coordinated by Bonnie Hunter and the Homeport Inn
 

One Spool: These are beginner classes designed for students who have very limited or no experience with machine piecing or rotary cutting.

Two Spools:  These classes are for the more advanced quilter; students who have mastered basic quiltmaking techniques and welcome a challenge of more advanced patterns and unique tools of the trade.  For these classes you should have some experience using rotary cutters to cut a few basic shapes and can sew an accurate 1/4" seam allowance using a sewing machine.
 

 
various sizes available

AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY

Perfect for beginners, this quilt is an easy-to-sew adaptation of the traditional “Trip Around the World” design.  Special cutting and sewing techniques make this an extra-fast project.  Large squares and a layout designed to reduce waste make this an economical, as well as beautiful, quilt. 

This pattern was one of the first designed by Bethany Reynolds, who has gone on to create the popular Stack-N-Whack techniques.  

baby to king sizes available (baby size shown)

YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Fat quarter friendly

Grab some fat quarters and you're on the road to a fast and fun quilt designed by Terry Atkinson of Atkinson Designs. 

Make it scrappy or select your favorite palette of fabrics.  Why not consider making it with flannels.  The smallest baby size uses 6 different fat quarters; the largest (king) takes 48.

To be quilted, as desired, at home.  Perfect for beginners. 

   typical log cabin quilt--layouts will vary; various sizes available

LOG CABIN QUILT-IN-A-DAY

Log Cabin is one of the most traditional of quilt patterns.  A favorite Quilt-in-a-Day workshop using Eleanor Burns' book, Log Cabin Quilt-in-a-Day, which guides beginning quilters step-by-step through the process of making a heirloom quilt.   

·      Create a beautiful Log Cabin quilt in 6 hours with Quilt-in-a-Day's ingenious speed-sew techniques.

·      It's a modern-day quilting bee!  Bring your sewing machine, fabric, lunch and lots of energy!

To be quilted, as desired, at home. Perfect for beginners. 

various sizes available

DOUBLE IRISH CHAIN

Although you won’t finish this quilt in one day, Eleanor Burns (of Quilt-in-a-Day fame) makes this complex-looking quilt simple. Cutting and assembling the fabrics in strip sets makes the chain pattern come together beautifully.   Double Irish Chain is a great quilt for beginners.  The workshop offers detailed instructions and personal attention to help you make an intricate looking, but simple quilt in three colors—a light, a medium, and a dark. 

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home.

13" x 13"

SHOW ME HOW TO PAPER PIECE

Machine paper piecing is a method that allows you to create accurate patchwork blocks quickly and easily.  You simply cut oversize fabric pieces and sew them in sequence to a paper foundation. 

This workshop will show you how to machine paper piece, step by step, using the book, Show Me How to Paper Piece, by Carol Doak.  Even if you have never made a piece of patchwork before, you can make wonderful blocks the first time you try machine paper piecing.

60" x 76" lap (double/queen also available)

PEPPERMINT TWIST

Select just two fabrics―a light and a dark―to make this super-simple, but stunning, two-color quilt.  Peppermint Twist uses some basic machine piecing techniques with a "twist."

This workshop is a lesson in strip piecing and sub-unit cutting.  There is often an additional "Cutting Clinic" for those who may need help rotary cutting the strips for this class prior to the workshop.

To be quilted, as desired, at home. 

Lap 57" x 75"

SMOKEY MOUNTAIN STARS

Designed by Bonnie K. Hunter, this is probably the easiest star quilt ever made.  The pieced block units themselves are traditionally know as "Indian Hatchet" blocks! 

Since this is a scrap quilt, no specific yardage is given. You’ll want to select light and dark fabrics in any combination of colors, prints and plaids. 

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home.

Visit www.quiltville.com for the free pattern.

Lap 62" x 74"

FIESTA

Row after row of all your favorite fabrics dance wildly side-by-side to a rhythmic beat in this easy scrap quilt. It’s a project that’s as festive as a Fiesta!

Go totally scrappy or you might want to make your quilt using a planned color scheme including fabrics that are from one or two color families (blues and yellows, patriotic, fall colors, black and white, etc.). You might decide to use all reproductions, all batiks (as shown here), all brights—depends on how deep your stash is!

