Quiltmaking: Cleveland
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Hands-on Classes require you to bring Basic Sewing Supplies:

***BYOM Studio (Bring Your Own Machine):
Don't like taking a class on an unfamiliar sewing machine? Here's an opportunity to sew on what you're used to in a new Studio at Original Sewing & Quilt Expo. Bring your machine – in good working order, a couple of extra needles and your manual (just in case). We'll provide the tables, chairs, power, pressing and cutting stations and exceptional teachers...you'll walk away inspired.

Classes in this Studio denoted by the phrase "in the BYOM Studio" in the class descriptions.

Silkcreening is Not Just for Silk
with Bobbie Bergquist
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It’s easy and works on all fabrics – natural and man-made. If you’re looking for a way to personalize your clothing or quilts or create a fabric you can’t find, learning to silkscreen and marble will provide your solution. Learn to use many different textiles, including previously washed fabrics and clothing, techniques for creating your own border fabric, how to use inks to color fabric and prevent bleeding and ways to add missing colors and expand your stash. The possibilities are unlimited! Supply List. Counts as 2 sessions. Materials: $35. Limit 20.
Thursday   6:00 – 9:00   F92X & G108

Art Prints: Customized Colorations
with Bobbie Bergquist
Discover artistic effects both subtle and dramatic when you add color to fabrics of all types, including phototransfer images. Experience white crayon and aloe vera as resists and extenders; add tints, insert ‘missing’ colors, learn to work on colored fabrics without color-bleeding and more. Suitable for natural and man-made fabrics, colorizing with inks adds personal style to gifts, clothing, quilts and home décor items, allows you to coordinate image and fabric colors, tint black and white prints and more. Supply List. Counts as 2 sessions. Materials: $36. Limit 20.
Friday   10:30 – 12:00   J140X
Saturday   12:00 – 1:30   S268X

Speed Quilting
with Debra Bohn
Quilting has never been easier, quicker or more fun! Take advantage of time at your computer to move you along in finishing your quilts. When you learn to quilt your borders and blocks, and sew your binding in just 3 hours, you’ll feel instantly productive. Some quilts deserve months to create, but others, well, they just beg to be finished! Counts as 1 session.
Friday   4:00 – 5:00   M178

Scrappy Nines
with Bernadette Coppola in the Janome Studio
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A whimsical quilt top becomes reality in just three hours! Working from nine starting blocks, this colorful quilt is a joy to create. And while it looks haphazard, it’s really very organized in the making. Includes all materials for the 38” square quilt, including borders, batting and backing. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $35. Limit 20.
Saturday   8:30 – 11:30   Q232X & R248

Artistic Quilt Design the No-Math Way
with Debbie Homer
Check out just what software from award-winning international designer Jenny Haskins can do for you! Easy enough for the person who uses a computer only for email, but with all the designing elements, blocks, and tools easily accessible. Watch Debbie 'build' a quilt, free from calculations and guesswork. Analyze design elements by changing fabrics, proportions and more. Regardless of your quilt style or construction passion, using software to test design elements and fabric combinations can let you create exactly the quilts you imagine. Counts as 1 session.
Saturday   3:30 – 4:30   V291

Rolling Spirals
with Deb Karasik in the BYOM Studio ***
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Do spikey quilts have you rolling your eyes? Get past the fear of sewing curves & sharp points. This exciting wallhanging uses basics of choosing colors and fabrics that work well together. Study the art of making perfect points and graceful, smooth curves using the QuiltMavenTM paper piecing technique, ensuring a gorgeous quilt. Sewing Machine Necessary. Supply List. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials Fee: $30. Limit 20.
Thursday   1:00 – 5:00   C41, D57 & E73

Machine Quilting for the Beginner
with Deb Karasik in the BYOM Studio ***
So…you’ve been making tons of tops, now you’re ready for the quilting process! Take the leap, because YES YOU CAN quilt your own quilts. Tackle all the basics, including thread, batting, thread tension, making even stitches, starting and stopping, machine foot options and then . . . . you’re quilting! You’ll be ready to complete all of your UFO’s the fun and easy free-motion way. Sewing Machine Necessary. Supply List. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $28. Limit 20.
Thursday   8:30 – 11:30   A9X & B25

Mini-Illuminata
with Deb Karasik
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Get past the fear of sewing curves and prickly points, and show off the results choosing fabrics and colors that work well together with this illuminating wallhanging. Deb sheds light on the art of making perfect points and graceful, smooth curves using her trademarked QuiltMaven™ paper piecing technique, ensuring a gorgeous quilt. Sewing Machine Necessary. Supply List. Limit 20.
Wednesday   10:00 – 4:30   MDB200
Cost: $159

