March 2010

SCRAP THERAPY WORKSHOP
Sharron Meyer
Fee: $12
Skill level: All levels
Saturday, March 6
Time: 10:30-12:30
Supply List

Scrap Therapy is a two-part program which provides you with a proven system to organize and use fabric scraps. By the end of class, you will feel better about your scrap fabric stash and have a plan to continue organizing scraps at home while preparing for follow-up Scrap Therapy classes. This cutting workshop is a prerequisite to any of the Scrap Therapy quilt project classes.

 

 

LOCKER HOOK RUG (this class is full)
Tori Ros
Fee: $15
Skill level: All levels
Sunday, March 7
Time: 12-2:30
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Learn this easy, relaxing method of creating a hooked rug from fabric strips. The rug is sturdy and washable. Use fabrics from your stash for a wonderful scrappy look or design your rug to match your décor. This is a great class to take with a friend or to make new ones.

 

 

PAPER PIECING CLUB
Sharron Meyer
Fee: $25 semester
Skill level: All levels
Wednesday, March 10
Time: 1:30-4:30
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So many of you have taken the beginning paper-piecing class and have come to love this process as much as I do. Let’s get together once a month and have some fun. Don’t forget a little show & share too!

 

 

MEXICAN TILE PLACEMATS
Sharron Meyer
Fee: $30
Skill level: Intermediate & beyond
Friday, March 12
Time: 10:30-3:30
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Imagine a set of stunning placemats using only six one-half yard cuts of fabric. Each of the six placemats are individually different, yet coordinate beautifully on your table. You will definitely be the hostess with the mostest!

 

 

BYOP (Bring Your Own Project)
Staff
Fee: $10/per session
Skill level: All levels
Friday, March 12
Time: 5-11

Join us on a Friday night and bring a new project, an old one, one you need ideas for, or one that you need another fabric for. We eat, play a game, have show-n-tell, and sometimes finish a UFO. The store is open from 5 to 7 p.m. for BYOP participants only. Bring a drink for yourself and a snack to share.

 

 

DRUNKARD’S PATH (this class is full)
Tori Ros
Fee: $29
Skill level: Strong Beginner
Sunday, March 14
Time: 12-4
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Circles, Drunkard’s Path, two-color, multiple fabrics; these are just a few of the many options with this versatile technique. It’s really fun to twist them and turn them to see the almost endless possibilities. Give it a try!

 

 

ART OF LANDSCAPE QUILTING LECTURE
Barb Janson
Fee: $10
Skill level: Beginning
Friday, March 19
Time: 2-3
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Join us for a fun-filled hour as we learn about the basic landscape quilt design elements from this award-winning quilter in a fast-paced and informative lecture on the “Art” of landscape quilting. Take this opportunity to learn to “think like a painter,” as Barb shares some tips you can use to create your own landscape quilt.

 

 

ART OF LANDSCAPE QUILTING WORKSHOP
Barb Janson
Fee: $40
Skill level: All levels
Saturday, March 20
Time: 10-3
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Learn about the art of landscape quilting from this local award-winning quilt artist, as she teaches some simple steps to creating a landscape quilt. Using hands-on demonstration, Barb will explain the techniques from Nancy Zeiman’s book. She will help each student with composition and fabric color selection. Find out how you can use your own photos to design and construct a fabulous landscape quilt.

 

 

BALTIMORE ALBUM
Sharyn Stewart
Fee: $15 per class
Skill level: Intermediate-previous appliqué experience required.
Sunday, March 21
Time: 1-3

Take a trip to a time gone by, and join us in making a traditional (maybe some new items) Baltimore Album Quilt. This class will showcase approximately 22 blocks, some border options, and leave you to let your imagination run wild. We’ll work on a different block each month. Hope to see you in class! (Munchies have been known to show up in this class!) Sewing machine not required.

 

 

POINTS OF VIEW
Barb Janson
Fee: $30
Skill level: All levels
Tuesday, March 23
Time: 12-4
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Bring a friend and have fun creating a quick and easy miniature landscape quilt from bits and pieces of batiks using different appliqué and embellishment techniques. Learn a few construction and design secrets from award-winning quilter, Barb Janson, as she demonstrates the “how to” of examples from Valerie Hearder’s book, Points of View.

 

 

DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE TABLE RUNNER
Sharron Meyer
A Scrap Therapy Project
Fee: $30
Skill level: Intermediate & beyond
Friday, March 26
Time: 10:30-3:30
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Now that you have organized your fabric scraps, let’s use them up while making flying geese units into a wild and wonderful table runner. Plan to use lots of 2” and 3 1/2” scrap squares in two values. The Wing Clipper ruler will be very helpful to piece and trim each flying goose unit to perfection. Scrap Therapy Workshop is a prerequisite to this class!

 

 

ERINN’S POSIES IN BLACK & WHITE
Pat Liesegang
Fee: $30
Skill level: All levels
Saturday, March 27
Time: 10:30-4:00
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Two basic colors and careful placement can turn into a stunning quilt. Whether you use black & white, colors of your choice, or the fabric from “Painted Posies,” this quilt goes together easily with care and planning. By changing the fabric, your quilt can take on a totally different look. Use panel squares for the center blocks or fussy cut something. Join me for the first class of my first published pattern.

 

 

April 2010

MORE RETRO APRONS
Karen Petry
Fee: $19
Skill level: All levels
Saturday, April 3
Time: 10:30-2:30
Supply List

Come and have fun making an apron for yourself or to give as a gift. There are so many possibilities and combinations of apron styles and fabrics. You can make an adult or child size. Why not make matching mom and child aprons!

 

 

ABOUT OUR CLASSES:
•Payments must be made at the time of sign up. You may do this in the store, or by phone with a credit card.
•If you have to cancel a class, you may do so up to 3 days prior to class and receive a full refund or transfer to another class. You could also have someone else take your place in class.
•We will try very hard to never have to cancel a class, but sometimes life happens and it is necessary. You will, of course, get a complete refund if we have to cancel.
•Please bring in usual supplies: Pins, scissors, thread, note pad. You will be given a separate supply list for most classes when you register.
•Some classes have a minimum number of students. The teacher has a right to cancel a class that does not meet the minimum number.