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home.

20" x 28"
 

HOT IRON CADDY AND IRONING MAT

Use it for an ironing mat (left) then unplug your iron.  Draw up the mat around it into a near carry bag (right) and carry it home.  No need to wait while your iron cools!

Designed by Nancy Dill, this is probably one of the neatest ideas for quilters to use at classes and retreats!

approximately 18" x 14" x 4 ½"

CHARMING TOTE

This bag, by Susan Marsh of Whistlepig Creek Productions, is designed to use 5" x 5" charm squares.  You can either purchase charm packs or cut 5" squares from your stash of fabric. 

Panels are machine quilted before assembly so it's a quick and easy pattern; prairie points add a nice edging around the top.  You'll love it's convenient size―not too big, but large enough to carry lots.   

Sewing machine needed.

27" x 39" shown--sizes will vary

CURING "CURVE-A-PHOBIA"

Have you been avoiding blocks with curved seams? Your fears will melt away as you glide through machine piecing over-sized Drunkard's Path units using Fons & Porter’s technique and curved rotary cutting templates to make the “Around the Bend” quilt. Once the blocks are sewn, the fun of playing with arrangements begins. 

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home. 

38" x 48"

I SPY TUMBLING BLOCKS

52 different novelty prints create this simple, but complicated-looking baby quilt.  Each participant will bring (10) different ¼ yard pieces to share.  Other fabric and supplies required.  Sewing machine needed. 

A lesson in precise machine piecing and "fussy cutting." 

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted as desired at home. 

various sizes available

LOVER'S KNOT

Twisted log cabin blocks in this Quilt-in-a-Day workshop will create a beautiful bed quilt using an ingenious speed technique for machine piecing.   

A lesson in calculating setting and corner triangles. 

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted as desired at home.

42" x 58" shown (sizes may vary)

SCRAP-OLOGY

Often considered the truest reflection of America’s past, the scrap quilt is the most quilt-like and the best loved of quilts.  Designed by Bonnie K. Hunter, this scrap quilt will become a favorite.  Bring strips of dark and light fabrics for a day of scrappy fun making a tessellated friendship star quilt.  Students are invited to bring extra fabrics to share.

Learn how to make your scrap quilts "sparkle!" 

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home.

Visit www.quiltville.com for the free pattern.

various sizes available

WEAVER FEVER

Based on the book, Weaver Fever, by Jackie Robinson of Animas Quilts, this quilt is a Bargello variation using different color families.  Create it by strip cutting & sewing strip sets together that will produce a ribbon-weaving effect across your quilt.  No triangles and very little matching. 

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home.

31½” X 31½”

PRINTS CHARMING

Combine paper-pieced snowmen with lots of scraps for some winter fun.  These adorable snowmen surround a center made to resemble a charm quilt.  Use your scraps and homespun plaids to create this wintry quilt.  

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted as desired at home.

80" x 92" (lap size also available)

SECRET GARDEN 

How does your garden grow? With brilliant wildflowers and the secret paths that wind their way from blossom to blossom, Secret Garden is created using two simple 9-patch blocks that work together to create a secondary pattern and make their way through hidden paths across your quilt. 

You will learn how to use Tri-Recs Tools—an easy way to make triangles within squares and divided rectangles.  

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home.

43" x 53"

22" x 28"

STAR SPANGLED PATCHWORK

Made with simple four-patch blocks and half-square triangles, this sparkling flag makes for a sizzling summer celebration.  The use of different red, white/beige and blue fabrics adds to the scrappy Americana look.

I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!

Make your quilt any way you like it.  Designed by Black Cat Creations, one simple block creates several different designs.

Made with simple 9-patch blocks, this quilt is perfect for "blendable fabrics."   It can be as delicate as a spring rain or as dramatic as a storm at sea. 

This workshop is a lesson in using Thangles^TM paper to make easy, fool-proof half-square triangles.  Sewing machine needed; to be quilted as desired at home.

26" x 26"   Why not try a Blueberry Pie, too!

CHRISTMAS PIE

   "Little Jack Horner sat in the corner
   "Eating his Christmas pie...

