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Spring 2016 Welcome to Spring! We are featuring Little House on the Prairie Quilts this Spring. We are doing a Bear's Paw, 9-patch, Flying Geese, and Churn Dash. One quilt a month. Sue Freich is teaching a very cool purse that you will want to check out--and make several for friends & gifts. National Quilt Day is in March. Sue is teaching her Wheel of Mystery Quilt that day and we will be running specials on fabrics. Shop Hop is coming up--in April. The theme for this year's event is "aprons." We will have a contest for the best apron, with great prizes for the winners. More details will follow. Happy quilting! P.S. If you see a mistake in the newsletter, please let me know. I try to proof read everything, but after awhile, my eyes just glaze over. CLASSES January Classes & Special Events Block of the Month Sat. January 2 10:30-11:15 FREE Barb Boyer Join at any time. You get a free fat quarter if you come to class with the previous month's completed block. This year we're making a red, white & blue quilt-patriotic theme, if you like. Monthly Minis First Saturday of the Month, Jan-Dec. 4-6 $10 for the year (plus patterns or kits) This year we are doing various table runners/ door banners/small wall hanging celebrating each month. Some of the quilts are long & skinny, some square, some round. Most of the quilts will be kitted. HOURS M-S 10-6 (closed at 5 on Tuesday s) Sundays 1-5 Closed: Sun. Jan1 & 3, Feb 7, Mar 6 & 27, April 3, May1 DOWN THE HALL SALE All flats marked with dot - $5.00/yd All flannels marked with dot - $5.50 Full Moon s Jan. 24 Feb 22 Mar 23

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Spring 2016

Welcome to Spring! We are featuring Little House on the Prairie Quilts this Spring. We are doing a Bear's Paw, 9-patch, Flying Geese, and Churn Dash. One quilt a month.

Sue Freich is teaching a very cool purse that you will want to check out--and make several for friends & gifts.

National Quilt Day is in March. Sue is teaching her Wheel of Mystery Quilt that day and we will be running specials on fabrics.

Shop Hop is coming up--in April. The theme for this year's event is "aprons." We will have a contest for the best apron, with great prizes for the winners. More details will follow.

Happy quilting!

P.S. If you see a mistake in the newsletter, please let me know. I try to proof read everything, but after awhile, my eyes just glaze over.

CLASSES

January Classes & Special Events

Block of the Month Sat. January 2 10:30-11:15 FREE Barb Boyer

Join at any time. You get a free fat quarter if you come to class with the previous month's completed block. This year we're making a red, white & blue quilt-patriotic theme, if you like.

Monthly Minis First Saturday of the Month, Jan-Dec.

4-6 $10 for the year (plus patterns or kits)

This year we are doing various table runners/ door banners/small wall hanging celebrating each month. Some of the quilts are long & skinny, some square, some round. Most of the quilts will be kitted.

HOURS

M-S 10-6

(closed at 5 on Tuesdays)

Sundays 1-5

Closed: Sun. Jan1 & 3, Feb 7, Mar 6 & 27, April 3, May1

DOWN

THE

HALL

SALE

All flats marked with dot - $5.00/yd

All flannels marked with dot - $5.50

Full

Moon

s

Jan. 24

Feb 22

Mar 23

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Hand Embroidery Club Sat. January 9, 10-noon FREE Kathy Sconce

(Club normally meets the 2nd Sat. of each month from 10-noon)

This year we're still doing birds-state birds. We will have between 40-50 birds (some states use the same bird) for you to stitch. Various setting for turning the birds into a quilt will be provided. Color suggestions for the birds will also be offered. As a bonus, you will get the state outlines, state flowers, and other patterns to compliment the birds. You can join anytime.

Turning Panels into Quilts Sat. January 9, 1:30-4 $20 Barb Boyer

We like panels, but we don't know what to do with them. Bring your favorite panel to class and you will learn various ways to turn the panel into a quilt-using free patterns, retail patterns and patterns you make yourself. We'll discuss design, math and colors. Panels make quick, easy & beautiful quilts.

English Paper Piecing 1st & 3rd Mondays starting Jan. 11, 2-4 Barb Boyer $20

English paper piecing dates back to the early 1800s. It is a hand sewing method that uses paper templates to help sew complex angles together, like hexagons. Any number of different designs can be made, including Grandmother's Flower Garden. Several patterns will be available, including traditional Flower Garden and the Downton Abbey free pattern.

