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Pro-Stitcher Academy * Longarm Quilting Academy
CLASSES * QUILTING SERVICES * LONGARM RENTALS * QUILTING SUPPLIES

LONGARM and PRO-STITCHER RETREATS

There's nothing quite like a learning experience that is tailored for you and your success. You'll get that in these in-person retreats sponsored by Fox Country Quilts! These retreats are deliberately kept small in order to provide a personalized learning experience for each individual.

Our in-person retreats are held at Fox Country Quilts in Commerce, TX. Prices include overnight stays, meals, non-alcoholic beverages, snacks, and all materials required for learning. If you are local to Commerce or will be making other overnight arrangements, please contact us at info@foxcountryquilts.com or (903) 866-7550 and we will provide a discount code to use when you register online.


HANDI QUILTER EVENTS & CLASSES

Pro-Stitcher Designer? is a full featured, vector-based drawing software gives you the ability to quickly design, edit, customize, export and import any quilting motif you can imagine. This class will start with a basic overview of the easy to use features. New users will be creating their own digital designs for their next quilting project by the end of this class! Diane will record each class and make them available on a private Facebook Group. Each participant and the Shop representative will be invited to join the group. The group will start the day after the first class and remain active for 2 months after the second class. Questions related to the info discussed in class can be posted there and will be monitored and answered by Diane. Diane may post additional content on the group during the 2 months.

Cost: $ 150.00

LONGARM QUILTING ACADEMY

Do you love the idea of free-motion quilting and need help getting started or becoming more confident? Whether you are new to longarm quilting or you've done a little and want to do more, this retreat is for you! We will start at the beginning and work our way through learning everything from cleaning, maintaining, threading, tensioning, loading your quilt, auditioning your quilt, tricks of free-motion quilting, how to use pantographs, how to use rulers, and so much more. May pay for an additional night to arrive the day before classes begin.

Cost: $ 850.00
Do you love free-motion quilting but want to expand your portfolio or become more confident? We will expand on and continue building a library of designs, whether it be free-motion quilting, pantographs, or rulers and get into some custom quilting activities, and so much more. May pay for an additional night to arrive the day before classes begin. Room checkout is NOON on the last day of class.

Cost: $ 850.00

PRO-STITCHER ACADEMY

Are you new to Pro-Stitcher? Are you interested in learning how to use Pro-Stitcher Premium more effectively? This is your chance to spend time with award-winning educator, Dr. Donna Smith, to master your machine, develop new skills, and build confidence to transform your quilting with Pro-Stitcher. May pay for an additional night to arrive the day before classes begin.

Cost: $ 850.00
Are you interested in advancing your Pro-Stitcher skills? This is your chance to spend time with award-winning educator, Dr. Donna Smith, to master your machine, develop new skills, and build confidence to transform your quilting with Pro-Stitcher. Join us for a 3 days of classes at Pro-Stitcher Academy. In the Intermediate Pro-Stitcher Retreat we move from Basic quilting with Pro-Stitcher to combining designs to creating new designs. This retreat is not for the beginning user. The participants must be knowledgeable in Pro-Stitcher and efficient in edge-to-edge and basic block to block quilting. We dive into Pro-Stitcher Premium (aka Connect) to combine designs, sashings and borders to add unique elements to our quilts. We?ll learn multiple ways to quilt oversized blocks and use cropping to create fun quilts. An overview of Pro-Stitcher Designer (aka Software) and have some fun exploring the use of Designer with Premium. May pay for an additional night to arrive the day before classes begin.

Cost: $ 850.00
In the Advanced Pro-Stitcher Retreat we go way beyond combining designs to creating new designs for whole quilts. This retreat is not for the faint-hearted or typical quilter. The participants must be extremely knowledgeable in using intermediate to advanced Pro-Stitcher functions and quilting. We dive into Pro-Stitcher Premium (aka Connect) and Pro-Stitcher Designer and use both to create awesomeness. In the show quilting world, it's custom, custom, custom. In addition, we will explore using different textile mediums to create non-quilt quilted projects (for example, using upholstery fabric, wool, etc. to create home decor items.) May pay for an additional night to arrive the day before classes begin. Join us for a 3-days and 2-nights Pro-Stitcher Academy Retreat and enjoy the evenings, perfecting what you learn.

Cost: $ 850.00
Cancellation Policy

If you need to change your registration more than 4 weeks before the event, you are welcome to transfer your registration to another retreat within the next 12 calendar months.

If you wish to transfer your registration less than 4 weeks before the event, you may transfer your registration to another retreat within the next 12 calendar months upon payment of the $250 transfer fee. This transfer fee is waivable upon extenuating circumstances (such as a military deployment.) ​

No-shows will not be given a transfer option.

If you have any questions, please email us at info@foxcountryquilts.com

We look forward to having you here in our Education & Retreat Center in Commerce, Texas.