Empty Spools Seminars

Our faculty offers exciting, entertaining, educational and inspirational five-day workshops. Join us as we continue to offer the ultimate quilting retreat experience at the renowned “Refuge by the Sea” – Asilomar!

Session 1: February 25 - March 1, 2024

Jan Krentz: Pointed Star Extravaganza 
Ellen Lindner: Design Your Own Nature Quilt
Jenny K. Lyon: Joyful Free Motion!
Laura   Independent Study
 

Session 2:  March 1 - 6, 2024

Mel Beach: Mark Making and Mandala Magic
Sue Benner: Driven to Abstraction: developing abstract imagery
Barbara Black: The Full Circle of Life
Melinda Bula: Creating a Floral Art Piece with Just Fabrics
Deborah Fell: Creating the illusion of Depth in Art Quilts
RaNae Merrill: Free Motion Mastery – in a week
Maria Shell: Circle and Curve Sampler
Libby Williamson: Scroll Stories: Chapter 2

Session 3:  March 17 - 22, 2024

Patricia Belyea: Creativity and Complex Curves
Andrea Brokenshire: Floral Painted Appliqué on Silk
Becky Goldsmith: Independent Study
David Owen Hastings: Inspired by Architecture
Meri Henriques Vahl: Layered Fabric Collage
Katie Pasquini Masopust: Artfull Log Cabins (line and grid)
Jane Sassaman: Abstracting from Nature
Jeanette Walton: Adventures in Paper Piecing

Session 4:  April 14 - 19, 2024

Sandra Bruce: Material Matrix
Vicki Conley: Designing from Photo to Imagination
Josephine de la Cruz Keasler: Independent Study
Kathy Doughty: Spider Webs
Michelle Jackson: Light the Portrait with Color
MJ Kinman: Treasure Hunting
Robin Long: The Modern Mariner’s Compass- Strip Piecing
Pearl P. Pereira: Ole Time Santa or Independent Study
Julia Scheffelin Graves: Shimmering Triangles

Session 5:  April 14 - 19, 2024

Pati Fried: A Moment in Time
Diane Kirkhart: Spring Flower Basket
Wendy Mathson: Designing with Storm at Sea and Snail’s Trail Blocks
Sujata Shah: Basket Full of Scraps
Timna Tarr: Mass Maples
David M. Taylor: Animal Artistry through Appliqué

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