Beginning Quilting Wed. starting Jan. 13, 6-9 OR Sun. Jan. 17, 1-4 8 weeks

$65 Barb Boyer

This comprehensive 8-week course will introduce to you almost everything you need to know about piecing a quilt top. Along the way you will learn about color, batting, thread, machines and various techniques to give you the skills to make almost any quilt.

T-Shirt Quilt Thur. January 14 & 21, 1:30-4 $20 Barb Boyer

T-shirt quilts make great graduation presents, and January is the perfect time to get started-if you want it done by May. You will need 10-20 t-shirts-you can use more than 20, depending on size. Each t-shirt quilt is designed specifically around your t-shirts-don't worry, I do the math.

Knit Pickers' Club Thurs. January 14, 6-8:30 Carol Moler

Every second Thursday, we're getting together to practice our knitting. The Club is open to all skill levels. We want to share what we've learned, find new patterns, and simply just sit and knit.

Stack & Whack Sat. Jan 16, 10:30-5 $20 Barb Boyer

There are some quilts that everyone needs to do-at least once. Stack & Whack is one of those quilts. You take beautiful fabric, cut it into identical pieces, and sew it back together in a kaleidoscope pattern. We

April 22

May 21

(These are the Toad Toter day sales (20% off all purchases you can stuff into your Toad Toter Bag.) Toad Toter bags are available now.)

Open sew days: You can bring your machine or do handwork, your choice. Jan. 15 1-4 Feb 5 & 19 1-4 Mar 4 & 18 1-4 April 1 & 15 1-4 May 6 & 20 1-4

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will work with the 8 repeat, classic, pattern.

Mitten Quilt Mon. January 18 10:30-5 $20 Barb Boyer

This cute pattern has 4 interlocking mittens-so you can't lose your mittens! You can use Christmas fabric, "winter fabric," or, my favorite, flannel! Great for couch quilt for those cold winter nights.

Hand Quilting Wed. Jan. 20, 1-3 $25 Sandra Freeburg

Hand quilting is an art that should not be lost. By the end of Sandra's class you will be hand quilting with confidence. Everyone has at least one special quilt that calls out for hand quilting. And there is nothing better than the feel of a hand quilted quilt. Do yourself a favor and learn this art that connects us to our past -- our mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers.

LOTP: Nine Patch Sat. Jan 23, 10:30-5

We are highlighting Little House of the Prairie fabrics this Spring, and the first quilt for this year is the traditional double 9-patch. The sample is shown using, mainly, the Walnut Grove fabrics. A fat quarter bundle plus the alternate block (the plain block) will make this quilt. The 9-patch quilt is one of 2 quilts mentioned in the Little House series, so this is a perfect quilt to highlight the new collection from Andover.

Spoon Quilting Wed. Jan 27 1-3 $25 Sandra Freeburg

No more sore fingers! Learn to Spoon Quilt, with a special spoon quilting tool. This tool helps you keep your stitches tiny and even without pricking your finger. Need to have basic quilting skills (rocking motion quilting).

Bertie's Year & Companions last Friday of the month, 1-4 $20,

free if you buy the kit

Bertie's Year & Purfectly Pieced are small wall hangings, (or you can make each block into a mini quilt for display each month). Bertie is done in flannels and wool (kit only includes flannel). Bertie (the bird) and friends (squirrel, pumpkins) are appliqued with crazy quilt embroidery embellishments. The patterns are by Bonnie Sullivan, and you can do any of the series-she has a spring, summer, fall & winter Bertie's, plus the original, and plus the cats. You choose. Class is ongoing-because we need the time to get the embellishing done!

Friday Nighters Fri. January 29 5:30-? $10 Barb Boyer

This class will help you get organized for Christmas 2015 -- or just help you get things done. You give me a list of your "to dos" or unfinished projects you want to finish and then each month I check off what you've completed. Trust me. If you need incentive to stay on track, this is it. You can bring your sewing machine or do hand work.

S.O.S. Quilts Lost Socks 5th Sat. of the month, Jan 30, 10:30-5 $20 Barb Boyer

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Save Our Scraps! Quilts! On the 5th Saturday of the month (when it occurs-the next one is in April) we will make a scrappy quilt. The first quilt is called Lost Socks. Each sock (40 little ones, 20 big ones) is different-because they are all lost socks, the ones lost in the dryer. You can combine scraps of fun fabrics for the socks, combined with cuffs (big socks) heels & toes. Flannels, brushed cottons and regular cottons can all go into the same quilt. Future S.O.S. Quilts will use precuts and strips.

