To sign up for a class just call us at (607) 535-6550.
Clubs
Machine Embroidery Club
Get the most out of your embroidery machine. Machine Embroidery Club meets the first Tuesday of the month at 3:00 pm. Bring your embroidery machine and complete a project each month. Supply lists will be sent to you before the meeting, some supplies will be provided.
Instructor: Sue Pietrazk
Dates: February 5, March 4, April 1
Cost: $15.00
New in 2008 – OPEN SEW !!
Our classroom is available to you the following times—
1st Sunday of the month, 11 am - 3 pm
2nd Tuesday, 10 am - 1 pm
3rd Thursday, 6 - 9 pm
Feel free to bring any project you’re working on and enjoy some quality sewing time with others.
Strip Club
Free pattern — free demo — every other month we’ll offer a new quilt all based on 2 ½” strips of fabrics. Show n’ tell of past strip club quilts are always great!! Kits available for strips already cut!
Dates: Jan 12, Mar 8, May 10, June 12
Time: 9 am
Kids Club
It does a body good to see the kids sewing and having as much fun as I did when I was a kid. Yep, even way back then I loved to sew and these kids do too. Mary Ann always has a fun, easy project they can complete in a couple of hours. Often they make more than one!
Instructor: Mary Ann Cleary
Dates: Saturdays, Jan 12, February 9, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14
Time: 2 - 4 pm
Class fee: $20.00
Quilt Club
Looking for a great time and learn a few quilting tips too? This club is for you! Each month Jeanne demonstrates a new technique or offers a tip or two. How many did you use in 2007? Good practical quilting ideas with a great show and tell. The more show n’ tell you bring the more inspiration everyone gets. We love seeing the great ideas you come up with. Cost is $5.00 each month.
Would you like to make a quilt top for just $7.50? If you choose, you can participate in our block of the month. The first month you pay $7.50 for the pattern and fabric for the first block. If you come back to Quilt Club the next month with your block completed you receive the next pattern and fabric for free! If you can’t make that month’s meeting, you just pay $5.00 for the month’s pattern and fabric. Don’t miss January’s Quilt Club - Jeanne will have the completed top for you to see. The quilt top is all done in Lakehouse’s LaBelle Rose Collection.
Building Blocks Club
Come on down the 1st Monday of each month from 6 - 9 pm and build quilt blocks. It’s just like playing with blocks when you were a kid but lots more fun! You’ll make a different 6” block each month. Each of the blocks will teach a technique thus building your quilting knowledge as you go. You’ll learn how to make rail fence, nine patch, shoo fly, sawtooth star, ohio star and paper pieced log cabin blocks. The blocks you learn can easily be used alone to make an entire quilt, or you may choose to combine all six blocks for a sampler type quilt. This would be a great opportunity to use those beautifully coordinated fabric collections or go scrappy and use up some of your stash. It’s also fat quarter friendly (for all you fat quarter frenzy people). Join the fun building blocks on Monday nights!
Date: Starts May 5
Cost: $5.00
♥ Learn your sewing machine
Were you lucky and received a sewing machine for Christmas or has yours been collecting dust for a few years? This class will introduce (or reintroduce) you to your best friend!
Instructor: Sue Pietrazk
Date: Friday, January 18
Time: 6 - 9 pm
Class fee: $20.00
♥ The Big Three with Goose in the Pond
Accurate cutting, precision piecing, and proper pressing—you need all three! In this class you will learn to accurately cut half square triangle units and more. Then set your machine up for optimum performance and that all-important scant ¼ inch seam allowance. Think you’re done? Almost….pressing can make or break your block and ultimately your quilt top. You’ll be amazed at how much you will learn in this class!
Instructor: Sharon Stroud
Date: Saturday, January 19 OR Tuesday, February 19
Time: 10:30 - 5 pm
Class fee: $40.00
Quick & Easy jacket
Many of you saw Mary Ann’s jacket on the Quilted Cuisine Excursion. She got so many compliments we knew it had to be a class!
Instructor: Mary Ann Cleary
Date: Sunday, January 20 and 27
Time: 11 am - 2 pm
Class fee: $40.00
♥ It’s Hip to be Square
Become a confident quilter and take the mystery out of great quilts! Learn to make two different blocks into one great quilt!
