Classes & Events
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Class Information & Policies
We offer a 10% discount on all class materials and supplies purchased at the shop.
Cancellations must be made at least one week prior to class in order to receive a refund.
Bring your own sewing machine, in good working order and know how to operate it, to classes that require one.
The shop has a few basic mechanical sewing machines to loan. Let us know if you need to use one when registering for classes.
Most quilting and sewing classes require basic supplies and equipment such as rotary cutter, mat, ruler, scissors, pins, thread, etc.
Please refer to the class description and supply list for full details.
Class Information & Policies
We offer a 10% discount on all class materials and supplies purchased at the shop.
Cancellations must be made at least one week prior to class in order to receive a refund.
Bring your own sewing machine, in good working order and know how to operate it, to classes that require one.
The shop has a few basic mechanical sewing machines to loan. Let us know if you need to use one when registering for classes.
Most quilting and sewing classes require basic supplies and equipment such as rotary cutter, mat, ruler, scissors, pins, thread, etc.
Please refer to the class description and supply list for full details.
Beginning Free Motion Quilting
Step into the world of free motion quilting! In this class you?ll learn to baste your quilt and use a walking foot, but the focus will be on free motion quilting. Learn several different patterns suitable for beginners. With a little practice, you?ll be quilting those unfinished projects in no time. Let?s start turning those tops into quilts!
Cost: $ 60.00
Step into the world of free motion quilting! In this class you?ll learn to baste your quilt and use a walking foot, but the focus will be on free motion quilting. Learn several different patterns suitable for beginners. With a little practice, you?ll be quilting those unfinished projects in no time. Let?s start turning those tops into quilts!
Cost: $ 60.00
Beginning Quiltmaking
Learn every step of the quiltmaking process in this class designed for beginning sewists. You will learn fabric selection, cutting, piecing, pressing, borders, basting, quilting, trimming and binding. After taking this class you'll be ready to make any number of quilt projects. There's nothing like a handmade quilt - now you can make your own! Don't have a sewing machine? Ask about using one of our shop machines.
Cost: $ 150.00
Learn every step of the quiltmaking process in this class designed for beginning sewists. You will learn fabric selection, cutting, piecing, pressing, borders, basting, quilting, trimming and binding. After taking this class you'll be ready to make any number of quilt projects. There's nothing like a handmade quilt - now you can make your own! Don't have a sewing machine? Ask about using one of our shop machines.
Cost: $ 150.00
Beyond Beginner Quilting
If you have finished your first quilt and are ready for your next challenge, this class is for you. Using the Twinkle pattern by Swirly Girls Designs you will build your piecing skill set by learning how to make half square triangle blocks and combine a color palette that will make your star quilt sparkle.
Cost: $ 40.00
If you have finished your first quilt and are ready for your next challenge, this class is for you. Using the Twinkle pattern by Swirly Girls Designs you will build your piecing skill set by learning how to make half square triangle blocks and combine a color palette that will make your star quilt sparkle.
Cost: $ 40.00
Boro Book
Learn Boro stitching, its history and link to traditional Japanese sashiko while making a small, sampler book for future reference. Using pre-stressed fabrics of different weights and weaves as pages for a book, students will "mend" the pages using various fabric scraps and stitches commonly seen in boro work. We will finish the book during the second session by learning a traditional book binding technique applied to the fabric pages. The class involves homework stitching between sessions and discussion of creative and practical ways to apply boro work.
Cost: $ 95.00
Learn Boro stitching, its history and link to traditional Japanese sashiko while making a small, sampler book for future reference. Using pre-stressed fabrics of different weights and weaves as pages for a book, students will "mend" the pages using various fabric scraps and stitches commonly seen in boro work. We will finish the book during the second session by learning a traditional book binding technique applied to the fabric pages. The class involves homework stitching between sessions and discussion of creative and practical ways to apply boro work.
Cost: $ 95.00
Creating & Using Thermofax Screens
Learn how to design and use your own custom thermofax screens. We will discuss the best uses and designs for thermofax screens. Then each student will have the chance to create 4 screens and print with them.