A delicious wallhanging; consider making it in yummy blues for a blueberry pie, too!  At the workshop you will learn how to:
  

• rotary cut and machine piece an oversized-Feathered Star block
• use an appliqué pressing sheet
• use fusible webbing to iron on appliqué pieces
• mark quilting designs on your quilt top 

..."He stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum
   "And said, 'What a good boy am I."  

Sewing machine needed; to be quilted as desired at home.

28" x 33"

LOON CREEK

McKenna Ryan's loon wallhanging from Pine Needles Designs is a quilt that reflects the artistry of the outside world and appeals to quilters of all skill levels.  This workshop is fast and fun, thanks to quick and easy fusible techniques and step-by-step directions.  You will learn how to use an appliqué pressing sheet, too!    

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home. 

Turn this...

Fancy Quilts
from
Plain Squares

Into this...

37" x 37"

SQUARE DANCE

Developed by Martha Thompson, this is an ingenious technique made by first piecing a simple quilt of squares.  Then cut it apart, turn the blocks, and stitch the pieces together again into a second quilt.

If your husband thought you were crazy just cutting plain fabric into pieces and sewing it back together, he'll really think you're "nuts" cutting a quilt top apart.

19 ½" x 23 ½"

STRADDLING BUNNY

Just in time for Easter, this cute bunny designed by Kelly Mueller of Wooden Bear Quilt Designs can be easily made using fast and fun fusible appliqué and blanket stitch either done by machine or by hand. 

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home. 

QUILT-AS-YOU-GO STAINED GLASS

Brenda Henning of Bear Paw Productions designed this streamlined stained glass technique using fusible bias tape.  In this method, the pieces of the design are cut and placed on a marked background fabric.  All the raw edges fit together like a jig-saw puzzle and are covered by bias tape.  The project is then quilted as the bias "leading" is machine stitched.

Eight different patterns are available for this class (see left).   Choose the one you like and start gathering fabric―this is a great chance to use all the batik and hand-dyed fabrics you've been saving for something "special!"

Sewing machine needed.  Advanced beginner class.   

CARPENTER'S STAR

There are no set-in seams and no diamonds to cut for this quilt.  It is simply made with half-square triangle units and background squares. 

It is a great quilt for fat-quarter lovers.  Start with eight fat quarters and background fabric to piece the center and scrappy border.  Add additional borders for a finished, stunning quilt.

Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home. 

32" x 32"

LOG CABIN WREATH

Designed by Eleanor Burns of Quilt-in-a-Day fame, this wallhanging includes simple strip piecing and assembly-line sewing.  Finish with a 3-D fabric bow.  You'll want to make one for everyone on your Christmas list!

One great pattern, 4 unique size variations:

THE WEEKENDER

• For a cozy-looking quilt, choose Flannels

• For the man in your life, consider Plaids & Stripes

• For a more feminine quilt, consider Light or Pastel Plaids, Florals, or 1930s Reproduction Prints

• For your creative side, choose Batiks, Thimbleberries, OR just choose Scraps from your scrap bag

With your fabric precut prior to class, you will surely complete this quilt top at the workshop.  Sewing machine needed.  To be quilted, as desired, at home. 

Lap size shown
Also available in baby, twin and queen

Sweet Dreams* (all are 11½" x 30")

Be Thankful
Believe
Sweet Liberty
Welcome to the Lake
Winter Blessings

COTTAGE CREEK QUILTS

These charming wallhangings are designed by Pam Puyleart for Cottage Creek Quilts.  Her Backdoor Quilt Series has quickly become a "must have" to help decorate your home for all seasons.  The creations stem from a mixture of traditional and folk art. They are appliquéd and quilted at the same time, making quilting fast, fun & easy for everyone! 

In this workshop you will learn to do fun and easy, fusible and soft-edge machine appliqué, hand embroidery and then finish your piece with a little machine quilting. 

Six different patterns are available for this class (left).   Choose the one you like and start gathering fabric.  Once you've made one you'll want to try another. 

Sewing machine needed.  Advanced beginner class. 

*from the NEW Baby Banner Quilt Series, also by Cottage Creek Quilts.

 

Diameter is approximately 46"