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Tucson Quilters Guild Annual “Quilt Fiesta” Arizona’s Biggest and Best Quilt Show!

(That’s our story and we're stickin’ to it!!)

Fri., Sat. and Sun., Feb. 17, 18, and 19 Tucson Convention Center, 9-5 Fri.-Sat., 10-4 Sunday

Also:

The Tucson Quilters Guild 40th Anniversary Red and White Quilt Challenge

In 2018, the Tucson Quilters Guild will celebrate its 40th Anniversary. There will be a Red and White Quilt Challenge to mark the occasion. The quilts can be any size, technique, and pattern, But, they can only be Red and White! No other colors AT All!! The quilts will hang in the 2018 guild quilt show. Stay tuned for more information.

Nancy’s Birthday Sale Everyone Gets a Discount on Nancy’s Birthday!

Retail Fabric & Patterns 25% Off Fri.-Sat., March 17-18

Don’t Forget Nancy’s Birthday Sale, 25% Off Retail Fabric/Patterns , Fri./Sat. Mar. 17-18

The Cactus Needle Newsletter Feb.-May, 2017

Cactus Quilt Shop

7921 N. Oracle Rd, Tucson AZ, 85704

Telephone (520)498-4698, Fax (520)-498-4708 Mon.-Fri., 9:30-5:00, Sat., 9;30-4:30

Closed Sundays and Most Holidays Check Our Calendar for Some Extended Holiday Closures

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PDQ– Nancy Landon Learn to machine piece a quilt

“Pretty Darn Quick” creating a row quilt of sampler blocks. This 6-week class co-vers all the basics including rotary cut-ting and speed techniques. Recom-mended book discounted, first day of class. Fee: $80 for six 2-hour sessions.

Wed. Feb. 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 10-12

Appliqué for Dummies–

Nancy Landon Have you been intimidated by appli-

qué? Worry no longer. You’ll learn fusi-ble appliqué & hand blanket stitch, as well as Nancy’s favorite odd technique. The project is a small potted cactus wall hanging. Fee: $30 for one 2-hour ses-sion. Fri. Feb. 24, 10-12, or, Tues. Mar. 28, 10-12, or, Sat. Apr. 15, 10-12

Basic Machine Quilting- Brenda Smitley

Learn to machine quilt like a pro! Brenda will take you through all the basics from straight line stitching to free motion quilting. Fee is $35 for one 4-hour session. Tues. Mar. 7, 10-2:30, or, Sat. Apr. 29, 10-2:30, or, Mon. May 15, 10-2:30.

Cactus Quilt Shop’s Quilting Classes

Paper Piecing 101- Nancy Landon

Learn Nancy’s easy approach to paper piecing. No special equipment required other than a flat head pin! A perfect skill to conquer quilt patterns with “spikey pieces.” Fee: $30 for one 2-hour session. Fri. Mar, 3, 10-12, or, Wed. Apr 12, 10-12, or, Tues. May 9, 10-12

Needle Turn Appliqué- With Nancy Landon

Whether you are a beginner or just want to share some appliqué time and improve your skills, this class is for you. We will explore traditional techniques and cover curves, points, leaves, bias strips, and cir-cles. $30 fee includes two 2-hour classes. Fri. Mar. 24, 31, 10-12, or, Wed. May 3, 10, 10-12.

Baste your quilts on the large tables at Cactus Quilt Shop. Call 498-4698 to reserve a spot.

Cactus Quilt Shop Class Codes

Beginner. No quilt experience required.

Confident Beginner. Easy class. Basic quilting experience is required. Must know rotary cutting.

Intermediate & Beyond. When you’re ready for a challenge.

If you are not sure about a class or your skill, please talk to a Cactus Quilt Shop staff person.

