I offer a selection of workshops and lectures, and since I love a challenge, I'm happy to work with you to develop an experience that works well with your groups' needs and my strengths.  Please contact me for more details. 

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Featherweight Care and Maintenance
Perform basic cleaning, service and maintenance on your Singer Featherweight sewing machine and learn how to care for your machine for years of reliable sewing.  This is an exciting fast-paced class...Hands on, lots of explanation, lots of demonstration, lots of visual information.  Full Day recommended...Limit 20

"Green Tea and Plum Wine"

Dangerous Curves
This is a workshop in two parts. In the first session, students will master the skill of sewing a curved seam on the sewing machine to yield a flat block with a smooth, graceful appearance by working with the Drunkard’s Path block.  In the second session, we will enter the dangerous world of piecing without templates. Full Day...Limit 20

"Key Largo"

Split Diamond Star
A sparkling one-patch quilt with a three-dimensional illusion.  Master set-in seams (also know as “Y-Seams”) by machine, while you experiment with design and color and realize the awesome power of value.  Half day...Limit 20

"Seasons"

Painting with Patches
In this class, students produce beautiful watercolor blocks for a quilt, but more importantly they develop an understanding of the role of value and texture in all quilts. Half day possible, full day recommended.

"Queen of Hearts"
Queen of Hearts
Applique for people who don't think they like applique.  An easy method for immediate great results such as mastery of perfect sharp points, neat inside corners and a beautiful heirloom-quality blind stitch. Half or all day  (Also available as a large group demo...See the "Lecture" section.)



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Altered Cloth
This is sort of a wacky class...It requires wide open minds and playful spirits. A smorgasboard of techniques inspired by collage art and scrapbooking...Includes photo transfer, and a variety of embellishment techniques safe and suitable for wall quilts.  Half Day.



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Paper Piecing
I will share one of the best tools in my toolbox.  Paper piecing makes so many difficult designs possible.  Half day with a big trunk show.