Favorite Classes

Bag Ladies – Take a Stand Caddy **

{12” wide × 9” tall × 8” deep}
Amanda Ruden and Becky Welch
Mandy and Becky will guide you in making this terrific organizer. Sewing supplies will definitely have a place. We will be making the small size. This is a perfect companion to the Running with Scissors tool holder.
6 hrs: $64.00 (Class fee, $48.00 + Zipper & Hardware, $16.00)
Thursdays, February 18 and 25, 5:30-8:30.

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Bag Ladies – Travel Duffle **

{21” wide × 13” tall × 8” deep}
Amanda Ruden and Becky Welch
Be ready for travel again. Make a practical duffel that will stand out. It is carry-on compliant and fits in an overhead bin. A trolley sleeve and multiple inner pockets increase its practicality. Your fabric choices make it fun.
6 hrs: $88.00 (class fee, $48.00 + Zippers & Hardware, $40.00)
Thursdays, March 25 and April 1, 5:30-8:30.

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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.
Sunday, February 21, 9:30-12:30
Friday, March 12, 1:00-4:00.

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Color Confidence**

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, January 30, February 27, and March 27, 1:30-4:30

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FRQ (Free Range Quilters) **

{40” × 40”}
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.”

Two years ago, Kathy Iskow brought back 3 beautiful sarongs from Bali for the Free Range Quilters to use in a challenge. One stipulation was to place the fabrics in a pattern that one had always wanted to use, but had not used until this opportunity. Here is a picture of the January show that displayed the quilts featuring the Bali fabric.
3 hrs: $24.00
Sunday, January 31, 9:30-12:30
Sunday, February 28, 9:30-12:30
Sunday, March 28, 9:30-12:30

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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.

2 hrs: $16.00
Sunday, January 10, 10:00-12:00
Sunday, February 14, 10:00-12:00
Sunday, March 14, 10:00-12:00

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Hand Dye 101: Color Wheel *

{each of the 12 fabric samples: 1¼” × 2”}
Elizabeth Quintero-Dawson
Learn how to make your own beautiful hand-dyed fabrics! We shall make a 12-step color wheel, and you will dye 3½ yds of fabric!

3 hrs: $59.00 (class fee, $24.00 + kit, $35.00)
Saturday, February 20, 1:00-4:00

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Hand Dye 201: Fabric Manipulation **

{top and left: fat quarters; lower right: four paper napkins}
Elizabeth Dawson
You will learn 14 ways to fold, scrunch, clip, etc., your fabric to create stunning results. You will dye 3½ yds of fabric!

{Prerequisite: Hand Dye 101}
3 hrs: $59.00 (class fee, $24.00 + kit, $35.00)
Saturday, March 20, 1:00-4:00

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Outback Adventure *

{Typical block: 12” × 12”}
Lois Warwick
Let Lois introduce you to a unique sampler designed by you, using Australian Aboriginal fabrics. Sue Voegtlin’s Block Genius is the classs textbook. You will get to choose a different Australian fat eighth each session to design around.
45 minutes: $24.00 (Class fee, $18.00 + fabric, $6.00)
Saturdays, January 16, February 20, and March 20, 8:30-9:15

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Santa Ana Winds *

{40” × 48” (left), 20” × 59” (right)}
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, January 16 and 30, 9:30-12:00

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Silk Fusion *

{each of the 4 pieces is about 17” × 11”}
Carol Rising
Create your own original silk fiber textile. Silk fusion fabric is vibrant, bright, and luscious, with the luster of silk and intense colors. It is wonderful to use in your own stitched projects – art quilts, appliqué, boxes, book covers, bags, and more. Join us to learn this easy process with spectacular results. (Wear clothes that may get a bit messy or bring an apron.)
3 hrs: $70.00 (Class fee + kit fee, $46.00)
Saturday, October 31, 1:00-4:00.

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Super Scrap Seahorse *

{14” × 17”}
Marianne Bettinger
Create a whimsical, colorful seahorse or turtle art quilt from all those tiny pieces of scrap and left over pieces of fabric that you would otherwise throw away.
6 hrs: $48.00
Saturday, February 13, 9:30-4:30 (with a 1 hour break for lunch).

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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, March 27, 9:30-12:00

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Wild Onion **

{48” × 66”}
Becky Welch
Asymmetrical curves create dynamic movement in this quilt. Explore different layouts with this block. The Creative Grids® Ovals All Ways slotted ruler makes cutting the curves easy. Give curved piecing a try!
6 hrs: $48.00
Saturday, February 23, 9:30-4:30 (with a 1 hour break for lunch).

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