The Quilt Works: Favorite Classes in Albuquerque, NM

Bargello Heart ** {80” × 88”}

Jeanette Nava

This quilt is a wonderful Valentine’s Day quilt or a wedding gift for that special couple. It is made easily with strip construction.

10 hrs: $94.50 (includes the cost of the pattern, $14.50)
Thursdays, April 4, 1:00-3:00; April 11 and 25, 1:00-5:00

Color Confidence **

Becky Welch and Dana Brabson

: Contrast {21” × 28”}

: Value Recognition {30” × 30”}

: Color Enrichment {24” × 29”}

: Spontaneity {22” × 25”}

: Inspiration {34” ×34”}

: Visualization {18” × 21”}

: The Artist’s Eye {40″ x 48″}

Gain confidence choosing fabrics for your quilts! Small projects teach value, contrast, and easy ways to incorporate “sparkle.” Successive classes will build on your experiences and observations of your classmates’ work.

9 hrs: $72.00
Saturdays, February 23, March 30, and April 27, 1:30-4:30

Convergence **

Fay Manganelli

Ricky Tims has always been very creative and we shall be too. You’ll choose a coordinated set of four fabrics (of your choice); then cut, reassemble, and sew to create your own convergence.

3 hrs: $24.00
Saturday, March 2, 1:00-4:00

FRQ (Free Range Quilters) **

Becky Welch

Free range quilting – thinking “outside the box.” Explore design terms, develop “improv” (improvisational) piecing techniques, and learn starting points toward creating original quilts. The different exercises are “short and sweet.” Early in 2018, Becky offered the Free Range Quilters their second annual “fabric challenge”. She gave each quilter a piece of the fabric she had brought back from Thailand, and added several pieces of Thai fabric graciously donated by Nara Chong. The 18 quilts created in response were placed on display in the shop on the second of January; here are two snapshots of the Show. The design of each quilt is original.

Three, 3-hr sessions: $24.00/session.
Saturdays, February 23, March 30, and April 27, 9:30-12:30

Fun With Wool ** {28” × 26”}

Mary Deeney

This monthly wool embroidery class will explore many different embroidery stitches while you work to create a fun wool appliqué project.

9 hrs: $72.00. {3 hrs: $24.00 for those who paid for the first two lessons last quarter.}
Saturdays, February 9, and March 9, and April 13, 1:00-4:00

Hand Appliqué-tion ** {40” × 40”}

Kathi Dineen

Join us as we continue to explore the richness and depth of hand appliqué techniques, materials, notions, and designs in quilting. Almost nothing is out of bounds: fabrics such as linens and wool, threads that are variegated in color and heavier than usual, reverse as well as “ordinary” appliqué, and “sew” on. We shall have something different each month as we explore the edges of our comfort zones.
6 hrs: $48.00
Saturdays, February 9, March 9, and April 13, 9:30-11:30

Santa Ana Winds *** {60” × 76”}

Dana Brabson

The basic block in the Santa Ana Winds quilt has almost limitless potential for exciting designs. Dana has made the gentle curves easy to sew with room to trim down after sewing. After learning the basic techniques (hands on!), we shall spend time exploring some of the unique design possibilities. The quilt may be made in any size, lap to king. A note from Becky Welch: I recently took this class and was blown away by the engineering of the templates, the block construction technique (There is a trick that makes it easier than it looks!) and especially the enormous amount of design possibilities. This class should not be missed.

5 hrs: $40.00.
Fridays, April 12 and 26, 1:00-3:30

Salem Quilt Guild’s Quilt Campout **
{19” × 14”. When finished, this block will be 17½” × 8”}

Kathy Congable

The Salem Quilt Guild witches are back! These fun-loving quilting witches are getting together with their vintage trailers and having Quilting campouts. One block at a time is an easy approach to creating a large quilt. Recapture the joy of creating with color by joining us each month of this 13 month program to explore how to embellish your blocks with simple embroidery stitches and colored pencils. Colored pencils open up a whole new world of creating texture on fabric by blending and smoothing the colors using different tools and techniques. We will begin each class with fun and easy coloring exercises to tint, color, and shade your fabric. Then we will trace and tint that month’s block. Homework will consist of completing the embroidery for that month’s block. At the end of the program you will have completed twelve quilt blocks and have them ready to put together into a beautiful, and unique, quilt to display for Halloween or throughout the year.
The first block in the program is shown here, just after Kathy finished tracing the design from the pattern and tinting it with colored pencils.

9 hrs: $72.00
Sundays, February 24, March 24, and April 28, 1:00-4:00

Sew Together Bag ** {9” wide × 5” deep × 3½” high}

Becky Welch

This is a distinctive, practical little organizer that is easier to make than it looks. Make it for sewing tools, jewelry or travel items; you will get a great sense of accomplishment as you construct it. Cut the fabrics prior to class, and the bag should be done when you leave class.

6 hrs: $48.00
Saturday, April 6, 9:30-4:30 (with a break for lunch)

T-Shirt Quilt ** {26” × 40”}

Dana Brabson

Think about those T-shirts from concerts you attended, from events in which you participated, from places you have been, etc. A T-shirt quilt will not only be a great memory piece or gift, but will also help you empty the drawers in which the shirts are “residents.” This is an A to Z technique class in which we imagine the design of the finished quilt, practice methods for stabilizing the T-shirt fabrics, explore the juncture between stabilized T-shirts and other fabrics, examine quilting ideas, and much more.

2½ hrs: $20.00.
Saturday, April 6, 9:30-12:00

Tuffet ** {19” diameter, 12” high}

Candace Gillis

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet made from her favorite 2½ inch strips. No spiders – instead guidance from Candace to create this very special conversation piece for your front room.
Note (1): We offer the opportunity, at the same cost, to make either the round Tuffet or the square Tuffet. The fabric requirements for the square Tuffet are different from those for the round Tuffet. Be sure to study the pattern in advance to make sure that you bring the right fabrics; Dana can help you with this.
Note (2): Sign up at least a week in advance so that we can order the hardware and other specialty items (round or square) needed for this project.

6 hrs: $48.00 for the class plus $162.00 for the kit (VIQ eligible; includes pattern, hardware, and specialty fabrics.)
Fridays, April 12 and 26, 1:00-4:00

Winter Trees** {left: 20” × 29”. right: 18” × 25”}