Machine Quilting Workshops

Workshops offered at Historic Rugby

•Applique Basics for Quilters  ~ Saturday, June 25, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Instructor: Joyce Lantz. Fee $45. Learn the various methods of this time honored form of quilting craft and create a block that can be a pillow top, wall hanging or centerpiece of a quilt.  Choose from several patterns and designs available to appeal to your own style. Both machine and handwork will be incorporated. •Vegetable and Flower Gardening For The Fall  ~ Saturday August 27,  10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Instructor: Bob Washburn. Fee $15. Planting a fall garden provides an opportunity to garden with fresh vegetables and flowers throughout the fall and early winter. The cool season enhances the flavor of vegetables. You will also learn the varieties and proper times to plant for the best fall garden ever. Bob will have a delightful selection of vegetables and flowering plants from his 52-greenhouse nurseries available for sale. •English Country Dancing For Beginners  ~  Saturday, September 10, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.  (with a two hour break) Instructor: Mary Hemminger. Fee $25. Come learn simple historic dances that were written and compiled in England in the 1600s and 1700s, the earliest being published in 1651. The dancing will be to recorded music. Individuals will use walking steps for most dances, as well as some slipping and skipping steps during the course of the day. •White Oak Basketry  ~  Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23, 24, and 25, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.    Instructor: Bobby Edwards. Fee $130. This very popular three-day workshop teaches the art of White Oak basketry from tree selection, splits, rims and handles to weaving a beautiful traditional basket. This is an experience not to be missed even if it does require “hand strength”. To register for workshops, call Toll-Free 1-888-214-3400 or locally at 628-2441. Lodging may be available at 1880 Newbury House and cottages at a 10 percent discount to students. Food service is available at the Harrow Road Café. Historic Rugby’s website at www.historicrugby.org lists all workshops for the year and includes a map and driving directions.

Artists and visitors welcome in new Shanks Center for the Arts

Local and regional artists have a new opportunity to sell their original pieces which means that customers have new opportunities to purchase original art. The galleries, managed by CACE Cumberland Artisans for Creative Expression, are scheduled to change monthly, providing a wide selection of pieces.

Paula Reid - Machine Quilter: TLC Quilters -- Workshop at The Sew ...

Paula made her first quilt in April 1990, three weeks after attending the Glendale (CA) Quilt Show with her best friend, Mary Ponce. She taught her first machine piecing class two years later, but found that her heart was captured by the quilting process. Machine quilting on her first Bernina machine was her very favorite way to spend time. In 1993, Paula opened her machine quilting business, utilizing the skills she had developed working on her own quilts. Since the day that she made her very first quilt, she has quilted over 1,400 quilts, all on her regular home machines. Of these, half were queen size, 25% king size and the other 25% various smaller sizes. The largest quilt she has ever “fluffed and stuffed” was 112” x 128”! “Fluff and Stuff” is what Paula calls her method for moving large quilts through a home machine. She began teaching workshops on her techniques in the SoCal region in 1993, expanding to national teaching a few years later when appearances on “Simply Quilts” brought her to the attention of a larger audience. Now spending weeks at a time on the road, she has decided that nothing is more fun than sharing ideas with the quilters she meets on her travels.

The modern quilt workshop, patterns, techniques, and designs from the Funquilts Studio

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Ruth B. McDowell's Design Workshop, Turn Your Inspiration Into an Artfully Pieced Quilt

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The Quilter's Catalog, A Comprehensive Resource Guide

"I've been making quilts for more than twenty years, and until I took Harriet's machine-quilting workshop, I was sending all my quilt tops out to have ...

Elegant machine quilting

ADD llEGANCJ TO YOUR HOME Whether you're taking the machine-quilting plunge ... Poole got hooked on heirloom machine quilting after attending a workshop on ...

Quilting from start to finish, the complete guide to machine and hand quilting

... since 1980 and has been teaching patchwork and quilting workshops since 1985 . ... Christine contributed the chapter on Machine Quilting, and her Jazzy ...