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.

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1 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

2 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 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 1 st & 3 rd 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. Quilting Wed. starting Jan. 13, 6-9 OR Sun. Jan. 17, 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 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. April 22 May 21 (These are the Toad Toter day sales (20% off all purchase s you can stuff into your Toad Toter Bag.) Toad Toter bags are available now.) Open sew days: You can bring your machine or do handwor k, your choice. Jan Feb 5 & Mar 4 & April 1 & May 6 & 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

3 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 $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 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 5 th Sat. of the month, Jan 30, 10:30-5 $20 Barb Boyer

4 Save Our Scraps! Quilts! On the 5 th 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 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! Quilting ongoing Wed Feb 3,10, 17, 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 1 st & 3 rd 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

5 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 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 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 (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. 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.

6 Wrapsody Purse Sat. Feb ongoing Jelly Roll Race Sat. February 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 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 $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). Quilting ongoing Sun. 1-4, Mar 13, 20 OR Wednesdays: 6-9 Mar 2

7 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 1 st 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 1 st & 3 rd 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 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 Kathy Sconce ongoing. Wrapsody Purse Sat. Mar Sue Frerich ongoing

8 Back Basting Wed. Mar 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! Machine Quilting Wed. Mar :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! Machine Applique Wed. Mar $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 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

9 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 1 st 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 1 st & 3 rd Mondays ongoing

10 SHOP HOP AT THE RANCH APRIL 8 & 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 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, Barb Boyer $50 This is a 4 part class, offered on consecutive Thursdays through May 21. We will work on a whole cloth

11 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 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 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 5 th Sat. of the month, April 30, 10:30-5 $20 Barb Boyer Save Our Scraps! Quilts! On the 5 th 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 1 st & 3 rd Mondays ongoing

12 Mastering Curves & Free Motion Quilting Weds. May 4, 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 1 st 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 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 Kathy Sconce ongoing. Ornament Club MOVED TO 2 ND 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.

13 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 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 ***************************************** 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. ************************************** Knit Pickers' Club This is another get-together class to sit & knit, work on our projects, share information

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

15 January 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1CLOSED 2BOM 10:30-11:30 Monthly Minis CLOSED Embroidery Club 10-noon English Paper Piecing Quilt 6-8:30 14 T-Shirt Class 10:30-4 Knit Pickers' Club 6-8:30 15 Open Sew1-4 Turning Panels into Quilts 1: Stack & Whack 10: Quilt Quilt 1-4 Full Moon 18 Mitten quilt 10:30-5 M L King Day 25 English Paper Piecing Hand quilting1-3 Quilt 6-8: Spoon Quilting 1-3 Quilt 6-8:30 21 T- Shirt class, cont. 10: Bertie's Year 1-4 Friday Nighters 5:30 -? LOTP: Nine Patch 10: S.O.S. Quilts 10:30-5

16 31 Quilt 1-4 Color of the month: purple February 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturda Back Basting Applique 1-3 Quilt 6-8: Open Sew1-4 6 BOM 10:30- Binding demo 1-3 Monthly Minis CLOSED 8 English Paper Piecing Quilt 6-8:30 11 Knit Pickers' Club 6-8: Embroide 10-noon Lace Houses Quilt BJ Designs 10:30- Morley Moose & friends Presidents' Day Hand quilting 1-3 Quilt 6-8: Open Sew1-4 Wrapsody Purse Jelly Roll Race Wrapsody Purse 2-4

17 21 Quilt Full Moon English Paper Piecing Quilt 6-8: Bertie's Year 1-4 Friday Nighters 5:30 -? 27 LOTP: Bear's Paw 10: Quilt Color of the month: Red

18 March 2016 Sunday Monda y Color of the month: Green Tuesda Wednesday y 1 2 Spoon Quilting 1-3 Quilt 6-8:30 Thursd Friday ay 3 4 Open Sew1-4 Saturda y 5 BOM 10:30-11:30 Orname nt Club 1:30-3:30 Monthly Minis CLOSE D 7 English Paper Piecing Knit Pickers' Club 6-8: Embroidery Club 10- noon Lace Houses Quilt Quilt Back Basting Applique English Paper Piecing 2-4 Mach ine Quilting Machine Applique 6-9 Full Moon Open Sew Bertie' s Year 1-4 Friday Nighte rs 5:30 -? Wrapso dy Purse Wheel of Mystery 10:30-5 National Quilt Day 26 LOTP Flying Geese 10:30-5

19 27 CLOSE D Attic Window quilt 6-8:30 31 April 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturda Color of the month: Yellow 3 CLOSED 4 English Paper Piecing Open Sew Shop Hop 2 BOM 10:30 11:30 Ornamen Club 1:30 3:30 Monthly Minis Shop H 10 CONCERT Knit Pickers' Club 6-8:30 15 Open Sew Drunkard Path 10: Machine Applied Binding English Paper Piecing Mastering Curves & Free Motion Full Moon 23 LOTP Churn Da 10:30-5

20 Quilting 1-4 & Pillowcase Party Mastering Curves & Free Motion Quilting 1-4 & Bertie's Year 1-4 Friday Nighters 5:30 -? 30 S.O.S.Qu 10:30-5 May 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturd 1 CLOSED 2 English Paper Piecing Mastering Curves & Free Motion Quilting 1-4 & Open Sew1-4 7 BOM 10:30 Gravity 1 Monthly Minis Mother's Day Mastering Curves & Free Motion Quilting 12 Knit Pickers' Club 6-8: Embroid Club 10-noon Lace Hou & 6-9 Ornamen Club 4-6

21 15 16 English Paper Piecing Open Sew Christm Row Quil Full Moon Bertie's Year 1-4 Friday Nighters 5:30 -? Memorial Day 31 Color of the month: Neutralswhites/beiges