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Each month the Museum will also offer guided tours free with admission on 2nd Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. All visitors are welcome to join the tours. Visitors will receive the reduced admission charge of $5/person, $3 less than normal rate. Friends of the Museum and children 12 & under are always free!
2009 Great Year to Learn at The National Quilt Museum
Paducah, KY- Embellishing, exquisite machine quilting and strategic appliqué are just a few skills that can be learned during the 2009 Workshop Series at The National Quilt Museum (Museum of the American Quilter’s Society).
Noted over the years for exceptional workshop facilities and the highest quality instructors in the quilting industry, the Museum offers a workshop for every type of quilter at any level of experience. While taking a class at the Museum, students are able to explore the galleries for inspiration and relaxation.
Crazy Quilting and Embellishments will be taught by Judith Baker Montano on February 9-12. For four days, Baker Montano will provide exclusive instruction and attention in the making of a crazy quilt. Students will create four crazy quilt squares with the choice of making them into a wall hanging or a larger crazy quilt. She will guide through the basics of crazy quilting using the “Montano Center Piece Method”, color theories and fabric choices.
Upon the completion of the blocks, the emphasis will be on Victorian embroidery stitches silk ribbon embroidery, using ribbons, lace and beading as embellishments. Registration Fee: $400/$370 Friends of the Museum; due date 12/11/08
Ricky Tims will teach Rhapsody Quilts on May 5-7. Tims will teach the design process used in his award winning “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Fire Dragon Rhapsody” quilts to create your own individual heirloom-style quilt.
Students will plan their design, beginning with a small, original paper-cut style medallion block and learn techniques including the unique piecing method, double blanket stitch machine appliqué, free-motion quilting, piped edge bindings and a special machine piecing process for these curved units. Then the process of transferring the design to fabric and constructing the quilt begins. Registration Fee: $450/$420 Friends of the Museum; due date 03/06/09
On June 25-27, Karen Kay Buckley will take quilters Around the Garden. The bursts of color, the aroma of rich soil, flowering plants and the soft flutter of pollinating insects are the inspiration for this project. The class will cover several methods of appliqué including needleturn and “Templar and Sizing”.
Students will learn how to achieve perfect circles, smooth curves and sharp points. In addition to all of the beautiful flowers, Buckley will teach how to make dimensional insects, a yellow jacket and a dragonfly. This 23 ½” x 58” project is a fantastic addition to any room or an exceptional gift for that special someone. Registration Fee: $350/$320 Friends of the Museum; due date 04/27/09
Diane Gaudynski will teach two different classes back-to-back. Both classes are already filled to capacity, but those interested may contact the Museum to be put on the wait list. On July 30-August 1, she will teach A New Tradition in Quilting. This workshop is “techniques oriented” and students are encouraged to make decisions, work at their own pace and bring supplies that will support what they want to learn. It is for free motion machine quilters with some experience, not total beginners. Registration Fee: $450/$420 Friends of the Museum; due date 05/29/09
Then on August 3-5 Gaudynski will teach a new class titled The Adventure Continues… Quilters who are experienced with free motion machine quilting, or are a “graduate” of Diane’s first workshop, or simply feel now is the time for in-depth work, this is the next step. More quilting ideas, techniques, problem solving, creativity, and more challenges and fun await in this adventure with a sewing machine. Registration Fee: $450/$420 Friends of MAQS; due date 06/04/09
Katie Pasquini Masopust will teach Transforming the Still Life on September 10-12. The students will work from a white still life, drawing it in many different ways to learn about value, shadows, texture, highlights and different kinds of perspective. This is a drawing class but quilters should not be afraid if they cannot draw. The class will learn how to draw together by learning to see through blind contour drawings. They will add color, exploring different color schemes and their impact. Then images will be projected on to the still life to create color, texture and drama. Several abstract drawings for quilts will be the end product of the class.
Registration Fee: $350/$320 Friends of MAQS; due date 07/10/09
Stunning AnglePlay will be taught by Margaret Miller on November 5-7. Students will breathe new life into favorite pieced blocks and quilts, with innovative ways of designing and sewing the long triangle shape! This shape makes it possible to create lyrically flowing pieced surfaces, with curved and even circular motifs, all created with straight line piecing (and perfect points!)
Based on Miller’s books AnglePlay Blocks and Stunning AnglePlay Quilts, this class will generate many quilt ideas with a refreshing new look, for those who love fast rotary cutting and flawless pieced points! Her AnglePlay templates will make the cutting process a breeze.
Registration Fee: $350/$320 Friends of MAQS; due date 09/04/09
The National Quilt Museum Workshop Series is sponsored by Flynn Quilt Frame Company, Janome and OLFA-North America. To register, contact the Museum at 270-442-8856 or info@quiltmuseum.org. On-line registration is available at www.quiltmuseum.org. A $100 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of registration.
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