Learn an old-fashioned technique to make wonderful accent rugs that last practically forever. (Sandy has one still in good shape after over 20 years!)  Toothbrush rugs are similar to braided rugs but they’re easier to make and they won’t come apart.  Use up stash fabrics that you bought with great plans that never happened.   Our team member, Angie Herrington, will teach.  $32 plus supplies     
Saturday, January 9, 12:30-4:30pm

You have your beautiful new Viking embroidery machine – so what to do?  Learn how to hoop your fabric, select threads and stabilizers, position the design where you want it, and more.  You’re going to laugh at your intimidation when you find out how easy this is!
$25 plus supplies (the fee will be refunded if you’re a new Viking owner)
Friday, January 15, 2-4:30pm

Join Kathleen Molitor or Sandy Boyd for a morning of sewing, camaraderie, learning, and problem solving.  Bring the project you’re working on and make some progress!   We meet the first four Wednesdays of each month.  Please call ahead to see if there’s space available.  Classes are held Wednesday mornings, 10-12:30.  $15 per session or $50 per month, beginning in February.

This is a grown-up version of Patt Jones beginning classes for kids.  Get acquainted with sewing machine sewing, learn to pin and cut fabric, sew straight seams, and make a cool tote bag in class.  $43 plus supplies
Saturday, January 16, 10:30-5pm

Ask us about the inexpensive little tool we have from Viking that helps you sew over heavy fabrics, like jeans seams!

We love really easy projects that look really hard.  These placemats with four fabrics sewn in curvy rows look advanced but secretly we know they are quite manageable for experienced beginner sewists.  Join Terry Lee and make them in class.  Your dinners (even if they’re take-out!) will be much more satisfying when served in an elegant table setting!  $43 plus supplies
Sunday, January 31, 10:30-5pm

Who knew a humble log cabin design could produce a spectacular quilt like this one!  You have to see it to believe it.  Angie Herrington will teach you to make this beautiful bed-size quilt in the color scheme of your choice.  This class is for quilters with some experience, as lots of cutting, seaming and squaring up are involved.  $80 plus supplies
Saturdays, January 30 and February 20, 10:30-5pm

This bag has all the features you love; and whether you choose the small or the large version, it’s perfectly sized to use everyday as a purse. There are inside and outside pockets, ties to expand the size, optional button loop closure, and a rigid bottom.  Terry Lee will teach this class.  $43 plus supplies
Saturday, January 31, 10:30-5pm

Keep the sewing rolling!  Kids who have taken classes before from Patt Jones can sew more fun stuff on Tuesdays after school.  Make bags, purses, pillows, book covers, scarves, and more!  Some sup-plies are included; some will need to be purchased. 
$50 for all four Tuesday afternoons in February 3:45-5:45pm 
$50 for the first four Tuesday afternoons in March, 3:45-5:45pm

Who’s afraid of corners on humble napkins?  Learn to serge rolled edges and master cornering in this class with Sandy, and experiment with other napkin options as well.  $25 plus supplies  Friday, February 5, 2-4:30pm

STITCHER’S GARDEN DEMO
Saturday, February 6, 10:45am

Learn to love the lettering possibilities your software has.  You can do way more than make quilt labels!  Saturday, February 6, 1-3pm

Beautiful and classic, this pattern uses little scraps of fabric and little bits of spare time to produce an heirloom quilt any size you want.  Angie Herrington will teach you to make this quilt by hand, or with a little bit of machine sewing.  $25 plus supplies
Saturday, February 6, 3-5:30pm

“Carnival” quilt is a stunning design from an Italian mosaic featured in the book Bella by Norah McMeeking.  This is an intermediate level paper-piecing project taught by Kathleen Molitor.  Come see the sample in the store, and prepare to be awed!  If you love paper piecing and spectacular quilt design, you’re going to love this class.    $106 plus book, supplies, and fee for photocopies to use in class
Sundays, February 7, February 21, and March 14, 10:30-5pm

Did you know that January 11 is “National Clean Off Your Desk Day?”

