Still Life   Everything you need is provided to complete this beautiful still life of a vase.  You can treat the class as a simple project or view the vase as a sample and move on to create your personal still life composition.  The vase is constructed with fabric and fusible webbing and enhanced with free motion threadwork.  You will be given basic instructions in GIMP, a free graphics program that you can use to draw your own templates.  Ruth Blanchet also provides detailed instructions for creating shadows with fabric, thread or paint.  Lesson Four has advanced directions for making a still life with reflection.  Do it all or as much as you feel comfortable with.  Level: all.  Four Lessons. Supply List.
$36      [Credit card only]   Class starts February 3.

People in Places   It is the people and the places in our lives that we remember - your daughter's first glimpse of the sea, the time your son tried to fly, the glimpse of a wolf in the woods.  Linda Schmidt will help you translate those photos and memories into thread and fabric, learning a variety of new techniques along the way. You will start out easy, using the teacher's pattern to make a miniature seascape as you learn five different construction techniques and how to give a scene depth and dimension.  Then you will make people, starting with a small dancing maiden dressed in silk ribbons with flowing thread hair, and working up to using your own photographs or sketches to create the people and places that live in your memory or in your imagination.  This class teaches you how to combine techniques to create unique pieces of art, then shows you how to border, bind, quilt, and finish them.  Intermediate to advanced.  Six Lessons.  Supply List.  Look in the Gallery for student work from previous sessions.
$54         Class starts February 10.

Home Building   Are you really proud of your home and would like to have a realistic quilt replica to hang in your foyer?  Perhaps you are thinking about a gift for someone who has just purchased a new home or have fond memories of the home where you grew up.  This class will teach you how to create a fabric portrait of any building.  Betty Alofs will share her methods of achieving proper realism, perspective and proportion so you can build your home in fabric.  You will start by learning successful techniques for creating a pattern for your home.  After fusing the main pieces to a background, you will add the details with stitches, embellishments and quilting.  Level: Intermediate.  Four Lessons.  Supply List.    See student work in the Gallery.
$36         Class starts February 17.

Realistic Fabric Portraits is perfect for quilters who think they cannot draw.  Start with a photograph and you, too, will be accepting compliments for your skills.  Award-winning artist and quilter, Marilyn Belford, will guide you step-by-step through the techniques that enable you to produce realistic fabric portraits of loved ones.  In this class, you will learn how to use the computer to adjust photos, appliqué by fusing, deal with the features on a face and use thread painting for the finishing touches.  Good basic sewing skills are necessary in this machine class.  Five Lessons.  Extra week after Lesson Four.  Supply List.  See completed student quilts in the Gallery.
$46          Class starts March 2.

Color Companions   Are you intimidated by the color wheel?  Don't be.  These guys are all the best of friends and they would love to have  you join them.  You just need to learn the secret handshake!  Seriously, learning who gets along and why is the key to putting together fabulous color combinations.  This class expands on a series of articles Carol Miller wrote for Traditional Quilter magazine.  Never again be the victim of a boring quilt!  Learn by doing as you make your own fabric color wheel and five 24" blocks.  The blocks can be joined together or displayed singly.  All levels.  Five Lessons.  Extra week after Lesson Four.  Supply List.  See Gallery for previous student work.
$46      [Credit card only]   Class starts February 3.

Designer Pinwheels   You already know how to make a pinwheel.  In this class, you will learn how to divide each quarter into smaller shapes and manipulate them around the center for a completely new look.  Dena Crain will even show you how to create tessellations with your lines.  You will learn how to piece without unnecessary seams, so you can achieve beautiful results.  You will learn why and how to use embellishments to enhance your designs.  Instructions are provided for designing your pinwheel quilts on paper or with Electric Quilt or CorelDraw if you are already competent with the software.  Optional patterns are available for those who do not wish to design their own quilt top.  Skill Level: Intermediate sewing skills.  Four Lessons.  Supply List.  See student work in the Gallery.
$36         Class starts February 10.

