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Charity QuiltsFree Demos
New Teachers at the Quilt Works
Pinon Quilters Sew-In
Semi-Annual Sale
The Quilt Works Rates HIGH!
UNM Quilting Classes
SEMI-ANNUAL SALE --- 13 - 16 JANUARY
(17 Dec 09) 20% off the regular price for all regularly priced merchandise. GARAGE SALE Friday (15 Jan) evening, 6:00 - 8:30: All "half-price" fabrics @ $2.50 per yard.FREE DEMOS
(17 Dec 09) Our Free Demos have been so popular that we have added more. We usually have something for you to take home, and always have exciting ideas to enrich you quilting experience. We shall send a reminder by e-mail about a week before each Demo. Seating is limited.• Saturday, Jan 9, 10:00 am: Bags for carrying groceries and stuff; think green!
• Sunday, Jan 24, 1:00 – 2:30 pm: Machine Appliqué. Phoebe will demonstrate and explain various machine appliqué techniques continuously throughout the time block; please feel free to come and go at any time. Be sure to bring a pencil and paper to take notes.
• Saturday, Feb 6, 10:00 am: Pillowcases – especially for our charity projects. You will receive free patterns, and we will show you how to incorporate rickrack, easy prairie points, lace, and more.
• [Added, 3 Feb 10] Saturday, Feb 6, 10:00 am: Crazy Quilts & Crazy Quilt Stitches. February is National Embroidery Month. What a great opportunity to learn about the stitches that we associate with Crazy Quilts, and can add a flare to many of the other quilts we make. Rita Curry-Pittman, from one of the Albuquerque chapters of the Embroiderers' Guild of America, will be demonstrating techniques for adding Crazy Quilt Stitches to our quilts. She is bringing pictures of prize winning quilts, examples of her own works, and all of the "stuff" (needles, muslin, hoops, cotton & silk pearl threads, stranded cottons and silk ribbons) that you need to try your own hand at this art form.
• Sunday, Feb 21, 1:00 – 2:30 pm: Fuzzy Quilts; think warm and snuggly
• Sunday, Mar 7, 1:00 – 2:30 pm: Using your Sewing Machine to bind quilts
• Sunday, Apr 18, 1:00 – 2:30 pm: Paper Piecing
UNM QUILTING CLASSES
(04 Feb 10) Carol Bell is teaching two UNM Continuing Education Center quilting classes this spring; both classes meet at the Quilt Works, and are listed in the Quilt Works calendar of events.Quilting 101. Meets on Thursday evenings, 6:00 - 8:30, 10 sessions, 4 February - 8 April.
Quilting for the Confident Beginner. Meets on Wednesday evenings, 5:30 - 8:30, 8 sessions, 10 February - 7 April (No meeting on 10 March; note that the University catalog shows the class ending on 31 March.). {Note changes from information published in our Newsletter and in the Calendar on this web site.}
Here are one way to get more information: Go to http://dce.unm.edu/crafts-hobbies.htm. Move down the page until you find the following link: "View All Crafts & Hobbies Courses." Click on this link to obtain the list; then scroll down to the two quilting classes. Quilting 101 is Class 05406, and Quilting for the Confident Beginner is Class 05407.
Contact the University to sign up for these classes.
NEW TEACHERS AT THE QUILT WORKS
(19 Dec 09) We have three new teachers on board for the Spring. For complete descriptions of their classes, go to the NEW classes page of our Newsletter, or to the CLASSES page on our web site and choose NEW CLASSES at the bottom of the page. We have posted a picture of the class model next to the description of each class on our NEW CLASSES page.Internationally renowned quilter, Virginia Walton, will teach the Serpentine Twist quilt, from her new book, Throwing in a Curve, on Saturday, January 23, from 9:30 – 4:30. Recent magazines featuring Virginia’s quilts include the September 2009 issue of The Quilter, and the May/June issue of Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting. With Virginia’s “No Pins” circular curved technique, any lingering fears you may have of curved piecing will be banished.
