Wonderful One Fabric Quilt

Date: August 1, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 4:30pm
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
Instructor: Barbara Moseley
Fee: $30

Description: Always wondered what to do with those gorgeous floral and border stripes? Start with the basics in Kay Nichols’ book and make them your own. Learn how to use the fabrics found within the striped piece itself to create your own unique pattern. Create a stunning lap quilt with a bonus – enough blocks left over for a coordinating wall hanging. This technique is so easy and looks so hard – you’ll be surprised at the designer you find within yourself.

Summer Kids’ Camp

Dates and Times:

• July 27 through July 31, 2009 10:00am – 1:00pm
• August 3 through August 7, 2009 10:00am – 1:00pm

Skill Level: Beginner
Instructor: Aimee Griffin
Fee: $85 for one week plus supplies

Description: Activities will include:

• Learning your machine
• Making a pillowcase
• Ragging with batiks or a small quilt project

Supplies:

• Sewing machine in good working order (please bring the owner’s manual)
• Machine needles
• Scissors (make sure they are sharp)
• Pins
• Thread
• Fabric supplies

Batik Block of the Month

Dates: starts on July 11, 2009 (second Saturday of each month)
Time: 8:00am – 9:30am
Skill Level: Beginner
Instructor: Ruth Biehl
Fee: $10

Description: You will complete two blocks per month until you have enough blocks to finish a quilt. Each week Ruth will offer suggestions to help with block construction and quilting techniques.

Medallion Quilt Along

Date: Beginning July 11, 2009
Time: 9:30am – 10:30am
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
Instructor: Ruth Biehl
Fee: $20 initial payment – one time only if you don’t miss any sessions. If you miss one session, $10 will get you back on the project.

Description: Join us for our quilt-along project. This is an opportunity for you to make a quilt of your own design. Start with a center block of your choice. Each month we will add another round. Our instructors will help you to make decisions along the way and be there to help you with the “technical stuff”. At the end of 6 months you will have a unique quilt of your own design.

Since you will be designing the quilt as you go, it is difficult to start with exact fabric requirements. But we suggest starting with 3 yards of a background fabric and 2 yards of a focus fabric. You may want to add 5 to 6 additional fabrics. You can choose those additional fabrics at the beginning of the project or add them as we go along.

Begin by collecting ideas from books and magazines. Begin thinking about your center block (12 to 15 inches) but you don’t have to make a decision until after the first session.

Come to the first session with a notebook and pencil and any resources (books, magazines, photos) you have collected.

We offer a 20% off fabrics for use in this project.

It Takes A Village

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 10:30am – 11:00pm
Skill Level: Beginner
Instructor: Nancy Bailey

Description: Your fabric, my block; my fabric, your block. What a combination! This is a block exchange where everyone chooses a favorite block and makes that block for everyone in the group using their favorite fabric. When you’re finished you will have enough blocks to make an entire quilt. It takes a village of quilters to make a quilt.

Carry All Bag

Date: August 8, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 5:00pm
Skill Level: Intermediate
Instructor: Kim Parker
Fee: $45

Description: Kim designed this carry all bag to be used as a diaper bag or a tote. It includes exterior pockets, interior pockets and hidden zipper pocket. The quilted design looks like your favorite designer bag.

Positively Parquet

Positively Parquet by Ruth Biehl. Class is offered October 13th and 20th.

Quilting on the Blue Ridge

Join us for a mystery quilt retreat on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the rustic and beautiful Volunteer Gap Inn and Cabins. Read more

Birthday Party Winners

Thanks to all who came and celebrated our birthday with us last Saturday!

The winners are: Read more

Grand Convergence

Date: August 9, 2009
Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
Instructor: Corinne Schroeder
Fee: $30

Description: Another Ricky Tims Convergence with a twist. If you didn’t get hooked on Convergence, you will with this Grand Convergence.

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