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Basic Sewing for Kids New Session Add to Design Board Sku #: cq061819 4 session class with Jenny Hiett Class meets June 18, 19, 20, and 21 from 9:00am to 12:30pm. Designed for students age 8 to 14, this series of classes will teach your child correct sewing techniques from the beginning. Completing the "My Seams and Samples Workbook" enables kids to become independent and confident sewers. These skills will be reinforced through age appropriate projects: a pillow, drawstring bag, and a book bag. The class fee of $133.50 includes $100 for the teacher's fee and workbook plus a $33.50 kit fee for fabrics and notions used for the workbook and three projects. Click here to print your supply list. Price: $133.50 class and kit fees	CQ Sew Creative Software Club Paisley Passion Add to Design Board Sku #: cq040119 2 session class with Carolyn Class meets Mondays, April 1 and May 6 from 1:00 to 4:30 This lesson by Angie Spong is filled with a variety of digitizing techniques: Using a line drawing Quick Create Fills My Motifs Motif Fills and Lines Quadruple Trace Tapered Motif Satin Area and Satin Line Satin Area with Pattern Fill Curved CrossHatch Fill Quilt Block Parallel Fill Motif Stitch Border Splitting a design for the 360 x 350 hoop This lesson started in Create, traveled to Embroidery Extra, spent a little bit of time in Modify, and then back to Embroidery Extra for the final touches. It's another jam-packed class with so much to learn. We will be using the lessons learned in this class to spark our next challenge: Creating Crewel Embroidery Bring a USB stick to class! Price: $50.00 class fee	Fleur de Lis Machine Embroidery Block of the Month Add to Design Board Sku #: cq013019 Click here to see the pink and cream version 5 session class with Carolyn Class meets Wednesdays January 30, February 27, March 20, April 24, and May 29 from 10:30 to 2:30. Join us for HoopSisters' 2019 Embroidery Block of the Month. Fleur de Lis is a quilt that is made with your embroidery machine. You will be piecing, appliqueing, and quilting in the hoop. The size of the quilt depends on the size hoop you use and whether or not you choose to do the optional border blocks. Block sizes are 5”, 6”, 7”, 8”, or 9”. So, you can make a wallhanging size to king-size quilt. The class fee is $75.00. There is an additional fee of $35.00 per month for the embroidery designs. You can print out a basic supply list here, but you will need to come into the store for the fabric supply list. You'll want to get a brief explanation of how it all works and how to figure out how much fabric to purchase for your project. Click here to print your supply list. This class is full. Ask us about other machine embroidery classes starting soon!
Kimberbell Retreat Add to Design Board Sku #: cq071519 5 day retreat meeting Monday through Friday, July 15 - 19, from 10:30 to 4:30. Join us for five days of fun working on a Kimberbell machine embroidery quilt. Students can choose Jingle All the Way, Broomhilda's Bakery, Hello Sunshine, or Make Yourself at Home while our supply of kits are still in stock. The event fee includes instruction and lunch on us on Friday, July 19th. BYOL, Bring your own lunch Monday - Thursday, or visit one of our local restaurants. Students will need to purchase the book of embroidery designs and the kit from Cottage Quilts to attend this class. Some projects also have an embellishment kit. Kimberbell designs include so many different techniques: working with mylar, glitter vinyl, free standing embellishments, fringe embroidery, chenille embroidery, and more. It's the perfect way to learn your embroidery machine and have fun at the same time. All brands are welcome to attend this class. A supply list for each project is listed below. Jingle All the Way Supply List Broomhilda's Bakery Supply List Hello Sunshine Supply List Make Yourself at Home Supply List Price: $99.99 class fee	Let's Play with the Designer Brilliance 80 Add to Design Board Sku #: cq050119 This event is on Wednesday, May 1st from 9:00 to 4:30. Doors open at 8:30 and students should be seated and ready to start playing at 9:00. Spend the day with educator Carrie Philpott creating two fun projects with Viking's Designer Brilliance 80 sewing and embroidery machine. You'll learn how to use the exclusive built-in dimensional applique and sequin stitches in both embroidery and sewing modes. Projects include an in-the-hoop Scissor Holder and a Travel Reading Pillow. The event fee of $29.99 includes lunch, a free thank-you gift from Viking, and a kit with everything you need to complete the projects. Cottage Quilts will provide the machines and any sewing notions for you to use in class. A little bit about Carrie: Carrie simply loves to sew! She started designing and making her entire wardrobe at 14 years old. This passion has extended into an International journey that has embrace every aspect of the textile and garment industry. From 1998-2004, Carrie owned and managed Main Street Sewing and Vacuum in Vancouver, WA. This expanded her love of sewing in the Embroidery, Digitizing, Crafting, Heirloom and Quilting arenas. She has received certification and training from Sue Hausman, Martha Pullen, Alex Anderson and Connie Crawford. An event led by Carrie will infuse you with inspiration and motivation to expand your sewing, quilting, embroidering love and skills. We expect this event to fill quickly. Please call us at 541-500-8071 or drop by the store to enroll!	