one-hour classes - Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts

ONE-HOUR CLASSES
All Over Quilting Designs
By Anne Books, Material Matters Quilt Shop
www.material-matters.com
Using paper and pencil try your hand at creating stunning
all over designs for your quilts and how to shrink down
designs to use for clever background fillers.
Lecture/ Demo
Supplies needed: pen & paper
Class size limited: 15
No kit needed
Saturday Only
Anne has been a longarm quilter for ten years! She
currently teaches longarm quilting techniques and provides
technical support through her business Material Matters
Quilt Shop in Thiensville. She is excited to share ideas from
her long arm experience that you can use.
Amy Butler Pin Cushion
By Nancy Allen, Royce Fabrics
www.roycefabrics.com
Do you love Amy Butler’s colorful fabric?
Combining Amy’s bright and happy fabric and a
little bit of wool make a strawberry pincushion the
perfect size for your sewing basket! Don’t forget to
view the Amy Butler Legacy Collection part of the
WMQFA exhibit in the Barn Gallery.
Make & Take Project
Class size limited: 10
Kit Fee: $8.00
Saturday Only
Nancy learned how to quilt when she was young
and has followed the mantra “I can make that”
ever since learning a variety of fiber arts. She has
been in the education field for 30 years and enjoys
teaching classes at Royce Fabrics in West Bend.
Amy Butler is one of her favorite fabric designers!
Appliquéd Wool Eggs
By Sue Wojciechowski
Remember when coloring eggs was an exciting rite of
spring? Learn to create heirloom appliquéd wool eggs
to make at home, sure to become a treasured keepsake.
On Friday you can choose to watch a one hour
lecture/demonstration or Sue will teach a three hour
class on Saturday where you create your own heirloom
egg.
Lecture/Demo
Class size limited: 20
Optional Kit, Fee: $10
Friday Only
Supply list for class or demo:
Sharp scissors for wool and paper, #2 pencil, Clover
chalk pen (will have available for purchase), small iron
if you have one.
Sue Wojciechowski is an instructor with a passion for teaching wool appliqué. Her work is rooted
in tradition but celebrates the complexity and texture of quilting as a multi-faceted form of artistry.
$10 Demo Kit includes: Hand-dyed wool for one egg, Valdani #8 pearl cotton, floss to match,
template plastic, fusible web, #24 chenille needle, wool stuffing.
Block by Block Quilting Designs
By Anne Books, Material Matters Quilt Shop
www.material-matters.com
When it’s time to finish your quilt could you use some help? Learn how to choose simple designs to
emphasize your block patterns for do-it-yourself custom quilting.
Lecture/ Demo
Supplies needed: pen & paper
Class size limited: 15
No kit needed
Saturday Only
Anne has been a longarm quilter for ten years! She currently teaches longarm quilting techniques and
provides technical support through her business Material Matters Quilt Shop in Thiensville. She is
excited to share ideas from her long arm experience that you can use.
Clothesline Bowls
By Marlene Deutsch
After taking a class in 2006 called "It's a Wrap" Marlene has made
many clothesline bowls and says it is addictive! She will demonstrate
techniques and share tips for making a coiled bowl using fabric strips
and clothesline.
Lecture/Demo
Class size limited: 12
No kit needed
Offered Friday & Saturday
Marlene Deutsch began sewing clothing in her 7th grade Home
Economics class and hasn't stopped since. Ten years later, she took
her first quilting class and was hooked! Since then, she discovered
the joy of making quick and easy gifts like coiled clothesline bowls.
She enjoys sharing my methods and techniques with others.
Conquering the T-Shirt Quilt
By Sheryl Schwochert, The Sewing Basket Quilt Shop
www.sewingbasket.biz
Have a stack of t-shirts sitting in a drawer, now what? Learn a
variety of techniques for using old t-shirts to create your own
unique quilt.
Lecture/ Demo
Class size unlimited
No kit needed
Friday Only
Sheryl has been an owner of The Sewing Basket in Plymouth since
the shop opened in 1997. She’s enjoyed watching the quilting
world come full circle over the past 15 years as many of the “new”
projects and techniques from the nineties are coming back around
for our next generation of quilters. Sheryl loves finding the newest
notion or trying the latest technique craze and then helping other
quilters to understand and use it in their own quilting projects.
