A
Preview of Fall 2015 Class Projects!
First, here are the initial projects for each of our
Weekly Quilting
Classes.
The
All-Level Quilting classes
will start out with the
Vermont Shop Hop
Tote Bag, a great way to use a batik border stripe.
Sue is teaching classes focused on paper piecing using two books:
Little Gems, a set of miniature quilts
that can be made with scraps. If you want instant gratification Little Gems is
the way to go, but watch out, these little quilts are like potato chips.
The other book is
A Flock of Feathered Stars, a collection of intricate filigree
stars.
These feathered star patterns can
be used to make a single block, an awesome 32” square wallhanging, or an entire
quilt!
The
Beginners and Advanced Beginners
class will kick off with a table runner/lap quilt based on the
Play-A-Card quilt.
Carolyn is also teaching a paper piecing class.
She will use a book by Alex Anderson as a launch
pad for seven Sunday afternoons of great quilting to make a
Paper Piecing Sampler.
Sue kicks off the
Weekend Workshops with two projects that use the
tube technique:
a
Bargello Table Runner and the ever popular
Colorsplash quilt in any size.
Come join Carolyn for a fun, exciting class on making
Fabric Bowls, baskets, or plates with fabric and clothesline. Though
no quilting experience is necessary, you must have a zigzag stitch on your
machine. It is very easy to do and stress free!
We do caution that it can be addicting.
Sue will teach the
Ohio Star Chain
quilt, a pattern designed by our friend Judy Thomas, owner of Yankee Pride
Quilts in Burlington.
Mix an Ohio Star
with an Irish Chain and get prepared to reap in the complements with this
beauty of a quilt!
Machine Quilting I provides an excellent foundation to the world of machine quilting. The
quilters who take Carolyn’s class for Beginners and Advanced Quilters will
learn to quilt their Pick-A-Card table runner during that class but if you do
not have a suitable project pieced, please let us know and Carolyn will help
you select a project. Machine Quilting II is a further
exploration into the world of free motion quilting.
Deb Epler is making a guest appearance to teach the
Disappearing Hour Glass block.
Once you learn this technique you can make a quilt of any size.
A photo will be posted shortly.
Holiday Magic is a quilt pattern
you can use to showcase any 7 ½” fussy cut squares.
Sue made a lap quilt using a modern Christmas
fabric line but you can use any fabric that tickles your fancy.
Sue is teaching another of her delightful
Mystery Quilts.
Click here ╬
to see the finished quilt.
Gotcha!
Of course, we can’t show you the quilt!
Is the storage box where you keep your 1 ½” strips bursting at the
seams?
Come on now, confess, how many of
you have more than one, more than five?
Sue will teach you to
Fandango,
one of the most creative ideas we have seen to turn 1 ½” fabric strips into
beauties! Here are photos of a completed quilt and of two colorways (bright batiks
and 30’s) in progress.
Carolyn closes out the weekend workshops with an appliqué wallhanging by Kim
Diehl called the
Folk Art Dish Garden.
If your schedule, or distance, does not allow you to join us in person, why
not try one of our online classes:
Farmer’s Wife or
Dear Jane?
Here are photos
of Sue’s first Farmer’s Wife quilt (yes, she is working on another one) and
some of her Dear Jane blocks.
Here also
is a Farmer’s Wife quilt made in batiks by Rosalie, one of our online students!
More soon at Threading the News.
Yours in Quilting,
Sue and Staff
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