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July
French Braid
Instructor:
Alice Kay Arnett
Make a project that looks very complicated with dramatic
results, whether your fabric selection tends toward calm and
peaceful or contemporary and knockout. Although they look
complex, these quilts are simple to piece, and once you’ve
learned the techniques, the variations are endless. Be
warned though: French Braid quilts can be extremely
addictive!
Date:
Saturday, July 31
2010
Time:
9am - 4pm
Level: Advanced beginner
Fee:
$25
August
Rotary Basics 101
Instructor:
Alice Kay Arnett
Learn
basic rotary cutting and piecing skills. You will have a 36”
square wall hanging or a table topper when you’re finished.
This popular one-day class is offered several times
throughout the year and is limited to six participants.
Note: this is a one-day class offered on two separate dates
for your convenience. You only need to sign up for one of
these classes. Pattern provided.
Dates: Thursday, August 5 or Friday, November 12
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Beginner
Fee:
$25
Beginning Applique
Instructor: Jackie Bath
We
have had so many people ask for another beginning appliqué
class that Jackie has graciously offered to teach it again!
Taught in a friendly, non-threatening environment, this
class will cover the basics of hand appliqué, an overview of
fabric selection, needles, thread, tools and tips, and
practice of basic appliqué stitches.
Date:
Saturday, August 7
Time:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Level:
Beginner and up
Fee:
$15
Basic Machine Guided Quilting
Instructor: Jan DeBolt
Learn
the “how-to” of machine quilting. A discussion of natural
fiber battings, marking, sandwiching, machine readiness, and
working area will be addressed. Use of the walking foot for
straight line stitching and the darning foot for free motion
quilting will be done in class.
Date:
Friday, August 20
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Beginner and up
Fee:
$25
Free Motion Machine Quilting
Instructor: Jan DeBolt
Your
machine can produce magical results once you become a free
motion quilter. Come learn the basics with great results
through many hours of PRACTICE. Jan returns to QE this
summer in response to many requests for her classes.
Date:
Saturday, August 21
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Beginner
Fee:
$25
September
Irish
Mist
Instructor: Sharon Patch
This
great pattern, from the book Six Halves Make a Whole Lot
More, uses half-yard cuts of fabric plus a background. The
sample was done in shades of green, but would be fabulous in
other combinations. The book includes six other pattern
designs as well as a set of placemats.
Date:
Saturday, September 18
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Advanced beginner and up
Fee:
$25
Paper Piecing
Instructor: Cindy Vadnais
We
know when we’ve met Laramie’s Queen of Paper Piecing, as she
takes every quilt pattern and turns it into a paper pieced
masterpiece. Cindy will be teaching a beginner level class
in two evenings from the book, Easy Machine Paper Piecing,
by Carol Doak. This class will be taught in two evening
sessions to allow for homework, and is one you won’t want to
miss.
Dates: Wednesday, September 22, and
Wednesday, September 29
Time:
6–9 pm
Level: Advanced Beginner
Fee:
$25
Fun With Fusibles – or
Roses and Tulips and Poppies - Oh My
Instructor: Gloria Gayo
What a
fun way to use those wonderful, big, bold prints.
This wall hanging is quick and easy, thanks to fusible web.
Get your creative juices going as you arrange your design,
and then embellish it using decorative stitches and threads.
You will also make a double diamond border using the new
Double Diamond ruler. So easy, and looks so great!
Date:
Saturday, September 25
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level:
Advanced beginner and up
Fee:
$25
October
Mystery and Pumpkin Pie
Instructor: Kathleen Bertoncelj
Inspector Bertoncelj will once again take you on a
mysterious whodunit tour of fabric land. This class will be
taught on a Saturday rather than the usual evening format.
We can’t tell you more because it’s a mystery.
Date:
Saturday, October 2
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Advanced beginner
Fee:
$25 +pattern cost
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Rotary Basics 202
Instructor: Cynthia Deveraux
Bring
your finished top back for the popular follow-up to Rotary
Basics 101 and you will learn to quilt and bind your wall
hanging.
Date:
Wednesday, October 6
Time:
6–9 pm
Level: Beginner
Fee:
$10
Crazy Rays
Instructor: Alice Kay Arnett
Are
you ready to make something fun and funky? In this class
you will stack, cut, shuffle, and sew it all back together
again. Square up your blocks, and you’ve just mastered Crazy
Rays. The four colorful stars separated by a thin sashing
complete a 56” square wall quilt.
Date:
Friday, October 8
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level:
Intermediate
Fee:
$25
Pajama Party / Beginning
Sewing
Instructor: Anne Leonard
Wait
‘til you see what cute pajamas you can make with flannels or
the new knit fabrics we have ordered! They all have
coordinates and will be perfect for the beginner who wants
to learn to sew. Anne will take you through basic sewing
techniques, cutting, fitting, and sewing on stretchy fabric.
This class will be taught in two evening sessions.
