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Exercises and Stretches for Quilters: Relief for Stiff Hands & Shoulder Joints

Cassy Vieth

Quick Fit With Cassy

Cassy Vieth of PBS Wisconsin's Quick Fit with Cassy is ready to lead you through simple yet effective exercises so you can keep creating your beautiful quilts! Bring relief to the numerous joints and muscles of the hands and work towards increasing range of motion through the shoulders. Relieve joint pain in your hands and shoulders with these gentle yet effective exercises.  

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Big Block Quilting

Porfiria Gomez

Join Porfiria as she shares her love of creating big block quilts. She will share her technique on how to create big block quilts from start to finish!

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Quilted, Embroidered, and Serged Notebook Cover

Christy Burcham

BERNINA of America

Learn to create a notebook cover that combines longarm quilting, embroidery, and serging. Create your own quilted fabric, add a monogram, and finish with decorative stitching and assembly at the serger! Pick up a few tips and tricks while learning to make this ready-to-gift project.

Vendor Mall

Vendor Mall Livestreams

From 11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST each day, participating vendors will stream video content from their profile pages. You’ll be able to bounce from one vendor’s stream to the next, much like booth-hopping at a physical vendor mall! Vendors will provide sewing machine demos, showcase the latest fabric lines and provide how-to instruction. You are also welcome to browse the vendor profiles and shop anytime!

Screening

Fan-chosen Favorite Episode of Sewing With Nancy

Join us for a special lunchtime viewing party of a favorite episode of Sewing With Nancy – chosen by our Great Wisconsin Quilt Show fans! Vote for your favorite episode. Watch for our Facebook poll the week of Aug. 30 at Facebook.com/WIQuiltShow.

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You Can Quilt-As-You-Go

Chris Lynn Kirsch

There are many variations of this wonderful technique. It can be used to make blocks, connect blocks, and even add borders. The advantage? When the top is done, the quilt is done! You'll learn how to apply these techniques to your quilts.

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Speedy Solutions to Cut & Organize Your Scraps

Lori Dickman

QuiltingWithLori.com

Learn Lori's tools of the trade, including her "Scrapping Rule," how she sorts and identifies value, and all her speedy methods of turning an unorganized scrap stash into a creative solution to store your scraps by size, value or theme! You'll "Speedily" turn your stash into fantastic quilts using Lori's methods.

Vendor Mall

Vendor Mall Livestreams

From 3-4 p.m. CST each day, participating vendors will stream video content from their profile pages. You’ll be able to bounce from one vendor’s stream to the next, much like booth-hopping at a physical vendor mall! Vendors will provide sewing machine demos, showcase the latest fabric lines and provide how-to instruction. You are also welcome to browse the vendor profiles and shop anytime!

Screening

Sewing With Nancy: Beginning Landscape Quilting – Part 1

Learn landscape quilting using this simplistic approach and easy techniques. Nancy and her quilting mentor, Natalie Sewell, streamline the landscape quilting process using a beginner’s prospective. Learn to use inspirational photos, choose fabric, and master messy & fussy cutting techniques. Create trees easily with raw-edge appliqué techniques and give them dimension with fabric markers or oil pastels.

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Exercises and Stretches for Quilters: Reset Your Posture for Neck & Upper Back

Cassy Vieth

Quick Fit With Cassy

Hours spent working on your favorite sewing and quilting projects can leave you stiff and sore. This Quick Fit with Cassy workout will help relieve over-stressed muscles and remind your body what correct posture feels like, preventing poor posture from becoming your new normal. Reset your posture and alignment to provide relief for your entire body.  

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Solids: A World of Color

Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr

Modern Quilt Studio

Learn how to combine solids effectively with every genre of fabric, every pattern and every style of quilting. Available in a rainbow of colors, solids are the MVPs of every quilter's stash. Learn how versatile solids provide contrast and structure to any quilt and are bold on their own.

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Incorporating Quilting Techniques into Garments

Jhasmine Andrews

Strict Stitchery

Learn about pattern and fabric considerations for quilted garments, such as substituting traditional batting with lightweight interfacing to account for fabric drape and the importance of detailing grain lines in piecing projects. Jhasmine will also cover quilting on unconventional fabrics, and creating design samples on a smaller scale before cutting the garment.

Vendor Mall

Vendor Mall Livestreams

From 11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST each day, participating vendors will stream video content from their profile pages. You’ll be able to bounce from one vendor’s stream to the next, much like booth-hopping at a physical vendor mall! Vendors will provide sewing machine demos, showcase the latest fabric lines and provide how-to instruction. You are also welcome to browse the vendor profiles and shop anytime!

Screening

Fan-chosen Favorite Episode of Sewing With Nancy

Join us for a special lunchtime viewing party of a favorite episode of Sewing With Nancy – chosen by our Great Wisconsin Quilt Show fans! Vote for your favorite episode. Watch for our Facebook poll the week of Aug. 30 at Facebook.com/WIQuiltShow.

