Quiltworx University MISA Wisconsin

September 10-15, 2023

Quiltworx University - MISA 2023 - Ready, Set, Plan Your Projects!

Ready, Set, Plan Your Projects!

Hello everyone! We’re beyond excited about this upcoming retreat, and the beautiful design options Judy and Brad have created especially for you! We’re pleased to present your exclusive project, which feature NEW blocks and layouts for the Stella Maris Mixer series which can be purchased for this workshop through Quiltster.

Quiltworx University MISA 2023

Quiltworx University MISA 2023

To keep up to date on what’s happening for this retreat and to communicate with fellow attendees and our hosts, please join the Quiltworx University MISA 2023 Facebook Group.

PLAN YOUR PROJECT!

There are three options for selecting the pattern and your fabrics:

OPTION 1 – PURCHASE A PUBLISHED PATTERN (COMING AUGUST 2023) AND PREPARE YOUR OWN PROJECT: Purchase the Dragon’s Tail pattern for $72.00 through Quiltworx when it publishes in August 2023. Once you have purchased your pattern, you will choose your own fabrics from your stash or as desired. With this option, you will be responsible for cutting your fabrics to the strip size, labeling them, and bagging them so that you are ready for class.  

OPTION 2 – CHOOSE A PRE-DESIGNED KIT: Select one of the Stella Maris mixer kits, exclusive for this event!  There are several pre-designed kit options that have been created for you to choose from. You will have a Quiltster account for six months (from sign up) as part of your event and will need to use it to purchase your project if you choose one of these options. 

OPTION 3 – DESIGN YOUR OWN CUSTOM QUILT:  Create your own completely customized quilt, where you pick the combination of blocks for your quilt and your favorite fabric collections from the list offered by Pine Needles Quilt and Sew! If you haven’t received it already, any day (or upon sign-up!) you’ll receive a 6 month subscription to Quiltster, allowing you the opportunity to mix and match blocks and fabrics in 4 different quilt sizes to achieve your perfectly unique quilt!  You may use Quiltster, or contact Judel Niemeyer for an additional design fee to help you create your perfect quilt.

Dragon’s Tail Pattern
(Coming in August 2023)

When available, this pattern can be ordered through Quiltworx. Click on the image below to view the kitting sheets and fabric requirements. For this option, you will choose your own fabrics and prepare your own kit. Papers will be sent upon placing your order. If you would like a kit, you can contact Pine Needle Quilt and Sew directly to create one.

Andromeda 68x68

Dragon’s Tail Pattern

80×80 • $72.00

Stella Maris Mixer Kits

If choosing blocks and fabrics seems overwhelming, we’re also offering the following exclusive fabric kits only available to event attendees.

If you select this option, we’ll cut the kit, and prepare it for the class. We’ll bring the kits to the workshop for you so there is no preparation needed! 

To order these options, you’ll need to find the one you want in Quiltster (click on Quilt Planner from your Dashboard, then scroll down to the bottom and click the blue Enter button next to Quiltworx University MISA 2023 to get started). Once you have opened the desired project (by clicking Customize) and given it a name, save it to your account.

When kits are ready to be purchased, you can click the Add to Cart button and it will walk you through the order submission process. All you need to do then is show up at the event!

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Dragon's Breath • 80" Square Timeless Treasures: Coffee House and Maple Leaf Mini

Dragon’s Breath • 80″ Square

Timeless Treasures: Coffee House and Maple Leaf Mini

Flamingo Beach • 80" Square Island Batik: Assorted Collections

Flamingo Beach • 80″ Square

Island Batik: Assorted Collections

Meadow of Iris • 80" Square Island Batik: Maple Island and Summer Twilight

Meadow of Iris • 80″ Square

Island Batik: Maple Island and Summer Twilight

The Pink Potomus • 80" Square Free Spirit: Everglow and Neon True Colors by Tula Pink

The Pink Potomus • 80″ Square

Free Spirit: Everglow and Neon True Colors by Tula Pink

Primary Colors • 85" Square Timeless Treasures: Java Blenders

Primary Colors • 85″ Square

Timeless Treasures: Java Blenders

Sleigh Ride • 85" Square Island Batik: King's Castle and Maple Island Collections

Sleigh Ride • 85″ Square

Island Batik: King’s Castle and Maple Island Collections

Sleigh Ride • 85" Square Island Batik: King's Castle and Maple Island Collections

Star Bright Star Light • 85″ Square

Timeless Treasures: Blueberry Tart Mini Collection

A Million Dreams • 99" Square Moda: Bella Solids Free Spirit: Everglow, Neon True Colors, Solids

A Million Dreams • 99″ Square

Moda: Bella Solids

Free Spirit: Everglow, Neon True Colors, Solids

Antique Spinning Wheel • 99" Square Moda: Grunge

Antique Spinning Wheel • 99″ Square

Moda: Grunge

Shooting Stars • 85" Square Timeless Treasures: Tonga Charade

Shooting Stars • 99″ Square

Timeless Treasures: Tonga Charade

Sleeping Beauty • 99" Square Timeless Treasures: Blackberry Cobbler Mini

Sleeping Beauty • 99″ Square

Timeless Treasures: Blackberry Cobbler Mini

Wild Iris • 99" Square Timeless Treasures: Raspberry Parfait, Hydrangea, Wallflowers, and Java Blenders Collections

Wild Iris • 99″ Square

Timeless Treasures: Raspberry Parfait, Hydrangea, Wallflowers, and Java Blenders Collections

Grandma's Garden • 118" Square Timeless Treasures: Hydrangea, Wallflowers, and Java Blender Collections

Grandma’s Garden • 118″ Square

Timeless Treasures: Hydrangea, Wallflowers, and Java Blender Collections

River Dragon • 118" Square Timeless Treasures: Sage Mini, Wallflowers, and Java Blender Collections

River Dragon • 118″ Square

Timeless Treasures: Sage Mini, Wallflowers, and Java Blender Collections

Create your own completely customized quilt, by selecting a quilt size and blocks for each section of the quilt shown below along with fabrics from over 35 collections!

