2027 DATES:

Tuesday EVENING 6:30pm-9:30pm Central: 1/5, 2/2, 3/2, 3/30, 5/4, 6/8, 6/29, 8/3, 8/31, 9/28, 11/2, 12/7

🌎 🌍 🌏 This link to World Time Buddy will help you easily understand the times. (Class meets in Chicago Time)

Course Description:

This class builds on the instruction from Quiltmaking with Heidi Parkes: Aesthetics, Creativity, Efficiency, and you MUST take that class first in order to enroll in Advanced Quiltmaking.

Monthly Course Structure:

1. Robust pre-recorded video learning in each module, according to our curriculum—about 6 hours per module, with 6.5 modules total. You will maintain access to this area as an alum.

2. Instead of a “Studio Community” with a “virtual studio,” we will have a “Community Updates” section where you can share articles, videos, your own posts, calls for entry, and request tips for editing for your writing, photography, composition, sewing technique, etc. You will maintain access to this area as an alum.

3. Meet once a month, in our cohort group of 10. The first and last gathering will have 10-minutes per person. The other gatherings will alternate “presenters”, and all presenters can sign up to select their 25-minute time slot in advance. Example: 5 people will present in February, and the other 5 will present in March.

4. Participants will be guided in coordinating their own conversation pairings throughout the course.

5. Everyone will all receive a 45-minute one-on-one conversation with Heidi by the end of March.

*Within a few days of registering, you will receive a welcome email with an invitation to the Advanced Quiltmaking section of our Mighty Network, where you can add the events to your calendar, and prepare for class.

Zoom Gatherings:

• Class participants are encouraged to gather with each other on Zoom at our regular class time on the “off” weeks.

January: Introducing ourselves and our goals for the year. 10-minutes per person, everyone presents

February & March:‍ 25-minutes of critique time per person

Critique theme: Noticing the work and asking thoughtful questions  

• Everyone will have a 45-min 1:1 session with Heidi by the end of March

April & May: 25-minutes of critique time per person

Critique theme added to toolbox: Elements, Principles, and composition

June & July: 25-minutes of critique time per person

Critique theme added to toolbox: Post-Modern Principles, Feelings, and meaning-making

August & September: 25-minutes of critique time per person, writing examples encouraged

Critique theme added to toolbox: The label: tombstone stats, price, writing

October & November: 25-minutes of critique time per person

Critique theme: Putting it all together, exhibition/display/use choices, goals, oeuvre, series

December: 10-minutes per person, everyone presents

• Everyone will have the optional opportunity to share about their quilts on Heidi’s YouTube channel at a separate time, likely in January or February 2028, but if a sooner time like August 2027 feels good, we can go for it!

Modules & Curriculum:

January:

Critique Skills: critique etiquette; rich conversations that go beyond compliments; noticing the work and asking thoughtful questions (To utilize in February)

Skill Building: Getting organized; tracking your quilts; acting on the goals you’ve set; building an internal compass for your style, building resilience for critique, applications, etc.

Optional Pairing Prompt: Begin meeting with each other on Zoom at our regular class time on the “off” weeks.

March: ‍

Critique Skills: Elements, Principles, and composition  (To utilize in April)

Skill Building: Style choices; beginning new work; exploring the day-to-day and the seasonal: research a quilter to discover their pacing; building endurance and physical health for sewing; digesting constructive criticism, following or not following advice

Optional Pairing Prompt: Reach out to a fellow Quiltmaking alum

May:

Critique Skills: Post-Modern Principles, Feelings, and meaning-making (To utilize in June)

Skill Building: Building a CV; building community; storing/mailing your quilts; intuition & creativity; You want to “follow the advice,” but how? Improving technique, improving concept.

Optional Pairing Prompt: Reach out to a peer quilter, online or in person

July:

Critique Skills: The label: tombstone stats, price, writing (To utilize in August)

Skill Building: Websites; money; legacy & memory; transferring other skills into quilting and transferring quilting skills into things like text & finance; understanding nuance and subtle details; context

Optional Pairing Prompt: Reach out to peer artmaker, online or in-person in your community

September:

Critique Skills: Putting it all together, exhibition/display/use choices, goals, oeuvre, series (To utilize in October)

Skill Building: What choices open doors, close doors, and how does closing doors push you forward? Working in a flow state. When what got you here won’t get you there. The internal/self critique; applications

Optional Pairing Prompt: Reach out to a group, community, gallery, teaching space, etc.

November:

Critique Skills: The elevator pitch. Succinctly describing your quilts/art to folks who haven’t seen it yet

Skill Building: Accountability and motivation; dreaming big; asking for help; giving help/teaching; collaborating

Optional Pairing Prompt: Reach out to a dream-ask, we will discuss how to do this together

December:

Skill Building: Further resources will be consolidated in this small module; graduation, next steps

This course will be a good fit if:

1. You enjoyed Quiltmaking with Heidi Parkes: Aesthetics, Creativity, Efficiency

2. You appreciate the accountability for your sewing practice

3. You can join from a computer (not a tablet), and can share your screen efficiently yourself

4. You’re interested in critique and becoming more articulate about your quilts and the quilts of others

Additional Info:

• This is an intimate yearlong class, and in a critique setting, the feedback that you give to others is essential for everyone in class. Plan to attend at least 9 of the 12 sessions LIVE. (They will be recorded, and available exclusively to the 2027 cohort of 10 people maximum, through March 2029)

• If you are absent as a presenter, message Heidi with an image that we can respond to during your critique time, and: for any absence, please watch the recording and add feedback for each of the (5) presenters in our absence area.

• Watch your mailbox! All students will receive a NEW special gift from me.🎁 *International students have the option to get a matching gift for an additional fee, to cover shipping and handling.

• Students will receive a 50% off discount code for: one-on-one consultations with me, my on-demand classes, and LIVE Zoom classes for the year. This is an optional benefit, and not required additional study. Valid from purchase through the end of 2027.

• All purchases are FINAL. If you have questions about the appropriateness of this class for you, please email HeidiParkesINFO@gmail.com or DM @heidi.parkes before purchasing.

• ⭕️ TAKE NOTE AFTER CHECKOUT: You will receive an emailed receipt directly after purchasing access to this class. Within about a week, you will receive a welcome email to join the Mighty Network and add the class dates to your calendar.Noticing the work and asking questions