February - March 2011
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!
Register online for classes! Click the link!
BUCK A BLOCK 2011! Pick up in the shop - Make two blocks a month & have a great quilt at the end of the year! $18.99 to join includes the first month's kit, the required Thangles & the background fabric for all the blocks! Bring your completed blocks in any time during the following month - bring January's blocks in during February for example - and get the next Buck A Block packet for $2! You'll be making two blocks a month so it's a BUCK A BLOCK! We'll have finishing kits for the sashing, cornerstones, outer borders & binding available too. Ask to see the choices of borders - they'll all coordinate with the blocks, choose yours for $59.99! Click here to register for the inshop program.
We are also offering a version of the Buck A Block to our mail order friends! Same quilt, $18.99 to sign up and $8 per month plus postage for the next eleven months. This includes your finishing kit! Border fabrics will be close to the coloration shown here, this will be an autumn colored quilt. Click here to register for the mail order program.
QP BAG LADIES CLUB RETURNS!
Once a month we'll have a purse/tote class on Sunday afternoons at 12:30. Join us and go home with a great bag! These are our first three projects! $15 per club + supplies Machine class. Patterns required.
February 13th - Fortune Cookie Bag
Click here to register.
March 6th- Suzie Purse Insert
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ADVANCED BEGINNERS CLASS $55, Wed 7pm Jan 19, 26, Feb 2, 9 & 16th.
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.
Stay tuned for the next class which will start in April.
STAR STRUCK
$25 Sunday, April 10 with Linda. Simple piecing makes a great quilt. Easy enough for advanced beginners, entertaining enough for everyone! Machine class, pattern required. Click here to register.
FRAME QUILTING CLUB
Do you quilt with a machine on a frame? Short arm? Mid arm? Long arm? We're starting a series of lecture/demos geared towards YOU! We'll start off with a HandiQuilter weekend in February and then have a series of lectures by frame quilters!
Frame Quilting 101 $35 Sat, March 19th with Sue Bower 10:30-3:30
So you have this quilting machine on a frame, you've taken a guide class, and now you're not quite sure where to go next? Join long arm quilter Sue Bower for a lecture/demo session suitable to all machine types (short, mid, or long arm). We'll cover loading techniques, batting and thread selection, tension, and how to conquer common pitfalls. Bring your lunch, a notebook, and your questions, and come prepared to learn some tricks that will help you get those tops out of the UFO pile and on to their destination.
READY? SET? SERGER CLUB! $20 per club Fridays Feb 18th at 1pm, March 18th 1pm.
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.
HQ Weekend - It's definite! We'll be having a HQ weekend with Debby Brown the last weekend in February. We're offering special deals on the event machines! Purchase an HQ Avante before February 6th and get free shipping and a free day of event classes! Call the shop for details!
Saturday, Feb 26th
10am - Basics and Beyond
If you have a longarm machine or are simply curious about what these marvels can do, this class will explain it all. Debby will demonstrate freehand quilting, laser light techniques, quilting with rulers and templates, micro quilting, Groovy Boards, and the Pro-Stitcher. Click here to register.
Lunch
1pm Firm Foundations: Prepare for Success
“What directions should my seams run on my backing?” “How can I make sure my quilt will hang straight?” “How do I turn a quilt?” Learn the answers to these questions and many more. We’ll deal with topics like quilt top preparation, wavy borders, preventing pleats in the backings, and everything you need to know to be prepared for quilting success. Click here to register.
Sunday, Feb 27th
10am - Freehand for the Faint of Heart
If you have ever said “I can’t do that” about freehand quilting, come and let us change your mind. Learn how simple freehand quilting can be. We will start with some simple shapes and mix them to create endless designs. Click here to register.
Lunch
1pm - One Ruler + One Set of Circles = Too many designs to count!
Longing for lines? Striving for circles? Learn how to use basic longarm quilting templates to add shapely designs to your quilts. 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 . We'll meet the third Sat of each month at 9am. Click here to register.
February is Mom and Me.
BEGINNING QUILTING BY MACHINE
$75 + supplies, with Debbie
8 week class starts Tues, 12:30-2:30 Jan 18-Mar 8th
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.
Stay tuned for the next class which will be Tues evenings starting in April
Junk to Jems!
with Linda Hahn.
$25, Sun, March 13th
Play with color as you make a gorgeous quilt! Learn to Use It Up, Make It Do, or Do Without as you make this easy StashBasher quilt. You choose the size and also whether to add borders (or not). This quilt is Accuquilt Go!, Bali Pop and Jelly Roll friendly.
Advanced beginners, machine class, pattern required. Click here to register.
EMBROIDERY CLUB
$30 Jan-Mar we will be doing Rosebuds Quilt from Jenny Haskins & perfecting our embroidery placement skills. CD purchase required.
April will be machine embroidery applique with any of the CDs from Lunchbox Quilts. $15.
HUNTER'S STAR
$35 Sat, March 12, 10:30-3:30 with Fern. A complicated pattern is made simple with a specialty ruler! Let Fern teach you how. Advanced beginner, ruler & pattern required, machine class. Click here 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 $75 (10 months) for the year or $10 each & include a CD of the projects demoed.
2011 Club Topics Click here to register for 2011
March 4 -
Organization is the Key to Success
And good embroidery is the key to happiness! We will take a look at projects that will help you organize your sewing area (or any room!) and review good embroidery techniques while we are doing so. We will discuss hoops – your machine probably came with more than one. When do you use which hoop and why? You will find out in this class. We will also review techniques and learn secrets for good hooping.
