Quilters Cruise with Ron & Sara King - BOOK NOW AND SAVE!

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Sail with Ron & Sara King on a Quilters retreat at Sea.  

ms Maasdam

The ms Maasdam is the fifth ship in Holland America Line's more than 130-year history to bear the name. Featuring an interior motif that pays homage to the historical Dutch East and West India companies of the 17th through 19th centuries, the centerpiece of this elegant ship features Luciano Vistosi's "Totem," a monumental sculpture using nearly 2,000 glimmering pieces of glass, prominently displayed in a soaring three-story atrium. She exudes a warm, elegant feel throughout by combining rich, polished woods and more than $2 million antiques and art collection.

Holland America ms Maasdam April 27 to May 12, 2012. 

Day Date Port Arrive Depart 0 27 Apr 2012 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US   05:00 PM 1 28 Apr 2012 At Sea     2 29 Apr 2012 Charleston, South Carolina, US 08:00 AM 04:00 PM 3 30 Apr 2012 At Sea     4 01 May 2012 Newport, Rhode Island, US TR 11:00 AM 11:00 PM 5 02 May 2012 At Sea     6 03 May 2012 Bar Harbor, Maine, US TR 07:00 AM 03:00 PM 7 04 May 2012 Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA 09:00 AM 05:00 PM 8 05 May 2012 Sydney,Canada 09:00 AM 05:00 PM 9 06 May 2012 Charlottetown, Prince Edward CA 09:00 AM 05:00 PM 10 07 May 2012 Scenic cruising Gaspe Bay CO     10 07 May 2012 Gaspe, Quebec, CA 09:00 AM 05:00 PM 11 08 May 2012 Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada 08:00 AM 05:00 PM 12 09 May 2012 Scenic cruising Saguenay Fjord CO     12 09 May 2012 Saguenay, Canada 10:00 AM 08:00 PM 13 10 May 2012 Quebec City, Quebec, CA ON 08:00 AM   14 11 May 2012 Quebec City, Quebec, CA   05:00 PM 14 11 May 2012 Saint Lawrence River Cruising CO     15 12 May 2012 Montreal, Quebec, CA 07:00 AM

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Each New Day, a Wealth of Cruise Activity and Indulgences

Every day aboard a Holland America cruise ship brings a wealth of cruise activities and indulgences, along with the freedom to partake in as many — or as few — as you please. It's an opportunity to try something new that surprises you, every day. Dabble, discover, daydream — do everything, or do nothing at all.

Whether you want to workout in the Fitness Center, learn yoga, pamper yourself with a massage and spa treatment, or listen to music and check your email in the Explorations Café, there's a perfect onboard activity for everyone.

In every cruise port, make your cruise vacation even more memorable with our extensive Shore Excursions program of activities. See, explore, discover: arts and cultural activities, athletic expeditions, city tours, shopping and more on our cruises.

A quilter is born.....

Sara Newberg King has been quilting since 1978. At that time she was an Occupational Therapist whose 3 year old daughter just died. In her grief, she decided she needed some therapy work to do with her hands. She went to the local craft store and purchased a cross stitch quilt kit and thus her passion for quilting began. She says that Erica, the name of her daughter, has led her to stretch her creativity and talents and opened up unknown worlds to her. In 1997 she opened King's Quilting Studio in Paducah, Kentucky. She loved her location only a parking lot away from the Museum of the American Quilters' Society. She enjoyed meeting quilters from all over the world who would come to the museum and the American Quilters' Society show each April.   In 2004 she became a grandmother again to grandchildren numbers 7 and 8. Because they all lived in Minnesota, she decided that her heart was there. So she and Ron moved back to Minnesota where they spend all summer playing with their now 9 grandchildren ages 5 to 15.     Sara now spends her time enjoying her grandchildren, creating fiber art, lecturing on her passions of fiber and travel, and visiting the world to meet quilters throughout the world. Sara's website - http://www.paducahquilts.com/index.html   Sara and her husband Ron began leading quilters on tours in 1994 with a tour to Italy. Since then they have gathered quilters to visit the world each year. In 2008 they went to Greece and had an exceptional tour with the best program director in the world!     They will not be returning to Russia again to see the Patchwork Mosaic of Russia quilt show in 2011 as they had thought.  However, Sara is open to destinations such as India to visit and see their cottons.  Because the Pacific Northwest Quilt Artists show has changed dates, it has also been put out into the future.  Bookmark www.paducahquilts.com so that you can return to find out about future tours.

Sara Newberg King is the author of "Dye and Discharge: Playing on Fabric". It is a how-to book on the shibori process of dyeing and discharge. The book is now out of print but Sara is still available to teach this technique to you or your guild. The following are classes that she teaches and lectures that she gives.



SHIBORI This class can be a 1/2 day up to a 3 day class in which Sara will cover the basic methods of shibori. Students will learn to pole wrap, pleat, fold, scrunch, sew and gather, tie with string, manipulate with rubber bands, resist with clothes pins, and other fabric manipulation techniques to create a resist dyeing technique. The short classes cover discharging and the longer classes can include dyeing and painting.

SILK DYEING This class can be 1/2 day to 3 days. Non-toxic Jacquard silk dyes are used. Sara teaches a variety of techniques including resist with water- based resist, salt and/or water manipulation, shibori, thickening, stamping, spraying, and brush painting.

COTTON PAINTING This class can be 1/2 day up to 3 days and combined with the Shibori and/or silk dyeing class. Sara uses Dye-Na-Flow fabric paints that act as dyes to paint onto cotton and other fabrics. These paints use the same techniques as dyeing (above) plus Sara teaches the sun printing technique as well.

HAND QUILTING AND TRAPUNTO This is a 1/2 day class in which a student will learn how to perfect her hand quilting stitch using the rocking stitch. Then Sara will teach the trapunto stuffing method using a long needle and acrylic tie. When this is done with colored acrylic tie, the resulting design shows through on the front in muted tones.

SILK RIBBON EMBROIDERY This is either a 1/2 or whole day class and the project completed will depend on the time of the class. Students will learn basic embroidery stitches to create flowers with silk ribbon. Sara likes to dye silk ribbon so this class may be combined with a silk dyeing class. The class project for the 1/2 day class is a garden of 5 spring flowers. The project for the whole day class is a grouping of 9 squares that each picture a different group of flowers.

PIECED QUILTS Sara has been teaching quilting classes for 20 years and has taught a wide variety of techniques from Beginning Quilting, Strip Piecing, Stars, Machine Quilting, Machine Applique, Baltimore Album Quilts, Baby Quilts, Precision Piecing, etc. etc. Call her if there is a specific pattern you want taught.

LECTURES

SARA'S LIFE THROUGH QUILTING

WEARABLE ART FASHION SHOW

TRUNK SHOW OF ANTIQUE QUILTS WITH HISTORY OF QUILTING

SHIBORI

SILK DYEING WITH DEMONSTRATION AND TRUNK SHOW

SEEING ITALY THROUGH THE EYES OF A QUILTER

SEEING CHINA THROUGH THE EYES OF A QUILTER

Please contact Sara for prices of her workshops and lectures. She travels the world to teach and teaches locally in MN in the summer and FL in the winter.

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