Rick Rack! It isn’t just for doll clothes! Take the fear out of working with Ric Rac. Dawn Farrier, owner of The Creation Station Quilt Shop in Buellton, will show us how to round and turn corners and “join” the tails and change colors seamlessly. Two projects will be presented: receiving blanket and table runner.
Optional: $25 kit available-everything you need for the receiving blanket shown here)
In this class you will learn to use a “collage with templates” technique. It is an innovative and revolutionary new technique. It is easy, foolproof and the results are amazing. This technique leaves the quilt and the fabric soft and manageable, not stiff and board-like, as fusible webs and glues do. The best however, is that you can do raw edge applique without any fraying edges!! This technique produces a no-fray raw edge applique as a result.
Note: This is a technique class. Time is insufficient to complete a complete project.
You will be working on your choice of one of the birds above.
Choose one and start collecting your fabrics!
Ever wanted just to get your quilt quilted without waiting on a long armer’s schedule? Are you sure there’s a way to use your home sewing machine to quilt that wall hanging or quilt? Well, there is!
Steve Shuman is back to demonstrate how it’s done. He’ll guide us through domestic machine quilting with tips, techniques and his own abundance of humor.
Taught by our own Jo Melis!
Learn the basics to break down a pattern to its simplest components, resize it, and calculate the yardage needed to make it. There is also a instruction on how to convert a regular pattern to a paper-pieced version.
If you have a design you lust after, bring copies of it to the class and as a group we will figure out the best way to translate your picture into a useable pattern!
This is not a sewing workshop! Paper and pencils are a must!
FEE: $20 refundable upon attendance; only checks and cash will be accepted. Pay at guild meetings or mail checks to:
Quilters by the Sea
P.O. Box 92814
Long Beach, CA 90809-2814
With QBS’s Kate Weber (see also Preparing to Make a T-Shirt Quilt workshop the same day)
Moda Shirt Quilt Blocks (9am-3pm) $25.00 (all day)
Get started on this quilt with some of your favorite fabrics. Pick a theme and go all in: Hawaiian, cars, or kid prints! How about a shirt for every month or holiday?
The pattern is a free download from mymodafabrics.com called Sunshine. Learn variations that enhance the design including adding pockets!
A free shirt kit is provided for practice.
Do you have a stash of t-shirts that you want to make into a quilt, but you aren’t quite sure how? This short workshop section will give you some techniques and tricks for using t-shirts as quilt blocks. Note: You may bring your own project to work on in the morning if you are NOT taking the Moda Shirt class.
This workshop is a companion to Jean’s Thursday trunk show. Jean demonstrates how to make her quilt’s eight pointed star blocks in various sizes. This is an excellent scrap buster!
Size adjustable to your scrap stash!
See Jean’s website for more information
Supply List:
- Sewing Machine in good working order
- Basic sewing supplies including scissors, rotary supplies and 20″+ ruler
- Personal Cutting Mat
- New Rotary blade in your Rotary Cutter
- Neutral cotton thread 50W preferred
- Small Square Ruler (6-1/2″)
- An assortment of fabrics for your quilt
“To me the moon has long been a symbol of women, fertility, and motherhood as it cycles monthly. The original quilt design for Many Moons was a way for me to reflect and remember all the amazing women I cared for over the last 2 decades as I worked in women’s health and delivered babies.”
Join this wonderful workshop and learn to embrace curves!
Steve Shuman leads this workshop investigating your sewing machine. Basic maintenance tips; how, when, and where to oil and clean. Steve will give service tips for each machine brand.
Supply list: your machine(s), sewing machine tools (screw driver, lint brush),fabric scraps, thread, scissors. If multiple people have the same machine, he will demonstrate how to work on one while to rest of us observe and take notes.
This is a repeat of the workshop held in January 2024.
Once you’ve serviced your machine, sit and sew for the rest of the day!
This is an on-demand open sew. You must register so we can get an accurate headcount. There is no charge.
Come and work on those last-minute holiday gifts or just come to sew and socialize.