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Samplin' AnglePlay

Row by Row

EQ7 for Mac

Samplin' Angle Play

If you missed Samplin' AnglePlay the first time - we are offering it once more on May 10th to accomodate those folks who ended up on the waiting list.

Margaret Miller has been teaching and making quilts for thirty years. But what she has returned to again and again is 'change the angle' i.e., use the long triangle (half a rectangle, cut corner-to-corner) in your work, which will make you use more angles than the two used in traditional patchwork (90 and 45 degrees, in squares and half-square triangles) in your pieced blocks and quilts. What a refreshing change this makes in the look of patchwork blocks and in new settings for them, It also enables to create undulating curves (even almost perfect circles!), with all straight-line piecing, and perfect sewn points to boot! AnglePlay!

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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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Row by Row Experience!

Experience the Row by Row Shop Hop. A shop hop type event with no fees, no passports and all summer to play?

Simply visit any of the participating shops across the United States and receive a free pattern for a row in a quilt.

Combine your rows in any way to create a unique quilt that represents the fun you had traveling throughout the summer. Travel with friends, discover new quilt shops and have fun collecting rows!

Begins July 1st!

May 1, 2014

Some recent gorgeous weather has made us all too aware that summer is coming soon!

If you pop in the shop in the next couple of weeks you will find us getting ready - new shop samples, cutting shop hop kits for the Western Washington Shop hop, preparing for the Featherweight Workshops in June and looking forward to participating for the first year in the Row by Row Shop Hop!

We are winding down our class schedule for the summer - but have lots of fun things that we are perking for fall -

Should be a great summer!

piecefully,
Kris

Electric Quilt for Mac

Electric Quilt 7 is now available for Mac! We will be placing an order for EQ7 for Mac (or you can order EQ7 for Windows) on May 15th. If you would like to order please contact us. The software is $189.95, if you place your order by May 15th, there will be no charge for shipping, and you can use the newsletter coupon below toward the software purchase.

Featherweight Maintenance Workshops with Dave and Sharon McCallum of Featherweight RX.

Dave and Sharon have decided to retire on July 1st ---- so really, this is your very last chance to take the Featherweight Workshop! They will be at Quilted Strait June 12, 13 & 14, 2014. The June 12th class is full, but we still have a few openings in the other two classes.

While there will be plenty of Dave's books and DVDs around, they are not restocking the other featherweight feet, accessories and machines as they sell out. For complete details sign up for their newsletter.

If you would like to order any of these items before the class (and before they sell out) - please contact Sharon soon and she will bring your items with her to the class in June and save you the shipping costs.

Western Washington Shop Hop

Get ready for the Western Washington Shop Hop! June 18-22, 2014.

Fabric this year is all about the garden with beautiful roses and cottage dots and stripes.

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Class Schedule

Samplin' AnglePlay
Instructor: Margaret Miller

Saturday, May 10, 10:30 am to 3:30 am

If you have never tried AnglePlay or if you have a set of AnglePlay rulers you have never used, this is your chance to find out what AnglePlay is all about with AnglePlay developer, C&T Publishing author and instructor Margaret Miller. See the magic that the long triangle makes in your pieced designs! Learn to cut this formerly hard-to-work-with shape, as well as half-size and pieced triangles, with the AnglePlay™ templates, and sew them together with sharp points every time. ...more

Machine Applique
Instructor: Ann Jones

Saturday, June 7, 10:30 am to 3:30 am

Learn to do turned edge appliqu� using your sewing machine! Ann's machine applique technique insures great results whether you have one layer or several layers of applique, all with the ease of machine stitching. This is a technique class, so you will complete a sample pattern provided by Ann in class. Ann will bring a variety of samples more

Spiral Walkabout
Instructor: Leslie Dickinson

Sunday, June 8, 10:30 am to 4:30 am

This pattern for these amazing quilts is published in the book Australian Spirit. The original technique uses a wedge ruler, but Leslie Dickinson has perfected a technique using a freezer paper wedge that is easier to do and allows for two spirals at once. TLeslie's technique for creating spirals is a great jumping off point to make a quilt similar to those featured in the book, or to use as the basis for a quilt of your own design. Class is suitable for confident beginner to expert quilters. ....more

Featherweight Maintenance and More
Instructor: Dave and Sharon McCallum

June 12 OR 13 OR 14, 2014: 10:30 am to 4:00 pm

Dave Mcallum is the author of the book Featherweight 221 and I and the DVD Those Fantastic Featherweights. He is also an artist turned quilter, and his love affair with Featherweight sewing machines led him to become a renowned expert on this little sewing machine so loved by quilters everywhere. Dave believes everyone can maintain and troubleshoot their own machine and this workshop is designed to make sure that you can do just that. ....more

Layer by Layer
Instructor: Gloria Loughman

October 24, 2014, 10 am to 4:30 pm

As well as being in demand as a teacher, Gloria Loughman has curated ten exhibitions of Australian quilts to the United States and has had a number of solo exhibitions, including an invitation to exhibit at the prestigious NEC Show in Birmingham, UK. Gloria is the author of three books for C&T Publishing.

The Layer by Layer class is for students who want to take that next step and begin to experiment with design and color.

In this workshop participants will combine elements of landscape in an abstract way to create a small wall hanging that is unique and visually exciting. Techniques such as mosaics, foundation piecing, soft edge appliqu� and invisible machine appliqu� will be included ...more

Playing on the Surface
Instructor: Gloria Loughman

Two Day Class: October 22 & 23, 2014, 10 am to 4:30 pm

Participants in the two day Playing on the Surface class will work to create a unique abstract design and while improving their machine embroidery and appliqu� skills in the execution of the design. The class is an opportunity to add more elements of innovation and creativity to your toolbox and to view color and design through this accomplished artist's lens. Intermediate to advanced quilting skills are needed for this class.

The class begins with a segment on design principles and advice on how to choose stunning and effective colour combinations. Breaking up the background into many smaller segments, students move on to decorate the surface of each one with a myriad of shapes, providing extra detail with ....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...

Liberated Stars

Gwen Marston 2015

We are exceptionally fortunate to have Gwen Marston returning to Quilted Strait to teach in March of 2015. Gwen is gifted, generous and knowledgeable teacher whose classes are always an inspiration for students to begin or expand on developing liberating, original work.

We are now accepting registrations for her 2015 classes . These classes fill quickly, but we will take a waiting list as well.

Watch for Gwen's latest book, "Minimal Quiltmaking" which has just been released and due in the shop soon!

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32280 Puget Way NE
PO Box 306
Port Gamble, WA 98364
360.930.8145
Toll Free: 1.855.GOQUILT