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Free Motion Fantasy: A wonderful class to explore free motion work without the constraints of rules! You'll pick one of two designs and play with various threads and techniques. Maybe add a little couching to jazz things up.
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"GO GREEN" Shopping Bag: A large durable bag, simple to make, which is perfect for grocery shopping, going on a picnic or to the beach. Kits containing water repellent fabric, strapping for handles and instructions are available .
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Strippy Table Runner: The stars appear as if by magic in this very easy technique. Strips from light to dark really make your stars shine. Your choice of colors really gives this runner a totally different appearance. You won't believe how easy it is!
A Piece of Summer: This paper piecing class gives you a choice of many signs of summer like sailboats, lighthouse, and trees. There is a beautiful wall hanging if you would like to do more… Good for all levels.
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Pillow Pizazz: Make the perfect pillow with an easy zipper technique and your choice of trim: Piping, ruffles, fringe or a flange. Also tips to prevent dog ears and other corner problems.
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The Salsa Runner: This sassy runner is the perfect beginner project. Fun patchwork with striped fabrics, easy borders and you pick the length. We have a quick quilt as you go method you can use on many other projects.
Pampered Pet Bed: Make a comfy resting place for your favorite friend. Different sizes are available. A handy zipper will help with removing the cover to wash or change.
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Pine Tree Table Runner: Learn the "hula skirt" trick, plus a few more and make quick work of this traditional Log Cabin in a corner design. Use your sewing machine or serger for the fastest and neatest piecing you'll do! This beautiful pattern is ideal for the holidays or year round use depending on your fabric choices. Options on size and backings.
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The Smart Bag: A stylish handbag with changeable covers. This bag is fully lined, with inside pockets, a zipper closure and a choice of straps and/or handles. Best of all a removable cover to change as the seasons or your outfit change. Today's cover will be simple but in the future we'll be making a variety of unique covers. Finished size 7.5 x 12" x 4".
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Quilt Sampler Bag: This wonderful bag will showcase a variety of quilting techniques. The main body of the bag is reversible strip quilting, the outside pockets are a Bargello technique pieced with prairie points along the top, and finally, a neat binding to finish it. Spectacular! This is an excellent project to practice all these easy and forgiving techniques. Can be made on a serger or sewing machine.
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Heirloom Appliqué Pillow: The perfect project to brighten up your guest room. Your choice of fabrics and flower appliqué will make it modern or romantic. This easy appliqué method uses new products and techniques that help everyone to get expert results. Also, make some effortless strip method prairie points to frame it all, and then finish with our easy zipper insert technique.
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Summer Skirts: Skirts are hot for spring and summer! Try a gathered tiered version, tailored linen or comfy knit. You can use a serger, sewing machine or both. We will teach you the tips and tricks to make these stylish skirts look custom not homemade.
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Placemats-a-Plenty: Come make a variety of these easy but interesting placemats [or tiny quilts] while using different quilting techniques. There is a flip and stitch quilt - as-you-go version, a mitered sash, several edge finishes, blind appliqué and several more… These placemats can be made of the same coordinates to be used together or you might buy enough fabric to make the number of each you'd eventually like to have.
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The Perfect Summer Hat: This charming summer hat is perfect for the beach or garden, wide brimmed to shade your eyes. Just think of all the fabric choices- batiks, romantic flowers, and seaside prints - whatever catches your fancy. You might need to make a few!
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Stacked Posies Table Runner: This hot new design is so much fun. A simpler version of stack and cut. With only a four patch, this gorgeous table runner has many options along the way, especially the borders and binding. It's addictive!
Patchwork American Flag: This flag quilt is made primarily of ½ square triangles pieced the easy way with "Triangles on a Roll" paper. This saves hours of cutting, pinning and measuring. Keep it simple with one fabric of each color or have fun with a variety of prints/solids to give it more visual interest. We'll include tips for controlling wavy edges, wimpy bindings and hanging sleeves.
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Holiday Placemat / Table Runner: To explore the many machine quilters' feet available, we'll create a placemat/table runner with a holiday theme. Learn paper piecing, free-motion quilting and "stitch in the ditch". Paper piece patterns for evergreen trees, pumpkins, hearts, candles and maple leaves will be available. Select whichever season you'd like.
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Flower Appliqué Table Runner: Go country cute or modern fun with this pretty runner. Checkerboard bands, rickrack trim, and appliqué the easy way. You'll enjoy this cheery runner
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Sassy Drawstring Handbag: This is a smart looking bag with magnetic closures, inside zippered pockets, and some wonderful details. The handles look very stylish with large metal rings to connect the straps and grommets to cinch it all together.
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Bargello Placemat: This Bargello placemat is a breeze to make using a serger or sewing machine. The intricate looking piecing works up really quick and is very forgiving with no seams to match. The borders are sewn using the reversible quilting methods so that no additional quilting is needed to keep the layers together. The binding is double fold with mock-mitered corners and a beautiful angled join.
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Stash Box Pillow: A striking pieced pillow made quickly and easily on the serger or sewing machine. It demonstrates the versatility of the serger or sewing machine in piecing, easy zippers and a few tricks for perfect pillows.
"Going In Circles" Art Quilt: I was inspired by Carol Taylor's table runner on the cover of "Skinny Quilts and Table Runners". We'll construct an artsy piece using her method of putting together all sorts of interesting, some fancy some not, fabrics, couched seams and circular quilting with yarns and cords. Fun and actually quite easy - the hardest part is picking your fabrics.
Scallop Edge Appliqué Table Topper: In Session I, this charming table topper will take us through several appliqué techniques: Satin stitch, blanket stitch and blind or heirloom appliqué methods. In Session II, we'll do some machine quilting: with both the walking and free motion foot. Then we'll finish with a very pretty scalloped edge and binding.
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Pineapple Quilt [The Piece of Cake way] : This stunning quilt is made with just three fabrics. [Experienced quilters might try more] This is a different method which makes this traditional block so much easier. The center is a four patch which allows one to adjust/correct pieces as we build our square to the perfect size every time! You may do a four block sampler in a session or work on a larger quilt through the fall.
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