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SEPTEMBER 2008 QUILTING, KNITTING, & SEWING CLASSES |
Wool Quilt Club, Sue Spargo Style
Jeanne Sellgren
1st Thursdays – September 4, October 2, November 6 & December 4
3-6 pm
$25
Join Jeanne for a whimsical, fun time making
blocks for a wool quilt. Jeanne will lead the get-togethers
and share
techniques, design
ideas, and color
inspiration. You will
work with your own
palette of colors and
be able to special order
wool through the
store. You will end up
with a one-of-a-kind
quilt. The store will
be getting in all of the thread and notions that Sue
recommends working with.
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Fractured Image
Johanne Gibson
Fri, September 5 9-4 pm
Advanced Beginning, BSS
$35 |
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Learn a unique way to use your large-scale prints to create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece! You will fracture a design, reassemble it on a design wall, choose borders that enhance your quilt and go home with your partially completed quilt top. We will be using strip cutting and easy piecing to make the quilt top. This technique lends itself to almost any large-scale print – floral and Asian prints are especially beautiful. |
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Beginning Sun Printing
Barbara Baker
Sat, September 6 9-3 pm
Beginning**
$30* |
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Learn how to create one-of-a-kind fabric with interesting textures, shading, light, medium, and dark colors, and more. Non-toxic fabric paints, white fabric, salt, sand and more will be explored in the sun printing process. No experience is necessary, just a willingness to play and be surprised.
*Additional $15 lab fee for materials payable at first class
**Book purchase recommended: Sun Kissed Quilts and Crafts by Barbara Baker & Jeri Boe ($16.95 less 15% class discount). |
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Stash Bashers Club
Annette Caldwell
1st Sundays – 1-1:45 pm
September 7, October 5, November 2, December 7,
January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3
$20
Annette is shaking things up for this new season of Stash Bashers. She will be incorporating patterns from American Quilt Retailer. Needle turn appliqué, reverse appliqué, and curves are just a few of the subjects you will be covering. This season promises to be fun with lots of new twists!
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Ragtime
Joanne Myers
Mon, September 8 & 15
9-12 pm
Intermediate, BSS
$30 |
Learn the technique of oval and circular piecing bymachine or by hand. Pick a theme fabric and Joanne will help you select just the right contrast fabrics to make this fun and whimsical quilt.
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Fall Leaves
Johanne Gibson
Tues, September 9 & 16 9-2 pm
Advanced Beginning, BSS
$30 |
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Bring the beautiful colors of fall inside with this easy and colorful wall hanging. A quick cut crazy pieced block creates the background. The tree branch and leaves are then appliquéd onto the pieced background. Learn several different leaf techniques and free motion stitching for embellishing the tree trunk. You should get the background pieced and begin work on the tree trunk and leaves during class. |
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Embroidery Enthusiasts Focus Group
Dawn Eby
Wednesdays, September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, January 14, February 11
11-3 pm
$30
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Do you have an embroidery machine that you would like to use more often? Do you have unfinished embroidery projects that just need a little guidance to finish them up? If so, and if you would like to network with other machine embroidery enthusiasts, join our monthly meetings. You’ll be able to ask questions, share ideas and plan embroidery projects. This is a time you can just sit and embroider with others.
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Simply Irresistible
Barbara Baker
Thur, September 11 & 18
10-1 pm
All Levels BSS**
$35*
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This class will explore the new line of Stewart Gill paint products. Enjoy creating your own original piece of art by starting with a piece of fabric, adding color, pattern and design. No two pieces will be alike. We will practice stenciling, painting and stamping at the first class. Then, in the second class, we will explore stitching, quilting and further beading – maybe, even more painting!
*Additional $15 lab fee for materials payable at first class.
** Book purchase required: Stewart Gill -- The Painted Surface: A Guide To Products & Techniques For Contemporary Multimedia Artists by Rebecca Gill ($20.95 less 15% class discount).
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Collaged Mini-Art Quilt
Kathy Shaker & Bevalee Runner
Fri, September 12 & 19
10-4 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS**
$45* |
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Kathy and Bevalee will demonstrate a variety of surface design and embellishment techniques (fabric painting, stenciling and stamping with acrylic paints and Paintstiks, shading with colored pencils, foiling, Angelina fibers, couching and beading) you will use to create a small, collaged art quilt. You will prepare your fabrics in the first session, and will begin constructing your design in the second session. We review machine appliqué and couching techniques and discuss working with clipart and photographic images. |
*Additional $10 lab fee for materials payable at first class.