February Classes & Special Events

Back Basting Wed. Feb 3 1-3 Sandra Freeburg $25

Back basting is a template free method of needle turn applique. No slippery freezer paper or chalked lines on top that never seem to get turned under quite right. This method is especially great for traveling, because your pieces will be basted onto your background -- no need for pins to get in the way. This class is great for beginners and all levels of appliquers. Don't let hand applique frustrate you. It's really easy and relaxing!

Beginning Quilting ongoing Wed Feb 3,10, 17, 24 6-9 or Sun 14, 21, 28

Block of the Month Sat. Feb 6 10:30-11:15 FREE Barb Boyer

Join at any time. You get a free fat quarter if you come to class with the previous month's completed block. This year we're making a red, white & blue quilt-patriotic theme, if you like.

ABCs of Binding Sat. Feb 6, 1-3 $20 Jo Sunderman

Learn the ins and outs of selecting binding, cutting binding and applying binding. It's easier than you think. If you have a project you are working on, be sure to bring it to class for some hands on advice.

Monthly Minis First Saturday of the Month, Jan-Dec. 4-6 $10 for the year (plus patterns

or kits)

This year we are doing various table runners/ door banners/small wall hanging celebrating each month. Some of the quilts are long & skinny, some square, some round. Most of the quilts will be kitted.

English Paper Piecing 1st & 3rd Mondays ongoing

Knit Pickers' Club Thur. February 11, 6-8:30

Every second Thursday, we're getting together to practice our knitting. The Club is open to all skill levels. We want to share what we've learned, find new patterns, and simply just

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sit and knit. If you are in the Monday knitting classes, you can work on your project and get help, if you need it.

Hand Embroidery Club Sat. Feb 13, 10-noon FREE Kathy Sconce

(Club normally meets the 2nd Sat. of each month from 10-noon)

This year we're still doing birds-state birds. We will have between 40-50 birds (some states use the same bird) for you to stitch. Various setting for turning the birds into a quilt will be provided. Color suggestions for the birds will also be offered. As a bonus, you will get the state outlines, state flowers, and other patterns to compliment the birds. You can join anytime.

Lace Houses, block of the month Sat. Feb 13 1-3 Kathy Sconce

$25

Lace Houses is a Crabapple Hill pattern. It combines fusible applique, laces & trims, crayon coloring, minimal piecing, and, most importantly, embroidery. Each month we will concentrate on a new block or part of the quilt. The class will run from February through November, maybe December. Come learn from our master embroiderer, Kathy Sconce.

Wrapsody Purse Sat. Feb 13 4-6 (and 20, & Mar 12) 1-3 Sue Frerich

$25

This is the coolest purse I've seen in a long time. It is light weight (uses a new kind of interfacing), has lots of pockets and very cool zippers. Sue learned this purse at Houston last fall. The detail work on the purse is exquisite and with Sue's guidance, it will be a snap to make.

Beginning Quilting ongoing Sun. 1-4, Feb 14, 21, 28

BJ Designs: Morley Moose & Friends Mon Feb 15, 10:30-5 $20

This is a 1) fusible 2) machine appliqued and 3) a pieced wall hanging. These make great gifts and are fun to put together. You can choose any of the patterns you want (bear, moose, reindeer, lobo, bison, horse and others) and you can use your own fabrics or buy one of our kits. The kits are good sellers and we have a hard time keeping them in stock.

Hand Quilting Wed. Feb 17, 1-3 $25 Sandra Freeburg

Hand quilting is an art that should not be lost. By the end of Sandra's class you will be hand quilting with confidence. Everyone has at least one special quilt that calls out for hand quilting. And there is nothing better than the feel of a hand quilted quilt. Do yourself a favor and learn this art that connects us to our past -- our mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers.

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Wrapsody Purse Sat. Feb 20 10-2 ongoing

Jelly Roll Race Sat. February 20 2-6 Barb Boyer $20

Ready, Set, Stitch! Well, you don't have to race if you don't want to. This is a quick & easy quilt made from 2 ½" strips - you can either purchase ready cut strips or cut your own. And that's all you use, just strips (unless you want to add a few accent pieces). If you haven't made a Jelly Roll Race quilt, they are lots of fun and we have lots of fun 2½" strip precuts just waiting to be used.

