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A Sampler in the quilting world is a chance to learn and practice an array of skills and techniques while making an creative and unique finished product.
Celeste Alexander's sampler quilt is an original design, carefully crafted to provide exposure to a wide variety of construction methods. Some of the techniques include rotary cutting, hand piecing, appliqué, English paper piecing, strip piecing, foundation piecing, applique, mastering that elusive 1/4" seam, machine piecing, and working with templates.
Along the way you will get practical experience in color theory and design and you will also have the fun of working in a group.
At the end of the class, you may have favorite blocks and techniques and you may have some that you don't care to repeat, but you will have the skills to follow any quilt pattern or the tools to begin to shape your own original work.
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Quilted Strait
PO Box 306
32280 Puget Way NE
Port Gamble, WA 98364
info@quiltedstrait.com
360.930.8145
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 We have the best jobs! Every day at least one person brings in bits and pieces of a project or a whole quilt top that inspires us and makes us think about color and design all over again! We are always especially happy on class days - when we know we are going to be treated to the magic of fabric and thread. And boy do we have some great classes coming up. In addition to our amazing group of local teachers, we have persuaded some folks to travel our direction to teach. Pamela Hastings has retired from her other job and now has time for her real passion - so has time to do a little more teaching in Port Gamble. We are also pleased to welcome back Peggy Gelbrich, who manages to come this way even though she lives in Oregon these days. Linda Tellesbo will give you the opportunity to create a show stopping Glacier Star quilt - one step, one month at a time - really this quilt looks amazingly difficult, but all you need are rotary cutting skills and Linda's great directions - and Melody Crust will be coming in April to teach a day of Fast and Furious Finishes Classes.
We have moved our annual spring sale to a week earlier this year - so don't forget to put the March dates on your calendar, details are below.
Already time to start gathering quilts for the Fiber & Fabric 2014 - links for show information and for submitting quilts are below also!
piecefully,
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Create your next masterpiece!
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Latest shipment of Batiks from Hoffman Fabrics.
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 Shorebirds
Instructor:Dorothy Thompson
Three Class Sessions: Fourth Thursday of the month beginning in February: February 27, March 27, and April 24, 2014. 10:30 am to 3 pmThis is a pattern published by local artist Dorothy Thompson - the pattern has been hanging in the shop over the summer and we have had many requests for a class....so here it is. If you have wanted to create this beautiful hanging, but are hesitant to start this is a perfect class for you. If you are concerned that you have limited experience with appliqué? Don't worry! Here is your chance to be guided through the pattern by the author. Blocks that may look complicated are easily understood, and Dorothy will provide beginning applique and embroidery instruction as well. Each class session will consist of instruction and hints for a several blocks and a chance to get started in class ...more
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 Quilt Sampler
Instructor: Celeste Alexander
Tuesdays, March 4,11,18 & 25, 2014, April 1,8,15,22,& 29, 2014 and May 6, 2014 - 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 1/4" seam, machine piecing, working with templates, how to decode a pattern, dealing with sashes and borders, sandwiching the layers, and, the best part, more... |
 Desert Starlets
Instructor: Margaret Miller
Saturday, March 8, 2014, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Make this simple but stunning 50" wall quilt with AnglePlay author and creator Margaret Miller. Sharp star points are easy with the AnglePlay templates. The quilt is constructed with variations on only two simple blocks, Baby Birds and House divided.
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 Free Motion Quilting
Instructor: Peggy St. George
Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Join Peggy for an introduction to free motion quilting. You will learn about needles, thread, and batting as well as lots of free motion quilting techniques. Most of the class will involve hands-on practice, so you will have ample opportunities to try out Peggy's techniques and methods for yourself while taking advantage of Peggy's expertise and encouragement. .....more
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 Glacier Star
Instructor: Linda Tellesbo
Class meets once a month for five month. Fridays, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 6, and July 11, 10:00 to 4:00 pm Perfect and practice your paper piecing skills while making this gorgeous Judy Neimeyer pattern. Linda Tellesbo, who is a certified Judy Neimeyer instructor and an accomplished, award winning quilter, will guide you through several Judy Neimeyer paper piecing and construction techniques including curved piecing. This pattern is only available to students who sign up for this technique class. Class is open to all experience levels - Rotary cutting experience required .....more
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 Fabric Journal
Instructor: Pamela Hastings
Saturday, March 22, 2014, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Play with a combination of all the mixed-media fabric techniques you've ever wanted to try in Fabric Journals. For these small collages in fiber, you'll play with photo-transfer on fabric, beading, painting, applique, piecing, embroidery, and much more, with patterns and examples to create your own fabric book: PLAYING WITH COLORS, HEARTS AND FLOWERS, IN MY GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE, A REAL OR IMAGINARY TRAVEL JOURNAL, HEART-SHAPED JOURNAL OF TECHNIQUES...
or a topic of your choice.
They're collages, tiny art quilts, and a way to express your own personal stories all in one! You don't have to be an artist or an expert seamstress to enjoy this play with fiber, texture, color, and ideas. Pamela will take you step by step through the process of designing and creating your own personal journal, using supplies and materials you have already collected. The projects are portable and a great excuse for accumulating more stuff! ...more
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 Beginning Cotton Theory
Button Back Runner
Instructor: Maureen Harrah
Prerequisite: Rotary Cutting Experience
March 16th, 10 am to 4:30 pm
Class Fee includes fabric kit, pattern and seam guide.
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 procedure. The result is a reversible quilt that combines sewing, quilting, and, if you choose, embroidery. You end up with two quilts -one on each side - ....more |
 Crossed CanoesInstructor: Peggy Gelbrich
Crossed Canoes Class
Instructor: Peggy Gelbrich
Friday, March 21, 10:30 am to 4:30 am
Peggy has had quilts published in Quilters Newsletter and Fonz and Porter's Love of Quilting magazines. Peggy has been nominated as Teacher of the Year for the Professional Quilter magazine and in the 5 years or so that she has been coming to teach for us all of her students would second the nomination! Her specialty is taking traditional blocks and making them easier and faster with update piecing methods and dynamic color combinations.
Make this traditional Crossed Canoes pattern using new techniques. You'll learn freezer paper foundation piecing. You'll also learn about fabric values that create a secondary design. The class also includes an optional pieced border.
The block is easy enough for a confident beginner and the many options for placement of color and value will provide interest for more advanced quilters ....more
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 Pine Burr
Instructor Peggy Gelbrich
Saturday, March 22, 10:30 am to 4:30 am
Join Peggy to learn to create the spectacular Pine Burr block. Originating in early 1900 the Pine Burr block is easier to make today using paper piecing to make the burrs. You will use a freezer paper method leaving no paper to tear away. There is a gentle curve to add the feathered burrs to the center and a set in diamond shape to finish the block. Get a start on a beautiful quilt or give it a try making three blocks for a table runner. Intermediate .....more
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 Cotton Theory Workshop
Instructor: Maureen Harrah
Prerequisite: Beginning Cotton Theory Class or Cotton Theory Experience
This is your chance to work on your Cotton Theory projects in an open workshop format! You bring your own project and Mo is available to help you with any aspect of the project Cotton theory experience is required. This is not a beginning class. more... |
 Girls Day Out with Roxanne Carter
Instructor: Roxanne Carter
Third Saturday of the Month: 10 am to 4 pm, Class does not meet in March 2014. Beginners Welcome
Join Roxanne Carter for a class one day a month. Learn easy techniques to make quilting 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. more... |
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