Beginning Machine Quilting Class

 Class Fee $70      

Class dates:    

Independence Store -- Jan 7 starts at 1:30 pm & Jan 14 starts at 10:30 am

North Store -- Feb 25 starts at 1:30 pm & March 3rd starts at 1:30 pm

 Includes:  2 two hour classes,

     Heirloom Machine Quilting book by Harriet Hargrave $29.95

Supply List

·        Sewing machine in good working order, with extension table if available

·        Basic sewing supplies- thread clips, scissors, ripper, etc.

·        Straight stitch throat plate if available, but not a must

·        Darning foot- A MUST and a walking or even feed foot

·        Washout marking pencil with fine point

·        #1 (1”) rustproof safety pins, scotch tape

·        4-14” squares of batting (preferable a variety of fiber contents and thicknesses- if you have collected free samples at quilt shows from vendors this is a good time to use them)

·        7-14” squares of muslin- before class mark one piece of muslin with as many of the small quilting designs as possible in the back of the book.

·        12” or 14” simple pieced blocks (3” squares are fine)

Most machine quilters use something on their fingertips to help control the quilt.  Some cut off the fingers of rubber gloves, use garden gloves or the gloves available in the quilt shops which are made especially for machine quilting.  There are also finger gloves similar to the finger cots which and quilters use but much sturdier.  Some people just use a thick hand cream such as Neutrogena.  I like to use the rubber secretarial fingers on the first  2 fingers of each hand and sometimes my thumbs.

Class will consist of 2 sessions of approximately 2 hours each.  The first session will cover the brief discussion of workspace, threads, batting and preparing the quilt for quilting.  Students will participate in hands on learning of ditch, grid and continuous curve quilting techniques and move on to free motion quilting of a marked quilting design.

The second part of the class will be all free motion quilting and introduce stippling and other back ground fills, marked and unmarked feathers and outline quilting.

Class fee is due upon registration.  Cancellations at least 1 week in advance.  Due to commitment to teachers no refund is made with less notice.