Mimi is retiring from traveling, but is teaching in the Baltimore, Maryland area.

Full-Day (5-6 hrs) Workshops     Click for more about this quilt. A Quilter's Diary: Written in Stitches Stitch the story of your life by starting your own Quilter's Diary. Mimi will help you choose blocks that tell your story, help you plan your own Quilter's Diary, and show you how to cut and organize your blocks. This full day workshop includes hand stitching an applique block. This is a class for all skill levels. Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. "Applique" Sampler (basic techniques) Learn the basics of hand applique with Mimi's favorite freezer-paper techniques! Stitch a curved stem, leaves, heart, and circle using the traditional applique stitch. Learn successful methods and tricks for creating straight edges, curves, points, and circles. This is a great class for beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on applique techniques. Students will finish most of the applique in class! Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. My First Baltimore Album Block Learn the basics of appliqueing as you start your first Baltimore-style block with Mimi Dietrich. Class will include step-by-step instructions for stitching stems, leaves, dimensional folded buds, and a Baltimore rose. Mimi will provide an enlarged pattern from her book, Baltimore Basics to make a 27" square wall hanging. This is a class for all skill levels. Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. Welcome to Baltimore This little quilt from was designed with four appliqued blocks in the style of the Baltimore Album quilts. During this all-day workshop we will stitch one of the designs, using techniques that can be applied to the other three blocks. We will use the open wreath pattern in class, stitching thin stems, leaves, folded buds, flowers, circles, and the heart in the center. This is a class for all skill levels. Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. Baltimore Basics During this all-day workshop, learn fun applique techniques for a variety of dimensional flowers using a 10" pattern from Mimi's book Baltimore Basics. Techniques include stems, folded rosebuds, gathered blossoms, gathered roses, sharp curves and points. This is a fun class about dimensional applique for experienced quilters and confident beginners! Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. Cottage Flowerpots Even if you don't have a green thumb, you can "grow" beautiful appliqued flowers. During this all-day workshop, applique a flowerpot, leaves and flowers from the adorable Cottage Flowerpots quilt in Mimi Dietrich's Favorite Applique Quilts. We will also prepare tulips, hearts, circle flowers and dimensional blossoms to fill your flowerpots. This is a class for all skill levels. Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. Blossoms of Hope During this all-day workshop, applique a lovely dogwood blossom design from Mimi's book, Pink Ribbon Quilts. Use freezer-paper to learn successful techniques for creating curves, points, and perfect circles. Great for beginners as well as experienced quilters that want to brush up on applique techniques. Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. "Tea" Easy Applique Sampler (fusible and machine applique) Relax with a pot of tea and learn fast, fun, and easy fusible applique techniques. Mimi will show you how to fuse appliques so that the fabric remains soft, and how to use a "window" for perfect placement of layered applique pieces. You can choose to embellish the appliques with hand-stitched or decorative machine stitches. Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. Bed and Breakfast Quilts Gather your favorite fabrics together and make this scrappy little quilt based on the cover quilt from Mimi's book Bed and Breakfast Quilts. In the first half of the class, we will machine piece blocks for the center of the quilt using a fast technique called "Mary Triangles". In the second half of the class, we will learn to applique the vine, leaves, and hearts around the border. The quilt is made with Thimbleberries fabrics, but it looks great with any collection of fabrics. This is a fun class for all skill levels. Materials List   Happy Endings Learn the basics of mitering a border and binding a quilt in this all-day workshop. These are techniques you can use on every quilt you make! Students will sew mitered borders to a small quilt top in the morning and apply binding to the straight edges of a quilt in the afternoon. Straight grain and bias binding will be discussed. Great for beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on techniques. Materials List   Half Day (3 hr) Workshops     Click for more about this quilt. A Quilter's Diary: Written in Stitches Stitch the story of your life by starting your own Quilter's Diary. Mimi will help you choose blocks that tell your story, help you plan your own Quilter's Diary, and show you how to cut and organize your blocks. Mimi will also demonstrate how she appliques a heart. This is a class for all skill levels. Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. "Applique" Sampler (basic techniques) Learn the basics of hand applique with Mimi's favorite freezer-paper techniques! Stitch a curved stem, leaves, heart, and circle using the traditional applique stitch. Learn successful methods and tricks for creating straight edges, curves, points, and circles. This is a great class for beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on applique techniques. Kit Fee: $5.00. Materials List   Click for more about this quilt. Gathered Flowers Learn fun techniques for dimensional flowers during this half-day workshop. Students will construct a small gathered blossom and a large gathered flower using ruching techniques. The flowers will be made as samples of techniques that can later be used to create dimensional flowers in applique designs, or to substitute for flowers in existing patterns. Materials List   Happy Endings Learn the basics of binding a quilt in this half-day workshop. These are techniques you can use on every quilt you make! Learn how to apply binding to straight edges, curves, mitered corners, and how to connect the ends of the binding. Straight grain and bias binding will be discussed. Great for beginners as well as experienced quilters who want to brush up on techniques. Materials List