Kimberly Einmo

Learn how to make fast, fabulous flying geese and super-simple sawtooth stars with NO MATH, NO WASTED FABRIC, and NO STRESS using the Easy Star and Geese Ruler designed by Kimberly Einmo.

Featuring her brand new rotary cutting and piecing technique, you’ll love this magic method for making flying geese units and eight-pointed stars while constructing a beautiful quilt top. Kimberly will teach precision cutting and piecing methods while keeping the class entertained with her humor and sunny disposition.

Students will have ample time to explore many creative design possibilities in this energizing class. Just bring a sharp rotary cutter along with your prettiest fabrics to make this dynamic, quick-and-easy wall hanging.

Kimberly takes all the math out and puts all the fun into making this gorgeous flying geese quilt. Using her new Easy Star and Geese Ruler, students will expertly rotary cut and sew flying geese units with speed and ease while assembling blocks that only look like they are set on point! Fabric selection for this quilt is simple, too.

Kimberly’s instructions are clear and concise, and her light-hearted and engaging teaching style will have students sewing without stress while assembling their blocks. This class is perfect for intermediate quilters, but with guidance, confident beginners can join in the fun, too. Let Kimberly introduce you to the ease of her brand new technique!

Would you like to learn how to make this one-block-wonder quilt in a hurry? Nothing could be easier or more fun to make than this fast and oh-so-simple star within a star quilt!

Rotary cutting is a snap when you use the Easy Star and Geese Ruler designed by Kimberly Einmo. This new technique for constructing flying geese units and Sawtooth Stars features NO MATH, NO WASTED FABRIC and NO STRESS! Learn how to expertly cut and piece this quilt without having to “square up� your pieces as you go. Sew one or many; the creative options are endless!

This class is perfect for beginners, but quilters of all skill levels will absolutely love this new method.

This quilt may look challenging, but piecing the units is stress-free with the new Easy Star and Geese Ruler designed by Kimberly Einmo.

With proper planning and clever fabric placement, students will be able to assemble this quilted beauty with ease. Kimberly will expertly guide the class through each step to assemble the blocks so even though they are set together horizontally, the fabric placement disguises where one block ends and another begins.

While not difficult to piece, this class is best suited for intermediate or advanced quilters. Join the fun and watch your triangles transform into a stunning quilt!

This quilt is oh-so-simple and sew much fun to make! Perfect for using fat quarters, scraps or those ultra-popular Moda Fabrics Jelly Rolls, these geese will fly together with ease using Kimberly Einmo’s new Easy Star and Geese Ruler!

Designed for quilters of all skill levels in mind, this highly energetic class will have students rotary cutting and piecing flying geese units with speed and accuracy with little or no need for trimming individual units. There is NO MATH, NO FABRIC WASTE, and NO STRESS with Kimberly’s new method – just fun and fabulous, fancy-free, flying geese!

This quilt is the ideal way to feature fabrics from your favorite new line of coordinating prints. Or better yet, make this a stash-busting quilt by selecting a wide variety of fabrics from your stash that will look terrific when set side by side in this stunning quilt

Using Kimberly’s new Easy Star and Geese Ruler, students will learn a brand new technique to rotary cut and expertly piece flying geese units; then turn those units into stars with perfect points with little or no pinning necessary! Use the leftover pieces of fabric from the blocks to piece the beautiful border.

This class is geared for students with at least confident beginner skills. Join the fun and get set to sew Sawtooth Stars in a stress-free, fun-filled environment!

Fresh as a spring breeze, this quilt is an absolute delight to make! Students will expertly cut half-square and quarter-square triangles easily and accurately from fabric strips using NO MATH, NO WASTED FABRIC, and NO STRESS!

No more cutting squares first and then cutting diagonally. Impossible? Not with the new Easy Star and Geese Ruler designed by Kimberly Einmo! With Kimberly’s new method, you’ll be able to piece the blocks without worrying about bias edges or trimming units.

This quilt features pinwheels with a twist – and a stunning flying geese border assembled from those same strips used for the blocks. Lots of fun and chock-full of helpful hints and clever tips, this class is geared for students with at least some quilting experience.

Come join the fun and capture the feeling of a refreshing spring breeze by making an entire quilt of fancifully colored pinwheels and flying geese!

