QUILTERS’ CORNER NEWSLETTER SPRING 2015

9792 B BUSINESS PARK DRIVE, SACRAMENTO, CA 95827 916-366-6136 website:quilterscornersac.com

The trees are blooming, the sun is shining, however, we could use some April Showers to bring the May flowers and raise the river. OPEN HOUSE will be Sunday March 29th from 12noon to 4pm,this time, since we are closed Easter and enjoying what the Easter Bunny brought. To highlight a few of the upcoming classes, Linda Ballard will be here teaching Stars Over St. Louis, plus we have a quick easy baby quilt class called Easy Streets, a wallet fit for the Divas in the crowd, a new class and pattern from Ingrid “Art Deco Bouquet”, a popular One Block Wonder quilt, Sue has more flowers Hollyhocks and Poppy; Donna has a sweet miniature called My Flower Garden, and Helen is teaching a dramatic Bargello quilt. QUILT RUSH is just around the corner April 15th thru the 19th. The theme is “CONNECT THE DOTS”, so by the time you are done you will be dizzy for dots. Fifteen stores, great specials, food and fun. Plan an adventure with friends. Can you believe it, soon you will start seeing Halloween and Christmas fabrics. Among the early arrivals will be Tree-licious and Joy and Wonder for Blend Fabrics; Joy Holiday in City from In the Beginning; Jingle, Christmas Joyeux Noel (French General) and Cold Spell (Laundry Basket) from Moda; and Haunted Hill, Home for Holidays and Santa’s on His Way from Clothworks. We will be getting batiks from Hoffman, Island Batiks, Anthology, Batik Textiles and Blank. From Moda, we will be receiving Sticks and Stones (Laundry Basket) which has a wonderful butterfly quilt to make and Bon Voyage (French General). Also there are a variety 1800’s prints coming from Marcus Brothers, and a line from Windham Fabrics called Edith. Lastly, a cute children’s line called Bugapalooz from In the Beginning to brighten the shelves. See you Soon— Elaine, Pat, Carol, Pam, Dawn, Diane, Donna, Lindsay, Ellen, Patty, Debbie, Peggy, Diane, and Jean.

Classes Beginning in APRIL

DIVA FRAME WALLET Friday, April 3 OR May 15 10am-2pm This frame wallet is the perfect accessory! It includes a zipper pocket, two open pockets & card pockets. A great gift for you or a friend. You can even use it as a clutch. Patty Shaw $35.00(all levels)

ART DECO BOUQUET Thursday, April 9 10am-4pm You will enjoy creating a floral bouquet wall hanging with a no rules approach. No art classes needed. You choose your own color scraps. This project requires lots of fabric scraps that could be in reds, oranges, yellows, pinks, blues, violets and greens. Start saving the scraps. Ingrid Cattaneo $40.00(All levels)

ONE BLOCK WONDER Friday, April 10 AND 24 10am-3pm Just one fabric makes an unusual and beautiful quilt top. Guidelines for fabric selection are in-cluded in the book and supply list. The first class will guide you through cutting and block assembly. In the second class, blocks on the design wall in preparation for final sewing. Helen Hardwick $40 (**& ***)

START QUILTING 101 Monday, April 20,27, May 4,11,18, June 1 & 8 10am-12:30pm OR 6pm-8:30pm Learn how to quilt using Alex Anderson’s Start Quilting book. This is a great way to learn basic piecing techniques and find out what all the excitement is all about. Beware, this is an addictive form of entertainment. Patty Shaw or Pam Polson $95.00(*)

KEEP QUILTING 102 Monday, April 20,27, May 4,11,18, June 1 & 8 10am-12:30pm OR 6pm-8:30pm Continue to learn skill building and piecing tech-niques using Alex Anderson’s Keep Quilting book. Great class for people who have taken Be-ginning Quilting and want to advance or for those of us who want to clean up bad habits. Pam Polson or Patty Shaw $95.00(*&**)

SEA OTTERS Thursday, April 23 AND May 7 10am-3pm If you haven’t seen the sample of Toni Whitney’s Sea Otters design at the store, you must go see it. Using a vinyl overlay method and fusing fabrics, this two day class will result in a wonderful, adorable wall hanging. Ingrid Cattaneo $75.00(all levels)

INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE QUILTING Friday , May 1 10am-4pm Learn to machine quilt using your own home sewing machine. You will learn to quilt loops and curves, free motion designs and a feathered wreath. Learn to stipple and many tips for doing your own quilting from a remarkable teacher. Jill Schumacher $50.00(**&***)

MEXICAN STAR Sunday, May 3 12noon-4pm Create these 3-BLOCK dimensional stars that give “the illusion” of curved piecing! We will be using only squares and rectangles to get his enchanting look. Diane Sexton $40.00(**&***)

ON THE FENCH HOLLYHOCKS Wednesday, May 6 AND 13 10am-4pm This happy little art quilt will cheer up your walls! If you have a fear of needle turn applique, this is the class for you. This is an adventure in learning fusible raw edge technique. You learn how to make a pattern from your photos. Invaluable! So gather up your scraps and join Sue to learn this easy technique suit-able for beginner to advanced artist Sue Rohrke $50.00(All levels)

LADY GODIVA APRON Friday, May 8 10am-4pm Are you or someone you know “fun & flirty”. This apron is for you, with ruffled skirt and (best part), large hidden pockets. You may want more than one. Patty Shaw $40.00(all levels)

MY FLOWER GARDEN Thursday, May 14 10am-4pm This delightful miniature quilt with embroidery and button embellishments that provides the opportunity to improve your precision stitching skills, get ac-quainted with wool applique and maybe try your hand at hand quilting. Donna Dale $40.00(**&***)

SPRING 2015 CLASSES

THE PERFECT BINDING Sunday, May 17 12noon-4 This binding method is an alternate to the continuous bias binding method. This method has mitered corners when flipped over on the back for the blind stitch. There is a great kit included in the price that has all sorts of great gadgets. Nancy Zeterberg $25.00(*&**)

SCRAPPY RAG RUG Wednesday, May 20 10am-2pm If your shelves and closets overflow with outdat-ed fabrics, this project is for you! Cut into strips, the fabric will soon be transformed into a won-derful and useful rug for any room in the house. No experience required! Diane Sexton $38.00(*)

STARS OVER ST. LOUIS Friday, May 22 10am-4pm This quilt consists of two blocks...one with stars and chains and the second one is for the most part a solid block with some corner piecing. What makes this quilt so stunning is the way the solid block changes color depending on where it falls in the quilt. This is a very exciting one to piece, a very dramatic quilt that comes in several sizes. Linda Ballard $40.00(*+,**&***)

POSTAGE STAMP BASKET QUILT Saturday, May 23 10am - 4pm Grab your “Scrap Bag” and join me for a day of making cute little basket blocks from the 1978 postage stamp. I made this quilt in the mid-90s from Alex Anderson’s first book, Quilts for Fabrics Lovers and from there my love of scrap quilts grew. Elaine Skierka $40.00 (**& ***) SARAH EMMA QUILT Thursday, May 21 10am—4pm A Red Crinoline Quilt with two different star blocks that really pop when pieced together. Great quilt to work on perfecting your star points. Would look great in reproduction, batiks or other fabrics. Donna Dale $40.00(**&***)

WOOL PENNY RUG Sunday, May 24 12noon-4pm Now is the time to use some of those great wool pieces you’ve been saving! This project goes together quickly and is a great place to start if you haven’t worked with wool before! Catherine Kypta $45.00(All levels) EASY STREET Friday, May 29 10am-4pn EASY is the right word for this 39” x 51” quilt. A great “beginner” quilt with only three fabrics, all straight lines and no triangles. Fun to make because it is so easy. Grandmas: This is nice to have on hand for the next new baby. Helen Hardwick $30.00(*) BOLDACIOUS POPPY Friday, June 5 AND 12 10am-4pm This Poppy is a very happy art quilt waiting for you to give it life. This is raw edge fusible and quite simple to achieve. It is made one petal at a time, and then the whole flower is appliqued to the background. Sue Rohrke $50.00(All levels) TWIST AND TURN BARGELLO Thursday, June 11 AND 25 10am-2pm Make any quilt in either of Eileen Wright’s Twist & Turn books. These quilts are much less difficult than they look. Learn the piecing tricks and how to read Eileen’s charts. Helen Hardwick $40.00(**&***) FINISHING SCHOOL FOR FABRIC COLLAGE STUDENTS Thursday, June 18 10am-3pm This class is designed for those who have taken a “fabric collage” class with Ingrid. If you have not finished your project (fish or turtle), this class is just for you. Ingrid will assist you in finishing your project so you can hang it up and enjoy it. Ingrid Cattaneo $25.00(All levels) CLASS LEVEL CODES: * = BEGINNER ** = INTERMEDIATE *** = ADVANCED

