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Current Classes

Bargello class with Patsy Quimby
In this all day class you will learn how to piece, cut apart and repiece the strips that make the Bargello quilt. This is a fun technique and we will have a great time.  You'll be amazed by the results!!! $35.  June 21

Beginner Boot Camp Survivors

Beginner Boot Camp
This class for the confident beginner will take you through selecting fabrics, proper rotary cutting methods, making a perfect 1/4" seam, creating your own design (including setting a quilt on point), paper piecing, appliqué, finishing the quilt (including binding). $45 plus book.  You must have access to a working sewing machine to do the homework. Click here for the supply list.  

• June 11 - July 2.  1:30 - 5:00PM

BACK TO BASICS
You can take each class individually for $10, or take the entire series for $50.  You don't have to take these classes in order - come to the class that offers the help you need when you need it.  Each class is about an hour long, but you must sign up in advance!

• CUTTING BASICS: Learn how to accurately rotary cut, what all the those lines are your ruler are for.  Try before your buy by using our rotary cutter and rulers. We will also talk about fabric quality and straight of grain.
  • Tuesday, May 13,  2:00- 4:30.
  • Monday, June 2,  5:00 - 7:30.
  • Saturday, July 19, 2:00- 4:30.
• PIECING BASICS: The importance of a 1/4" seam and how to find it.  Press for success! Setting a quilt or block on point.
  • Tuesday, May 20,  2:00- 4:30.
  • Monday, June 9,  5:00 - 7:30.
  • Saturday, July 26, 2:00- 4:30.
• BORDER BASICS: Borders can make or break a quilt.  Do you want a straight border, a pieced border, a scalloped border, a mitered border, flanges, piping? Once you decide, we will show you how to add it and keep your quilt flat.
  • Saturday, May 10, 10:30- 12:30. CANCELLED
  • Tuesday, May 27,  2:00- 4:30.
  • Monday, June 16,  5:00 - 7:30.
  • Saturday, August 2, 10:30- 12:30
• FINISHING YOUR QUILT: Decide to tie, hand quilt or machine quilt your quilt.  We will give you an overview of the three methods and help you with it in class, but this is not an in-depth methodology class.
  • Saturday, May 17, 2:00- 4:30.
  • Tuesday, June 3,  2:00- 4:30.
  • Monday, June 23,  5:00 - 7:30.
  • Saturday, August 9, 10:30- 12:30
• BINDING BASICS: Learn how to make and apply both straight of grain and bias binding with crisp, clean corners.
  • Saturday, May 24, 2:00- 4:30.
  • Tuesday, June 10,  2:00- 4:30.
  • Monday, June 30,  5:00 - 7:30.
  • Saturday, August 16, 10:30- 12:30
• LABELS AND HANGING SLEEVES
  • Saturday, June 7, 2:00- 4:30.
  • Tuesday, June 17,  2:00 - 4:30
  • Mon, July 7,  5:00 - 7:30.
  • Saturday, August 23, 10:30- 12:30

Castle Keeper Tote 

Make this spectacular tote to carry your treasures in. It’s great for books, quilting or knitting projects, diapers, fashion dolls…

Cat Nap Miniature Quilt

Do you enjoy paper piecing?  Join Sherry in this paper piecing class to make a 9" x 11" miniature quilt, perfect for anyone who shares a home with a cat.  This miniature pattern includes a sample of more traditional quilting patterns within the stack: flying geese, star & square-in-square designs. $20 includes pattern and fabric.

Thursday, May 8, 1:30 - 5:00PM.

Couch Caddy. As a special Fathers Day gift, we are offering this class for only $10, pattern AND fabric included!  This handy organizer is just the thing to keep all the essentials (like the remote:-)) nearby.  Bring your sewing machine or borrow one of ours, this Couch Caddy only takes about an hour to make. Finished size:  10" x 21 1/2"  
 

• June 5, 2 - 4PM
• June 14, 10 - 12PM  Stay for the Library Quilt class afterward!
   

DO YOU EQ?
Do you own Electric Quilt but haven’t quite got around to working with it? Considering EQ6 for your Christmas Wish List? This class will familiarize you with the basics. Bring your laptop with EQ installed or use one of ours. Special one-day discount on software. $35  (Kris's note: if these times don't work for you, call and we can schedule a different date and/or time.)

