Guest Teachers

When she first introduced free motion quilting in 1984 at Houston Quilt Market, Harriet set the quilting world on its ear, and has been changing the look of quilting ever since. Heirloom Machine Quilting is Harriet's favorite class to teach, as the enthusiasm of the students is contagious. This is the class she is famous for.

Unique machine quilting techniques that will turn quilt tops into heirlooms in a fraction of the time it takes to hand quilt will be taught. The actual sewing is a small part of machine quilting, and the beginning of the class is lecture filled with valuable information so that the student knows what to expect and how to avoid the pitfalls along the way. A thorough discussion of preparing the quilt top to quilt, work space, threads, needles, etc. will be covered.

Hands-on exercises will be used to develop machine quilting skills, from walking foot ditch quilting, to free motion feathers. Harriet is a master at teaching students "how to learn to machine quilt". Most of all, encouragement and excitement is taught, giving students permission to become great machine quilters.