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| You know how it goes...you just need another half yard, the shop you bought it from is out, and you don't have the number on the selvedge any more. With FindMyFabric.com, now all you need is a picture. Upload a photo or a scan of your fabric.to this website and find your fabric.
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Quilt Sampler 2012
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We have autographed copies of the Spring/Summer 2012 Quilt Sampler magazine featuring 11 shops across the United States and Canada including Quilted Strait.
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Save the Date!
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will be teaching and lecturing May 3rd and 4th, 2013
will be returning to teach in June 2013. She will be teaching a class featuring piecing and her wonderfule machine applique technique and and also a wool applique class.
will be teaching in August of 2013.
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 How much fun we are having meeting the new quilters and travelers who are coming in to the shop to see us since our article in the Spring/Summer Edition of the Quilt Sampler magazine hit the newstand! We are also loving the quilters with southern accents, the hints of Scandinavia some of the accents of the Midwest and the "flat a" of the New England voices we are chatting with on the phone.
Summer has been flying by, and we are getting our fall schedule of classes together and are busy opening boxes of new fabric. We are also working on Block of the Month quilts for next year and getting things set for some of the classes that we have scheduled into 2013 and 2014. Check below for links to classes with Kim Diehl and Gwen Marston - more 2013 links coming soon!
We will however, have the Gardener's Alphabet Block of the month ready to go soon, - we will begin shipping at the end of September. Right now we have a limited amount of these available at the moment as there is a delay in restocking the Lecien floss - so don't delay if you are thinking about this embroidery quilt. Details below!
piecefully,
Kris
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Beginner's Sampler Class
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 Class Begins Sunday, September 9 and consists of 10, four hour sessions from
10:30 am to 2:30 pm
The Beginner's Sampler class, with instructor Celeste Alexander, is for the person who wants to learn quilt-making, for the quilter who wants help improving skills, and for the one who wants to know why past quilting attempts haven't brought satisfying results. The techniques are all here, including rotary cutting, hand piecing, appliqué, English paper piecing, strip piecing, foundation piecing, mastering that elusive ¼" seam and more. For those of you who are ready for the next step....learn more techniques and continue to improve your skills be sure to take a look at the Advanced Sampler Class below.
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Homage to Hexagons
|  I thought is was only appropriate since we have our hexagon quilt back from the Sampler Magazine Folks - that we bring you a small amount of summer hexagon trivia. Enjoy!
Start here.....How to make a hexagon quilt in 492 easy steps.
Then on to binding your hexagon quilt
http://www.thatgirlthatquilt.com/2010/08/binding-hexagons-tutorial.html
Barbara Brackman has a great article on on hexagons and historical hexagon quilts.
And be sure and take a look at this amazing 1832 Silk and Silk velvet hexagon quilt.
The World's Biggest Hexagon Quilt even has it's own blog.
Construction methods include cutting half hexagons with
you know, the triangle thingy that you have had in your drawer for years and never used!
Mess around with hexagon sizes to make a more contemporary version or think about and Inner City quilt made with half - hexagons. Two award winning Inner City inspirations are the Inner City at Night Quilt and the Rise and Shine Inner City Quilt
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Gardener's Alphabet Block of the Month
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Join our Gardener's Alphabet Block of the Month which begins in September of 2012. This is a 12 month program and features the beautiful botanical blocks from Meg Hawkey of Crabapple Hill Studios. The 64" x 73" quilt consists of 22 embroidered blocks. Sign up now to save your spot.
Included in the Gardener's Alphabet Block of the Month will be assorted background fabrics from Meg Hawkey's collections for Lecien from Whitewash and Inkwell as well as the silky feeling cotton Cosmo solid and variegated embroidery flosses also from Lecien.