April 8 -
Drawing a Blank
If you are “drawing a blank” when it comes to deciding on a project to embroider, then this class is sure to give you inspirations. We will discuss ways to find “ready-to-embroider” articles that are fast and fun. Learn more information on monogramming to personalize everything from pillowcases to shirts to coffee cups. Great projects for home dec!
May 6 -
It’s a Wrap
These projects are great for covering and protecting everything from tiny notebooks to machines. We will learn embroidery techniques for adding embroidery to a pattern – how to choose the size, where to put the design, and what stabilizers and other embroidery products can be used.
June 3 -
Quilting and Embroidery
What better combination could there be than quilting and embroidery. We will explore the world of designs that are appropriate for quilt tops including appliqué designs and how they are stitched. This class will focus on the appropriate stabilizers to use for embroidered blocks in quilts. We will also review techniques for quilting the layers together using the embroidery machine – what type designs are best, how to hoop, which stabilizers to use, and much more.
August 5 -
Embroidery on a Garment
Ever wonder when you should embroider a fabric – before or after cutting it out? We will explore this topic as well as where the appropriate places for embroidery might be. And “just in case” we will also explore how to remove embroidery from a garment that didn?t quite work out. This class
will also explore the stabilizers that are appropriate for garment embroidery whether it is you own creation or purchased.
September 2 -
To a Tee
Knit fabric can be just a bit tricky to embroider, but we will give you tips and hints about how to embroider on stretchy fabric. You will find out what type designs work best on knits, t-shirt, and sweatshirts and how to stabilize them effectively. We will have a fun project using a t-shirt or
sweatshirt and embellishing it to create a unique item.
October 7 -
Christmas Ideas for the 2011 Christmas Season
Get ready to impress your friends and family as you create special décor and gift giving items for the holidays. All of these projects are designs to be done in a hour or less. We will show you lots of fun and creative gifts for you to embroider. And just in time for the holidays!
November 4 -
You Don’t Have to Cook to Make An Apron
Aprons are all the rage these days. Whether you are a world renowned chef or if you don?t cook at all, you can create an apron adorned with spectacular embroidery sure to impress your friends. We will also show some projects created especially for the kitchen. We will review placement in this class – how to get the design in the correct place using templates and/or software.
In addition to the topics above, each session will have a short book, pattern or gadget review!
CREATIVE CLUB RETURNS IN 2011 with STITCHER'S GARDEN!
Learn how to use your specialty feet while making a floral quilt Sticher's Garden! Each month we'll learn a new technique like couching, pintucking, candlewicking, machine applique and more! And we'll try out those decorative stitches you never know what to do with as make a block. Owners of all brands of machines are welcome who are comfortable with their machines. $45 sign up fee (includes 4 yards of background fabric & binder) and $15 per month which includes the class, block pattern and fabrics for blocks. Saturdays, 1-3pm. Jan 15th, Feb 19, March 26th, April - Dec dates to be announced but all will be Saturdays. Click here to register.
OPEN TO ALL BRANDS OF MACHINES
$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.
2011 Club Dates and Topics
In 2011 we'll have machines set up for you to try the techniques presented in the webinars.
Click here to register for 2011
February 25 -
Zippity-Do-Dah
Zippers are practical, can be decorative and are really „just a seam?. Learn the functional techniques for easy insertion and build confidence to use them in any situation.
March 25 -
Creative Compositions
Express yourself with fanciful composition book covers. Collaged fabrics, decorative threads and specialty machine techniques will make these little works of art a pleasure to use and display.
April 29 -
The Coverup
Create an all around coverup for any occasion based on your fabric choice and embellishment preferences.
May 27 -
Appli-que-tions
Enjoy the freedom of raw edge appliqué for a great table runner, pillow top or wallhanging.
June 24 -
Kitchen Update
Improve your menu with a Kitchen Update. Find a great fabric story and re-style your kitchen with these fun to sew, easy to make and useful coordinates.
August 26 -
Microwave Sewing
If you enjoy the speed of microwave cooking, you?ll love the speed of sewing with a serger. Revisit some serger basics while exploring functional and creative uses for the serger in these simple projects.
September 23 -
Hold-on-Tight Handbag
One great pattern paired with fine sewing techniques will give you the purse wardrobe you need for all occasions. Change the decorative effect to match the occasion.
October 28 -
Vest Dressed
Create a simple vest but customize it for your style. Whether recycling fabric from a previously loved garment or starting anew, this fashion accessory will meet many of your fashion needs.
December 2 - Little Luxuries
Around the world or just around the corner, travel in style with a few well selected packing organizers to make you feel at home wherever you go.
QuiltWorks Software Club
$20 Free if software or update purchased at QP. Fri, Mar , 1pm. QuiltWorks II software creates perfect quilting motifs from Redwork to stippling and embroiders them in the hoop. QuiltWorks II combines a timeless art with the technology and convenience of your embroidery machine for perfect embroidery every time. Click here to register.
FREE MOTION QUILTING 101 $25 Back by customer demand! Time to get those UFO's out of the closet and into the machine! Join Debbie and learn the basics of free motion quilting. We'll play with the basic techniques and learn some simple patterns using your darning foot. Machine class, book required. Sun, Feb 20th, 12:30-3:30 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. Also, by overwhelming student demand, our classroom is a CELL PHONE FREE ZONE. All cell phones must be off or set to vibrate and answered outside of the classroom.
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.
