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Alpha Threads by Cathy Wierzbicki
Banana Split

*  Bernina Machine Embroidery Mastery Classes
Bernina Machine Mastery Classes

“Lightweights” Small Quilt Group (Beginner with experience)
*  Lucky Stars - Rotary 101


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  Magic Pinwheel
*  Paper Pieced Pineapple
Raggy Jacket

Tiffany Stained Glass Window
Whimsy by Darlene Zimmerman
Registration and Class Details
 

 


Alpha Threads - A Day with Cathy Wierzbicki
Saturday – July 29 (9- 4)

Nationally-known author of “Coffee-Time Quilts”, and most-recently, “Twosey-Foursey Quilts”, Cathy Wierzbicki of Snohomish, Washington is coming to the Calico Hutch to teach her latest pattern “Alpha Threads”.

All day with Cathy Wierzbicki, treats, beverages and lunch for only $43 Sign Up Early – Space is limited

Alpha Threads Cathy Wierzbicki’s very latest patterns teach you amazing free motion lettering using only a zig-zag sewing machine.
Choose to do either version, “Little Star” or “Pajama Prayers”.
Kits are available . Great for all skill levels from experienced beginner on up.

All-In-One Ruler: Cathy will demonstrate her new All-In-One Ruler which includes a free table topper pattern.

Painless mitered bindings: Looking for a clever finishing technique? When you sew on your bindings using this method, the corners of your quilt are sewn before turning the corners. No need to hand-sew the tiny corner seams and no lumps in the sides of your bindings. This technique from Cathy could become your new best friend in quilting.

Treats: Coffee Cake at 8:30 in the morning, noon lunch and Caramel Latte Cake in the afternoon (recipe from Cathy’s Coffee-Time Quilts book) Beverages also included.

About Cathy Wierzbicki
Although Cathy has been a dedicated quilter since the mid-1990s, her favorite pastime of all is spending time at Rabbit Lake in northern Minnesota with her husband, Tom, their two grown children, and one very special grandson. Cathy currently makes her home in the Pacific Northwest. She is the creator of the All In One Ruler.


Banana Split
(Beginner with experience)
1 Wednesday (9-3)
July 9

Have fun while you make a calorie free “Banana Split” throw-sized quilt. Jolyn Olson wrote the new pattern and will show you all the tricks and tips in making this scrappy, wonderful quilt. Class $15. Kits are available in both civil war and 30’s reproduction fabrics. Instructor Jolyn Olson.


Bernina Machine Embroidery Mastery Classes

Mastery #1 12-3 July 10
(basics of machine embroidery)
Mastery #2 12-3 July 24
(more machine embroidery)
Mastery #3 12-3 July 31
(more machine embroidery)

Learn the amazing features of machine embroidery. Free Machine Mastery classes provided with every purchase of a new Bernina sewing machine from the Calico Hutch. If you wish to take classes but purchased a machine elsewhere or just want to explore the possibilities of how machine embroidery works, please join us for a fee of $15 per class.


Bernina Machine Mastery Classes

Summer Monday Mastery Classes
Mastery #1 6-8:30 June 30
(basics) 2-4:30 July 14
Mastery #2 6-8:30 July 14
(practical stitches & BSR) 2-4:30 July 21
Mastery #3 6-8:30 July 21
(more practical stitches) 2-4:30 July 28
Mastery #4 6-8:30 July 28
(decorative stitches) 2-4:30 Aug 4
Mastery #5 6-8:30 Aug 4
(more decorative stitches) 2-4:30 Aug 11
Mastery #6 6-8:30 Aug 11
(beyond the basics) 2-4:30 Aug 18
Mastery #1 6-8:30 Aug 18
(basics)

Learn the amazing, time-saving features of your new sewing machine. Free Machine Mastery classes provided with every purchase of a new Bernina sewing machine from the Calico Hutch. If you wish to take classes but purchased a machine elsewhere, please join us for a fee of $15 per class.


