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Masterclass at MISA with Jackie & Eileen
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Instead of focusing only on the Vintage Rose pattern, we’re opening this workshop up to ANY of the Technique of the Month quilts including, Glacier Star, Paradise in Blooms, and Mariner’s Compass. See techniques throughout the week for ALL of the Quiltworx Technique of the Month quilts and work on one of your choice. Think of it as a Quiltworx.com masterclass held in an beautiful island setting with some of the best instructors in the industry! There’s no better time to create your own exquisite heirloom quilt! Certified Instructors, Jackie Kunkel and Eileen Urbanek are teaming up to teach and walk you through each section of your chosen pattern, demonstrating the tools and techniques needed to successfully complete either a wall-size or queen-size quilt of your own! Quilter’s Quest is the featured Certified Shop and can help with fabrics, kits, notions, and machine needs before and during the retreat. With this dynamic team of Certified Shops and Instructors, you’ll enjoy the best quilting experience Madeline Island School of the Arts has to offer, in a beautiful and spacious setting. Located on the largest of the 22 Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, Madeline Island is known for it’s magnificent light, and colors creating an unparallelled setting for a week of quilting creativity. Please join us 06/05/17 to 06/09/17! |
Two NEW Publications For You
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Back by Popular Demand, Quiltworx University!
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Three delicious meals will be provided each day, plus unlimited refreshments, and snacks. The crew at MISA makes sure their famous bottomless chocolate chip cookies jars stay filled too!
The results will be stunning and unique! Just check out some of the finished quilts from last year! Click the thumbnails to enlarge. Also note the last two are Facebook videos created by Jeanette Walton showing work in progress for many of the finished quilts shown below. The first video is from day one of the retreat, and the second video is from day four.
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With over three-quarters of our students returning from last time and a smaller group size, there are only a few spaces left! So don’t delay! A 25% deposit is all you need to hold your space in this retreat. We hope you can join us for this new and fun experience! Click here for more information and to register.
PRICING:
- Class Fee: $975
- Lodging & Meal Packages: See MISA website for details Lodging/Meals.
- Additional Fees:
- Transportation to and from the event is available but is arranged separately.
- Sewing machine rentals are available through MISA and can be purchased separately.
- The pattern price will be determined at a later date.
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We’re pleased to present the newest additions to our digital quilting library, the Red River Star, Allisyn’s Wondered Land, Dreamcatcher, and Congo Star quilting designs. If you’re looking for rich, beautiful, heirloom-quality designs that fit our latest patterns perfectly, they’ve arrived! Most can be purchased as a complete package or in individual units, and are compatible with most commercial machines that can read quilting design files. Refer to the QUILT DESIGN web pages below for details. Please note, spaces that are shown as blank in the design were quilted using line work following the shape of the units and pieces in the blocks. This type of quilting approach is typically easier to accomplish and place without a digitized option. It is up to you how you choose to quilt these open spaces! Allisyn’s Wondered Land
Congo Star
Dreamcatcher
Red River Star
Vintage Rose Queen & Wall These beautiful quilting designs were created by Laurie Thomas and are now available to purchase and download. We’re expecting several more by our featured designers in the coming months. We’ll keep you posted!
We’re adding new and alternate designs
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What's New at Quiltworx.com
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The Congo Star pattern was designed to bring a new look to a pattern that Quiltworx.com has sold for years called the Amazon Star. Many customers have asked for a queen size version of this quilt in the past, so we took this opportunity to design both new units for a similar layout, and also create a slightly smaller quilt. The Congo Star pattern incorporates all of Quiltworx’s latest techniques as well. It is a breeze to put together, easy to modify, and can also be colored in Quiltster before you create the final project! Both of the samples shown here were done using fabrics from Judy and Judel’s Forever Collection from Timeless Treasures. Other block designs will be available in the future that match the size of those used in Congo Star. If you want to experiment and mix and match the pieces included here with those from other designs, Quiltster is the perfect tool for you to make a quilt completely your own. Check out the Quiltster Tutorial below for information on how to create your own Mixer pattern in Quiltster! |
Daggered Medallion
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Daggered Medallion is an 80″ quilt that includes a 62″ center medallion, a 4″ ring border (increasing the center medallion to 70″), and a squared off radiant border to bring the quilt to 80″ x 80″. A Tonga Batik fabric collection designed by Judy and Judel Niemeyer, with Timeless Treasures, called Rosè was used to make the quilt on the cover. The pattern is available in the Willow Star Mixer listing in Quiltster for auditioning your own fabrics. Also read the Quiltster Tutorial below for more information on other fun features related to this design in Quiltster. |
Quiltster Tutorial – Creating a Mixer
Daggered Medallion
If you have been keeping up with Quiltworx.com, the name “Mixer” and “Quiltster” are probably not new to you. But, you may not totally understand how everything is related!