Home Stretch - What It Takes to Finish Your Quilts
with Debby Kratovil in the BYOM Studio ***
Stuck on how to add a border, binding or rod pocket? With a pre-quilted sample provided, learn quick techniques for perfect binding, adding a hanging pocket, and an indestructible label, all by machine. Never drag your feet again when it comes time to finish your quilts. Sewing Machine Necessary. Supply List. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $20. Limit 20.
Friday   8:30 – 11:30   H121X & J137

Machine Quilting: Basics and Beyond
with Debby Kratovil in the BYOM Studio ***
Using Debby’s KISS Method (Keep It Small & Simple), discover how liberating free-motion machine quilting can be. Discuss threads, batting and basting, then do lots of PRACTICE. Doodles, swirls, curves and other simple shapes gently guide you into this exciting world. Excellent for both beginning and intermediate level free-motion quilters. Sewing Machine Necessary. Supply List. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $20. Limit 20.
Saturday   12:00 – 3:00   S265X & T281

Magic Stax - The Blocks Are in the Squares
with Debby Kratovil in the BYOM Studio ***
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Take a stack of squares and slice them, put them back together for a very non-traditional way to get 5 perfect blocks with NO templates, NO waste, and NO sweat! Perfect points, too! Two neat stacks will give you the nine blocks for this fun and exciting color-play quilt. We add borders and you have a perfect wall or kid’s quilt in lickety-split time. Sewing Machine Necessary. Supply List. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $28. Limit 20.
Saturday   8:30 – 11:30   Q233X & R249

Stained Glass Pickup Sticks
with Debby Kratovil in the BYOM Studio ***
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What can you do with stacks of 10½” squares? Make this quilt, of course! Stack four and then slice in a NON-random manner. Pick them up, rearrange and presto -- the blocks are formed. The math is easy and the black insert strips give this quick and simple block the look of stained glass. Debby will share some alternate block arrangements (with actual samples), her secret tips on how to make these blocks in any size, and how to calculate yardage for each! Sewing Machine Necessary. Supply List. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $28. Limit 20.
Friday   1:00 – 5:00   K153, L169 & M185

Notions Commotion
with Kim Montagnese
Get a grip on the newest notions to make your projects easier, faster, more fun and much more creative! If you’ve been at the sewing machine “forever” and are looking for a better way to do things, if you’re just starting out or if you’re ready to gather great project ideas, this may be the best hour you’ll spend all year. Catch up on hot new trends and all the tools and supplies to make them. Counts as 1 session.
Friday   10:30 – 11:30   J133
Saturday   2:00 – 3:00   T275

Art Journal
with Kim Montagnese
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Capture your latest design inspirations or celebrate a special wedding or baby shower with this very distinctive project. The blank pages offer limitless opportunity to show off your creativity, and you’ll be thrilled to have your book judged by its cover! Learn simple no-sew construction methods as you create your own beautiful Art Journal in class. Choose from a variety of fabrics, photo images and embellishment techniques. Whether given as gifts to special friends, graduates, brides, anniversary couples or kept to record your own private dreams and secrets, they’re fun to make every time. Finished size 9” x 17”. Counts as 2 sessions. Materials: $25. Limit 20.
Saturday   8:30 – 11:30   Q236X & R252

Not Really Knots
with Kim Montagnese in the Janome Studio
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The artistry in Kim’s “inside out” series is fabulous, and this is a favorite. Creating the blocks with her construction technique allows you to create a quilt in a weekend, but you can master it in just one block. Stitch, then break apart and re-assemble your “nots” as you create this whimsical but beautiful block in class – curves and all – completely by machine. Pattern and all fabrics for two blocks included. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $30. Limit 20.
Friday   1:00 – 5:00   K152, L168 & M184

Postcard Party
with Kim Montagnese
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Share the fun and quirky confidence Kim brings to the ‘quilted’ postcard world. These tiny pieces of art can be used as silly notes to friends, invitations, announcements, thank you, birthday or holiday cards. Easy and fun to make, postcard ideas will start to flow quickly. Learn a variety of embellishment techniques and leave with at least 6 postcards ready to drop into the mail. Explore joining free on-line swap groups so you can trade cards with new friends all over the world! Bonus: bring one of your ‘orphan blocks” for an optional technique. Counts as 2 sessions. Materials: $15. Limit 20.
Thursday   6:00 – 9:00   F90X & G106

Mending the Broken Hearts
with Kim Montagnese in the Pfaff Studio
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Circles and curves without curved piecing? You bet! It’s fast, fun and easy. Edges turned in the easiest way imaginable; curves fall into place and machine stitching keeps them there. Your quilt block has the look of beautiful hand appliqué and a complex design – but in reality it’s simple and fast with this innovative new method. Pattern and all fabrics for a single block included. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $30. Limit 20.
Thursday   12:30 – 3:30   C40X & D56

