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
Friday, November 22, 1:00-4:00
Convergence **
{29” × 27”}
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, November 16, 9:30-12:30
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.
6 hrs: $48.00
Saturdays, November 23 and December 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 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.
Two, 3-hr sessions: $24.00/session
Saturdays, November 23, 9:30-12:30, and December 14, 1:00-4:00 (Note unusual date & time in December.)
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.
4 hrs: $32.00
Saturdays, November 9 and December 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)
Saturday, December 7, 9:30-4:30
Only One **
Becky Welch
Mandy Ruden
One dynamic fabric is the start of this fun quilt. Let Becky guide you through the special cutting and easy piecing.
6 hrs: $48.00
Saturday, December 7, 9:30-4:30
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
Thursdays, November 15 & 22, 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
Tuesday, November 12, 1:00-3:30