Cost: $ 95.00
Learn how to design and use your own custom thermofax screens. We will discuss the best uses and designs for thermofax screens. Then each student will have the chance to create 4 screens and print with them.
Cost: $ 95.00
Design Essentials 1
Join this in-depth Design Series to learn all about the most essential Design Principles and Elements! You will be doing an exercise at home each month to learn about one or more principles and elements which will give you an enlightening insight into the tools to make your quilts sing. Bring your exercise to the next class where the class will engage in a critique session that will help unravel the understanding of design..and yes, you will learn how to critique each other's exercises! We will have exercises on value, balance, color, the illusion of depth, scale and more. You will have an edge on making your quilts better if you take this class!
Cost: $ 165.00
Join this in-depth Design Series to learn all about the most essential Design Principles and Elements! You will be doing an exercise at home each month to learn about one or more principles and elements which will give you an enlightening insight into the tools to make your quilts sing. Bring your exercise to the next class where the class will engage in a critique session that will help unravel the understanding of design..and yes, you will learn how to critique each other's exercises! We will have exercises on value, balance, color, the illusion of depth, scale and more. You will have an edge on making your quilts better if you take this class!
Cost: $ 165.00
Design Essentials 2 & 3
This is a combined Design 2 and 3 class, in which the Design 2 students will be doing exercises from assignments in Sources and Inspiration. As in Design 1, the exercises will be given at the end of each class for the next class which will be critique sessions of the last month's assignment. You will be sent the first assignment a month before the class begins, so register early! Design 3 students will work in a series of their own making and use the classes for the critique of ongoing work. In all exercises and work for both Design 2 and Design 3 students, encouragement in being mindful of past learning from previous exercises is stressed. These two classes both have a prerequisite of the Design Series class before.
Cost: $ 165.00
This is a combined Design 2 and 3 class, in which the Design 2 students will be doing exercises from assignments in Sources and Inspiration. As in Design 1, the exercises will be given at the end of each class for the next class which will be critique sessions of the last month's assignment. You will be sent the first assignment a month before the class begins, so register early! Design 3 students will work in a series of their own making and use the classes for the critique of ongoing work. In all exercises and work for both Design 2 and Design 3 students, encouragement in being mindful of past learning from previous exercises is stressed. These two classes both have a prerequisite of the Design Series class before.
Cost: $ 165.00
Dyeing Floss, Thread, Lace & Linens
Have fun in a new way with your embroidery and fiber art materials. We'll use fiber reactive dyes to color embroidery floss, lace, ribbon, threads and linens in a variety of ways. Bring in your new and vintage materials and leave with transformed items to use in your stitching and other fiber projects.
Cost: $ 40.00
Have fun in a new way with your embroidery and fiber art materials. We'll use fiber reactive dyes to color embroidery floss, lace, ribbon, threads and linens in a variety of ways. Bring in your new and vintage materials and leave with transformed items to use in your stitching and other fiber projects.
Cost: $ 40.00
Electric Quilt - How Does It Work & Should I Invest?
This introductory demonstration gives a student who owns the Electric Quilt program the confidence to go home and play with it. It's also good for someone who just wants to see how Electric Quilt works before making the decision to purchase it. Take your quilting into the computer age. Play with color, design and pattern ideas. Rotate or mirror blocks, recolor, add sashing, figure yardage, generate accurate patterns and more with the click of a mouse. Take a tour to see if this design tool is for you. Many of the commands are what you are already familiar with from use of computers, phones, and tablets. No computer or EQ software is required for this class, it is lecture and demonstration. Visit www.ElectricQuilt.com to see an overview on how this computer program can change your quilting life.