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Machine Appliqué- Penny Allen

Do you love the look of hand appliqué, but the thought of hours of hand work sets your teeth on edge? You are definitely a “machine girl” then and you will love , love, Love, this class!!! Penny teaches the technique made pop-ular by Sharon Shamber. Multiple patterns by Lori Smith will be available for class. $30 for two 2-hour sessions. Sat. Apr. 1 & 8, 1:30-3:30

Coiled Rope Baskets- Carolann Small

Using clothesline and fabric strips, you will learn to make fabric baskets and bowls. These colorful, easy to make bas-kets make decorative holders for keys, jew-elry, paper clips, and you name it. They are great gifts. I often put “pot-luck” dish-es in one and leave the basket with the Hostess. $ 40 fee for this 2-hour class. Mon. , Mar. 13, 10-12, or, Thurs. Apr. 6, 1:30-3:30

Totally Free (Motion) Quilting- Penny Allen

Take your machine quilting skills to the next level. Join Penny for some fun stitching and build your confidence. You’ll tackle all kinds of wonderful free motion motifs and background “fill” ideas. One 3-hour session is $30. Sat. Mar. 4, 1:30-3:30

Red & White Delight- Pepper Corral

Have you ever wanted to make a 2-color quilt? Well this is your chance. Make one that is quick and easy, and only 27 inches square. Join me in this one-day class and have it hanging in your home in no time at all. Class fee is $30. Mon. Mar. 6, 10-4, or, Wed. Apr. 26, 10-4

Three –D Flowers and Leaves- Carolann Small

Using fused fabric, you will learn to free motion stitch and manipulate flowers and leaves of various sizes to make 3-D embellish-ments. These can be applied to a wall hang-ing, rope basket, purses, quilts, etc. Fee is $40. Mon. Mar. 20, 10-4, or, Tues, May 2, 10-4.

Ewe in the Pumpkin Patch Brenda Smitley

Do you love the look and feel of real wool? This class will teach you the basic skills you will need to work with wool. We will make a small piece that would make a great table mat or pin cushion. Kits will be provided. Fee $30. Thurs. Mar. 23, 1:30-3:30.

More Cactus Quilt Shop Quilting Classes

Basic Class Sewing Supplies * Rotary Cutter/Mat Ruler (s) Fabric & Paper Scissors Needles & Thread Pins Thimble Seam Ripper Bobbins Sewing Machine/Manual Pencil/Paper * These supplies should always be brought to class in addition to the specified supplies on class list.

Did You Know? CQS discounts your purchases 10% on your Block of the Month days?

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Fun Classes from Cactus Quilt Shop

Cactus Quilt Shop has a large selection of first quality fabrics at 50% OFF, every day.

Faux Piped Binding- Vicki Johnson

Learn a great alternative to hand stitch-ing your binding when you finish a quilt. This technique is completely done on the machine with a very professional looking end result. Join Vicki for a quick class that will change your life. One 2-hour class fee is $25. Mon. Feb. 27, 10-12, or, Sat. Apr. 15, 1:30-3:30.

Thread Painting-

Carolann Small

Learn to “paint/draw” with free motion stitching. This class teaches free-form stitching to create landscapes, florals, and other wall art using scraps of fabric fused onto muslin and stitched to add dimension and texture to your work. There are No Rules, No patterns, and NO mistakes! Kits will be provided. Fee for two sessions is $40. Thurs. Mar. 2, 10-12 & Mar. 9, 10-2, or, Tues. Apr. 18, 10-12 & Apr. 25, 10-2.

Nubin’ Jensens’s Miniature

Quilt-of-the-Month Club

Our Mini’s group has grown and been extended. Nubin and the group have chosen an additional 6 mini quilts. Should be another fun 6 months!NMQMC meets the 4th Saturday monthly at 10am. 6-month fee is $50.

Magpie Pillow – Debra Kay This two-day class will inspire your im-

agination while you learn new skills in embel-

lishment. Consider where your pillow will set

and choose fabrics that coordinate and contrast

your pillow’s new home. Next you will make a

log cabin background, then the fun begins. For

this class gather beads, buttons, trims, ribbon,

yarn and threads to use to embellish the ap-

pliqued birds and couched branches. Class Fee

of $90 includes pattern. Tues. Mar. 14, 21, 10-4.

NEW! Nearly Insane Block-of-the-Month

Nancy and Pepper

This new “blocks” of the month project

is perfect for all the “Piecers” out there.