Bertie's Year & Companions last Friday of the month, 1-4 $20, free if you buy the

kit

Bertie's Year & Purfectly Pieced are small wall hangings, (or you can make each block into a mini quilt for display each month). Bertie is done in flannels and wool (kit only includes flannel). Bertie (the bird) and friends (squirrel, pumpkins) are appliqued with crazy quilt embroidery embellishments. The patterns are by Bonnie Sullivan, and you can do any of the series-she has a spring, summer, fall & winter Bertie's, plus the original, and plus the cats. You choose. Class is ongoing-because we need the time to get the embellishing done!

Friday Nighters Fri. Feb 26 5:30-? $10 Barb Boyer

This class will help you get organized for Christmas 2015 -- or just help you get things done. You give me a list of your "to dos" or unfinished projects you want to finish and then each month I check off what you've completed. Trust me. If you need incentive to stay on track, this is it. You can bring your sewing machine or do hand work.

LOTP: Bear's Paw Sat. Feb 27, 10:30-5 $20 Barb Boyer

We are highlighting Little House of the Prairie fabrics this Spring, and this is the second quilt for this year. You can make the quilt in 2 colors, plus border, or make each Bear's Paw scrappy using fabrics from the entire Little House collection. This quilt in another traditional quilt, and it is the other quilt that is mentioned in the series of books.

March Classes and Special Events

Spoon Quilting Wed. Mar 2 1-3 $25 Sandra Freeburg

No more sore fingers! Learn to Spoon Quilt, with a special spoon quilting tool. This tool helps you keep your stitches tiny and even without pricking your finger. Need to have basic quilting skills (rocking motion quilting).

Beginning Quilting ongoing Sun. 1-4, Mar 13, 20

OR

Wednesdays: 6-9 Mar 2

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Block of the Month Sat. Mar 5 10:30-11:15 FREE Barb Boyer

Join at any time. You get a free fat quarter if you come to class with the previous month's completed block. This year we're making a red, white & blue quilt-patriotic theme, if you like.

Ornament Club 1st Sat of the month, 1:30-3:30 Free, if you buy that month's kit

Each month we will feature a different pieced ornament. Some of the ornaments can be used as gift tags & gift card holders. You can pick & choose which ornaments you want to make-each ornament will be displayed prior to class. You can make the March ornament & skip the April ornament, for example. Kits are limited, though, so if you are interested in a particular kit, be sure to sign up for that month & let me know.

Monthly Minis First Saturday of the Month, Jan-Dec. 4-6 $10 for the year (plus patterns

or kits)

This year we are doing various table runners/ door banners/small wall hanging celebrating each month. Some of the quilts are long & skinny, some square, some round. Most of the quilts will be kitted.

English Paper Piecing 1st & 3rd Mondays ongoing

Knit Pickers' Club Thur. Mar 10, 6-8:30

Every second Thursday, we're getting together to practice our knitting. The Club is open to all skill levels. We want to share what we've learned, find new patterns, and simply just sit and knit. If you are in the Monday knitting classes, you can work on your project and get help, if you need it.

Hand Embroidery Club Sat. Mar 12, 10-noon FREE Kathy Sconce

(Club normally meets the 2nd Sat. of each month from 10-noon)

This year we're still doing birds-state birds. We will have between 40-50 birds (some states use the same bird) for you to stitch. Various setting for turning the birds into a quilt will be provided. Color suggestions for the birds will also be offered. As a bonus, you will get the state outlines, state flowers, and other patterns to compliment the birds. You can join anytime.

Lace Houses, block of the month Sat. Mar 12 1-3 Kathy Sconce ongoing.

Wrapsody Purse Sat. Mar 12 4-6 Sue Frerich ongoing

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Back Basting Wed. Mar 16 1-3 Sandra Freeburg $25

Back basting is a template free method of needle turn applique. No slippery freezer paper or chalked lines on top that never seem to get turned under quite right. This method is especially great for traveling, because your pieces will be basted onto your background -- no need for pins to get in the way. This class is great for beginners and all levels of appliquers. Don't let hand applique frustrate you. It's really easy and relaxing!

Beginning Machine Quilting Wed. Mar 16 6-8:30 $25 Sue Frerich

Be prepared to quilt! You will practice your quilting skills on various samples, using both your walking foot and darning foot. Batting, threads, needles and patterns will be discussed. Who knows? By the time you leave you may even be able to write/quilt your name!

NATIONAL QUILT DAY! MARCH 19

STAY TUNED FOR SPECIALS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY!

