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 3 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).
There are no sewing machines provided or required for all classes during this seminar.
Sunday, March 31, 2024
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm
English Paper Piecing Elegance
| Instructor | Gyleen X Fitzgerald |
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It’s a Polygon Affair! Learn English Paper Piecing technique to make a fancy pieced hexagon. Explore your creative side as you color or fussy cut the polygon shapes. Come relax, the class includes just about everything you need for a bright and colorful hexagon quilt. We’ll colorize and stitch the 1st block together, then the stitching is at your leisure. The full paper piece pack includes papers for the 12 sampler blocks and connectors. |
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| Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience)) | |
Sea Turtle
| Instructor | Kathy McNeil |
| Step into the world of pictorial quilting. Kathy has won major awards in international competition with her pictorial quilts. Begin with the steps of layered appliqué. We will be learning two methods of applique. – Easy turned edge Apliquick for the larger shapes and raw edge fused for the smaller details. Kathy will demonstrate her fabric paint crayons to add lovely hints of shading. We will finish with a discussion of how to make coral reef features and how to quilt pictorial quilts. Add novelty fussy cut fish to personalize your under the sea quilt. |  |
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Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) |
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Monday, April 1, 2024
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm
Big Stitch on Any Quilt
| Instructor | Gyleen X Fitzgerald |
| In this workshop students will learn three different “fast” hand-quilting stitches to use alone or as an added design element to machine quilting. Gain knowledge on which needle to use, thread choices and how to select and use the right stencil. By the end of class, students will have developed a personal “hand” stitch. |  |
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Skill level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience). |
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Art Media Adventure
| Instructor | Kathy McNeil |
| This playful, art sampler workshop will introduce you to the joys of using different art mediums to enhance your quilting projects. Kathy will demonstrate, and you will get to try -metallic Tsukineko inks, foiling, Ink tense pencils, Seta silk transparent fabric paints, water color paint crayons for over dying and shading. Optional purchase of a 15 fabric paint crayon set available. |  |
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Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) |
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm
Stylized Hand Stitching on Garments
| Instructor | Gyleen X Fitzgerald |
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| Skill level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience). | |
Koala Delight
| Instructor | Kathy McNeil |
| Creating this cuddly Koala will teach how much fun and easy appliqué can be. Learn to turn your edges with the Apliquick system. It is the easiest, fastest and most precise method of applique. Edges are turned over Apliquick interfacing, which remains in your piece, creating additional loft and dimension. Precision with small shapes has a swift learning curve with this system. Learn about the benefits of UNIT applique. Enhance the visual impact of your Koala by adding shading with fabric paint crayons. |  |
| Skill level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience). | |
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!