• Saturday, June 28, 10 - 5PM
• Wednesday, Sept 3, time TBA
• Saturday, Nov 9, 10 - 5PM

Elementary Star
This class is for confident beginners, or those who just want to refresh their skills. Those of you who have gone through our Boot Camp class and miss the fun, let's do it again! We will be making a small wall hanging using fabric that inspires you. Topics we cover will include: straight of grain/bias, accurate cutting, how to get an accurate 1/4" seam, how to make a half square triangle, how to make a quarter square triangle, twirling the seams to reduce bulk, chain piecing, easing a block component to make sure the block is square, squaring up your top, setting a block (or quilt) on point, adding a mitered border, measuring a border so the quilt lays flat and finishing options. Click here for the supply list.  $20  Offered:

• Friday, May 16, 5:00 - 7:30

Foldy Stuff Fans

Foldy Stuff patterns are easier, faster and more accurate than regular piecing. You iron the grid onto muslin, then sew the precut fabric pieces to the muslin and fold using the quidelines for sewing and positioning the next strip. The fabric pieces are simply being sewn to the muslin base without regard to sewing accuracy. The folded pieces are then folded to the next guideline, covering the stitching. There are a number of patterns available - this one uses fabric pieces precut using a template. In this class, you will learn to trace and cut templates, cut fabric using templates, and piece using the foldy stuff designs. $20 plus one package of Foldy Stuff. 

• April 29, 10 - 1PM

Friendly Log Cabins

Join us at the Strauss House in Claryville for a weekend retreat as we explore the different methods of making the classic log cabin block, including the faux log cabin. Then we will be auditioning different layouts, from traditional to contemporary, and different styles such as the uneven log cabin or the pineapple. We will also be experimenting with different fabrics, such as wools and mens ties. Finally, we will be swapping fabrics to make a friendship log cabin. Expect to bring home a treasure!   For more information, contact Josie 845-985-2254 or via email at timeaway@frostvalley.org

Hot and Cold Star-tactular Quilt
Learn a clever new technique for making stars and gain lots confidence mitering corners along the way. If you can sew a nine patch, you belong in this class! This two color quilt uses 1 yard of a light and 1 yard of a dark. $20

• June 13 10:30 - 1:00PM
  

Ladies Night.  Join us as we sit and chat while working on our favorite project. Bring your knitting, your embroidery, your quilting or whatever you are working on for a night of friendship and advice from the group. Come anytime between 5:30 and 8:30 on Monday nights. No charge.

Learn Foundation Paper Piecing.
This is a beginner level class that teaches the fundamentals of foundation paper piecing. This technique allows you to piece small blocks and wall hangings with increased accuracy.  Fabric can be 4 or 5 coordinating fats or scraps. 

For this class you will need a rotary cutter, a small cutting mat if you have one, scissors, sewing machine (unless you are using one of the shops), pins with small or flat heads, a quarter inch ruler, ruler for squaring, a postcard, (3 X 5 index card or template plastic about that size.)

We will provide the patterns and fabric (and cookies of course). If you wish to bring your own fabric, one fat quarter will be plenty for a main color and 3 to 5 coordinating strips about 2 inches wide.  $15 plus pattern

• Saturday, May 24 (labels) 10AM
• Tuesday, July 1

The Library Quilt!  Back by popular demand, Sherry is once again teaching this class.  This quilt is actually made of paper pieced blocks, but it is how you make and embellish those blocks that makes this quilt wonderful!  $15 plus pattern. 

• Saturday, June 14, 1:30 - 4:00
  Thursday, July 10, time TBA

Machine Quilting Class
Lower your feed dogs and raise your creativity in this class taught by Sherry.  This hands on class will provide the basic and beyond for machine quilting using your home sewing machine and the proper tools.  $35.  Click here for the supply list. (Here's a note from Donna about the class she took - Hi, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the machine quilting class. It was sooooo much fun and very informative to me. Now I'm not as afraid to do the machine quilting.)

• Saturday, April 26, 10 - 1:30 PM
• Wednesday, May 14, 5 - 8PM
• Monday, July 21, 1 - 4PM
• Saturday, Sept 27, time TBA

Retreats!

• May 2 - 4  See the Friendly Log Cabin description above.  Strauss House.  For more information, contact Josie 845-985-2254 or via email at timeaway@frostvalley.org

• September 28-29, 2008. Bayside Inn, Cooperstown NY

• November 21 - 23 Frost Valley, Claryville NY.  Call Carmel (845) 985-2291 x 205 to register.

