Upcoming Workshops - Everyone is welcome to join us for classes.  We plan for all skill levels through the different classes offered.  Have an idea for a teacher?  Email wmqg.program@gmail.com
​Class fees are $50 for members, $60 for non-members for a day class, 9 am - 4 pm.  
Evening Class Fees are $30 for members, $40 for non-members.

Meet Me in Hawaii with
​Kathy Kansier
March 28, 2017
​9 am - 4 pm

Don’t be intimidated by intricate Hawaiian appliqué blocks. Kathy will show you how to design and make these using a raw-edge appliqué technique. She will share her original patterns and provide hints for creating Hawaiian designs. Students will learn to fold and cut fusible paper to make their design. It will be fused to the appliqué fabric and machine appliquéd stitches. Borders may be added after class to make this project a wall hanging or pillow.

You have an option to create your own block design for this class!
​$20 kit fee in addition to class fee

Quilts with Great Edges
Kathy Kansier
​March 29, 2017 
​9 am - 4 pm

Students will learn a variety of techniques to complete the edges of their quilts. They will make take-home samples including a double-fold binding with mitered corners and connected tails, rickrack binding, reversible binding, a fused binding, scallops and piping. Students will learn about the history of bindings, when to use single-fold, double-fold, bias and straight binding and how to finish a binding with hand or machine stitches.

$50 kit fee in addition to class fee

Paint your own 
Barn Quilt Block 
with Suzi Parron
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
9 am - 4 -pm

Join the barn quilt movement by creating your own painted quilt block.

You will begin with a pre-primed board and go through each step—drafting, taping, and painting, with careful attention to detail.

You will leave with a finished quilt block or with one last color (which will be provided) to add at home. Ready for show and tell at your next meeting!
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The finished product will be two-by-two feet and is the perfect size for mounting on smaller buildings
Please send your questions or requests to wmqg.program@gmail.com
 Speakers for 2016/17
March 28, 2017 - Kathy Kansier
May 23, 2017 - Suzi Parron 
​July 25, 2017 - Summer Event 
Everyone is welcome to enjoy classes through the West Michigan Quilters' Guild.  Members enjoy a cost savings, and non-members pay a nominal additional fee.  Not a member?  Consider joining WMQG and paying for a membership instead of extra class fees!  Learn more about joining WMQG HERE