"Borders, Bindings and Edges"
with Sally Collins
May 21st, 2009
Do you want to bring your next quilt to a beautiful conclusion? This presentation uses both slides and quilts to explain and illustrate numerous border, binding, and edge styles and support topics such as color, fabric, proportion and scale. Come and be inspired, excited, motivated, and educated.
Check out Sally's website at www.SallyCollins.org
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"Pieced Basket"
with Sally Collins
May 22nd, 2009
This class will focus on precision sewing, quality workmanship and multiple half-square triangle techniques to create a lovely basket block in two different sizes (1-7/8” and 3-1/8”). Students can choose either one or both sizes, depending on their skill level. Class time is spent between lecture, explanation, demonstration and student sewing time. A handout for the project is included. Skill Level: Very Confident Beginner and Beyond
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"Sewing Journey"
with Lily Marie
Jun 18th, 2009
Lily Marie will entertain us with her personal sewing journey while encouraging you to re-travel your own. Everyone will receive a fun gift as part of this exciting presentation. Look forward to having a truly out-of-the-trunk experience!
You may visit Lily Marie at her website: www.thewaveedgeruler.com
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"Making Waves - making a beach log cabin"
with Lily Marie
Jun 19th, 2009
This class introduces the traditional log cabin block made with the Wave Edge Ruler. You will create a beautiful and unique beach cabin block with can be made into a wall hanging, pillow, quilt or even an awesome vest. We will learn to put blocks together, how to make borders, and bindings, and how to make a spiral piece for borders. Lily Marie will also show her SimpelCIrle RUler. This workshop is fun, entertaining and chock full of tips and techniques.
Check out the gallery on her website: http://www.thewaveedgeruler.com/SlideShow/index.html
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"Square in a Square Quilting Method"
with Nancy Pinkston
Jul 16th, 2009
Nancy Pinkston will be demonstrating the "Square in a Square Quilting Method" (aka "SnS"), created by Jodi Barrows. This is a technique for rotary cutting and strip piecing that allows quilters to achieve perfect points with improved accuracy, simplicity of construction, and speed, without ever cutting or sewing a triangle. Nancy will show quilts made with the SnS ruler and will have SnS products for sale at 15% discount, including technique rulers, pattern books, Jodi Barrows novels and related patterns, and an instructional DVD.
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"Square in a Square"
with Nancy Pinkston
Jul 17th, 2009
This is a project-based technique workshop in which you will learn the "Square in a Square Quilting Method", where you never have to cut or sew triangles if you use the special rulers and techniques. For those of you struggling with half square triangle units, or flying geese, this is a speedy way to get accurate results and blocks that go together with great ease and lie very flat. Come discover the potential of these rulers and techniques. The Original Square in a Square Technique Ruler is required for the class and may be purchased in the workshop for the discounted price of $18.55 (tax incl.) You may also purchase a fabric kit for $7 (all pieces cut and ready to sew).
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"Thread Facts and Fiction"
with Cindy Needham
Aug 20th, 2009
Cindy has been a quilter over 35 years and has taught for the past 10 years. Working with vintage linens has become her passion and is the reason for her book Wholecloth Linen Quilts. Santa Rosa Quilt Guild is fortunate to have Cindy Needham as our presenter in August. Cindy has been the featured artist at Road to California, a featured guest on Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson's "The Quilt Show".
She is one of the national educators for Superior Threads.
You may visit Cindy at her website: www.cindyneedham.com
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"Wholecloth Linen"
with Cindy Needham
Aug 21st, 2009
Cindy's passion is turning vintage linens into whole-cloth quilts, creating something "new" out of something old. This workshop will give you an opportunity to do something with the old linens and lace you have tucked away by helping you to create your own unique heirloom.
The workshop will start with a small program where you learn how to deal with stains and holes, special designing issues, basting and binding techniques. Cindy will have a large collection of her vintage linen quilts to inspire you and will have a large stash of stencils available for your use.
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