Quilting Class Schedule
Call us at 714-0070 to sign-up for a class.
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Thursday,
3/11/2010
Pumpkin Seeds for Haiti
with Julia Menkee
10:30am - 3:30 pm
$60 -100% donation
Come make a Pumpkin Seeds lap size quilt using Quiltsmart's preprinted fusible interfacing panels for fast, yet beautiful results. Class is being offered on Saturday, February 20 and Thursday, March 11. Class fee includes 10 panels, design page, instructions, and the instructor fee. Choose your own fabrics. All of class fee will be donated to the Red Cross to assist with earthquake relief in Haiti. Come learn a new technique with the printed interfacing panels and raise money for a good cause, too. Additional panels can be purchased to make larger quilts.
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Saturday,
3/20/2010
Basic Machine Quilting
with Jo Baner
10:30am - 3:30pm
$45
In this class Jo will cover the basics of machine quilting. You will learn how to use a walking foot to stitch in the ditch as well as how to use a darning foot to do free motion quilting. You will learn several methods to mark a quilt and how to use pre-cut stencils and tissue paper. Jo will discuss the use of various types of thread, needles and batting. What are you waiting for, finish all those UFO's!
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Wednesday,
3/24/2010
Smooth Sailing Tour
with Donna Carley
$45
Join us for the Tri-County Smooth Sailing Tour. We’ll leave Bellingham early and start at Keepsake Cottage Fabrics in Bothell. We’ll work our way north with stops at all the Tri County Quilt Merchants shops in Snohomish and Skagit. We'll lunch in Stanwood. Tour price includes round trip transporation and lunch.
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Monday,
4/5/2010, 4/7/2010, 4/9/2010
Kids Kamp
with Julia Menkee
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
$85.00 includes materials
Let's sew up some fun with critter bags, cell phone or Ipod cases, lunch sacks, and pillow cases! Kids join us for spring break to have some fun while being creative with a sewing machine. For Boys and Girls ages 7 and up - no sewing experience necessary. Earn your sewing badge!
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Saturday,
4/10/2010
Black and White Fabric Swap
with Florence DiJulio
10:30 am - 1:30 pm
$12
This is an opportunity to expand your stash of black and white fabrics. You can gather fabrics to complete our Smooth Sailing quilt or for another black and white fabric project. Bring 8 fat quarters, some predominately black on white and some predominately white on black. Participants will swap in class and take home 8 fat quarters and some ideas for black and white quilts.
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Thursday,
4/15/2010
Fabric Covered Clothesline Trivets and Coasters
with Sue Wright
1:00pm - 4:30pm
$40, includes kit
In this class Sue teaches you two different fabric wrapping techniques with clothesline to make coasters and trivets. You will learn the skills needed for larger projects such as the rug pictured, baskets or fabric plates. Kit includes batik fabric in two different width strips, package of clothesline, sewing machine needle, and thread. Projects not suitable for traveler weight machines.
Sewing machine rental available.
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Saturday,
4/17/2010, or Tuesday 4/20/2010
Texture Magic Handbag
with Donna Carley
10:30 am - 4:00 pm, or Tues at 5:00 - 8:30 pm
$30
Explore creating textured effects while making an elegant handbag with new Texture Magic. In this class you will be able to experiment with texturing your choice of fabric, and you will construct your handbag.
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Thursday,
4/22/2010 ,04/24/2010
Food Fabric Swap
with Florence DiJulio
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$12
Dig into your stash for vegetable, fruit or other food fabrics and bring six inch squares to swap. April 22nd is Earth Day so think healthy! The squares would be perfect for an I spy quilt for object recognition for a child or an adult with memory loss.
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Sunday,
4/25/2010, 07/25/2010; 10/24/2010
Super Quilt Sunday
with Florence DiJulio
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
FREE
We'll be working on quilts for Whatcom residents having chemotherapy and for children evaluated at the Brigid Collins Family Support Center. Bring orphan blocks, tops, or fabric from your stash that you wish to donate and a dish to share! Space is limited - please RSVP by calling the shop at 714-0070.
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B: beginner, I: intermediate, A: advanced
Call 360-714-0070 to sign-up for a class.
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