QUILTING CLASSES

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Beginner Quilting

Basting a Quilt - A New Way with Nancy M. Roelfsema NEW
I have been teaching for 13 years how to baste your quilt for machine quilting using a very large flat surface.  What I have found over the years is finding the large flat surface is becoming the hardest part of the process!! 

Beginner and up
Date:  Saturday, Apr. 21
Time:  2 hour demo session 10:30-12:30pm
Cost:  $20

Supplies – pad of paper and camera

Be Unique Borders with Angell NEW
Be prepared to amaze yourself with the fabulous borders you will create in this class! We will learn three different unique ways to finish your already terrific quilt top. A nine patch wonder, floating edge border and leaf patch border. All three of these borders will add a unique dimension to your quilt, with basic piecing techniques needed. You will make a table topper to take home with you by the end of the two sessions, made using one of the three techniques taught in this class!
Enthusiastic Beginner
1 Session

Date:  Saturday, Feb. 18
Time:  10-2pm

2 sessions
Date:  Thursdays, Apr. 19 & 26
Time:  6-8pm
Cost:  $35

Caribbean Sunset with Rose NEW
If you did not get to the Caribbean this winter, come make your own beautiful Caribbean Sunset. This is a two session class for confident beginners.

Confident Beginner
2 sessions

Date:  Tuesdays, Mar. 13 & 27
Time:  1-3:30pm

Date:  Thursdays, Mar. 15 & 29
Time:  5:30-8pm

Cost:  $40

Confetti Cake with Rose NEW
Make a great project with just one layer cake or 36 10 x 10" squares. Finished size is 51 x 51". 

Beginner on up
2 sessions
Date:  Wednesdays, Mar. 7 & 14
Time:  1-3:30pm or 5:30-8pm
Cost:  $35



Free Motion Quilting with Nancy Roelfsema 
If you have found yourself with quilt tops galore and no time to quilt them, you've come to the right place.  The main reason most of us make and quilt wall hangings and quilts is for FUN!  Let's have some fun working in a small class and working on your own quilt top.  Let's finish some projects!!  

All Skill Levels
Date:  Saturday, Feb. 18
Time:  10:30-4:30pm
Cost:  $45

Holiday Quilt with Amy NEW
Choose whether you want your quilt to wish Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas, and then appliqué away!  You will learn about different fusibles, how to fuse and appliqué your characters, and piece this quilt top together.  And the best part is, you don’t even need to think about choosing which holiday character to include!  We will continue working on this top into next year and you will have plenty of time to quilt it for next Christmas.

Beginner
10 sessions (come to one or all)
Date:  Mondays, Feb. 6, Mar. 5, Apr. 23, May 7, May 21, June 4 & July 9
Time:  9-11:30 OR 5:30-8pm  
Cost:  $85 or $10 each session
Kit:  $128  Only 2 left              

Learning to Quilt with Nancy M. Roelfsema    Click here to see class pictures 
Not just for beginners, this is a class that takes you step-by-step through the entire quilt making process while completing a medallion-style quilt.  You’ll start with a simple rail fence, and then move onto progressively more challenging blocks and methods.  By the time the quilt is completed, you’ll have done strip-piecing, hand and machine appliqué, triangles, flying geese, paper piecing, setting triangles, and much more!  The pattern is a binder containing all the patterns and instructions you will need for this 70 inch square quilt (plus instructions for six bonus projects as well!).  A perfect class to ensure that you’re quilting education is complete!

Eight 3-hour sessions
Date:  Mondays, Feb. 13, Mar. 5, 12 & 26, Apr. 9 & 23, May 7 & 21

Time:  6-9pm
Cost:  $85 plus $22 book

Let’s Start at the Very Beginning with Rose  click here to see previous students
This is a four session class, you will complete a lap size quilt. No experience necessary. You must own or have access to a sewing machine in good working order to bring to class. There is homework. 

Beginner
2 sessions

Hailey's Puzzle:
Wednesdays, Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1 & 15
                          Mar. 21, 28, Apr. 4 & 18
Time:  1-3:30pm or 5:30-8pm
Cost:  $50

Modern Maze with Rose NEW
This quilt is a fun way to show off some of your favorite fabrics, each has a turn being the star.

Confident Beginner
2 sessions

Date:  Tuesdays, Feb. 7 & 21
Time:  1-3:30pm

Date:  Feb. 9 & 23
Time:  5:30-8pm

Cost:  $40


Snow Day! with Amy NEW
What a great way to spend a snow day!  Over the course of the class, we will discuss fusibles, different appliqué stitches, how to use those stitches and end up with an excellent quilt top.  And, you get to do a little piecing right along with the appliqué.  We will get a jump start so you can finish it in time to quilt it and have it ready to go next winter (or this winter if you are REALLY motivated!).  These little snowmen are as fun to create, as they are adorable.  Wouldn’t someone you know just love this quilt (or table runner)?!

