OCTOBER 2009
QUILTING, KNITTING, & SEWING CLASSES
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Thread Painting
Johanne Gibson
Thursday, October 1, 9 - 3 pm
Advanced Beginning* BSS
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This class will focus on using thread in a variety
of ways to embellish and add interest to your quilts.
You will learn to enhance a printed fabric with thread,
creating a variety of thread lace items such as leaves,
trees, water, and fences. We will start with basic
information about choosing the correct needle for different
types of threads, talk about how to use “finicky”
threads successfully, and learn a variety of thread
techniques.
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Included will be ideas from Nancy Prince,
Rosemary Eichorn, Libby Lehman, and others. This
is a process-oriented class. You will learn techniques
and create samples, rather than working on a specific
project.
*Experience with free motion quilting is helpful.
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Best Friends
June Jaeger
Friday & Saturday,
October 2 & 3, 9 - 4 pm
All Levels BSS
$50
In this two-day workshop, you will create a look-alike wall quilt of your personal pet. You will learn to
draw a pattern of your dog, cat, horse, etc. with the aid
of a projector. You don’t have to be an artist! Come to
class with your fabrics chosen and be ready to work.
Using fusible web, you will have a great time reproducing
your photo.
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Quilt Art Workshops with Carol Taylor
October 3 - 4 2009
Carol Taylor is staying on at the Stitchin' Post after her week-long 2009 Sisters Art Quilt Symposium
retreat. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the
best in the industry!
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Sensuous Lines and Curves Workshop
$75 (lunch included)
Saturday, October 3, 9 - 3:30 pm
If you love the look of
those really skinny lines
and curves but don’t know
how to make them, this is
the class for you. Carol will
share her secrets for piecing
them, so your practice
blocks become a lovely
41"x36" wall quilt.
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Thread Painting Pansies Workshop
$75 (lunch included)
Sunday, October 4, 9 - 3:30 pm
Want to add more thread
to create depth, but lack the expensive
embroidery machines
to do it? Carol will show you
how to create your own thread
painted pansy using the free
motion zigzag method. It’s
like coloring with crayons, except you use threads
to make solid areas and then blend thread colors to
create realistic and dimensional pansies. You’ll also
learn bobbin drawing, how to make lacy and confetti
centers, and how to incorporate couching with these
designs.
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Vintage Log Cabin
Jackie Erickson
Monday, October 5 & 12, 9 - 12 noon
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$30
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The Log Cabin quilt is very traditional and masculine.
Choose a scrappy palette or, if you prefer, a
two-color palette. You will be surprised how easy this
is to sew.
*Pattern purchase required: Vintage Log Cabin by Jackie
Erickson ($4 less 15% class discount).
We're sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
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Beyond Beginning Knitting
Debi Pryor
Monday, October 5 & 12, 9 - 12 noon
Advanced Beginning
$30
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| Make a hat using your beginning knitting skills.
You will learn to knit in the round, working with circular
and double pointed needles, rib stitch, and decrease
stitches. As an extra bonus, we will learn how to measure
and size your hat, how to pick up stitches, and
add earflaps and I-cords. |
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Dear Jane Quilt Club
Jeanne Sellgren
1st Tues: October 6, November 3, December 1, January 5,
February 2, March 2, April 6, & May 4,
2 - 5 pm
All Levels BSS
$5 per session or $35 for all 8 sessions |
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Have you heard of “Janiacs”? They are quilters
who have become
addicted to making the
4-1/2” blocks that make
up the Dear Jane or
Baby Jane quilts (225
blocks in all). This quilt
is based on one done in
1863 by Jane A. Stickle.
All other quilts inspired by this quilt are “babies.” Each
is unique and belongs to its maker, but they are all derived
from the “Mother.” Some blocks are pieced and
others appliquéd. As Jeanne says, “Once you make
a block or two, you are hooked.”
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You will work on
your own blocks and Jeanne will give demonstrations
and help you out when needed. You bring your own
palette of fabric and Jeanne will help you with color.
Come join this fun group and make “your” version of a
Dear Jane quilt.
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Beyond Beginning Crochet
Debi Pryor
Tuesday, October 6 & 13, 9 - 12 noon
Advanced Beginning
$30
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Make two different hats using the skills you
learned in Beginning Crochet. One is the half double
crochet spiral version, and the second, the double
crochet version – two very different styles. Both are
worked in the round from the top down. We will spend
time learning how to measure and size your hat. |
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Origami Purse
Ann Richardson & Cathy Moen
Thursday & Friday, October 8 & 9, 1 - 4 pm
Basic Sewing Skills BSS
$30
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You will love this small
but very functional purse,
and it is really fun to make.
During the first half of the
class, we’ll learn the basics
of making a quilt for this
project (piecing, sandwiching,
quilting, and binding).
During the second half of the class, we will show you
how to creatively fold it into a purse with three pockets.
