#202 Debbie Boyink, Needle Tatted Beaded Purse Needle tat a beautiful beaded purse to wear around your neck. It's just the right size for carrying your ID and credit cards when going to quilt shows. Learn to add beads to your tatted rings, make chains of bead that form most of the purse, and to make a fringe of beaded loops for the bottom. To wear the purse around your neck, you will make an attractive twisted neck cord, which can incorporate beads. ***This is a day and a 1/2 workshop. The 2nd half will be on Sunday, June 9 at 9:00 a.m. Kit fee: $8-$45, depending on the bead choice.

#203 Martha Green, Armchair Pincushion Students will choose from several variations of pincushions. Using techniques from Martha's "Carney Roadside Attraction School of Crazy Quilting," they will construct these pincushions which when weighted will ride easily on the arm of a sofa or chair. Students will learn how it is possible to turn small units of crazy quilting into pincushions and appliqués. Martha will demonstrate her method of quick piecing, construction, beading ideas and embellishing. Kit Fee: $5.00

#204 Robin Atkins, Improvisational Bead Embroidery a 2-day workshop-In 2 days, learn and create a sampler of every basic bead embroidery technique there is, plus many variations, fringe techniques and edging methods. Begin beading on a piece of original work which you can make into a small pouch, appliqué onto a large bag, frame, add to a quilt, or whatever you wish. Kit fee: $5.00

#205 J.D. Shumway, Crazy Pieced Miniature Art Quilts Explore the techniques of miniature crazy piecing and embellishment while constructing these tiny masterpieces. The miniature blocks have lots of little spaces for the teeny-tiniest embroidery stitches possible. A variety of design and finishing possibilities will be covered, including framing the blocks as fine art. All skill levels welcomed. Kit fee: $12.00

#206 Gloria McKinnon, Needlewoman's Delight Needlecase one delightful day with Gloria, learn to create a beautiful and functional needlecase, using an elegant embellished silk panel for the cover. Each page is embroidered and embellished with silk ribbon and laces to add to the charm of this beautiful project. Kit fee: $21.00

#207 Karen Williams, Alternate Landscape Piecing Method Create beautiful blocks with graceful, curved seams. This piecing method is both faster and easier than the traditional landscape piecing methods. Students will create a landscape incorporating such terrain features as hills, clouds, farm fields, rocks, etc. Kit fee: $12.50

#208 Kelly Gallagher-Abbott, Start to Finish Students may choose to work on a crazy quilted fabric postcard or a project of their own. Fabric selection, foundation piecing, seam coverings, beading and finishing are all presented. Kit fee: $10.00

Friday Half Day Workshops - A. M.

#209 Kathy Fenchel, Flutterby for Lunch Students will be introduced to the basics of stumpwork. They will stitch a three- dimensional beaded butterfly passing over a thistle, looking for just the right morsel for lunch. Three specific stumpwork techniques are used. This is an intermediate level class. Students should be comfortable with basic embroidery stitches including bullion knots and the buttonhole stitch. Kit fee: $15.00

#210 Victoria Adams Brown4" Woven Needlebook Students will make a 4" woven front needlebook using curly ribbon, buttons and a few lazy daisy leaves, feather stitches, and beads. Kit fee: $12.00

#211 Roxann O'Hare, Hand-dyed Ribbons Students will hand dye and paint a variety of ribbons, threads, and trims that can be incorporated into crazy quilting. Silk, cotton and rayon will be provided and students may bring some of their favorites to try as well. Experimentation is encouraged! Kit fees: $25.00

#212 Cindy Brick,Hanky Crazy Quilt Use 7-10 of your favorite hankies and an unusual "out-in" stitching method to make a lovely heirloom Crazy Quilt. Fast, beautiful and do-able for all levels of expertise. Students will discuss a variety of easy-to-add embellishments for a graceful finished look, including beading, painted shadings, and others. All methods demonstrated in class, including finishing methods. Kit fee: $26.00

Friday Half Day Workshops - P. M.

#213 Kathy Fenchel, Raspberries for Lunch Students will stitch a small design that is a nice introduction into stumpwork. A fat bumblebee is hovering over three glistening raspberries. Three specific stumpwork techniques will be used. This is an intermediate level class; students should be comfortable with stitching bullion knots, buttonhole stitch and French knots. Kit fee: $15.00

#214 Victoria Adams Brown, Button Bouquet Students will learn how to stack buttons and create "button towers." Learn how to create "S" curve patterns with buttons and button placement on top of motifs. Make fuzzy rayon flowers inside buttons, wrap buttons with rayon fibers and add beads. Create button flowers by stitching decorative stitches around a button. Kit Fee: $12.00

Friday Half Day Workshops - P. M.