QUILTERS’ CORNER 9792B BUSINESS PARK DRIVE SACRAMENTO, CA 95827 916-366-6136 www.quilterscornersac.com e-mail: info@quilterscornersac.com

Spring/Summer Hours: Weekdays 10 am to 6 pm Saturday 10 am to 4 pm

QUILTERS’ CORNER SOCIETIES & CLUBS

HANDWORK SOCIETY 2nd Sunday of each month (Closed May 10) 12pm-4pm We have combined two of our hand work groups, hand quilters and appliquers, into this new group of needle workers (no machines). The bond between the two is the relaxation of needle and thread. Ellen Garner/Esther Latino $10/session

REDWORK CLUB 1st Saturday of the month 10am – 11 am We have the perfect club for those who enjoy hand embroidery. This year we will be working on a monthly design by Tracy Souza. Come to a meeting and see firsthand how much fun we have. $30/year/includes pattern

QUILTERS’ CORNER WILL BE CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES SO WE CAN SHARE THE HOLIDAYS WITH OUR FAMILIES Sunday, April 5, Easter Sunday, May 10, Mother’s Day Sunday, June 21, Father’s Day

1800’s CLUB 3rd Saturday of each month 10am-11am Another year working on Projects made from 1800’s fabrics. Dawn Licker $30/year

WOOLWORK CLUB Last Tuesday of each month, 6pm-8:30pm Come and participate in the growing interest and love of wool applique. This year’s wool project is venturing from the “traditional” into new territory. Join us while we applique a wool Basket. There are 2 versions to chose from, modern or folk. Patty Shaw $30/year

DULL SCISSORS?? What a pain in the wrist…. Bring them into the shop to be

sharpened. We have a terrific fellow who quickly does a fine job on scissors.

QUILTERS’ CORNER 9792B BUSINESS PARK DRIVE SACRAMENTO, CA 95827 916-366-6136 www.quilterscornersac.com e-mail: info@quilterscornersac.com

Spring/Summer Hours: Weekdays 10 am to 6 pm Saturday 10 am to 4 pm

QUILTERS’ CORNER SOCIETIES & CLUBS

HANDWORK SOCIETY 2nd Sunday of each month (Closed May 10) 12pm-4pm We have combined two of our hand work groups, hand quilters and appliquers, into this new group of needle workers (no machines). The bond between the two is the relaxation of needle and thread. Ellen Garner/Esther Latino $10/session

REDWORK CLUB 1st Saturday of the month 10am – 11 am We have the perfect club for those who enjoy hand embroidery. This year we will be working on a monthly design by Tracy Souza. Come to a meeting and see firsthand how much fun we have. $30/year/includes pattern

QUILTERS’ CORNER WILL BE CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES SO WE CAN SHARE THE HOLIDAYS WITH OUR FAMILIES Sunday, April 5, Easter Sunday, May 10, Mother’s Day Sunday, June 21, Father’s Day

1800’s CLUB 3rd Saturday of each month 10am-11am Another year working on Projects made from 1800’s fabrics. Dawn Licker $30/year

WOOLWORK CLUB Last Tuesday of each month, 6pm-8:30pm Come and participate in the growing interest and love of wool applique. This year’s wool project is venturing from the “traditional” into new territory. Join us while we applique a wool Basket. There are 2 versions to chose from, modern or folk. Patty Shaw $30/year

DULL SCISSORS?? What a pain in the wrist…. Bring them into the shop to be

sharpened. We have a terrific fellow who quickly does a fine job on scissors.

