ADK Quilt Conference

Enjoy Fall in the Adirondacks  |  October 16-18

Register today! During the annual Quilts Unlimited Exhibition, View will host the 3rd annual ADK Quilt Conference on October 16-18. Choose from multiple workshops featuring both traditional and art quilting techniques, enjoy informal presentations from experts in the field, -and best of all- network with fellow quilters.

After paying for the conference with the buttons on the right:

a confirmation email will be sent to you with a link to sign up for your classes
-or-
call us after you paid at 315-369-6411 x201 and let us know which classes you'd like to register for.

Complete 3 Day Package: $400

• Includes Opening Reception, two days of workshops, presentations, and all meals (two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners). 

Complete Tuesday Package: $250

Complete Wednesday Package: $225

Monday October 16:

5pm-7pm Opening reception and meet & greet

• Delicious catered dinner
• Presentation Trunk Show by Pat Harrison, "Coloring Your Quilt"

Tuesday October 17:

• 8am-9am - Breakfast at View
• 9am-4pm (includes lunch - 12pm-1pm)
  Strippy Scrappy Quilts, with Pat Harrison (material list)
  or
  Collaborative Art Initiative, with Cynthia Busic-Snyder (material list)
  or
  Thread Painting and Thread Sketching Combined, with Nancy Prince (material list)
• 5pm - Catered Dinner followed, and presentation by Nancy Prince "So What is Thread Painting All About?"

Wednesday October 18:

• 8am-9am - Breakfast at View
• Choose between a full day class or 2 half-day classes
  9am-4pm - Easy Peasy Circles, with Pat Harrison (includes an hour lunch break - 12pm - 1pm) (material list)
  or
  9am-12pm - Plastic Nature, with Natalya Khorover (material list)
  or
  9am-12pm - Simple Thread Painting, with Nancy Prince (material list)
  
• 12pm-1pm - Lunch with Lecture, "Alternative Stitching Practices" by Natalya Khorover 
  1pm-4pm -Textural Style with Natalya Khorover (material list)
  or
  1pm-4pm - Country Threads with Nancy Prince (material list)
• 4pm - Conference Ends

After paying for the conference with the buttons on the right:

a confirmation email will be sent to you with a link to sign up for your classes
-or-
call us after you paid at 315-369-6411 x201 and let us know which classes you'd like to register for.

Class Descriptions

PLASTIC NATURE - (material list)

Here’s a creative way to help clean up our planet: make art from single-use plastic bags. Make art inspired by nature with guidance on cutting, stitching, & finishes. 3-hour workshop *Materials List will be sent out after registration.

TEXTURAL STYLE - (material list)

A collection of diverse tidbits holds a great deal of promise. Transform bits of vintage lace & snippets of shiny Lycra into a beautiful background or a stand-alone composition. Experiment by adding unusual threads, collected thread snippings and yarns for added texture. *Material List will be sent after registration.

STRIPPY SCRAPPY QUILT - (material list)

Put fabric scraps to dynamic use. All techniques are demonstrated and samples are abundant. Incorporates basic quilt making techniques.  *Material List will be sent after registration.

EASY PEASY CIRCLES (materials list)

Learn how to easily and evenly piece circles into your quilts using the “freezer paper frame – glue baste – heat it – stitch” method. Piece circles into an existing quilt top or a block for a quilt. *Materials List will be sent after registration.

THREAD PAINTING AND THREAD SKETCHING COMBINED - (material list)

Create magic right before your eyes! A preprinted design easily guides you through each step.  You will be amazed at how a straight and zigzag stitch can create a beautiful composition. *Materials List will be sent after registration 

SIMPLE THREAD PAINTING - (material list)

Never thread painted before? Then this workshop is a great place to start. The straight and zigzag stitches are the little work horses. A preprinted design easily guides you through each step so there is no stress about how to proceed. 3 hour workshop.

   
Simple Thread Painting                                   

(material list)
Country Threads

COLLABORATIVE ART INITIATIVE - (material list)

Quilters will explore and strengthen their own brainstorming/ideation skills. Every participant will be given the same one-word prompt, & begin a 15” x 15” composition (in fabric) to illustrate the concept. Following the lunch break, each artist randomly draws a new composition from a pile/bag to complete. Participants are asked to go through the problem-solving process again, starting with a composition from another artist. At the end of the day, there will be a short discussion about creativity, problem-solving and ownership of the outcome in the collaborative process. This thinking activity is intended to expand artists’ approach to their work and composition. It is not appropriate for a beginner looking to learn a sewing technique or specific pattern or process. *Materials List will be sent after registration.