Spring is just around the corner, and there's lots to do at Pink Castle Fabrics now that we can finally leave our houses again!
Improv Crosses, Plusses, and Cabins with Rossie Hutchinson of Fresh Modern Quilts
Thursday, February 27th, 6-9:30 pm
Are you looking for more blocks to make for improv quilts? Come learn
four of Rossie's favorite improv blocks: the improv cross (pictured),
the scrappy plus, the log cabin, and the open cabin. In this
three-and-a-half hour workshop, Rossie will make each block with you and
discuss problem-solving techniques for combining them and making a
quilt top. You'll leave class with at least four blocks and a handout
reviewing what you learned.
Rossie Hutchinson is the founder of the influential Flickr group Fresh Modern Quilts.
Her quilts have appeared in magazines, books, and quilt shows around
the country. She also creates and sells custom plexiglass shapes for
itajime shibori dyeing and other uses in her Etsy shop.
Finishing Touches - Binding and More!
Saturday March 1, 10:15-1:15
You've mastered creating your quilt top but what next?
This class will mostly cover double-fold binding techniques including
how to have a perfect join at the end of the binding and how to create
lovely mitered corners. Cut your binding time easily by 1/5 by learning
how to entirely machine sew your binding. Learn a machine binding
technique with a flange that mimics piping. We will cover how to make
bias binding as well as straight on-the-grain binding and why you would
choose either. We will also discuss ideas for backing your quilt and how
to make a pieced backing and how to create that perfect quilt label.
Using a quilt sandwich (a pillow sized "fake" quilt), you
will learn the basic techniques and then have a sample to look at once
you get home. There should be plenty of class time for discussion and
for you to get started on one of your own quilts as well. There is more information on what to bring on the class info page.
Prerequisites: While a basic class, this class assumes
that the student has made at least one quilt top of any size and
understands the concepts of 1/4" seams.
Sew Ann Arbor sew in with Rae Hoekstra and Karen LePage
Thursday, March 6, 7-10 pm
Bring your sewing supplies and join Rae Hoekstra of
Made By Rae and Karen LePage of
One Girl Circus as they host their monthly sew in! (Formerly known as the SEMI Crafty meet up.)
Introduction to Quilting with Renee Lange
This is a course which meets three consecutive Tuesdays.
Tuesday, March 11th, 10:15am-2:30pm
Tuesday, March 18th, 10:15am-2:30pm
Tuesday, March 25th, 10:15am-2:30pm
Learn the basics
of quilting while you make a beautiful lap size quilt with our
instructor Renee Lange. This class uses the popular "
Suburbs" pattern from Cluck Cluck Sew
to teach you about fabric selection, cutting, piecing, pressing and
options for quilting. You will complete the quilt top in this class.
You will need to bring your sewing machine, and a high quatlitu thread, as well as a pen and paper. Wait to buy other items until after the first meeting.
Intermediate Improv: Curvy Improv with Kathryn Schmidt
Thursday, March 13, 6-9 pm
Sewing smooth free-form curves is a technique with a difficult
reputation but it’s time to let everyone in on the secret—it is super
easy to do. You’ll be delighted to add this skill to your repertoire,
but be warned…it’s very addicting and you won’t want to quit! You will
learn multiple easy ways to handle curves without stressing out. There
is no curve that cannot be conquered!
This is a technique class so there is not a specific project to make. We
will discuss several methods of working with free-form curves.
Bring your basic sewing and cutting implement, along with fabric (see class page for requirements).
Kathryn Schmidt has been quilting for over 35 years, and is the author of
Rule Breaking Quilts. She blogs at
Quirks, Ltd.
There are more details on these and more (many more!) classes on the classes page.
Pink Castle Fabrics has sewing machines available for rental if you need
one. If you have any questions or need help booking your class, please
email rossie@pinkcastlefabrics.com or stop into our shop at 3808 Plaza
Drive.
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