Dyeing Techniques
By Nichole Schneider, Fabric Shapers
What does ice, shaving cream, glass jars, thread, rubber bands and
print paste have in common? They are all used for different fabric
dying methods that use non-toxic fiber reactive dyes. Watch as
these items are used in demo’s along with discussing various
methods of batching dyed items.
Lecture/Demo
Class size limited: 10
No kit needed
Friday Only
Since 2009 Nichole has owned and operated Fabric Shapers in
Thiensville providing alteration services, design and construction of
custom clothing and instruction in sewing, design, pattern making
and draping. Nichole has a Fashion Design degree from Mount
Mary College and has been employed in the fields of product
design, buying and marketing.
Easy Strip Piecing for FUN!
By Jan Bretzel
This technique looks complicated but it is not! Using
seven 2 1/2” strips of fabric, Jan demonstrates a special
cutting technique to provide a variety of options for the
finished quilt top. A great way to use up your stash!
Lecture/ Demo
Class size limited: 15
No kit needed
Saturday Only
Jan Bretzel has been sewing for 50 years but quilting for about 15. She started quilting when her
daughters no longer wanted homemade clothing. She prefers quilts that are somewhat easy and
unpredictable. She loves being a member of a round robin group.
“What a learning experience using someone else's fabrics and block choices. When you try projects
outside your safety zone, you become a much better quilter!”
Elements of Weaving
By Catherine Jautz Bailey
Catherine shares a brief history of weaving along with
the primary types of looms currently in use today. She
will discuss with you basic tools needed and techniques
used by weavers for example plain weave and overshot.
See the materials Catherine uses in her weaving along
with her hand woven items. Using the WMQFA loom
she will illustrate weaving patterns and how they are
applied on the loom.
Lecture/ Demo
Class size limited: 10
No kit needed
Offered Friday & Saturday
A weaver since 1984, Catherine became interested in
weaving by trying out a primitive loom at Pioneer
Village, a local historic museum. She has taken many
classes to build her weaving skills including seminars
offered by Midwest Weavers and the Wisconsin
Handweavers organization. She is a member of the
Cedarburg Artists Guild.
Garden Fairy
By Jan Sprecher-Bruski
Perched on the handle of your teapot or hiding behind a leaf, you’ll enjoy making this 4” fairy
dressed in her flower outfit with acorn hat. The fairy is a wire based wrapped doll with some hand
sewing required.
Make & Take Project
Class size limited: 10
Kit Fee: $4
Offered Friday & Saturday
Jan’s background is in theater costuming, and her favorite part of the costume process is pattern
making and problem solving. Jan puts these two skills to use designing quilts and dolls.
Handmade Paper Goods Using Vintage Ephemera
By Megan Johnson
I will walk participants through the process of creating
one-of-a-kind paper goods using vintage materials from
books, maps, patterns etc. We will create cards and tags of
differing sizes, discussing how to crop your found image
down to the proper size and compose the cover of the card.
Kit will include an extensive variety of vintage materials
from my studio, blank tags and cards, ribbon, etc ~ enough
for class and continued creativity at home.
Make & Take Project
Class size limited: 12
Kit Fee: $15
Offered Friday & Saturday
Megan Woodard Johnson is a mixed media artist living in West Bend. Her work layers vintage
ephemera with paint, various drawing media and found objects to tell evocative stories speaking to
universal experiences as well as personal memories. Her handcrafted paper goods, sold under the
name “sincerely handmade” are created using bits and pieces from sweet, nostalgic sources such as
vintage maps, games, children’s books and learning tools. Johnson studied Graphic Design and
Printmaking at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, WV. She is a member of the Cedarburg
Artists Guild and had exhibited her work in numerous shows and shops in the Milwaukee area.
Check out her work at: meganwoodardjohnson.blogspot.com.
I Love Rug Hooking
By Nancy Allen
Have you found a fiber art that has become your passion? Come and learn rug hooking from someone
who answers yes to this question. You will find out about tools and supplies needed, planning your
project, and how to hook with wool strips. You will be able to try your hand at hooking.
