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B421 Visible Hand Piecing
with Heidi Parkes
**Dairy Barn Members at the Individual Level or higher enjoy a 10% Discount**
For Ages 16+
Join Quilt National '25 exhibiting artist, Heidi Parkes’s presentation of a technique featured in her artwork, Nimble Nimble. This exciting and relatively fast approach to hand piecing allows your handwork to stand out. Using a thick and visible thread, you will learn to sew curves and straight lines with a visibly hand sewn approach, using large and small pieces of fabric. As time allows, we will focus on the running stitch, whip stitch, and ladder stitch, along with Korean Patchwork jogakbo/bojagi techniques. We'll explore clever and poetic solutions for ‘innie-corners,’ acute angles, and finished edge textiles like handkerchiefs and napkins. Check out examples of this exciting work with #VisibleHandPiecing.
Your class registration includes on-demand recorded videos of each stitch, which you will view ahead of time and begin sewing. You will then come to class in-person to address technical challenges, and to view Heidi’s quilts up close for inspiration.
This workshop is suitable for all experience levels. Heidi has provided students with this Materials List for all the essential supplies.
About Heidi Parkes
B420 Three-Dimensional Wholecloth Quilting
with Brent McGee
**Dairy Barn Members at the Individual Level or higher enjoy a 10% Discount**
For Ages 16+
Join Quilt National ‘25 exhibiting artist, Brent McGee, for an immersive hand-sewing workshop that transforms fabric into dynamic, sculptural forms. Using techniques borrowed from couture fashion, this class explores intuitive methods for shaping fabric beyond the flat quilt surface. Empowered with needle and thread, students will create a small wall hanging while learning to coax organic, dimensional structures from within. Brandish your needle like a sword, and join the fun as you unearth new forms hiding in the fabric!
Open to all experience levels, this workshop offers a fresh approach to hand-stitching, whether you’re new to needlework or an experienced hand sewer looking for an innovative and expressive technique. Step away from the machine, embrace the art of handwork, and discover the creative possibilities of sculpting with fabric.
This technique utilizes accessible and affordable supplies. Students can review the Materials List of items they are asked to bring. The Dairy Barn will provide the recommended batting and some communally available extra materials.
About Brent McGee
Brent McGee is a quilt artist known for his innovative three-dimensional sculptural quilts. What began as a simple request from his sister to make a quilt in 2020 quickly blossomed into a full-fledged artistic career. His work has earned recognition through several regional Best in Show awards and has been featured at prestigious events like the Houston International Quilt Festival, AQS Quilt Week in Paducah and Lancaster, and Quilt National 2025.
Before embracing quilting, Brent had a varied artistic background, having worked as a Broadway musician, piano bar entertainer, and high school choir director. These diverse experiences infuse his quilts with a unique sense of rhythm, movement, and flow.
He lives with his husband and three dogs on the Olympic Peninsula in Shelton, Washington where he continues to create, lecture, and lead workshops nationwide, inspiring others to explore the transformative power of fiber art.
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