Wednesday, April 1, 2009

New Classes........

As everyone should know Sew Original has a NEW set of classes being offered over the next 3 months. We now have all the samples for each of the quilt classes up in the shop. Here are a few of them and the write ups describing them. Much planning by our teachers go into providing classes we hope our customers would like to take. Come by the shop and learn more about the classes being offered.


New Orleans Puzzle
A striking design simplified. Sew your strips ahead of time and assemble the main star in class. Add borders and enjoy! This will be one to display proudly on your wall. Saturday, April 11 10a – 4p Teacher: Kim Buterbaugh







Snowball and Nine-Patch
New to quilting? Want to try something that looks complicated, but is really quite simple? This quilt is for you. Learn rotary cutting, strip piecing, applying setting triangles and properly measuring and applying borders as you piece this cozy lap quilt. 2 Tuesdays, April 7th & 28
6 – 9pm Teacher: Kim Buterbaugh


Confetti in the Corner Quilt
Make this fun and adorable quilt with ease. Pull that wild floral out, pick a few coordinating fabrics and wa-la!
2 Tuesday, June 2 & 9 @ 10 – 4.
Teacher: Gina Boone

Card Tricks
Learn to make a Card Trick quilt with no tricky triangles. This quilt takes a spin on an old favorite and makes it much easier using all squares and rectangles. Cards can be two or four different fabrics. Add a background and you are ready to go.
Saturday, May 9th @ 10 – 4 Teacher: Winnie McCrary


Speedy Stars Quilt
Satisfy your need for speed with this quilt-as-you-go technique. The piecing method allows you to complete the quilting as you assemble each block. Sew the blocks together, and you’re done! Saturday, April 25 @ 10 – 4 OR 2 Wednesdays, May 20 & 27 6-8:30 Teacher: Muriel Riggs


Reversible Quilt III
Log Cabin by the Lake

Here is another Quilt-as-you-go variation from Sharon Pederson’s “More Reversible Quilts”. Sixteen Blocks, sashing & binding later, you will have your own “Log Cabin by the Lake”. 2 Wednesdays – April 15th & 29 @ 6 – 8:30 OR Thursday, May 7th 10a -4p Teacher: Muriel Riggs


Fabulous Fractures
Fractures Quilts, “fractures” for short, are a way of making images more interesting and more attractive. Easy strip piecing and large prints help you create your own one-of-a-kind art quilt. Saturday, May 30th @ 10a – 4p. Teacher: Winnie McCrary




STRIP COCKTAIL......a Jelly Roll Quilt
Choose the fabrics of your choice and join us for a day of stress free sewing. Using 2 1/2 inch strips, we will shake them up and mix them up into a cocktail of beautiful blocks that will be the beginning of your crib, lap or twin size quilt. You can precut your own strips………..or choose a jelly roll that contains 2 1/2 inch strips that are already cut for you. This quilt looks great in any combination of colors.Monday, June 15, 2009 10:00 AM - 4:00PM Teacher: Cathy Bogan

1 comment:

Lady of the Cloth said...

I love the second quilt from the top but couldn't quite figure out the name of it. Do you sell the patterns? I can't quite make the commute from Washington state.