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Appliqué pieces
- Preparation, Machine & Hand Appliqué Tuesdays March 1, 22 & 29 5:30 – 8:00 $45.00 If you want to learn
how to prepare your appliqué pieces with the seam allowance turned under, then this is the class for you. In this class
you will learn many different ways to prepare your appliqué pieces before you sew them to the background. You can then
pick the ways you like best. Hand and machine appliqué will be taught. This is a good beginner appliqué class. Instructor: Dottie Moreland
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Piecelique Thursday March 3 9:30 – 12:30 $15.00 It’s not quite appliqué and it’s not quite piecing,
it’s piecelique! Learn this fun block using easy methods for great results. This method makes curved piecing as easy
as machine appliqué! Instructor:
Sue Hadley
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Home Sergery
II Thursday March 3 6:00 - 8:00 $15.00 Home Sergery II is for the serger owner who has previously taken my home sergery classes.
You will be surprised how much you’ll use this versatile machine once you become comfortable with it. Instructor: Darlene Eyer
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Quilted Purse Friday March 4 9:00 – 3:30 $35.00 Need a new purse for the winter or would like to make a gift for someone. Now is the
time to pick your fabric and make one. The purse has multiple inside and outside pockets. Take the class for the basic purse
and your next purse can be of a different size or add trim or flaps on the pockets. And there is no pattern to purchase. To
take this class, you should be familiar with the walking foot and zipper foot for your machine. Instructor: Ruth Phillips
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Parcheesi Monday March 7 9:30 – 3:30 $25.00 Make this fun addition to any game room with just a few 9
½” squares, three 4 ½” wide strips and a few scraps - no triangles! Simple curved piecing and
decorative stitching make this a quick and easy project. In class we’ll also look at some other unusual ways to
use Drunkard’s Path templates. The pattern is required and Omnigrid Templates are used for cutting. If you
don’t have them and don’t wish to purchase a set, the templates will be available for use in class. Instructor: Nancy Bills
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Stained Glass Wallhanging Mondays March 7, 14 & 21 5:30 – 8:00 $35.00 This is a quilt as you go stained glass wall hanging. Use of a fusible web and fusible bias
tape makes this very streamlined with the project being quilted as the “leading” is stitched. Depending
on the design chosen, it is also a great way to use those smaller pieces of your favorite fabrics. Instructor: Fran Chamberlin
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Scrappy Jacket with Vonna Tuesdays March 8 & 15 1:00 – 4:00 $20.00 Alter a child’s shirt with quilt making skills to create this simply adorable shirt.
This is a fun way to take a boring outfit and make it something special. Instructor: Vonna Kuykendall
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Tote Thursday March 10 9:30 – 3:30 $35.00 Need a new tote bag
or a gift for someone? Now is the time to learn how to make this tote bag and have them ready for Christmas. The bag has a
lot of pockets and you can even have one for your cell phone. Come for a fun day and go home with a new tote bag. No
pattern to purchase. Instructor: Ruth
Phillips
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Linked Squares Monday March 14 9:30 – 3:30 $35.00 This quilt is based on a 1930 Nancy Cabot design using 3 fabrics. A pieced border frames this
quilt nicely. Sewing partial seams makes assembly very easy. Instructor: Patty Prodonovich
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Introduction to Fabric
Dying Tuesday
March 15 9:30 – 12:30 $30.00 Here is an intro into the magical world for hand dying fabrics.
As a master dyer I will discuss safety issues; product and equipment needs and various ways for hand dying fabric. I will
provide premixed dyes and guide you to make unique hand dyed fabrics and to over dye commercial fabrics. You
will use different techniques to dye 100% cotton fabric, including white fabric, commercially printed black on white fabric.
