IQ Retreat Oct. 19th and 20th. in New Lebanon, NY


Instructor:   Linda Lawson of Blue Ribbon Quilt Co.
Date:          Monday and Tuesday Oct. 19th and 20th
Cost:           $200 each (includes lodging, instruction and food)
Skill level:    Intermediate

Address:      New Lebanon, NY 

Kate Mitchell is hosting an IQ "retreat" Oct. 19th and 20th when I will be in the New York region for an installation..  Kate lives in the Albany,  area and has a beautiful vacation, rental home that we will be staying at.  She can only accommodate around 8 people, so please sign up as soon as possible if you're interested.


Here are the details....

Monday the 19th we will be meeting in the morning and starting a mystery quilt Kate will be designing for us.  To learn more about Kate and her designs please visit http://www.berkshirequilts.com/.  During breaks we will be discussing ways to incorporate the IQ to execute the quilting.  The quilt will have a few challenging areas on it so we can learn how to deal with them IQ wise.  Hopefully by the afternoon we will all have our quilts pieced.  After dinner, there will be a short demonstration on how to digitize with Corel Draw 12 (viewing video blog will be a prerequisite) and also a question and answer session for some of the newer features of the IQ.  During this time, some may also want to hand sew optional applique designs onto their mystery quilt tops to practice some of the IQ's background features.


Tuesday the 20th we will then be moving over to Kate's studio in town for me to demonstrate quilting this actual quilt top.  I will be demonstrating 3 different ways to fit and sew the borders along with tips and tricks for streamlining setting up the blocks.  Included in the demonstrations will be actual stitch-outs of background fills and creative ways to use them along with incorporating the new path pattern feature into troublesome design areas.  If there is time, I will also be loading a different quilt and showing how to go about incorporating no-sew blocks within a panto and tips on setting up and sewing pantos to perfection within borders.

Costs for this retreat is $200 per student.  This includes, instruction, housing and FOOD!  Please let Kate or myself know as soon as possible if you are interested.  We only have a few spots left.



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