Classes
If you have reserved one of our shop machines to use in class, please also bring the following:
- Machine needle appropriate for your class. Please take your needle home with you at the end of class.
- Thread - Please use only good quality thread in our machines. We prefer Mettler or Aurifil for piecing. No WalMart thread or cotton-covered polyester, please.
- We will provide you with one bobbin for use in class. If you prefer to buy your own, we also sell the bobbins here.
- If your class starts at the same time that we open, we will let you into the shop ten minutes before class time.
- In consideration of other students and employees with allergies, please limit your use of scented personal products when attending one of our classes.
- If your class requires a sewing machine, please be sure that you are familiar with its operation, it is in good working order, and bring your manual along to class just in case!
class. No refunds of class fees will be given if student cancels within the one week prior to class.
Our Class Registration policies are as follows; please read before signing up for a class:
- Class fees are due within one week of signing up for a class. If we do not receive payment within a week, you will be moved to the waiting list (and may lose your spot). If you register by phone, you can pay by coming into the shop or mailing a check; we cannot take credit cards over the phone for class fees.
- If the class minimum is not met within seven days prior to the class, it may be cancelled; you will be notified, and a refund will be issued. Please keep this possibility in mind when you purchase supplies for your class.
- No refund of class fees will be given later than one week prior to the class (unless WE cancel the class).
- If your class requires a sewing machine, please be sure that you are familiar with its operation, it is in good working order, and bring along the manual just in case!
- If you would like to reserve one of our machines to use for a class, they are available for a small fee, but you MUST reserve them in advance, when you sign up for the class.
If you don't know how to use a sewing machine at all, take our Learn to Sew - Pillowcases! Class.
Garment Making
I Can't Believe It's a Sweatshirt!
PJ Pants for Grownup Beginning Garment Sewers
Beginner Classes
Beginning Quiltmaking - Hopscotch
Electric Quilt 6 for Beginners
Experimenting with Dyeing - Folding and Clamping
Get to Know Your Sewing Machine!
Introduction to Machine Quilting
Learn to Sew! for All Ages - Make a Pillowcase
Learn to Sew! for All Ages - Make a Smartbag
Paper Piecing - Mariner's Compass
PJ Pants for Grownup Beginning Garment Sewers
Quilting with Less Stress on a Rinky Dink Machine
Quilts for Richmond - Charity Project
Setting Together the Tumbling Block and Adding Borders
Super Simple Strips - for Beginners!
Kids´Classes
Classes With National Teachers
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Advanced Beginner/Intermediate Classes
A New Twist on Strips and Curves
Art Quilt Workbook Study Group
Aunt Millie’s Garden/North Pole Sit & Stitch
Aunt Millie’s Garden/North Pole Sit & Stitch (1 & 2)
Bargello Placemats Fabric Selection
Electric Quilt 6 - Continuing On
Electric Quilt 6 for Beginners
Felted Purse Class (machine felting)
I Can't Believe It's a Sweatshirt!
Introduction to Machine Quilting
Over the Fields - Machine Applique
Paper Piecing - Mariner's Compass
Pictorial Style Small Improvisation Quilt
Quilt Design, Color & Fabric Selection
Quilts for Richmond - Charity Project
Silk Ribbon Embroidery by Machine
Smocked Christmas Ornament: Picture Smocking
Stack and Whack - LeMoyne Star
Stained Glass - Dragonfly Paradise
Sweet & Sassy Drawstring Purse
PJ Parties
Mixed Media/Art Quilting Classes
Art Quilt Workbook Study Group
Experimenting with Angelina Fibers
Exploring with Shiva Paintstiks
Felted Purse Class (machine felting)
Pictorial Style Small Improvisation Quilt
Stargazer Stitchery Tome Series
Welcome to the North Pole Quilt/Tree Skirt
Smocking Classes
Smock and Construct the Bishop Dress
Smock and Construct the Square Yoke Dress
Smocked Christmas Ornament: Picture Smocking
Smocked Square Yoke Dress Construction Class
Artist Trading Cards & Postcards
Needlefelting Classes (Machines Available)
Felted Purse Class (machine felting)
Holiday Projects and Gift Series
I Can't Believe It's a Sweatshirt!
Welcome to the North Pole Quilt/Tree Skirt
Handwork Classes
Aunt Millie’s Garden/North Pole Sit & Stitch
Aunt Millie’s Garden/North Pole Sit & Stitch (1 & 2)
Setting Together the Tumbling Block and Adding Borders
Smocked Christmas Ornament: Picture Smocking
Clubs
Appliqué Classes
Aunt Millie’s Garden/North Pole Sit & Stitch
Aunt Millie’s Garden/North Pole Sit & Stitch (1 & 2)
Over the Fields - Machine Applique
Welcome to the North Pole Quilt/Tree Skirt
Beading and Dyeing Classes
Experimenting with Dyeing - Folding and Clamping
Welcome to the North Pole Quilt/Tree Skirt
Dollmaking and Bag Classes
Dollmaking for Beginners - PopTop
Felted Purse Class (machine felting)
Sweet & Sassy Drawstring Purse