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Class Information & Policies
Cancellations must be made at least one week prior to class in order to receive a full refund.
Class Information & Policies
Cancellations must be made at least one week prior to class in order to receive a full refund.
- We offer a 10% discount on all class materials and supplies purchased at the shop.
- Bring your own sewing machine, in good working order, and know how to operate it, to classes that require one.
- Most quilting and sewing classes require basic supplies and equipment such as a rotary cutter, mat, ruler, scissors, pins, thread, etc.
- Please refer to the class description and supply list for full details.
Learn more about our instructors here.
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: $ 65.00
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: $ 65.00
Beginning Quiltmaking - Weekend Sessions
Learn every step of the quilt-making 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!
Cost: $ 150.00
Learn every step of the quilt-making 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!
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: $ 55.00
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: $ 55.00
Block Printing With Traditional Indian Blocks
Using Maday's collection of carved Indian blocks we will create our marks on textiles with permanent textile ink. We will create personalized fabrics to use in future projects and learn techniques to share and explore. We will discuss printing on garments to give them a new life and add whimsy and visual interest. The possibilities are endless!
Cost: $ 95.00
Using Maday's collection of carved Indian blocks we will create our marks on textiles with permanent textile ink. We will create personalized fabrics to use in future projects and learn techniques to share and explore. We will discuss printing on garments to give them a new life and add whimsy and visual interest. The possibilities are endless!
Cost: $ 95.00
Building Blocks: Flying Geese
In this class, you will learn to create flying geese using 3 different methods: stitch & flip, traditional, and no-waste (4-At-A-Time). We will make flying geese in two different sizes 2" x 4" (2" x 4" unfinished) and 4" x 8" (4" x 8"unfinished) which can be used to make a mini quilt.
Cost: $ 25.00
In this class, you will learn to create flying geese using 3 different methods: stitch & flip, traditional, and no-waste (4-At-A-Time). We will make flying geese in two different sizes 2" x 4" (2" x 4" unfinished) and 4" x 8" (4" x 8"unfinished) which can be used to make a mini quilt.
Cost: $ 25.00
Building Blocks: Half-Square Triangles
The half-square triangle is a versatile quilt block that every quilter should master. In this hands-on class, we will make half-square triangles using 3 different methods. Along the way, you?ll understand the pros and cons of each method, troubleshoot common piecing issues, and learn math to customize half-square triangles to any size. Half-Square Triangle Methods: Two-At-A-Time Method Four-At-A-Time Method Eight-At-A-Time Method
Cost: $ 25.00
The half-square triangle is a versatile quilt block that every quilter should master. In this hands-on class, we will make half-square triangles using 3 different methods. Along the way, you?ll understand the pros and cons of each method, troubleshoot common piecing issues, and learn math to customize half-square triangles to any size. Half-Square Triangle Methods: Two-At-A-Time Method Four-At-A-Time Method Eight-At-A-Time Method
Cost: $ 25.00
Confident Beginner: Any Which Way
This is the perfect class for quilters who are looking to gain confidence making flying geese blocks. Rebecca will teach you to construct flying geese using the no-waste method. Additional methods for constructing flying geese will also be reviewed in class. As an added bonus, Rebecca will show you how to create a variety of quilts using this pattern by changing color values and rotating blocks.
Cost: $ 65.00
This is the perfect class for quilters who are looking to gain confidence making flying geese blocks. Rebecca will teach you to construct flying geese using the no-waste method. Additional methods for constructing flying geese will also be reviewed in class. As an added bonus, Rebecca will show you how to create a variety of quilts using this pattern by changing color values and rotating blocks.
Cost: $ 65.00
Diary Quilts with Heidi Parkes: Documenting, Storytelling, and Intuiting with Stitch
Have you ever tried to keep a paper diary? Sometimes it?s easier with cloth! Learn about several of Heidi's diaristic quilts that tell her stories of travel, time in quarantine, and love of nature. Heidi will insert strategies for efficient stitching, and ways to balance abstraction and precision, and will guide students in riding the line between personal and public in our quilts.
Cost: $ 475.00
Have you ever tried to keep a paper diary? Sometimes it?s easier with cloth! Learn about several of Heidi's diaristic quilts that tell her stories of travel, time in quarantine, and love of nature. Heidi will insert strategies for efficient stitching, and ways to balance abstraction and precision, and will guide students in riding the line between personal and public in our quilts.