From Kimberly's new book, Quilt a Travel Souvenir

Pack your bags with fabric and supplies and climb aboard for a fun-filled class on the ICE (Inter City Express) Train to Amsterdam!

Comprised of blocks with a Dutch theme, this quilt looks terrific in traditional Delft blue and white or is equally stunning in the fresh, vibrant colors of tulips so famous in the Netherlands!

Careful fabric placement with the blocks gives the illusion of being complex, yet it is deceptively simple to construct. Quilting, decorative machine stitching, and embellishing techniques will be discussed.

This quilt is suitable for any quilter with some machine piecing experience.

From Kimberly's new book, Quilt a Travel Souvenir

Karlovy Vary, located in the Czech Republic, is a centuries old city well known to Europeans for its natural sulfur springs and for the spectacular buys on exquisite diamond-cut Bohemian Crystal, recognized by its multi-faceted star design. I designed this quilt to reflect that distinctive star pattern and to capture the loveliness of the city itself.

This quilt can be made by using the TRI RECS Tools and the EZ Angle Ruler, or by using the templates provided. Accurate rotary cutting and speed-piecing techniques will be demonstrated along with decorative machine stitching and quilteing options.

This quilt is suitable for any quilter with some machine piecing experience.

From Kimberly's new book, Quilt a Travel Souvenir

All aboard! The next stop on our European Quilt Tour is Paris – the City of Lights!

I designed this quilt using a black background, which makes clear colors sparkle and glow, just as the Eiffel Tower sparkles and radiates against an icy, wintry night sky. However, this design looks equally opulent sewn in colors with a holiday theme or using the red, white, and blue fabrics of the French flag and our own Stars and Stripes.

Students will be encouraged to choose complimentary colors from the color wheel, and to follow accurate strip-piecing techniques. While not difficult to construct, careful and accurate fabric placement within each of the blocks ensures the dynamic and intricate overall design.

Quilting and embellishing techniques will be discussed. This machine piecing class is recommended for intermediate level or higher students.

Seemingly endless fields of sunflowers bloom in profusion in late summer throughout Germany. While living there, sunflowers became one of my favorite flowers so I just had to make a sonnenblumen (the German word for sunflower) quilt.

Since Dresden is a city rich with history and tradition, I chose the traditional Dresden fan and Dresden plate blocks to piece the prettiest perfect sunflowers. Students will learn a fast and accurate technique for rotary cutting and machine piecing the Dresden fan block in two sizes.

Invisible machine appliqué techniques will be taught, along with quilting and embellishment options. This quilt is suitable for any quilter with some machine piecing experience.

From Kimberly's new book, Quilt a Travel Souvenir

At Keukenhof, located in The Netherlands, millions of tulips of every conceivable color (even black!) cover the seventy-acre, impeccably manicured grounds and stretch like dense satin ribbons along pathways and gently rolling hills.

In honor of these world-famous gardens, this quilt combines one appliquéd and two different pieced tulip blocks in a setting that creates a dynamic overall design as unique and spectacular as the gardens at Keukenhof.

Students will learn tips and secrets to efficiently and accurately piece these rather challenging blocks, including how to set-in seams with ease. Invisible machine appliqué will also be taught, along with quilting and finishing options.

This machine piecing class is recommended for intermediate level or higher.

This challenging-looking quilt simply could not be more fun and easy to piece!

Choose 10 or more fabrics and cut strips in advance, then come to class prepared to sew. With some rotary cutting magic, you'll create blocks that look as if they have set-in seams!

Remember, you "do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around..." You'll simply love making this quilt! Students have the option of making the blocks in either 6" or 12" sizes. Quilting and embellishing techniques will be discussed.

This quilt is suitable for any quilter with some machine piecing experience.

Featured in the February 2007 issue of McCall’s Quilting Magazine, this quilt is the perfect project for students to learn a variety of different machine appliqué techniques. Fusible web makes the process fun and easy, and students will be able to use different accessory feet for their sewing machines along with incorporating many decorative stitches

An emphasis on threads, stabilizers, and embellishing techniques will also be taught. The possibilities are endless for ways to enhance these pretty corsets with ribbons and lace. Magnifique!

Do you enjoy making mystery quilts? Or are you terrified at the very thought of taking a leap of faith to choose colors and begin making a quilt when you have no idea what the end result will be?

