Rule(R) Your Quilts- $50 Thursday, April 27, 2023 2PM-5PM If you love precision and consistency in your quilting designs, you will love using rulers and templates! These handy tools assist in placing designs accurately and stitching them out precisely. Learn to handle rulers and templates safely with the ruler base and Sure Foot, and how to achieve accuracy with the markings. The wide variety of Handi Quilter rulers will inspire you to new design heights.

It's all about Handi Quilter at The Fabric Patch booth. You don't want to miss this opportunity to get your hands on one of Handi Quilter's longarm quilting machines. And who doesn't need new rulers, we will have a large variety available as well as all the awesome Handi Feet and other HQ gadgets for you to check out. This is a fun quilt show and the guild does an amazing job displaying the beautiful line up of quilts. So stop by and say HI, Mike and I will be there to answer all your Handi Quilter questions.

Basics of Longarm Quilting - $50 Friday, April 28, 2023 10AM-1PM Does longarm quilting interest you, and you’d like to learn more about it? Or do you just want a review of longarm quilting basics? This class removes the mystery of longarm quilting by explaining machine and frame elements and features, how to load a quilt, and vital facts about thread, needles, and tension. Handi Quilter longarm machine and frame systems come in various sizes for every budget and are user-friendly because they are designed by a quilter, for quilters – just like you!

Free Motion Quilting Foundations - $50 Friday, April 28, 2023 2PM-5PM Quilters everywhere LOVE the excitement and fun of free-motion quilting – and it’s easier than you think! Create flowing designs by connecting simple design elements with continuous lines, traveling across the quilt or filling in a specific area. Learn how drawing and muscle memory contribute to beautiful free-motion quilting, and how you can create stunning designs.

An Exposition - April 29-30th, 2023 Saturday 9am - 4pm Sunday 11am - 4pm

Pro-Stitcher Basics (Hands - On) - $60 Saturday, April 29, 2023 10AM-1PM Pro-Stitcher is an intuitive computer-guided quilting system designed especially for use with Handi Quilter longarm quilting machines. User-friendly and simple to operate, the step by-step process for each function is easy and fun. Whether finishing your own quilts or consider a quilting business, come see the elegant and precise quilting you can accomplish with Pro-Stitcher. New users – start here!

Rule(R) Your Quilts- $50 Saturday, April 29, 2023 2PM-5PM If you love precision and consistency in your quilting designs, you will love using rulers and templates! These handy tools assist in placing designs accurately and stitching them out precisely. Learn to handle rulers and templates safely with the ruler base and Sure Foot, and how to achieve accuracy with the markings. The wide variety of Handi Quilter rulers will inspire you to new design heights.

Join us for this Handi Quilter Lecture/Demo Event with HQ Educator, Karen King; This class is lecture/demo format but we are going to have a couple Amara's available when the instructor wants to do some hands on instruction. Days 1 & 2 - am- Intro-Basics of Longarm Quilting; pm - Free Motion Quilting Foundations; Handi Quilter Lecture/Demo Event - HQ Educator - Karen King; This class is lecture/demo format but we might set up 1-3 classroom Amara's, this depends on what instructor wants/needs. Days 1 & 2 - am- Intro-Basics of Longarm Quilting; pm - Free Motion Quilting Foundations; Day 3 - How do I quilt it, Gridwork Not Guesswork, Mark It UP, and Border Magic; Day 4 - Pro-Stitcher Basics and Pro-Stitcher Designer Basics. Time each day 9 am-4pm.

"Quilting it Forward" May 5 & 6, 2023 Friday 10am-6pm Saturday 10am-5pm

37th Annual Sprintime in the Pines Quilt Show. Sharing the knowledge and joy of quilt making since 1984. Springtime in the Pines Nevada County Fairgrounds May 6 – May 7, 2023 Saturday 10 to 4 • Sunday 10 to 4 “Celebrating the Artist Within” Over 250 Quilts on Display • Vendors • Baskets • Silent Auction • Country Store • Café • Mountain Art Quilters Display Featured Quilter: Lorna Straka ADMISSION Cash or Check Only $10 for one day • $15 for two days • Children under 12 free Group rate available (10 or more) FREE Parking