Lessons

Machine Mastery Lessons Schedule

Congratulations on your purchase of a wonderful sewing machine, embroidery machine or serger! We would like to thank you for purchasing your machine from us - we strive to be one of the best dealers in NJ!

Guide classes are your passports to a wonderful sewing experience with your new machine! Classes are free with the purchase of your machine from QP's. A $5 kit fee will be charged for class #1 which will include a needle, thread & fabric. Be sure to bring the supplies listed for each class, all the accessories that came with your machine, your machine & lunch if you're staying for a full day of classes.!

You must call to register for each class, classes with less than two students will be postponed.  Please, no guests or cell phone use allowed in classes.

Machines purchased elsewhere may purchase classes at QPs for their BERNINA, Baby Lock or Elna sewing machine, serger or embroidery machine.

Workbooks are available for almost all machines. While the purchase of a workbook is not required, it is highly recommended. Workbooks are an addition to your manual and your guide classes and can help out late at night or early in the morning when you are stuck trying to do a technique and no help is available until the shop opens. Samples made in guide classes are to be put in the workbooks for future reference.

Don't forget to join our CLUBS - classes & or lecture/demos to show you wonderful projects & techniques you can do with your new machine! Call the store to join.

  • Creative Club - for all brands of machines - a monthly lecture demo on Friday mornings.
  • Embroidery Club - a Saturday morning monthly hands on class for BERNINA, Baby Lock, Janome & Elna embroidery machines
  • Exploratory Sergery! - a monthly hands on class for Elna, Janome, Baby Lock & BERNINA sergers.
  • Top of the Line Club - is a quarterly class for owners of BERNINA 830s, 730s, 200s, Baby Lock Elissimos, Elleageos & Ellegantes & Elna 9500 & 9600s and Janome 11000s.
  • QuiltWorks Club - a bi-monthly club for owners of QuiltWorks software.
  • All About ME (Machine Embroidery) for all brands of machines - a monthly lecture on Friday mornings
"KNOW HOW" GUIDE CLASSES -free for machines purchased at QP.  Prices for others listed.
  • Class #1 is for all Elna, Baby Lock, Janome & BERNINA sewing machines. $75
  • Class #2 is for all computerized BERNINA, Baby Lock, Janome & Elna machines with memory & or/alphabets. $50
  • Class #3 is for BERNINA 830s, 820s, 730s, 200s, 185s, 180s, 170s, 640s, 630s & 165s.$50
  • Class #4 is for all machines with the BERNINA Stitch Regulator $50
  • Class #5 is for BERNINA 830s, 730s, 200s, 185s & 180s, Baby Lock Ellisimos, Ellegeo's & Ellegantes.$50
  • Class #6 is a quarterly Top of the Line Club for all Baby Lock Ellisimos & Elegantes, BERNINA 830s, 730s & 200s, Janome 1100s & Elna 9600s & 9500s. $25 each club
  • Embroidery Class is for all Elna, Baby Lock, Janome & BERNINA embroidery machines. $75
  • Serger Class is for all BERNINA, Baby Lock, Janome & Elna sergers. $75
  • Software Classes are for Baby Lock Masterworks & BERNINA Artista software.
Class #1 all machines

Three hours - bring scissors, your machine & all it's accessories, & $5 for fabrics, thread & needle

  • Sat, April 7, 12:30-3:30
  • Tues, May 1st, 12:30-3:30
  • Sat, June 30, 12:30-3:30
Class #2  - all machines with memory & alphabets

Two hours to explore decorative stitches, threads, memory & alphabets. Please bring: your machine, all your feet, scissors, two 12" squares of a muslin or other solid fabric & one 12" square of a thin cotton batting (not polyester batting)or two squares of a cutaway stabilizer, at least one spool of polyester or rayon embroidery thread - i.e. Madeira, Isacord, etc - one spool of Metallic thread, an embroidery needle & a 2.0 or 2.5 double needle.  Bring as many of the following as you would like to experiment with: something to couch with - thick thread or yarn, a metallic needle, wing needle, any specialty feet, thread or needle that you would like to experiment with and your sense of adventure!

 

  • Sat, Apr 7th, 10-noon

  • Tues, May 8th 1-3pm

  • Sat, June 30th, 10-noon

Class #3 BERNINA Artistas

Two hour class to learn the functions & buttons of your Artista. Please bring your machine.

  • TBA
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Class #4 BERNINA Auroras & Artistas

Two hour class to learn the features of Bernina's BSR foot. Please bring your machine, BSR foot, 18" square of a large floral or print fabric, 18" square of muslin for the backing, 18" square of thin cotton batting - no polyester batting! Thread to coordinate with your floral print & scissors

Class #5- Artistas, BabyLock Espire, Symphony, ellageo, Elagante, Ellisimo

Two hours to learn directional stitching. Please bring your machine, thread & scissors.

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Class #6 – Artista 830, 730 & 200, BabyLock Elissimo, Ellegante & Ellageo & Elna 9500 Owners Club

Two hours to explore more of what these great machines can do!

  • Sun, March 18th 12:30 topic to be announced
Embroidery

Three hours - bring your machine & all it's embroidery accessories, scissors, 10 different colors of Madeira or Isacord embroidery thread, an embroidery card & $4 for stabilizers, fabrics, and embroidery needle

Serger

Two hours for all sergers. Cover hem will be another class. Bring your serger,
scissors & a different colored MaxiLock thread for each thread position.

  • Fri, April 27th, 1-3pm
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Software Lessons will be Scheduled on an Individual basis