Cost: $ 475.00
Dynamic Duo: Cutting Edge
This quilt has movement. The Cutting Edge quilt pattern mixes a colorful block with a simple neutral block to create a fun design. Perfect for the intermediate quilter, this pattern includes detailed instructions and color illustrations for pricing the quilt top. Pattern includes instructions for three sizes: small: 54″ x 72″, medium: 72″ x 90″ and large: 90″ x 108″. The pattern also includes a coloring sheet to experiment with your own colorway.
Cost: $ 65.00
This quilt has movement. The Cutting Edge quilt pattern mixes a colorful block with a simple neutral block to create a fun design. Perfect for the intermediate quilter, this pattern includes detailed instructions and color illustrations for pricing the quilt top. Pattern includes instructions for three sizes: small: 54″ x 72″, medium: 72″ x 90″ and large: 90″ x 108″. The pattern also includes a coloring sheet to experiment with your own colorway.
Cost: $ 65.00
Easy Abstractions: Working In A Series
The hardest part of "doing" is sometimes "starting". The primary goal of this workshop is to jump-start your needlework by discovering an easy way to begin an abstract design. No drawing skill is required as you begin a small fabric series embellished with hand embroidery. It will be unique to your fingertips, so you will be the artist! ?---- If you can make dots on paper and connect them, you can create abstract designs! In this class you will lay out your designs with bright fabrics and have time to begin to embellish them with hand stitching. As you leave class you will take home a path to use over and over in any media.
Cost: $ 52.00
The hardest part of "doing" is sometimes "starting". The primary goal of this workshop is to jump-start your needlework by discovering an easy way to begin an abstract design. No drawing skill is required as you begin a small fabric series embellished with hand embroidery. It will be unique to your fingertips, so you will be the artist! ?---- If you can make dots on paper and connect them, you can create abstract designs! In this class you will lay out your designs with bright fabrics and have time to begin to embellish them with hand stitching. As you leave class you will take home a path to use over and over in any media.
Cost: $ 52.00
English Paper Piecing 101
Learn the basic techniques of English paper piecing (EPP) by learning to make the classic Grandmother's flower garden unit! This class will cover the basics of EPP fabric and template preparation and use, glue basting, and stitching options to make a hexagon flower.
Cost: $ 35.00
Learn the basic techniques of English paper piecing (EPP) by learning to make the classic Grandmother's flower garden unit! This class will cover the basics of EPP fabric and template preparation and use, glue basting, and stitching options to make a hexagon flower.
Cost: $ 35.00
EPP Finishing Techniques
Learn what to do once you have a collection of English paper pieced blocks stitched together. In this class, you will learn how to center a project onto fabric, pin, and applique the designs to the background. We will also cover how to add borders to larger projects and how to prepare the edges of your quilt top for quilting.
Cost: $ 45.00
Learn what to do once you have a collection of English paper pieced blocks stitched together. In this class, you will learn how to center a project onto fabric, pin, and applique the designs to the background. We will also cover how to add borders to larger projects and how to prepare the edges of your quilt top for quilting.
Cost: $ 45.00
Improv Hand Quilting with Heidi Parkes
Hand quilting is my favorite part of making a quilt! This workshop is both conceptual and technical. Heidi will begin with a Powerpoint lecture, during which she will explain both why and how she quilts as she does. Stitch density, exposed or hidden knots, overlapping lines of quilting, and color choices will be expanded upon.
Cost: $ 170.00
Hand quilting is my favorite part of making a quilt! This workshop is both conceptual and technical. Heidi will begin with a Powerpoint lecture, during which she will explain both why and how she quilts as she does. Stitch density, exposed or hidden knots, overlapping lines of quilting, and color choices will be expanded upon.
Cost: $ 170.00
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. The pattern and printed foundations are included in the class fee.
Cost: $ 40.00
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. The pattern and printed foundations are included in the class fee.
Cost: $ 40.00
Intro to Punch Needle Embroidery
Punch needle is a beautiful and meditational embroidery technique that has been around since the 1800s and is known to have originated in North America. As a slow-making technique, punch needle is perfect for our modern life; it creates a connection to generations before us and a chance to innovate for ourselves. It is portable, colorful, and rewarding. The loops created by yarn are durable and surprising. Join us!
