Class Info

Friday, February 8th - Class Fee: $59 (lunch included)

LONGARM QUILTING BASICS

This informative full-day class will take the mystery out of longarm quilting. A great class to try-before-you-buy or just to brush up on your skills. Learn machine and frame elements and features, how to load a quilt, plus vital facts about thread, needles and tension.  Handi Quilter longarm machine and frame systems come in various sizes for every budget and are user-friendly because they are designed by a quilter, for quilters – just like you! Gina will answer questions and guide you through the many benefits of a longarm machine.

Topics covered will include: 

• Basic machine and frame elements and features 
•  Bobbins, tension, needles and thread 
• How to load a quilt onto a frame 
• Quilting with Groovy Boards and pantographs 
• How to perform simple machine maintenance 
• Basic free motion quilting

Open to all regardless of skill level or machine that you own. 

Saturday, February 9th - Class Fee: $59 for both classes

RULER BASICS (Half-day class: 10am - 1pm) - $39 by itself

If you love precision and consistency in your quilting designs, you will love using design rulers and templates! These handy tools assist in placing designs accurately and stitching them out precisely. Learn to handle rulers and templates safely with the ruler base and Sure Foot, and how to achieve accuracy with the markings. The wide variety of Handi Quilter rulers will inspire you to new design heights.

Topics covered will include: 

• Handle rulers safely 
•  Understand and use ruler markings for precision and accuracy 
• Use piecing lines and marking tools to build ruler design confidence 
• Introduction to all the rulers that Handi Quilter has to offer 
• VersaTool quilting: stitch-in-the-ditch, cross-hatch, piano keys, clamshells and arcs

Open to all regardless of skill level or machine that you own. 

FANCY FOOTWORK AND TAKING QUILTING BEYOND THE BASICS (Half-day class: 2pm - 5pm) - $39 by itself

Handi Quilter has created new quick-change machine feet to take your quilting to the next level. Add surface embellishments easily with the Couching Foot and use the Echo Feet to create impressive echo quilting in a variety of widths and designs. The Glide Foot enables quilting around surface embellishments and dimensional appliqué with ease. The Sure Foot is the new must-have when working with rulers.  The Square Feet make straight line quilting a breeze and even some new surprising uses for the feet.  Come discover the fun you’ll have with the new Handi-Feet!

Topics covered will include: 

• Couching with a variety of threads and yarns 
• Echo quilting in a variety of widths, piano keys and keeping the scale of your quilting consistent 
• Quilting around surface embellishments 
• Using the Echo Feet with rulers and templates 
• Creating grids and crosshatching 
• Create a unique quilted piece from fabric scraps 
• Piecing on the longarm 
• Apply binding with the longarm

Open to all regardless of skill level or machine that you own.