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Sept 27th - 29th, 2021 (with 30 days of video playback)
Your registration fee includes:
- The Community Trunk Show
- 2 days of quilting instruction, including 4-5 hours of LIVE STREAM classes each day with a chance to connect directly with instructors in real-time!
- 2 Q&A sessions
- Two full downloadable quilt patterns
- Downloadable PDFs given throughout each day
4 Encore National Quilters Circle and Craftsy Courses (valued at $150)
The instructors have personally selected four courses from the National Quilters Circle and Craftsy shops that will be unlocked for you. Retreat registrants will have full access to view these on demand encore courses for the next 60 days.
Encore classes include:
- Creative Edges and Finishes
- All About Precuts
- The Machine Crafters Toolbox
- Finish It! Borders, Backing, Binding & Beyond
Special offer price: $113
** 40% off regular price of $189 for Craftsy + National Quilters Circle members only (retreat valued at $379)
Special offer pricing ends September 27! No promo code necessary.
WHEN
COST
BONUS!
WHAT IS INCLUDED
WHEN
January 30th - 31st, 2021
WHAT IS INCLUDED
Your registration fee includes:
8 fitness classes, including Kickboxing, Barre, Strength, Core, Yoga, Pilates & HIIT
4 workshops on fitness, nutrition, and positive mindset
4 Downloadable PDFs
Q&A sessions with Chris and the GHUTV trainers
Apple Watch giveaway
COST
$49 $25.00 Member Discounted Price!
50% discount with the code Member
BONUS!
Women, Wine and Wisdom
Get exclusive access to a Zoom call with Chris and the GHUTV Trainers to talk about the upcoming weekend and starting healthy habits.
Craftsy Quilt Sampler: Back to Basics Virtual Retreat is designed for quiltmakers with skill levels that range from the adventurous beginner to the advanced sewer. Participants should have basic rotary cutting and basic patchwork-piecing skills.
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Quilt Sampler: Back to Basics Virtual Retreat is designed for quiltmakers with skill levels that range from the adventurous beginner to the advanced sewer. Participants should have basic rotary cutting and basic patchwork-piecing skills.
Email questions to craftsy@program-director.net
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Tuesday, September 28th
Tentative Event Schedule
** This is a tentative event schedule and is subject to change **
Wednesday, September 29th
Delightful Dozen with Kelly Ashton
Vintage Black with Colleen Tauke
Monday, September 27th
Colleen Tauke
Colleen Tauke is a quilter, designer, and quilt educator with 40+ years of sewing experience, of those, the last 17 years have been centered around quilting.
Early in her quilting endeavors she was challenged to piece a quilt that seemed daunting – fussy cutting, y-seams, strip piecing, hourglass blocks, a pieced border, and appliqué – and that was all in ONE quilt – her first bed sized quilt, that would become a quilt shop sample and win a third-place ribbon at the Iowa State Fair in the “my first quilt” division. She was hooked!
Currently, she hosts NQC Facebook Live events every other Tuesday, presenting fun quilt projects, topics and techniques for quilters of all skill levels!
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Kelly Ashton
As a self-described “pragmatic quilt-maker,” Kelly Ashton approaches quilt design and construction with a knowledge of and appreciation for the theoretical while searching for and developing skills and short-cuts that are practical. Kelly’s passion for patchwork covers a dichotomy between “microwave quilts” (quilts that are simple in design and quick to piece) to “crock-pot quilts” (quilts that are more intricate and complex in their construction), and she happily moves back and forth betwixt the two.....and everything in-between!
In addition to designing quilts, Kelly especially loves to teach and talk about quilts. Her motto is “Have quilts. Will travel.” Kelly and some of her classes can also be found on the new Craftsy website.
Quilting Instruction
Quilting Community
Trunk Show
Our quilting experts will guide you along as you cut and piece eight different quilt blocks and will demonstrate how to quilt in three unique ways. You will have the chance to ask questions in real-time!
Missing your friends at in-person quilting retreats? Join us to learn new techniques together, meet new instructors, plus special sessions devoted to talking about the art of quilting.
An interactive trunk show will launch the retreat where you will meet Kelly and Colleen, they will highlight their favorite quilts, and who knows... they might even spotlight a photo of your quilt!
WHEN
Sept 27th - 29th, 2021 (with 30 days of video playback)
WHAT IS INCLUDED
Your registration fee includes:
The Community Trunk Show
2 days of quilting instruction, including 4-5 hours of LIVE STREAM classes each day with a chance to connect directly with instructors in real-time!
2 Q&A sessions
Two full downloadable quilt patterns
Downloadable PDFs given throughout each day
BONUS!
4 Encore National Quilters Circle and Craftsy Courses (valued at $150)
The instructors have personally selected four courses from the National Quilters Circle and Craftsy shops that will be unlocked for you. Retreat registrants will have full access to view these on demand encore classes for the next 60 days.
Encore classes include:
Creative Edges and Finishes
All About Precuts
The Machine Crafters Toolbox
Finish It! Borders, Backing, Binding & Beyond
COST
Special offer price: $113
** 40% off regular price of $189 for Craftsy + National Quilters Circle members only (retreat valued at $379)
Special offer pricing ends September 27! No promo code necessary.
Meet Your Instructors
What to Expect
At the close of the Row-By-Row retreat, Kelly and Colleen are hosting a private special wrap-up session. In a more intimate Zoom setting (limited to just 50 guests) you will be able to directly ask them your questions about quilting, their experiences in the industry, and more. This exclusive opportunity is in addition to the Retreat package, and the cost for this private event is $5.