There are two ways to do this:

  1. Use Quiltster!  Prior to this event, you’ll receive a 6 month subscription to Quiltster (as part of the fee for attending the event), allowing you the opportunity to mix and match blocks and fabrics in 4 different quilt sizes and 4 different layouts to achieve your perfectly unique quilt!  
  2. We’ll Design it With You!  For an additional design fee, you can work one on one with Judel Niemeyer as she uses Quiltster to mix and match blocks and fabrics to create your one of a kind quilt. You’ll have final approval before your quilt is kitted.

Whether you use Quiltster on your own, or have us do it, your finalized quilt kit will be prepared for you and brought to the event for you to complete! No preparation on your end will be needed!

BLOCK AND FABRIC OPTIONS

Your options for blocks and fabrics are shown below. If you have any questions about how to use Quiltster, we strongly encourage you to visit the Quiltster Youtube Channel and watch some tutorials before you get started.

Here’s a valuable video (not directly related to this project, but related to the Quiltworx University Planning process) which gives you a great walk-through of how the program works. While the video below is in an older version of Quiltster that looks slightly different than yours, once you click into the Quilt Editor, the process works the same. Click the image below to watch the tutorial.

Quiltworx University Project Planning Video

QUILT LAYOUTS

4 Layouts • 4 Sizes!

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NEW Stella Maris Mixer Layouts!

J BLOCKS

AA Blocks

K BLOCKS

K BLOCKS

L BLOCKS

L BLOCKS

M BLOCKS

M BLOCKS

268-D BLOCKS

268-D BLOCKS

268-N BLOCKS

268-N QUEEN BLOCKS

264-C BLOCKS

264-C BLOCKS

264-D BLOCKS

GROUP 264 D BLOCKS

277-H BLOCKS

Group H Border

Fabric Options

Pine Needles Quilt and Sew is offering you fabrics from the following collections.

NOTE: Click the links below to be taken to the collections in Quiltster. Please know that in some cases the whole collection may not be available to use as part of the workshop. Only the fabrics included in the event will appear when coloring your Madeline Island School of the Arts workshop quilts.

Island Batik
Timeless Treasures
Moda
Free Spirit


September 10-15, 2023

Join us in Madeline Island, Wisconsin for Quiltworx University!

Come sew with Judy and friends!

September 10-15, 2023!

(3 p.m. check in on September 10th)

This Quiltworx University event is located at the beautiful Apostle Islands, at the Madeline Island School of the Arts in Wisconsin!  Madeline Island is known for its magnificent light and colors, creating an unparalleled setting for a week of inspiration and creativity.

Our Quiltworx University events are perfect for both beginning paper piecers and those with a full-on Judy addiction! There will be classes, demonstrations, and a trunk show of gorgeous quilts that will surely be inspirational. If you’re looking for a smaller event, this workshop is perfect with a maximum of 44 spots available, but they go quickly, so reserve your spot today!

Our sponsoring Certified Shop is Pine Needles Quilt and Sew from Rochester, MN!

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Meet the Certified Instructors!

Kristen and Elsa will be on hand teaching along side Judy. Each of them will be demonstrating the techniques for making of the blocks in your quilt! You’ll know step by step what you need to do to complete your beautiful quilt.

Kristen Bender

Kristen Bender • Minnetonka, MN

Kristen has been teaching since 2011 and is thrilled to share Judy’s techniques, tips & tricks with others. She loves to see students’ eyes light up with excitement when they learn about them for the first time.

Her passion for sewing began in Germany at age 9, when she sat with her mother and sewed clothes for her dolls. After she discovered quilting in 2004 her patchwork addiction was born. When she’s not quilting/teaching, she manages an office full of non-quilters and enjoys spending time with her husband and golden retriever.

Elsa Neubauer

Elsa Neubauer • Greenville, SC

Elsa’s love of the sewing and creating started young. She made her first quilt in her teens, but was not in love with the processes. In the early 2000s, Elsa decided to give quilting a try again. She saw a Quiltworx ad in a quilting magazine and knew she was up for the challenge and wanted to make that quilt.

She found a quilt shop offering a class and made her first Quiltworx quilt, Summer Solstice. Since then she has attended numerous retreats and has now made over 40 Quiltworx projects and has many more in the queue.

Elsa loves to share the Quiltworx processes with quilters and has many years of experience in teaching adult learners at a variety of skill levels.

Exclusive Project Sneak Peek!

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For every Quiltworx University, we create an exclusive project, giving you the opportunity to create a completely unique quilt! For this Quiltworx University, we’ll be offering new block layouts and border expansions for the Stella Maris Mixer Series, and MISA attendees will be the FIRST to create with them! We’re pleased to give you this sneak peek of the possibilities available for this event. There will be 3 quilt sizes, many new blocks, and the latest fabrics available from throughout the quilting industry. There’s never been a better reason to sign up!

The new projects will be available to play with in Quiltster. Audition fabrics and blocks, and receive a kit cut down to the strip level ready for you when you arrive, if you want. Every attendee will receive a free six month subscription to Quiltster to plan their projects!

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