Sassy Bag 
Our own Sassy Sherry will teach you how to make a Sassy Bag!  This small three pocket purse is ideal for travel and can be made with only three fat quarters. It is ideal for vacations or traveling light.  It's nicer than a fanny pack, less bulky than a traditional purse, and will lie securely next to your body.  The 2 inside pockets are big enough for a cell phone, check book and glasses.  There is also one pocket on the back. Finished size approx: 8" x 9". You supply the sewing machine, we supply everything else!  $25 includes pattern, fabric and all supplies.

• Saturday, July 12, 2 - 5PM

Scrap Sak!
The ideal accessory put by your sewing machine for your pins and your schnibbles. Make two, one for home and one for class! $15 includes all fabrics and supplies. 

• May 12, 2 - 4:30PM

• July 12, 10 - 12PM

Table Graces

Learn an ingenious new mitering technique while making this easy to piece placemat and tablecloth set.  $10 plus Table Graces pattern.  This pattern for placemats, mitered, lined napkins and mitered tablecloth is a real winner!

• May 17, 10AM

Tile Tango 

Grab some fat quarters, and you're on the road to a fast and fun quilt! Great project for beginners. Directions for six sizes given in the pattern.  In the class, we are making the 45" by 55" size. Come and join us!  $20

• June 26, 10:30 AM - 3PM.  Bring your lunch!  

T-shirt Quilt Class
Personalize your graduate's gift by making a quilt out of their T-shirts!  This is a two session class.

• Friday, July 11, 1:30 - 5:00PM

• Friday, July 18, 1:30 - 5:00PM
  

Yellowstone Park

This 40" x 50" wallhanging is perfect for that fabric you just can't cut, or for a quick crib quilt.  It's a GREAT quilt for a beginner.  We'll teach you how to rotary cut, chain piece four patches and twirl the intersections, and measure for flat borders.  Free with kit purchase.

Friday, May 2, 1:30 - 5:00PM

Yin-Yang Bag Class

This bag pattern was inspired by the Yin-Yang Symbol, reminding us to create and maintain balance in our lives. The Yin-Yang pattern includes well illustrated instructions tested for accuracy and clarity. The finished bag measures 11" x 16" and includes two interior pockets. This bag is easy and fun to sew and NO additional hardware is required.  Requires 1 yard dark, 2/3 yard light or contrasting fabric, hemostat or other turning tool,  a sewing machine in good working order complete with power cord and foot pedal, (unless you are borrowing one of ours), a walking foot, topstitch needles, thread for topstitching, pins, scissors and/or thread snips, seam ripper, hand sewing needles, needle threader and two 6inch pieces of 1/4inch elastic.  The fusible fleece batting and pattern will be provided. Click on the picture thumbnails below to see the samples up close.  $20

• TBA

X Bag Class

Make this handy shoulder bag to make in your favorite fabrics! Easy, clever construction results in a unique bag with 3 handy compartments inside and an attractive crossover outside. Bag has a button closure and calls for an optional cardboard insert in the bottom for a more definite shape. Finished size is approximately 12"x 10" without handles. Class fee of $20 includes pattern. 

• TBA

Waffle Time 

Everything tastes better when served on a homemade table runner! A fun and easy table runner in two sizes. (18" x 18" or 18" x 42".)  This class will focus on rotary cutting basics, sewing with an accurate 1/4" seam allowance, learning about opposing seams and proper direction for ironing seam allowances. Then we will tackle constructing units of the block, then rows of the block, ending with adding the borders to the top.  Price includes the pattern.  You will need to bring a working sewing machine with a 1/4" foot for piecing (unless you are using one of ours), scissors, seam ripper, and thread to match.  We will provide the rotary cutters, rulers and mats although you are welcome to bring your own.  Class fee of $15 includes pattern. 

• August 1, 1:30 - 5

Wonder Wallet
You will wonder why it took you so long to make this Fat Quarter Cutie! This wonder wallet is quick and easy to make.  It's loaded with pockets for all of your cards, coins and cash and doesn't require a zipper.  It fits neatly into a fanny pack, jacket pocket or small purse.  It will take you less than an hour to make this in class.  

$15 includes pattern, fabric and all supplies

• Saturday, August 9

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