#215 Roxann O'Hare, Easy Imaging This class is for those who want to transfer images and hand paint with no fuss involved. Easily accomplished at home with no mess and non toxic techniques. Students will start with black and white photocopies, transfer to cotton and silk fabric and then hand paint the images using dyes. Kit fee: $25.00

#216 Cindy Brick, Color Fabric Embellishments Give your Crazy Quilts that professional look with the tricks and tips you'll pick up from this learn-as-you-work class; everything from the right fabrics and colors to adding that final touch of embroidery or beading . Students will explore both modern quick pieced and traditional methods and examine a variety of modern and vintage Crazies. Kit fee: $20, optional

High Tea-5:00-7:00 p.m. The popularity of Martha Green's doll class last year prompted the addition of a tea hosted by Martha and the participants of that class. Please bring your completed dolls so that we may admire them. There's just enough time between the end of class and the beginning of tea to slip back over to the hotel and change into some CQ finery.

Scholarship Auction-7:00-9:00 p.m. Always an important part of the Conference, the scholarship auction will be held immediately following High Tea. Please consider donating something to the auction- some crazy quilt blocks, a goodie bag of fabrics, ribbons, and embellishments, or perhaps the Challenge Block that you made for the Anniversary Challenge. Proceeds from the auction fund the scholarships which allow people to attend the conference for reduced tuition.

Saturday, June 8 Full Day Workshops
9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

#204 Robin Atkins, Improvisational Bead Embroidery the 2nd half of the 2-day workshop started on Friday, June 7.

#301 Betty Pillsbury, Crazy Embroidery Learn variations of classic crazy quilt stitches such as twisted herringbone, tied herringbone, triple feather, maidenhair, etc. Learn why the chant, "Shoulder, shoulder, bellybutton" will help you stitch better. Kit Fee:$10.00

#302 Debbie Boyink, Needle Tatted Motifs and Techniques Add excitement to your needle tatted rings. Make a simple motif when learning to make chains between the rings. Learn to use two colors in your tatting. Students will learn how to add beads to motifs after learning several techniques for adding beads.Kit fee: $2-$5, depending on beads and threads selected.

#303 Martha Green, Gaining Momentum Martha gives tips from the "Carney Roadside Attraction School of Crazy Quilting." This class is designed to provide helpful hints for quilters who would like to finish a full-size crazy quilt before they die or just complete smaller items faster. Martha will demonstrate a quick piecing method and discuss ways to speed up your working process. You will work on piecing four blocks using her method which may be used later in a project. Kit Fee: $5.00

#304 Kathy Fenchel, Ladybug Luncheon This project exposes the student to five separate stumpwork techniques. The design is stitched on ivory Dupioni silk. Students will stitch a three dimensional ladybug meandering on a vine looking for lunch. The ladybug and leaf are stitched using wire and floss. The yellow berries have a muslin base and the thistles are three dimensional and shaded. This is an intermediate level stitching class; students should be comfortable with basic embroidery stitches including French knots and the buttonhole stitch. Kit fee: $25

#305 J.D. Shumway, J. D.'s Needlecase J. D.'s Crazy Pieced Needlecase is a must to have in every quilter's basket. The lavishly embroidered outer cover hides wonderful pockets, loops, ties and pages to help keep those threads and needles just where you want them. All skill levels welcomed. Kit fee: $12.00

#306 Gloria McKinnon, Elegant Decorator Bellpull Embellishing Silk Prints - Gloria McKinnon-In one wonderful day, students can make a fabulous, heavily embellished bellpull. Using four cherub silk panels, beautiful fabrics, elegant laces and antique style buttons, they will create a delightful piece to grace their homes. Kit fee:$58.00

#307 Kelly Gallagher-Abbott, Perfect Seam Coverings Students will learn an easy and fast way to create perfect seam coverings. Students will work on a sampler and learn the basics to every stitch used in seam coverings. They can practice endless variations. Also covered will be couching and short/long stitch so that students will learn to create the traditional Victorian spider and web. Kit fee: $10

#308 Victoria Adams Brown, Denim Shirt Sampler This class will feature 8 different stitches. Students will stitch on the back of denim shirts and embellish the yokes with Rayon Flutterbees. Charms will be added and the front of the shirt yokes will also be embellished with motifs and buttons. Kit fee: $15.00

#309 Kerri Murphy, Crazy Bead Embroidery Learn techniques for bead embroidery that create a dimensional look and which can be used alone or in combination with traditional crazy quilt embroidery stitches. Students can make a block ahead of time to embroider or they can use plain fabric squares for a sampler. They may also use their own project. Kit fee: $15.00

Saturday Half Day Workshops A.M.

#310 Mary Richling, Photo Transfer Students will learn several different methods of photo transfer and the pros and cons of each method. This class will include ideas on what to transfer and types of fabrics and the range of effects that can be achieved with the various methods. Kit Fee: $5.00 (optional)

#311 Jo Morton, Framing Students will learn framing jargon and conservation framing recommendations in this demonstration based class. An informative step by step demonstration of how to frame needlework will give you helpful insights that will enable you to frame your own needlework or choose a framer to do the work for you the way you want the work done. Kit Fee: None

#312 Karen Williams, Working with Color Identify your color biases and expand beyond those biases to work with a rainbow palette of vibrant (or subtle) color combinations with confidence. Karen draws on her art background to provide a thorough look at the properties of hue, value, and intensity, and how to actually USE color theory to plan exciting color combinations that work. Each student will start a color reference workbook to use as a "jumpstart" in planning future projects. Bring along samples of your favorite colors, or some colors you've wanted to work with, but had trouble using in the past. Kit Fee: $15.00

Saturday, Half Day Workshops P. M.

