Classes & Clubs
We think classes are a wonderful way to stretch your horizons, step outside your box & meet new friends. Come & enjoy yourself!
This page is updated every Monday - check back frequently for new classes!
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ADVANCED BEGINNERS CLASS $40, Tues, 12:30-2:30 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/9
Have you taken our Beginning Quilting By Machine and are looking for that next class on your quilting journey? This is it! Learn more techniques - Flying Geese, sashings & cornerstones, mitered borders, curved seams - as you make a sampler wallhanging! Machine class, book pages required. Click here to register
MARGARITA MADNESS RETURNS! $25 Sat, Oct 2, 10-1
Ready to take your free motion quilting to the next level? Join Linda Hahn, longarm quilter extrodinaire, as she shows you how you can achieve great free motion results on your home sewing machine! Click here to register.
READY? SET? SERGER CLUB! $40 Fridays 1-3
Learn to master your serger while making a project! Each month will feature a different project to make you more comfortable with your wonderful serger! All brands of sergers are welcome. Owners of brands not sold by QP must be comfortable with their sergers. Machine class, book required. Click here to register.
Sept 17 - zippered bag with tassel pull
Oct 22 - bib with ribbing & decorative edging
Nov 12 - woven fabric for a checkbook cover
Dec 10 - gift bag with wire edge bow
EMBROIDERY PLACEMENT $35 Fri, Sept 24th, 12:30-4
How the heck do you get two machine embroidery designs to line up? What is multiple hooping? How DO they get those big embroidery designs? Bring your machine, some designs you want to line up and come to this class! Since this class is machine specific, it's limited to the brands that Debbie knows - Baby Lock, Bernina, Elna and Janome. You must have basic knowledge of your embroidery machine to attend this class. Click here to register.
EXPLORE! Are you thinking about embroidery software? Have an older version or none at all? Wondering what’s new? Join us for a lecture/demo on all that's new with Artista, Designer's Gallery and Elna/Janome embroidery software. $5 Sept 10th 6:30pm
Click here to register.
YULETIDE JOY - for your embroirdery Machine!
$15 + cost of CD ($39.99) Tues, Sept 28th, 12:30-3:30. Make the quilt or use the appliques for towels, pillows, gift bags, stockings and more!!!! Santa's beard is 3 dimensional! Class will be this fall - date to be determined. Open to all brands of embroidery machines whose owners are comfortable with their machines. Click here to register.
GROOVY gIRLS SEWING CLUB!
Enjoy a monthly get together where club members can laugh, learn, and be inspired by creative ideas! We'll teach a new technique each month for fun little projects that will be perfect to make for gifts or to keep for yourself. There will be social activities where you'll get the opportunity to know the other members of the club, time for you to show off your favorite projects, exclusive projects just for club members! $5 per month or $25 for 6 months. Starts Sept. We'll meet the third Sat of each month at 9am. Click here to register. September's topic is zippers and an exclusive pattern will be available!
HUNTER’S STAR $35 with Fern. Postponed till fall. Stay tuned.
Learn how to make this great block with NO INSET SEAMS! Advanced beginner, ruler required, machine class.
BEGINNING QUILTING BY MACHINE
$75 + supplies, with Debbie
8 week class
starts Tues, 7-9pm starts Oct 5 & ends Nov 30th.
Learn to quilt! Debbie will teach you to use your sewing machine & rotary cutter to start quilting. You will make a baby or lap sized quilt while learning to piece two blocks, add borders, baste, machine quilt & bind. Machine class, beginners, fabrics & book must be purchased at Quilting Possibilities. Click here to register
TECHNIQUE CLASS - MITERED BORDERS $20 Sun, Oct 17, 12:30-3:30 Learn how to add mitered borders to your quilts! Debbie will share easy techniques that you can practice to ensure perfectly mitered borders every time! Machine class. Click here to register.
EMBROIDERABLOCK OF THE MONTH TNT (
Textures & New Techniques) -
TNT started in February and will continue through December. It's too late to join this year but stay tuned for next year's embroidery club!
TOP OF THE LINE CLUB
$25 Free if machine purchased or updated at QP. Call the shop to register.For owners of the Bernina 200, 730 & 830, Elna 9500 & 9600, Baby Lock Ellissimo & Ellegante.