Wheel of Mystery Sat. Mar 19 10:30-5 $20 Sue Frerich

Curved piecing is all the rage right now. This traditional quilt, sometimes called Winding Ways, uses plastic templates for easy rotary cutting. Learn how to sew the gentle curves to create this beautiful quilt, & it can be made from your scraps!

Beginning Machine Applique Wed. Mar 23 6-9 $25 Barb Boyer

So many quilts use applique these days. Learn the ins and outs of machine applique, from points to curves. We will practice the button hole/blanket stitch, satin stitch, and you can also play around with your decorative stitches. Threads, fusibles and stabilizers will be discussed.

Bertie's Year & Companions last Friday of the month, 1-4 $20, free if you buy the

kit

Bertie's Year & Purfectly Pieced are small wall hangings, (or you can make each block into a mini quilt for display each month). Bertie is done in flannels and wool (kit only includes flannel). Bertie (the bird) and friends (squirrel, pumpkins) are appliqued with crazy quilt embroidery embellishments. The patterns are by Bonnie Sullivan, and you can do any of the series-she has a spring, summer, fall & winter Bertie's, plus the original, and plus the cats. You choose. Class is ongoing-because we need the time to get the embellishing done!

Friday Nighters Fri. Mar 25 5:30-? $10 Barb Boyer

This class will help you get organized for Christmas 2015 -- or just help you get things done. You give me a list of your "to dos" or unfinished projects you want to finish and then

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each month I check off what you've completed. Trust me. If you need incentive to stay on track, this is it. You can bring your sewing machine or do hand work.

LOTP: Flying Geese Sat. Mar 26, 10:30-5 $20 Barb Boyer

We are highlighting Little House of the Prairie fabrics this Spring, and this is our third quilt. This is a perfect quilt for scraps. We will use the No Math Flying Geese Ruler which makes 4 blocks at a time-and let's you choose from 12 different sizes. And because it is "Flying Geese" there are few tricks to getting the blocks to come out just right. You will be an expert in this method by end of day.

Attic Window Quilt Wed. Mar. 30, 6-8:30 $20 Barb Boyer

Learn the basics of Y-seam construction in this Attic Window quilt. We will work with 2 scenic panels to create a wall hanging that will look like you are seeing through a window-appropriate, right? We will also talk about mitered borders (because it is the same technique). We will use Susan Cleveland's Marvelous Miters book because her method is the best & most accurate that I've ever used for attic window construction.

April Classes and Special Events

Block of the Month Sat. April 2 10:30-11:15 FREE Barb Boyer

Join at any time. You get a free fat quarter if you come to class with the previous month's completed block. This year we're making a red, white & blue quilt-patriotic theme, if you like.

Ornament Club 1st Sat of the month, 1:30-3:30 Free, if you buy that month's kit

Each month we will feature a different pieced ornament. Some of the ornaments can be used as gift tags & gift card holders. You can pick & choose which ornaments you want to make-each ornament will be displayed prior to class. You can make the March ornament & skip the April ornament, for example. Kits are limited, though, so if you are interested in a particular kit, be sure to sign up for that month & let me know.

Monthly Minis First Saturday of the Month, Jan-Dec. 4-6 $10 for the year (plus patterns

or kits)

This year we are doing various table runners/ door banners/small wall hanging celebrating each month. Some of the quilts are long & skinny, some square, some round. Most of the quilts will be kitted.

English Paper Piecing 1st & 3rd Mondays ongoing

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SHOP HOP AT THE RANCH APRIL 8 & 9 9-5

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW

Knit Pickers' Club Thur. April 14, 6-8:30

Every second Thursday, we're getting together to practice our knitting. The Club is open to all skill levels. We want to share what we've learned, find new patterns, and simply just sit and knit. If you are in the Monday knitting classes, you can work on your project and get help, if you need it.

Hand Embroidery Club Sat. April 9, 10-noon FREE Kathy Sconce

(class pending, depends on Shop Hop)

(Club normally meets the 2nd Sat. of each month from 10-noon)

This year we're still doing birds-state birds. We will have between 40-50 birds (some states use the same bird) for you to stitch. Various setting for turning the birds into a quilt will be provided. Color suggestions for the birds will also be offered. As a bonus, you will get the state outlines, state flowers, and other patterns to compliment the birds. You can join anytime.

Lace Houses, block of the month Sat. April9 1-3 Kathy Sconce ongoing.