Instructor: Cheryl Cleveland
Date: Wednesdays, January 23 and 30,
OR Mondays, April 28 and May 12
Time: 6 - 9 pm
Class fee: $40.00, Book $15.95
Pineapple
Learn more about foundation piecing on muslin – this time with the perennial favorite pineapple block.
Instructor: Mary Ann Cleary
Date: Saturday, Feb 9 at 10 am - 1 pm,
OR Monday, Feb 10, 6 - 9 pm
Class fee: $20.00 Foundation
♥ Handpiecing is bliss!
Hand piecing can be done anywhere, any time. It’s portable, quiet and user friendly. Each class will teach you a new hand piecing skill—using templates, stitching, set-ins, curves, etc — by using a tumbler (thimble) shape, hexagon and drunkard’s path set. The techniques learned can be used on any size project you wish to do in the future. In class you will be able to choose which size of hexagon and drunkard’s path block you would like to do, the thimble is one-size-fits all. You may find that you like hand piecing as much (or more!) than you do machine piecing! And the techniques we will be practicing are much easier done by hand. Try it—you’ll like it!
You may take one, two or all three classes. Some hand piecing experience is suggested for the Drunkard’s Path. The Thimble or Hexagon classes are a good start for those with no experience.
Thimble: Sunday, February 10,
Hexagons: Sunday, March 9
Drunkard’s Path: Sunday, April 13
Time: 12 Noon - 3 pm
Class fee: $20 each or $55.00 for all three
Messenger Bag
We saw this bag at Quilt Market and we were spell bound with how easy it is. And how easy zippers can be! Bring a dish to pass and we’ll sew through dinner!
Instructor: Sue Pietrazk
Date: Wednesday, February 13
Time: 5:30 - 8:30 pm
Class fee: $20.00, Pattern $10.00
Bargello
Back by popular demand! Missed it the 1st time? Don’t miss it this time. A great technique to learn and it makes a great head turning, eye popping quilt.
Instructor: Joey Traver
Date: Saturday, February 16
Time: 10:30 - 3:30 pm
Class fee: $30.00, Book $16.95
Bellino Bag
Is it a backpack or is it a handbag? It’s both! Use a couple of our new zippers and you’ll have a versatile bag you’ll use all the time!
Instructor: Sue Pietrazk
Date: Monday, February 18, 10:30 - 3:30 pm OR
Tuesdays, March 18 and 25, 6-9 pm
Class fee: $20.00, Pattern $10.00
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Fun n’ Done
Piece it and quilt it all at once and your quilt is done! Great technique for the quilt you needed yesterday!
Instructor: Cheryl Cleveland
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 1:30 - 4:30
OR Monday, April 7, 6 - 9 pm
Class fee: $20.00, Pattern $10.00
♥ Log Cabin Quilts
So many possibilities with one quilt block. You’ll learn all the techniques needed to start your first quilt and fall in love with quilting. The log cabin block offers a multitude of different settings with so many options.
Instructor: Cheryl Cleveland
Date: Saturday, Feb 23, Mar 1, Mar 15, Mar 29
Time: 10 am - 1 pm
Class fee: $20.00
Creative Quilt Labeling
In this class students will explore embellishing one's own handwriting, as well as experimenting with simple flowers, vines, and leaves. Each student needs to bring a .01 or .03 point Pigma pen in the color of their choice. All other materials will be furnished, including handouts and prepared fabric. This is a fun and eye-opening workshop--it leads to all kinds of creativity! The techniques learned can be translated into creative quilt labels, friendship or signature quilts, and beautiful gifts. Don’t leave your quilts naked—finish dressing them with a custom label!
Instructor: Sharon Stroud
Date: Monday, March 3
Time: 1 - 4 pm
Class fee: $20.00
♥ Skillbuilder Classes for Appliqué
When you concentrate on a specific portion of any skill you get better faster! Lean these skills and apply them to any pattern you see. We’re offering two classes in Cutwork Appliqué to build your skills!
All Points Cutwork Appliqué focuses only on inside and outside points. Come learn basic needleturn appliqué. Pattern provided.
Instructor: Sharon Stroud
Date: Monday, February 25
Time: 1 - 4 pm or 6 - 9 pm
Class fee: $20.00
All Curves Cutwork Appliqué concentrates on only inside and outside curves allowing you to perfect those skills. Basic needleturn appliqué will be taught. Pattern provided.