Sunday, Sept 19th -Travel in Style! - in the hoop. We'll make littlebags &carriers, perfect for you or fo
r a gift! CD required Click here to register. If machine purchasedat QP, call the shop to register.
ALL 
ABOUT ME (Machine Embroidery)!
Virtual Trainings geared towards all brands of embroidery machines! Fridays at 11am. All are welcome. These lecture/demos are $70 (9 months) for the year or $10 each & include a CD of the projects demoed.
September 10 -
In the Right Place
Embroidering ready-made garments can be fun, but sometimes challenging. This class teaches tips on
embroidering ready-to-wear, including how and when to open seams, ideal products to use, coordinating
designs, and appropriate stabilizers to use. We will also discuss embroidering areas such as collars and cuffs
that can’t be hooped in the traditional way. Learn to get a design in the right place – the first time!
October 8 -
Christmas Creations
We will get you started on your road to embroidering some quick and easy gifts for Christmas. Use your
machine to its fullest as you embroider custom gifts for those on your Christmas list.
November 5 -
Knits and Velvets and Corduroys Oh My!
This class features embroidery products needed for flawless embroidery on fabrics generally considered“difficult”. Learn tips and tricks for dealing with difficult fabrics, choosing appropriate designs, and
designing a well-planned garment or other project.
December 3 -
From Oops to Hooray!
Ever have one of those embroidery “oops” moments? Explore the symptoms, diagnosis, and remedies for
what might at first appear to be a disastrous mistake in embroidery! The class will cover ways to creatively
cover and hide holes, spots, and stains in otherwise perfectly good garments. It will also cover prevention
methods to keep those mistakes from happening in the first place.
OPEN TO ALL BRANDS OF MACHINES
$ 65 for the year (8 months) or $10 per lecture/demo & includes CD each month of the project(s). Creative Club will be monthly on Friday mornings at 11 am. This will be a virtual club with lectures & demos done by the Bernina education department. This club is open to all brands. Click here to register for the year or call the shop to sign up for individual months.
2010 Club Dates and Topics
August 27 - Christmas in August
Get inspired to sew for Christmas with these clever embellishments and techniques in a wide range of projects.
September 24 - Inside Out
Bias bound, bias covered, zippered, and serged – are all seam techniques that make a project look great on the inside, but what about bringing it to the front? Never have an ordinary seam again on your projects as you incorporate the seam into a decorative detail for all to see – on the front!
October 29 - Strip Delights
Earn your stripes with these pieced projects with a striped effect. Easily created from jelly rolls or rotary cut strips we will create some fantastic looks for quilting and easy styled clothing. Decorate the strips with endless embroidery or stitch recipes.
November 19 - The Embellished Table
Set a pretty table for the Holidays. Utilizing a variety of appliqué styles - raw edge, fused, decoratively stitched or embroidered – create table settings plain or fancy for all your entertaining for the rest of the year.
HandiQuilter Rental Class - $60 Fri, Oct 22, 12:30 Quilt your own quilts with the ease of a midarm quilting machine! This class is required to rent the QP HandiQuilter16. Lecture/demo with some hands on. Click here to register.
STAY TUNED! MORE CLASSES WILL BE LISTED!
CLASS & CLUB RULES
When you sign up for a class, we need you to pay for that class in order to reserve your space. You may pay your class fee over the phone with a credit card, send in a check or come into the store. You will receive a supply list when you pay for your class. If you have required supplies at home, by all means, bring them. Otherwise, we would appreciate it if you would purchase the supplies from us. We offer a 10% discount on all listed class supplies.
For the comfort & enjoyment of everyone, please do not wear perfume or bring children or guests to class.
Classes will be cancelled by us one week prior to the first class if insufficient enrollment, please wait to buy your materials as there will be no refund for materials bought for a class that does not "go". "No go" class tuition can be put towards another class. Class fees will only be applied to another class or a gift certificate ONLY if you cancel your class more than 7 days before the start of class.
Class fees with national teachers are not refundable. We will try to fill your space & if we do, a store credit will be given.
