Promoting the Art of Quilting
will be held on March 10, 2012 8:30-3:00 at Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center. 1901 Lynch Road, Evansville, IN 47711 East of Hwy 41
Vender Tables, Treasure Table, and Quilts on Display! Continental breakfast and lunch (provided by Enjoy It Catering) are available at the Technical Center. Lunch tickets may be bought in advance for $6.
“Finding and Unleashing the Creativity Within You” Traveling Teacher Debbie Caffrey teaches a practical approach to Becoming a Confident Quilter. ‘Taking the Mystery out of great quilts’ is her Trademark. She will help you dream, visualize, recognize elements, organize your thoughts, and apply techniques to make your quilts.
For the first time workshops will be held Thur. and Fri. running from 9 to 4 daily.
We are accepting sign-ups for the classes this month for Thursday and Friday classes. The only way to insure that your seat is secure is to pay for the class in advance. We have opened these classes to the general public. Hurry up and join in on the learning and lots of fun….
Cutting and Power Cutting, Too – Based upon the book of the same title, “Power Cutting” is a fast and efficient approach to rotary cutting that allows quilters to choose the one that is best for the task at hand. For instance, working with scraps, strips and charm squares requires different techniques than working yardage. Much of the class will be using the process and the balance of the day will be spent making project. Quilters may choose to make any project of their liking using what they have learned in the process exercises.
Fabric Stir Fry – Learn how to use traditional blocks, original ones, left over parts of quilts, orphan blocks, and inherited pieces to make a one of a kind quilt. In the class Debbie will emphasize making blocks or units in any size from scraps, using templates-free techniques when possible, and fitting together odd size units to make quilts that are fun, sure to be cherished, unique and personal.
Debbie Caffrey is a self-published author of thirteen books and dozens of patterns. In addition, she has designed and published over one hundred fifty patterns in an ever-changing line of mysteries. Debbie has taught many energy-filled workshops nationwide for guilds and shops, and some international venues. These include International Quilt Festival (Houston, Rosemont, and Long Beach), Minnesota Quilters Conference, Festival of Classes in Bend, Oregon, The Road to California and many, many more. Debbie has contributed many articles to Traditional Quiltworks magazine and has made two guest appearance on HGTV's television program, Simply Quilts, and two episodes of QNNTV.com's Quilter's Coffee .
If you are coming to Evansville for both Quilt day and the classes, consider getting a room at the brand new Hampton Inn. (It is less than a mile from all the fun.) Reservations made before February 13th are eligible for a group rate. In order to get the group rate you will need to call the hotel directly at 812-464-1010. Please see the below link to the Hampton Inn Airport website. This website has the hotel information and pictures of the property.
http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=EVVAPHX
Paducah - AQS April 25-28, 2012
American Quilters Society, AQS, marked its 25th anniversary with the Paducah event in April 2009. Beyond the 34 quilting events produced by AQS, this highly successful organization also publishes and distributes quilt books, publishes a quilting magazine, creates a bi-monthly eNews newsletter.
Shows are held yearly in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,Des Moines, Iowa;Grand Rapids, Michigan and Paducah, Kentucky. The next Paducah show runs from April 25 to 28, 2012.
Additional information is available at www.americanquilter.com/.
