Archive for April, 2008

Machine Embroidery-Fancy Stitches

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

[ June 26, 2008; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. June 28, 2008; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Smith Street Designs is a new company that has great machine embroidery designs!  Come see our model of “Fancy Stitches” and try your hand with these new techniques.  Bring your machine, embroidery unit, 4 background fabrics and matching threads.  Fee of $25.00 includes the CD of designs and instruction.  Leader-Mary

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Machine Quilting

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

[ June 9, 2008; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. June 16, 2008; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Machine quilting is easy.  You just need a machine, a quilt piece and some confidence.  You bring YOUR machine to this two part class and we’ll help with the rest.  You’ll do quilting using a walking-or dual feed  foot and free motion.  Fee of $30.00 includes instruction and supplies.  Supply list  will be available at [...]

Banner of the Month-No Sew applique

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

[ May 27, 2008; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] This little book has a cute banner for each month of the year++two extras.  Pick any of the banners, bring 3 fat quarters and the appliqué fabrics and we’ll make a project.  The appliqué is iron-on, not stitched, which makes the project even faster.  Fee of $35.00 includes the book and fusible web.  ***Instructor—Mary

Pat Knoechel from Quilt in a Day

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

[ June 24, 2008; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Eleanor Burns’ sister, Pat will be here to do a lecture-demo on the new book “Victory Quilts” at 1 pm at the Holiday Inn.  Pat travels with a huge collection of quilts for a great “trunk show”.  She always shares  lots of tips and techniques to make our piecing faster and more accurate.  This is always a [...]

Sew Hip

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

[ June 21, 2008; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]