Hand Embellishment for Art Quilting
This two-part class will cover a variety of hand embellishing techniques, from basic beading to embroidery stitches that will add texture and visual interest to your art quilts. We will explore bead-quilting, couching, French knots, basic hand-quilting with a variety of threads, seed stitch and other embroidery stitches, and basic ribbon embroidery stitches.
Oh My Stars!
Instructor: Kelly Duke
May 28 & June 18 (Wednesday)
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Class Fee: $30 (book required)
Grab your brightest, your checks, your blacks and don’t forget your reds to make some wonderful free-form blocks. What fun to work on something so wild and bright! You will make several different blocks and then make filler blocks to fit them all together. A lot of time is allowed between classes so you can make lots of blocks!
Blueberry Cobbler
Instructor: Cherie Swanson
July 25 (Friday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Class Fee: $30 (book required)
Blueberry Cobbler is a beautiful all-blue quilt. Using just blue (or your choice of color), you will create an eye-catching quilt while learning how to mix values of one color. You may choose to work with any combination of light, medium, or dark blue fabrics. Of course, the recipe is included in your book. We’ll be sampling the recipe in class, also.
Crazy Stitchers Club
Instructor: Kelly Duke
May 6, June 3, & July 1 (Tuesday)
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Class Fee: $30
Meet every month for three months. A new class to explore stitches for your crazy quilts. We will meet once per month to sit and stitch six to eight new stitches per month. Practice what you know. Show off the stitches you have done. Get together with Kelly and the other crazy stitchers in the area. Learn new crazy quilt stitches together.
Double Wedding Ring
Instructor: Cherie Swanson
June 20 (Friday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Class Fee: $30 (templates required)
This classic pattern is a snap with Marti Michell's templates. Start with a table runner or topper to learn the technique, and then make plans for larger quilts. We'll discuss finishing possibilities, too.
******Not Just Quilts!!!******
UnCommon Table Toppers
Instructor: Bonnie Gallagher
May 18 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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June 29 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
OR
July 27 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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August 17 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Class Fee: $40
Made with simple sewing and using ten fabrics, these table toppers are wonderful. Make them for your holiday table or give them as special gifts. (Seasonal themes always work because you don’t have to worry about matching decors!) Bonnie does all of the design & calculations for you — you just enjoy the process
Design, then Paint with Inks
Instructor: Ruth
July 16 & 23 (Wednesday)
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Class Fee: $ 30
Learn how to design a quilt using an original photograph as the pattern. Transfer the pattern to fabric and bring it “alive” with fabric inks. Anyone can learn these techniques; no art lessons necessary! Create the art quilt you’ve always wanted. This piece can be abstract or realistic, the choice is yours.
Math for Quilters
Instructor: Cherié Swanson
July 29 (Tuesday)
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Class Fee: $20
This lecture demo class will explore simple ways to figure yardage for a quilt, backing, borders, etc. It's not difficult when you know a few tricks. Bring your calculator. Math whizzes not allowed.
Fabric Painting Workshop
Instructor: Ruth
April 20 (Sunday)
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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August 3 (Sunday)
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Class Fee: $20 Kit Fee: $28
Ruth will walk you through the process of color mixing and application with Setacolor paints. No experience necessary! Create your own sky fabrics – the possibilities go on and on. If you’ve been curious about fabric painting, this is a way to experiment, play, have fun and let us do the clean up! Kit fee includes paint, brushes, fabric and other materials.
Stashbuster Quilt Classes
Stash Pot Pie Series
We have reserved the 4th Monday of each month for Stash Pot Pie. You can choose to attend morning or evening – if we have enough interest we will add an afternoon session. Each month we will make a different small quilt which can be made scrappy or not – your choice. (Quilts can very easily be made bigger by making more blocks, if you need a bigger quilt.) The idea is to dig into your stash and see what you find! You will receive a free pattern and a pie recipe at each class. Once you have attended three classes in the Stash Pot Pie Series, the fourth class is free!
Queen of Tarts
April 28 (Monday)
Instructor: Cherie Swanson
6:00 pm—8:00 pm
Class Fee: $15 (pattern included)”
The Ohio Star block shines in this quilt. Set “on-point” is the only way to go! (This could be your free class if you have joined us for the first three classes in the series.
Blue Ribbon Winner
Instructor: Cherie Swanson
June 2 (moved because of Memorial Day)
10:00 am – Noon
OR
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Class Fee: $15 (free pattern included)
This traditional quilt, The Tennessee Waltz, has two different blocks An uneven number of blocks in the horizontal and vertical rows gives this quilt a lot of visual movement. It looks as though it has curved seams – without your having to piece curved seams! The result is a quilt that is surely a Blue Ribbon Winner!
A Chicken in every Pot
Instructor: Cherie
June 23 (Monday)
10:00 am – Noon
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Class Fee: $15 (free pattern included)
Traditionally, the simple Nine Patch Block has been a great way to use up scraps of fabric. Here the Nine Patch gets a new lease on life, and a whole new look, when some of the patches are made from half square triangles.
Hot Pockets
Instructor: Cherie
July 28 (Monday)
10:00 am – Noon
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Class Fee: $15 (free pattern included)
Nothing’s easier to eat than a little “hand pie” -- a pie with filling tucked inside and meant to be eaten right out of your hand! Well, this quilt is just as easy and just as fun. It’s made from Flying Geese units, a positive and negative combination of two fabrics sewn together along the base of the large triangles. The blocks are then set on point.
