April 2010

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If there is no picture, please come to the shop to see the class sample!

Covering America (Class in Progress, call for late enrollment)

begins Thursday, April 1st - Meets every 1st Thursday for 12 months

10AM - 3PM (Day Class is FULL)  AND 5PM-8PM

Cost: $175 (includes pattern and teachers fee)

Instructor:  Joanne Galasso

Celebrate our great country by making a quilt that represents each state with its own block.  This quilt is a "stash buster" for reds, whites and blues (or any shade thereof) and is very fat quarter friendly.  Plan to do five blocks each month, then on month for assembly and another month for the pieced border.  Finished quilt is 77-1/2" x 90-1/2".

Thursday, April 8th  - Meets every 2nd Thursday

10:00am - 3:00pm or 5:00pm - 8:00pm.

Instructor: Joanne Galasso

If you love those beautiful Civil War reproduction fabrics, this is group for you to join.  We meet on the second Thursday of every month and work on small scale projects using your choice of so many fabrics to choose from in stock, or from your stash.

Cost: $12

Ivy Cares

Monday, April 19th, 2010 - Every 3rd Monday from 10am - 2pm.

Participants receive a 25% discount on all their purchases that day.

Meet to make simple quilts for donating to Battered Women's Shelter, Foster Care, the Dialysis Center and Sands Cancer Center in Canandaigua.   Materials are provided, if you can't be there, a kit can be provided so you can complete the quilt at home.  Contact Pat to let her know you're interested.

Embroidery Club

Thursday, April 15th - Meets every 3rd Thursday

10am-3pm
Donna Turner, Instructor
Do you have an embroidery machine and wonder what you can do with it? Whether you are a beginner or advanced, you'll have a great time with the projects Donna has every month. Bring your machine and have fun!
Sign-up required

Seasonal Tablerunners

Friday, April 16th, 2010 - Meets every 3rd Friday

10:00am - 3:00pm

Cost:

Instructor: Joanne Galasso

Additional information available soon.

Jacket Class

Wednesday, April 21st

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Fee: $20

Instructors, Joyce McBride and Sue Oliver

This jacket has undoubtedly become one of the hottest new items at Ivy.  Come join the fun.  You will be able to make your jacket and wear it home!  Is there anything more exciting than completing a project  during class?  We will show you how.  Hurry and sign up as space is limited.

Spring Fling Shop Hop

April 22 & April 23 10-7pm
April 24 10-5pm
Shops:

*Ivy Thimble Quilt Shop, Victor, NY
*O’Susannah’s Quilts & Gifts, Watkins Glen
*Lake Country Patchwork, Hammondsport
*Village Sampler, Big Flats
*Carriage Quilt Shop, Naples
Passports: $5 IF purchased March 1-31 they are $4
We are giving away over $1,500 worth of prizes in gift baskets, gift certificates and fabric. With an extra stamp and basket at the Lake to Lake Quilt Show!

*Proceeds from sale of passports will go to our local food banks.

30s Club

Monday, April 26th, May 24th and June 28

Cost:  $10 (does not include the cost of materials)

Instructors:  Joyce McBride

We are stirring up fun in the kitchen with our 30’s fabrics.  We will be making aprons for young and old.  We’ll be sewing up several styles of pot holders including the popular pot pinchers.  And we’ll be decorating dish towels, and making an adorable oven door dress.  We’re also making a beautiful 9-patch tablecloth.  If you’d like to learn, but prefer different fabric – come join us.  All of our kitchen items look great in any fabric.  These would make your kitchen (or a friend’s kitchen) look sensational in our new Amy Butler fabric. 

Ivy Quilt Bees

Friday, April 23rd - meets the 4th Friday of every Month

10:00AM - 3:30PM 

$5.00/day Call in advance! 

Bring in your project, sewing machine and supplies

and enjoy the company of the other Ivy Quilt Bees for the day!

Space is very limited (only room for 10)

You can sign up for the whole year, or on a month-to-month basis.

15% off storewide for participants on the 4th Friday.

Breakfast With Barb

Saturday, April 24th - Meets 4th Saturday of the Month

Instructor, Barb Gippe

$10/person, breakfast provided (does not include cost of supplies)

Room for 10 people, 9am - Noon (call in advance) but you are welcome to stay the rest of the day and enjoy a SWEET afternoon!

Please join us every fourth Saturday for a SWEET Morning. We will begin the morning with a cup of java and a delicious sweet! We will be making quilts and other wonderful projects using the exciting Jelly Rolls, Charm Packs, Honey Buns, Turnovers, and Layer Cakes.

Civil War Tribute Quilt - Block of the Month ** Schedule Change**

Thursday, April 29, 2010 - Meeting the LAST Thursday of the Month in April

Meets every 4th Thursday for 12 months

10:00am - 3:00pm or 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Cost: $365 (includes teacher, pattern and fabric)

Pay $350 if paid by 12/31/09 or pay $182.50 on 1/1/09 and $182.50 on 6/1/10

Instructor: Joanne Galasso

This beautifully detailed quilt measurers a generous 100" x 112" and is a 150-year commemoration of the Civil War in 2011.  Each of the quilt blocks represents a major battle fought during the war.  Your fabric kit will combine historical accuracy and current appeal.  We will supply the fabric and pattern each month for you to complete this tribute quilt. Quilt is 100" x 112"