Well, the Daggered Medallion pattern, mentioned above, is meant to show you the power of versatility that Quiltworx.com is building into our designs. The Daggered Medallion pattern is a series of newly design blocks that fit the areas of the 80” x 80” layout. However, before you buy this pattern, you may want to subscribe to Quiltster and check out the Willow Star Mixer (pictured below), which is the backbone of the Daggered Medallion design!
To explain the Willow Star Mixer to you, let’s start with the center.
STEP 1: When you open this pattern, you will see two Daggered Medallion templates and a Mixer Template. If you simply want to come up with your own colorway, click on the Daggered Medallion Blank Template, or click on the Daggered Medallion in Rosé Tonga Batik template (Quiltworx.com’s official colorway) and tweak that version!
STEP 1
STEP TWO: If you want to see various options for mixing and matching these units with other patterns that fit the same space (think Dreamcatcher for the center, or borders from various Sunrise Mixer patterns, like Allisyn’s Wondered Land, for the ring and border), then click on the Willow Star Mixer Blank Layout and start from scratch!
STEP THREE: Starting with the Willow Star Mixer Blank Layout your layout will not have any blocks loaded, so click on a space and get started! We’re starting in the center top right coordinate (below).
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STEP FOUR: In the next screen (below), you will see your different block options. Some look the same, but they have different color options that help you get proper yardage calculations. Click the one you want to play with and it will open up in the block editor where you can add fabrics.
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STEP FIVE: If you don’t like what you chose, then click “Change Block” (lower left corner) and pick a different one!
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STEP SIX: Keep playing with each group in the layout. When you have a quilt you love and can’t live without, visit the Quiltworx Pattern webpage and look for the Willow Tree Skirt Mixer pattern listing (Coming Soon, March 1st, 2017. Please be patient while we gather all the individual components in our stock room!).
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STEP SEVEN: Once the Willow Star Mixer pattern is available on our website, you’ll be able to click on Buy Now, look through the available components to find the blocks you’ve used in your Quiltster layout, and order the papers for your custom design!
STEP EIGHT: In Quiltster, click on the Print Tab, which looks like a piece of paper, in the Project Editor on the left side of the screen (see above in Step 6). A new page will open with a quilt image at the top, and all the fabric yardage you need listed below. Use this to begin collecting your fabrics for your project!
Also, there is a link shown just below the picture of the quilt with a Click to copy and Print button. If you’re placing an order on Quiltworx.com for the papers, we’d also like you to click on Copy and send your quilt image to info@quiltster.com. This way, we can assure you have ordered all the correct components when we process your order! This is temporary though!
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In the future, a direct ordering page right from Quiltster will be available. The Software Development team is still working on this platform and as a result, any Mixers will temporarily need to be ordered right from the Quiltworx.com website.
We’re thrilled to bring you Mixers! It is an exciting step forward for our company and something we hope our customers learn and use to fulfill their wildest imaginations!
Do you have an award winning quilt?
The new Award Winning Quilts Album is up on Facebook! Congratulations to the winners! If you have an award winning quilt made from a pattern designed by Quiltworx.com, send a picture to Ilyse@quiltworx.com and we will award you a $10.00 gift certificate when the publish our next newsletter!
Vintage Rose Retreat at MISA!
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Join us June 5th-9th, 2017! Madeline Island School of the Arts is offering you an outstanding workshop with two of Quiltworx.com’s Certified Instructors and one Certified Shop! This event will bring together a wealth of experience and is conveniently packaged for you to enjoy making the newest Technique of the Month with no worry involved! Certified Instructors, Jackie Kunkel and Eileen Urbanek are teaming up to teach the Vintage Rose and will walk you through each section of this pattern demonstrating tools and techniques you’ll need to successfully complete either a wall-size or queen-size quilt of your own! Quilter’s Quest will help fill kits for many of the cover quilt samples, work with you on Quiltster created designs using some of our most popular fabric collections, and provide Bernina machines perfectly suited for a workshop and paper-piecing project such as this! Staff will be on-hand at the retreat to assist you with your machine, teach you the basics, and provide an onsite store for all of your quilting needs! Machine specials at the program will be offered and fabrics will be available for you to browse and purchase! Let them know if you are in the market for any kits of current projects or others in advance and they will make sure they have your favorites in stock! Leave room in your suitcase, and they’ll help you fill it. With this dynamic team of Certified Shops and Instructors, you’ll enjoy the best quilting experience Madeline Island School of the Arts has to offer, in a beautiful and spacious setting. Located on the largest of the 22 Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, Madeline Island is known for it’s magnificent light, and colors creating an unparallelled setting for a week of creativity.
