
Where Creative Friendships Are Made
Classes

June Open Sews
Sat. June 3rd, Mon 5th, Tues 6th, Sun 11th, Mon 12th, Mon 19th, Tues 20th
Bring your hand or machine sewing. (No embroidery machines, please.) Sessions will be from 10 am - 4 pm on the dates below. Registration is required in order to ensure sufficient space- limit of 10 in the studio. Non-members are welcome when accompanied by a member.

July Open Sews
Mon July 3rd, Tues 4th, Sun 9th, Mon 17th, Tues 18th, Thurs 20th, Thurs 27th
Bring your hand or machine sewing. (No embroidery machines, please.) Sessions will be from 10 am - 4 pm on the dates below. Registration is required in order to ensure sufficient space- limit of 10 in the studio. Non-members are welcome when accompanied by a member.

Catherine's Sewing Bee
Saturday, July 22nd, Sun 23rd, and Mon 24th
Bee Creative for three full days. Bring any quilting or garment sewing project and get expert help. Get your project off the ground or finally finished. Make some new friends along the way. A full table per person. Space is limited and always a good time.

Design Your Own Tote
Saturday night, Sept. 9th and Sunday, Sept. 10th
What do you need to carry? Sewing notions box, water bottle, little iron, laptop, glasses, a tether for your keys? Does your bag need a strap to slip over the handle of a suitcase or sewing machine bag? Pockets outside, zipper pockets inside? Do they need to be clear plastic?
Design a tote to fit your needs. We will plan your design on Saturday night, cut and sew on Sunday. Detailed "How-to's" will be provided along with a fabric and supply list that will work for most totes.

Magic Stack N Whack
Thursday, September 28th
We will be using the stack and whack technique to create a quilt with Lemoyne Star blocks with no Y seams. Each one is a delightful surprise. The class is lots of fun. They really or magic. The book make be available in your library. The link below is a discount book site.

Midnight Madness
Friday, September 29th
Another wonderful Madness night with Joanne Thurston. Pictures of the project are coming soon. Dinner and an evening of sewing and great companionship. This event fills very quickly and space is limited. There is a full table per person.

Embroidery Digitizing Refresher
Saturday, October 7th
This class will use the Premier+2 Ultra software for creating machine embroideries and applique projects. Instructor will be using a MAC system but attendees can also use PC systems, # although some differences in the interface should be expected.
By popular demand, we will work from Merry Christmas by Amy Bradley Designs. Our class project will be ‘Mrs. Claus’. You can purchase the pattern in either ‘PRINTED’ or ‘PDF’ format from:
https://www.amybradleydesigns.com/

Running in Circles
Saturday, Nov 25th
It’s PlayTime! Use the Circular Tool available for several sewing machine brands: Pfaff, Viking, Bernina, Janome, Brother. Start wilh 10" squares of background and brights for the rings. Use the tool to stitch and decorate the blocks. Bisect the blocks and mix and match the pieces into a special project. Join them into a quilt, runner or placemats.
The circular tool is available through your sewing machine dealer.