Q1 $5 "PRACTICALLY FREE" QUILT

This is one of our most popular events! We start a new quilt each January, so we are well on our way. Buy the block your first month for just $5 and bring it back the next month - completed - and get the next month's block for free! (See store for details!) How much better can it get?!! Caution - this can be addictive!

Lecture/Demo will held at 10:30 am, noon, 1:30, 5:30 and 7:00pm on the following dates:
Third Thursdays 6/17, 7/15, 8/19, 9/16, 10/21, 11/18, 12/16 and Party - Saturday, 1/22/2011 (!)

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Q2 "SEW" RELAXING

Join us as we open one of our classrooms up to anyone who wants to come in and sew or quilt or whatever. You'll have a place to spread out and work to your heart's content - away from the phone and other distractions of home. The coffee's always on so bring your projects...and a friend or two and lunch and we'll provide the space and any number of folks to offer an opinion or advice on your current project! And...as we envision this...we might just throw in some informal tips, techniques or sneak peeks at upcoming cool stuff. "Sew," come kick back and spend a relaxing day (or part thereof!) and stitch away! Limited seating - call early to reserve your spot!

1 session - $5
Almost every Friday! - 10-4pm

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Q3 Cosmic Jewels Quilt

Linda Zolty

This lap size quilt looks impressive but it is easy to make. Using no Y seams or diamonds, this construction technique produces a stunning variation on a Carpenter's Star. Pattern purchase required.

1 session - $35
Tuesday - 8/17 - 10-4pm

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Q4 BYE BYE TO BINDING BLUES

Sue Ann Beck

This two-hour class will take the frustration and handwork out of binding your quilt. NO hand sewing. An added piping is included with this easy to learn method. Take the time now to save the time later in completing your projects or gifts.

1 session - $15
Wednesday - 7/7 - 10-12pm
Thursday - 8.12 - 6-8pm

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Q6 Cotton Theory Table Runner

Linda Zolty

Traditional quilts are pieced and then layered and quilted...sometimes making the quilting more of a job than a pleasure. Cotton Theory projects are quilted first, one segment at a time, and then assembled using Betty Cotton's fold-and-finish procedures. And, this is a perfect place to use embroidery to quilt, or bobbin work or other fun embellishing techniques! And the best part...when it's done...it's done!!! Pattern purchase required.

1 session - $30
Tuesday - 9/8 - 10:30-3:30pm

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Q7 BSR 101

Mary Alice Fyock

Join Mary Alice and learn the basics of using the Bernina Stitch Regulator (BSR) plus you will learn the techniques for using BSR with quilting, crafting, home decorating, and garment making. Learn to use your BSR with different needles and threads and experiment using your BSR with bobbin work and thread painting! A whole new world!

1 session - $25
Saturday - 7/31 - 10-1pm

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Q8 More BSR

Mary Alice Fyock

You've learned the basics, now you are ready to practice and play with free-motion quilting techniques, and learn about thread tension as well, in this hands-on class. With Mary Alice, you will practice many different free-motion quilting designs, using different types of thread and you will go home with a notebook full of designs along with your samples.

1 session - $25
Saturday - 7/31 - 1:30-4:30pm

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Q9 Stoneworks

Linda Zolty

Inspired by the floor tiles of a church in Venice, this is a perfect quilt in which to use batiks, tone-on-tones and simulated marble fabrics. A great example of how inspiration is all around us! Kit available and pattern purchase required.

1 session - $35
Monday - 6/21 - 10-4pm

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Q10 Sandcastles Quilt

Penny Armagost

This stunning graphic quilt is all about pretty fabrics and simple sewing. Easy strip cutting and piecing make it easy to put together and give you even more time to spend at the beach...making sandcastles! Pattern purchase required.

1 session - $35
Friday - 6/25 - 10-4pm

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Q11 Pinwheel Baby Quilt

Penny Armagost

This delightful pinwheel is perfect for that new addition to your family! Fun to make in blacks and whites and great primary colors plus the 3-D pinwheels are a surprise for baby too! Finish off with prairie points to round out the fun. Pattern purchase required.

1 session - $30
Thursday - 8/5 - 10-3pm

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Stitcher's Garden Block of the Month

Ellen Conoscenti

This fabulous machine appliqué Block of the Month began in March and is designed to teach you a new technique each month and how to use the associated foot or tool. You can still join, and this is a perfect way to really explore all of the creative ways you can use your machine. There is a one-time $45 registration fee for this BOM, and this includes 5 yards of the background fabric. Each month the kit will be $15 and includes fabric, pattern and oftentimes a particular notion needed in the block...plus a FREE lecture demo class where you will learn the technique of the month and how to use the foot/tool associated with that technique. Also, we will also offer one hands-on class per trimester if you feel you need a little extra help. Open to all makes of machines, but you should have a good working knowledge of your machine.

Lecture Demos: 6/24, 7/22, 8/26, 9/23, 10/12 - 1-3 or 6-8pm - FREE!!!
Hands-on-Workshop - Saturday - 9/18 - 10:30-3pm - $25

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Q14 Friday Night Quilt-A-Thon

Mary Alice Fyock

Come on out and join us for a night of uninterrupted quilting with friends. Bring along the UFO of your choice, or start something new and know that you have some concentrated stitching time to really accomplish something. We're here to help you with any rough spots or fabric selection or whatever you need. Sew...join us for pizza and goodies and a few laughs as well!

1 session - $15
Friday - 6.4, 7/9, 8/6, 9/10 - 7-12 midnight

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Q15 Thread Painting

Joyce Hughes

Join Joyce and see how much fun it is to take a simple panel and embellish it with thread painting and other fun "stuff." Learn the tips and techniques such as free motion quilting, bobbin work and fringing to turn something simple into a work of art. This class will include thread selection, stitching techniques and embellishing. Class is open to anyone who has a solid working knowledge of their machine. This is a great way to put your BSR to use, but is absolutely not necessary to take the class!

1 session - $30 plus kit fee
Wednesday - 7/13 - 10-3pm
Sunday - 8/6 - 11-4pm (bring your lunch!)

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