You will take your wet dyed fabric home to cure for 24 hours, and then wash it out and press. Here is where you will see the
magic!! Instructor: B.J. Reed
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Basic Sewing Wednesdays March 16, 23, 30 & April
6 5:00 – 8:00 $40.00 This is a 4 week class to help the beginner with some basic
techniques. We will construct a small purse and will have the opportunity to sew straight lines, insert
a zipper and place a button hole. AGAIN THIS IS A BEGINNER CLASS. The next class to be offered will involve pattern reading. Instructor: Darlene Dixon
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Home Sergery I Thursday March 17 6:00 – 8:00 $15.00 Home Sergery I is for the person who has recently purchased a serger or for those who have
a serger but hasn’t become familiar with it for one reason or another. I’ll be helping you learn threading, adjusting
tensions and acquainting you with the various uses of a serger. We will be working with rolled hems, flatlocking and using
decorative threads Instructor: Darlene Eyer
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Fantasy
Forest Friday March 18 9:30
– 3:30 $40.00 In a one day
workbook class, students will learn to use free motion stitching as the tool to create sketches with threads and textures.
This workshop encourages the student to explore the unique quality of line that is produced only with the sewing machine.
They will learn to draw grass, leaves and trees. Students will learn the subtle differences between free motion stitching
and free motion embroidery. Using free motion stitching, students create elements like trees and shrubbery
on Solvy and then combine with more stitchery to create a rich fantasy landscape. Instructor: Pat Rodgers
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Border
Quilts Monday March 21 9:30 – 3:30 $35.00 Many of us often buy beautiful border fabric thinking we will use it as a border on one
of our quilts - then it sits in our stash for awhile! This quilt is similar to stack-n-whack using border fabrics but
is very easy to make and requires no special tools or rulers. I normally use a border fabric with five or six repeats
for width of fabric. This quilt goes together in an afternoon and is not only different but beautiful! Highly
recommended for a quilter who wants to make a quilt that is easy and fast!! You will only be limited by your imagination. Instructor: Patsy Rothen
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Home Dec. Pillow Tuesday March 22 9:30 – 12:30 $25.00 Create your own one of a kind quilted deco pillow. For the pillow front,
you will use the sunflower fabric created from your previous class, you will add the appliquéd stem and leaves by fusing
the pieces onto the front. You will free motion quilt the pillow top then assemble the pillow cover. Instructor: B.J. Reed
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Jacobean Lined Appliqué Thursday March 24 9:00 – 3:00 $25.00 Appliqué done by machine! This entire project can be accomplished
without any handwork. You will learn the technique of lining fabric shapes, putting those shapes into units, and then using
one of several machine stitches to appliqué. Lined appliqué is easy, looks as good as hand
appliqué (if not better!), and is so much faster. You will actually quilt as you appliqué! And
the process of lining appliqués works in so many other appliqué situations. Instructor: Carol Blevins
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5D Embroidery Training Part
3 Thursday March
24 5:30 – 8:00 This class is free for those who purchased
their 5D software from us. For those who didn’t, each one of these classes is $25.00 each. Here we will learn the basics
and beyond of our 5D embroidery system. Instructor:
Michael Sneeringer
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Puzzle Quilt Monday March 28 9:30 – 3:30 $35.00 Puzzled as to what to do with all of the left over fabric from other projects? Now is the
time to put them into a quilt. This quilt is all straight line sewing. The puzzle can be very scrappy and use up a lot of
different left over fabrics or fabrics of your choice. Join us for a fun day and let’s put the puzzle
together. Instructor: Ruth Phillips
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Twisted Tree Mondays March 28, April 4, 11 & 25 5:30 – 8:00 $45.00 This wall hanging is made from paper pieced Twisted log cabin blocks. It
looks like a lot of little pieces but you use the same size 1 ¼ strips to piece all the blocks. It’s
not as hard as you might think. It would make a cute Christmas wall hanging. No previous
paper-piecing experience is needed. Once you learn the technique you can make other twisted log cabin quilts.
If you remember the swirling that was the background for the Alex Anderson TV show it is made from twisted log cabin
blocks. Basic sewing knowledge helps. Instructor: Dottie Moreland
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