Long Arm Quilting Class:
Boot Camp 1 (for beginner quilters) Instruction - Staff Start and finish a 60" x 72" quilt in 3 short days! You'll learn the basics of quilting, piece your quilt top, add borders properly and load your quilt on to one of our long arm machines to machine quilt! We'll even cover binding application and have some fun along the way. So take a three-day break from work and walk off with a completed quilt! Note: This class is required before taking any of the other classes in the Boot Camp series. |
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(3) Mon, 09/18/23, 10/02/23 and 10/09/23
11am-3pm Class fee: $80 |
Long Arm Quilting Class:
Boot Camp 2 Instruction - Staff For those who have completed Boot Camp 1, we have a new quilt for you to complete in 3 days! You'll enhance your long arm skills to include a simple shape after doing more precise piecing and cutting. We'll show you an easy way to attach your binding! |
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(3) Mon, 11/20/23, 12/04/23 and 12/11/23
11am-3pm Class fee: $80 |
Long Arm Quilting Class:
Boot Camp 3 Instruction - Staff For those who have completed Boot Camp 1 and Boot Camp 2, we have a new quilt for you! We'll be making the Scenic Route Quilt which will give you plenty of practice with working on the bias, and then it's off to the longarm room to try a pantograph pattern using a laser guide. |
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(3) Wed, 09/13/23, 09/27/23 and 10/04/23
11am-3pm Class fee: $100 |
Long Arm Quilting Class:
Boot Camp 4 Instruction - Staff We will be making a strip-pieced trip around the world quilt (no funny business with bias!), but we really want to make sure you get your points right! Then we’re off to the longarm room where you will use a stencil to mark a border design to follow. This technique will test your machine control, so it won’t be super easy. |
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Updated Dates!
(3) Wed, 11/22/23, 11/29/23 and 12/13/23 11am-3pm Class fee: $100 |
Long Arm Quilting Class:
Boot Camp 5 (Queens only) Instruction - Staff It's time to go big! In true Boot Camp style you'll be using only 3 fabrics (light, medium and dark). The quilt makes up Queen size and is on point. Just enough of a challenge to keep your interest, but in the larger size for a true bed-quilt. You choose stipple or free-motion edge-to-edge quilt method at the long-arm machine. |
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(3) sessions - TBA
11am-3pm Class fee: $100 |
Jelly Roll Race Quilt
Instruction: Staff Jelly Rolls are cotton fabrics, usually from a collection or color array, pre-cut into 2 1/2" strips. Each "roll" usually contains 40 strips (2 each of 20 different fabrics). A Jelly Roll Race Quilt is a fun pattern sewing these strips into one long strip at a 45 degree angle, then folded in half and sewn together on one edge. Then cut the folded edge open and repeat the process until you have a finished quilt! |
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(1) Sat, 11/25/23
11am– 3pm Class Fee: $25 |
Machine Quilting Basics
Instruction: Staff This class will show you how to use your walking and free motion foot so you can quilt your quilts! We’ll practice in the ditch quilting and free motion quilting on fabric sandwiches. |
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(1) Tues, 10/10/23 or
(1) Sat, 12/16/23 11am– 2pm Class Fee: $40* *Free if you purchased your sewing machine from our store! |
Metro Rings
Instruction: Staff Try this contemporary double wedding ring quilt pattern using the Quick Curve Ruler! The quilt starts with strip sets that are straight pieced, making the entire process quicker and easier than traditional double wedding ring patterns. |
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(2) Thurs, 12/07/23 & 12/14/23
11am– 3pm Class Fee: $45 |
Pineapple Salsa Quilt
Instruction: Staff This quilt is all about color placement. Alternating colorways of adjoining blocks, and switching the positions of the darks and lights, creates this stunning pattern. The Creative Grids Pineapple Trim Tool makes three sizes of pineapple blocks, all beginning with a 2-inch finished square surrounded by 1-inch finished strips. This version is created with 8-inch finished blocks. |
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(1) Tues, 09/26/23
11am– 3pm Class Fee: $30 |
Sew Steady Ruler Work Demo and Trunk Show!
Instruction: Diane Russell, Certified Educator and Designer for Sew Steady Join us as we welcome Diane Russell from Sew Steady! She will demonstrate on of a variety of Sew Steady Rulers, including project-based demonstrations for our fall ruler work classes. In addition to the class Samples for October 28 & November 11, Diane will be bringing a Trunk Show including wall hangings, totes, accessories, quilts, & cork products. Samples will include traditional ruler work, cork work, reverse applique & art quilt techniques. |
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(1) Sat, 10/07/23
11am– 2:30pm Attendance Fee: $20 |
Sew Steady Ruler Work for Beginners!