Cost: $ 130.00
Punch needle is a beautiful and meditational embroidery technique that has been around since the 1800s and is known to have originated in North America. As a slow-making technique, punch needle is perfect for our modern life; it creates a connection to generations before us and a chance to innovate for ourselves. It is portable, colorful, and rewarding. The loops created by yarn are durable and surprising. Join us!
Cost: $ 130.00
Late Night Sewing Party
Bring your project, supplies, and machine, and join the party! End your week right by sewing with friends. Each attendee will have their own 6' table in our spacious classroom and enjoy the use of space for cutting, use of cutting mats & rulers, irons & ironing boards plus our large design wall and cork boards. The store will remain open during this event for your shopping convenience. Bring your own dinner, drinks & snacks. Space is limited to 12 participants.
Cost: $ 20.00
Bring your project, supplies, and machine, and join the party! End your week right by sewing with friends. Each attendee will have their own 6' table in our spacious classroom and enjoy the use of space for cutting, use of cutting mats & rulers, irons & ironing boards plus our large design wall and cork boards. The store will remain open during this event for your shopping convenience. Bring your own dinner, drinks & snacks. Space is limited to 12 participants.
Cost: $ 20.00
Maday's Memory Of Stitches: Revisiting Old Cloth
My belief is that every hand-stitch is imbued with memory and that paying tribute to the materials that we use is an important part of the creative process. This hand-stitching workshop puts sustainability at the forefront; by utilizing vintage materials we create and reinforce our connection to the past and an opportunity to honor how cotton comes into existence, from seed to cloth. The texture created by applying hand-stitching becomes the superstar of sustainable, mindful practice. Seeing the work that emerges from non-commercial, non-decorative fabrics, invites us to explore what beauty can be and how it is perceived. I hope you join me in this journey as we explore and rejoice in mindful stitching together.
Cost: $ 95.00
My belief is that every hand-stitch is imbued with memory and that paying tribute to the materials that we use is an important part of the creative process. This hand-stitching workshop puts sustainability at the forefront; by utilizing vintage materials we create and reinforce our connection to the past and an opportunity to honor how cotton comes into existence, from seed to cloth. The texture created by applying hand-stitching becomes the superstar of sustainable, mindful practice. Seeing the work that emerges from non-commercial, non-decorative fabrics, invites us to explore what beauty can be and how it is perceived. I hope you join me in this journey as we explore and rejoice in mindful stitching together.
Cost: $ 95.00
One Fabric Hexagon Quilt Technique
Have you ever wanted to make one of these fun quilts - ONE FABRIC, cut into kaleidoscope hexies and laid out how you wish to make a beautiful quilt. This one day technique class will help you prep enough ?blocks? and give you the knowledge and confidence to finish the quilt at home.
Cost: $ 35.00
Have you ever wanted to make one of these fun quilts - ONE FABRIC, cut into kaleidoscope hexies and laid out how you wish to make a beautiful quilt. This one day technique class will help you prep enough ?blocks? and give you the knowledge and confidence to finish the quilt at home.
Cost: $ 35.00
Place Based Mini Quilt with Leah Evans
Create a small-scale (3"-5") landscape or map quilt using a variety of techniques. Leah will introduce her personal style of reverse applique and cater to different experience levels. Fabric and color selection, repurposing, composition, and hand stitching will also be addressed. Come with ideas or memories of places that have moved you, but more importantly come with a desire to experiment and have fun!
Cost: $ 95.00
Create a small-scale (3"-5") landscape or map quilt using a variety of techniques. Leah will introduce her personal style of reverse applique and cater to different experience levels. Fabric and color selection, repurposing, composition, and hand stitching will also be addressed. Come with ideas or memories of places that have moved you, but more importantly come with a desire to experiment and have fun!