“Lightweights” Small Quilt Group
(Beginner with experience)

2 Thursdays (6 - 8:30) July 10 and August 7

Pack up your featherweight (or any sewing machine) and join the Lightweights Small Quilts Group. Our small group is getting larger but there is space available. Each three months meet with your friends and recreate a small quilt from the past. Kits available. Instructors Bonnie Felt / Diane Ladlie. $10 each session.


Lucky Stars – Rotary 101 (Beginner)

1 Saturday (10-3) July 19
 
You will thank your lucky stars that you took Merle’s class
which teaches you all the basics needed to begin your quilting
career. Merle teaches you how to cut, press and piece as you
complete a beautiful Lucky Stars throw. It is easy, fast and
fun. Kits available. Instructor Merle Stensrud. Class $20.


Magic Pinwheel
1 Wednesday (9-3) July 16

Bring in a complete quilt top of squares with a border and
CUT IT UP. The results are magical pinwheels and all you
ever do is sew squares together.  Choose to make a small wall quilt with a pre-cut charm pack, or a throw size made from the new pre-cut spoonfuls or friendly fat-quarters.  Class  $5.  Instructor Jolyn Olson


Paper Pieced Pineapple – (Beginner with experience)

1 Thursday (6-8:30) August 21

Make this stunning pineapple quilt in a diminutive size, 14 x 14.
Perfect points to brighten your wall while learning to paper
piece at the same time. Kits available only $9. Instructor Merle
Stensrud. Class $15.


Raggy Jacket (Beginner with experience)
2 Wednesdays (6-8:30) July 16 & 30

You will love wearing the Raggy Jacket and wait until you see our new kits cut from Dandelion Girl woven fabric by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda. When you venture out you’ll grab the raggy jacket because it finishes up just as soft and luxurious as the ragtime quilt. Kits are available. Instructor Bonnie Felt. Class $20.


Tiffany Stained Glass Window Class

with Deb Cavanaugh from Spring Green WI
(beginner with experience)
Saturday, June 14 (11 AM – 4 PM)

Deb will show you her beautiful but simple method of creating a stained-glass effect using couching, black yarn and a drinking straw! In no time at all Deb will have you making elegantly curved Tiffany-styled designs not possible with the bias tapes available on the market today.
Deb always brings a huge trunk show which will inspire you to use many of her time-saving techniques for bindings, photo quilts, borders and more.
Kits available. Class $20.


Whimsy
Come spend the day with the Clothesline Lady, Darlene Zimmerman.
Saturday, September 13 9 AM - 4 PM

Darlene is this year’s 2008 Minnesota Quilter of the Year, a quilt historian, fabric designer, quilt tool designer, author of Granny Quilts, Granny Quilt Décor, Fat Quarter Small Quilts, Quilter’s Edge, Chicken Linen: Feedsack Facts and Projects, Quilting - the Complete Guide, and Quilts from Lavender Hill Farm and many individual patterns. Although she is very busy designing Clothesline Club projects, fabrics and patterns, she is taking time to spend a day at the Calico Hutch September 13. She will teach us how to use her tools and techniques to make “Whimsy” from her book “Granny Quilts”.

  • Morning coffee and treats at 8:30 AM
  • Lunch
  • Afternoon snack
  • Trunk show by Darlene
  • All for only $49

Kits in 30’s, civil war or batiks are available. Space limited, call to reserve your spot.


Registration and Class Details

In an effort to make every class the best possible experience for everyone:

- We must receive your class fee at least one week prior to class to reserve your space. Phone reservations will be held for five days to allow time for you to mail or drop off your payment. After that time we cannot hold your spot. Please call us if you wish to pay by credit card.

- Once you have paid for the class, you must come in and pick up a class supply list. Supply lists are available June 7 for the summer sessions. Please purchase and assemble all required supplies before class. The Calico Hutch offers a 20% discount on all supplies purchased for classes.

- If you choose to mail in your payment and want us to mail you a class supply list, please enclose a self-address postpaid envelope.

- For common courtesy to the teacher and other students, please arrive early to set up your machine, organize all required class supplies and be ready to start at the designated time. Late arrivals disrupt valuable class instruction.

- Provided we receive seven days notice, we offer a full refund if you cannot attend a class. A refund is also given if we cancel a class due to low enrollment.

 

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