Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably will be touring the United States ahead of the 2024 fall quilt market and their final stop on the 2024 Tour is Beehive Quilt Shop in Wellington, KS! As a Kaffe Fassett destination shop, we are pleased to offer a lecture and presentation and two workshops.

THE POWER OF COLOR LECTURE AND PRESENTATION WITH KAFFE FASSETT AND BRANDON MABLY

Join famed Free Spirit Fabrics designers Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably for an afternoon of color on Sunday, October 20th in Wellington, KS. The Kaffe Fassett lecture will inspire and motivate you, featuring items from his latest museum exhibition, The Power of Color, as well as quilts from his upcoming book, Kaffe Fassett's Quilts on an English Farm. The presentation will also feature Kaffe's latest projects and collaborations, including his patchwork fabric, needlepoint, mosaics, painting and knitting designs. 

Kaffe's inspiration comes from his and Brandon’s travels throughout the world. This lecture and presentation is designed to empower and inspire you to create and develop your "mind's eye," and ready to experiment with color yourself. 

Ticket price for the lecture includes a copy of Kaffe's upcoming book, Kaffe Fassett's Quilts on an English Farm. Kaffe and Brandon will sign books for lecture attendees after the presentation concludes. Beehive Quilt Shop will also feature a Kaffe Collective pop-up shop of Kaffe Fassett Collective sample quilts, fabrics, kits, precuts, accessories and more.

If you purchase a ticket but are unable to attend the day of event, we do allow transfer of tickets. Please call us to let us know who will be coming in your place.  Beehive Quilt Shop 620-440-8191. 

Venue: Wellington High School Auditorium
1700 E 16th St, Wellington, KS 67152 

Doors + Pop Up Shop Opens - Noon
Seating in Auditorium Begins: 1:30 p.m.
Lecture - 2:00 p.m.
Q&A + Book Signing to Follow
Downtown Shop Opens 4-7pm

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Tickets Now Available - Sold Directly by Beehive Quilt Shop Online. - $99 includes Lecture + Copy of Book "Quilts on an English Farm"

Watch our YouTube video on how to be prepared for this event!

Photos by Debbie Patterson Images/Taunton Press

Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably Workshops 2024

“Why strive for complicated, difficult to sew arrangements when simple, squares, diamonds and triangles are so
endlessly fascinating as long as the colours are alive.” –Kaffe Fassett

In his lectures and workshops, Kaffe Fassett reveals how he experiences the colours and basic shapes around him, how we can train our own eyes to see this rewarding source of creativity and how we can, just as he does, combine striking fabrics with simple shapes to create our own spectacular quilt designs.
In each workshop, Kaffe & Brandon will teach and mentor each participants own personal colour journey through fabric choice and placement. Everyone will follow the same process of choosing fabrics as Kaffe and Brandon do when they are designing, working on a design wall flannel. The design wall flannel is then rolled up with their quilt, to take home at the end of the day. No sewing takes place during the workshop. No sewing machines needed.

Together, Brandon and Kaffe willteach up to 20 students. Each participantmusthave ample cutting spaceandmore importantly,enough wall space to hang and work on their own 6” by WOF flanneld esign wall. Each workshop is suitable for the beginner (must have rotary cutting skills) and the advanced quilt maker.The only requirement is an eagerness to explore colour.

Workshop Locations:
The Hive Retreat House
704 N. Washington Ave.
Participation Limited to 20 participants Each Day.
Limit of one workshop per person.

Country Snowballs Workshop with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably

All day workshop to make Kaffe’s traditional snowball quilt block that is made fabulous by his colour choices. In this workshop, with Kaffe and Brandon’s guidance, you will create your unique Country Snowball Quilt. 

Choose your fabrics with an eye to the colour or mood you wish to explore. Keep your choices harmonious. For example, if you would like to explore RED, bring reds, oranges, reddish purples, magenta, warm brown, etc. 

This workshop includes the full day of instruction with Kaffe and Brandon, refreshments and lunch, two yards of Kaffe's Flannel Grid Wall, and a Kaffe Fassett Reducing Glass. 

Register for the Country Snowballs Class Now!

Photos by Debbie Patterson Images/Taunton Press

Seed Packet Quilt (Workshop Variation) with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably

Globally, Kaffe Fassett fans have enthusiastically embraced his Seed Packet Quilt, and now you can make your own with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably at Cotton Candy Fabrics on Monday, September 23, 2024. It’s sew much fun to search out bold blooms from your stash and shop for the latest blooms and fruits. Designing and sewing a Seed Packet Quilt is like planting a garden: browsing the catalogs (stash & LQS), planning the lay out and planting the seeds (working with Kaffe and Brandon and cutting the squares) and watching it grow (sewing your squares,) and finally reaping what you have sown/sewn (wrapping yourself up in your new quilt.) No sewing takes place during the workshop. No sewing machines needed.

The original Seed Packet Quilts is sumptuously photographed in Bold Blooms (pages 68, 69, and 147). In addition, Kaffe, Brandon and Liza have recolored Seed Packet twice more to feature fabrics available at the time. The most recent version may be found at FreeSpiritFabrics.com. 

Choose your fabrics with an eye for them to create a harmonious arrangement. They should go together well - perhaps most will have a similar background or same level of brightness. 

This workshop includes the full day of instruction with Kaffe and Brandon, refreshments and lunch, two yards of Kaffe's Flannel Grid Wall, and a Kaffe Fassett Reducing Glass. 

Regsiter for the Seed Packet Class Now!

Photo Credit: Free Spirit Fabrics

We are so joyful to ne a Kaffe Fassett destination shop at Beehive Quilt Shop in Wellington, Kansas. With multiple Kaffe Fassett quilts and bag samples on display, the Kaffe Fassett Design Collective of of our favorite fabric designers. We offer hundreds of bolts of Kaffe Fassett fabric, Kaffe Fassett notions, wide backings and both pre-cuts and kits. Our Kaffe Fassett offering is sure to inspire your next project.

Shop Online for Kaffe Fasset Collective Fabrics on our website. 

Workshop TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

- Your workshop registration is non-refundable unless we fill your spot in the workshop. 
- You must pay in full to secure your registration.
- If you register for a workshop and do not show up, you will not receive a refund.
- We ask that you sign up for only one of the two workshop options. If workshop space remains available after August 1, 2024 you are welcome to sign up for a second workshop.
- If signing up for a friend, please be sure to include your friend's name. 
- Waiting list participants will be contacted on a first listed, first called basis if spots open up for their desired workshop.