Instruction: Diane Russell, Certified Educator and Designer for Sew Steady In this workshop, the Sew Steady Sampler Template Set along with the 12” Arc will be used to learn basic ruler work and beyond. We will cover set up, machine settings, perfect stitch length and basic ruler work. We will sew through the 6-pc set ruler by ruler, designing a multitude of designs. This class is a full day workshop and is perfect for beginners, as well as intermediates. This is a technique-based workshop, students will have a multitude of samples to take home. |
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(1) Sat, 10/28/23
11am– 3pm Class Fee: $65 |
Sew Steady Ruler Work Holiday Magic Table Topper
Instruction: Diane Russell, Certified Educator and Designer for Sew Steady This class project makes the perfect gift! The Feathered Leaf Circle Wreath templates will be used in the construction of this beautiful design. We will take it one step further and create a reverse applique (templee) design, cutting away parts of the top fabric to reveal a “peek a boo” fabric. This is a quick and easy class with amazing results! It can be made in a variety of holiday themes. Workshop 4-6 hrs. The workshop is 4-6 hours and perfect for beginners and intermediates. This is a project-based workshop. |
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(1) Sat, 11/11/23
11am– 3pm Class Fee: $65 |
Snails Trail - Paper Piecing for Beginners!
Instruction: Staff Learn the basics of paper piecing while making a perfect Snail Trail quilt blocks! Shaded and numbered templates make this simple paper piecing fuss-free. You'll complete (4) blocks and piece them together to form the larger block shown. |
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(1) Thurs, 09/28/23 or
(1) Tues, 11/14/23 11am– 3pm Class Fee: $30 |
Studio 180 Technique - Hollow Cube
Instruction: Sue Simpson, Certified Studio 180 Instructor The Hollow Cube 60 technique sheet is a great companion for your Star 60 tool! Create some spectacular projects with this amazing technique that gives you the look of light shining through a hollow cube. This technique creates a hexagon that can be added to any 60° project to add the illusion of a multi-dimensional block to your quilt. What fun!! |
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(1) Sat, 09/30/23
11am– 2pm Class Fee: $20 |
Studio 180 Technique - Diamond 4-Patch Wedge
Instruction: Sue Simpson, Certified Studio 180 Instructor Another great technique to use with your Wedge Star tool. You will construct four patch diamonds using strip piecing, trim, add small wedges, and trim the inside point so you have four perfectly sized diamonds in each star point every time. With this technique you can create twenty-two block size variations from 6" up to 48" in 2" increments. |
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(1) Sat, 10/21/23
11am– 2pm Class Fee: $20 |
Studio 180 Technique - Power Strip
Instruction: Sue Simpson, Certified Studio 180 Instructor Do you need to make a bunch of Star 60 units that are all the same color? Then Power Strip 60 is the technique sheet for you! Strip piecing speeds up the construction so that you can quickly get them made. And if your Star 60 units need a companion triangle, there's a new included technique to make multiples at the same time for that, too. |
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(1) Sat, 11/11/23
11am– 2pm Class Fee: $20 |
Studio 180 Technique - Traditional Log Cabin
Instruction: Sue Simpson, Certified Studio 180 Instructor Quilters love log cabin blocks. A Log Cabin block consists of a center square with a series of "logs" sewn around all four sides of the square. Sounds easy, but anyone who has tried to make them knows they are a challenge to get sized perfectly. Our technique has you strip piece each round of oversized logs, then trim after each round and once again at the end. The final trim assures your finished block is the correct size. A beloved technique made even better. What’s not to love! |
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(1) Sat, 12/09/23
11am– 2pm Class Fee: $20 |
Table Runners Galore!
Instruction - Staff Have some fun this fall making table runners! There are so many holidays that you can easily make one to decorate for each one or as a gift! Many of the runners are quilt as you go, others are great for using up scraps. Either way, you'll have fun and may even learn some new tricks! |
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(1) Mon, 09/25/23 Project: Peek-A-Boo Table runner
(1) Mon, 10/23/23 Project: Half Square Marathon Table runner (1) Fri, 11/03/23 Project: Flutterby Table runner (1) Mon, 11/13/23 Project: Skinnie Minnie Table runner (1) Fri, 12/08/23 Project: Border Stripe Table runner 11am-2pm $20 per class* (Free if your Sewing machine was purchased from our store!) Level 1 |
UFO Class with Annette
Instruction: Staff Finish up those quilt projects done in our store classes and spend the day with Annette! If you've done any of the Quick Curve classes and were unable to figure things out, nows the time to get it off your plate for 2023! |
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(1) Tues, 12/12/23
11am– 3pm Class Fee: $20 |
Witches Legs Applique Wall hanging
Instruction: Staff Have fun with Seasonal Skinnies patterns! Each quilt finishes 14" x 28". Fusible web applique is used. We made up the Witches Legs pattern and played with some fun applique stitches on our machine! These projects are fast and easy, great for beginners or a quick project for quilters of all levels. You won't stop at just one....you'll want to make them for all your friends! |
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(1) Tues, 10/24/23
11am– 3pm Class Fee: $30* *Free if you purchased your sewing machine from our store! |