Cost: $ 30.00
This introductory demonstration gives a student who owns the Electric Quilt program the confidence to go home and play with it. It's also good for someone who just wants to see how Electric Quilt works before making the decision to purchase it. Take your quilting into the computer age. Play with color, design and pattern ideas. Rotate or mirror blocks, recolor, add sashing, figure yardage, generate accurate patterns and more with the click of a mouse. Take a tour to see if this design tool is for you. Many of the commands are what you are already familiar with from use of computers, phones, and tablets. No computer or EQ software is required for this class, it is lecture and demonstration. Visit www.ElectricQuilt.com to see an overview on how this computer program can change your quilting life.
Cost: $ 30.00
Electric Quilt 7 & 8 - Introduction To Hands On Quilt Design
Bring your computer with EQ7 or EQ8 loaded and spend time exploring the program. Design blocks, quilts, and borders from scratch and from the EQ library. Learn about libraries, block design, quilt layouts, printing, yardage estimates, and other tools. Learn to adapt patterns from magazines, add fabrics to the program and more. This hands-on intensive tour of the program will give you the confidence to explore and create more on your own and make it work for you. There will be project introductions for beginners to advanced students.
Cost: $ 65.00
Bring your computer with EQ7 or EQ8 loaded and spend time exploring the program. Design blocks, quilts, and borders from scratch and from the EQ library. Learn about libraries, block design, quilt layouts, printing, yardage estimates, and other tools. Learn to adapt patterns from magazines, add fabrics to the program and more. This hands-on intensive tour of the program will give you the confidence to explore and create more on your own and make it work for you. There will be project introductions for beginners to advanced students.
Cost: $ 65.00
English Paper Piecing 101
Learn the basics of English paper piecing (EPP) and make a fun little project! This class will cover the basics of EPP including different options available to make a hexagon flower.
Cost: $ 28.00
Learn the basics of English paper piecing (EPP) and make a fun little project! This class will cover the basics of EPP including different options available to make a hexagon flower.
Cost: $ 28.00
EPP Club
Come join a fun group that focuses on English paper piecing. Each month we'll explore various patterns and techniques used to make unique, beautiful quilts.
Cost: $ FREE
Come join a fun group that focuses on English paper piecing. Each month we'll explore various patterns and techniques used to make unique, beautiful quilts.
Cost: $ FREE
Felted Christmas Stocking
Learn wet felting basics and history while making a handmade Christmas stocking. Wet felting uses unspun wool fibers (roving), water and a small amount of soap to create a strong fabric that is neither woven nor knitted. Students will complete the project during this 4-hour class.
Cost: $ 74.00
Learn wet felting basics and history while making a handmade Christmas stocking. Wet felting uses unspun wool fibers (roving), water and a small amount of soap to create a strong fabric that is neither woven nor knitted. Students will complete the project during this 4-hour class.
Cost: $ 74.00
Felted Vessel
Have a space in your home that needs a little something but can't find the perfect object? Make it yourself! In this class you will learn how to make a felted vessel using wool fiber suitable to catch your keys, pot petunias or beautify your abode.
Cost: $ 74.00
Have a space in your home that needs a little something but can't find the perfect object? Make it yourself! In this class you will learn how to make a felted vessel using wool fiber suitable to catch your keys, pot petunias or beautify your abode.
Cost: $ 74.00
Funky Friends Cat or Dog
Make your own adorable stuffed animal using your favorite fabrics! You can make either the cat or the dogs. Samples are Patch the Pussycat and Digger the Dachshund. This can be a tricky project, so this class is intended for sewists with some experience. Of the two samples, the cat is more difficult than the dog.
Cost: $ 52.00
Make your own adorable stuffed animal using your favorite fabrics! You can make either the cat or the dogs. Samples are Patch the Pussycat and Digger the Dachshund. This can be a tricky project, so this class is intended for sewists with some experience. Of the two samples, the cat is more difficult than the dog.
Cost: $ 52.00
Indigo & Shibori For Quilters
Learn to make and care for your own personal organic indigo vat and learn resist patterning techniques. Use these skills in combination to create beautiful indigo dyed pieces to incorporate into your quilting and sewing projects.
Cost: $ 160.00
Learn to make and care for your own personal organic indigo vat and learn resist patterning techniques. Use these skills in combination to create beautiful indigo dyed pieces to incorporate into your quilting and sewing projects.
