| Holiday
Schedule |
| Quilt Play will be closed
on the following days: Thursday, December 25th Thursday, December 31st Friday, January 1st |
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Evening Hours!
Beginning January 7th, Quilt Play will be open until 7pm on Wednesdays. Day and time were chosen by survey respondents. Please come see us! Quilt Play will continue to be open on Sundays from 12 noon until 4pm Bad Weather: If schools are closed due to weather, chances are, we are too. I did get a nice new 4 wheel drive (and put my pretty Mustang away for a while) but I do not expect staff or customers to risk a nasty spinout to get here. Please call if the weather is bad. |
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Holiday
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| With my daughter in China, this will be a visually less
interesting edition of our newsletter. Here's hoping that the amount of
content will make up for that! At last, the class schedule for the beginning of 2009... |
| Block of the Month begins Saturday, January 3rd. Each
month, receive a pattern and fabric kit for a different block. The
fabrics will be a selection of pastel florals and marbles in mostly
pink, blue, and soft yellow, with white accents. We are easing into a
new BOM format. Rather than fiddle with a registration fee and variable monthly cost depending on whether or not participants have completed their block or showed up on the right day, and to avoid those annoying checkout lines every month, there will be an $18 flat fee at the beginning of the year for the whole deal. No more "block police" to check up on your piecing progress. One set of fabric for everyone will leave less chance for cutting and packaging errors. Please bear with us and of course we welcome suggestions for the next round of blocks. Block of the month will meet for demo on the first Saturday and following Monday of each month with these exceptions: Since the first Saturday in July is Independence Day, BOM will move to July 11th and July 13th. In September, BOM will meet Saturday the 5th and Tuesday the 8th. January 10th Super Ginormous Quilted Tote with Christine Tindell Come learn to make this super huge tote - it could carry a whole quilt project, a litter of puppies, your bingo winnings, or... your college student's whole semester's laundry. Advanced beginners and up will enjoy learning to make bias binding and other new techniques. Sample in the shop, along with its baby sister. $20.00 Meets Saturday from 10:30-1:30 January 14th, 24th, 25th Scrap Therapy Session #1 Tame your heaps and piles of random scraps that you can't bear to throw away, but can't figure out how to use. Receive a stackable organizer and admire each others' collections! We will press, cut, stack and plan for future projects. All levels. $10.00 Wednesday 1/14 1-3 pm; Saturday 1/24 10:30am-12:00 pm ; Sunday 1/25 1-3 pm January 17th Dresden Plate/Dresden Star block Bonnie Meyer will help you create this block, constructed with piecing and applique. A fabric kit will be provided and is included in the price of the class. Purchase of pattern is required. Template set is optional, but recommended. Sample block displayed in shop. Advanced beginners and up. $20.00 Saturday 12:30 - 3:30 pm January 18th Braid Runner Continue your weekend with Bonnie as she teaches a quilt as you go technique that will end with an elegant table runner. Purchase of pattern is required. This is a different runner than the one Lynn Ray teaches. A lovely sample in shades of blue and gold is in the shop. Advance Beginners and up. $20.00 Sunday 12:15 - 3:15 pm February 11th, March 14th Perfect Purse Organizer Claire Machinist will teach us to make a "purse within a purse" to organize everything you need to carry. Lifts easily from one purse to the next. Claire's holds her wallet, checkbook, makeup, credit cards, calendar, etc. No more "bottomless pit" purses. A perfect gift idea. Pattern included in class fee. All levels of quilter. Sample on the way. $30.00 Wednesday, 2/11 12:00 - 4:00 pm Saturday , 3/14 12:00 - 4:00 pm February 15th Reversible Table Runner Lynn Ray returns for the fourth time (!) to teach the reversible table runner "quilt as you go " class. Participants should leave with a nearly complete project! We will have a new sample in current fabric soon; meanwhile, we do have a fall/winter sample in the shop. Purchase of pattern is required. $20.00 Sunday 12:15 - 4:00 pm February 21st - March 28th Learn to Quilt with Lynn Ray This class meets five times on Saturdays for a total of 16 hours of instruction.(No class March 14th) Step by step classes will teach everything from fabric preparation, cutting, a variety of piecing techniques, simple machine quilting, and binding to finish your project. $80.00 Saturdays 2/21 12:00 -4:00 pm; 2/28, 3/7, 3/21, 3/28 12:00 - 3:00 pm March 1st Invisible Applique with Lynn Ray Learn Lynn's method of invisible applique to make this fun Lori Smith quilt. Various methods of applique preparation will be covered; bias stems, making shapes with freezer paper or mylar plastic , and the use of Karen Kay Buckley's "Perfect Circles." *Your machine must have an adjustable zigzag stitch* Purchase of book and other materials required. $25.00 Sunday 12:15 - 4:00 pm March 11th and April 4th Slice 'Em and Dice 'Em Quilt Claire Machinist showed me three terrific quilts she made using the Slice 'Em and Dice 'Em technique, and they were all fantastic. Developed by Nancy Brenan Daniel, complicated looking quilts are pieced in a very easy way. This class will not result in a finished quilt; you will learn three different patterns made with the same technique. Book (which has several other options) is not required but will be available for purchase. $30.00 Wednesday 3/11 10:00 am - noon & 1:00 - 4:00 pm with one hour lunch break Saturday 4/4 11:00 am - 4:00 pm March 15th Scallop Border & Bias BInding with Lynn Ray Class will show the use of the Katie Lane Scallop Ruler and making continuous bias binding. Individual instrction provided for the small quilt you bring to class. Purchase of ruler required. $25 Sunday 12:15 - 4:00 pm All classes have a supply list which will be provided when you register. Most classes require a working sewing machine, your own fabric, batting, thread, rotary cutter, and gridded ruler. Some classes require advance preparation before class time, which will be explained on the supply list. IMPORTANT CLASS POLICIES
All classes must be paid for at time of registration. Cancellation with one week or more before class will receive a store credit for future class registration or merchandise. Cancellation with less than a week before class will forfeit registration fee unless there is a waiting list or you are able to provide your own substitute. We can only accept a handful of students since our classroom is so small, so please respect the teacher's right to a full class and a fair wage. Regular priced books, patterns, fabric and notions purchased for class will be discounted 20%, Please tell us at the beginning of the transaction if your purchase is for class. The shop is in an old house with poor insulation and circulation, so dressing in layers is a must. You may find yourself more comfortable upstairs in a T-shirt, no matter how frigid the outside (or downstairs!) air may be. |
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Sale on Retired
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FEBRUARY 2009) |
Thank you all for your continuing input. I appreciate all suggestions for fabrics and classes.
Sincerely,
Shelley, Jeanne (I forgot Jeanne last month! shame on me!), Stephanie, Bonnie, Diana, Susan and Judy
Quilt Play, Inc.