The two quilts designed for this Retreat are Delightful Dozen and Vintage Black, both approximately 68” x 84”. Kelly and Colleen have designed, constructed, and provided instructions for these two quilts that utilize all 12 blocks that you will learn to construct at the retreat. Fabric selections and placement reflect the instructor’s unique quilting styles, sharing designs that are color-driven (Delightful Dozen) and value-driven (Vintage Black).
60-Day Access!
What if you miss a key quilting technique, or you aren’t available for all of the sessions of the virtual retreat? No problem! By purchasing this event pass, you receive access to all videos, downloads, chats, patterns, and encore content for playback for 60 days after the event. This is a huge benefit that you can only get with virtual events!
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What Is Included
Your registration fee includes:
BONUS! 4 Encore National Quilters Circle and Craftsy Courses (valued at $150)
The instructors have personally selected four courses from the National Quilters Circle and Craftsy shops that will be unlocked for you. Retreat registrants will have full access to view these on demand encore courses for 60 days!
Click here to learn more about these Encore Courses.
2 days of quilting instruction, including 4-5 hours of LIVE STREAM classes each day with a chance to connect directly with instructors in real-time!
2 Q&A sessions
The Community Trunk Show
An interactive trunk show will launch the retreat where you will meet Kelly and Colleen, they will highlight their favorite quilts, and who knows...they might even spotlight a photo of your quilt!
Two full downloadable quilt patterns
Downloadable PDFs given throughout each day
BONUS! Exclusive Session with Kelly & Colleen
At the close of the Quilt Sampler: Back to Basics Virtual Retreat - Kelly and Colleen are hosting a private special wrap-up session. In a more intimate Zoom setting (limited to just 50 guests) you can directly ask them your unique questions about quilting, their experiences in the industry, and more. This exclusive opportunity is in addition to the Retreat package - the cost for this is $10.
Connection with a Community of Quilters Around the World
Missing your friends at in-person quilting retreats? Join us to learn new techniques together, meet new instructors, plus special sessions devoted to talking about the art of quilting.
The two quilts designed for this Retreat are Delightful Dozen and Vintage Black, both approximately 68” x 84”. Kelly and Colleen have designed, constructed, and provided instructions for these two quilts that utilize all 12 blocks that you will learn to construct at the retreat. Fabric selections and placement reflect the instructor’s unique quilting styles, sharing designs that are color-driven (Delightful Dozen) and value-driven (Vintage Black).
Sampler Quilts – A Craftsy Virtual Retreat is designed for quiltmakers with skill levels that range from the adventurous beginner to the advanced sewer. Participants should have basic rotary cutting and basic patchwork-piecing skills.
Email questions to:
What You Will Learn
This retreat offers you instruction in:
Color-driven vs. value-driven fabric selections for quilt blocks
Achieving an accurate "scant quarter inch" seam allowance
Identifying the grid structure of a quilt block
Traditional and streamlined methods for block unit construction
Block construction methods and demonstration for each of the twelve blocks
Two setting options: "straight-set," including a variety of pieced sashing options, and "on-point" set, including how to cut side and corner setting triangles
Deconstructing a quilt block by identifying its units
What is National Quilters Circle?
National Quilters Circle has been creating instructional videos designed to engage quilters with their passion since 2010. We want to be your favorite place where you can feed that passion by learning new techniques, getting inspired, and connecting with other quilters who feel the same way as you.
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ZJ HUMBACH
ZJ Humbach is a professional longarm quilter and pattern designer who owns and operates Dream Stitcher Quilt Studio in Nederland, Colorado. Her work appears in McCall’s Quilting, Quilters Newsletter, and Quiltmaker magazines. Now ZJ is a freelance writer for Quilters Newsletter and the Studio Arts Quilt Associates (SAQA) Journal. She also quilts regularly for Connecting Threads.
ZJ has enjoyed machine sewing since age 12. She has a strong educational background in clothing construction, tailoring, and interior design plus a Master of Arts Teaching degree with an emphasis on curriculum development and adult education.
HEATHER THOMAS
Heather is a mixed media fiber artist with a passion for color and a dedication to teaching. After a decade of making original yet traditional work, she began venturing out toward art quilting, embellishments, and mixed media work. With more than 12 years of studying and teaching color and design under her belt, she wrote her second book, A Fiber Artists’ Guide to Color & Design, which came on the heels of her very popular first book, Fabric Embellishing: The Basics & Beyond.
In 2011 Heather was a guest writer for Quilting Arts magazine with a multi-part feature on Free Style Machine Quilting. She also participates in group and individual instructional DVDs produced by the Creative Crafts Group.
ZJ Humbach is a professional longarm quilter and pattern designer who owns and operates Dream Stitcher Quilt Studio in Nederland, Colorado. Her work appears in McCall’s Quilting, Quilters Newsletter, and Quiltmaker magazines. A former Quilters Newsletter editor, she wrote a longarm quilting column, “Finish Line,” for each issue. Now ZJ is a freelance writer for Quilters Newsletter and the Studio Arts Quilt Associates (SAQA) Journal. She also quilts regularly for Connecting Threads.
ZJ has enjoyed machine sewing since age 12. She has a strong educational background in clothing construction, tailoring, and interior design plus a Master of Arts Teaching degree with an emphasis on curriculum development and adult education.
Heather is a mixed media fiber artist with a passion for color and a dedication to teaching. After a decade of making original yet traditional work, she began venturing out toward art quilting, embellishments, and mixed media work. With more than 12 years of studying and teaching color and design under her belt, she wrote her second book, A Fiber Artists’ Guide to Color & Design, which came on the heels of her very popular first book, Fabric Embellishing: The Basics & Beyond.
In 2011 Heather was a guest writer for Quilting Arts magazine with a multi-part feature on Free Style Machine Quilting. She also participates in group and individual instructional DVDs produced by the Creative Crafts Group.
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Delightful Dozen
Vintage Black
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