Chubby Charmer Bag **
{17”w × 9”d × 13”h}
Phyllis Henry
One of my friends uses it for a gym bag, another for an overnight bag. It has two layers of fusible batting and feet on the bottom. I’m sure you can find your own special use for this bag.
5 hrs: $40.00 ($24.00 for the class and $16.00 for the kit)
Friday, January 24, 9:30-330 (with a 1 hour lunch break)
Clamshells **
{60” × 72”}
Becky Welch
Learn how to cut and piece clamshells. Curved piecing is easier than it looks. Practice the techniques and then design your own quilt.
3 hrs: $24.00.
Saturday, February 22, 1:30-4:30
Coiled Beauties **
{large: 10” × 11”. small: 4½” × 5”}
Lisa Pries-Linn
Coiled baskets and bowls are great to have or give. Lisa’s are meticulously finished. Learn from a master the techniques needed to make yours.
3 hrs: $24.00.
Saturday, March 14, 1:00-4:00
Color Confidence **
Becky Welch and Dana Brabson
| Spontaneity {22” × 25”} |
Color Enrichment {24” × 29”} |
Value Recognition {30” × 30”} |
Contrast {21” × 28”} |
| Inspiration {34” × 34”} |
Visualization {18” × 21”} |
The Artist’s Eye {40” × 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, January 25, February 29, and March 28, 1:30-4:30
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 2019, Kathy Iskow brought back 3 beautiful sarongs from Bali, and gave them to Becky for her third annual “FRQ Fabric Challenge”. One stipulation was that each student should use a pattern that she had never used before. Twelve of the quilts created in response were placed on display in the shop on the fourth of January; here is a snapshot of the Show. This Show gives you a sense of the creativity and artistry stimulated by this class.
Three, 3-hr sessions: $24.00/session.
Saturdays, January 25, February 29, and March 28, 9:30-12:30
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, January 11, February 8, and March 14, 9:30-11:30
One Block Modern Landscape **
{32” × 42”}
Mandy Ruden
Design your own landscape using Drunkards Path blocks – with a very simple photo of a landscape to guide you and for color inspiration.
6 hrs: $48.00 (with a 1 hour lunch break).
Saturdays, February 8 and 15, 1:30-4:30
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. Sweet Sixteen is pictured on the left, and Take Notes is on the right. 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.
Saturdays, February 22 and March 7, 9:30-12:00
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.
Friday February 28, 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.)
Fridays, February 21 and March 6, 1:00-4:00