And, if you want a challenge, this is for

you!! The quilt has 98 blocks, all 6 inch-

es finished. Pepper and Nancy will show

you how to master the piecing and demo

various techniques including paper piec-

ing. We’ll be using a book by Liz Lois

who reproduced an antique quilt. This

project would be equally wonderful in ba-

tiks. We’ll meet the 2nd Saturday each

month, at 10am, starting in March. Fee

for the BOM is $25 a year. Yes, this will

probably take two years. I know,….Crazy!

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Table Runner- Linda Grider Sometimes it’s nice to have a fun

table runner to go along with other sea-sonal decorations. This table runner class is just the thing, to add an interesting ac-cent to any special day or occasion! It is quick and easy and can be adapted to any event or holiday just by changing the fab-rics. $30 Fee covers one 2-hour session. Tues. Feb 28, 1:30-4:30, or, Mon. Apr. 10, 1:30-4:30

AnDe’s Southwest Hawk-

Jacquelyn Morris-Smith

Here’s a great Southwest project for any one who loves to do everything by ma-chine. This beautiful hawk was designed by Jacquelyn’s sister and turned into a pat-tern by J. Michelle Watts. Class fee is $50 for two 4-hour sessions. Mon. & Tues, Feb. 20-21, 10-12

Baltimore Ladies of Tucson- Nancy Landon

If you love appliqué, especially traditional ear-ly 1800s style, please join the Baltimore Ladies of Tucson on the second Friday of each month . We share tips and techniques, and patterns! Various projects are under construction. We meet at 10am. If you are working on the Rodeo quilt this is a perfect opportunity to work on your blocks and pick up some extra “input”. There is no fee for this get together.

Oldies but Goodies BOM-

Goldie’s “Rodeo Quilt”- Nancy Lan-don

Yes we are reproducing another of Goldie Richmond’s wonderful Arizona quilts. This time it’s her “Arizona Port-holes-Papagos at Play”. This is the “lost” quilt that we rediscovered 3 years ago. This will be a two year project with 25 blocks and is a great quilt for using some of your favorite 1930s fabrics. We will meet the 1st Saturday of each month at 10:00.

NEW! Art Deco Saquaro- Jacquelyn Morris-Smith

This pattern is an unbelievably fun de-sign to put together. It is exciting to see the fabrics come to life as you add the colors of your choice to the background. You will have a ‘Faux Stain Glass effect’, and you will learn some new applique’ techniques as we journey together to build your Art Deco Saquaro: and Jacquelyn has taken the stress off of you and made the applique prep work easy. Fee of $35 for this two session class. Wed. Mar. 8&15, 1:30-3:30, or, Thurs. Apr. 27, May 4, 1:30-4:30.

more Fun Classes & Block of the Month Clubs

Did you know? CQS discounts your supplies, patterns & books for classes.

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March 2017 Cactus Quilt Shop Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 PDQ 10-12

2 Thread Paint-ing 10-12

3 Paper Piecing 10-12

4 Oldies 10am Machine Quilt 1:30-3:30

5 6 Red and White Delight 10-4

7 Basic Ma-chine Quilling 10-2:30

8 PDQ 10-12 Art Deco Cactus 1:30 -4:30

9 Thread Paint 10-2

10 Baltimore Ladies 10am

11 Insane 10am

12 13 Coiled Rope Basket 10-12

14 Magpie Pillow 10-4

15 PDQ 10-12 Art Deco Cactus 1:30-3:30

16 17 18

19 20 3-D Flowers and Leaves 10-4

21 Magpie Pillow 10-4

22 PDQ 10-12

23 Ewe in the Pumpkin Patch 1:30-3:30

24 Needle Turn 10-12

25 Mini’s 10am Blackbirds 1:30 pm

26 27 28 Applique for Dummies 10-12

29 PDQ 10-12

30 31 Needle Turn 10-12

Don’t forget Nancy’s Birthday Sale, 25% Off Retail Fabric/Patterns

17-18 March, 2017

Closed Mon. Dec. 26

February 2017 Cactus Quilt Shop Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 Oldies 10am PDQ 1pm