Beginner
Classes have now been combined with Holiday Quilt class dates and times
10 sessions (come to one or all)
Date:  Mondays, Feb. 6, Mar. 5, Apr. 23, May 7, May 21, June 4 & July 9
Time:  9-11:30 OR 5:30-8pm  
Cost:  $85 or $10 each session

Snowflakes Table Runner with Amy NEW
It's not! If you can sew and cut on a line, then you can do it! I will show you how I used templates, and paper-pieced my way to this gorgeous design. Come get rid of the winter blues and have a beautiful piece ready to show off in no time at all.

Confident Beginner
3 sessions
Date:  Fridays, Jan. 20, 27 & Feb. 10
Time:  9-11:15am
Cost:  $35

Tree Quilt with Rose NEW
This quilt comes from the book "Quilts of the Winter Solstice", by Jason Yenter. It's a lovely quilt for the confident beginner and up. 

Confident Beginner
2 sessions
Date:  Fridays, Feb. 10 & Mar. 2
Time:  9:30-12pm
Cost:  $45

Sweetheart Table Runner with Rose NEW
Make a cute heart table runner for Valentine day, it is paper pieced with big pieces for the beginner and beyond.

Beginner on up
2 sessions
Date:  Feb. 6 12:30-2:30pm & Feb. 13 10-12pm
Cost:  $40

T-Shirt Memory Quilt with Angell NEW
Would your graduate or special someone love to have their favorite T-shirts made into a quilt they can keep forever?  Get those treasured shirts out of the drawer and assembled into a quilt that can be viewed, used and enjoyed.  In this class you will learn how to prepare the t-shirts, piece the quilt top and ideas for finishing the quilt.  Make a treasured quilt as a gift or a keepsake for yourself.

Enthusiastic Beginner
2 sessions
Date:  Saturdays, Jan. 21 10-12pm & Jan. 28 10-2pm
                            or Mar. 24 10-12pm & Mar. 31 10-2pm
Cost:  $35

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Advanced Beginner

Bargello Twist and Turn Finishing Class with Carolyn Eary
If you have taken the Twist and Turn Bargello class with Carolyn and have not finished your wall hanging then this class is for you.  Come and work on your wall hanging with her assistance to help you where you left off.  Maybe you are ready for picking out your borders and  doing the mitered borders.  Students must have taken the class with Carolyn to sign up for this class.

Advanced Beginner
1 session

Date:  Monday, Feb. 27
Time:  1-3:30pm

Date:  Monday, Mar. 19
Time:  6-8:30pm

Cost:  $10

Fabulous Fractures with Carolyn Eary 
These wall hangings or quilts are easy to make and wonderful to see. The technique that makes these so interesting is taking multiples of the same area. In this class you will learn what types of prints to use for this project. The poinsettia a panel print was used and the rose and lavender sample used yardage. Once you have learned this technique it will leave you wanting to make more.

Advanced Beginner
2 sessions

Date: Tuesdays, Apr. 10 & 24
Time: 1-3:30pm

Date: Thursdays, Mar. 8 & 22
Time: 6-8:30pm

Cost: $30

Lonestar Workshop with Nancy M. Roelfsema
This classic is sometimes called the “Star of Texas”, “Bethlehem Star”, and “Radiant Star”.  Whatever you want to call it, I will teach you the quickest and most precise methods to make this quilt.  In the class you will decide what fabrics and size will work best for the quilt you want to make.

Advanced Beginner
Date:  Saturday, Mar. 17 
Time:  10:30-4:30pm
Cost:  $45

Strips And Stripes with Carolyn Eary
This quilt combines a variety of simple piecing techniques and combination of great fabrics to achieve a stunning look. The lights and darks dance around the quilt top, keeping the viewer interested.

Advanced Beginner
2 sessions

Date:  Tuesdays, Feb. 28 & Mar. 13
Time:  1-3:30pm

Date:  Tuesdays, Apr. 17 & May 1
Time:  6-8:30pm

Cost:  $35


Intermediate Quilt Classes

One Block Wonders with Gayle 
Let me show you how to take one fabric and turn it into a fabulous kaleidoscope quilt.  Your finished quilt will look more difficult than it was to make.  Your family and friends will be amazed and wonder how you made it!

Intermediate
2 Sessions
Date:  Saturdays, April 7 & 28
Time:  10-12pm
Cost:  $45

 

Private Classes

Private Classes with Donna
You pick the project!  We'll sew one on one and I will teach you all the techniques and tricks to get you beautiful results.

By appointment only
Cost:  $25 per hour 



Embroidery Quilt Classes

 

 

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