Bring your supplies and your inquiring mind and we’ll work on two blocks in class.  Perfect your machine appliqué skills, learn to use the accessory of the month, and practice the featured new techniques.    Friday, February 12, 10:30-2:30pm

Quilting by machine is beautiful, efficient, modern, practical, and satisfying to do.  Tips, techniques, and tools will make your machine quilting more enjoyable and prettier.  Learn about walking feet and free motion stitching, layering and pinning or spray basting, choices of threads, battings, and designs.  Join Sandy for a fun day that will change your quilting life forever!   $43 plus kit     Saturday, February 13, 10:30-5pm

Get to know your amazing Husqvarna Viking sewing machine better, whether it’s new to you or has been your friend for a while.  We’ll learn about seams and edge finishes, buttons and buttonholes, hems, stretchy seams, sewing on heavy fabrics, accessory feet – and tons more surprising things.  We haven’t been wasting our time for 30 years – we know some tricks!  Sandy will teach.   $43 or free if you’ve purchased your Viking from us within the past year.  (We’ll ask you to pay for the class and get a $43 gift certificate when you finish.)   Sunday, February 14, 10:30-5pm

Learn correct quilting techniques from Kathleen Molitor in this three-day class.  It includes rotary cutting, precision seaming, block assembly and squaring up, basic machine quilting, and binding.   Learn the whole system and banish bad habits!  This great class has launched many a competent quilter!  $106 plus supplies
Saturdays, February 27, March 13, March 27, 10:30-5pm

Why worry about tricky “Y-seams”?  Join Kathleen Molitor and learn to make this fun little quilt without any “Y-s”.  Learn to work with color and value as you select fabrics for this project.  Make all the blocks the same, or choose different colors for each.  $43 plus supplies
Sunday, February 28, 10:30-5pm

STITCHER’S GARDEN DEMO
Saturday, March 6, 10:45am

Learn to use the Express Design Wizard that’s included in your 4D Extra and Pro software. It’s amazing what you can do with simple logos and clip-art type designs.
Saturday, March 6, 1-3:00pm

Need a quickie gift, or you’re feeling ashamed of the potholders in your kitchen because they’re all wearing marinara sauce?  This potholder or trivet goes together in a jiffy, uses up scraps, and everyone will love it.    Terry Lee will lead you through the folding, tacking, and binding, and you’ll be on your way to making dozens more!   This is a mostly by hand project to have fun with.  $25 plus supplies   Saturday, March 6, 3-5:30pm

Would this quilt look amazing on your stair wall or over your mantel?  It looks incredibly difficult, but never fear!  For this quilt-as-you-go project, Angie Herrington will show you how to prepare your strips; then assemble them into this knock-your-socks-off design.  It’s a good project for intermediate or experienced beginner quilters.  $80 plus pattern and supplies 
Sunday, March 7 and Monday, March 8, 10:30-5pm

Friday, March 12, 10:30-2:30pm

Join Kathleen Molitor and make these oh so elegant octagonal placemats or table topper.  They are gorgeous in luscious prints (think oriental or lush floral fabrics, or prints with metallic accents) and surprisingly easy to make.  As a bonus, they fit nicely on round
or oval dining tables.  $43 plus supplies
Saturday, March 20, 10:30-5pm 

BQ stands for “big quilt” — big enough for a bed, that is.  Make this quilt top in a jiffy, using simple piecing and showcasing a gorgeous large-scale print or batik.  Kathleen Molitor will show you how.  $43 plus supplies
Sunday, March 21, 10:30-5pm

Learn an old-fashioned technique to make wonderful accent rugs that last practically forever. (Sandy has one still in good shape after over 20 years!)  Toothbrush rugs are similar to braided rugs but they’re easier to make and they won’t come apart.  Use up stash fabrics that you bought with great plans that never happened.   Our team member, Angie Herrington, will teach.  $32 plus supplies   Saturday, April 3, 2:30-5:30pm

STITCHER’S GARDEN DEMO
Saturday, April 3, 10:45am

               Our Viking 4D Extra and 4D Pro software are powerful programs that most of us under-use.  Join Linda Holmes, Viking Educator, and spend three days exploring the many different elements of the 4D Software embroidery system.  Take a look at each program, including 4D Embroidery, Design Aligner, Design Creator, Stitch Editor, Fabric Decorator, Family Portrait, Monogram Wizard, Explorer, and more.  You don’t have to own all these to explore them.
               Bring your laptop and your dongle.  If you don’t own the software, but want to find out what it could do for you, bring your computer and we’ll have the software and dongles for you to borrow.    Go through some exercises from beginning to end, learning new functions and produce eye-catching stitch-able designs to embroider later.  $150
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, April 8, 9, 10, 10:30-5pm

This great pillow class will teach you several techniques.  You’ll become more proficient with your presser feet and learn some really fun things like: 
An unexpected foot for stitching on textured fabrics
          The circular sewing attachment
          Twisted tucks
          Easy twin-needle effects
          Random decorative stitches
          Faggoting
          Embroidery without stabilizer
          Inserting an invisible zipper
$50 plus supplies   Sunday, April 11, 10:30-5pm