Education

This summer we’ll again welcome children ages 7-17 to participate in our annual Quilt Camp for Kids!

Campers choose their own fabrics, learn to use a sewing machine, rotary cutters, how to quilt and how to tie a quilt. Each day campers will receive a snack and explore the Museum galleries and be inspired on their journey as quilt artists. All campers will make a quilt project to keep in four days.

Quilt Camp Beginner 1: Ages 7 – 10 is held Tuesday, June 19 – Friday, June 22, 2018, 9:30 AM – Noon. Cost is $45 ($40 for Friends of the Museum).

This summer we’ll again welcome children ages 7-17 to participate in our annual Quilt Camp for Kids!

Campers choose their own fabrics, learn to use a sewing machine, rotary cutters, how to quilt and how to tie a quilt. Each day campers will receive a snack and explore the Museum galleries and be inspired on their journey as quilt artists. All campers will make a quilt project to keep in four days.

Quilt Camp Beginner 2: Ages 11 – 17 is held Tuesday, June 19 – Friday, June 22, 2018, 2:00 – 4:30 PM. Cost is $45 ($40 for Friends of the Museum).

The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. These young ladies and gentlemen are exceeding our expectations and fulfilling their own goals of becoming great quilters and textile artists.

Young aspiring quilters and textile artists are invited to join.

3-day class with Melinda Bula. You have a choice using 3 of her amazing patterns. There is the Double Delight Rose, Hibiscus or the Dogwood. Learn how to use a range of values in your fabrics to create depth and realm in your flower art quilt. These flowers have to look of a painting without using any paint. It’s all fabric. There is lots of room for creativity. Melinda’s Renegade Thread Play will be talked in a power point to get you ready for thread play when you get home. NO sewing machine is needed.

The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. These young ladies and gentlemen are exceeding our expectations and fulfilling their own goals of becoming great quilters and textile artists.

Young aspiring quilters and textile artists are invited to join.

Have you always loved the look of needle turn applique, but hated the time involved? Wanted to make a Grandma’s flower garden quilt, but didn’t want to spend months hand piecing? Students will learn how to do fast and easy needle turn projects using their sewing machine. We will then expand on this method and I will show you my super easy machine method for English Paper piecing. NO marking, no paper removal and no “Y” seams involved. We will cover how to make and piece a variety of different hexagon quilt all on your domestic sewing machine.

The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. These young ladies and gentlemen are exceeding our expectations and fulfilling their own goals of becoming great quilters and textile artists.

Young aspiring quilters and textile artists are invited to join.

In Activating Space students will explore the concept of Notan and learn to create a rhythmic interplay between positive and negative space in modern quilt blocks and quilt designs. Students will do cut paper exercises to explore Notan concepts and then put that knowledge to work to design graphic, modern blocks. With their original blocks students will apply alternate and traditional grid concepts to create unique quilt designs. Students will complete at least one block and one quilt design in class. There will be no sewing on day one. Students will begin block/quilt construction on day two.

The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. These young ladies and gentlemen are exceeding our expectations and fulfilling their own goals of becoming great quilters and textile artists.

Young aspiring quilters and textile artists are invited to join.

This is Gail’s most popular class, by far! It introduces the student to original design in free-form shapes. Learn the drafting and piecing techniques for flying geese in the round, loose curves, or swirls. It is sew easy to do; students are often surprised at the simplicity of the technique, taught with no scary math words! This class will focus on creating, drafting and stitching original designs. This is the perfect opportunity to bring along a special piece of fabric that you would like to feature in your quilt!

The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. These young ladies and gentlemen are exceeding our expectations and fulfilling their own goals of becoming great quilters and textile artists.

Young aspiring quilters and textile artists are invited to join.

The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. These young ladies and gentlemen are exceeding our expectations and fulfilling their own goals of becoming great quilters and textile artists.

Young aspiring quilters and textile artists are invited to join.

The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. These young ladies and gentlemen are exceeding our expectations and fulfilling their own goals of becoming great quilters and textile artists.

Young aspiring quilters and textile artists are invited to join.

The Museum is delighted with the success of our Junior Quilters & Textile Artists Club (JQTA), which normally meets on the first Tuesday of the month from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. These young ladies and gentlemen are exceeding our expectations and fulfilling their own goals of becoming great quilters and textile artists.

Young aspiring quilters and textile artists are invited to join.