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February 2010
Quilting, Sewing, & Knitting Classes
(Listings are in order by date of first class.) |
Knitting A Sweater
Debi Pryor
Mondays, February 1, 8, & 22, 9 - 12 noon
Advanced Beginning**
$35* |
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Learn to knit a
simple sweater for yourself
or that little person
in your life. In class, you
will learn how to take
proper measurements,
and to choose the right
yarn and gauge for your
pattern. In addition,
we will cover finishing
techniques for your sweater of choice.
*Book purchase required: The Knitter’s Handy Book Of
Sweater Patterns by Ann Budd, Interweave Press ($26.96
less 15% class discount). |
**Experience with all techniques and stitches referenced in
the Beginning and Beyond Beginning classes required.
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Sudoku Puzzle
Ruth Ingham
Thursday & Friday,
February 4 & 5, 1 - 4 pm
All Levels BSS
$30
With a collection of nine fabrics, you will work out
a Sudoku puzzle using one of your own puzzles or one
Ruth provides. Using basic sewing skills, you will learn
a system for keeping the puzzle straight. |
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Daphne Throw
Dawn Eby
Tuesday, February 9 9-3 pm
Beginning BSS*
$30
Make a charming throw out of three different fabrics.
Learn the turn and sew method and quilting the
finished project. This throw also makes a wonderful
picnic quilt or table topper.
*Pattern purchase required: Daphne Throw Sewing Card
by Valori Wells Designs ($3 less 15% class discount). |
Sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
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Let’s Get Technical!
Every second and fourth Wednesday at the Stitchin’ Post from 9-12
noon, we will have a mini class focused on specific knitting and crochet
techniques. Debi Pryor will walk you through these focused classes.
Crochet Basic Cables & Bobbles
Advanced Beginning - February 10
9 - 12 noon
Each session costs $10.
[Sign Me Up] |
House Party
Tonye Phillips
Thursday & Friday, February 11 & 12, 10 - 3 pm
Advanced Beginning* BSS
$45 |
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Welcome to the party! Design your own house or
use one of Tonye’s patterns. Make it wild and wacky!
Tonye will demonstrate her simplified needle-turn
appliqué technique in class. If you prefer a different
method of appliqué, that is fine. Study Tonye’s crazy
choice of fabrics and get ready to cut loose! |
*Basic hand appliqué experience recommended. See
Tonye’s “Hand Appliqué 101” class on January 7th or “For
the Birds” class on January 29th.
[Sign Me Up] |
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Collaged Art Quilt
Kathy Shaker
Monday, February 15 10-4 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS**
$30* |
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Art quilts are a fun, “no rules” way to express an
idea or play with a new technique or color scheme.
These small projects are quick and easy to complete
and will stimulate your creativity.
We will explore a variety of surface design and
embellishment techniques to create a small collaged
art quilt. Kathy will review machine appliqué, couching
techniques, edge finishes, and will discuss working
with clip art and photographic images. |
*$10 lab fee for materials payable at class.
**Book purchase recommended: Art Quilt Workbook by
Jane Davila and Elin Waterston ($27.95 less 15% class
discount)
Sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
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Machine Quilting Designs–No Marking!
Lawry Thorn
Thursday, February 18, 9:30 - 11:30 am
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$20 |
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Bring your machine and a quilt sandwich or two,
and see how easy it is to get precise geometric quilting
patterns without marking lines. “Inchie Ruler
Tape”, masking tape marking, and sticky label paper
techniques will be demonstrated. You will have
a chance to try them. Be sure you include paper
scissors when you load up your supplies for this class.
*Book purchase recommended: One Line at a Time,
by Charlotte Warr Andersen ($21.95 less 15% class
discount) |
[Sign Me Up] |
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Here a Kitty, There a Kitty
June Jaeger
Fri-Sat, February 19-20,** 10-4:30 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS
$55* |
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For those of you who have a cat with personality
or know someone who has, this is the perfect “cat”
quilt. In this two-day workshop, you will not only piece
cat-related blocks from the past, but you will get to use fusible appliqué for those special personality cats.
As in all of June’s classes, you will learn about balance
and color to move the eye throughout the quilt.
*Pattern purchase required: Here a Kitty, There a Kitty by
Log Cabin Quiltworks ($14.50 less 15% class discount) |
**Class will be held off-site at the Heritage Building.
[Sign Me Up] |
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Spring Class Preview Party -
Friday-Sunday, February 19 - 21
9-5 pm Friday & Saturday, 10-4 pm on Sunday
Check out the quilting, fabric crafts, knitting and crochet classes, and workshops being offered
this spring/summer. Class samples will be on display and several of our teachers will be
here to answer your questions and share ideas.
Register during this time and receive a 10% discount on your tuition!**
If you can't make it to the party, register on-line anytime and still receive a 10% discount
on your tuition.**
**Discount not applicable for retreats & workshops from visiting instructors, or for clubs. |
Book Signing with Alma de la
Melena Cox
Saturday, February 20
11 – 1 pm
Alma de la Melena
Cox will be on hand to
sign her new book,
Collage Fusion: Vibrant Wood and Fabric Art
Using Telamadera Techniques. Her book brings
fabric and paint together on wood to create
luminous mixed-media artworks. |
Spring Mini-Mystery
Lawry Thorn
3rd Saturdays: February 20, March 20, April 17, and May 15
8:30 - 9:15 am
Advanced Beginning***
$5 (or $5 Mail Order**)
Do you love mystery quilt projects so much that
you wish they would never end? Well, here are two
different opportunities to make two different quilts
that will keep you guessing! After each meeting you
will go away with sewing tasks, then come back the next month for the next clue. In the last session,
Lawry will “unveil” the finished quilt and you also get
to share your quilt with your own creative touch.
