Pat and husband Tom divide their
time between Naples Florida and
Bass Harbor Maine. Teaching
machine quilting in their shop
in Naples resulted in the
invention of their
Free Motion Slider,
a Teflon® sheet that covers your
machine throat and prevents the
dreaded drag that slows machine
quilters down. Simply lay the
supreme slider on your machine
bed and the Teflon surface lets
fabrics slide easily in any
direction.
In this workshop, you will use Trapunto
and free motion quilting to
create a small project.
Joan Halley - Fabric Post Cards
and Note Cards - $35
plus $5 materials fee which
includes Fusible interfacing,
fusible web, batting, card
stock, parchment paper.
Fabric postcards are easy to
construct and can be used for
note cards, invitations, holiday
cards, gift tags, remembrances
and keepsakes. At last a
workshop where you will finish
at least one and maybe a dozen
projects. Making postcards is a
fun way to play with fabric,
threads, embellishments, and
fancy stitches. You can be as
precise or as imprecise as your
“personal level of perfection”
desires.
We will explore several
techniques and products for
making the postcards. Step by
step instructions will be given
for those who like to step into
the shallow end of the pool.
And a myriad of ideas will be
presented for those who like to
jump feet first into the deep
end. Each person will make
postcards to suit her
personality and style, and maybe
push the edges too. A fun day
of stitching.
Come Play with Me
Need to lighten up? Not having
any quilting fun? Then, this
workshop’s for you. Intuitive
and improvisational, we’ll play
liberating games at your sewing
machine. We’ll lift four
“games” from the above
quilt…slice fabrics, trade
slivers of blocks, and hunt for
bright colors just begging for a
place to land in a quilt. You
will return home with a few
oxymoron blocks, in random
order. Can’t you see it now?
Fabrics all over the
floor…mayhem, chaos, delightful
laughter.
Requirement: Excellent Sense
of Humor! . . . and, oh yes, a
good friendship with a
sewing machine and basic
knowledge of piecing.
Book: Quilters PLAYTIME
recommended but not required for
class. It will be available for
purchase at the workshop, should
you wish to buy.
SQUARE CURVES – EASY! Design
template-free, intuitively
created blocks of inset curves
that become squares. Several
options using the same exciting
technique will be shown. By the
end of the day, you may have
your curvaceous squares
designed, stitched together, and
ready to complete. There are
other designs, too, using the
exact same curvy blocks. What
FUN!!!
The two images are of several
options that may be begun in the
Curvaceous Squares class.
“Curvaceous Squares” – the
smaller, center blocks have
green poppers located at the
bottom of the first column and
top of the next…then alternates.
“Centrifuge” – the poppers are
red (the windmills) with the
black and white centers in each
4-block combination.
Jacob’s Ladder using a Jellyroll
A simple and lovely way to use
up the jellyrolls we can’t
resist buying. This class will
feature the Jacob’s Ladder
Pattern using a jellyroll,
layer cake or fat quarters and
background fabric. We will also
show how to do a variety of
other patterns using
jellyrolls.
Supply List:
1 jellyroll or 1 layer cake
or
10/20 fat quarters
(depending on the size you
want to make.)
1 ½ yards background fabric
Easy Star and Geese Ruler
(available at Jo Ann’s)
Simply Easy Jellyroll Ruler
5x10 (available at Jo Ann’s)
Sewing supplies
Rotary cutter and mat
Sewing Machine
The pattern for this quilt comes
from the book:
Jellyrolls and More by Kimberly
Einmo book not required.
Patterns will be supplied.
Denise & Kassie are NBQA members
Thursday & Friday
February 17 & 18 2011
Pat Bruno - Autumn Birches II - $60
for the 2 day class
Pat is an NBQA member
Thursday & Friday
March 17 & 18, 2011
Christine Fries-Ureel - The Art
of Making and Appealing Nature
Screen - $80 for the 2 day class
Learn how
to make beautiful trees,
including trunks and large and
small branches, using fabric and
quilting lines
to represent bark textures,
contours, and shadowing. Learn
the particular technique used to
make Miranda's hair
for "Miranda: The Tempest" by
creating a hedgehog using
free-motion embroidery on
water-soluble stabilizer.
