Sorta Summit: The Class Schedule!

Hey Guys! Remember me talking about our idea for Sorta Summit a few weeks ago?
We've been hard at work prepping classes and gathering sponsors! We've set the dates. We've gathered teachers. We have a class schedule. Are you ready for sheer online awesomeness?!

We are running this puppy November 17 & 18, 2012. In a month, folks!
We're hosting a chat group on facebook - link will come closer to the date.
Each class will be hosted as a tutorial on the individual teacher's blog. A google hangout group will be posted at the time of the class, so up to 9 people can hop on and chat with the teacher as she goes through the individual steps on the blog. All classes except the machine feet class and photography class will be on the hangout format - those two will be set up more as lectures. You can always visit the facebook group for q&a and a chat-through of the steps during the class time if you don't have a webcam or the chat happens to be full.
Sarah and I will also be hosting open sew sessions during the machine feet and photography classes, so if you're wanting to hop on and chat and just sew with the google hangout format but aren't taking one of those classes, feel free to join us!

As for the class schedule, we have a smattering of awesomeness for you - pouches, lectures, quilt blocks, quilt techniques, apparel - you name it! A huge thanks to all our teaching volunteers!

Saturday, November 17th

10:00am - Mali @ Seersucker, Snuggles & Soup is doing a children’s clothing tutorial

12:30pm - Jennifer@ Second Hand Dinosaur -  a photography class

Lunch

4:00pm - Sarah @ Sarie Cherries - drafting/sewing a perfect fit pencil skirt (adult size)

6:30pm - Bree @ My Crafty Crap – a zip pouch class

Sunday,  November 18th

10:00am - Colby @ Sew. Quilt. Explore –  Rainbow Starburst String Block

12:30p - Julie @ Distant Pickles – a class on sewing machine feet types and uses

Lunch

4:00pm - Bree @ Distant Pickles - a class on binding

6:30pm - Beth @ Plum and June – quilt as you go

9:00pm - Heidi @ Buttons and Butterflies –English paper piecing

Keep your eyes peeled in the coming weeks - I'll be posting class descriptions individually with supply lists so you can get what you need ahead of time! We also hope to have some awesome sponsors for some really cool giveaways, so more info on those will be posted too!

Sewing Summit... Sorta

So, you guys know what Sewing Summit is, right? Mega cool event with classes, lectures, awesomeness galore? It's in two weeks, and features such awesome teachers, people get star struck just hearing the names. ALL the big bloggers go, right?

Well, ladies and gentlemen... let's be real. Some of us are po' folk. And I don't mean the restaurant. I can't afford to go to something like Summit. Or Quilt Con or Market or anything like that. I get few precious vacation days from work, which are spent happily with my family, and what spare spending change I get wouldn't amount to bus fare to one of these events, let alone a plane ticket and lodging.

So I was chatting with Sarah the other night on Twitter. We were expressing our woes of not being able to attend cool events when the idea struck....

a SORTA SUMMIT!

What do you guys think about a virtual sewing summit?  We'll have photo/video tutorial "classes", with the hosts available for questions as the "class" is in session. Quilting classes, crafting classes, maybe some bags? We thought we'd host the event on facebook, since it's a central location everyone can convene at. If you don't have facebook, get it peeps - it's free. And so's this event. Yay for the po' folks!

We're going to need some help to pull it off. We'll need instructors... if you have an idea for a class you'd like to teach, let me or Sarah know and we'll try to work up a schedule soon. We're hoping to come up with some fun giveaways to go alongside the classes, too - so if you want to donate something for a giveaway prize, let us know!

 I'm planning on doing a binding class myself, with different looks you can achieve with a few tweaks to your binding techniques. We're going to have classes at all levels - so no one feels excluded. Just beginning at this quilting thing? We'll have a really easy block tutorial that you can get accomplished in a class's time, and the facebook group will stay open so that any questions that come up later on can be answered - whether by the original host or someone else who is working on it too!

Sound fabulous? Let us know if you're interested in "attending" or being an instructor, or have something you'd like to give away!