The richly embroidered blocks in Meg's quilt feature crayon tinting for dimension and realism - and the patterns will include a guide for coloring. Quilted Strait and Barb Schulz are offering a coloring option using Fabrico Markers. Barb has developed a technique using these to mimic the soft shading offered by crayons - with a lot less fuss! These markers offer the advantage of being permanent, fade resistant and each marker has two tips, allowing you to define thin lines as well as tint large areas. more......
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Fall Stash Dash
|  Fall Stash Dash 2012October 5,6 & 7 Friday & Saturday 9 am to 6 pm, Sunday 11 am to 4 pm
Join eight shops on the Kitsap and Olympic Peninisulas for the 2012 Stash Dash. At each shop you will get a fat quarter and a part of the directions for the Quilt. This years theme is Americana.
The shop owners have chosen a great row quilt pattern for the 2012 quilt! Visit the Stash Dash website for more details and driving directions to the shops. Visit all eight shops and be eligible to win a vintage Featherweight sewing machine or several other prizes! |
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Class Schedule
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 Girls Day Out
Instructor: Roxanne Carter
Class Fee: $40.00 per month Class meets the third Saturday of each month 10 am to 4 pm. Come join Roxanne Carter for a class one day a month. Learn easy techniques
that make piecing fast and fun and take advantage of her extensive quilting expertise. You can choose any project that you want to work on from her books or patterns or just bring in your own project that you need help with. This is a time for you to ask questions and get the help you need! Beginners are always welcome, Roxanne has a several great patterns to start off new quilters. Each time the class meets participants will get a free pattern from Roxanne as well as a block pattern for a block of the month quilt.
Beginner's Sampler
Instructor: Celeste Alexander
Begins Sunday, September 9 - 10 sessions
10:30 am to 2:30 pm
This class is for the person who wants to learn quilt-making, for the quilter who wants help improving skills, and for the one who wants to know why past quilting attempts haven't brought satisfying results. The techniques are all here, including rotary cutting, hand piecing, appliqué, English paper piecing, strip piecing, foundation piecing, mastering that elusive ¼" seam more..... 
Advanced Quilt Sampler Class
Instructor: Celeste Alexander
September 7,14,21 & 28, October 12 & 19, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm We are excited to welcome master quilter Celeste Alexander to our teaching roster after her 14 year hiatus on the Oregon coast. Celeste is the designer of the Beginner's Sampler class that Lauretta Ehling has been teaching at Quilted Strait. Celeste has created a new sampler class that is designed to teach a variety of additional techniques. Whether you are a fairly new quilter, or a more experienced quilter that would like to improve your skills, this class is perfect for you more....
Quilt Block ala Modern Workshop Instructors: Cindy Jandt & Rhonda Quayle
Class Fee: $15.00 per session or sign up for six sessions for $75.00
Workshop is the first Saturday of each month....join anytime, come when you can!
Play with fabric, color and design with Cindy and Rhonda as they make two blocks each month from the "Modern Blocks" book compiled by Suzanne Woods.
Cindy Jandt and Rhonda Quayle are bffs who love to share the art of quilting and enjoy a variety of styles of quilting and piecing. This class is applicable for all levels - beginning to advanced. Rhonda and Cindy will cover an array of techniques and methods. As a student you can join in at any time or commit for the entire session! Treat yourself to some time to explore these wonderful blocks! Sign up for six workshops at a time, use them whenever you want during the year, and save $15.00
Modern Blocks Book: 99 Blocks which is chock full of fun blocks that are original designs or fresh twists on traditional quilt blocks. Some of the most talented modern quilters have contributed to the collection of blocks.