**Book purchase required: Art Quilt Workbook by Jane DaVila and Elin Waterston ($27.95 less 15% class discount).
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$5 Quilt Club
2nd Saturdays – 8:30-9:00 am
September 13, October 11, November 8, December 13,
January 10, February 14, March 14, April 11 & May 9
$5
On the 2nd Saturday of each month, join us for a one-of-a-kind quilt club. Lawry designed a stunning star sampler a few years ago and we will be using it for our blocks. Jean is working on one in vintage textiles and Lawry will be using a more contemporary palette. You will have two fabric choices for your quilt. Each month you will get a packet of fabric and new patterns. You will be adding some of your own fabrics for backgrounds and to personalize the quilt. Arrive at the next meeting with your finished block(s) and you will be given a new fabric packet and pattern. You will pay $5 the first time you attend, but not again if you come with a finished block(s) each month. If you do not finish the block you will need to pay $5 again. If you cannot attend the meeting, send a friend with the block.
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Surface Design Play Day
Jean Wells & Terri Kirchart
Sat, September 13 10-3 pm
All Levels
$20*
Want to have some fun creating textiles? Explore a variety of surface design techniques – paint sticks, stamping, and discharge – to create one-of-a-kind fabrics. This is playtime, so come in your old clothes and try some new techniques.
*Additional $15 lab fee for materials payable at first class.
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Absolutely Beginning Quilting
Lawry Thorn
Pre-Class Fabric Selection
Mon, September 15
6-7:30 pm
Classes
Mon, September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 27, November
10 6-9 pm
Beginning, BSS
$45
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Have you wanted to make a quilt but don’t know where to begin? This class is for people with little or no experience. Learn to rotary cut and make basic quilt blocks while making a sampler-style quilt. Lawry will take you start-to-finish through your choice of 6-, 9- or 12-block sampler. Join us for the Pre-Class – we’ll help you pick out your fabric for class.
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Yarn Stash Metamorphosis Club
Susan Cobb
Tuesday Evenings 6-9 pm
September 16 & 30, October 14 & 28,
November 11 & 25, December 9
$10 each session
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Join Susan at the Stitchin’ Post on Tuesday evenings and use up your yarn stash to create some accessories to keep you warm this winter. With Susan’s help, you will create a hat, poncho and throw. You will be expanding your ability to mix it up, creating your own designs on the fly and using whatever you have, wasting nothing.
September 16 – Hat (100 yds)
September 30, October 14 & 28 – Poncho (1,300 yds)
November 11 & 25, December 9 – Throw (1,500 yds)
Registration is recommended for each session.
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Studio Quilting
with Jean Wells
Thursdays, 4-8 pm
September 18, October 16, November 13, December 18, January 15
$5 per session or $20 for all five sessions
Bring a project(s) and a snack to share and enjoy an evening working with either Jean or Lawry, two of our most talented and experienced quilters. Lawry is an expert on basic piecing techniques and quilt design using traditional quilting elements. Jean has taught just about everything but is currently exploring more contemporary quilting techniques. You will be comfortable working with either of these instructors. Class size will be limited to sixteen people so don’t wait to sign up.
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Mini-Mystery
Lawry Thorn
3rd Saturdays – 8:15-9:00 am
September 20, October 25*, November 15 & December 20
$5
Advanced Beginning Supply List ***
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.
*Mini-Mystery will be held on the 4th Saturday in October due to a scheduling conflict.
**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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Machine Quilting
Lawry Thorn
Sat, September 20 10-4 pm
Beginning
$30
Learn all the “ins” & “outs” of machine quilting, including tips and quilting ideas; plus the right threads and needles to use. Practice time is given, as well as time to start quilting on a larger project. You’ll be a pro before you know it!
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Forget Me Not Log Cabins
Betsy Rickles
Mon, September 22
9:30-3:30 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$30 |
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The theory behind a log cabin block lends itself to whimsical, intuitive piecing. The goal of this quilt is to create your log cabin blocks with strip after strip, not worrying about measuring but proceeding with what satisfies your eye. This is a great project for hand piecing as well as machine piecing.
