Location: Shenendehowa United Methodist Church
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Member cost: $50; non-member cost $60; plus $2 for foundations

Using just one block design from Carol's book, Mariner's Compass Stars, begin to create accurate blocks that look complex, but are so easy to make using tried and true paper piecing techniques. Learn how just a few blocks can make dramatic quilts. Different setting options for these dramatic blocks will be discussed and creative quilting options will be shared. Achieve the drama of the Mariner's Compass with ease using methods that guarantee success.

The Fire and Ice quilt finishes 46" x 46".

About the artist taken from her website:

As a best-selling author, celebrated teacher and lecturer and award-winning quiltmaker, Carol Doak has geatly influenced the art and craft of quiltmaking for more than a decade, both in the U.S. and internationally. Her accomplishments include a sizable collection of popular books - Easy Machine Paper Piecing, Easy Paper-Pieced Keepsake Quilts, Easy Mix & Match Machine Paper Piecing, Show Me How to Paper Piece, Easy Reversible Vests, Easy Paper-Pieced Miniature Quilts, Your First Quilt Book (or it should be!), Easy Stash Quilts, 50 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars, Easy Paper-Pieced Baby Quilt, 40 Bright and Bold Paper-Pieced Blocks, 300 Paper-Pieced Quilt Blocks, Simply Sensational 9-Patch Stars and her recent release, Mariner's Compass Stars, is receiving rave reviews

Carol also released an updated version of her best-selling Easy Reversible Vests. With over one million books in print, it is no secret that Carol has raised the popularity of paper piecing, her trademark technique, to heights never before seen in the world of quiltmaking.

See some of her work and read more about her at her website: www.caroldoak.com.

Carol is also our November presenter; her lecture on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 is entitled "Medallions Magic" and is teaching "Simply Sensational 9-Patch Stars " on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.