(class pending, depends on Shop Hop)

Drunkard's Path April 16 10:30-4 $20 Jo Sunderman

Drunkard's Path is another curved pieced quilt. This quilt uses Elisa's Backporch templates, which make for an easy cut and easy sew. The curves are gentle and easy to sew. Lots of patterns exist for putting the blocks together and the class will discuss how to make sure your seams line up, if you want to make the classic circle quilt.

Machine Applied Binding Sun. April 17 $20 Barb Boyer

This style of binding uses cording to help keep the binding straight & true. Bring a small quilt, your binding and your sewing machine-check the supply list to make sure you have the right tools (cording, the correct foot, binding cut at the correct width). Putting binding on by machine cuts your time more than in half-and by using cording, you can have a perfectly applied binding with no messy "oops" where your stitching just didn't quite catch the binding on the back side.

Mastering Curves & Free Motion Quilting Weds. April 20, 27, May 4, 11 6-9 Barb

Boyer $50

This is a 4 part class, offered on consecutive Thursdays through May 21. We will work on a whole cloth

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Project, each week adding new designs. Class #1: straight lines (with darning/hopping foot), grasses, zig zags, trees. Class #2: flowers & leaves. Class #3: stippling & fill stitches. Class #4: free hand shapes, from clouds to birds, to animals. In class students will practice the designs and then start adding the designs on the whole cloth quilt.

LOTP: Churn Dash Sat. April 23, 10:30-5 $20 Barb Boyer

We are highlighting Little House of the Prairie fabrics this Spring, and this is our 4th quilt. This is a perfect quilt for scraps. This quilt uses the Churn Dash block and a modified Hold in the Barn Door block for the center of the quilt-which is on point. The Flowers collection from Little House makes this a perfect old fashioned looking quilt-and Mary was tall enough to actually use the churn, so she was able to help her mother churn the butter.

Pillow Case Party Sun. April 24 1-4 FREE

If you've never made a pillow case, or just want some time to sew a pillow case, this class is for you. This is a great mother/daughter styled class and pillow cases make great presents!

Bertie's Year & Companions last Friday of the month, 1-4 $20, free if you buy the

kit

Bertie's Year & Purfectly Pieced are small wall hangings, (or you can make each block into a mini quilt for display each month). Bertie is done in flannels and wool (kit only includes flannel). Bertie (the bird) and friends (squirrel, pumpkins) are appliqued with crazy quilt embroidery embellishments. The patterns are by Bonnie Sullivan, and you can do any of the series-she has a spring, summer, fall & winter Bertie's, plus the original, and plus the cats. You choose. Class is ongoing-because we need the time to get the embellishing done!

Friday Nighters Fri. April 29 5:30-? $10 Barb Boyer

This class will help you get organized for Christmas 2015 -- or just help you get things done. You give me a list of your "to dos" or unfinished projects you want to finish and then each month I check off what you've completed. Trust me. If you need incentive to stay on track, this is it. You can bring your sewing machine or do hand work.

S.O.S. Quilts Cascading Strips 5th Sat. of the month, April 30, 10:30-5 $20 Barb

Boyer

Save Our Scraps! Quilts! On the 5th Saturday of the month (when it occurs-the next one is in April) we will make a scrappy quilt. This quilt is called Cascading Strips and it works with 2 ½" precuts plus a background. The pattern is free and instructions for the extra border will be given in class.

May Classes & Special Events

English Paper Piecing 1st & 3rd Mondays ongoing

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Mastering Curves & Free Motion Quilting Weds. May 4, 11 6-9 ongoing

Block of the Month Sat. May 7 10:30-11:15 FREE Barb Boyer

Join at any time. You get a free fat quarter if you come to class with the previous month's completed block. This year we're making a red, white & blue quilt-patriotic theme, if you like.

Gravity 1st Sat of the month, starting May 7 1:30-3:30 $25 Barb Boyer

Gravity is a "color wheel" styled quilt made with the Hex N More and Sidekick Rulers. We have limited kits available, and we also have Hoffman 10" squares & strips that can be used to create the blocks. Each month we will do 1-2 blocks. Quilt should be ready for Christmas!

Monthly Minis First Saturday of the Month, Jan-Dec. 4-6 $10 for the

year (plus patterns or kits)

This year we are doing various table runners/ door banners/small wall hanging celebrating each month. Some of the quilts are long & skinny, some square, some round. Most of the quilts will be kitted.

Knit Pickers' Club Thur. May 12, 6-8:30

Every second Thursday, we're getting together to practice our knitting. The Club is open to all skill levels. We want to share what we've learned, find new patterns, and simply just sit and knit. If you are in the Monday knitting classes, you can work on your project and get help, if you need it.

