Sit N Sew  – .Bring your own project and sew away

Quilt doctor Nancy Mirman will be there to provide help as needed. Do you have a project on which you are stuck?  Or maybe you have a photograph that you want to make into a quilt, and you don’t know how to start.  From how to make a quilt lie flat, how to make mitered corners, putting on a binding the correct way – Nancy can help you.  Nancy has been a member of the Guild since 1985 and taught quilting at The Country Quilter for almost 20 years.

Explore the many ways to use wool in appliqué, from traditional to penny rugs to making a circle stitch sampler! Learn how simple embroidery stitches can create wonderful results!

Whether you’re a beginner quilter or a more advanced quilter, most quilters will delve into the world of applique at some point in their quilting journey. This is a chance to learn both needle-turn and reverse freezer paper techniques. The freezer paper technique has many advantages; faster, easily change fabric color, while allowing you to master those small pieces with ease. You’ll also learn how to choose just the right color values, prepare foolproof shapes, and enrich your pieces by adding dimension and texture, thus, bringing your work to life. Note: This class requires an Irons-Clover Wedge Iron and Cheri’s Cool Tool (ordering information and supply list available).

In THREE-DIMENSIONAL PIECING the effect is still a known piecing configuration such as: half-square triangle, flying geese, prairie points, bow tie  knot, snowballs, etc. However, instead of a flat quilt block, it is three-dimensional and really fun to make. It works well on a regular quilt but works fantastically on a piece of clothing such as a vest or a jacket. Just come and try it with me.

Each participant will complete a simple Japanese Rice Bag. Then the students will choose a more complicated bag to make in the second half of the class.  Note: this is a repeat popular class!