Humble Pie
Instructor: Cherie
August 25 (Monday)
10:00 am – Noon
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Class Fee: $15 (free pattern included)
There’s nothing humble about this quilt. Its traditional name is Exquisite, and indeed it is just that. The Humble name applies only because the blocks are made with a simple sew & flip technique that make piecing fast and easy.
Sensational Quilting Projects
Frames
Instructor: Ruth
August 5 (Tuesday)
10:00 – 1:00
Class Fee: $20 (pattern required)
We all have them, luscious pictorial or Asian fabrics that have large motifs. Now you have a way to “frame” them and put them into a wonderful wall hanging. Bring your motif and let us help you choose the fabrics to use for the frame. Your wall hanging will be elegant and you’ll be surprised at how easily it can happen.
Beginning Landscape Quilt
Instructor Ruth
August 11 & 18 (Monday)
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Class fee $25 (book required)
Learn the beginning steps for creating interesting and realistic or abstract landscape quilts. Choose fabrics that represent textures of rocks, trees, water, and other landscape elements. Use a simple technique for applying them to a foundation or background. Quilt them for maximum effects. This class will produce a simple landscape quilt which you can build on to create any landscape you can dream up.
Crazy Quilting
Instructor: Kelly Duke
May 12 & May 19 (Monday)
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Class Fee: $30 (book required)
We will start this class with the basics of piecing the blocks on a muslin foundation. Next you will begin learning several basic stitches. Bead work and other ways to embellish your quilt will also be discussed. With enough interest, a follow up class can be scheduled. Kelly is an excellent “needle woman” and you will be able to learn lots from her. You might want to ask about the “Crazy Stitcher Club”
right away. Check out the great selection of charm packs at Quilter's Junction.
Fabric Baskets
Instructor: Cherie Swanson
July 18 (Friday)
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Class Fee: $25 (book required)
No special quilting skills are required to make fun coiled baskets, bowls and mats. Your sewing machine must zigzag to hold the project together. Color selection is all you need to worry about when choosing the fabric...great for leftovers.
Reflections or Margello Blue Bargello
Instructor: Bonnie Gallagher
May 18 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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June 29 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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July 27 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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August 17 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Class Fee: $ 40 (book required)
The symmetry in the bargello is particularly appealing. Reflections is a great introduction to bargello. With just 10 fabrics to choose, fabric selection is easier. The quilt is smaller and easier to complete than Firefly or Fractured Rhapsody. Margello Blue is also symmetrical and offers a wonderful challenge. Bonnie’s instruction insures your success with either!
UnCommon Table Toppers
Instructor: Bonnie Gallagher
May 18 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
OR
June 29 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
OR
July 27 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
OR
August 17 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Made with simple sewing and using ten fabrics, these table toppers are wonderful. Make them for your holiday table or give them as special gifts. (Seasonal themes always work because you don’t have to worry about matching decors!) Bonnie does all of the design & calculations for you — you just enjoy the process
Trip Around the World
Instructor: Bonnie Gallagher
May 18 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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June 29 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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July 27 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
OR
August 17 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Class Fee: $40 (pattern required)
Create this traditional quilt using new easy streamlined techniques. No more sewing a square to a square! This one is strip pieced and with the guide Bonnie provides you are way ahead of the game. You can make this quilt in a variety of sizes, also.
Better than Boston Commons
Instructor: Bonnie Gallagher
May 18 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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June 29 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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July 27 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
OR
August 17 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Class Fee: $40
Back by popular demand! This is a "two for one" quilt. You make two quilts from the same set of strips. Sew your strip sets before class and you will have one of the tops ready for borders before you go home from class! With Bonnie's help, these quilts are easy to make. There are so many possibilities — can be made with flannel too or queen sized!
Bargello - Fractured Rhapsody or Firefly
Instructor: Bonnie Gallagher
May 18 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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June 29 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
OR
July 27 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
OR
August 17 (Sunday)
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Class Fee: $40 (book required)
This workshop will be something special! This Bargello quilt workshop is designed to encourage you to experiment with color, texture and contrast – think in seasons or your favorite colors – or just go wild with fabrics – any way you choose, these are wonderfully dramatic quilts! You can choose which design will be your focus.
“Stripper Gone Wild" Strippers Club
Instructor: Judy
Meets every third Tuesday of the month from 10:00am - noon or 6:30 – 8:30 pm (April 15, May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19
Class Fee: $50/year (book required, fee includes photocopies for foundation piecing)
Join us anytime during the year. We are following the book Quilter’s Dozen Plus. Each month is a different theme. You can make your blocks into one quilt or make a small quilt to display each month. This class is a great way to make new friends and enjoy all of the different ways quilters interpret the theme.
“Another Can of Worms” Strippers Club
Instructor: Judy
Join anytime. We will meet the FIRST Thursday of each month from 10:00 am – noon or 6:30 – 8:30
Class Fee: $40/year (Another Can of Worms book required)
Meetings will be January 3, February 7, March 6, April 3. You can attend as many sessions as you wish. Each month we will make a small quilt from our “worm” library. A worm is a 2 ½” wide strip of fabric. All of the quilts have directions and suggestions for making queen sized quilts, if you like. (Three blocks will also make a table runner!) This is a great way to explore different color combinations and reduce your stash!
