July

NEW Beginning Beading for Kids
with Fran Rafaiani
10 am-Noon Mon July 12 or Mon Aug 2
Hey Kids. Want to make your own jewelry in one easy lesson. Learn about fun beads & colors & wear it home! Ages 7 & up! $10

NEW Victorian Basket of Flowers & Vines
11 am-4 pm Saturday July 17
Turn pleated German ribbon into a Victorian basket with leafy vine trim, tiny wildflowers and a gathered ribbon rose. Beginners and intermediates can easily create this 9-inch square album block. $25. 

NEW Beading for Tweens and Teens
with Fran Rafaiani
1-3 pm Mon July 19 or Wed Aug 4
Love Bling? Learn how to construct a bracelet of colorful beads, use jewelry making tools, apply crimps and attach clasps. Real beading skills for a lifetime of beading! Ages 11-14 but all ages welcome,­ even beginning adults. $15

NEW Summertime Bracelet with Berrie
11 am -3 pm Sat July 24
White squares plus a dramatic bead overlay make an attractive wide cuff. Beginners welcome. $27 

Shooting Star 3-D Quilt Block with Renee
10 am-4 pm Tues July 27
Encore of this fabulous pieced star with three- dimensional patchwork. Amazing! No seams or points to match, yet points are perfect! Pattern, templates, fabric kit for 5 blocks & class. $40

NEW Goldwork Rose Lecture & Make-Take
1-3 pm or 6:30-8:30 pm Thur July 29
Discover the history of goldwork embroidery and easily make a gold rose, too, that can be added to a crazy quilt block, embroidery or brooche. $5 

NEW
Silk Ribbon Embroidered Flower Urn
Part I: 10-4 pm Sat July 31
Part II: 10-4 pm Sat Aug 7
Fill a small Australian hand sculpted urn with a profusion of silk ribbon flowers for a small framed piece. Choice of urns is limited. Stop in early to reserve your choice of available urn charms. Beginner to advanced. Each session $25.

August

NEW Machine Pieced Table Runner
11 am-3 pm Thurs Aug 5
Learn beginning machine piecing and rotary cutting while making our spring shop hop table runner. Choose our historic rose and chocolate fabric or select own color scheme. Learn easy set in triangles. Kit includes 2½ yards fabric. Bring sewing machine cleaned and ready to sew. $28 

Hand Quilting I Thimble Lady Method
11 am-3 pm Mon Aug 9
or Mon Sept 13
or Mon Oct 18
or Tues Nov 16
No pressure & no pushing. Make quilting stitches tiny and easy with the Thimble Lady method of hand quilting. Use a different needle, thimble, batting and way to hoop. Avoid carpal tunnel and back pain. Borrow a Thimble Lady thimble to try and only get it if you love it. Kit & class $20 

NEW Crazy Quilting Using Sadi & Shisha
Part I: 10 am-4 pm Tues Aug 10
Part II: 10 am-4 pm Sat Aug 17
Sadi is the gold coil and shisha are the mirrors that will embellish this 3½-inch round trinket box. All Australian silk art thread, sadi, shisha, padded box, silk fabrics included. $25 per session. Prior embroidery experience necessary.

NEW Two Beaded Earrings with Berrie
11 am-3 pm Sat Aug 14
Two pair of earrings – one hoop & one barrel shaped – show the beauty of beads. Beginners. $23 

Beginning Bouquet of 3-D Flowers
11 am-4 pm Mon Aug 16
Make ruched mums, daffodils and pansies at a relaxed beginning pace and create a bouquet of stemmed flowers tied with a ribbon. Beginner. $30

NEW Rose Trellis Wallhanging or Quilt
11 am-4 pm Thurs Aug 19
Learn basic Vintage Rose Spindle roses and scalloped petal roses for the Rose Trellis or Topiary from Cindy's book Dimensional Roses. Make roses in all sizes from silk ribbon, wire ombre ribbon or fabric. $25

NEW Beginning Needleturn Appliqué
The Martha's Vineyard Quilt Block
11 am-4 pm Sat Aug 21
Learn Cindy's very comfortable, easy needleturn appliqué. Make super easy bias stems from fabric; embroider and embellish this quilt block from the 1920s with yo-yo grapes. Make a block, a wall hanging or full quilt, your choice. $10 plus whatever fabric you need. 