Cost: $ 95.00
Quilt Techniques: A Cut Above
Whether you're just getting started or have been quilting for some time, you are guaranteed to learn helpful tips and tricks to take your cutting skills to the next level. This class will focus on: Fabric: bias, squaring up and cutting strips Cutting Mats: types, usage, and care Rotary Cutters: types, usage, blades, and safety Rulers: types, reading measurements, and using angles
Cost: $ 25.00
Whether you're just getting started or have been quilting for some time, you are guaranteed to learn helpful tips and tricks to take your cutting skills to the next level. This class will focus on: Fabric: bias, squaring up and cutting strips Cutting Mats: types, usage, and care Rotary Cutters: types, usage, blades, and safety Rulers: types, reading measurements, and using angles
Cost: $ 25.00
Stash Busting Session
Using fabrics you already own, you will use several exercises and input from partner participants and facilitator Marian to combine them in new ways. Learn to create visually interesting quilt designs and strategically select quilt patterns to use the stash you own and love. There will be plenty of fun and free planning, cutting & sewing time in each 3-hour session.
Cost: $ 25.00
Using fabrics you already own, you will use several exercises and input from partner participants and facilitator Marian to combine them in new ways. Learn to create visually interesting quilt designs and strategically select quilt patterns to use the stash you own and love. There will be plenty of fun and free planning, cutting & sewing time in each 3-hour session.
Cost: $ 25.00
The Art of Curves - A Study in Template-Free Improvisation
Few shapes have the commanding presence that curves generate in any artistic medium. Curves are easily found in ordinary objects and the natural world. Organic, improv curves offer timeless design options sure to delight makers and spark their imagination. Join me as we immerse ourselves in improvisation, color, design, saturation, and curves!
Cost: $ 95.00
Few shapes have the commanding presence that curves generate in any artistic medium. Curves are easily found in ordinary objects and the natural world. Organic, improv curves offer timeless design options sure to delight makers and spark their imagination. Join me as we immerse ourselves in improvisation, color, design, saturation, and curves!
Cost: $ 95.00
The Beauty Of Denim - An Improv Study
We will use improvisation to create a dynamic jean quilt that is visually striking, encourages sustainability, and ignites your creativity. Use, re-use, and up-cycle have never looked this great! As sewists, we have a unique opportunity to deconstruct the unused into something practical, while keeping clothing from the landfill or sitting in warehouses for years. Finding new uses for worn-out or unused clothing offers a remarkable opportunity for creative outlets both in home decor and reimagining wearables. In this class we will focus on the beauty of the blues, and improv style, using simple shapes that lead to a cohesive panel or quilt top. The durability of denim makes it the perfect candidate to explore beauty and function. It also opens future possibilities for sustainable practices in our everyday life.
Cost: $ 95.00
We will use improvisation to create a dynamic jean quilt that is visually striking, encourages sustainability, and ignites your creativity. Use, re-use, and up-cycle have never looked this great! As sewists, we have a unique opportunity to deconstruct the unused into something practical, while keeping clothing from the landfill or sitting in warehouses for years. Finding new uses for worn-out or unused clothing offers a remarkable opportunity for creative outlets both in home decor and reimagining wearables. In this class we will focus on the beauty of the blues, and improv style, using simple shapes that lead to a cohesive panel or quilt top. The durability of denim makes it the perfect candidate to explore beauty and function. It also opens future possibilities for sustainable practices in our everyday life.
Cost: $ 95.00
Wearable Art Scarf
Wearable Art is one of the most beautiful ways in which we can express ourselves. This workshop is all about bringing that gift forth as well as encouraging sustainability. We will play with shapes, colors, and textures. This workshop combines machine piecing with hand stitching with an emphasis on improvisation, Students will machine piece a wearable scarf, or surface design panel to use in another project (this workshop is fantastic even if you don?t wear a scarf). The scarf panel will be adorned with the rich textures of improv hand-stitching using colorful threads to give your work textural elegance. Please note: this is not a hand quilting workshop.
Cost: $ 110.00
Wearable Art is one of the most beautiful ways in which we can express ourselves. This workshop is all about bringing that gift forth as well as encouraging sustainability. We will play with shapes, colors, and textures. This workshop combines machine piecing with hand stitching with an emphasis on improvisation, Students will machine piece a wearable scarf, or surface design panel to use in another project (this workshop is fantastic even if you don?t wear a scarf). The scarf panel will be adorned with the rich textures of improv hand-stitching using colorful threads to give your work textural elegance. Please note: this is not a hand quilting workshop.
Cost: $ 110.00
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