Sewin Club

Instructor: Alice Bross

          For any Bernina machine. Learn to make ineresting projects and learn more about your machine.

Date: Second Saturday of each month

Time: 10:30 - 12:30 pm

Fee: $10 per session

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           Join us for the fun!!! Bring any project, hand or machine. We will work together and help you where necessary. Food and various snacks will be provided. Bring a drink and have fun. Register today!!! If you need a classroom machine, let us know.

Dates: Last Friday of each month

Time: 8:00 - 12 midnight

Cost: $8.00 each session

Underground Rrailroad Sampler Block of the Month

Instructor: Alice Bross

As you learn to make fifteen different quilt blocks, you will learn the unique story behind each design. Fascinating quilt and stories. Bring a mat, ruler, rotary pins, and scissors.

Dates: Fourth Monday of the month from 6 - 8 pm

Cost: $10.00 per month. The fee includes the kit  for each block. However, you must come to the class to receive the kit.

Individual Sewing Classes

Instructor: Alice Bross

These classes are designed for your needs and schedule. Young or older students are welcome. Work on the project of your choice. These classes can also be geared to those of you who need more help in learneing to use macnines that you already have.

Fee: $25 for a 2 hour session

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Baltimore Album-Hand Applique Block of the Month

Instructor: Toni Elliot

Once per month meet for two hours to create nine beautiful blocks. In month ten you will be working with sashing and placement of the blocks. Month eleven you will be working on a variety of border options and discussing the marking of the quilt. Month twelve you will layer, baste, and begin to quilt. This will be a beautiful quilt made a little at a time. Not an overwhelming task. Pick-up a supply list and plan to join the class.

Date: Third Thursday of each month

Time: 6:00- 8:00pm

Fee: $15 per class, pre-register.

Pioneer Sampler Block of the Month

Instructor: Alice Bross

Quilts were an important part of settling the west. The dozen blocks in the Pioneer Sampler represent geographical sights that they passed through in search of a place to make a home. Bring a mat, ruler, rotary cutter, scissors, pins, thread, and join the class.

Dates: First Thursday of the month from 6-8 pm

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           Last Friday of the month from 1-3 pm

Fee: $10 per session. Fee includes fanbric for each block

    Table Runner of the Month

Each month make a table runner of the season. You will learn many techniques as we work together to complete these complementary runners.

Instructor: Alice Bross

Date: First Friday of each month

           Time: 6-8 pm

Fee: $15 per month, kit fee included

Egg Money Quilt Block of the Month

A 1930's vintage sampler. During the 1930's most eggs were produced on rural farms with small flocks. With the funds from selling eggs, the farmer's wife may have purchased fabric in order to make a quilt similar to the one we will be making. Come to the store and see the blocks and chose if you wish to use dark or light fabric.

Instructor: Alice Bross

Dates: Third Thursday of each month 6-8 pm

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            First Friday of the month 1-3 pm

Class Fee: $15 per class, fabric included

   Must be present to recieve instructions and fabric. Pick up a supply list for the other items you will need for the class.

Mariner's Compass

If you can sew a straight line, you can make this star. By paper piecing, you can get exact points without a lot of fussing.

Instructor: Toni Elliot

Dates: Friday, October 26 & November 16

            Time:  6-8 pm

Fee: $35

Log Cabin

The first class will be an introduction to the two methods that will be taught color combinations, size, and varieties. Bring a notebook and a pen.

Instructor: Alice Bross

Dates: Tuesday, November 13, 20, & December 11

Times: 1 - 3 pm

Fee: $15 per class

Hand Piecing 101

Have you always wanted to make a quilt but don't own a sewing machine? Or have you been machine piecing for awhile and want to get back to basics and make one the way our grandmothers did? Which ever is your reason this is the class for you. We will explore the stitch, making templates, threads, and needles and joining different units together. By the end of the class you will have the skills necessary to make any quilt you want. In fact, some of the more difficult quilts are easier when hand pieced.We will do a 4 patch, curves, triangles, and angles such as you need for tumbling blocks. We will aso try our hand at an 8 point star. So grab your fabric and thread and come join us.