*Book purchase required: Kaffe Fassett’s Quilts in the Sun ($24.95 less 15% class discount).
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Absolutely Beginning Quilting
Lawry Thorn
Pre-Class Fabric Selection - Mon, September 15 6:00-7:30 pm
Classes: Mon, September 22, 29, October 6, 13, 27, November 10
6-9 pm
Beginning, BSS
$45
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Inspirational Hike
Valori Wells
Tues, September 23 9:00-1:00 pm
$45 (includes a light lunch)
Bring your camera, a small sketchbook and hike an easy trail, finding color and design inspiration along the way. Valori, a professionally trained photographer, will share ideas for taking interesting photos and will discuss ideas gleaned from nature on the hike.
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Quilting Lines and Designs
Robin Ryan
Tues, September 23
1-4 pm
All Levels
$20
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Robin is an extremely talented quilt maker and longarm quilter. She will be here to demonstrate her unique flair for matching up quilting lines with the design elements on a quilt top. Robin was the featured quilter for the 2008 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.
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Crazy 9 Patch from Your Stash
Ruth Ingham
Wed, September 24 9:30-3:30
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$45
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Using your stash, you will make nine different squares by piling up fabric and cutting through all of the layers at once. The pieces are reassembled in different arrangements to make nine different blocks using a mathematical formula. Each block is joined with contrasting strips.
*Book purchase required: Stash-Buster Quilts by Lynne Edwards ($24.99 less 15% class discount). |
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Studio Quilting
with Lawry Thorn
Thursdays, 4-8 pm
September 25, October 23, November 20, December 11, January 22
$5 per session or $20 for all five sessions
Bring a project(s) and a snack to share and enjoy an evening working with either Jean or Lawry, two of our most talented and experienced quilters. Lawry is an expert on basic piecing techniques and quilt design using traditional quilting elements. Jean has taught just about everything but is currently exploring more contemporary quilting techniques. You will be comfortable working with either of these instructors. Class size will be limited to sixteen people so don’t wait to sign up.
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Cascading Kaleidoscopes
Judy Johnson
Fri, September 26 9:30-3:30 pm
All Levels BSS*
$30
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Judy combines her knowledge of mathematics and love of symmetry to create a kaleidoscope-like quilt composed of octagon blocks in several different sizes. The use of a Kaleido-Ruler® and layered construction methods make it simple to produce dynamic one-of-a-kind blocks. Your morning will be spent constructing the blocks, and in the afternoon we will begin the design process. |
*Large Kaleido-Ruler® purchase required ($16 less 15% class discount).
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Barcelona Skirt
Valori Wells & Carolyn Spencer
Sat, September 27
9-3 pm
Beginning, BSS
$30
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This simple but very stylish skirt is a must have! Give us one day and you will be well on your way to a fashion statement. You will love making the Barcelona skirt for yourself, your daughter or your granddaughter. Pack a lunch and join us for a girls’ day of sewing!!
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Yarn Stash Metamorphosis Club
Susan Cobb
Tuesday Evenings 6-9 pm
September 16 & 30, October 14 & 28,
November 11 & 25, December 9
$10 each session
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Join Susan at the Stitchin’ Post on Tuesday evenings and use up your yarn stash to create some accessories to keep you warm this winter. With Susan’s help, you will create a hat, poncho and throw. You will be expanding your ability to mix it up, creating your own designs on the fly and using whatever you have, wasting nothing.
September 16 – Hat (100 yds)
September 30, October 14 & 28 – Poncho (1,300 yds)
November 11 & 25, December 9 – Throw (1,500 yds)
Registration is recommended for each session.
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Gridlock
Jean Wells & Betsy Rickles
Sun, September 28
2-4 pm
& Mon & Tues,
September 29 & 30 9-3 pm
$55
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Gridlock is a fabulous design for the study of color movement in a quilt. The
shapes lend themselves to many design possibilities. It is simple to construct but
looks complex when finished. The quilt can work with a variety of fabric styles,
besides Kaffe prints and solids. Jean’s quilt combines123 Kaffe prints in earth
tones along with batiks and solids. On Sunday afternoon the 28th we will have a short session on color and
ideas for fabric choices for the quilt. Then Monday and Tuesday will be spent on quilt design and construction.
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