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Spring 2012 |
NEW CLASS ADDED Machine Quilting 101 Melissa St.Onge
| | | Join Melissa to learn the basics of quilting your completed quilt top. She will show you how to use a walking foot for straight line ditch and grid quilting, as well as, the basics to get you over your fear of free-motion quilting. If you’ve wanted to start quilting your quilt tops, let Melissa be your guide, she is knowledgeable on this topic and she will inspire you to get started. Two three hour classes.
Tuesdays May 8th & May 12th 6:30pm-9:30pm $60.00
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| NEW CLASS ADDED| Fat Quarter Friendly Quilt Dawn-Marie Fahey |  | Join Dawn-Marie to make this Springy and Scrappy Fat Quarter Friendly quilt. We all have some fat quarters in the stash we could use to make a pretty quilt. Join us for two sessions of 4 hours of sewing and use up some of that stash. This photo does not do it justice. Come into the shop to see it in person. Class Level: Intermediate
Satruday, May 12th & May 26th 1:00 to 5:00pm $60.00 |
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| Frosty Babies Wallhanging Katie Taylor |  | Join Katie as she guides you through making is great wintery snowman wallhaning. This is a fun way to use some of those fabric scraps we all have. You will learn everything you need to know to machine applique these snowmen. You will have a lot of fun dressing each one. Saturday, February 25th, March 10th, March 17th & March 24th 10:30 to 12:30 $40.00 |
| Binding Workshop Sue Trask |  | Learn how to cut your fabric strips, piece them together and apply them to your quilt top, whether straight or bias binding. Learn to make the final join so that your start and finish will be undetectable. If you've had difficulty making your binding look perfect, this is the workshop for you. Also, learn the invisible hand stitch to sew it down, quickly and neatly. Technique Class for all levels $30.00 Wednesday February 29th 7pm-9:30pm |
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| Intro to Quiltmaking Melissa St Onge |  | Join Melissa to begin your journey into the fabulous world of quiltmaking. This class is for the absolute beginner who wants to learn the basics from cutting and piecing your blocks to piecing a quilt top and adding the borders. You will save yourself lots of frustration by learning to make quilts the "right" way from the start. Learn with Melissa, you won't regret the experience you'll gain in a short amount of time. Beginner Min 4 /Max 6 (8 week class)
Saturdays, March 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th; April 14th, 21st, 28th & May 5th 2pm-4pm $80.00 |
| | Machine Quilting 101 Melissa St.Onge |  | Join Melissa to learn the basics of quilting your completed quilt top. She will show you how to use a walking foot for straight line ditch and grid quilting as well as the basics to get you over your fear of free-motion quilting. If you’ve wanted to start quilting your quilt tops, let Melissa be your guide, she is knowledgeable on this topic and she will inspire you to get started. Two 3 hour classes.
This is a technique class only. You will not sew on your "real" quilt top during this class. Tuesday, March 6th & 13th 6:30 to 9:30 OR Thursday, April 12th & 19th 6:30-9:30pm Beginner $60.00 |
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| Carolina Lily Sue Trask |  | This quilted wall hanging is made using Deb Tucker's Wing Clipper Ruler. Do you need some sign that spring is coming? Have you bought this ruler and not known what to use it for?? This wall quilt will do the trick, pick some pretty springy fabric and join the class to make this pretty quilt. You will learn to make perfect geese with little waste, as well as a small amount of hand applique for stems,(or you can decide to machine applique those if you wish.) We'll put it all together and you can easily quilt this one yourself, using your walking foot. Come in to see Sue's made with reds and greens, it has the look of a poinsettia. Thursday, March 8th, 22nd & 29th 7pm-9pm $40.00 Confident Beginner & Up |
| | Hand Quilting Workshop Sue Trask | 
| There is something to be said about the quiet rythm of hand quilting. Join Sue to learn the basics of basting your quilt, marking your design, loading your quilt into the hoop, how to get the rocking motion to glide your needle through the layers of your quilt top. We'll us the book shown which has been the bible for hand quilting. We'll work on one project but there are many to practice on before you tackle your larger quilt. You will work on a practice piece, so all levels welcome Wednesday, March 14th 7:00pm-9:30 pm $30.00 or Wednesday, March 21st 2:00pm-4:30 pm $30.00 |
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Mystery Sunday
|  | We've done this one day retreat many times over the past few years. We will provide you some fabric requirements and we will help guide you in your fabric choice without giving the quilt design away. You'll pre-cut your fabric and come for a fun filled day of sewing. We will all share a pot-luck lunch. Oh yes, and the fabric fairies will do your pressing and unsewing as needed. What a fun day! There will be pre-cutting and pre-sewing instructions for this one. Sue and the QP Gang Confident Beginner and up
Sunday, March 25th 9am to 5pm $130.00 (this includes your quilt top fabric & pattern) Borders and Backing additional. ***Limit 8*** Due to the high demand of this one day retreat, immediate payment is required at sign-up.
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