Paper Piecing Workshop
with Connie Spurlock
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Learn the basics of paper piecing as you create this rich 12" x 14" seasonal wallhanging. Piece the top in class, then take home the original pattern, backing, batting and bindings to complete the hanging at home. Don't miss this chance to have some fun as you learn hands-on from the expert! Sewing Machine Necessary. Supply List. Counts as 2 sessions. Materials $20. Limit 20.
Wednesday   9:30 – 12:00   MDB700

In a Bind? Going Batty?
with Connie Spurlock
Your quilt top is done, and now you're stuck? Discover how to select the right batting for your project and learn several options for binding, including strip binding, bias binding, prairie points and back binding. If you want to know how to make continuous bias binding, well, we’ll cover that too! Counts as 1 session.
Friday   9:00 – 10:00   H124

Magic of Paper Piecing
with Connie Spurlock
Magic is something you can accomplish that seems to be impossible. Do perfect points and miniatures seem impossible? Discover the magic! Learn how easy it is to enlarge and reduce your patterns, have perfect points, remove the paper and finally get a quilt done! Even a rookie can do this – the expertise is in the pattern! Counts as 1 session.
Thursday   10:30 – 11:30   B29
Friday   1:00 – 2:00   K147

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
with Connie Spurlock
Ever wonder how to sew 2½" snowman pins perfectly? Make 1" brooms (for the snowmen) or 1" color crayons that actually color? Discover the secrets of miniatures that are quick and easy, and can be used to accessorize your ornaments, pins and other small projects. Counts as 1 session.
Saturday   10:30 – 11:30   R243

Terrifically Fast, Twenty-First Century Quilting
with Joyce Keske in the Baby Lock Studio
Take a quiltmaking adventure! Try strip and curved piecing with the serger and quilting in-the-hoop as you learn to use time-and-energy saving techniques, perfect for get-it-done-now quilt projects. Not every quilt is an heirloom, and each of us needs a few fast methods at our fingertips. Expert guidance throughout your adventure means a fun time and, in the end, incorporates a few traditional techniques to complete the project. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $22. Limit 20.
Friday   8:30 – 11:30   H119X & J135

Quick Quilts: Pair of Placemats
with Kathy Stachowicz in the Serger Studio
For the fastest piecing and quilting results, use your serger! Sometimes you simply want a project done – ready to use or wrap as a gift – and here’s where you’ll learn how to make it happen. Complete a pair of pieced and quilted placemats in class as you learn when, why and how your serger can become your best quick-quilting friend! Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $18. Limit 20.
Thursday   12:30 – 3:30   C42X & D58

Luxury Crazy Quilt Panel
with JoLee Tarbell in the Baby Lock Studio
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Using beautiful, varied silks and a range of elegant threads, create your crazy quilt panel by machine with hand embellishments. Use silk ribbons, lovely trims and buttons with couching and other embellishment stitches. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $35. Limit 20.
Thursday   6:00 – 9:00   F88X & G104

Machine Trapunto
with Nelly Vileikis in the Baby Lock Studio
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Add an elegant, yet understated flair to your quilting. Hand sewing techniques, updated for machine use, provide three-dimensional texture and interest. Some free-motion machine quilting experience is useful, but not required. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $22. Limit 20.
Friday   1:00 – 5:00   K151, L167 & M183

Scenes of Summer Table Runner
with Sue Wilson in the BYOM Studio ***
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Dream of summer and leave class with a completed table runner created with the “quilt first – then assemble” Cotton Theory method. Using a pre-cut kit, spend class time sewing this reversible runner with dimensional seams. Once you learn the theory, it’s easy to apply these same techniques to a throw or a bed-size quilt. You’ll become addicted to having finished projects! Sewing Machine Necessary. Supply List. Counts as 2 sessions. Materials: $40. Limit 20.
Friday   6:00 – 9:00   N201X & P217

Fabulous Fit for Quilted Garments
with Debra Youngs
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You have all the “stuff” needed for the perfect quilted garment. Beautiful fabrics, threads, ideas and skills . . . now let’s make sure it fits! Make a complete jacket/ vest pattern that will really fit your own body, using artUwear’s methods as your guide. Finally . . . a good fit. Counts as 2 sessions. Materials: $28. Limit 20.
Friday   12:30 – 3:30   K156X & L172

Quilted Weekender Bag
with Debra Youngs in the BYOM Studio ***
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This quilted bag will become your ‘go-to’ bag for all occasions. It’s large enough (18”x14”x8”) to tote your new quilt to the guild for “show and tell”, meets airline requirements for carry-on size, and is all you will need for a weekend away from home. Simply the perfect bag for all occasions. Sewing Machine Necessary. Advance prep. Supply List. Counts as 3 sessions. Materials: $18. Limit 20.
Thursday   6:00 – 9:00   F89X & G105