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Quilting 101
You are invited to join us for our all new Beginning Quilting 101. Learn about the tools of the trade, what a scant ¼ inch seam allowance is. You will learn how to use a rotary cutter and mat among other techniques. Explore your creative side. Yes everyone has one. Expand your block knowledge. These aren’t your grandmother’s blocks. There are NO Y seams. Impress your friends and family on your knowledge of new techniques.
This class is 7 weeks long. You will be making 2 blocks a week.
When:August 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th and September 4th, 11th and 18th.
Time: 10:30-12:30 or
5:30-7:30
Cost: $90.00
Instructor: Melissa K.
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Fast, Fun and Fabulous Free Motion Quilting
Free motion quilting-it's easier than you think! Create flowing designs by connecting simple design elements with continuous lines, traveling across the quilt or filling in a specific area. Learn how drawing and muscle memory contribute to beautiful free motion quilting.
Topics include
- How to develop an inventory of free motion designs
- Proper scaling and spacing of design elements
- Edge to edge free motion quilting
- Adjusting your quilting path to create your own new designs
- Using micro handles for free motion control.
When: August 18th
Time: 9:00-noon
Cost: $75.00
*Lunch will be provided
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CURVY RULERS AHEAD
Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to drive! You’ll be rounding corners, navigating curves and riding up and down with this class on curved templates. Learn how to read and use the markings on the templates, and the tricks for making half circles, flattened circles, and perfectly curved lines. Create beautiful quilting designs using swags, clam shells, ovals, arcs and half circles.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Use mini-circle, half-circle, and full circle rulers
• Master wave, arc, and clamshell rulers
• Measure and fit designs within a border
• Create curved crosshatching and ruler/background fill combinations
• Alternate methods with the HQ Pro-Stitcher and Groovy Boards
When: August 18th
Time: 1:00-4:00
Cost: $75.00
*Sign up for both classes and save $50.00!
*Lunch will be served
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Pro-Stitcher Premium - Build a Quilt
After you've mastered dropping block designs and quilting edge to edge with the HQ Pro-Stitcher, Linda will guide you through expanding and strengthening your skills. This class focuses on in-depth aspects of specific functions of the Pro-Stitcher. Learn how to create continuous border and corner designs; easily digitize your own designs using features under the Record menu; and quilt on-point designs and areas larger than the throat space of your machine.
- Create a line drawing of a quilt
- Create a whole-cloth quilt
- Audition designs on your “quilt background”
- Save your workspace
- I made a pretty picture, but how do I actually quilt it?
When: August 19th
Time: 9:00am-4:00pm
Cost: $100.00
Please load Pro-Stitcher PREMIUM simulator onto your laptop and bring a wireless mouse.
*Lunch will be provided.
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Snow Drop Satchel
Join Shanel in making this incredible bag. Details range from an inside zipper pocket and an open pocket to the cute tassels, nickle finish hardware, and multiple strap options. You will complete this bag during 2 (two) classes using new techniques as well as learning about the stabilizers that are required.
When: August 8th and 9th
Time: 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Cost: $95.00 (cost includes 2 days of instruction, pattern, nickle colored hardware and choice of either black, navy,beige, dark brown or dark grey zipper).
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Join us for a Not-A-Rita party to celebrate the kids are back in school! All summer has been about the kids, now it is your turn sew grab your machines and come sew!
When: August 16th
Time: 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Cost: FREE
*Please pre-register*
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Back by popular demand...
Soap making with Martha Ooten!
Grumpy Goat Farm presents a class in handcrafting your very own soap. Martha will guide you step by step on making your own soap with Martha's very own homegrown goat milk and other locally grown ingredients. Martha will provide the kits.
Class cost $35.00 The kits are $30. This kit WILL include everything you need to make a skin healing, honey, vitamin e, goat milk soap. The honey and goats milk is all from local farmers. You will go home with a mold and 11 bars of soap.
WHEN: August 25th
TIME: 11:00-2:00
COST: $35.00+$30.00 for kit
INSTRUCTOR: Martha Ooten
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Belinda Harford
From Belinda's Studio, is a teacher and professional digitizer with a focus on developing techniques for machine embroidery. She is a traveling teacher and professional digitizer with a burning passion to share her work. For almost 13-years Belinda has been doing trunk shows globally in the U.S, Australia and South Africa. In 2014 she completed her Australia tour and is continuing her journey through the United States.
All embroidery makes and models are welcome. Please call us early if you currently do not have an embroidery system but would like to attend this unique embroidery experience.
When: August 31st and September 1st
Time: 9:30am-5:00 pm
Cost:$75.00 (includes both days of classes, lunch and kit)
*Limited Seating*
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Store Hours
Monday - Friday: 10-5
Saturday: 10-3
Sunday: Closed |
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