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Pat Bishop - Ragged and Real Workshop
Sep
20
to Sep 21
Class, Event, Workshop

Pat Bishop - Ragged and Real Workshop

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Saturday - Sunday; September 20 - 21, 2025

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM with a 30-minute break for lunch each day

Class Fee: $225 WMQFA Member (with member discount code) / $250 Non Member

Class Description:

This class starts with building your subject by fusing; then completing the background with strips (torn and/or cut) of fabric fused to batting. This background is straight stitch machine quilted. After background is built, your real or somewhat real subject is fused and free motion quilted down. All work is done by machine. Must have some sewing experience and be comfortable with your machine. Machine required and should be capable of free-motion stitching. Finishing options will be discussed.

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Shop Hop Day Trip October 16, 202
Oct
16
7:45 AM07:45
Event

Shop Hop Day Trip October 16, 202

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Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Time: 7:45 AM - 6:00 PM

Price: $65 for members and $75 for non-members. 

Description: Join us for a fun-filled day of shopping! We’ll be stopping at four Madison area shopping spots: Electric Needle, Blue Bar, Sandy Creek Quilts, and JJ Stitches. We will leave the museum at 7:45 am sharp and return to the museum at approximately 6:00 pm.

Snacks and water will be provided on the bus. Lunch is not included in the price. However, there will be a lunch stop in Lodi, WI.

We look forward to seeing you on this fun day and enjoying the colorful scenery!

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Shop Hop Day Trip
Oct
18
8:00 AM08:00
Event

Shop Hop Day Trip

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Join us for a fun-fill day of shopping! We’ll be stopping at three shopping spots. We will leave the museum at 8:00 am sharp. Our first stop is Quilting Divas in Green Bay. Then on to Sturgeon Bay and Barn Door Quilts (with extra time for lunch on your own). We will end the day in Manitowoc at Quilting in the Valley, before returning to the museum approximately 6:00pm.

$65 for members and $75 for non-members.  Snacks and water will be provided on the bus. 

We look forward to seeing you for this fun day and enjoying the colorful scenery!

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Fiber Friends 2023
Jun
29
to Dec 21
Class, Workshop, Event, Fiber Friends

Fiber Friends 2023

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2023 Dates: Jun 29, Jul 20, Aug 17, Sep 21, Oct 19, Nov 16, Dec 21

10:30am – 3:30pm Third Thursdays each month! Except JUNE 29 (5th Thursday)

Join the casual and productive fiber-arts-social-program on the Third Thursday of each month.

Bring your project in progress or planning and get feedback and encouragement from other fiber enthusiasts. Whether you are sewing, quilting, mending, knitting, crocheting, embroidering, tatting, weaving, all projects are welcome. Fiber Friends is an ideal opportunity to pick up tips, to try new techniques and to share your love of fiber arts with others. Schedule some “me” time to get that project finished or to spend the day with like-minded makers who enjoy sharing the creative process.

Sewing supplies, irons, large worktables, and coffee/ tea pots are available for your use during each session.

New This Year: Sessions do NOT need to be consecutive.

2023 Pricing:

Non-Members

$125 for twelve sessions

$75 for six sessions

$42 for three sessions

$15 for one session

Museum Members 

$110 for twelve sessions

$65 for six sessions

$36 for three sessions

$15 for one session

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Nov
11
10:00 AM10:00
Class, Event, Workshop

SECOND CLASS ADDED! Improv Hand Quilting with Heidi Parkes

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Price: $170 per non member

$145 per member (with member code)

Learn to quilt by hand, following your intuition and improvising as you go.  In this class, you can make a ‘wholecloth’ quilt, using a single cut of fabric as your quilt top, or you can use an existing quilt top. This workshop is both conceptual and technical.

Students will get a solid foundation on improvisation and hand quilting.

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Reconsider The Grid With Sarah Nishiura
Oct
8
9:30 AM09:30
Event, Class, Workshop

Reconsider The Grid With Sarah Nishiura

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From the use of one point perspective as a compositional tool in Renaissance Italy, to the fantastic Op Art creations of the  1960s, artists have been finding ways to manipulate the standard square based grid for centuries as a means of introducing space and movement into two dimensional design. This workshop will introduce students to some simple ways to enrich designs by stretching, warping, and re-imagining the grid.

Workshop  will include discussion of the use of the grid in art history and quilt history, exercises on paper which will demonstrate simple ways to manipulate the grid, and open work time during which students can try out some basic templates provided by the teacher, and work on creating their own.

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Wings And Wedges: Abstract Applique With Jane Sassaman
Sep
24
to Sep 25
Class, Event, Workshop

Wings And Wedges: Abstract Applique With Jane Sassaman

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In a fabric collage of simple symmetrical shapes, you will learn the basics of Jane’s accessible machine appliqué techniques. We will cut into stabilized fat fabric quarters and use the resulting shapes in a unique collage composition. This will also provide a chance to sharpen your design and machine embroidery skills.

