FRIDAY CLASSES QW 2026

January 10, 2026

Class Overview

THURSDAY CLASSES
SATURDAY CLASSES

Registration begins for WSQG members on April 15, 2026 and for non-members May 1, 2026.

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17. Karla Alexander
Blue Moon – ONE DAY
Skill Level: Confident Beginner

This is a fun design as you go quilt! You can audition the moon colors and sizes along the way, providing the opportunity to make changes well into the project. Follow the pattern exactly or make it your own! Easy tips and techniques will inspire you along the way to create your  own awesome quilt! Pattern comes with templates so you may not need the speciality ruler. You will learn ways to use circles along with an understanding  of how to sew circles and use them in your quilts. Finished Size: 60″ x 80″  Finished Block Size:10″ x10″  Pattern: $9.00

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Picture Piecing – ONE DAY
Skill Level: All

This is a two-part class. The first half of the day will be dedicated to learning the sewing technique. We will be working on Land That I Love, which I designed just for this class. In the afternoon we will be learning how to break up a design so it can be sewn using this technique. You will be provided with a packet of designs. They start out simple and gradually become more difficult. The goal of this design portion of the class is to make you more comfortable designing your own wall hanging. 

Material Fee: $60.00 (payable in class – cash preferred. Includes pattern and fabric for top, complete with borders and binding and all design supplies.)

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19. Scott Flanagan
Falling Stars – ONE DAY
Skill Level: Confident Beginner

Create two simple blocks from two Jelly Rolls and background to make this striking quilt. Master sew-n-flip corners and simple variation on the log cabin block. 

Pattern: $10.00 plus tax
available from instructor

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20. Anna Sapp
Taking the Mystery out of Termari – ONE DAY
Skill Level: All

Take the mystery out of making a beautiful traditional Temari ball. Learn how to construct the ball using both traditional rice hulls and less traditional modern construction, simple and effective ways to divide the ball, the basic stitch and the Kiku stitch, how to make an obi band and how to weave the threads to make a more complex-looking design. This is a hands-on class. 

Supply fee: $45 – includes, threads, materials for making a traditional rice hull or silk center ball and a non-traditional Styrofoam center ball, one pre-wound ball, patterns and tool kit.  

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21. Deb Kipp
Mystery Quilt – TWO DAYS
Skill Level: All

Mystery Quilt??? You never know what can happen! At the end   – Mystery solved – new quilt revealed! You too can be a Nancy Drew, Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple. 

Pattern no charge, instructor will email cutting instructions to students.

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22. Josy Daniel
Smooth Sailing – ONE DAY
Skill Level: All

Learn to make a “Smooth Sailing” runner or quilt, using the Studio 180 Design Diamond Rec and Square Squared tools from Studio 180 Designs. 

discount with cash or check.

Pattern: $10.00

Diamond Rec Tool $30.00; Square Squared Tool – $26.00 (cash or check only)

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23. Ruth Davis
WYld & WYacky Free Motion Quilting – ONE DAY
Skill Level:
Confident Beginner

Come spend the day learning to quilt your projects using Free Motion Quilting on your domestic machine! The first part of the class will focus on repetition and learning the basics. Part two will allow students to “play on their domestic machines! Remember, these are just for practice! Plan on having fun, staying relaxed, and laughing! We are going to “train our brains!”  Fortunately the quilt police won’t see these!

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24. Diana Wilsey Geer
Ear-ristible – ONE DAY
Skill Level: Intermediate

What quilter doesn’t need a pair of patchwork earrings?!  In this class, the student will learn foundation paper piecing then apply that technique to produce mini quilt designs. Those designs will then be assembled in the student’s choice of either walnut (darker) or eucalyptus (lighter) colored laser-cut wooden frames. Four designs are available for these approximately 2”x2” finished earrings with 20mm surgical stainless-steel hoops. Design selections include,  A.) Half Moon-New York Beauty B.) Rectangular-Flying Geese C.) Circle-Log Cabin D.) Hexagon-Pineapple.  Contact instructor for your wood color choice and the earring design selection at time of registration. This class will introduce the student to the technique of foundation paper piecing, then apply that technique to produce mini quilt designs. Those designs will then be assembled into laser-cut wooden earring frames.

Material Fee: $25.00 Kit includes foundation papers, earring hoops, instructions for piecing/earring construction, and wooden frames. 

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25. Rachel Miller
English Paper Piecing – ONE DAY
Skill Level: All

Learn the fun art of English Paper Piecing Way.  Choose from one of four patterns, An Owl, a Lion, a Peacock or a Rooster. 

Pattern: $24.00 – Full EPP Kit: $150.00 

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26. Patricia Heintz
Circle of 6 Hollow Cubes – ONE DAY
Skill Level: Intermediate

Add the illusion that light is shining on your quilt from the direction you choose with color placement of your fabric. Studio 180 Design Star 60 Tool makes this simple. 

The pattern will be provided.  – Please contact instructor for special QW2026 special pricing. 

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27. Gina Kleppinger
Patriotic Bargello – ONE DAY
Skill Level: All

Let us celebrate 250 years of our wonderful country with this stunning bargello quilt. This will make a great quilt for yourself or for a Quilts of Valor donation. Simple piecing produces a dynamic 3-dimensional illusion. Let’s have a great time celebrating our country. 

Pattern: $15.00 available from instructor

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28. Robbie Llitras-Heib
Sunset Mocha – ONE DAY
Skill Level: All

What do you get when you combine luscious coffee browns with bright sunflower golds? A lap quilt to wake up and spill your morning coffee on. Spilled coffee! That’s how Morning Mocha was born!  Almost all half square triangles with a few squares here and there.  The finished quilt measured 50” x 50”

Pattern: $10.99 Strawberry Patch Quilt Shop
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29. Iris Jasperson
Posh Santa – ONE DAY
Skill Level: Intermediate

Learn to use the QCR Mini Ruler from a certified So Kind of Wonderful instructor. Make a Santa wall hanging.

Pattern and Mini QCR Ruler are required.

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30. Margie Ullery
Christmas Sox – ONE DAY
Skill Level: All

Make a fun Christmas Quilt with appliquéd Sox.  

Pattern: $10.00

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30. Open Sew – ONE DAY
Skill Level: All


An opportunity to work on your own projects at your own pace.

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