Then we’ll show you how to make it in any size
you want. Betcha ya can’t make just one! |
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Asian Gold
Judy Johnson
Saturday, October 10, 10 - 4 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS
$30
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Proportions from the Golden Rectangle are the
basis of the design elements in this stunning quilt. If
this sounds complicated, don’t worry – the entire math
is done for you. Just pick a large Asian print with
pictorial elements and a few coordinating fabrics and the rest is easy. A pattern is provided for the pictured
wall hanging with a landscape orientation (measuring
62"x42") but other design arrangements and sizes
are possible.
We're 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.
Blocking for Knitting and Crochet
Advanced Beginning - October 14
9 - 12 noon
Each session costs $10.
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Untraditional Sampler Workshop
Betty Daggett & Hilde Morin
Thursday, October 15, 1 - 7 pm; Friday October 16, 9 - 2 pm;
Thursday, October 29, 2 - 7 pm; Friday October 30, 9 - 3 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS
$85*
We are excited to have two very talented and well-known
Portland quilters, Betty Daggett and Hilde Morin, come to
Sisters to teach for us this fall. They will share their expertise
in making a very traditional sampler very untraditional!
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Review the rules of conventional quilt block making and learn how to break them up using
untraditional techniques. The class includes: creating traditional blocks using accurate cutting
and piecing methods, converting traditional blocks into “untraditional” blocks using free form
methods, creating your own block placement diagram, and “putting it all together” into your quilt
top and back. |
Through the use of strip piecing techniques, piecing with templates, stacking and slicing,
and curved piecing, you will create approximately 24 different blocks –12 traditional and their
12 untraditional counterparts – then assemble them into your unique quilt top and quilt back!
*$7 lab fee for 28-page colored handout,
payable to the teacher at first class. (Out of the area teachers - no web discount.)
We're sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
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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 - 1937 Revisited
Dawn Eby
Saturday,
October 17,
10 - 4 pm
Create new “fabric” using the Strata technique, place them on the diagonal
and set them with some bold sashing.
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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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Twistin’, Jammin’, and Usin’ it Up
Kathy Shaker
Monday, October 19, 10 - 4 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$30
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Dig into your scrap bag and have a blast whipping
up these energetic Log Cabin blocks! Bring blocks
from home or add extra spin by paper piecing star and
pinwheel blocks for your block centers.
*$1 lab fee for foundation papers, payable to instructor at
class.
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Knit a Basic Christmas Sock
Debi Pryor
Monday, October 19, 26,
& November 2,
9 - 12 noon
Advanced Beginning
$35
Get ready for the holidays and learn how to knit a festive Christmas sock.
We're sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
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Knit That Dog a Sweater
Susan Cobb
Monday, October 19, 26
& November 2,
1 - 4 pm
Advanced Beginning
$35
Learn to make a
sweater that suits your
dog. The sweater will
fit comfortably based
on your dog’s measurements.
The pattern is
not complicated and
you’ll learn how to do
increases, decreases,
buttonholes, and join
seams. Come have fun and get those tails wagging.
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Crochet a Basic
Christmas Sock
Debi Pryor
Tuesday, October 20, 27,
& November 3,
9 - 12 noon
Advanced Beginning
$35
Get ready for the holidays and learn how to crochet a festive Christmas sock.
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Little Wallet
Dawn Eby
Tuesday, October 20,
1:30 - 4:30
Beginning BSS*
$20
Learn to make these
adorable “little wallets”
by Valori Wells Designs.
They go together easily
and are very fun to make.
*Pattern Purchase Required:
Little Wallet Sewing Card
by Valori Wells Designs ($3
less 15% class discount).
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Folk Art Workshops with Sue Spargo
October 21 - 24, 2009
Born in Zambia, Sue’s
folk-art imagery reflects her
multi-cultural background and
her fascination with folk art
from around the world. Inspiration
comes from memories
collected during her African
childhood, a sojourn in the
green South of England, and time spent in the
United States. |
Red Clover
Workshop
$150 (includes lunch)
Wednesday & Thursday,
October 21 & 22, 2009; 9 - 3:30 pm
This pattern was designed
for Australian Homespun
Magazine and is combination
of cotton fabric and hand dyed
wool, velvet, and raw silk.
Embellishments of buttons,
beads, hand-dyed rick-racks,
and yarns add texture and
interest to your project. Choose a color combination
that pleases you. With Sue’s encouragement you will
then play with texture and embellishments to create
your piece.
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Altered Textile Workshop
$150 (includes lunch)*
Friday & Saturday, October 23 & 24, 9 - 3:30 pm
This workshop
focuses on having
fun with embellishments.
Arrive with
your block already
appliquéd and then
spend your time
embellishing a
one-of-a-kind piece of art. Sue will teach you embellishment
techniques including shadowing, beading,
embroidery, ribbon play, and dimensional art. A kit will
be mailed to you ahead of time so come prepared to
be creative.