Lecture/Demo
Class size limited: 10
Optional Kit, Fee: $
Saturday Only
Nancy loves quilting but her passion is rug hooking and she is now designing her own patterns and
kits. Nancy learned to rug hook when she was young and considers it one of her “roots” in the area of
creative expression in fiber arts.
Image Transferring on Fabrics
By Linda Reuss Benson, My Sister’s Quilt
Shop
Have you explored all the ways to transfer
photographs, art work and color to fabric? In
this class explore new methods and products
available and methods that have been around
for a while.
Lecture/Demo
Optional Kit, Fee: $10
Class size limited: 15
Saturday Only
Linda Reuss Benson began her quilting career 15 years ago after inheriting 5 bins of fabric from her
step-mother. She is an accomplished quilter with awards on the national level, including an AQS
challenge with the Milwaukee Art Quilters. Linda owned a quilt shop for 4 1/2 years, and currently
works as a designer/instructor at My Sister's Quilt Shoppe in Sheboygan.
Introduction to Lace Knitting
By Mary McCarter
Lace Knitting becomes a beautiful edging that can be used on
a collar or pillowcase or one of your own unique creations.
Basic techniques are used to make this simple edging. Class
members need to be able to cast on, knit and purl. Please
bring a small ball of fingering wool and one pair size 1 to 3
needles OR sport weight wool and size 3 to 5 needles.
Make & Take Project
No kit needed
Supplies needed: needles & yarn as described
Class size limited: 6
Offered Friday & Saturday
Mary McCarter’s Grandmother taught her to knit before she
learned to read. Mary’s been knitting things ever since, over
60+ years.
Knifty Knit Tricks
By Judy Raddatz
Learn 5 easy techniques to make wearable art scarves
that look difficult but aren’t including short rows for
tall knitters and E.I.E.I.O (embroidery, I-cord and
overstitching)! You only need to know how to cast on,
knit/purl and bind off to use these nifty tricks.
Lecture/Demo
Class size limited: 10
Saturday
No kit needed
Offered Friday &
Judy loves fiber arts and has taken classes or taught
herself many knitting skills. She knits prolifically,
making many items sold in the WMQFA Gift Shop.
Lace Flowers
By Jeany Wetzel
Create vintage style buds and blossoms using lace
along with buttons, beads, silk flowers, ribbons and
more. Make your creations into pins, hair accessories
for children, a bouquet etc. You will be making a
long stem rosebud and a pin in class.
Make & Take Project
Supplies Needed: Scissors
Class size limited: 8
Kit Fee: $5
Friday Only
Jeany has been sewing since she was six years old
with her “hobby” growing to include family sewing,
alterations, and bridal wear. Her creative interests
grew over the years and now includes quilting, dying
and designing and marketing her own patterns for
purses, bags, wearables and home decorating.
Needle Felting by Hand and Machine
By Judy Raddatz
Dry felting is the focus of this workshop. Choose to make
a simple felted pin or pin cushion by using different hand
tools for needle felting. A felting machine will be
available to try out as well.
Make & Take Project
Class size limited: 10
No kit fee
Offered Friday & Saturday
Judy Raddatz isn’t afraid to try anything new. She is a
prolific fiber artist, and loves sharing her enthusiasm with
all!
Popsicle Stick Dyed Silk Scarf
By Nichole Schneider, Fabric Shapers
Learn the ancient Japanese method of Shabori folding to create one
of a kind hand dyed silk scarves, using non-toxic fiber reactive dyes
and paste. Scarves will be heat set and ready to take home at the
end of the workshop.
Make & Take Project
Kit Fee: $15
Supplies Needed: paper & pencil, art smock for dyeing
Class size limited: 10
Friday Only
Since 2009 Nichole has owned and operated Fabric Shapers in
Thiensville providing alteration services, design and construction of
custom clothing and instruction in sewing, design, pattern making
and draping. Nichole has a Fashion Design degree from Mount
Mary College and has been employed in the fields of product
design, buying and marketing.
Quilt Design from Photographs
By Marla Morris-Kennedy
Learn how to take a photograph of something in
nature, architecture, or from your travels and
translate that photo into a contemporary art quilt.
