Joan Radell
This is a One day class, offered on either – Friday and Saturday
The 2024 Happy Feet! Quilted Sneaker classes were a resounding success, and Joan’s happy to offer two 1-day classes of sneaker-making in 2025. In addition, you’ll have the option to join a fun (and first!) collaboration with instructor Karen Kehl for Saturday’s class. Quilted Sneakers are hot!hot!hot! right now, and Joan wrote the book—literally–on how to make them. She’s taught hundreds of students her straightforward techniques that result in showstopping sneakers.
In this class you’ll learn how to make a beautiful, comfortable and very wearable pair of quilted sneakers. Your kit includes everything you’ll need to complete them except for 3 fat quarters of fabric and half a yard of both woven fusible interfacing and double-sided fusible foam. This is an advanced-beginner project with a small amount of pre-class preparation and minimal pressing needs. Expect an email from Joan 6 weeks before retreat; there is a deadline for ordering soles that is not flexible.
Join the Collaboration! If you are attending Karen Kehl’s One-Step Strip-Piecing and Quilting class on Friday, you can use the fabric panel that you construct in that class for your Happy Feet! Class on Saturday! If you’d prefer to choose other fabrics, that’s fine as well.
Additional Class Fee: $90
Workshop Complexity: Moderate
Advance Prep: Yes
