SIX HOUR WORKSHOPS - Most of Mary's workshops emphasize color and design. There is always teacher guidance and encouragement in making individual choices. Click HERE for more lecture/workshop information.

BUNCHA DOTS OR ANYTHING ELSE (Confetti Quilts)

Piece a jazzed-up version of the traditional block Circle within Circle by arranging the block units in a non-traditional way. This is a great quilt to show off special collections of fabric like dots, novelty prints, and hand-dyes. (Acrylic templates available.)

COTTON CANDY QUILTS
(Cotton Candy Quilts)

Learn how to use real or reproduction prints from the 30s-70s. See how to contrast the prints against solids and geometrics. Two blocks to pick from: Star and Askew Nine-Patch is a new pieced one with two templates, and Circle within Circle is a traditional applique block with one template. (Acrylic templates available.)

FAILURE PROOF STRAIGHT LINE MACHINE QUILTING

Mary is known for her even, precise machine quilting. She limits herself to straight lines and soft pivots using the walking foot. Learn the "tricks-of-the-trade" for coming up with simple designs for pieced blocks, sashing, and borders. Ergonomics stressed.

CREATING QUILTING DESIGNS WITH CONTACT AND FREEZER PAPERS FOR MACHINE QUILTING WITH THE WALKING FOOT

No more marking lines that don't come out. See how easy it is to paper cut your own block and border designs. Learn to evaluate and adapt commercial templates. Students sew their patterns.

OPPOSITES ATTRACT!
(Confetti Quilts)

Learn how to make your favorite (or least favorite) color look better, or even great. Stretch and try using opposite colors on the color wheel (complements, extended complements, or triad). Project limited to one-piece Pinwheel block, but Mary includes a second template for a smashing border. (Acrylic templates available.)

SOPHISTICATED PLAY
Kaffe Fassett's Caravan of Quilts

Mary has designed four quilts for the Kaffe Fassett series from Rowan. Use his fabrics or any others for this fun quilt. Great for stripes, hand-dyes, solids, and novelty prints. YoYos and buttons optional! (Acrylic template available.)

STRIPES GO CONTEMPORARY
(Confetti Quilts)

Why waste time strip piecing to make a contemporary quilt? Stripes look wonderful cut up and pieced in Serpentine Curves, Mary's two-piece block. It's easily changed, rotated, and recombined. Use commercially printed and woven stripes or even dye your own stripes. (Acrylic templates available.)

CREATING GREAT QUILT BORDERS WITH PIECED STRIPES

Learn four smashing borders from a stripe expert. Repeat simple shapes like squares and triangles: let stripes do the work! Easy calculations from someone who doesn't balance her check book.

WAGON WHEEL QUILT
(Cotton Candy, Confetti, and Fon's and Porter's Love of Quilting 5/6/2006)

Have it your way: make it look traditional or contemporary because you choose the kind of fabrics and decide to make a one-color or many-color background. Tips on piecing. (Acrylic templates available.)

THREE HOUR CLASSES - Offered at conferences only.

CREATING QUILTING DESIGNS WITH CONTACT AND FREEZER PAPERS FOR MACHINE QUILTING WITH THE WALKING FOOT

No more marking lines that don't come out. See how easy it is to paper cut your own block and border designs. Learn to evaluate and adapt commercial templates. No sewing

DESIGNING WORKSPACES FOR QUILTERS

83% of dedicated quilters (those who spend at least $600/year) have a quilting room. Create a new space or evaluate and spruce up your present one. Lighting, window treatments, flooring, work areas, storage, and special furnishings discussed. (American Quilter, Fall '03)

PIECED FAN BASKET
(Cotton Candy Quilts)

Enjoy selecting vintage fabrics and stitching this fun block while learning about fabrics of the mid-twentieth century when quilts, out of necessity, were often pieced from scraps. Group fabric stash provided with fee. (Acrylic templates available.)

TRIANGULAR STRING QUILT
(Cotton Candy Quilts)

A great "hard times" quilt machine pieced over paper or tear-away the "old-fashioned" way. Have fun using up the scraps of scraps and learn how to feel truly frugal.