Students will learn how to abstract elements out of a
photograph to create a unique and unified design.
Collage style techniques for constructing your quilt
will be discussed. Hand and machine quilting,
threadwork, and embellishment will also be
demonstrated to help the quilt maker put their own
personality into their quilt. This design style is easy
and fun, and the best part is that you don’t need to
know how to draw in order to produce a spectacular
photo-inspired quilt.
Lecture/Demo
Class size limited: 20
Offered Friday & Saturday
No kit needed
Marla’s love of fabric, color, visual texture and design are an important part of her life. She has
moved from being a traditional quilt maker to a place where she has developed her own sense of
style and contemporary design for her art quilts. Marla uses photography as an inspiration for her
designs and continuously works on always growing, learning, and changing as an artist.
Quilts from the Garden
By Linn Woodard
Using fabric paint, and leaves from your garden,
create a memory quilt that reflects your “green
thumb”! For more design elements bring a selection
of leaves from your garden or trees in your
neighborhood to share. This technique can also be
used to decorate t-shirts or other wearables.
Make & Take Project
Kit Fee: $3
Supplies needed: fresh leaves in a plastic baggie to
stay supple
Class size limited: 10
Offered Friday & Saturday
Linn was living in Illinois when she was hooked after taking one quilting class. While moving around
the country over the years, Linn also moved from using traditional patterns to more contemporary
designs in her own art quilts. She has enjoyed working with three-dimensional effects and
incorporating images from her husband’s photography. “Quilts from the Garden” started as an
experiment for “capturing nature on fabric” and turned into a program shared with quilt guilds from
Maryland to Massachusetts.
Toothbrush Rag Rug
By Allison Nolan
Learn the history of using rag balls to make rugs and begin
to make your own rag rug. Using a special toothbrush tool
you will learn how to start an oval shaped toothbrush rag
rug, add strips of fabric without sewing, complete the steps
to make the oval shape and increase and decrease stitches to
help the rug lay flat.
Participants should come prepared with the following supplies: left over fabric, sheets, or purchase
cotton fabric and cut in 1-1 ! inch strips, roll strips in rag balls or leave in a bag. The more
variety in fabric colors and prints the more fun it is. Cut strips as long as you wish. It is suggested to
bring about 10 yards of fabric strips. Bring a scissors and several large safety pins. The more
variety in fabric colors and prints the more fun I think it is. The class kit includes a "beginning rug"
starter, which is the chain of stitches and two rows of stitches around them, and the rug tool.
Make & Take Project
Supplies: as described
Class size limited: 10
Kit Fee: $8.50 for tools
Offered Friday & Saturday
Allison Nolan quilts, knits and volunteers regularly at the WMQFA. She helps set up new exhibits
and helps out in the Museum Gift Shop.
Wool Appliqué
By Shirley Ansay
Learn the basic stitch for wool appliqué with a make and
take Strawberry Pincushion design. Wool appliqué can
add a folk art or even a contemporary touch to any
project. There will be lots of examples for you to see!
Make & Take Project
Supplies needed: scissors
Class size limited: 8
Kit Fee: $5
Saturday Only
Shirley’s quilting journey started 12 years ago when she
made a quilt for her daughter's wedding. Quilting has
become her passion and Shirley’s fabric collection
reflects that! She is a self-taught quilter and currently
sews samples for Patched Works. Shirley likes mixing
traditional patterns with a modern twist and trying new
free-motion quilting designs to finish! When not sitting at
her sewing machine, Shirley says, “hand appliqué with
wool is my way to relax!"
No Pattern Needed!
By Jerri Parmelee
Have fun learning new “twists” with old designs! Jerri will
share some unexpected and creative projects you can make
without any pattern. This demo will be fun!
Lecture/Demo
Class size limited: 20
No Kit Needed
Friday Only
Jeri Parmelee’s quilting experiences go back to the early
70s when she made a quilt for her daughter based on an
illustration in Woman’s Day magazine. She has been
demonstrating, sharing and teaching quilting ideas since
the 90s. She was inspired by Alicia Avilla’s class, “No
Measuring, No Marking, No Rulers,” and enjoys making
quilts that require no pattern and can be made up as she
goes along.