We've Got Class!!!

Learn to Hand Quilt

Liz - $40 + kit

This class will give you the basics to create beautifully hand quilted heirlooms.  No machine to carry, just take anywhere qulting. 

Tuesday, September 21 & 28 – 1:00-4:00

Rag Quilt

Marg $40

Choose from homespuns for an old world look, flannel for a cozy snuggle quilt or cotton for a look all your own.  This quilt is a favourite of many and now is your chance to make your own.  You will be amazed at how fast this quilt whips up.  Make one for Christmas, in fact it is so fast, make several.

Thursday, September 30,  11:00-4:00

Bag Ladies Class - Charming Tote Bag

Marg $40, includes pattern

Use 5” squares to create a stylish tote bag that you can use at the grocery

store, to go to the library or take anywhere just in case.  Come with your panel quilted and leave with a finished bag.  We know you will not be able to stop at just one bag so start collecting those squares!

Tuesday, October 5, 6:30-9:30

Learn to Hand Applique

Liz $45 + kit

You have seen all those applique quilts but are not sure where to start.   Liz will show you how to use a template, position your pieces, applique concave and convex curves and all with a needle and thread.  Create a beautiful quilt block that will get you ready for the Rose of Sharon Block of the Month.

Tuesday, October 12, 19, 26, 1:00-4:00

Prarie Women’s Sewing Circle

You are invited to join a unique, 6 month club that will take you on a journey back in time. Gather together as the Prairie Women did, and hear anecdotal stories about their quilt making, and what daily life was like for those who traveled by wagon train on the Oregon Trail, to the lives of quilter’s during the Civil War, and the years of women’s suffrage for equal rights. Not only will you learn how our quilting ancestors created quilts by “Making-Do” with what they had, you will be invited to do so yourself!!!

Registration Fee $25.00

$10/month

Putting it All Together

Gail $40.00 +kit

You have made wonderful quilt blocks but are not sure how to put them together into a quilt.  Join Gail and learn to square up, sash, border, sandwich and bind your quilt.  This class will have you finishing all those UFO’s with ease.

Saturday, October 23, 10:00-3:00

Beginner Quilting

Gail $90.00  

This is a great class to take as a refresher or if you are just starting out.  Learn to choose fabric, rotary cut, make pieced blocks, attach borders, layer, quilt and bind your quilt.  This 6 week class will be the beginning of wonderful things to come from you and your sewing machine and all in time to create beautiful Christmas gifts.

October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11 and 18

1-3 or 7-9

Rose of Sharon Block of the Month

This is a Country Quarter original pattern.  Now that you have learned to hand applique, you are ready to take on this 12 month Block of the Month.  Each block is different with room to get creative if you so desire.  Choose to make your block of the month in the fabrics we choose or come in and choose your own.

Pick up pattern Last Saturday of the Month   10:00-11:00

Registration Fee $99.00 including all background fabric, then only $15.00 a month for 12 months.

Bag Ladies Class

Marg $40.00 +kit

Join us to make Christmas stockings that sew up in minutes! Fast and fun, easy for kids, smart for everybody! A great hostess gift, gift bag, or door ornament.  You will not be able to stop at just one so your kit includes interfacing for 2 stockings.

Tuesday, November 2, 6:30-9:30

Christmas Table Runner

Ellyn $40 + pattern

This pattern can be used to easily make a runner, placematts and a hotmat.  Make them as a gift for yourself or others.  The great trick about this pattern is it can be made with or without binding.

With beautiful Christmas fabric, this will brighten up any table for the holidays.

Wednesday, November 3, 6:30-9:30

Felt Ornament

Marg $25 – includes kit

 Gift giving has never been easier!  Delightful ornament bags are just the right size for gift cards or other treasures of your choice.  Each envelope-style ornament bag has a different decoration on the front and fastens on the back with an old-fashioned figure-eight closure.

Friday November 5, 1:00-3:00

Frosty Babies

Gail $45

Dressing these little snowmen and snow ladies is as much fun as playing with paper dolls or frolicking in the snow. Not just a Christmas pattern, it can decorate your wall all winter long.  Join us for this easy piecing and appliqué class and get ready to play like a child again.

Saturday November 6, 9:00-3:00

Snail’s Tails

Marg $40 +book (ruler required)

This pattern is much faster than its name.  You won’t believe how fast a snail can be made using the Square in a Square technique.

Saturday November 13, 10:00-3:00

Remembering Adelia Club

In this 4 month club you will get to know Adelia, a 19 year old girl living on the verge of the Civil War in northern Illinois.  Through diary entries you will see how sewing and quilting were central to a woman’s life during the 19^th century. 

You will learn new hand quilting techniques and work on a different pattern each month.  Quilt sizes vary from doll quilt to lap quilts.

With Kathleen Tracy’s book of patterns we can honour quiltmakers from the past and re-create extraordinary quilts that have been left behind for us to treasure.

This club meets the second Tuesday of the month, 2:00-4:00 or 7:00-9:00

Registration Fee $30

Then only $15 per month.

Dates:  November 9, December 14,      January 11, February 8

Experience in Embroidery

Gail $45

For those of you who love the thought of machine embroidery but want to use your non-embroidery sewing machine, this is the class to take.  Sewing machines with 8 stitches to 250 stitches are all welcome…we do not want any machine to feel left out.

Learn to use your machine stitches and double and triple needles to create beautiful machine embroidered designs. You will be amazed at what you can create with your regular sewing machine and a little imagination.

Saturday, November 20, 9:00-3:00

Learn to Smock

Liz $40

English Smocking is embroidery on pleats that have been pleated before smocking. It is an art form whose origin has been obscured in history but has been handed down from generation to generation.  This is an opportunity for you to learn an old sewing craft to create heirloom pieces to hand down to your own family.

Tuesday, November 23 & 30, 1:00-4:00

Exploding Star

Marg $40 + book (ruler required)

In this Exploding Star class, you will learn the simple Option 14™, a great triangle unit that you can use in any quilt design. It also works great for beautiful pieced borders. Six easy squares is all you need to create this total quilt.

Any skill level will enjoy this design.

Saturday, December 4, 10:30-3:30

Machine Quilting Primer

Marg $40

For anyone fascinated with machine quilting, this class will give you the tools you need to create beautiful quilts.  Discover tips and secrets that make machine quilting easy and effective.

Saturday, November 27, 9:00-12:00

Bag Ladies Class – Messenger Bag

Marg  $40 (plus pattern)

The Messenger Girl Bag pattern by Among Brenda's Quilts makes a bag, backpack, and laptop case using 5 in. charm squares and easily converts to different carrying options for lots of versatility.  The skill level is imtermediate and up and finished size is 13 in. x 16 in.

Tuesday, December 7,         6:30-9:30