Date:
Monday, October 11 and Wednesday October 13
Time:
6–9 pm
Level: Beginner
Fee:
$25
Mariner’s Compass
Instructor: Alice Kay Arnett
Have
you admired Mariner’s Compass quilts but thought they were
too difficult? This is a great opportunity to make a folded
3-D Mariner’s Compass using some of the beautiful new
Christmas fabrics for someone young at heart. These 32”
projects make wonderful gifts for your special relatives and
friends. Bet you can’t make just one!
Date:
Friday, October 22
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Intermediate
Fee:
$25
Moroccan Tile
Instructor: Alice Kay Arnett
This
project is a beautiful table topper or wall hanging that
looks very detailed and difficult. Alice Kay will show you
step by step how to construct this decagon that will amaze
your friends.
Date:
Saturday, October 23
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Intermediate
Fee:
$25
Autumn Leaves Table
Runner or Wall Hanging
Instructor: Carol McMillan
This
simple little quilt will delight almost anyone on your list.
It can be made as sophisticated fall leaves or for a bit of
whimsy the leaves can be converted to Thanksgiving turkeys!
This project works very well for beginning quilters.
Date:
Saturday, October 28
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Beginner and up
Fee:
$25
Blooming 9-Patch
Instructor: Carol McMillan
This
stunning 9-patch quilt will radiate vibrancy of color and
value from the center to the outer edges. Fabric choice is
very important; busy prints are perfect. The design looks
complicated, but it’s easy to make and is composed only of
alternating 9-patches and squares.
Date:
Saturday, October 30
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Beginner and up
Fee:
$25
November
Ragged-edge
Christmas
Instructor: Kathleen Bertoncelj
Choose
to make Christmas Wreath, Oh Christmas Tree, or the basic
Rag Time quilt. We have had many requests for ragged-edged
projects. When you’re finished piecing and snipping, your
quilt is finished. This is a good one for those who’d like
some freedom from precision piecing or just want something
fun.
Date:
Saturday, November 2
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level: Beginner and up
Fee:
$25
PJ’S Rhombus
Instructor: Alice Kay Arnett
This
class is for those quilters who love the antique-looking
traditional quilts. Make this quilt using reproduction
fabrics for a traditional look, or use some of those fun,
contemporary fabrics for a more modern look. This project
looks very intricate, but using the templates included in
the pattern, makes it a dream to construct. There’s a little
surprise in this quilt too.
Date:
Saturday, November 13
Time:
Noon – 4 pm
Level:
Advanced beginner
Fee:
$25
Birds in the Air
Instructor: Marilyn Lanham
This
intriguing traditional quilt would be perfect in a limited
palette such as all blues, or made with your scraps to give
it an old-fashioned look. Eleanor Burns has come up with
another winner and, as usual, there is a simpler way to
construct the blocks…this time it’s a “two-fer.”
Date:
Saturday, November 20
Time:
9 am – 4 pm
Level:
Advanced beginner
Fee:
$25
Class Policies
1.
Space in a class will be
reserved only with full payment of the class fee.
2.
If cancellation occurs within 48
hours of the first day of class, full credit will be given
for a future class.
3.
All fabrics, books, patterns,
and notions are 10% off when listed as requirements for a
class. You will receive a materials list when registration
is paid.
4.
All-day classes begin promptly
at 9:00 am: we open at 8:30 am on those days. In order to fully
utilize class instruction time and in fairness to all class
participants, please have all necessary items and be set up
and ready when class begins.
5.
Please bring a sewing machine in
good working order that you are familiar with.
6.
To avoid being ticketed, free
all-day parking is available at the Depot parking lot on
1st Street
(between Garfield and Custer Streets). You may wish to
unload through the QE front door on 2nd Street
then move your vehicle to the parking lot.
7.
Please be considerate of others
and do not bring your children to any classes. At other
times children are most welcome!
The newsletter is also available on-line at:
www.quiltessentials.org
Also,
remember our new e-mail address:
QuiltEssentials@qwestoffice.net
Special Note:
Advanced beginner
simply means that you have had a beginning quilting class,
can sew with an accurate ¼” seam, know how to use the rotary
cutter, and are familiar with your machine.
Sagebrush Stitchers is a community quilting
group in Laramie open to all. There
are no dues or fees and participation in activities is
voluntary. Sagebrush meets at
7 pm on the third Tuesday of each month at the UW
Animal Science/Molecular Biology Complex (off North 19th
Street,
across from the cemetery). Join them for a variety of casual
programs, challenges, exchange of ideas, tips & tricks, show
& tell, and snacks.
Welcome Home
Baby Program is
one of the ongoing projects supported by Sagebrush Stitchers.
Baby quilts are made for Albany County Public Health Service
to distribute to new mothers. Quilts are appreciated any
time.
Lost and Found:
Are you missing a nice hat or a pair of gloves?
New Hand Appliqué Class
Would you like to learn to hand appliqué in a friendly,
non-threatening environment? A beginning class will be
scheduled this spring based on interest. Please leave your
name & phone number at QuiltEssentials.
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