Cost: $ 160.00
Intro to Foundation Paper Piecing
Foundation paper piecing is a technique that will open up your patchwork world. If you?ve ever looked at a complicated or tiny pieced quilt and wondered how they did that, it was probably with paper piecing! Once you learn this technique, you can use it for any number of projects. Choose from two designs from Flying Parrot Quilts, either Gossamer Wings dragonfly or Tiny Jewel hummingbird and you?ll be hooked in no time!
Cost: $ 35.00
Foundation paper piecing is a technique that will open up your patchwork world. If you?ve ever looked at a complicated or tiny pieced quilt and wondered how they did that, it was probably with paper piecing! Once you learn this technique, you can use it for any number of projects. Choose from two designs from Flying Parrot Quilts, either Gossamer Wings dragonfly or Tiny Jewel hummingbird and you?ll be hooked in no time!
Cost: $ 35.00
Late Night Sewing Party
Bring your project, supplies and machine and join in the party hosted by Amy P. and Kristin G.! End your week right by sewing with friends. The store will remain open until 11:30 PM for attendees' shopping convenience. Door prize drawings, pizza, soft drinks and snacks included.
Cost: $ 20.00
Bring your project, supplies and machine and join in the party hosted by Amy P. and Kristin G.! End your week right by sewing with friends. The store will remain open until 11:30 PM for attendees' shopping convenience. Door prize drawings, pizza, soft drinks and snacks included.
Cost: $ 20.00
Leaf Printed Silk Scarf
Real leaves from plants can make their mark on fabric! Using available leaves, rich in tannin and colors near the end of their autumnal cycle, participants will learn to treat a silk scarf to transfer the leaf imprint to the fabric with bundling, pressure and heat techniques. While not all colors will transfer, outlines, vein lines, natural imperfections (bug chomps, disease spots, missing leaf lobes) will come out as interesting prints on silk. Mother Nature provides our medium to make your own fabric design!
Cost: $ 100.00
Real leaves from plants can make their mark on fabric! Using available leaves, rich in tannin and colors near the end of their autumnal cycle, participants will learn to treat a silk scarf to transfer the leaf imprint to the fabric with bundling, pressure and heat techniques. While not all colors will transfer, outlines, vein lines, natural imperfections (bug chomps, disease spots, missing leaf lobes) will come out as interesting prints on silk. Mother Nature provides our medium to make your own fabric design!
Cost: $ 100.00
Low Water Immersion Dyeing
Create fabric to use in quilting and other sewing projects while learning the basics of low water immersion dyeing. This dyeing technique uses a small amount of water in shallow containers. Different ways of manipulating fabric and applying dyes produce a variety of effects including textured fabric using a single color, relaxed shibori (with one or more colors), and wonderful multi-colored pieces.
Cost: $ 54.00
Create fabric to use in quilting and other sewing projects while learning the basics of low water immersion dyeing. This dyeing technique uses a small amount of water in shallow containers. Different ways of manipulating fabric and applying dyes produce a variety of effects including textured fabric using a single color, relaxed shibori (with one or more colors), and wonderful multi-colored pieces.
Cost: $ 54.00
Make & Go Pouch
This unique & versatile "zipper pouch" pattern can be customized in many different ways. It can be used for hand-stitching supplies, travel sewing, cosmetics or jewelry organization, school or office supplies or even as a clutch or wallet. Use your imagination for custom hacks for yourself, friends or family - makes a wonderful gift. This project is fat quarter friendly and a great introduction to installing zippers and sewing with vinyl.
Cost: $ 65.00
This unique & versatile "zipper pouch" pattern can be customized in many different ways. It can be used for hand-stitching supplies, travel sewing, cosmetics or jewelry organization, school or office supplies or even as a clutch or wallet. Use your imagination for custom hacks for yourself, friends or family - makes a wonderful gift. This project is fat quarter friendly and a great introduction to installing zippers and sewing with vinyl.