Instructor: Toni Elliot

Date: Tuesday, October 30, November 6 & 13

                    6-8 pm

Fee: $35

Radiant Star

The radiant star, also known as the Lone Star, Texas Star, and Star of Bethlehem, has long been a favorite among quilt lovers. In this dramatic design, one large multi pieced star covers the mattress top from side to side. Star appears to burst from the center and radiate to the tips of the eight large identical diamonds. With carefully selected colors, the quilt virtually appears to pulsate or explode from the radiant color outward. An optional diamond strip border srrounds the star, adding energy. See you in class!

Instructor: Alice Bross

Dates: Thursday, November 8, 15, & 29

         6-8 pm

Fee: $45

Quilt Without Corners - Butterfly Wall Hanging

Construct an out-of the-ordinary butterfly wall hanging with no corners. Yes, you can do it!!

Instructor: Erika Bross

Dates: Monday, January 14 & 21

Time: 6 - 8 pm

Fee: $35

Raggy Jacket

Made of only two layers of fabric, the Raggy Jacket is lightweight for year round wear. Using the raggy piecing technique, construction is easy and finished jacket is fast, fun, and fabulous. You will need the pattern. Fabric amounts are on the pattern.

Instructor: Maureen Hughes

Dates: Friday, January 4 & 18

Time: 6 -8 pm

Fee: $35

Garden Twist

The important element in this quilt is the use of two colors, one light and one dard to achieve a 3-dimensional look.

Instructor: Maureen Hughes

Dates: Tuesday, February 12 & 19

Time: 6 - 8 pm

Fee: $35

Lover's Knot Placemats

Add a touch of romance to your home with these easy to make placemats.  They are the perfect gift for the newly wed or for a house warming gift.  The holidays are the ideal time to express your love to friends and family with a gift of these beautiful placemats.

Instructor: Maureen Hughes

Dates: Monday, November 12 & 19

Time: 6 - 8 pm

Fee: $25

Fan Quilt or Wall Hanging

The fan block goes together as quickly as you wave. The fan has been called by various names: Victorian Fan, Grandmother's Fan, or Oriental Fan.  Depending on the use of the fbric, color, and embellishment, the look is magically transformed to "old-fashioned' or elegant. You will need the book, Fans & Flutterbys by Paricia Knoechel.  Fabric amounts are listed in the book.

Instructor: Cindy Reynolds

Dates: Tuesday, October 9 & 16

Time: 6 - 8 pm

Fee: $35

Garden Trellis

Instructor: Cindy Reynolds

Dates: Tuesday, November 27 & December 4

Time: 6 - 8 pm

Fee: $35

Quick Trip Around the World

Easy strip pieced quilt using techniques out of this world.  Pack your sewing and cutting tools and youare on your way.  Enjoy the breathtaking journey to your final destination, a spectacular finished quilt.

Instructor: Cindy Reynolds

Dates: Tuesday, January 8 & 15

Time: 6 - 8 pm

Fee: $35

Scrappy Quilt

Make a spectacular qult using your scraps.  For the class bring twenty scraps about 2" x 2" and a 3" strip of white or cream colored fabric.

Instructor: Erika Bross

Dates: Tueday, January 22

Time: 6 - 8 pm

Fee: $15

Speedy Sprial Christmas Tree Skirt

Instructor: Maureen Hughes

Dates: Thurday, November 1 & December 6

Fee: $35

Star Spin - One step at a time

Make the beautiful, stunning star spin quilt in manageable sections. Pick up a supply list and join this interesting class.  Must be present to recieve instructions.

Instructor: Alice Bross

Dates: First Wednesday of each month

Time: 1 - 3 pm

Fee: $10 per class