*Additional cost of kit and wool for appliqué - $32
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Quilt Design Exploration
Jean Wells
Sunday, October 25, 10:30 - 4:30 pm
Monday, October 26, 9 - 3 pm
Intermediate BSS**
$45*
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Discover new cutting and piecing methods to get
you “out of the box, beyond the block”. We are offering
two different opportunities for you to work with
Jean and explore color and quilt design in terms of
line and shape. The first option is a condensed, two day
class in October. The second option is a more “on-going” study once a month for five months, starting
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In these hands-on classes, Jean will
provide the fabric for the first meeting, and then you
will work on our own project using your own fabrics.
*This class is based on Jean’s new book, Intuitive Color
and Design. More of Jean’s work can be viewed by going
to her website at www.jeanwellsquilts.com.
**Book purchase required: Intuitive Color and Design by
Jean Wells ($27.95 less 15% class discount).
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Church Ladies Apron
Laura Simmons
Monday, October 26, 9 - 1 pm
Basic Sewing Skills BSS*
$25
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Have fun making charming
reversible aprons. They are
quick and easy to sew. One size
fits most, and they make great seasonal gifts. You will leave with your finished apron
in hand!
*Pattern purchase required: Church Ladies’ Apron by Mary
Mulari ($6.50 less 15% class discount). |
Sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
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EQ6 User Group
Judy Johnson
4th Weds, October 28, November 25, December 23,
January 27, and February 24,
11 - 2 pm
$40*
EQ6 is the newest electric quilt software and
the user-friendliest version yet. It includes over
20,000 blocks, fabric scans, embroidery photos,
threads, quilt layouts, and borders. Alleviate any
fears you may have about using this program.
Working with other users, you will become
familiar with the basic features and functions
of the software and will use those features to
design quilts, draw quilt blocks, print patterns,
and produce high quality block and quilt images.
A working knowledge of the “basics” of the computer
you are using is required.
*EQ6 software purchase required: Software may be
special ordered from the Stitchin’ Post. Allow 10 days
for shipping. ($150 less 15% class discount).
Book
purchase recommended: EQ6 Simplified by Fran Iverson
Gonzalez ($21.95 less 15% class discount).
Sorry, this club 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.
Understanding Gauge and Tension
for Knitting and Crochet
Beginning - October 28
9 - 12 noon
Each session costs $10.
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Quilt ’Til You Wilt Oregon Beach Retreat
Overleaf Lodge, Yachats, Oregon
Thursday - Sunday (checkout at 11 am),
October 29 - November 1, 2009**
$350*
Grab your surfboards and sewing machines and
come quilt ‘til you wilt at Yachats on the Central Oregon
Coast. Stay at the picturesque Overleaf Lodge,
www.overleaflodge.com. All rooms have spectacular
ocean views. Do what you want this weekend – walk
on the beach, read, knit, or sew on quilting projects. “Good fairies” will be on hand if you need help. Bring
a quilt for show and tell. Only 24 guests, so don’t wait
to make your reservations.
*Cost will be more for a private hotel room. Specifics
about making your lodging reservations will be provided
when you register for the retreat. The spring fee is $20
higher due to a price increase after February, 2010. If you
wish to go over a day early, the room charge is $71 for
double occupancy (includes tax).
**Includes three nights, ocean view double occupancy
room and tax, three continental breakfasts and lunches,
and four days private conference room for sewing.
Sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
Carpenter’s Square
Lawry Thorn
Thursday, October 29, 9 - 1 pm & Thursday, November 5,
9 - 3 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$40 |
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This very traditional 75”
x 75” quilt gives the appearance
of strips of fabric
weaving in and out throughout
the quilt. Instructions
will be given during the first
class for cutting the strips
and sewing them together
into several different sets. The second class will
concentrate on sewing the blocks together into the
quilt top.
*Pattern purchase required: Modern Classic
Collection: Carpenter’s Square by Lawry Thorn ($9.95
less 15% class discount).
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Telamadera Fusion – Bringing Fabric and Wood Together
Alma de la Melena Cox
Saturday, October 31,
9 - 3 pm
$75*
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Telamadera Fusion brings wood, paint, and fabric
together in a brilliant new way. Participants will create
a one-of-a-kind piece of art. The process requires
several coats of a polymer enamel coating. Participants
will apply one coat to their artwork and will
be given direction to complete their piece at home.
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Design, composition, and value will be discussed, as
well as paint techniques, including using dimensional
paint. Alma will share ideas on how to expand this
technique. This is a great class for anyone who loves fabric and for those interested in seeing how to layer
fabric scraps with paint to create something beautiful.
Alma will provide drawing ideas everyone can use.
*$25 lab fee for art supplies payable to instructor.
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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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