Classes

From the studio of award winning quilter Myrna Ficken...

If you want it, you can have it. If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. The first step to achieving success is learning to want the right thing, then being able to visualize it. Go ahead and use your imagination

Interested in hosting classes?

Contact me for information on setting up a workshop in your studio, with your friends! Call 435-229-2703 cell 301-725-2057 home or email myrnaf@q.com for information.

New classes are being scheduled now.

Hands on workshop in my studio or yours!

Hands on workshop minimum 6 students in your studio.

2 or 4 hour demo/lecture classes available.

Fees are subject to change without notice before booking.

I now live in Laurel Maryland

Creating a Successful Longarm Quilting $200.00

If you’re thinking about starting a machine quilting business of your own, or if you’ve just begun to create your business, this will be a very valuable class for you. I’ll share my 8 plus years of experience operating my own business and relate to you some important information about marketing your services and building your customer base. I’ll discuss information about order/consultation forms, suppliers, thread and batting selection. And the important role samples play in your business. I’ve developed many tips and tricks throughout my years in the quilting business and you can benefit from my experience and learn some of those timesaving and work-saving techniques from the beginning.

Just Do It

Hands on class

This is a beginner to intermediate level class in which you will learn some fun techniques. I’ll teach you fillers, flowers, and all kinds of jazzy, funky, cool freehand designs that can be used on any quilt. Fast and easy edge-to-edge designs to some thinking “outside of the box.” We’ll work with border design and carry parts of the design into the sashings and blocks. We’re going to spend some time on stitching in the ditch and alternatives. Bring quilts for discussion as time allows. This is a busy class, loaded with lots of great ideas!!

Creating Spaces

Full or Half day. Great to combine with the Hartley Fence Class

This is an intermediate level class. One of my favorite things to do is to transform a quilt by creating new spaces within it, I’ll teach you how. You can add to blocks, borders, sashings, etc. Learn to use your imagination and allow it to help you create spaces then discover what to do in these spaces to enhance your quilt! See how easy it is to use tools that you may already own and learn to use whatever you might have on hand! You have permission to have FUN in this class!!

Gotta Love Those Samplers! $125.00

This is a beginner/intermediate level class in which I’ll teach you my method of working a sampler from start to finish. You’ll see samplers in a whole new light! Learn how to analyze, stabilize, and handle every block with confidence. We will draw in the first half of the class and stitch 4 blocks in the second half of the class. You will be instructed what block you will need to bring when you register for class. They do not need to be perfect and most likely will not be usable after... but you never know you all are creative.

Let’s Get It On With The Hartley Fence

4 hour class $125.00

Full Day class $200.00

This is a beginner/intermediate level class. I’ll show you how easy it is to use your Hartley Fence to stitch perfect circles and perfectly straight diagonals for crosshatching your quilts. We’ll go over mounting the device to the table and go through all the basics as we discover design ideas for circles and diagonals and look at some quilts that showcase the beauty of these designs. We’ll move on to the Cookie Cutter Stencils and I’ll show you some of the hundreds of designs that can be accomplished with the various shapes of Cookie Cutters available to us. This is an excellent class for those who own these tools and are ready to “Get It On” and start making some $$ with these creative tools! Also a great class for those who don’t have a Fence yet and are contemplating the purchase of a circle-making device

**Workbook available for purchase. Please bring your book to class if you have one.

Fowlproof

Feather

$200.00 (hands on class)

This is an intermediate level class, but confident beginners should accept this class as a bit of a challenge. So many feathers….so little time! Whether yours are long and narrow, short and wide, spiky, curvy, fluffy or flat --- everybody loves feathers and everybody has their own style! We’re going to get started with the most simple feather designs and we’ll jazz them up until they sizzle! I’ll show you techniques for swags and wreaths and adding decorative threads. It’s all designed to make those feather designs blaze on your quilts! Bring your imagination, pencil and paper along with a full dose of energy and attitude!

Need Ideas, How Do I Quilt This? $125.00

Has this ever crossed your mind? What am I going to do on this quilt? Bring your tops that have you stumped and at a loss. I'll share my ideas for quilting them. You will be amazed once you see it through different eyes and get your creativity rolling. You've seen quilts hanging at shows and said, "I would have never thought of that or what a great way to do this". But you just can't see it when you are standing in front of the quilt you have to do NOW. Bring those tops; I have so many ideas to energize your imagination.

Faux Quilt Mystery $200.00

This is an intermediate class. However, as a beginner feeling ready to take a step forward by all means take this class. You will be provided with a Faux Quilt top. It is a hands on class, only one person per quilt top, two students per machine. Space is limited. We will quilt it as a sampler to practice many designs in different areas. I will give tips and ideas on finishing it when you go home if you choose to do so. It will be a great piece to show your customers what you can do. This class will be a great learning experience.

Fiber Art to Wear $125.00

Secretly wanting to be a fiber artist? Too afraid to give it a try or don’t know where to start. We will get out some stabilizer and some beautiful, hand dyed silk fibers to get started. Add some luxurious yarns, bring in some slivers of hand dyed silk that you may have stashed away, and maybe even grab some bling that you have in a drawer that you have been saving hoping it will turn into something. Lets' turn all these treasures into a beautiful scarf, just in time for a special occasion or a one of a kind gift. Yes, even if you have never made anything that you would even consider putting on your body in public you can not go wrong with this. So many other ideas will be shared. Choose your favorite colors of silk fibers ahead of time on my website.

This can be easily done on a domestic machine