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Vintage Rose is Now Available!
Vintage Rose Queen & Wall Patterns Are Now Available!We’re really excited to announce that our fourth, and newest Technique of the Month pattern, the Vintage Rose, is now available through your favorite Certified Shops or Certified Instructors. Our shops and instructors have been preparing amazing quilt samples in drop-dead-gorgeous colorways, as well as organizing classes all over the country to help you make these beautiful quilts. A “Calendar” of classes and a “Class List” can be found on our Vintage Rose pattern web page if you scroll to the bottom. To find our Certified Shops (from which you can order the pattern directly without having to take a workshop), click one of these links:
The Vintage Rose Queen is 96″ x 96″, and retails for $95, while the Vintage Rose Wall quilt is 74″ x 74″ and retails for $78. Both patterns are available as kits in a variety of colorways through our Certified Shops, and kitting information is NOW available on the pattern web page! We hope you enjoy this wonderful new pattern and take advantage of Quiltster, a fabric auditioning app, to play with this pattern, customizing it to your liking before you ever buy a stitch of fabric. We’ve got templates set up for each colorway pictured above to get you started! We also have digitized quilting designs created by Laurie Thomas available to purchase and download, and we’re expecting several more by our featured designers in the months ahead! Check out Laurie’s gorgeous designs now available on our website! Click on the images below for a better look!
Allisyn’s Wondered Land is Also Available!
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January 2017 Last Minute Retreat Openings!
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We have last minute openings in our January 2017 Retreats! There are two onsite spaces available in our January 23rd retreat on beautiful Flathead Lake in Somers, MT. Both spaces are in the Tan Bedroom (Base fee of $1,425 per person, or if you would like to book this room as a private option, it would be $1,400 + $300 room upgrade fee!). The information is as follows: January #1 These event is an open format meaning you are free to bring any Quiltworx.com pattern to work on while attending the retreat. Check-in: 1/23/2017 at 3:00 p.m.
If you can’t make this Last Minute Retreat, be sure to check out our 2017 Calendar! Our summer retreats are full, but there’s still spaces left in various retreats during the months of January to May and after September, 2017! Travel costs into the Flathead Valley during the off-season are generally cheaper. Also, many of our spring retreats are taught exclusively by Judy, for lots of 1 on 1 attention. If you are looking for a great chance to learn the NEWEST Technique of the Month, Vintage Rose, with a Certified Instructor, this retreat is also available in April of 2017 with Certified Instructor, Tammy Doane!
*Price: Includes 6 nights at the Retreat House, 4 days of teaching by Judy, meals, a trunk show and warehouse tour, shopping at local quilt shops, and 1 free sew or touring day. |
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Vintage Rose Retreat at MISA!
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Join us June 5th-9th, 2017! Madeline Island School of the Arts is offering you an outstanding workshop with two of Quiltworx.com’s Certified Instructors and one Certified Shop! This event will bring together a wealth of experience and is conveniently packaged for you to enjoy making the newest Technique of the Month with no worry involved! Certified Instructors, Jackie Kunkel and Eileen Urbanek are teaming up to teach the Vintage Rose and will walk you through each section of this pattern demonstrating tools and techniques you’ll need to successfully complete either a wall-size or queen size quilt of your own! Quilter’s Quest will help fill kits for many of the cover quilt samples, work with you on Quiltster created designs using some of our most popular fabric collections, and provide Bernina machines perfectly suited for a workshop and paper-piecing project such as this! Staff will be on-hand at the retreat to assist you with your machine, teach you the basics, and provide an onsite store for all of your quilting needs! Machine specials at the program will be offered and fabrics will be available for you to browse and purchase! Let them know if you are in the market for any kits of current projects or others in advance and they will make sure they have your favorites in stock! Leave room in your suitcase, and they’ll help you fill it. With this dynamic team of Certified Shops and Instructors, you’ll enjoy the best quilting experience Madeline Island School of the Arts has to offer, in a beautiful and spacious setting. Located on the largest of the 22 Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, Madeline Island is known for it’s magnificent light, and colors creating an unparallelled setting for a week of creativity.
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