Lecture

Longarm Quilted “Summer” Bench Pillow Q24 & Qmatic

Donna Bularz

Bigsby's Sewing Center

Design and stitch the front and back of a 16" x 38" bench pillow using the BERNINA Q24 with Qmatic. You will see how to create a simple design in Art & Stitch and take it to Qmatic to make this fun "Summer" pillow.

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Quilting with Rulers on a Domestic Machine

Nina McVeigh

While traditionally a longarm technique, Ruler Work is now being done on domestic machines. Learn how to set up your machine and what supplies you need to get started. Learn how to move the fabric and ruler at the same time, creating amazing designs with simple lines and curves.

Vendor Mall

Vendor Mall Livestreams

From 3-4 p.m. CST each day, participating vendors will stream video content from their profile pages. You’ll be able to bounce from one vendor’s stream to the next, much like booth-hopping at a physical vendor mall! Vendors will provide sewing machine demos, showcase the latest fabric lines and provide how-to instruction. You are also welcome to browse the vendor profiles and shop anytime!

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Sewing With Nancy: Beginning Landscape Quilting – Part 2

Learn to create a garden scene in fabric with this easy landscape quilting process. Natalie Sewell, landscape quilt artist, and Nancy create beautiful foliage, ground-cover and floral accents in their landscape quilt designs. Learn the easy process in this program. Nancy and Natalie guide you in choosing fabric, cutting, clustering, highlighting, adding dimension for beautiful detail in your quilt garden.

Demo

Exercises and Stretches for Quilters: Stretch Your Tight Hips & Low Back

Cassy Vieth

Quick Fit With Cassy

Sitting for a long time while quilting and sewing can lead to soreness in your lower back and tightness in your hips. Cassy Vieth guides this Quick Fit class to stretch and strengthen the muscles in these areas so you can keep doing the activities you love! Stretch and strengthen tight muscles in your hips and lower back.

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The Adventures of Spiral Patchwork

Linda McGehee

Ghees.com

Create wearables, wall hangings, table runners and accessories with an artistic, pieced approach. First, sew strips together. Then, fold and sew into a tube. When opened, the tube reveals the 45-degree angle repeat. Use two fabrics or 30! It looks involved, but the process is quite simple. Bring your sense of adventure. You'll detail with piping and threadwork.

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Speaking Without Words: Activism Through Quilting

Karl Reichert and Michelle Flamer

Textile Center and Women of Color Quilters Network

When Minneapolis became the epicenter of a nationwide protest movement following the murder of George Floyd, Textile Center and Women of Color Quilters Network created "We Are the Story" exhibitions curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. Artist/WCQN member Michelle Flamer speaks to grief, protest, and hope conveyed through these quilts.

Vendor Mall

Vendor Mall Livestreams

From 11 a.m.-12 p.m. CST each day, participating vendors will stream video content from their profile pages. You’ll be able to bounce from one vendor’s stream to the next, much like booth-hopping at a physical vendor mall! Vendors will provide sewing machine demos, showcase the latest fabric lines and provide how-to instruction. You are also welcome to browse the vendor profiles and shop anytime!

Screening

Fan-chosen Favorite Episode of Sewing With Nancy

Join us for a special lunchtime viewing party of a favorite episode of Sewing With Nancy – chosen by our Great Wisconsin Quilt Show fans! Vote for your favorite episode. Watch for our Facebook poll the week of Aug. 31 at Facebook.com/WIQuiltShow.

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Piece and Quilt for the Holidays

Deanna Springer and Dana Casey

Nancy Zieman Productions

Join the Stitch it! Sisters, Deanna Springer and Dana Casey for quick and easy projects to piece and quilt for the holidays. See a trunk show of table runners, wall hangings, home decor and baking accessories! All made with their easiest sewing techniques, time-saving tools and classic tips by Nancy.

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Fast & Fabulous Free-Motion Grid Designs

Sue Heinz

Kismet Quilting LLC

Looking for fun, fast and fanciful background fills? Look to grid designs! Sue Heinz will demonstrate her unique continuous line and circular grid patterns, showing you just how easy it is to make complex-looking shapes "fast and fabulous" using her original designs and amazing, patented tools.

Vendor Mall

Vendor Mall Livestreams

From 3-4 p.m. CST each day, participating vendors will stream video content from their profile pages. You’ll be able to bounce from one vendor’s stream to the next, much like booth-hopping at a physical vendor mall! Vendors will provide sewing machine demos, showcase the latest fabric lines and provide how-to instruction. You are also welcome to browse the vendor profiles and shop anytime!

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Sewing With Nancy: Beginning Landscape Quilting – Part 3

Spontaneous landscape quilting techniques are the secret to creating picturesque scenes. Nancy and Natalie Sewell have fine-tuned the process of landscape quilting. You’ll learn to cut blooms, accents, and mountains creatively and enhance them easily with fabric, paint, or markers. Then, give life to your designs as you stipple, following the movement of the fabric with easy tips from Natalie and Nancy.