#313 Cindy Thury Smith, Sashing, Setting and Block Shape Options for Crazy Quilts Learn several shape options that are easy to crazy piece. Then learn different simple to construct variations for sashing your crazy pieced blocks together plus different settings to highlight your design. Learn how to cut filler shapes, how to stabilize your work, how to add borders that stay square and how to construct so your piece hangs straight. A technique for setting together blocks of unequal sizes will also be presented. Class will include exercises plus many handouts.

#314 Jo Morton, Framing See #311 - do not register for both sessions.

#315 Karen Williams, Ribbon Worked Flowers A veritable spring garden of beautiful flowers will burst into bloom under your fingertips. We'll use ombre, organdy, gross grained, and wire-edged ribbons to create baby rosettes and violets, berry buds, lilies of the valley, pansies, leaves, and of course, rose buds and roses. These beauties are sewn onto buckram, creating movable, floral embellishments. Kit Fee: $15.00

Annual Banquet and Show and Tell - 6:30 p.m. Dress up in your Crazy Quilt finery and join us for a banquet that is surely to become a yearly favorite. Gloria McKinnon will be the keynote speaker. We top off the evening with show and tell. (Extra tickets will be available for $20.00)

Sunday, Half day workshops A.M.

#202 Debbie Boyink, Needle Tatted Beaded Purse **** 2nd part of class started on Friday, June 9.

#401 Robin Atkins, Beaded Fringing Techniques With movement, texture, and a showcase for special beads, beaded fringe can turn a plain piece of art work, quilt, or garment into something amazing! Make a fringe sampler with basic techniques, many variations, and special unique fringes. Includes many special hints and problem solving methods. All materials, supplies, and handout provided in a kit-choice of color schemes. Kit Fee:$12.00

#402 J.D. Shumway, Crazy Pieced Miniature Vest This adorable, fully lined and richly embroidered Crazy Pieced Little Vest fits an 18" doll or bears and is as much fun to stitch as it is to see! Using J. D. `s kit, you will be amazed at how much you complete in just 3 hours! All skill levels welcomed. Kit Fee: $12.00

#403 Mary Richling, Photo Transfer same as #310 Do not register for both.

#404 Round Robin You will spend the morning with 3 different instructors for a hour-long demo/make'n'take of a favorite technique or project. Please select the 3 demonstrations that you would most like to attend; ranking your preferences would be extremely helpful. Numbers in each session are limited.

• 404a Kathy Fenchel, Three Flowers and a Bug Kathy will expose her students to a stumpwork beading technique that creates a unique flower. As a bonus, everyone will learn how to create a bug out of beads. Stumpwork techniques can be used to enhance crazy quilting or any other type of handwork. Kit fee $6.00
• 404b Mary Ann Zebolsky, MarkMaking Experiment painting on fabric techniques such as `canning', potato prints, markers, stamped images, and painting devices such as sponges, brush, twigs, and even corrugated cardboard. Kit Fee: $2.50
• 404c Dorothy Thompson, Treasure Box Dorothy will demonstrate how to construct a treasure box—a padded hexagonal box with a lid. Various methods of embellishment and closures will be shown. Kit Fee: None
• 404d Pat Hammeke, Critters Combining straight stitches and knots can create ants, bees, ladybugs, spiders, butterflies and inchworms With silk ribbon and a few stitches, these critters work up quickly. Solid stitched in floss, these critters take a bit more time but may add much to your project's success. Kit Fee: 12.00
• 404e Cindy Thury Smith, Embellishments: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue Come and see a demonstration of something old (pintucking by machine four different ways), something new (sewn miniature kimonos), something borrowed (thread fuzzies and tassies) and something blue (gathered bow ties.) Kit Fee: None
• 404f Julie Craig, Victorian Needlebook A needlebook made of dupionni silk accented with hand-dyped lace and embellished silk print. Kit Fee: $6.00
• 404g Kelly Gallagher Abbott, Demystifying the Seam Covering Stitch Learn how to break any seam covering stitch down for use with the ruler developed by Kelly that will make any stitch easy to sew perfectly. Kit Fee: $5.00
• 404h Marci Hainkel, Silk Ribbon Embroidery Picture Stitch this heart wreath with 4mm ribbon. May be personalized with name and date. Kit Fee: $3.00
• 404i Kerri Murphy, Crazy Bead DragonflyMake a Crazy Bead Dragonfly using seed and bugle beads that will look great on a quilt or wearable. Kit Fee: $1.50
• 404j Victoria Adams Brown, Burnt Silk Applique Burning silk fabric to create applique and embellished design. Kit Fee: $5.00

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