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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
 "Now What?"
Beginning Machine Quilting Instructor: Peggy St. George
Class Fee: $45.00
One session class: Friday, November 16, 10:30 am to 4 pm You've made a quilt top...now what? Come learn the next steps...how to baste your quilt top, and stitch in the ditch. These two important steps may be just what you need to get that quilt top finished or on it's way. Peggy will share many tips and tricks for getting that top ready to baste and quilt, including the importance of pressing, various basting methods, and stitching in the ditch and simple quilting using a walking foot. 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.
Jan Krentz: Diamond Landscapes Instructor: Jan Krentz
Class Fee: $145.00 Two Day Class: Thursday & Friday, May 3 & 4, 2013, 9 am to 4:30 pm Jan Krentz is a nationally recognized quilt instructor, author and designer. Winner of the 1998 Teacher of the Year award, Jan's motivating workshops are packed with practical tips, techniques and methods to insure success. Author of Lone Star Quilts & Beyond, Hunter Star Quilts & Beyond, Diamond Quilts and Beyond, Quick Star Quilts & Beyond, and Quick Diamond Quilts. In this class Jan will help you create an impressionist - style quilt using 45-degree diamonds. Working from your own photo, students will design a quilt with a painterly approach, using a fabric palette. If desired, details are added to the pieced quilt top with various forms of embellishment, appliqué and thread work. more..... 
Kim Diehl's Four and Twenty Blackbirds Instructor: Kim Diehl
Class Fee: $95.00
One Session Class: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm All Skill Levels
Six-Hour Class Combine a rich palette of your favorite prints, simply stitched patchwork, and a variety of applique shapes that look hand-sewn, and the result is this stunning lap quilt. Spend the day with Kim as you learn her tips for easy design layout, techniques for preparing a variety of applique shapes, and then discover how easy it is to use your sewing machine to achieve finished designs that appear hand-stitched. Workshop time will focus on the pieced and appliqued "pie" blocks more....
Kim Diehl's Penny Wise Wool Applique
Instructor: Kim Diehl
Class Fee: $95.00 One Session Class: Friday, June 14, 2013, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm All Skill Levels
Six-Hour Class Simple cotton patchwork and an overlay of gently shaped wool appliques make a charming statement in this table runner that will look at home in any room of your house. Pre-piece this simple patchwork design in the comfort of your own sewing room, and then leave your sewing machine at home and spend a relaxing day with Kim while you learn her easy methods for fool-proof applique design layout, wool applique preparation more...
 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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Fall! I love it! Everything about it especially the weather. Here in the Pacific Northwest autumn means cool mornings and evenings and warm, sunny afternoons. Perfect for a walk or a few quick gardening chores after dinner and then time to curl up with a cup of tea and my latest handwork project. 
