SEPTEMBER 2009
QUILTING, KNITTING, & SEWING CLASSES
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Hang In There Kitty
Joanne Myers
Saturday, September 5,
9 - 3 pm
All Levels BSS*
$30
Make this cute and whimsical 9” kitty. Combine
several kitties for a wall hanging. This class is sure to
please the kitty lovers in your life.
*Pattern purchase required: Hang In There Kitty, by Nancy
Ota Patterns ($8.50 Less 15% class discount).
Sorry, this class has been cancelled.
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Can’t Get Enough of… Batiks
Sue McMahan
Tuesday, September 8, 9 - 3 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS
$30
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This is a wonderful project for batiks, as their
jewel tones lend themselves to this scrappy quilt. The
block is an easy one and students will use cutting and
piecing techniques to ensure an accurate block. The
blocks will be set diagonally with surefire instructions
on how to cut and piece the corner and side-setting
triangles. There is also the opportunity to use a small
block instead of the half-square triangle block to
make this quilt truly unique to its maker.
Sorry, this class
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Absolutely Beginning Quilting
Lawry Thorn
Pre-Class Fabric Selection - Tuesday, September 8, 6 - 7:30
Tuesdays; September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 20, & November 3,
6 - 9 pm
Beginning BSS
$45
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Have you wanted to make a quilt but don’t know
where to begin? This class is for people with little or
no experience. Learn to rotary cut and make basic
quilt blocks while making a sampler-style quilt. Lawry
will take you start-to-finish through your choice of a
6-, 9-, or 12-block sampler. Join us for the Pre-Class
and we will help you pick out your fabric.
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Embroidery Enthusiasts Focus Group*
Dawn Eby
2nd Wednesdays;** September 9, October 14, December 9,
January 13, and February 10, 9:30 - 3 pm
$40
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We will get together
once a month to network
and share ideas and new
techniques. This is a great
time to work on those
projects you keep putting
off. Let’s put some of
those embroidery designs
in a quilt, on a towel, or on
a handbag. Just think of the Christmas gifts you can
start!
*Knowledge of your embroidery machine, in good working
order, required.
**Due to a scheduling conflict, we will not be meeting in
November.
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Sit & Knit
Every Wednesday
Daytime: 1 - 4 pm
Evening: 5 - 8:30 pm |
Silk Necktie Party
Ruth Ingham
Thursday & Friday, September 10 & 11
Thursday, September 17, 1 - 4 pm
Intermediate BSS*
$35
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Take your husband’s stash of old silk neckties (or
check out your local thrift store), and create a gorgeous
quilt, handbag, jacket, or vest. You will piece
random shaped pieces of your ties to a background
fabric using a string quilting or stitch-and-flip technique.
*Book purchase optional: Daddy’s Ties by Shirley Botsford
($16.95 less 15% class discount).
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Sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
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$5 Quilt Club
2nd Saturdays – September 12, October 10, November 14,
December 12, January 9, February 13, March 13, April 10 & May 8
8:30 - 9 am
Join us for a one-of-a-kind quilt club. Each month
you will get a packet of fabric and new pattern(s). In
addition, you will add some of your own fabrics for
backgrounds and to personalize your quilt. Arrive at
each meeting with your finished blocks(s) and you will
receive a new fabric packet and pattern. At the first
club meeting, you will pay $5 and receive your first
packet. During the subsequent months, if you do not
finish the block from the prior month, you will need to
pay $5 again. If you cannot attend the meeting, send
a friend with your block.
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Intuitive Color and Design (Twist from Tradition)
Jean Wells
Saturday, September 12, October 17, Nov14, and December 12,
10 - 2 pm
Intermediate
$45*
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This is a follow-up workshop for those of you who
have taken Jean’s Quilt Design Exploration classes
and want to continue the journey. Each session will be
devoted to a design project here the group will brainstorm
ideas then each individual will pursue a small (or
larger) project depending on their interest. This is a
class devoted to more in-depth quilt design study.
*Book purchase required: Intuitive Color and Design by
Jean Wells ($27.95 Less 15% class discount).
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Floral Remix
Judy Johnson
Monday, September 14, 9 - 3 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS
$30
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The center of this quilt was created from a single
piece of fabric using layered cutting techniques. It
is one of several quilts in Judy’s series that explores
the possibilities of various geometric transformations
using four identical squares. Sound complicated? Not!
Judy will make the process easy and will share many
examples to inspire your own creativity. A wall hanging
or lap-sized quilt can easily be completed in one class
session.
