February 2009
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Waves in Motion
Barbara Baker
Thur, February 5 & 12 12-4 pm
Beginning BSS
$30
Create a beautiful quilt top with gentle curved piecing that even a beginner can master. This is a very simple block design that lends itself well to color and pattern play. Create alternate designs with your color choices and block arrangement. Then appliqué circles on top to let the colors flow over the quilt.
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Creative Choices
June Jaeger
Fri & Sat, February 6-7
9:30-4:30 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$65
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Create any one of June’s sampler patterns Horsin’
Around, Gone Fishin’, or From the Wild – or
combine patterns to suit your needs. You will learn
different appliqué methods, perfect piecing, troubleshooting
and more. June will discuss methods to
keep your eye moving through the quilt. This is a fun
2-day class to let your creativity blossom.
*Pattern Purchase Required: Choose one of the following:
Horsin’ Around, Gone Fishin’ or From the Wild ($14.50 each, less 15% class discount).
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Schlep Bag
Dawn Eby
$20
This class has been moved
to January 25.
This reversible bag can be made in any size. The best thing is that it can be made out of fat quarters. Check out your stash of fabrics, mix and match and make a summer bag to schlep your “extras” around.
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ScrapTherapy Session 2 – Charming Buds and Scrap Sacks
Kathy Shaker
Mon, February 9 9-4 pm
*Advanced Beginning BSS
$35
Dig into your florals for this easy and charming lap quilt. We will also work on a roomy tote perfectly sized to fit your ScrapTherapy bin.
*Completion of the ScrapTherapy Cutting Workshop is required.
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Beginning Hand Quilting
Janice Demers
Thur, February 12 5-8 pm
Beginning
$20
Learn the basics of hand quilting, including
discussions on needles, batting, fabric, thread and
thimbles. You will mark, layer, and start quilting. Be
ready to hand quilt one of those quilt tops you have
tucked away. |
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Simple Slip Covers
Mary Golden
Sat, February 14 12-4 pm
Basic Sewing Skills BSS
$25
Make a basic slipcover for the IKEA chair like
the one pictured. Also, Mary will demonstrate
some simple techniques and ideas to dress up an
old and tired piece of furniture. |
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Showtime In Sisters
Judy Johnson
Sun, February 15 10-4 pm
All Levels BSS
$35
The “recipe” for this wall hanging/lap quilt is
simple – start with one panel of Valori Wells’ Sisters
Outdoor Quilt Show fabric and then add a few selected
solids, prints, stripes and florals, add some easy
patchwork and pieced blocks and then mix well at the
design wall. Voila! You have a one-of-a-kind quilt that
commemorates Sisters’ second Saturday in July. |
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Simply Squares
Judy Johnson
Pre-class Fabric Selection and Shopping –
Mon, February 16 9-10 am
Class – Mon, February 16 10-4 pm
All Levels BSS
$35 |
This easy but elegant quilt is a winner for quilters
of all skill levels. Judy’s suggestions for fabric selection
will help get your project off to a good start and
in-class support in designing with your completed
blocks will assure the successful completion of your
project.
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Memories of Sisters
Joyce Boyd
Thur, February 19 & 26 10-4 pm
Advanced Beginning* BSS**
$45
Create the Memories of Sisters quilt wall hanging with organizing tips from Joyce. Prior experience with paper piecing is required. If you don’t have experience with paper piecing, we recommend you first take Joyce’s Paper Piecing 101 class on Sunday, January 11.
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* Paper piecing experience required.
** Pattern purchase required: Memories of Sisters by Vivienne Moore Designs ($11.50 less 15% class discount).
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Mini-Mystery
Lawry Thorn
3rd Saturdays – February 21, March 21, April 18 & May 16
8:15-9 am
(Or–Mail order ** $5)
Advanced Beginning Supply List ***
$5
Do you love mystery quilt classes so much that
you wish they would never end? Well, here’s one that
will keep you guessing for four months! After each
class you will go away with sewing tasks, then come
back the next month for the next clue. In the fourth
session, Lawry will “unveil” the finished quilt and you
also get to share your quilt with your own creative
touch.
**If you live out of town or can’t get to our monthly classes, you can still participate using mail order. Just let us know and Lawry will mail you the directions each month.
*** Provided at the first class.
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Whimsical Machine Quilting
Betsy Rickles
Mon, February 23 10-4 pm
Intermediate* BSS
$35
As Betsy says, “If you can doodle it, you can quilt
it.” We will learn just how fun and easy quilting your
quilt can be (you’ll never stipple again!!). Come to
class with your free motion foot – we will be playing
with doodling on fabric and NOT on straight-line
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*Beginning Machine Quilting recommended or comparable
experience required. Be sure to know how to use your
quilting options on your sewing machine.
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Curves and More
Ruth Ingham
Tues, February 24 10-4 pm
Beginning BSS
$30
This is a great class to learn how to cut and incorporate
curves into your quilt top and border. Ruth will
help you select color combinations and prints that will
make your wall hanging sing.
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Nature’s Sample
June Jaeger
Fri & Sat, October 24-25
9:30-4:30 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$65
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In this unique sampler class, you will have many
opportunities to personalize your quilt. You can create
the size that suits your needs, your technique,
your personal colors and block placement. June will
teach different types of appliqué, perfect piecing,
block sizing, how to use color to keep the eye moving
throughout the quilt and more. This tree theme can
be combined with other subjects to further personalize
your quilt. This two-day workshop is designed for the
quilter who has basic cutting and piecing skills.
*Pattern purchase required: Nature’s Sample by Log Cabin Quiltworks ($14.50 less 15% class discount).
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