Handi Quilter Lecture/Demo - Fall 2024
Are you interested in learning more about longarm quilting? Do you need a refresher course on Pro-Stitcher? Then join us as we welcome Handi Quilter National Educator Loretta Morris to our store for several Lecture/Demo classes, including an all-day Pro-Stitcher Simulation class.
When: November 7-9, 2024
Time: 9:30 am-12:30 pm; 1:30 pm-4:30 pm
Cost: $50 each class session Thursday and Saturday; $100 for Friday all day Pro-Stitcher Simulation
Seating: Each class is limited to 18 people (Sign up before Sept 15, and receive $10 in coupons to use at the event)
Classes:
Thursday, November 7, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Longarm Quilting Bootcamp: Does longarm quilting interest you, and you'd like to learn more about it? Or do you just want a review of longarm quilting basics? This class removes the mystery of longarm quilting by explaining machine and frame elements and features, how to load a quilt, and vital facts about thread, needles, and tension. Handi Quilter longarm machine and frame systems come in various sizes for every budget and are user-friendly because they are designed by a quilter, for quilters - just like you!
Thursday, November 7, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Sweet and Simple Free-Motion Quilting: Quilters everywhere LOVE the excitement and fun of free-motion quilting - and it's easier than you think! Create flowing designs by connecting simple design elements with continuous lines, traveling across the quilt or filling in a specific area. Learn how drawing and muscle memory contribute to beautiful free-motion quilting, and how you can create stunning designs.
Friday, November 8, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (all day class)
Exploring Pro-Stitcher in Simulation: Pro-Stitcher is an intuitive computer-guided quilting system designed especially for use with Handi Quilter longarm quilting machines. User-friendly and simple to operate, the step-by-step process for each function is easy and fun. Whether finishing your own quilts or consider a quilting business, come see the elegant and precise quilting you can accomplish with Pro-Stitcher. New users - start here!
Saturday, November 9, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
A Positive Look on Negative Space: Stumped by what to quilt in all that negative space? This workshop explores how to fill the space with embedded designs, use easy marking techniques, and balance shape, size and density to provide movement and order on your next modern quilting project.
Saturday, November 9, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Fundamentals of Feathers: Feather designs add a touch of class to any quilt. Learn to draw and stitch these beautiful elements in many different styles, from traditional to contemporary.
- When you sign up for a class, you will add one class to your cart at a time. Be sure to add all the classes you would like to take before checking out.
- There will be in-store coupon available (to use at the event) if you do sign up for all 6 classes.
- If you recently purchased your Handi Quilter from SewTech (and have not attended an event yet), please register for the classes you would like to take, you will receive in-store coupon at the event.
| Instructor Bio: | Loretta Morris, Handi Quilter National Educator Loretta's first experience with a sewing machine was in junior high school where she made a pair of powder blue corduroy overalls. Those overalls were loved so much by all her friends that she ended up giving them to her, at the time, best friend Janey. She didn't touch a sewing machine for the next 10 years or so, until her mother-in-law gave her a sewing machine as a gift, and she thought, "What am I going to do with this?" So she did the only thing she thought she could do, she began making clothes for her children, and then she began making them for herself. She then ventured into rag doll making, selling those dolls at craft shows, and teaching at her local quilt shop. It was there that she laid her eyes on a quilt that she just had to make, so she talked the maker of that quilt into teaching a class, and so began her love of Quilts. Loretta started doing her own quilting on a HQ Sweet Sixteen, and graduated to the Amara with Pro-Stitcher 5 years later. She has enjoyed teaching other the love of quilting ever since. She loves art quilting as well as traditional quilting, and combining free motion, ruler work and Pro-Stitcher to create custom quilting. Loretta has 4 grown children and 12 grandchildren. |
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