5 6 7 8 9 10 Baltimore Ladies 10am

11 Vintage 10am PDQ 1pm

12 13 14 15 16 17 Nancy and Nubin Pineap-ple Sew-In 10am

18 PDQ 1pm

19 20 Ande’s Southwest Hawk 10-12

20 Ande’s Southwest Hawk 10-12

22 PDQ 10-12

23

24 Applique for Dummies 10-12

25 Mini’s 10am Blackbird 1:30

26 27 Faux Binding 10-12

28 Table Runner 1:30-4:30

Nancy’s Birthday Sale 25% Off Fabric/Patterns

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May 2017 Cactus Quilt Shop Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3-D Flowers

and Leaves 10-

4

3

Needle Turn

10-12

4 Art Deco

Saguaro 1:30-

3:30

5 6 Oldies 10am

7 8 9 Paper Piecing 10-12

10

Needle Turn

10-2

11 12 Baltimore Ladies 10am

13 Insane 10am

14 15 Basic

Machine Quilt

10-2:30

16 17 18 19 Nancy and Nubin’s Pine-apple Sew-In 10am

20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Blackbirds 1:30

28 29

Closed

Memorial Day

30 31

April 2017 Cactus Quilt Shop Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Oldies 10am Machine Ap-plique 1:30-3:30

2 3 4 5 6

Coiled Bowl

1:30-3:30

7 8 Insane 10am Machine Ap-plique 1:30-3:30

9 10

Table Runner

1:30-4:30

11 12 Paper Piecing’ 10-12

13

14

Baltimore

Ladies 10am

15 Applique for Dummies 10-12 Faux Flange Binding 1:30-3:30

16 17 18 Thread Paint 10-12

19 20 21

Nancy/Nubin

Pineapple Sew

-In 10-12

22 BlackBirds 1:30

23

30

24 25 Thread Paint 10-2

26 Red and White Delight 10-4

27

Art Deco Sa-

guaro 1:30-3:30

28 29 Basic Machine Quilting 10-2:30

30

Our Newsletter/Class Schedule is also available on our Web Site: www.cactusquiltshop.com

Begin “Summer Hours”: Open 9:30-4, Mon.-Sat.

Page 8 The Cactus Needle CQS has many beautiful vintage quilts on consignment & ready for “adoption”.

Nubin’s Blackbirds BOM- Nubin Jensen

I fell in love with Barb Adams and Alma Allen's quilt "The Raven". The

lady's of Blackbird Designs have created a lovely autumn quilt with really big

whimsical appliqué pieces. This Block of the Month is a great one for

"beginners and seasoned" quilters who want to do appliqué work. I will be doing demos each

month using several different appliqué techniques that you can execute on your sewing ma-

chines. The goal is to have this quilt done and ready for use next autumn! Come join the fun!

This group will meet on the fourth Saturday of each month, at 1:30, starting in February. Fee

is $50. Required book discounted at 1st get together.

Cactus Quilt Shop Class Policies Payment in full is required, not later than 7 days before class start date. Refunds or transfers approved only with seven (7) days advance notice, before class date.

This will be strictly adhered to. If registration is below class minimum, class may be cancelled. Full refund/transfer issued. In consideration of the instructor & other students, please be on time for class, do not bring children or

visitors, & limit use of cell phones. Please take emergency calls out of the classroom. A 10% discount will be given on class supplies. Required class patterns discounted 10% on first class

day. Required books discounted 25% on first class day.

It’s Quilt Show Season!! Be Sure to Check Out These Other Local Shows:

Saturday, Feb. 25, “Cactus Quilters” 21st Annual Show, Rincon Country West RV Resort. 4555 S. Mission Rd. 12-4pm, Free Admission

Saturday and Sunday, 10-4, March 11-12, “Splendor In the Desert”, Green Valley Quilters Guild. Las Campanas Rec. Center, 565 W. Bell Tower Dr., Green Valley AZ. Admission $7.

NEW! Pineapple Sew-In: Nancy and Nubin Several years ago a fabulous antique pineapple quilt visited the shop. It was owned by Diane Shulusky and everyone who saw it loved it! Of course, both Nubin and Nancy wanted to make reproductions of this

quilt and they know it will take a while to make the many, many blocks. So why not make it a party! It’s always more fun to sew with others. Nubin discovered the perfect pattern for us. We’ll meet the 3rd Friday morning of each month, from 10-12, starting in February. Cost is $5 each month and there is room for 9 partyers and their machines, so sign up early.