: Join Brenda and the Thimble Towne Crew for an exciting week of. This year students will make PJ s, Pillow Case, Tote Bag and Friendship bracelets. Thimble Towne will provide the sewing machines for students. Instructor: Brenda McCutcheon Dates: Monday Friday 7/16, 7/17, 7/18, 7/19, 7/20; Class Fee: $75.00 plus supplies Finish It w/ Kathy Hawkins: Have a new pattern to try but need help to get started? Are ready to finish a quilt but need help with the binding? Just need time to focus on an unfinished project? This is the class for you, work on your own project with guidance from an experienced quilter. Instructor: Kathy Hawkins Dates: Friday 7/13; OR Friday 8/17; Class Fee: $15.00 Hawaiian Quilters Bag: Back by popular demand! Create this fun bag using fabric to suit your mood. The bag is large enough to carry a king size quilt, use as a carry on tote when you fly and is lightweight enough to take to the next quilt show and fill with goodies. Dates: Monday 7/23; OR Monday 8/6; Class Fee: $25.00 plus supplies Basic Embroidery Placement: Take the mystery out of embroidery placement with this technique class. You will learn how to place an embroidery design exactly where you want it, whether it is on a quilt block, shirt, towel or any other item you want to embroider on. Dates: Thursday; 7/19; Class Fee: $25.00 Finish It w/ Charlotte Rogers: Have a new pattern to try but need help to get started? Are ready to finish a quilt but need help with the binding? Just need time to focus on an unfinished project? This is the class for you, work on your own project with guidance from an experienced quilter. Dates: Friday 8/3; OR Wednesday 8/22; Class Fee: $15.00
: The Basics: Have you tried or wanted to try free motion quilting? Are you not sure where to begin? Join Debbie for Free Motion Quilting: The Basics. Debbie will teach you about threads, batting, needles and just about everything else you will need to begin your free motion quilting adventure. Instructor: Debbie Van Fossen Dates: Saturday 7/28; Class Fee: $35.00 plus supplies : Beyond the Basics: : Beyond the Basics will take you to the next level of free motion quilting. This class will explore feathers, leaves, flowers and other designs for your quilts. Debbie will work with you to gain more confidence as you continue your free motion quilting adventure. Instructor: Debbie Van Fossen Dates: Monday s 7/23 & 7/30; 6 pm to 9pm OR Saturday 8/11; Class Fee: $35.00 plus supplies Skill Level: Intermediate Baby Lock Basics: This class is designed for all Baby Lock Sewing machines. You will learn how to maintain your new machine and learn the basic sewing features and how to use the different accessory feet. Dates: Wednesday 7/25; Class Fee: Free ($50.00 if machine purchased elsewhere) Grand Convergence: If you love Ricky Tims convergence quilts, you will love Grand Convergence. Think of it as convergence with a twist. It looks much harder than it is. You will have time to complete most of this project in class. Juanita will share tips and tricks for creating your own masterpiece. Instructor: Juanita Cairns Dates: Thursday 7/26 & 8/2; Class Fee: $30.00 plus supplies Skill Level: Intermediate Open Embroidery: This class is designed as an open class to start or work on an embroidery project of your choice. You will get the help you need to get going on the amazing world of embroidery. Dates: Tuesday 7/31; Class Fee: Free
Just Can t Cut It: Learn the basics of quilt making with Jeremy. This class allows you to make a quilt in any size you choose. By the end of class you will have completed your quilt top while learning proper quilting techniques. Dates: Monday 7/30, 8/6 & 8/13; OR Wednesday 8/1, 8/8 & 8/15; Class Fee: $40.00 plus supplies Quilt your Quilt with Embroidery: Let your embroidery machine do the quilting for you! In this class you will learn techniques for quilting your quilt with your embroidery machine. Dates: Wednesday 8/1; Class Fee: $35.00 plus supplies Flower Show Quilts: LAST CHANCE! Many of you have admired Juanita s beautiful Flower Show quilt. She has agreed to teach it one last time. She has many techniques to share with you to make your very own Flower Show quilt. Instructor: Juanita Cairns Dates: Monday 8/20 & 8/27; Class Fee: $30.00 plus supplies Skill Level: Intermediate Power Cutting: Power cutting Too will give you 8 methods for making half square triangle units, quarter square triangle units and 2 commonly used trapezoids. This is a process class. We will not be making a quilt. You may want to keep the completed blocks with the book for future reference. Dates: Wednesday 8/8; Class Fee: $25.00 plus supplies Color and Value: Color is important but value makes the quilt. In this class you will learn to view your fabric collection based on both value and color. You will make your own fabric color wheel, fun, easy and perfect to inspire your future quilts. Dates: Tuesday 8/14; Class Fee: $25.00 plus supplies
Sewsational Sunday: We offer one Sunday per month for an all day Sunday sew. This popular class is currently SOLD OUT but we have a waiting list. If this is something you are interested in attending, please get on the waiting list. We may add an additional day in the near future. Dates: Sunday 7/22 & 8/19 Class Fee: $20.00 per session Important Dates: : July Dates: August Dates: Saturday 7/21; 1 pm to 4 pm Tuesday 7/24; Tuesday 7/24; Saturday 8/18; 1 pm to 4 pm Tuesday 8/21; Tuesday 8/21; Generals Wives: July Dates: August Dates: Saturday 7/21; 9 am to Noon Saturday 8/18; 9 am to Noon : July Dates: August Dates: 7/5, 7/6, & 7/11; 8/9, 8/10, 8/15, 8/16, 8/23, 8/29, 8/30;
July 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Closed 8 9 10 11 12 13 Finish It with Kathy 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Generals Wives 9 am to Noon Basic Emb Placement 1 pm to 4 pm 22 Sewsational Sew 8 am to 5 pm 23 Hawaiian Bag Beyond the Basics 24 25 Baby Lock Basics 26 Grand Convergence 27 Orange Blossom Quilt Guild Charity Sew 28 The Basics 29 30 Beyond the Basics 31 Open Embroidery
August 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Quilt w/ Emb Machine 2 Grand Convergence 3 Finish It with Charlotte 4 5 6 Hawaiian Bag 7 8 Power Cutting 9 10 11 Beyond the Basics 12 13 14 Color & Value 15 16 17 Finish It with Kathy 18 Generals Wives 9 am to Noon 1 pm to 4 pm 19 Sewsational Sunday 8 am to 5 pm 20 Flower Show Quilts 21 22 Finish It with Charlotte 23 24 Orange Blossom Quilt Guild Charity Sew 25 26 27 Flower Show Quilts 28 29 30 31