Hand Embroidery Club Sat. May 14, 10-noon FREE Kathy Sconce

(Club normally meets the 2nd Sat. of each month from 10-noon)

This year we're still doing birds-state birds. We will have between 40-50 birds (some states use the same bird) for you to stitch. Various setting for turning the birds into a quilt will be provided. Color suggestions for the birds will also be offered. As a bonus, you will get the state outlines, state flowers, and other patterns to compliment the birds. You can join anytime.

Lace Houses, block of the month Sat. May 14 1-3 Kathy Sconce ongoing.

Ornament Club MOVED TO 2ND Sat of the month, 1:30-3:30 Free, if you buy that

month's kit

Each month we will feature a different pieced ornament. Some of the ornaments can be used as gift tags & gift card holders. You can pick & choose which ornaments you want to make-each ornament will be displayed prior to class. You can make the March ornament & skip the April ornament, for example. Kits are limited, though, so if you are interested in a particular kit, be sure to sign up for that month & let me know.

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Christmas Row Quilt 3rd Sat of the month, starting May 21, 1-4 $20 Barb Boyer

Each row uses a different pieced block. There are log cabins, stockings, wreaths, ornaments, snowmen, trees, houses, bells, and stars. Each month we will piece a different row. There are 7 rows (2 rows use multiple blocks), plus a pieced border. You should be able to have the quilt done by Christmas!

Bertie's Year & Companions last Friday of the month, 1-4 $20, free if you buy the

kit

Bertie's Year & Purfectly Pieced are small wall hangings, (or you can make each block into a mini quilt for display each month). Bertie is done in flannels and wool (kit only includes flannel). Bertie (the bird) and friends (squirrel, pumpkins) are appliqued with crazy quilt embroidery embellishments. The patterns are by Bonnie Sullivan, and you can do any of the series-she has a spring, summer, fall & winter Bertie's, plus the original, and plus the cats. You choose. Class is ongoing-because we need the time to get the embellishing done!

Friday Nighters Fri. May 27 5:30-? $10 Barb Boyer

This class will help you get organized for Christmas 2015 -- or just help you get things done. You give me a list of your "to dos" or unfinished projects you want to finish and then each month I check off what you've completed. Trust me. If you need incentive to stay on track, this is it. You can bring your sewing machine or do hand work.

Toad Toters

On full moon days (as noted in the calendar) you will get 20% off all purchases (not otherwise discounted) that you can fit in your bag. You must bring your bag to participate.

Full Moon Days: January 24; February 22, March 23, April 22, May 21

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HAND EMBROIDERY CLUB

If you want to learn to hand embroider or just brush up your technique, join us on the second Saturday of the month from 10 to noon. We provide free vintage patterns, that you can embroider, embellish and color. Each month Kathy Sconce shows us a new stitch to try, plus, she guides us through thread choices, how to knot, fabrics to use, and tracing techniques.

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Knit Pickers' Club

This is another get-together class to sit & knit, work on our projects, share information

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and get some help. We will share techniques, suggest patterns, but mainly we'll sit & knit (or pick).

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Color of the Month

January purple; February red; March green; April yellow; May neutrals/whies/beiges

Discount Policy

We will honor only one discount -- whichever is largest. You can't combine a 10% with a 25% discount to get a 35% discount. On this we can't be bribed.

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January 2016

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1CLOSED 2BOM 10:30-

11:30

Monthly

Minis

4-6

3

CLOSED 4 5 6 7 8 9Embroidery

Club 10-noon

Turning

Panels

into

Quilts

1:30-4

10

11 English

Paper

Piecing 2-4

12 13 Beginning

Quilt 6-8:30

14

T-Shirt

Class

10:30-4

Knit

Pickers'

Club 6-

8:30

15 Open

Sew1-4

16 Stack

&

Whack 10:30-

4

17

Beginning

Quilt 1-4

18

Mitten

quilt

10:30-5 M L

King

Day

19 20 Hand

quilting1-3

Beginning

Quilt 6-

8:30

21 T-

Shirt

class,

cont.

10:30-4

22 23

LOTP:

Nine

Patch

10:30-5

24

Beginning

Quilt 1-4 Full

Moon

25 English

Paper

Piecing 2-4

26 27

Spoon

Quilting 1-

3

Beginning

Quilt 6-

8:30

28 29 Bertie's

Year 1-4 Friday

Nighters

5:30 -?

30

S.O.S.