Whether you are a seasoned veteran of mystery quilt classes and you thoroughly enjoy the intrigue and suspense of not knowing the final outcome; or you have never had the courage to tackle a mystery quilt before, these mystery quilt classes are for you.

I've designed the entire process to be simple, fun, and stress-free so you can take as much risk as you like in fabric selections, or risk nothing at all. Step out of your "color comfort zone" and try something new.

The rule of thumb is this: if your fabrics have good contrast, look great when lined up together, and match the color value as given in the fabric requirements table, then they will look beautiful when sewn together in these quilts. The success of your mystery quilt is certain.

These classes are suitable for any quilter with rotary cutting and machine piecing experience.

Mystery Quilt Classes:

A Mystery Quilt Designed EXCLUSIVELY for YOUR Show! – Designed and named especially for your quilt conference or show, this quilt will feature blocks and motifs, which are uniquely representative of your region, community or event. This class is sure to be very popular with the show attendees who want to take home a special quilt top designed especially for your premiere event!

Rhein Wein – This delightful, interlocking, three-block quilt is designed to capture the loveliness of the extensive vineyards growing along the Mosel and Rhein Rivers in Germany. Lap size.

Trail to Paducah – This quilt was a huge hit where it debuted at the 2006 AQS Quilt show in Paducah, KY! Kimberly taught the class at the show, and the class holds the unique distinction of being the very first class to sell out in less than one week after the show opened for registration. Simple, yet stunning, this two block quilt creates a lovely secondary pattern when the blocks are set side-by-side. Approximately 45" square.

Tea Leaves and Ginger – This striking two-block quilt is "Traditional with a Japanese twist." This quilt is best suited for intermediate quilters, but may also be fine for confident beginners.

A Comprehensive Rotary Cutting Class

This class is designed especially for beginning quilters; however, even more seasoned quilters will learn a few new tricks!

Students will learn to master the rotary cutter and a variety of rotary cutting techniques. Learn how to "measure twice and cut once" to ensure accurate strips and units, including how to effectively use the lines on the mats, how to cut with a variety of specialty rulers, and more.

I'll teach you how to "true-up" your fabric, and how to cut on the straight of grain as well as cut bias strips. I'll even show you a fool-proof way of achieving perfect strips of striped fabric without cutting!

Bring your rotary cutter, mat, 6" x 24" ruler, and any other rulers you'd like to master. This is a great beginning level class, but quilters of all skill levels are welcome.

• 1 – 1 ½ Hour Workshop – I will demonstrate accurate rotary cutting techniques using a variety of rulers and discuss the maintenance and care of rotary cutting tools.

It's amazing how many dynamic designs can be achieved with just two of the most basic units used in quiltmaking!

Students will learn several efficient and accurate ways to rotary cut and strip-piece to make four-patch and half-square triangle units. Then, they'll have fun getting their "feet wet" with an introduction to quilt design as they create their own unique wall hanging. The design possibilities are almost endless!

We'll explore a variety of techniques to construct these basic quilting units, practice fast strip-piecing methods and discuss various quilting options.

This is a great beginning/intermediate level machine piecing class.

Do you love the look of traditional pineapple block quilts but thought they might be too challenging to piece?

By using the Pineapple Rule ruler, you will easily and accurately construct pineapple blocks to create a stunning quilt, and have fun in the process!

The pineapple block offers unlimited design options for color placement. Fabric selection, the Pineapple Rule rotary cutting method, piecing and quilting options will be taught in the class. With this unique ruler, you will only cut strips and never need to cut a trapezoid. Sound impossible?

Sign up and see what this remarkable ruler and piecing technique can do for you!

This machine piecing class is recommended for intermediate level or higher students.

Create a traditional-looking Album block quilt without cutting a single triangle! Don't believe it?

Using strips, rectangles and the amazing Pineapple Rule ruler, you will easily and accurately construct this versatile block, which offers a myriad of color and design possibilities.

Whether you make your quilt with scraps on hand or with a carefully planned fabric palette, you will end up with a stunning quilt that can look unbelievably modern or sweetly antique – the choice is yours! Quilting options will be discussed in class.

This machine piecing class is recommended for intermediate level or higher students.

Using a basic pattern (provided) for the base, students will personalize and create their own quilted souvenir!