Linda Eichorst is teaching the Kaleidoscope Quilt from Strip Therapy 4 by Brenda Henning. Linda started sewing when she was 5, turned to fine art (painting), and has now integrated the two art forms in her own works. She enjoys teaching her students about color and design, and the methods and techniques that enable her students to share her thrill with the art of quilting. You can find Linda's quilt patterns (several of which we have in the Shop) under the title: Linda Sue's Fiber Art.
Molly Shannon may epitomize the person who finds the thrill of discovery as she explores new dimensions in her world. Introduced to sewing when she was 10, and an ordained Methodist pastor, she sewed her own wedding dress, has a background in interior design, and decided that quilting was an art form that would allow her to experiment with color and design elements. More recently, needing greater freedom in her free-form quilting, she took up long arm quilting. Even the name of her class, Hoochy Mama, suggests that there may be some exciting quilting adventures out there, when one takes a peek outside the box.
CHARITY QUILTS
(17 Dec 09) The Quilt Works continues to be involved
in a variety
of charitable programs; we list the principle ones here, and invite you
to participate. As you may have noted elsewhere on our web site, all of
our First Friday Sew-Ins have devoted at least part of their efforts
toward these projects.QUILTS FOR HOMELESS TEENS: Many thanks to all who contributed. In early November, we presented 30 lap quilts to Helen Fox, Coordinator of the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) Title I Homeless Project for distribution to APS students. We have nearly a dozen more in preparation.
QUILTS OF VALOR: We also are putting the finishing touches on six more quilts.
ONE MILLION PILLOWCASE CHALLENGE: We have joined the American Patchwork & Quilting One Million Pillowcase Challenge. Come to our Pillowcase Demo, Saturday, February 6 at 10:00 am. If you’d like to reduce your stash and make an impact in our community, this is a great project. Make pillowcases and donate them to your favorite charity. For more information about this Challenge, and to register your participation, go to the following web site: http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/. Alternatively, bring your pillowcases to the Shop; we will take care of distributing them and registering your participation.
ZIACASES: The Community Fund of Southern NM and the Las Cruces Red Cross have joined to make Ziacases, pillowcases for NM National Guard members serving overseas. Trudi Pickett is the coordinator. When you bring your pillowcases to the Shop, we will take care of forwarding them to Trudi.
The picture shown above is one of the quilts we made for the Quilts for Homeless Teens Project; we took the picture at our April First Friday Sew-In, and posted it a couple of days later. Here is, in part, what we said. "Fifteen quilters gathered at The Quilt Works last Friday to sew quilts for homeless teens in Albuquerque. The shop sponsored this activity in response to the need identified by Project Linus '...to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through gifts of new, handmade blankets and afgans, lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers".'
"The first quilter started sewing at the announced starting time, 4:00 pm, and the last one left six hour later. By the end of the evening, we had completed thirteen quilt tops.
"The overwhelming response to this activity has astonished all of us. People are still sewing more blocks, and the process of assembling them into quilt tops will undoubtedly spill over into the First Friday Sew-In in May.
"The photo ... shows a completed quilt, measuring 47" x 62"; it was quilted by Elizabeth Dawson, and was used as a model to illustrate the final product of our efforts. In addition to the people who have volunteered to piece the blocks and set them together into quilt tops, we have volunteers who have offered to quilt each of the finished tops."
THE QUILT WORKS RATES HIGH!
(15 March 2009) The Quilt Works is ranked #22 of 124 attractions in Albuquerque by TripAdvisor Traveler! Trip Advisor is an internet site to which travelers submit reviews of places they have visited. We received two five-star reviews; you can read them by going to www.tripadvisor.com and entering "The Quilt Works" in the search box. At #22, we are right up there with Uncle Cliff's Amusement Park (#23).
PIÑON QUILTERS' SEW-IN
(15 Mar 09)
Twice a year, the Piñon Quilters
gather at The Quilt Works to
sew quilts for charity. The picture at the left shows several of
the members and the quilt tops they completed on Thursday, 5 March.
These quilts will be
completed at the regular meetings of the group and donated to the UNMH
Milagro Program.