ONGOING SHOP EVENTS…. Newcomers welcome any time THIMBLE LADIES Saturday, April 11, May 9, June 13 10am-4pm Come and join us as we are sewing on the Thimble Ladies version of “Storm At Sea” in April, and May & June we will be working on UFOs. Pam Polson & Debbie Campora $15.00/Session SUNDAY SEW-IN Sunday, April 26, May 31, June 28 10am-4pm Come sew on those projects you need to finish or start a new one. What can be better than quilting with friends. Bring a dish to share Staff $10/Session FINISHING SCHOOL Wednesday, Apr 29, May 27, Jun 24 6pm-9pm Would you believe, we still have an unfinished pro-ject or two. Come join us work, laugh & eat a sweet. Please tell us which project you are working on when you sign up. Gretchen Jennings $10.00/Session THIRD SATURDAY STITCHERS Saturday, No April, May 16, June 20 4pm-10pm Bring in those UFOs for a night of sewing & fun. We suggest you sign up for this class in advance as spaces are limited and interest is high. Bring a snack to share. Pam Polson $10.00/Session TUESDAY SEW IN Most Tuesdays, 10am-5pm Rent a space for $5 and sew all day, space is limited. Dedicate a day to those UFO’s in your sewing room.

BIRD DANCE WORKSHOP Saturday (no April), May 16, June 20 When traveling Sue Spargo saw Sicilian antique hand-painted floor tiles. The tiles had a distinctly folk-art appearance and became the inspiration for this 30 block wool masterpiece. Diana Tatro $30/session

BLOCK OF THE MONTH PROJECTS

ALMOND COUNTRY BEAUTY Continuing students final Class date will be sent to you. Carol Gustafson

DEAR JANE SOCIETY Tuesday, April 21, May 19, June 16 5pm-9pm Saturday, April 4, 25; May 2, 30, June 6, 27, Noon-4pm. Quilters’ Corner has caught the “Jane-iac” Fever. Whether you have already started your DJ or not, you will receive 4 patterns, instructions, and sewing time monthly. You must sign up in ad-vance, seating is limited. Lindsay Grader, Donna Dale Debbie Campora $10.00/Session 2015 LAST SATURDAY BLOCK OF THE MONTH “What do I do with these?” Meetings are the last Saturday of the month at 7:30am, 8:30am, and 9:30am. ENROLLMENT FOR THIS YEAR IS CLOSED. Check with us in October 2015 for 2016 program

Northern California 16th Annual Quilt Rush

“Connect the Dots”

Grand Prize $100 Shopping Spree at each of the

15 Quilt Rush shops

April 15th—19th, 2015

9am - 7pm Wednesday— Saturday

APPRAISALS Do you have a quilt that you have always wanted to know more about or what it’s worth? Bring it in to be appraised.

Dawn Licker,

Quilters’ Corner wishes YOU, our quilting customer, a HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

During the month of YOUR birthday come in and draw for a discount on your fabric

purchased that day.

End of the Bolt Days Buy the end of the bolt during the last seven days of the month and

receive a 25% discount!

DON’T FORGET…. We have church pews full of 25% & 50% off fabrics…. They’re great for quilt backs, community service projects, and stash builders REMEMBER… You have an open invitation to join us and use the classroom area to pin a quilt, sit and sew, cut out projects or use the design walls. Just be sure to call ahead and make certain the classroom is not booked.

EQ7 TRAINING Has your EQ7 software been sitting waiting for you to build the courage to learn to use it? Juanice can give you the skills and courage to do that. Contact the shop for a time that is convenient for both of you.

Class Policy: Pre-registration is required for all classes. Once payment has been received, you are considered enrolled. At that time, you will receive an information sheet. Occasionally, clas-ses do not take place as planned, so please wait until you are certain the class will go before buying supplies. Cancellations are accepted up to 7 days before the class begins, with a store credit given, good for one year or a refund. If Quilters’ Corner cancels a class, you may take a store credit or a refund.

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