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Inspired By Art: Virtual Workshop With David Owen Hastings
Apr
9
12:00 PM12:00
Class, Event, Workshop

Inspired By Art: Virtual Workshop With David Owen Hastings

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Description

Starting with a favorite work of art, develop your own unique modern quilt design. Be inspired by shapes, colors, structure, or the feeling you get and design a block or whole quilt with an eye on modern minimalism

This workshop is a 6-hour live-stream event, conducted on Zoom, consisting of live instruction

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Vignettes Quilt: Exploring Art Concepts In Quilting With Heidi Parkes
Jun
5
to Jun 6
Event, Class, Workshop

Vignettes Quilt: Exploring Art Concepts In Quilting With Heidi Parkes

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About the Artist:

Heidi is a quilter and mender living in Milwaukee, WI. She received her BFAEE from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005, and was a high school art teacher in Naperville, IL for 9 years. Heidi continues to pursue her passion for teaching by lecturing and leading workshops across the country. She shares her creative process with thousands on Instagram.

In 2016, Heidi won first place in Handwork and second place in Improvisation at The Modern Quilt Guild’s QuiltCon, and is now a returning instructor there. Heidi has exhibited in The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Art, The New England Quilt Museum, The Charles Allis Art Museum, The John Michael Kohler Art Museum, and more. Heidi was an Artist in Residence at Have Company in Grand Rapids, MI.

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Documentation 101: Free Virtual Chat
May
7
12:00 PM12:00
Event, Class, Workshop, Lecture

Documentation 101: Free Virtual Chat

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Join WMQFA Executive Director Melissa Wraalstad, Documentation Chair Maribeth Schmit, and Index Manager Darlene Habanek for a FREE virtual chat about the museum’s documentation project.

The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts grew out of quilt documentations. The Wisconsin Quilts: Stories in the Stitches exhibit is a tribute to that project. But what is a quilt documentation? Why does it matter? And how do they work? Join us to explore quilt documentations, the Quilt Index, and how this all led to WMQFA.

Click here to join the FREE Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87221696032

This program is free, but donations are appreciated! Click here to donate.

This program is possible with the generous support from the American Quilt Study Group, Kohler Foundation, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Block Printing with Ammu Cherian
Nov
14
1:00 PM13:00
Class, Event, Workshop

Block Printing with Ammu Cherian

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About Ammu

My passion for Indian textiles has always been a part of my life. I grew up in Muscat, Oman and lived in various cities across India. Growing up I watched a lot of American, British and Korean television and movies. All of these influences has impacted my aesthetic and helped me embrace my Indian heritage with a global influence. AMU is my interpretation of my culture.

I am a self taught designer with no prior fashion background. This gave me the freedom to create my own path and line without following the industry taught rules.

After moving to the USA early 2016, I decided to pursue my childhood dream of creating my own clothing line. Since then it has been an incredible journey of doing several fashion shows, winning and award and getting published.

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Cottage Tulips
Sep
21
to Sep 22
Workshop

Cottage Tulips

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Victoria Findlay Wolfe is a New York City-based Award-winning quilter, designer and author of 15 Minutes of Play:  Improvisational Quilts; Double Wedding Ring Quilts:  Traditions Made Modern; and Modern Quilt Magic:  5 Parlor Tricks to Expand Your Piecing Skills (C&T publishing).

Her work has been exhibited, written about, and featured on Sewing with Nancy and many other TV and online shows. Her quilt Double Edged Love, won Best in Show at the first QuiltCon in Austin, Texas, 2013.

Victoria has exhibited at the WMQFA, taught here multiple times, and serves on the museum’s Curatorial Advisory Board.

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Domestic Bliss
Feb
9
9:00 AM09:00
Workshop

Domestic Bliss

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Sue’s passion is teaching and she brings to each of her classes a Fine Arts and Education background, over 25+ years of quilting experience, a sense of humor, design expertise and a commitment to help each of her students reach new levels of quilting excellence. She has authored four books, each brimming with fresh design ideas for free-motion quilting and has also designed several innovative marking tools - all to delight, intrigue and inspire. In addition to teaching at guilds and national shows across the country, her designs, books and tools have been featured in online TV and national and international publications. For more information about Sue, her classes, books and tools and to see samples of her work, visit www.SueHeinz.com.

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Take Two!-Simple Shapes
Feb
8
9:00 AM09:00
Workshop

Take Two!-Simple Shapes

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Sue’s passion is teaching and she brings to each of her classes a Fine Arts and Education background, over 25+ years of quilting experience, a sense of humor, design expertise and a commitment to help each of her students reach new levels of quilting excellence. She has authored four books, each brimming with fresh design ideas for free-motion quilting and has also designed several innovative marking tools - all to delight, intrigue and inspire. In addition to teaching at guilds and national shows across the country, her designs, books and tools have been featured in online TV and national and international publications. For more information about Sue, her classes, books and tools and to see samples of her work, visit www.SueHeinz.com.

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Layering: Transparent Fabrics and Handwork
Jan
12
to Jan 13
Workshop

Layering: Transparent Fabrics and Handwork

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A highly skilled fiber artist, Heidi Parkes is a 2005 graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Active on social media, Parkes has 9,000+ followers on Instagram, and has her finger on the pulse of the contemporary fiber art world. She’s exhibited in museums across the country.  She’s a regular instructor at The Modern Quilt Guild’s QuiltCon, and at QuiltCon 2016, she won 1st place in handwork and 2nd place in improvisation, and in 2018 she won 3rd place for handwork. Learn more about her quilting, and listen to her podcast episodes at HeidiParkes.com

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