Cost: $ 65.00
More Free Motion Quilting: Mixing Motifs & More
Ready to take on more challenges with your free motion quilting? In this class, you'll learn how to mix free motion patterns as well as learning some more advanced techniques such as McTavishing and feathers. Students should have taken the Intro to Free Motion Quilting class or have similar experience.
Cost: $ 35.00
Ready to take on more challenges with your free motion quilting? In this class, you'll learn how to mix free motion patterns as well as learning some more advanced techniques such as McTavishing and feathers. Students should have taken the Intro to Free Motion Quilting class or have similar experience.
Cost: $ 35.00
Nuno Felted Scarf
In this 5-hour workshop, you will complete a scarf with merino wool and silk, about 50 inches by 10 inches in size, using the nuno wet felting technique. We will discuss the history and uses of felt, explain the types of felting and complete a hands-on wet felting project.
Cost: $ 94.00
In this 5-hour workshop, you will complete a scarf with merino wool and silk, about 50 inches by 10 inches in size, using the nuno wet felting technique. We will discuss the history and uses of felt, explain the types of felting and complete a hands-on wet felting project.
Cost: $ 94.00
Open Studio - Fiber Reactive Dyeing
Come into the dye studio to work on your individual projects. Use and develop the skills you have learned in class. Liquid and thickened dyes and tools will be available for your use. Pam will be available for questions and reminders. Two hour minimum required.
Cost: $ 13.00
Come into the dye studio to work on your individual projects. Use and develop the skills you have learned in class. Liquid and thickened dyes and tools will be available for your use. Pam will be available for questions and reminders. Two hour minimum required.
Cost: $ 13.00
Paint Pouring 101
Pouring paint is really popular right now, and with good reason. It's fast, fun, easy and no experience is necessary! In this class you can try two different pour techniques - the swipe and the dirty pour. You'll go home with two 8"x 10" unique paintings.
Cost: $ 45.00
Pouring paint is really popular right now, and with good reason. It's fast, fun, easy and no experience is necessary! In this class you can try two different pour techniques - the swipe and the dirty pour. You'll go home with two 8"x 10" unique paintings.
Cost: $ 45.00
Pour Your Heart Out!
Can't get enough of poured paint? Come to this all day workshop and pour your heart out! Cheryl will teach you lots of different techniques including flip cup, tree ring, iris, swipe, paint manipulation, and more. Previous paint pouring experience not needed. Included in the class fee are: paint, pouring media, tools, boxes for taking your work home, and canvases. You can make a combination of eight 8"x10" canvases or you can "trade in" two 8"x10" canvases for an 11"x 14" or four 8"x10" canvases for a 16"x 20". The fee is the same no matter the combination of sizes you make. Please bring a lunch or take a break and go out. If you finish painting before 5:00 there is flexibility to leave early.
Cost: $ 159.00
Can't get enough of poured paint? Come to this all day workshop and pour your heart out! Cheryl will teach you lots of different techniques including flip cup, tree ring, iris, swipe, paint manipulation, and more. Previous paint pouring experience not needed. Included in the class fee are: paint, pouring media, tools, boxes for taking your work home, and canvases. You can make a combination of eight 8"x10" canvases or you can "trade in" two 8"x10" canvases for an 11"x 14" or four 8"x10" canvases for a 16"x 20". The fee is the same no matter the combination of sizes you make. Please bring a lunch or take a break and go out. If you finish painting before 5:00 there is flexibility to leave early.
Cost: $ 159.00
Sashiko Table Runner
Sashiko hand stitching is used in Japan for quilting, mending and decorative purposes to create household items with both beauty and utility. Learn this traditional running stitch embroidery style while making a lovely and useful tablerunner for yourself or as a gift to give.
Cost: $ 75.00
Sashiko hand stitching is used in Japan for quilting, mending and decorative purposes to create household items with both beauty and utility. Learn this traditional running stitch embroidery style while making a lovely and useful tablerunner for yourself or as a gift to give.