Intro to Crazy Quilt Piecing
11 am–4 pm Aug 24
Learn how to piece and sew silk and velvet patches into a 10-inch crazy quilt square for a quilt, framed commemorative quilt block or purse. Choose your kit colors from our new silks. $18

NEW Nothing In Particular Time
5:30-8 pm Thur Aug 26
Join us for open sewing! We will watch the free internet sewing programs. Bring a munchie to share as you are able. No fee but please register.

September

Easy, Fast Frazzle Sweatshirt Jacket
11 am-3 pm Tues Sept 7
Choose fabrics for a sweatshirt jacket. Learn how to fit the jacket to your body. Fast to piece, fun to sew. Add a neckline trim if desired. Bring your own sweatshirt or get one here. Kit $28, includes 2 yards fabric, thread and Misty Fuse. 

NEW Stumpwork Pansy, Bee, Snail & Leaf
Part I: 10 am-4 pm Saturday Sept 11
Part II: 10 am-4 pm Saturday Oct 23
Learn stumpwork while making a classic purple gold dimensional thread pansy and silk metal organza winged bee for a small circular framed piece. $25 per session. Beginner to advanced. 

Hand Quilting I Thimble Lady Method
11 am-3 pm Mon Sept 13
or Mon Oct 18
or Tues Nov 16
No pressure & no pushing. Make quilting stitches tiny and easy with the Thimble Lady method of hand quilting. Use a different needle, thimble, batting and way to hoop. Avoid carpal tunnel and back pain. Borrow a Thimble Lady thimble to try and only get it if you love it. Kit & class $20 

Bracelet With Bars & Squares With Berrie
11 am-3 pm Saturday Sept 18
This bracelet with ladder and edge stitches is a breeze to make. Can be completed in class. $30

October

Turn A Wool Sweater Into A Designer Purse
With Kathy Chamberlain & Robin Walker
Part I: 11 am-3 pm Sat Oct 2
Part II: 11 am-3 pm Sat Oct 9

First, turn a sweater into flowers & leaves, than felt embellishments and add trims or beads. Sew the purse. Learn to machine quilt the lining. Felt a sweater or get one of ours done for $3. Cost depends on your choices and could be $3-10 plus $20 per session.

NEW Crazy Quilt Jewelry
11 am-4 pm Tues Oct 12
This is a crazy quilt project that is easily finished because it is petite! Piece tiny pieces of silk over our wrist cuff. Embroider with crazy quilt stitches and beads. Kit includes enough silk to also make a petite pincushion necklace. $20

NEW Symography Earrings with Berrie
11 am-3 pm Saturday Oct 16
These earrings are worked on a small frame and are more challenging. Some color choices. $27

Hand Quilting I Thimble Lady Method
11 am-3 pm Mon Oct 18
or Tues Nov 16
No pressure & no pushing. Make quilting stitches tiny and easy with the Thimble Lady method of hand quilting. Use a different needle, thimble, batting and way to hoop. Avoid carpal tunnel and back pain. Borrow a Thimble Lady thimble to try and only get it if you love it. Kit & class $20 

Beading On Fabric & Salad Surprise
Noon-3 pm Sat Oct 30
Encore for a fun, inexpensive class! Learn beading on fabric. $4 gets you a fat quarter of Mark Lipinski's beading fabric, needle and stabilizer. Bring a salad item. We will mix it all together & lunch on Salad Surprise. Bring beads, share ours or get more here. Repeat beaders are encouraged!

November

Hand Quilting I — Thimble Lady Method
11 am-3 pm Tues Nov 16
No pressure & no pushing. Make quilting stitches tiny and easy with the Thimble Lady method of hand quilting. Use a different needle, thimble, batting and way to hoop. Avoid carpal tunnel and back pain. Borrow a Thimble Lady thimble to try and only get it if you love it. Kit & class $20 

NEW Hand Quilting Stitcher Appreciation
Noon–2 pm Thurs Nov 18
Any Hand Quilting Thimble Lady student, bring hand quilting and join us for a talk on antique quilt patterns from Great Britain . Bring a snack to share, if able. No fee but please register.

NEW Beading A Small Cabachon with Berrie
Part I: 1 1am-3 pm Sat Nov 20
Part II: 11 am-3 pm Sat Dec 4
Bead a small cabachon in this 2-part class with homework. Part I $33 and Part II $18