"Quick & Easy Pillowcase" with Barbara Youngblood

May 15th, 2008

Making this pillowcase is so fast and fun it's hard to believe!  It makes a perfect quick gift and fun to make pillowcases that match your quilts.  Join Barbara after the meeting and finish a pillowcase before you leave!  If you don't want to sew, you're welcome to watch.  It's really something to see!

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"Leaf Blocks in a Jiffy" with Doris Maneke

Jun 5th, 2008

Please join us for this TSW on June 5, 2008 and learn a quick way to make perfect 2 inch half square triangles and squares.  You will then turn them into a 4 ½ inch leaf block. You are welcome to bring your machine and make the block or just watch the demo.

Supplies:

1 – 8 ½ inch square for background

1 – 8 ½ inch square for the leaf

Rotary Cutter

Cutting Mat:  The 12 ½ inch rotating mat works well for this technique, or a small mat that you can spin around on the table.

Ruler or square.  The 9 ½ inch square is good for this technique.  Also a smaller ruler or square, such as a 2 ½  inch square, for cutting the pieces for the stem.

Usual sewing supplies

Sewing machine

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"Nine-Patch Sashing" with Phyllis Gallaway

Jun 19th, 2008

Learn a neat trick to simplify sashing, courtesy of Nancy Brenan Daniel.   This is a great method for making a quick baby quilt, special event quilt, or holiday quilt .  Sew a giant 9-patch;  cut it into quarters and you will have 4 sashed blocks.  Repeat a time or two, sew all the blocks together and  you have a super-quick little quilt!  Come prepared to sew, or just watch the demo.

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"Fast and Fantastic Baby Quilts" with Linda Morand

Jul 3rd, 2008

Linda will be showing us several ideas for making "Fast & Fantastic Baby Quilts." This will be a demonstration and inspiration TSW (no supplies needed), and I'm sure you'll leave with several great plans to whip up some baby quilts from your stash for Community Quilts or for other gift giving.

July 4th:
If you were unable to stay for Linda Morand’s Technique Sharing Workshop on “Fast and Fabulous Baby Quilts”, or if you just need a refresher course on some of the procedures she showed, you can download the instructions with pictures by clicking on the following link.

Fast and Fabulous Baby Quilts

"Introduction to Hand Quilting" (Part 1 of 2) with Marilyn Swanson and Mitzi Dowling

Jul 17th, 2008

Many of our members have been asking for help in getting started learning hand quilting.  This TSW will introduce the ideas, techniques, tools, and decisions around hand quilting.  We will learn about choices in fabric, batting, needles, thread, frames and more, and learn what to bring to the next meeting for practicing.

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"Hand Quilting - Practice" (Part 2 of 2) with Marilyn Swanson and Mitzi Dowling

Aug 7th, 2008

Be sure to come to our TSW: Hand Quilting Part 1 on July 17 and pick up a supply list so you can have your quilt sandwich and tools ready for practicing during this workshop.  We will have a number of skilled hand-quilters to demonstrate their techniques and then coach us in starting to find our own quilting style and rhythm.

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Sheer Hawaiian Wall Hanging with Juanita Campbell

Sep 4th, 2008

Come learn to make a beautiful Hawaiian wall-hanging, with no needle-turn applique. This method uses organza over the specially cut traditional Hawaiian design so that no raw edges are exposed.

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Creativity & Mindmapping with Suzanne Havens (Sharon Fry's sister)

Sep 18th, 2008

Suzanne Havens teaches courses on creativity and mind-mapping in her home state of Florida. Our librarian, Sharon Fry, has persuaded Suzanne to share her skills with us in a Technique Sharing Workshop during a California visit. Suzanne will lead us in creativity exercises, and teach us about mind-mapping, a technique for recording and exploring ideas. Suzanne explains, “Mind-mapping is great for brainstorming, whether you are problem solving for a new quilt, a quilt you've almost given up on, or a problem in everyday life.” Bring a notebook or sketchbook, and a pencil!

"Beautiful Envelopes and Gift Bags from Recycled Calendars" with Pam Brown

Nov 6th, 2008

Do you have beautiful quilt calendars you could not bear to throw away?  Turn them into wonderful envelopes and mini gift bags to delight your quilting friends.  Pam Brown will bring a variety of templates and a stack of calendars for you to try.  Quick, easy and addictive!   Bonus:  Those tiny photos on the back of the calendar?  Turn them into small gift cards or magnets.

Any of the quilt or scenic 12" calendars work well - single large images do not work as well.  Bring paper scissors, ballpoint pen, bone folder, ruler and template plastic if you want to make your own set of templates for future use.  The best glue to use is Tombo Permanent Mono Adhesive, whcih comes in a refillable plastic roll-on applicator available at JoAnn's, Michael's and Beverley's. 

(Note: A bone folder  is a tool used by book makers, card makers and origami enthusiasts to press down on creases and folds. It look like a tongue depressor with a pointed end but made of hard plastic. Available at any craft store but not really necessary for the TSW. You can use your finger to press on folds but this gives a nice flat, sharp edge.)

Tip:  To get free plastic template material, when you go for your next mammogram, ask the X-ray technicians if they have any "washed" X-ray film - sometimes tinted blue, but you can still see through it.

"Quick Holiday Project" with Linda Hooper

Nov 20th, 2008

Make this easy holiday table runner out of a simple strip set. These are so fun and quick to make you will want to create one for every season.
Approximate finished size is 34 x 12.
 
Supply list to follow closer to workshop date.