The possibilities for embellishing this charming quilted sewing machine cover are endless, and there will be ample opportunity to gather signatures from friends, and add trims, laces and collector pins. What a fantastic and practical keepsake to remember friends, classes, instructors and special times.

Quilters of all skill levels are welcome.

Perfect for beginners! Simple rotary cutting and your choice of two or more fabrics will result in a lovely Dresden Fan table runner, which can be machine pieced and quilted in class.

You'll have so much fun making these decorative table runners, you'll probably want to sew several to use as gifts! Simple machine appliqué, quilting, embroidery and embellishment options will be discussed.

This project is suitable for any quilter with some machine piecing experience.

This is another class perfect for beginning quilters, or anyone who needs a quick and easy project that looks fantastic! Featuring the Easy Star and Geese Ruler designed by Kimberly Einmo, students will cut and sew a table runner comprised of flying geese units. This new rotary cutting and machine piecing technique requires NO MATH, and features NO WASTED FABRIC and NO STRESS!

You’ll quickly and accurately cut triangle units from strips of fabric and in no time at all, you will piece and machine quilt an elegant or whimsical table runner. Perfect for gift-giving or for seasonal accents in your home, this class will energize you and leave you ready to tackle even bigger projects that require perfect flying geese!

Create the perfect gift for a new baby with this sweet yet elegant pillow trimmed with heirloom sewing accents! You'll add machine embroidery on the pillow, and then use wing needle entredeaux to attach a delicate lace trim to the cuff. Add lovely heirloom stitching in beautiful, coordinating thread to add just the perfect touch. A variety of heirloom stitches will be demonstrated and used. Destined to become a treasured keepsake in any nursery!

Heirloom sewing is very popular in the needlecraft industry today, and no machine sews heirloom stitches quite like the Pfaff Creative 2170!

Create an elegant dresser scarf, featuring delicate lace-insertion machine embroidery and heirloom stitching techniques that will become a treasured keepsake for years to come. Learn how to teach these time-honored traditional skills to your customers and introduce them to the joys of heirloom sewing!

A variety of techniques will be taught including pin tucks, decorative antique embroider, entredeaux stitching, and beautiful scallop edges. Create a keepsake on the sewing machine in a few hours that looks as if it took countless hours to make by hand.

Embellishments and glitzy accessories drive hot fashion trends today. From discount to upscale department stores — embroideries, rhinestones, sequins, buttons and baubles adorn every conceivable kind of garment. From junior high school through college age and beyond, confident young women want the "bling" look so they can express their individual style and create it themselves!

Learn how to expertly access hard to reach areas on pant legs, sleeves, and collars, and also proper hooping and stabilizing techniques for denim garments. Take advantage of the wide variety of machine embroidery designs available and utilize the latest and greatest selection of threads on the market today.

No trendy garment would be complete without extra embellishments, so we'll be sure to add lots of heat-affixed metallic studs and crystals. Create a designer-inspired denim garment that looks like it could have come straight from the runway!

• 3 Hour Workshop – Ample time will be available for students to embroider and construct the denim garment in class.

See all the gorgeous quilts featured in Kimberly's book and hear the stories that inspired their creation. Combined with the trunk show, Kimberly will present an entertaining slide presentation of travel photos and design ideas.

Be an armchair traveler and spend an hour with Kimberly as your guide for a fun, relaxing, and entertaining journey through Europe with her quilts!

• With lots of slides and a trunk show of the quilts from the book!

Whether you travel the world or never leave town, you'll find patterns, designs and inspiration for your quilts everywhere. You just need to learn how and where to see them. Kimberly will share innovative ways to gather ideas and incorporate those design elements into your quilts!

She'll share her experiences and helpful tips for viewing Mother Nature and the endless possibilities in the environment around you so you can visualize these inspirations too!

• Powerpoint presentation with slides

There is so much to learn when it comes to successful computerized machine embroidery, and it can be overwhelming.

In this class, we'll cover all the nitty gritty basics from the bottom up, including proper hooping and stabilizing techniques; the different types of stabilizers available and when to use them; needles, fabrics, threads and other notions on the market today.

You will learn the secrets and tips to achieve professional-looking results on your quilts, garments and other projects, and become comfortable using your embroidery machine!

• With slides and lots of helpful handouts