Quilting Classes
Please read the class descriptions below. You will be assured of being placed in 3 full-day of classes. 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 description.
Monday, September 8, 2025
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pmDinky Town
| Instructor | Margarita Korioth |
| Let’s create together our own whimsical town with recycled magazine clippings, fabric scraps and tulle. This is an environmentally friendly class. We will be experimenting with a layering technique of paper and cloth. When our *Dinky Town* is ready the stitch begins. Margarita will show you how to mark and sew easily on paper by hand. This is an ideal workshop for individuals who wants to explore something playful and different. |  |
| Kit: 15.00 Includes: • Material for laminating the magazine clippings • Pattern • Tulle • Parchment paper • Markers to share Skill Level: Fun For All (perfect for all levels of experience) No sewing machines required or provided for this class. | |
Simplicity – English Paper Piecing
| Instructor | Gyleen Fitzgerald |
| It’s a Polygon Affair! Learn the tricks and slow stitching of EPP by making piece hexagons. Explore your creative side as you color or fussy cut the polygon shapes. Come relax, the class includes just about everything you need (except fabric) for a bright and colorful hexagon. Make the 12-block sampler or select your favorites for a 4-block wall-hanging. |  |
| Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) No sewing machines required or provided for this class. |
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pmGypsy Fish
| Instructor | Margarita Korioth |
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In this workshop we will use several techniques to make a striking mixed media fish. We will start by preparing the paper napkins for sewing and then apply the cold foil technique without ironing. Texture will be created with wool roving’s and hand stitching. $25.00 Kit Includes: |
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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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Something to Say with Tangrams
| Instructor | Gyleen Fitzgerald |
| Ever made a wall-hanging that just needed a little something “extra”? You know the one that is pretty but not specular. Well, we are going to fix that. Silhouette applique is so much fun and when using the Zillion of possibilities with seven shapes of a Tangram, oh my, what a home run. This is my go to “fix it” idea. And to add a punch or not, why not stencil your favorite few words on the front. You will need to bring a completed wall-hanging or small quilt that needs that something extra and then the fun begins. Wow, no UFO since it’s already “finished”. |  |
| Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) No sewing machines required or provided for this class. | |
Monday, Sept 15, 2025
9:00am to 3:30pm, Lunch Break from 11:30am to 1:00pm
Portals
| Instructor | Margarita Korioth |
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Let’s improvise and design a modern quilt block with a mixed media twist. We will be experimenting with a layering technique of cheesecloth skins, paper and cloth and combine it with hand stitching. Margarita will show you how to sew easily on paper. Come ready to experiment and have some design fun! $25.00 Kit Includes: |
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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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Discover YOUR Style of Hand Quilting
| Instructor | Gyleen Fitzgerald |
| Not enough time, our famous words when we talked about hand quilting. Hmm, let’s get out of someone else’s box and learn a modernized hand quilting style. Not small nor big but just right … for you. It’s what you feel comfortable doing. We will look at Welsh and African influenced designs. I’m thinking a 20″ x 20″ project. Kit will include: stencil, needles, marking pencils and thread. | |
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Skill Level: Fun for all (perfect for all levels of experience) |
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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!