Artist's Toolbox   If you have always had the  desire to be an artist or simply wish to increase your creativity, Lyric Kinard will teach you the basic alphabet of art as a visual language.  You will learn by completing a series of exercises in paper and cloth in your sketchbook.  By the end of class, you will have a complete and unique textbook of your new tools.  A supportive and encouraging environment will boost your design abilities and your appreciation of fine art, whether you are a traditional quilter or an aspiring art quilter.  Level: Anyone interested in improving their understanding of art principles. Four Lessons.  Supply List.
$36         Class starts February 17.

Crazy and Sane  In the friendly rivalry between crazy quilters and sane quilters, the two design perspectives rarely meet.  Cindy Thury Smith wondered what you would get if you combined the two?  This class for  adventuresome crazy quilters will show sashing and setting options, plus several different non-square shapes to make your crazy pieced quilts stand out from the pack.  Six easily-constructed designs with secondary patterns will be presented. You will get tips on squaring up, bordering, stabilizing heavy crazy pieced units and getting your crazy quilt to hang straight.  Skill level: students should be able to accurately sew a consistent width seam and must already know how to crazy piece.  This class is offered once a year.  Three Lessons.  Supply List.
$27          Class starts February 17

Exploring Log Cabin   There is more to this old favorite than randomly pulling strips out of a paper bag.  Carol Miller will show you the design possibilities of Log Cabin with variations in value, color, theme fabrics and block arrangements.  You will make four different blocks, plus take a look at several bonus blocks.  Be prepared to make decisions!  This is not a cookie-cutter class.  Basic rotary cutting and machine sewing skills required.  Four Lessons.  This graphic shows a traditional Log Cabin done two ways plus Stepping Stones and a Curved Log Cabin.  Supply List.  See student projects in the Gallery.
$36         Class starts February 17.

Darned Quilts   Discover the world of raw edge piecing as you create a quilt reminiscent of waves and bubbles, planets in space or sand and volleyballs.  Dena Crain will show you how to cut gentle curves in gradated fabrics with a rotary cutter and how to sew them together easily.  Adding embellishments with a variety of threads, cords and stitches will build an interesting background.  Then you will learn how to cut out and reposition the circles, securing each in its new place with machine darning.  With Dena’s guidance, you will design and make an original contemporary abstract quilt, sewn entirely by machine.  Yes, you read that right.  You will learn Dena's method for binding a quilt completely by machine.  Level: Intermediate.  You must know how to sew and quilt by machine, including some experience with free motion sewing.  Four Lessons.  Supply List.  See finished student quilts in the Gallery. 
$36          Class starts February 24.

EQ7 Building Blocks   Learn how to draw effectively and efficiently in EQ7.  Fran Gonzalez will guide you as you start with simple grid and arc structures and progress to advanced designs that include complex pieced and appliqué blocks, motifs and stencils.  You will edit, rotate, resize, clone, partition and flip your designs.  You will also learn how to combine pieced and appliqué designs, create with WreathMaker and experiment with the wide range of EQ7’s printing options.  This is the second class in the EQ7 series.  If you have previously taken EQ6 Building Blocks, you do NOT need this class.  Four Lessons.  Supply List.
$36         Class starts March 2.

Firm Foundations   Stability, precision, speed, and versatility.  What more could you ask of a technique?  No wonder it has become a basic tool for us.  Jane Hall shows you how to piece on top, under pressed and with single templates.  You will learn how to use the foundation as a stitching guide without actually sewing into it. This is a process class.  You will get 21 different block patterns but there is no project.  Skill level:  beginner to advanced.  It helps to have a basic familiarity with piecing and with your sewing machine.  Rotary cutting is also an efficient way to work, but foundation piecing can be done with basic tools and can be sewn by hand, if you wish.  Four Lessons.  Supply List.
$36         Class starts March 2.

Photographing Your Quilts   Whether you are photographing your quilts to enter a quilt show, emailing them to a friend, posting them in the Quilt University Gallery, documenting them for insurance, creating  your personal quilt registry or keeping a  scrapbook, you want the best photos possible.  In this class, Janice Baehr, will help you take photographs of your quilts with your digital camera.  It is neither expensive nor difficult to take good quality photographs of your quilts.  You will learn to understand and use your equipment and supplies, master setting up your quilt, taking the photographs and tweaking the results until you get it just right.  After this class, you will be as proud of your photographs as you are of your quilts!  Four Lessons.  All levels.   Supply List.
$36         Class starts February 24.