidden Alaska gems within the landscape. My design ideas will inspire you to add your own elements to the landscape. There is plenty of fabric in each kit for you to play with. Let’s play, laugh, inspire and learn together how we want to create an Alaska landscape memory. |
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| Skill level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience). No sewing machines required or provided for this class. |
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Matryoshka Mayhem
| Instructor | Chardel Blaine |
| While in Sitka, you will see shops full of Matryoshka – the folk art of wooden Russian nesting dolls. We won’t have woodworking tools on board our cruise, but we will have fabric, needles and thread to embroider nesting dolls you can hang on the wall, add to a quilt or make a pillow. You will have a pattern to follow, but feel free to make a little mayhem with your interpretation and make your Matryoshka design yours. If a Sitka shop can have a Ukrainian flag on the door (spotted on a recent visit), you can make some Matryoshka mayhem! |  |
| Skill level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience). No sewing machines required or 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!