**If you live out of town or can’t get to our monthly classes,
you can still participate using mail order. Just let us know
and Lawry will mail you the directions each month.
***Supply list will be provided at the first class
[Sign Me Up] |
Collaborative Chicks
Saturdays; September 19, October 17, November 21,
December 19, January 16, February 20 (note new date)
10 - 4 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$40 each class or $200 for all six classes (includes lunches)
Six Stitchin’ Post quilt instructors (the collaborative chicks) have
joined together to explore quilts in Freddy & Gwen Collaborate
Again: Freewheeling Twists on Traditional Quilt Designs, by Gwen
Marston and Freddy Moran. Six months, one Saturday each month,
will be devoted to a workshop with a different instructor. Each
instructor has chosen a quilt from the book and will interpret it in
their own color and fabric style palette, adding their personal flair
and expertise. In March, when Freddy and Gwen return to teach
a workshop, we will host an evening Show and Tell event with the class/club
quilts. The finished quilts will also be in a special exhibit at the Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show’s 35th anniversary.
The classes will be limited to 24 students and will include a light lunch. Sign
up for all six classes and receive one class free or take what you like. If you are
a six-month member you are also invited to create a “self portrait chick” that will
be added to the Collaborative Chicks banner for the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
special exhibit.
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Collaborative Chicks -
Our Garden
Saturday,
February 20
10 - 4 pm
Lawry Thorn
Work with the consistent placement of values and recurring rotation of the
parts to create multiple secondary patterns.
[Sign Me Up]
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*Book Purchase Required: Freddy & Gwen Collaborate Again: Freewheeling Twists
on Traditional Quilt Designs by Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston ($24.95 less 15%
class discount) |
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Scrap Trap
Dawn Eby
Tuesday, February 23,
9:30 - 12:30 pm
Beginning BSS
$20*
Keep your work area
nice and tidy and all those
loose threads off the floor
with this fun and practical
scrap trap and pincushion.
*$3 lab fee payable to
instructor at class.
[Sign Me Up] |
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Let’s Get Technical!
Every second and fourth Wednesday at the Stitchin’ Post from 9-12
noon, we will have a mini class focused on specific knitting and crochet
techniques. Debi Pryor will walk you through these focused classes.
Knit Basic Cables & Bobbles
Advanced Beginning - February 24
9 - 12 noon
Each session costs $10.
[Sign Me Up] |
Africa and Beyond
Janet Storton
Thursday & Friday, February 25 & 26, 10 - 4 pm
Intermediate BSS*
$45 |
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Janet will help you create your own original block
design resulting in a one-of-a-kind quilt. This fun
and spontaneous quilting experience will introduce
you to many of the techniques covered in Linda and
Jane’s book, Beyond the Block. Janet will give you
individual attention as it relates to fabric selection and
combining colors. |
*Book purchase required: Beyond the Block by Linda
K. Johnson and Jane K. Wells ($26.95 less 15% class
discount).
[Sign Me Up] |
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Garden Quilt
Betsy Rickles
Sun, February 28 10-4 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS
$35
This class gives you the opportunity to make a big
splash with your favorite color palette. This is a fast queen- to king-sized quilt but it can also be modified
and made as a yummy tablecloth.
[Sign Me Up] |
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| Note: Collaborative Chicks has been moved to February 20th. |
How do I rate my Skill Level?
(Sewing)
Beginning: I have little or no experience with quilt making
Advanced Beginning: I have experience with rotary cutter and piecing
Intermediate: I am comfortable with interpreting patterns and designs
Advanced: I am comfortable with all levels of designing, sewing,
and creating quilts
What are my Basic Sewing
Supplies (BSS)?
BSS includes sewing machine in good working
order, rotary cutter, cutting mat, ruler, scissors, tape
measure, pencil, pins, and seam ripper.
(Knitting/Crochet)
Beginning: Little or no experience knitting or
crocheting.
Advanced Beginning: Experience with the following: knit and purl, cast
on and bind off, increase/decrease stitches,
and knitting in the round. Ability to read simple
patterns and an understanding of making and
calculating gauge samples. Knowledge of simple
pattern stitches is very helpful.
Use of double pointed needles and basic finishing
techniques are also helpful.
Intermediate: Ability to read and understand
moderately complex patterns – such as garments – and experience with simple color changes.
Knowledge of cable stitches, beginning lace
stitches, the ability to short row and experience
with a three needle bind-off are recommended.
Advanced: Experience with adjusting and adapting
patterns, gauge, and size. Also an understanding
of knitting and crocheting terminology
(abbreviations), and interpreting stitch charts.
Experience with Fairisle, Intarsia, Entrelac, Aran,
and Kitchner stitches is also recommended.
Be sure to read and understand our Class Registration Policies and
Procedures on our Class Directory page. |
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