Instructor: Sharon Stroud
Class fee: $20.00
Care and Feeding of Your Featherweight
If you missed it before, Sharon is back with this essential class for all Featherweight owners. You will go home knowing how to clean and oil your machine, where to lubricate, how to do simple repairs and more. This is for the old black Singer Featherweight machine only.
Instructor: Sharon Stroud
Date: Friday, April 18
Time: 2 - 5 pm
Class fee: $20.00
Birds in the Air
Let’s celebrate quilting with a fun evening of sewing, learning all about ugly fabric and eating. We’ll do a fabric swap — each student will bring 2, 6” squares for every student in the class (10 students/ 20 squares). To celebrate National Quilting month, O’Susannah’s will provide each student with 2, 6” squares. This will be a fun class and inspire you to use those “why did I buy this fabric!” we all have in our stashes. Bring a dish to pass and enjoy quilting with old and new friends.
Instructor: Joey Traver
Date: Saturday, March 8
Time: 6 - 10 pm
Class fee: $20.00, Pattern $8.00
♥ Spring Banner
A Welcome banner to decorate your home this Spring. Ducks, and bunnies and all things spring make this wool felt banner perfect for a doorway or mantle in your home.
Instructor: Daphne Holland
Date: Friday, March 21, 10 am - 1 pm
OR Monday, April 21, 6 - 9 pm
Class fee: $20.00, Pattern $8.50
♥ Redwork Hearts
We just missed Valentine’s Day but this quilted wallhanging is sweet no matter the day! Learn to stitch redwork hearts by hand and make a pieced quilt block for a great combination!!
Instructor: Sue Pietrazk
Date: Sunday, March 30
Time: 11 am - 4 pm
Class fee: $25.00
Chenille Rug
Chenille isn’t just for bedspreads! Make a rug instead! Pick your fabrics out the day of class – no prewashing required. This is a great home décor item that you just throw in the washer. This technique uses a plain old straight stitch!
Instructor: Nancy Crouch
Date: Monday, March 31
Time: 6 - 9 pm
Class fee: $20.00
One Fabric Quilts
Yes – just one fabric and you can make a stunning quilt. It’s as easy as that! No need to find numerous fabrics just that one border print will do it all. You’ll be truly amazed!
Instructor: Jeanne Knapp
Date: Saturday, April 5
Time: 10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Class fee: $30.00, Book $19.95
Sampler Quilt
From Eleanor Burns’ Underground Railroad Book, you’ll be making sixteen traditional blocks each 6” to make a great lap size quilt or wallhanging. You’ll progress from a log cabin block to more difficult blocks such as the Carpentar’s Wheel.
Instructor: Joey Traver
Date: Saturday, April 12, 19, 26 and May 3 (May 24 if necessary)
Time: 10 am - 1 pm
Class fee: $60.00, Book $24.95
Get to Know Your Serger
This is a notebook class with a finished item at the end of class. Learn threading, changing needles, stitch length, width, inside and outside corners, curves and casing and more. Bring your Serger and your questions.
Instructor: Nancy Crouch
Date: Monday, April 14
Time: 6 - 9 pm
Class fee: $20.00
Landscape Quilting
Learn all about Landscape Quilting! We are excited to offer a great introduction to landscapes. Three different classes – each one introducing more techniques and ideas to use in landscape quilts.
Instructor : Rhonda Quade
Class 101, Basic Landscapes, April 19
Class 201, Beyond Basics – patterns, projects & techniques, May 3
Class 301, Beyond the Patterns – add dimension to your projects, May 24
Time: 1:30 - 4:30 pm
Class fee: $20.00 each or $45.00 for all three! Book $26.95
Mariner’s Compass
Paper Piecing gives perfect results with perfect points each and every time. Learn this technique working on a Mariner’s Compass block from Carol Doak’s book, Mariner’s Compass. A CD is included in the book to print all the designs in the book.
Instructor: Joey Traver
Date: Sunday, April 27
Time: 11 am - 3 pm
Class fee: $25.00, Book $28.95
More Serger Techniques
This is a hands on notebook class and you will have a completed project. We will cover rolled hems, flatlock faux blanket stitch, installing a zipper and more. Bring your Serger and your questions.
Instructor: Nancy Crouch
Date: Monday, May 19
Time: 6 - 9 pm
Class fee: $20.00
We’re always more than happy to schedule a class time that is convenient for you. Just let us know and we’ll make it happen!