Make Yourself at Home Class New Dates Posted Here Add to Design Board Sku #: cq040119 8 session class with Carolyn Class meets Tuesdays, April 2, 9, 23, 30, and May 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 10:30 to 1:30. Make Yourself at Home is a delightful quilt filled with fun techniques: chenille, fringe flowers, glitter vinyl, dimensional ribbon flowers, and more! We'll be working in sections so that our quilt will be nearly complete by week 8. Students must be comfortable using a rotary cutter and sewing scant 1/4" seams. If you are new to machine embroidery this will be the perfect class for you! And, of course, it will be fun for everyone. The fabric kit, embellishment kit, and book with embroidery designs must be purchased from Cottage Quilts. The fabric kit including all the fabrics you need for the quilt top and binding is $86.00. The Kimberbell Embellishment kit is $35.00. The Make Yourself at Home book is $79.99. The total for all three is about $201.00. Click here to print your supply list. A note about the kits: We are waiting for two fabrics to arrive within the next two weeks @March 15. The kits will be ready soon after. Price: $50.00 class fee
Premier+2 Owner's Class Lesson 1, Part 2 Add to Design Board Sku #: cq050619 This class is for all levels of Premier+2 Embroidery software: Premier+2 Free and above. Class meets Monday, May 6, from 10:30 to Noon. We're continuing with the basics with this lesson. Students will learn how to: Select a hoop, insert a design, and move it. We'll play with rotate, mirror side-to-side and top-to-bottom, and change thread colors. Then, we'll insert another design and learn how to copy, duplicate, paste, cut, and delete. We'll discuss the Zoom Toolbar, Select Tools, Layout Tools, the View Tab, and the Help Tab. And, how to save your design, export it for embroidery, plus how to send the design to mySewnet. Whether you are new to Premier+ 2 or a seasoned user, you won't want to miss this class. Please review these areas in your manual or Help files before class. This Owner's Class is for students who purchased Premier+2 software from Cottage Quilts. Price: $0.00	Rose Bouquet Heirloom Pillow Class Add to Design Board Sku #: cq071717 2 session class with Marjory Class meets Monday, July 17 and 24, from 10:30 to 2:30. We will take a 30 minute lunch break so bring a cold sack lunch. Or, you can run down to Togo's. We are so excited to offer this beginning heirloom sewing class. It's been the number one class request in our store. Marjory is a licensed Martha Pullen educator who does beautiful sewing from garments and embroidery to quiltmaking. In this class you will learn how to: Center an embroidery design Make pintucks Stitch Entredeux stitches Embellish stitches with floss Embellish a ruffle with decorative stitches and add lace with a special heirloom technique Gather fabric with the best results A kit with all the fabrics precut and treated with Terial Magic, 5/8" lace edging, polyfil, and an alcohol wipe will be required. Kit price is $22.99 and will need to be purchased when you sign up for the class. The kit will be handed out in the first class. Be sure to purchase your supplies at least a few days before class. On the supply list you will see a few things you need to do before you come to the first class. Please be prepared. We have a lot to do and will start promptly at 10:30. Click here to print your supply list. Students without an embroidery machine can borrow one of ours. Please let us know when you sign up for the class. Price: $50.00 class fee	WonderFil Boutique Techniques Workshop Add to Design Board Sku #: cq050319 1 session workshop on May 3 with WonderFil Threaducator Jerrine Kirsch. Choose the morning session meeting 9:00 to Noon, or the afternoon session meeting 1:30 to 4:30 With the guidance of an expert educator, you will learn tips and tricks on how to make 80 weight polyester DecoBob and 30 weight variegated rayon Mirage run beautifully in your machines. The technique workshop will cover: Piecing a block on straight or curved edges, paper piecing using superfine thread, and playing around with decorative stitches using variegated thread to enhance your projects. You don't need a fancy machine to attend this class. Bring a sewing machine that has at least a few decorative stitches. Attendees will receive a free kit that includes DecoBob and Mirage threads, DecoBob bobbins, and Wonderguards. Click here to print your supply list. If you have any questions about this workshop or the supply list, please drop by the store or call. We'll be happy to answer your questions! Select Price: $0.00 class fee