Our friend, Desiree, and her flock at Flamingo House have organized a drop-in workshop to learn basic sewing, mending and how to use your machine! Whether you are brand new at sewing and need to hem your pants, have a new-to-you machine that you want to learn how to operate, or have sewing experience but want a sew-cial setting, all are welcome! The event is drop-in and pay-what-you-can (all proceeds go back towards Flamingo House helping the sewing community) but signing up online or in-store will help us gauge numbers.

This is a hand-pieced, hand-quilted project done over a period of eight months in three-hour classes. Have you considered the benefits of making a quilt by hand? transportable, precise, meditative. Join us to accomplish this perhaps daunting endeavour in the company of like-minded individuals. The pattern allows for putting together 16 different blocks of varying complexity, thereby growing our skills. We will share ideas for fabric choices and placement, techniques in working with circles, project organization and one of many quilt-as-you-go methods. There will be homework involved in that specific blocks must be completed for the next class; this will provide the necessary momentum to complete the quilt in a timely manner. Note that you must have completed the Introduction to Hand-piecing class prior to jumping in the Circle Game.

So you've finished your Quilting I class. Now what? Learn how to sandwich a quilt top, batting, and backing and quilt it with basic straight line quilting using your machine's feed dogs to guide the layers. We may even throw in a few gentle curves for fun! You'll practice on muslin sandwiches in class, then you'll be one step closer to turning your QI top into a finished quilt!