Cost: $ 75.00
The Art Of Mottainai: An Introduction To Japanese Boro Stitching
We will use improvisation and hand-stitching with Japanese yarn and Sashiko thread to create rich textures that pay homage to the recycle and reuse culture. The focus will be on form and texture with an emphasis on improvisation. It is possible to control the color palette using this technique and Maday will provide denim scraps to expand your design choices. Mottainai means "taking good care of things with respect, making it last long, not wasting and re-appreciating" (From the magazine Selvedge: the fabric of your life, Issue 81 Japan Blue).
Cost: $ 75.00
We will use improvisation and hand-stitching with Japanese yarn and Sashiko thread to create rich textures that pay homage to the recycle and reuse culture. The focus will be on form and texture with an emphasis on improvisation. It is possible to control the color palette using this technique and Maday will provide denim scraps to expand your design choices. Mottainai means "taking good care of things with respect, making it last long, not wasting and re-appreciating" (From the magazine Selvedge: the fabric of your life, Issue 81 Japan Blue).
Cost: $ 75.00
The Weaving Connection with Maday
Weaving as a sustainable practice can be rewarding and fun; meditation in the act of making. The woven cloth can be used in practical or decorative application and you can always count on weaving becoming a part of your artistic self-expression. In this workshop, we explore weaving with typical and atypical fibers to create textures and interest in your work. My hope is that you will want to include bits of denim which will be provided by Maday. You will be rewarded with a fabric swatch completed entirely by you using a high quality loom by Purl & Loop that you will take home to use again & again. All supplies are included but feel free to bring bits of fiber; yarn, etc. from your own stash to include if you desire.
Cost: $ 105.00
Weaving as a sustainable practice can be rewarding and fun; meditation in the act of making. The woven cloth can be used in practical or decorative application and you can always count on weaving becoming a part of your artistic self-expression. In this workshop, we explore weaving with typical and atypical fibers to create textures and interest in your work. My hope is that you will want to include bits of denim which will be provided by Maday. You will be rewarded with a fabric swatch completed entirely by you using a high quality loom by Purl & Loop that you will take home to use again & again. All supplies are included but feel free to bring bits of fiber; yarn, etc. from your own stash to include if you desire.
Cost: $ 105.00
Tuffet Finishing
For those who have taken a previous tuffet class with Cheryl and want to assemble, upholster and finish their tuffet.
Cost: $ 45.00
For those who have taken a previous tuffet class with Cheryl and want to assemble, upholster and finish their tuffet.
Cost: $ 45.00
Tuffet Making
Tuffet (noun) - A low upholstered seat or footstool, hassock, ottoman. While you'll want one for yourself, tuffets make wonderful gifts for special occasions including weddings, new babies, anniversaries and special birthdays. These heirloom creations will bring a touch of charm to any room! Join Cheryl, a certified TuffetSource affiliate, and create your own masterpiece in a two-part workshop. You will have fun and walk out of the second class with a completed tuffet!
Cost: $ 85.00
Tuffet (noun) - A low upholstered seat or footstool, hassock, ottoman. While you'll want one for yourself, tuffets make wonderful gifts for special occasions including weddings, new babies, anniversaries and special birthdays. These heirloom creations will bring a touch of charm to any room! Join Cheryl, a certified TuffetSource affiliate, and create your own masterpiece in a two-part workshop. You will have fun and walk out of the second class with a completed tuffet!
Cost: $ 85.00
Weave Your Jacket With Wefty
A hand-me-down jean jacket, some strips of fabric, and a WEFTY Needle are all you need to create a wearable masterpiece! Students will learn how to upcycle a jacket by adding triaxial weaving. Previous weaving experience will be a huge asset in this class but is not required in order to take the class.
Cost: $ 65.00
A hand-me-down jean jacket, some strips of fabric, and a WEFTY Needle are all you need to create a wearable masterpiece! Students will learn how to upcycle a jacket by adding triaxial weaving. Previous weaving experience will be a huge asset in this class but is not required in order to take the class.
Cost: $ 65.00
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