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Beginning Knitting
Debi Pryor
Monday, September 14, 21 & 28,
9 - 12 noon
Beginning*
$35
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Make a knitted scarf while learning beginning
knitting basics – cast on, knit stitch, purl stitch, garter
stitch, stockinette stitch, reverse stockinette stitch,
binding off, reading patterns, understanding gauge,
joining yarns, and much more. *Book purchase required: Stitch ‘N Bitch Knitter’s Guide by Debbie Stoller ($15.95 less 15% class discount). |
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Oh, Poncho
Susan Cobb
Mondays, September 14, 21, and October 5,
1 - 4 pm
Advanced Beginning
$35
This knitted poncho
is sized for an adult and
may be made with a
variety of yarns or with
one yarn. Two rectangular
panels are seamed
together and enhanced
at the yoke and outside
edges for style and
comfort. |
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Beyond Beginning
Lawry Thorn
Tuesday, September 15, 22, October 6, 20, and 27,
9 - 12 noon
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$45
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Learn new techniques that will decrease your
cutting time and help your piecing be more accurate,
while making a combination of 6” and 12” blocks.
Learn how to plan, graph, and create an interesting
setting for your quilt blocks. We will be working with
quarter- and half-square triangle rulers.
*Purchase recommended: Quick & Easy Block Tool from
C&T will be used in class as a resource. ($16.95 less
15% class discount). |
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Absolutely Beginning Quilting
Lawry Thorn
(See entry above for Pre-Class Fabric Selection)
Tuesdays; September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 20, & November 3,
6 - 9 pm
Beginning BSS
$45
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Have you wanted to make a quilt but don’t know
where to begin? This class is for people with little or
no experience. Learn to rotary cut and make basic
quilt blocks while making a sampler-style quilt. Lawry
will take you start-to-finish through your choice of a
6-, 9-, or 12-block sampler. Join us for the Pre-Class
and we will help you pick out your fabric.
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Beginning Crochet
Debi Pryor
Tuesday,
September 15, 22, & 29,
9 - 12 noon
Beginning*
$35
Make a scarf using
basic crochet stitches.
Learn to chain, single
crochet, double crochet,
shell, and granny square
stitch. Also, learn to join
new colors, finishing,
pattern and gauge reading,
and more.
*Book purchase required: The Happy Hooker: Stitch ‘N Bitch Crochet by Debbie Stoller ($15.95 less 15% class discount).
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Crochet Block of the Month
Debi Pryor
3rd Wednesdays: September 16, October 21, November 18, December 16, January 20, and February 17
9 - 12 noon
All Levels
$25
Learn a new stitch each month.
We will use that stitch to create a 12”x12” block. At
the end of our six sessions, you will have enough
blocks to assemble an afghan.
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Wednesday
Demos
9-10 am
1st & 3rd Wednesdays* of each month, starting September 16
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*No demo on October 21)
Followed by Sit & Stitch from 10 - 2 pm
1st & 3rd Wednesdays* of each month, starting September 16
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*No Sit & Stitch on October 21) |
Machine Quilting
Lawry Thorn
Thursday, September 17 and October 1st, 6 - 9 pm
Beginning
$30
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Learn all of the “ins” and “outs” of machine quilting,
including tips, quilting ideas, and the right threads
and needles to use. Practice time is given, as well as
time to start quilting on a larger project. You’ll be a
pro before you know it!
(Please note new date
for second class.) |
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Felted Gifts
Paula Johnson
Thursday, September 17 & 24, 10 - 12 noon
Advanced Beginner
$25
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Make your own
Christmas gifts this
season. During the first
class, we will explore
the felted possibilities of
simple knitted shapes,
such as coasters and
hot pads, and then knit
a few. The second
class will focus on "felting" and finishing the assorted "gifts". |
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Log Cabin Quilts
Sue McMahan
Friday, September 18, 9 - 3 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS*
$30
Come explore Log Cabin blocks and all the possibilities
for the design, settings, and fabric. Using examples of completed log cabin quilts, several design
options will be provided. Learn all the cutting and
sewing techniques for accurate blocks and information
on setting diagonal block quilts. Border ideas and
quilt completion information will also be furnished.
*Book purchase recommended: Patchwork Quilts Made
Easy, Revised, 2nd Edition, Jean Wells ($29.95 Less 15%
class discount). Sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
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Fall Mini-Mystery Club
Lawry Thorn
3rd Saturday, September 19, October 24*,
November 21, &
December 19, 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.
*Mini-Mystery will be held on the 4th Saturday in October.
**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
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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 - Lone Star
Saturday,
September 19,
10 - 4 pm
Vickie Anast
This is a scrappy version of the traditional Lone Star – the diamonds mingle
freely creating a party in full swing!
