Classes and Seminars

Drop me a line if you would like to explore the possibilities.

Seminars and Lectures:

• Pieces of the Word-- A great program for an outreach evening: beautiful fabrics, striking quilts and the powerful Word of God combine in a presentation that touches hearts and changes lives. Kim uses the Bible Block samplers and other quilts to illustrate the timeless truths of scripture.
• The World in Patchwork-- Bible Block quilt trunk show illustrates the amazing way God has taken the Quilters' Neighbourhood from a small Partners in Patchwork quilt group in Squamish, BC, Canada to the world! A great introduction to your own quilt program.
• The Hope That Is In Me-- [1 Peter 3:15 ] God draws straight paths before us, sometimes with very crooked lines! There will be lots of laughter, and few tears as Kim shares her testimony, accompanied by ashow of personal quilts.
• Minding Your Patchwork"Ps": Christmas Quilts -- A clear gospel message and timely reminders for a truly "perfect" Christmas, focus on Christmas quilt projects in a unique presentation for your women's outreach during the busy holiday season.
• Jacob's Ladder -- Kim demonstrates modern patchwork techniques with the first block from The Word in Patchwork. Choose either a one-hour demonstration or a three-hour hands-on workshop. Either way, participants will be inspired and encouraged to discover how easy beautiful patchwork can be. Great start for a quilt outreach program.
• Mystery Mixer-- A fun and different activity for your next social. Each participant sews a few small seams with help from Kim. At the end of the evening, a table runner quilt top is revealed and given away as a door prize!

Classes:

• Bible Blocks-- choose one block for a pillow top in a three-hour beginners' class or make several blocks during a weekend retreat for a table runner. Kim introduces quick rotary cutting techniques and basic patchwork.
• Hope of Eternal Life-- day-long workshop completes this beautiful table runner [some advance preparation is necessary]. Groups may choose to work cooperatively to make a banner using the same elements.
• D----'s Darlings -- Just for fun! This easy mystery quilt top is designed to be completed in two days. Perfect for a quilters' retreat. Some patchwork experience is necessary.
• Slick Tricks for speedy piecing – a handful of great tricks for making beautiful blocks from scraps. Select one class to make a small quilt or table runner, or do all four for a great sampler of simple techniques you will use again and again. Plan on 2½ hours for each class if you wish to complete a table runner top; 1 hour per class to learn each technique if you wish to assemble your sampler at home.

  Choose from:

  • Fast Fours and Nifty Nines -- start with a stack of squares. "How cool is that?"methods to make two-at-a-time four-patch and nine-patch blocks. Warning: these are truly addictive!
  • Gaggle of Geese – no waste, and no triangles! Make four-at-a-time flying geese units that you can assemble into Dutchman’s Puzzle blocks.
  • Triangle Gems – squares and rectangles combine to make two-at-a-time units almost like magic. You’ll be amazed at the versatility of these little units you can assemble into a Duck and Ducklings block.
  • Cheating at Cards – the Card Trick blocks is an old favourite that has many quilters pulling out their hair keeping track of different size triangles. Our slick method begins with strip piecing: no triangles at all!

   

• Greeting Cards Table Runner – [3 hours] choose your format: the adventurous will enjoy this as a mini-mystery or the cautious may prefer to know the "solution" up front. Either way, you'll finish the top for a beautiful table that will make a perfect hostess gift or addition to your own décor. We use Christmas colours for Advent, but you can choose your own favourites for a beautiful result.
• Down with the Dogs! – a non-threatening overview of  free-motion quilting. The focus is on fun and "meandering"outside your comfort zone. Two sessions: Day 1 [3 hours] introduces the basics of: meandering, outline quilting, free-motion "stitch-in-the-ditch". Day 2  [6 hours] includes stippling, McTavishing; free-form feathered borders; trapunto by machine, and quilt-as-you go assembly methods. Some quilting experience is necessary. While this is a "process" class, you will be working on three simple lap/baby quilts that you can then finish at your leisure—perfect for charity or utility quilts.
• Beginner's Quilting --From choosing fabric and rotary cutting to basic quilting and binding skills, Kim guides new quilters through all the steps needed to make their own lap-size Jacob's Ladder quilt: Six 3-hour lessons.
• Beyond Beginner -- Moving on from beginner's quilting, learn several more advanced techniques, plus diagonal sets and sashing in this beautiful quilt that is based on two blocks from Rejoice!
• Easy Eights -- 2 1/2" strips left over from other projects are perfect for this 2-hour workshop that takes all the fear out of set-in points.