Quilting with Cat Projects (Nov)

Cat Dimon will be instructing you on your sewing machine.

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All fabric choices and batting will be included in class price.

Choices are the following projects:

1. How to make a cloth face mask with a filter pocket

Fabric selections available, and Elastic will be provided

Cost of class: $25.00 per person

2.  Reusable Shopping and Grocery Bags 

These are going to be invaluable!  Now that Bernalillo county has banned plastic, it means we are grabbing everything we can to carry our purchases home, including laundry baskets in the trunk!

The finished bag will be 15 " tall x 7" x 11.5" width.  Large enough to carry 2 gallons of milk.  

Sewn with French seams for extra strength.

Cost of Class :$25.00 per person

3.  9 Patch Pillow - Quilting 101 Class

Learn beginner quilt piecing with emphasis on making sure your blocks nest together, creating nice sharp designs.  You will also learn the proper method for adding sashing / borders.  At the end of this class you will have finished 16" square pillow that will go in any room in your home AND made by you !

Cost of Class: $30.00 per student

4. Disappearing 9 Patch Pillow - Next Step Quilting Class

Next step in quilting -  piecing different size squares (patches) with emphasis on making sure everything nest together, creating nice sharp designs.  

You will also learn the proper method for adding sashing/borders.  

At the end of this class, you will have finished 16" square pillow that will go in any room in your home AND made by you!

Cost of Class: $30.00 per student

5. Rag Pillow

With your pre-cut fabrics, we will show you how to learn about color placement, mixing prints, and ways to create secondary designs in your quilt.  We will be teaching you how to sew straight lines without marking your fabrics and tutoring you on how to make your machine do the work.

We will also show you proper rag snipping and you will walk away being able to re-create a junior or adult size rag quilt!

Fabrics, batting and the pillow are included in class

$45.00 per person

All classes require:

Sewing Machine

Walking Foot

Thread

Scissors

Optional and beneficial:

Seam Ripper

Straight Pins

All fabric choices and batting will be included in class price.

6. Fidget Quilt

In this class, we will cover a variety of techniques, including piecing, creating prairie points, creating shank buttons, using your machines special stitches for the quilting process, creating and applying bindings to a quilt.

At the end of this class, you'll have a completed fidget quilt AND acquired the basic skills to complete the upcoming class "Hole in the Wall" quilt class (November 13)

This class will be an all-day class.  We will break for lunch and there will be snacks in the studio.

Quilting with friends is the best way to spend your day !!

Supplies Provided in class (and included in your ticket)

Quilt squares

Batting

Binding and Backing Fabric

Some Fidget items including velcro, ribbons, elastic, yarn, cording, etc.

Rotary Cutter

Cutting Mat

Class supplies NEEDED BY STUDENT

Sewing Machine

1/4" Piecing Foot

Quilting Pins

Thread

3-4 FILLED bobbins

Seam Ripper

Fabric Scissors

Any variety of items that can be applied to the fidget quilt.  Remember safety and washability.  This can be old zippers, burlap strips, rickrack, jeans pockets, large buttons,....pretty much anything you can fidget with.  No plastic items, as they will melt when ironed or dried in the dryer.

Optional Items to bring

Quilting Ruler

Rotary Cutter

Cost of Class:

$80.00 - everything is included

$70.00 - Bring in all your own fabric squares, batting and backing. (If you bring in yardage, you must have the acquired skills to cut)

7. Holiday Quilted Pillow

Fabrics, batting and the pillow are included in class

$35.00 per person

A sewing machine will be available to rent for class.  An additional $10.00 rental fee is due.

Please call to reserve

COVID-19 Precautions:

The studio is cleaned and disinfected routinely.  

Air Purifier & UV-C Scrubber is utilized 24/7

Social distancing will be exercised between students at our worktables.

Each student will have their own tables

Class/Workshops are kept small to ensure safety