Block Party Quilters

Design your own flock of flying geese in a curved path across a small quilt.  Create the pathway shape on freezer paper to use as a master pattern to paper piece your original design of flying geese.

Typical flying geese are triangles twice the width of the height, evenly pointing in one direction.

Designing your own geese along a curve opens a large scope of design possibilit ies. Use

your curved flying geese as a small wall quilt, table runner, a border, or incorporate into

a larger quilt.

During class, morning will focus on design to draw your curvy geese and make your pattern. After lunch, you’ll learn this paper piecing technique to accurately construct the curved geese. Expect to take home a partially constructed flock of geese with instructions to complete it.

We look forward to having you in class to share this very cool technique!

Most sewing machines have many decorative stitches which sewists and quilters seldom use.  Let’s experiment and find several creative ways to embellish our quilting projects with decorative stitches.

Arlette will share many examples and ideas to use decorative stitches, the ones on your sewing machine and others you stitch by hand.

You will be encouraged to stitch out a sample of each decorative pattern on your machine.stitches.

This class is just FUN!  You don’t need to be an artist, you don’t have to be an art quilter, you just need to bring your scraps and a few fat quarters, a glue stick, and a pair of scissors. You will make one of the most fun and easy projects you’ve ever done. Class begins with a 1- 2- 3 demo, and you are on your way.

Each student will get continuous individualized support to help your face become Fabulous (they are contagious, and you’ll make friends as well as make more than one portrait)!

Everyone is welcome whether you’re an art quilter, a newbie, or a traditionalist – you will have a great time.

In the afternoon, we’ll talk about how best to quilt and finish your projects, along with more demonstrations.

Lastly, we’ll talk about names and stories for our quilts. 

Everyone is encouraged to wear their name tag at all meetings and BPQ events.

Not only does wearing a name tag provide improve communication by making it

easy to address someone by name, but it also promotes our guild’s brand

recognition, promotes approaching someone new to you, and admits you to our

annual quilt show free of charge.

You should attend if you:

❑ Are a new member without a name tag

❑ Are a not- so- new member without a name tag

❑ Want to refresh your current name tag /  new color theme

❑ Think a backup name tag would be beneficial.

Registration required to ensure seats & supplies are available.

This pattern is only available through workshops with Linda. Border and background variations available.  Students will learn Linda's unique technique for creating perfect New York Beauty blocks on their first attempt using just ONE pin!

Once you learn this technique, you will be able to make up to six blocks per hour!  After learning the technique, you will be able to make ANY of the quilts that are presented in Linda's three books and shown during her lecture.

She will also demonstrate throughout the class how you can make an optional miniature quilt

using the scraps and cutaways of the main project.

Linda's classes are fun and empowering!  Linda has a way of taking a project that can be intimidating and looks complex and breaking it down in such a way that's easy to understand.

Linda adds her own sense of style while at the same time making it a WHOLE LOTTA FUN!  Her

infectious passion for quilting shines through in her classes.

Linda is a high energy -  low stress instructor. Students will learn Linda's unique technique for

creating perfect New York Beauty blocks on their first attempt using just ONE pin! 

This small squarish bag is very versatile, featuring 2 fabrics and a contrasting zipper.  Loops at each end of the zipper make it easy to open and close.  The outer fabric is quilted to batting and the lining has a fused interfacing adding body and structure.

The bag is constructed so there are no raw seams on the inside making it smooth and clean inside and out.

The finished bag measures 6 ½”  x 5”  x 2 ¾ ” .

In this class you will learn Vicki’s technique for turned edge machine piecing using a choice of either the slot canyon pattern or a donkey pattern.

Vicki uses Floriani Stitch and Wash Fusible water - soluble tearaway stabilizer to construct the entire quilt. It gets soft and stays in the finished quilt. It is easy to sew through and gives lovely stability to the finished wall quilt. This is not applique but a clean turned edge machine piecing technique that can be used for bold landscapes and portraits.

Have you always wanted to try improv piecing but didn’t know where to begin?

In this class, we will use photo references as starting points to design very abstract, paper piecing blocks from plants, animals or nature scenes.

A simple color palette will be chosen for your piecing.  One color for your subject and one color for your background. 5- 6 values/ shades of each color will be needed. Solid colors are best. It is best to have darker values for the subject and lighter values for the background.

Half  square triangles are amazingly versatile.  In this workshop you will learn how to make half  square triangles through several techniques, such as Thangles, Triangles on a Roll, and other methods to create multiple half  square triangles at a time.

Thangles half  square triangle templates are perfect f or making half square triangles in a jiffy.

Once we have created the half  square triangles, we will have f un experimenting with placement and creating new and old blocks.

We adore this unique spin on a beloved vintage style!

The nostalgia of Grandmother’s Flower Garden hexagon makes a fresh comeback in luminous gold, grey & white. Raid your stash or incorporate your favorite jelly roll. You can work with as little as a 5”  strip of each color.  Accent your room with this clever contemporary quilt that will complement today’s chic decor.

Hexagons quilts are all the rage right now. Have you ever wanted to try one but heard they are hard?  Then, you’ll love this pattern!  It’s entirely strip pieced so, no fussing with Y- seams or difficult piecing techniques.  

You get a WOW effect without all the headaches.

NOTE:  Pattern may possibly change if Krista releases something new in 2025.

The Kaleidoscope Triaxial Fabric Weaving pattern is Mathew’s favorite way to weave because the reveal is unique each time. The result is sure to razzle dazzle all who gaze upon it.

The weave complexity depends on number of fabrics and color you want to use. There is absolutely a pattern to taming the chaos, which creates a masterful play of fabrics and colors creating visual interest for hours. Great for home decor, bags and wall art.

Students will prepare strips prior to class so we can focus on weaving. A link to a prep video will be provided to registered students.