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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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Outside the Lines
Jean Wells & Tonye Phillips
Sunday, September 20,
10:30 - 4:30 pm
Monday, September 21, 9 - 3 pm
Intermediate BSS
$45
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The quilts from Gee’s Bend fascinate Tonye and
Jean. In this workshop, they will present some basic
shapes that are used in quilt design. Students will
play with design concepts, then choose one or more
to pursue in the workshop. An example is the “house
top” design where you begin with a square and keep
adding borders, interrupting them at times with fabrics
pieced into the strips. A medallion design is created
using this technique. Piecing will be very intuitive as
will color choices.
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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 Afghan/Tuscany Stitch
Advanced Beginning - September 23
9 - 12 noon
Each session costs $10.
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Asian Blue Stars
Sue McMahan
Thursday, September 24, 9 - 3 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS
$30
Asian Blue Stars is a quilt that features an easy
Saw-Tooth Star, accurately pieced using the Eleanor
Burns Large Flying Geese Ruler. (The flying geese
ruler will take all of the work out of making flying
geese units for any project.) It can be a wall quilt or
a bed quilt. The featured quilt uses multiple medium,
medium-dark and dark blue Asian prints with a
Marsha McCloskey blue and white background from
her Staples series of fabrics. Cutting and piecing
techniques will provide guidelines for accurate blocks
and successful results. Borders, backing and binding
will be determined by the size of the quilt. Sorry, this class has been cancelled. |
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Quilt Expo Bus Tour
Friday, September 25, 2009
$75* for bus fare and snacks
Join Joyce Boyd and Sue McMahan on
this exciting bus adventure to the Portland
Quilter’s Expo. Jean will have a booth and
would love to see you there. A side trip to one
or two shops will be included in this fun-filled
day.
*Price is subject to change due to gas and/or bus cost
increases. Admission to Portland Quilter’s Expo and
meals not included.
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Fall Yarn Tasting
Friday, September 25
5-8 pm
Come by and enjoy an evening of sampling
our yarns. Bring some knitting needles
with you, pick out the yarns that suit you and
sit and knit! We will provide a large assortment
of yarns for your knitting pleasure plus
lots of food and beverages to sustain you
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ArtLab: Lutradur
Kathy Shaker
Saturday, September 26, 10 - 4 pm
Advanced Beginning
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It’s paper! It’s fabric! No, it’s Lutradur, an exciting
and versatile new product that can be painted, printed,
layered, distorted, felted, and so much more. Wear
your lab coat (or artist’s apron) as we experiment and
play with a variety of art supplies and Lutradur.
*$10 lab fee payable to instructor at class.
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Let’s Make Pincushions
Candy Wood
Sunday, September 27,
11 - 4 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS
$30
Make two or three
of your very own unique
pincushions. Candy will
provide several charming
patterns. Simple paper
piecing will be covered.
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2009 Sisters Art Quilt Symposium
Unexpected Combinations Retreat
With Janet Fogg
At FivePine Lodge & Conference Center
Monday - Friday, September 28 - October 2, 2009
$575 (includes instruction and meals,
Friday's instruction ends at noon.)
In this workshop, Janet will help you explore the creation of unexpected imagery. Compositions form this class involve unusual juxtapositions of subject matter which do not occur in reality, giving your quilts concept and dimension that might not otherwise be achieved. Exercises in creative thinking will generate ideas for individual quilt projects to be designed and sewn in class. Janet will demonstrate how to combine images into a drawing for projection, pattern drawing, and curved machine piecing. Come prepared to unleash your creativity and design a quilt that is not only beautiful, but conceptual as well.
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2009 Sisters Art Quilt Symposium
The Value of Value Retreat
With Carol Taylor
At FivePine Lodge & Conference Center
Monday - Friday, September 28 - October 2, 2009
$575 (includes instruction and meals)
Want to learn how to use value to make your quilt stand out and "flow" from light to dark, while making a vertical or horizontal quilt? This retreat emphasizes a simple, hands-on method of learning to use fuse patchwork with couched circles. Here is a chance to use some of those fancy and unusual fabrics that you've been attracted to, but didn't know how to use. We will tame them by fusing, and learn to mix them with other textured-looking fabrics. See http://www.caroltaylorquilts.com/ for more information on Carol.
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Any Theme Throw
Janice Demers
Wednesday, September 30, October 7, and 14,
5:30 - 8:30 pm
Advanced Beginning BSS
$35
Starting with a theme fabric (Christmas, Halloween,
Juvenile, outdoors…just about anything), we
will create a row throw quilt. These are fun, easy, and
quick to put together.
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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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