
Hot Chocolate Series: Come in from 5:00 - 7:00 on the first Weds of the month for hot chocolate, treats and a demo. Kits are optional March 3rd- Egg Basket Table Runner April 7th- Hand painted silk scarf May 5th - Making a quilt label for the back of your quilt Egg Basket Table Topper March 3rd Hot Chocolate Series Free Pattern & Demo Kits will be available Pieced Applique: Meeting the second Saturday of the month from 9:00 - 10:30 am. This is a fascinating technique that Peggy Orlofske took a class on at Houston the fall and LOVED! We liked the cheerful line of fabric she used in the class so much that we bought it for the kits. The book is by Penny Haren. Cost of the kits and instruction per month is $10. Cost of instruction only is $60 for the year. We will have extra kits, so you can get the kits and join us at any time. Sampler Magic: We have a beautiful "Mail out" or "Sit and Sew" Sampler Magic Quilt lead by Anna Stracener. Or, better yet, save postage and stop by and pick it up. It is a beautiful quilt and we are making it up using several of the fabrics in the "Cider Mill Road" collection by Nancy Halverson for Benartex. Several sections are pictured above. Start this any time you want. Then for 12 months you will get one section or part of a border each month. Victory Quilt: This includes instruction on basic blocks and moves on to more advanced ones. We are also including interesting notes on the women who kept the country together during WWII. The book is by Eleanor Burns and we have selected 12 blocks with a variety of techniques. We will give you many ideas on other projects with the blocks too. The fabric for the kits is period fabric. This class is held the 4th Saturday of the month from 9:00 - 10:30. Kits will be available for $10 and includes instruction. You may also pick your own fabric and pay $60 for the year for the instruction. Taught by Gloria Stehley and Elaine Mason. Sit and Sew Workshops: Meeting from 9:00 - 3:00 once a month on either the third Friday or the third Saturday of the month. We will be using the book "The Quiltmaker's Gift Quilts" choosing four quilts for the year. Cost for each quilt $30. True Lover's Knot - Jan - March: Snail's Trail - April - June Follow the Leader - July - September Rosebud - October - December Once Upon a Star: Nine month kit project starting in January. We are using the McKenna Ryan Patterns. Come in any time between 5-7 on the second Weds of the month to pick up your new kit, see a demo and see whqat everyone else is doing. We will show you techniques in machine applique and embellishing. We'll have light snacks to sustain you till you get home. Kits will be priced individually. Start in January or later if you want. Do one, or do them all. Do each as a little quilt or put them all together in one large quilt. Julie Surprenant is doing the samples and organizing the kits. Here are the first three she has completed. They are adorable!! Sampler Quilt Hand Pieced and Hand Quilted as you GO: No sewing machine? No problem. Anna Stracener will show you how to do this twelve block quilt. Meeting the 4th Sunday of each month from 1:00 - 3:00. Sew Your Own Project Day: Come in on the first Weds of the month from 10:00 - 4:00 with your sewing machine and get guidance on projects and time to sew them Other Events coming up this year: South Central Wisconsin's Summer Shop Hop will be held July 21 - 25. The bus tours will be Thursday and Friday, the 22nd and 23rd. Mark these dates now so you can have fun shop hopping this summer. Madison's Quilt Expo 2010! Next year's dates are September 9-11. Our shop will be a vendor there again , and we will also be participating in the little mini "booth hop" with passports to stamp, free demos at each booth and a chance to win a door prize. For more information on the complete event visit the Quilt Expo website. |