Quilts

10:30-5

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Beginning

Quilt 1-4

Color

of the

month:

purple

February 2016

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3

Back

Basting

Applique

1-3

Beginning

Quilt 6-

8:30

4 5 Open

Sew1-4

6 BOM 10:30-11:30

Binding

demo 1-3

Monthly

Minis 4-6

7

CLOSED 8 English

Paper Piecing

2-4

9 10 Beginning

Quilt 6-8:30

11 Knit

Pickers' Club

6-8:30

12 13 Embroidery Club

10-noon

Lace

Houses

1-3

Wrapsody

Purse 4-6

14

Beginning

Quilt 1-4

15 BJ

Designs

10:30-

Morley

Moose &

friends

Presidents'

Day

16 17

Hand

quilting 1-3

Beginning

Quilt

6-8:30

18 19 Open

Sew1-4

20

Jelly

Roll Race 10-2

Wrapsody

Purse 2-4

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Beginning

Quilt 1-4

22 Full

Moon English Paper

Piecing 2-4

23 24 Beginning

Quilt 6-8:30

25 26

Bertie's

Year 1-4 Friday

Nighters

5:30 -?

27

LOTP:

Bear's

Paw

10:30-5

28

Beginning

Quilt 1-4

29 Color of

the

month:

Red

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March 2016

Sunday Monda

y

Tuesda

y

Wednesday Thursd

ay

Friday Saturda

y

Color

of the

month:

Green

1 2

Spoon Quilting

1-3

Beginning Quilt

6-8:30

3 4 Open

Sew1-4

5 BOM

10:30-11:30

Orname

nt Club

1:30-

3:30

Monthly

Minis 4-

6

6

CLOSE

D

7 English

Paper

Piecing 2-

4

8 9 10 Knit

Pickers'

Club 6-8:30

11 12

Embroidery

Club 10-

noon

Lace

Houses

1-3

Wrapso

dy Purse

4-6

13

Beginning

Quilt 1-4

14 15 16

Back Basting

Applique 1-3

BeginningMach

ine Quilting 6-9

17 18 Open

Sew1-4

19

Wheel of

Mystery

10:30-5

National

Quilt

Day

20

Beginning

Quilt 1-4

21

English

Paper

Piecing 2-

4

22 23 Beginning

Machine

Applique 6-9

Full Moon

24 25

Bertie'

s Year

1-4

Friday

Nighte

rs 5:30

-?

26

LOTP

Flying

Geese

10:30-5

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CLOSE

D

28 29 30 Attic

Window quilt 6-

8:30

31

April 2016

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Color of

the month:

Yellow

1 Open

Sew1-4

2 BOM 10:30-

11:30

Ornament

Club 1:30-

3:30

Monthly

Minis 4-6

3 CLOSED 4 English

Paper

Piecing 2-4

5 6 7 8 Shop

Hop

9 Shop Hop

10

CONCERT

11 12 13 14 Knit

Pickers' Club

6-8:30

15 Open

Sew1-4

16

Drunkard's

Path 10:30-

4

17 Machine

Applied

Binding 1-4

18 English

Paper

Piecing 2-4

19 20

Mastering

Curves &

Free

Motion

21 22 Full

Moon

23 LOTP

Churn Dash

10:30-5

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Quilting

1-4 & 6-9

24

Pillowcase

Party 1-4

25

26 27

Mastering

Curves &

Free

Motion

Quilting

1-4 & 6-9

28 29 Bertie's

Year 1-4 Friday

Nighters

5:30 -?

30

S.O.S.Quilts

10:30-5

May 2016

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

CLOSED 2 English

Paper Piecing

2-4

3 4 Mastering

Curves &

Free Motion

Quilting

1-4 & 6-9

5 6 Open

Sew1-4

7 BOM 10:30-11:30

Gravity 1-4

Monthly

Minis 4-6

8

Mother's

Day

9 10 11

Mastering

Curves &

Free Motion

Quilting

1-4 & 6-9

12 Knit

Pickers' Club

6-8:30

13 14 Embroidery

Club 10-noon

Lace Houses

1-3

Ornament

Club 4-6

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15 16 English

Paper Piecing

2-4

17

18 19 20 Open

Sew1-4

21 Christmas

Row Quilt 1-4

Full Moon

22 23 24 25 26

27

Bertie's

Year 1-4 Friday

Nighters

5:30 -?

28

29 30

Memorial

Day

31 Color of the

month:

Neutrals-

whites/beiges