The Quilt Works: Favorite Classes in Albuquerque, NM

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SKILL LEVELS:
* Beginner, no experience needed.
** Rotary skills and machine piecing experience are required.
*** Advanced skills needed.me

Beginning Bargello** {43” × 55”, 45” × 52”}

Susan Smith

Enhance your fabric/color selection skills and create a lovely wall hanging. The stair-step piecing contributes to the design. Make one for any occasion.

6 hrs: $48.00
Tuesday, June 13, 9:30-4:30, with a lunch break

Chubby Charmer Bag** {17”w × 9”d × 13”h}

Phyllis Henry

Make this patchwork bag from those 5” charm squares in your stash. Use it for travel, going to the gym, or – better yet – quilt class supplies. It even has metal feet on the bottom to keep it looking lovely.

5 hrs: $40.00
Thursday, June 8, 9:30-3:30, with a break for lunch

FRQ (Free Range Quilters)**

Becky Welch

Join us, thinking “outside the box.” Explore design terms, develop “improve” (improvisational) piecing techniques, and learn starting points toward creating original quilts.

Three 3-hr sessions: $24.00/session
Saturday, May 20, June 24, July 29, 9:30-12:30

Funky Birds ** {42″ x 35″}

Becky Welch

Spend a day making a flock of improvisational (“improv”) pieced birds. Make the blocks into placemats, small art quilts, or keep on until you have a big quilt. Many variations are possible and the technique is fun.

6 hrs: $48.00
Thursday, July 6, 9:30-4:30, with a b reak for lunch

(H)I – Candy ** {47″-58″}

Lois Warwick

Beginner friendly!
Jelly Roll friendly!
Create a lap quilt quickly by using a Jelly Roll and scraps for the insert pieces. You really only need 1 pin to make the blocks!
Lois used leftover pieces to make the stunning back, shown in the picture on the right.

3 hrs: $24.00
Wednesday, May 31, 1:00-4:00
Saturday, July 29 1:30-4:30

Kid’s Class – Chinese Coins** {38” × 51”}

Danyella Nava & Becky Welch

Chinese Coins is a wonderful quilt for a young person to make. Students choose their own fabrics, learn safe sewing skills, and construct a lap quilt in a week. Age 10 and up.

15 hrs: $175.00 (includes all fabrics, batting and threads)
Monday through Friday, June 19-23, 9:30-12:30

Let’s Appliqué ** {block on right: 8” × 10”}

Kathi Dineen

Welcome spring and summer with this beautiful collection of vases, flowers and birds. Exercise and expand your hand appliqué prowess with this lovely project.

8 hrs: $64.00
Saturdays, May 13, June 10, July 8 & August 12, 9:30-11:30

Modern Quilt As You Go ** {individual blocks are 10” × 10”}

Fay Manganelli

This is a quick and easy new way to use “quilt-as-you-go” techniques for your next quilting project. We will complete a sample in class and discuss variations and other possibilities.

3 hrs: $24.00
Saturday, June 17, 1:00-4:00

Pajama Party **

Michele Lommasson & Cindy Kurey

Join us for our second Pajama Party, wearing your pajamas and slippers (if you dare) to get into the proper mindset. Be prepared to bring and share snacks, sew a new set of pajamas, and enjoy a great evening with Cindy and Michele. Fabrics and a pattern are available for purchase here. Please prewash your fabric prior to class.

5 hrs: $15.00.
Friday, June 23 5:00-10:00

Picture Quilt

Becky Welch

Preserve your favorite photos in a memory quilt. Avoid costly mistakes! Becky will take you through the different processes of transferring your photos onto fabric. Makes a great gift!

4 hrs: $38.00 (includes handouts)
Thursdays, June 15 & 22, 5:30-7:30

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.

4½ hrs: $36.00.
Saturdays, July 15, 9:30-12:00 and July 22, 9:30-11:30

Sew Together Bag ** {9”w × 5”d × 3½”h}

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
Thursday, June 29, 9:30-4:30, with a break for lunch

Sock Monkey Palooza ** {9” to 23”, tails extra}

Michele Lommasson and Becky Welch

Making a sock monkey is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. (Whether you’ve never made a sock monkey or you’ve made a dozen, if you love sock moneys, this class is for you!) Come and relax and make a monkey with us.

6 hrs: $48.00.
Saturday, June 3, 9:30-4:30, with a break for lunch

Streaks of Batik** {63” × 72”}

Susan Smith

Who knew that a single striped Batik fabric could yield such dramatic results? Learn the cutting and piecing tricks from Susan, and make this quick beauty.

6 hrs: $48.00
Tuesday, June 27, 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, July 15, 1:00-3:30

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 $154.00 for the kit (VIQ eligible; includes pattern, hardware, and specialty fabrics.)
Wednesdays, June 7 and 21, 1:00-4:00

Becky Welch and Dana Brabson

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 18, March 25 & April 22, 9:30-12:30