You'll create a cozy place for
your hedgehog with rocks, long
reed leaves or grass, a corner
with pond water, dragonflies,
and a spider web. Students that
took the first one-day class
will have learned elements
they'll be able
to use in this two-day class to
add to their quilt. Everyone
will create her own personal
little nature scene! Imagination
is the key, and anyone can bring
out what they have inside during
a few-day workshop. We always
give each other ideas, and
you'll create beautiful new
scenes!
Mickey Lawlor - Playing with
Paints on Fabric - $40 + $12 Lab
fee
In a relaxed atmosphere of
warmth and good humor, students
will spend the day becoming
familiar with non-toxic
transparent permanent textile
paints, mixing, and applying the
paints to cotton fabric for use
in quilts. Students will paint
sun-prints, leaf prints, create
wonderful textures, garden
fabrics, etc. and generally
complete about 2 – 4 yards of
fabric. The designs produced
are a combination of planning
and serendipity and give the
students a hands-on basis for
future exploration in
hand-coloring fabric.
Suitable for all levels.
Lab fee $12. for use of paints
in class and some other
materials.
Supply List pending
website: http://www.skydyes.com/
Thursday May 19,
2011
Pat Livingston - Needleturn
Hawaiian Applique - $35
In this workshop, the
concentration will be on
cutting, basting and and
appliquéing of a Hawaiian
Design. Because of the time
factor, it will not be possible
to complete the stitching so
that borders may be added and
the project quilted. However,
these steps will be discussed in
the workshop.
Workshops are held on various days of
the week. Cost of a workshop will vary depending on the cost of the
instructor etc. In general, workshops will be priced to cover the
cost of running that workshop. Workshops are limited to 20 participants.
To attend a workshop, you must
register and pay in full in advance. Do this by seeking out one of
the Program Chairpersons at a General Meeting (Linda Dooley or Pat
Summer) or by mailing in your check and request to:
Linda Dooley or Pat
Summer P.O. Box 614 East Greenwich, RI 02818
Plan your arrival at
the workshop for 9:30. This will give you ample time to get set-up
for the 10:00 workshop start time.For your comfort you might want to dress in layers and bring
a seat cushion. The workshop will end
around 3:30. Your help setting up
and breaking down tables and chairs is appreciated.
Coffee and tea will be
provided. You are welcome to bring a snack for yourself and/or a
snack to share with other workshop participants.
You should bring a power strip and a light.
There will be a lunch
break around noon. You may bring a bag lunch including a beverage or
go out to get your lunch at local fast foods. A refrigerator is
available to store lunches.
A group including the
workshop leader will be going out to dinner at 5:00 to a local
restaurant. Let the program leaders know if you plan to join the
group so that a dinner reservation can be made for you.
Please make every
effort to gather all
the supplies on the supply list.
Please remember to
turn your cell phone ring off at the workshop so that you do not
disturb other participants.
Please wear a name
tag. Stick-ons will be available at the workshop.
Guild Policy
states that if you are unable to attend the workshop, the workshop
fee will be refunded only if your spot is filled two weeks previous
to the workshop.
Classes and class space
are available only to registered, paid participants. No "auditing"
of classes is permitted. No concurrent use of the workspace for
other projects is permitted.
2009-2010
Date
Workshop Descriptions and Supply
Lists
September
17
2009
Pat LaPierre - Creative Machine
Quilting
Pat LaPierre of Naples, Florida,
is the inventor of the original
Free Motion Slider,
a Teflon® sheet that covers your
machine throat and prevents the
dreaded drag that slows machine
quilters down.
