In April Viking Club we’re making an heirloom stitch linen bag, for cosmetics in your purse or hand sewing supplies for your portable projects.  We will be using heirloom sewing stitches with a wing needle, making tiny pintucks, and a zipper closure.  Caution:  these make great gifts and all your friends will want one!

 

Supplies:

1/3 yard of linen or cotton-linen blend fabric

¼ yard light weight fusible interfacing

Spray fabric sizing or water soluble stabilizer

Thread, both cotton & decorative in to match linen, or a contrast color

12” or longer zipper, or zipper by the foot, or invisible zipper

Wing needle, size 100 or 120

Viking feet: piping foot, B, D, J, E (zipper foot) or invisible zipper foot, candlewicking foot optional, S (for omni-stitches)

Removable fabric marker

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In March Viking Club we’re working on “the potholder project” (we call it that because making these is compelling – we can’t can’t make just one!)  We will learn the use of binding, piping (just for practice, because you’re already pros at piping), other edge finishes, free motion quilting, sewing in circles, and more. 

Supplies:

cotton threads for sewing, cotton or rayon for decorative stitches

2 or 3 pair of coordinating fabrics at least 8” square (for backs and fronts)

1 or 2 pieces of fabric about 3” by WOF (that’s ‘width of fabric,’ about 44”) for binding

At least 1 yard of packaged piping, optional (and bring your piping foot)

2 coordinating fabrics about 20” square

10 pieces of cotton batting at least 8” x 8”

1 package “Insulbrite” (you can share this with someone)

Threads
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In February Viking Club we will make a thread-catcher with weighted pincushion -- to keep our sewing rooms tidy! We will learn to make a lined bag, insert piping and join the ends, make buttonholes in different ways, sew on buttons by machine, and more.

 

Supplies:

½ yard fabric for inside and lining or 2 coordinating fat quarters

1/4 yard fusible fleece or fusible interfacing

2 buttons, about ½”

Package of piping, optional

Crushed walnut shells or sand for pincushion (we will provide)

Thread

 

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The January Viking Club Project is getting us organized. Tote Bag is for sewing supplies, cosmetics or whatever and we will learn ways of perfecting satin stitches, topstitching closures and much more.

Supplies:

3/8 yd. Fast-2-Fuse

3/4 yd. Fabric or  2 - Coordinating 3/8 yd. Pieces

3 yd. Grosgrain Ribbon, 5/8 in or 7/8 in wide

Decorative thread to match the Fabric  (We recommend Blendables 12 wt)

Size 90 needle

Sewing thread to match Ribbon.

1 or 2 Buttons

6 – 1 gal heavy weight Freezer Bags (we like the kind with a zipper slider)

 

For December Viking Club, we’re going to give ourselves some well-deserved comfort! These HEATABLE SOOTHING RICE BAGS are gratifying to make for yourself and all your “giftees”. You simply heat them in the microwave and place them on tired sore muscles. They’re also good for taking the chill off cold sheets at bedtime, or using as a trivet to keep casserole dishes warm. Make yours easy and fast,  or embroidered or decorated as you like. We'll present tips and techniques for working with different kinds of knit and stretchy fabrics.

You deserve to be soothed at this time of year!

 

HEATABLE SOOTHING RICE BAGS

Supplies:

½ yard fabric, something soft and durable like fleece or “Minkee”

Optional contrasting thread

Thread

White rice, 1 1/2 to 2 pounds each (we will have some here too)

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ln November Viking Club we will be making place-mats and napkins for your holiday table or for gifts.  You'll have lots of creative choices and each place-mat can be different.  This is fun!  Be sure to bring your clear B stitch-in-the-ditch foot if you have one, and your B foot or open-toe foot.  Remember, Friday, November 16, 11-2pm and bring Show and Tell if you've been productive!

FRAMED PLACE-MATS AND DOUBLE-FACED NAPKINS

Supplies:

5/8 yard focal print fabric for frames of two place-mats
3/8 yard plain or light print for centers of place-mats
1/8 yard contrasting fabric for decorative flap, optional
1/8 yard each of 3 or 4 contrasting fabrics for pieced version, optional
3/8 yard fusible or other low loft batting
Tear-away stabilizer, optional
Removable fabric marker
5/8 yard each of two fabrics for two napkins
Sewing thread and two or more contrasting decorative threads

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After sunning all summer, we're ready to get back to Viking Club!  Our project for September will be a Microwave Corn/Potato bag.  These veggie cooking bags make perfect corn on the cob and oven-like microwave baked potatoes.  (Really.  We can testify.)  You will learn about "string" piecing, quilting with decorative stitches, tiny turned "spaghetti strap" ties, keyhole-style or other buttonhole, edge-stitching on heavy fabrics.  These microwave cooking bags make terrific gifts and you need at least one for yourself.  (Btw, you can make these bags more quickly later if you want, but we added clever details so you can learn more!)

Supplies:

Three fat quarters.  We used corn and potato fabric and a blender color.

10" x 22" piece of cotton batting

Contrasting cotton or polyester thread

 

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The March Viking Club Project is called the
"NEEDLE-IZER" (organizer for your needles or other small items, like cosmetics etc.)

Supplies:
2 coordinating fat quarters
½ yard fusible fleece
Sewing thread and decorative thread
Optional button
½ yd of ¾” to 1" ribbon or twill tape
8 Hefty One Zip quart size freezer (not storage) bags

 

February Viking Club meets on the 17th, and we're making a an UNDER-MACHINE CADDY for your sewing tools.  This caddy is so handy -- all of us who have made one use it all the time.

Supplies:
½ yard fabric, preferably a slightly heavier weight or decorator weight
Optional 1/2 yard fusible interfacing if fabric is very light weight
1/4 yard Fast-2-Fuse
4" Velcro, ¾” wide
½ yard optional rickrack or trim

 

In January Viking Club we will be getting our sewing lives better organized!  We're making a NOTEBOOK COVER WITH POCKETS where we can keep all our sewing "document.  We will learn how to  put in an invisible zipper and how to define an area with perfectly sewn piping.

SUPPLIES:

Ring binder notebook -- get a nice big one, and be sure the covers will bend backwards so you can get the cover on
½ yard fabric for notebook cover
½ yard fusible fleece
Fabric about 11” X 11” for pocket -- this could be a contrasting fabric, a printed panel, or an  embroidery 
Fusible interfacing for pocket
One package piping and/or an invisible zipper at least 12” long
Thread to match cover and pocket
¼” Steam-a-Seam