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	*Award winning quilts from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina*
Quilts by Barbara Webster	email Barbara

Gallery Workshops/Lectures     Computer classes CorelTips     About Barbara   About Yancey County
Kaleidoscope Kreator   Quilt Journal       Quilt Poster    Bumper Sticker     Designing Photoquilts with CorelDraw Book
CorelDraw software     YLI fusible thread   EQ Printable fabric
Link to my husband's website      Toe River Arts Council    Burnsville Chamber of Commerce
Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina
Show Off Your Quilts    I'll print for you

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Please know that I am not spamming you.

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Cost of private lessons at my studio is $40/hr. I recommend you plan for a minimum of 5 hours. Read what some of my students have said about this private class:

"It was exactly what I needed. Just right. You get it! You understood where I was coming from. Thank heaven for somebody to talk CorelDraw with. You can't imagine how much computer frustration you have relieved me of. I loved working in your home studio with you. It was very personal and professional at the same time. Best computer education or quilting workshop money I ever spent." - Josie M

"I do not know where to begin to thank you for sharing your artistry and your CorelDraw expertise with me. The experience was totally inspiring! You are an excellent teacher. You covered everything I needed to know, and did so in a very non-threatening, relaxed atmosphere. The private lesson was worth every penny! I would HIGHLY recommend your workshop to other quilters who want to take their quiltmaking to new creative levels. Thanks to your instruction, I feel I am on the right track to begin creating my own totally personal and unique quilts. It was a real pleasure working with you, and I hope our paths cross again." - Judy R

Now booking private classes for the summer.
Sign up now for a private class if you want to learn CorelDraw. Summer is a great time to visit the mountains of North Carolina where I live. I'll take you on a tour of the many quilt blocks that are on our barns and buildings in the county as a bonus. In addition to great art galleries, there's also the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, hiking, fishing, the Blue Ridge Parkway full of scenery, and golf for those who enjoy the game in a very scenic setting. I am 45 minutes north of Asheville.

Quilt block called Mountain Heritage on the barn at Mountain Heritage High School. Block was designed by the 2007 art students.

Click here to learn more about the quilt blocks.

CorelTips. If you use CorelDraw, you may want to ask a question or contribute a tip. Click on the link to visit the CorelTips page.

Now available - $47.50
Please allow 3 weeks for delivery and I'll try my best to get it to you sooner. Price includes shipping within continental USA.

" I have been meaning to email you and thank you for writing such an excellent book! What a great resource! You cover EVERYTHING!"
- J. Robinson, AL

Thank you so much for the wonderful book, its just gorgeous.
- H. Rogers, WA

Book Now Available

Designing Photoquilts with CorelDraw® is a how-to book that takes you step-by-step through CorelDraw® and shows you exactly how to design quilts with your photographs.

There are numerous exercises developed especially for the CorelDraw® novice, copious illustrations that make it easy to understand what step to take next, plus a photo gallery of quilts designed with this method to inspire you.

This book is based on classes I've taught through the years and includes exercises proven to work. The book is clear, concise, easy to follow, and fun.

The bonus CD that comes with the book contains photographs used in the examples so you can compare apples to apples as you work (or, actually, beet greens to beet greens).

Whether you want to make kaleidoscopic quilts, traditional block quilts, art quilts, or design your own fabric, this book will show you how to do it all using your own photographs, drawings or paintings.

CorelDrawX3 Graphics Suite Package - $387.50
This is the software I use to design my quilts. You can sign up for private lessons with me to get yourself started on the path to fantastic quilts. Buy my companion book that will get you started on your own.

Buy the software AND the book and receive a 10% discount on the book. Software and book together: $428.

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This terrific journal has colorful quiltblocks on the cover and blank pages inside. Great for sketches, tracking your quilts, or just a daily diary. Spiral bound journal is 5x8.

10% of the sale price goes to the Quilt Trails Project in my county where we are putting up painted quilt blocks on barns and buildings. The cover is some of the blocks we have put up.

$13.50
price includes shipping in continental US

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Brighten up your sewing room with this quilt poster. 13x19, printed on heavy glossy paper with archival ink and contains most of the quilt blocks that have so far been put on barns and buildings in my county. All of them are duplicated within the poster, some more than once, except for one. The fun is to find the one. 10% of the sale of the poster goes to fund the Quilt Trails Project in my county.

Read about the project at http://www.toeriverarts.org
Poster is $17.50 which includes shipping (rolled in a tube) within continental US.

Bumper sticker

Show your love for quilts with this colorful BUMPER STICKER. Nice vinyl that can be peeled off later but sticks great in the mean time. Approx. 3" x 10". Mine has been on for months and through the carwash several times and it still looks terrific (and is still stuck). 10% of the sale goes to fund my county's local Quilt Trails project.
$6.50 includes shipping.

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Want to print your own fabric?

I sell EQ fabric sheets - the best color and hand I've found.
The sheets come in 3 sizes:

8.5 x 11 - $16.95 for 6 sheets

11x17 - $30.95 for 6 sheets

13x19 - $39.95 for 6 sheets

If you want larger quantities, just email. I can sell you 50 sheet packs.
I highly recommend you use an ink jet printer which uses archival ink for the best color.

For machine or hand applique, I recommend YLI fusible thread. Just press under your seam allowance then slip the thread under the fold and press again. No bulk, sticks great, but can be unstuck if necessary. Each 150 yard spool is $5.50

NEW!!

Kaleidoscope Kreator 2.0
I found this terrific software at the International Quilt Show in Chicago. It is so easy to use you can learn it in 5 minutes!! It makes all kinds of kaleidoscopes from YOUR photographs which can then be printed for your quiltmaking. And in only seconds!
BEST OF ALL it's only $39.99!! Yippee!!!!!

"I just installed Kaleidoscope Kreator and am already having a blast! Thank you so much! Quilter's Polygons also arrived. I am very inspired!" - Judy R

The companion program is a template pack of quilter's polygons - 60 of them. It's only $24.99. I recommend you get both as they will be invaluable tools for your quilt design.

website and images copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. 2005, 2006, 2007 Barbara Webster. All rights reserved.
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No reproduction, in any form, may be used without the prior written consent of Barbara Webster.
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