Kaleidoscope Puzzle Quilt Instructor: Maggie Ball
Class Fee: $50.00 One Session Class: Tuesday, September 11, 10:30 to 4:30 pm Learn Maggie's template-free method for cutting and piecing Kaleidoscope blocks. It is easy and fast and does not require triangular rulers. Cut enough kite and wedge shaped pieces from 10" squares to yield sixteen or more 8" blocks and play with the layout. The design possibilities are numerous and are fun to explore. more
 Beginning Cotton Theory
Instructor: Mo Harrah
Class Fee: $75.00 - includes book, complete fabric kit for table mat, and seam guide One Session Class: Sunday, August 19, 11 AM to 4 pm Cotton Theory quilting is a new and different way to construct your quilt. It's backward! Unlike traditional quilts, which are pieced together, layered with batting and then quilted, Cotton Theory projects are quilted first, one segment at a time, and then assembled using Betty Cotton's fold-and-finish procedures. The Cotton Theory method makes quilting easy, no matter the size of your quilt. You quilt each piece individually before you construct your project, so quilting becomes just as enjoyable as piecing together the design. More......  Cotton Theory Club September 2012 to November 2012 The second Saturday of each month Instructor: Mo Harrah
Three session class: $75.00 (includes pattern) This shorter session of the Monthly Cotton Theory Club will be project based. Make a Cotton Theory Christmas Tree Skirt with instructor Mo Harrah while you learn MORE of the detailed finishes Betty Cotton has developed. Betty Cotton has even more new seam finishes that add interest and customization to your Cotton Theory projects.................and they are just waiting to become part of your Cotton Theory world. Anyone who has taken a Cotton Theory Class can join the club! more...  Random Flowerz Quilt Class
Instructor: Mo Harrah
Class Fee: $60.00 Two Session Class: Saturday Sept. 29 and Saturday October 27th, 11 am to 3 pm We begged and pleaded and Mo has agreed to a class for this beautiful quilt. Whether you choose a traditional two color design or dip into your batik stash - this will be a quilt you will cherish! (We also have several kits left if you would like your quilt to feature the stunning Bold Over Batiks that are featured in the sample we have in the shop). Mo will cover machine applique techniques (although you may certainly hand applique if you choose) as well as several machine piecing techniques more
 Ink Workshop - The Crayon Thing Instructor: Barb SchultzClass Fee: $45.00One Session Class: Sunday, September 30, 2012, 11 am to 4 pm There are a variety of patterns and embellishment techniques that use crayons for color. Crayons provide a soft color that is especially effective in quilts with hand embroidery - in fact one of our favorite hand embroidery pattern designers Crabapple Hill uses crayons a lot. However crayons on cotton fabric have a couple of drawbacks - they are really more permanent on a cotton/poly blend fabric (we quilters don't tend to have much of that around !), you only get one kind of a tip to work with, and it can be difficult to get the shading to come out just the way you want. Never fear! Barb has come up with a way to use the Fabrico Markers by Tsukineko instead of crayons more...
 Radiant Feathered Star Class Instructor: Maggie Ball
Class Fee: $80.00 Two Session Class: Thursday Oct. 25 and Friday Oct. 26, 10:30 to 4:30 Make the beautiful 28½" Radiant Star block with your choice of Le Moyne Star, Snowball or Kaleidoscope in the center. We will study a variety of piecing techniques for perfect triangles, including foundation paper-piecing for the feathers. We begin with instruction in basic pattern drafting to make a template for the star arms and to calculate the sizes of the block components. Then we'll continue with constructing the block and a discussion of options for making a medallion-style quilt to showcase this stunning star.
 A Kitsap Quilts of Valor group is meeting at Quilted Strait. For information about the national Quilts of Valor visit their website. The meetings will be held at the shop on the second Monday of each month. Please bring your standard sewing supplies including sewing machines. The group is at Quilted Strait from 10 am to 5pm so come when you can.If you have questions please call Carol Olsen at 206-780-0379 or drop her an email.
The mission of the QOV Foundation is to cover ALL those service- members and veterans touched by war with Wartime Quilts called Quilts of Valor (QOVs).?This foundation is not about politics. It's about people.
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June Newsletter Gift Certificate Winner
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Vanessa Marino
July Newsletter Gift Certificate Winner is Elaine Cullis.
Congratulations you have each won an $50.00 gift certificate. |
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