May 2010

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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".

Beginner Quilter's Class

Instructor: Cindy Lowry

Dates: Saturdays - May 1st, June 5th and July 17th

Time:  10am-2pm

Been wanting to learn to quilt? We have a mini-class just for YOU! Cindy will start you out giving you instruction on rotary cutting, getting that ¼” seam just right to beginning your first quilt. Sign-up today to join the wonderful world of quilters!!

Cost: $75 includes all three classes

Beginning Grad Class

Wednesday, May 5th and 12th, 10AM - 3PM

Cost: $30
Instructor: Cindy Lowry
Finished with your first quilt?  This is the "next step" for you!

We had such a great time together learning the basics...now it's time to perfect some of your skills!  This quilt is 60" square... a throw, a wallhanging, or put it "on point" on top of your bed.  We will pick out your fabrics at the beginning of your first class and continue from there.  Come join me for more fun at "skill-building!!

Back to Nature
Timeless Treasures Block of the Month Demo Class

Beginning Saturday, May 8^th – every 2^nd Saturday for a year

Annual Class Fee $155

Instructor: Pam Keefe

Thursday, May 13th  - 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, May 17th, 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, May 20th - 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

Kim Diehl Project

Friday, May 21st

10:00am - 3:00pm

Cost: $30

Instructor: Pam Keefe

This is a project from Kim Diehl’s most recent book “Simple Comforts”.  If you like to appliqué and would like to try machine appliqué with no raw edges this would be a perfect opportunity.  She has developed a method that uses freezer paper, basting glue and monofilament thread.  You get the look of hand appliqué with the ease of using your sewing machine.  This is a great project because it has some piecing and some appliqué. The appliqué pieces are fairly large which will make it easier to learn on. We will learn easy points, gentle curves and a great bias stem technique.  We will have a starter kit available which will include the backgrounds, pineapple fabric and 1 green that you can use for the vines.  The rest of the project is a great chance to pull your favorite fabrics from your stash. We will have the book available for purchase.  You will need it to do this project. But, don’t fret about purchasing the book.  There are so many projects in there that you will love. 

Come and join us on May 21 for a fun and relaxing day of sewing.  Yes, we will be learning something but it will be made easy and stress free.

Beginner Paper Piecing

May 22, 2010 

10:00am-3:00pm

Pam Keefe, Instructor 

If you have always wanted to paper piece (or foundation piece) but were afraid of all those patterns that have real small pieces then, listen up.

I’ll be giving a beginners paper piecing class. The pattern is a wreath with large pieces.  It can be done for any season.  We are offering to kit it for you if you tell us what season you are interested in.  We are offering Christmas/Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn.

Be brave and make one for each season.  I know you will enjoy the project and want to make more.

Join us for a fun Saturday of paper piecing.

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, May 28th - 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.

Civil War Tribute Quilt - Block of the Month

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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"