Karen's Star Quilt

This fabulous giant quilt belongs to Karen. 

Karen made the first star in this quilt in the "Jane's Star" class here at Quilt Vine. She made one and couldn't stop. 

This King-sized quilt is for her bed. 

When she gave it to me she just said, Do something modern." 

The quilting in the border is something I have never done in a border before. I like it. Guess I will have to do that again.

This quilt also looks really great from the back.

Starburst

We had 2 finish up with the starburst class last week. 

Barbara's is blue and white

Sharon's is scrappy

I decided my disappearing pinwheel needs sashing. Here I was auditioning different ones. I am going with a light gray dotted print.

Additions to Winter Class Schedule

Here are a few things I forgot to put on the blog for the 2014 Winter Class Schedule.

City Sampler Sew-Along

Ten month sew-along beginning in January. Join us as we sew our way through Tula Pink’s 100 Modern Quilt Blocks. We will meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Choose afternoon or evening, depending on your schedule. Book purchase is required. Some fabric will be provided. Sign up early to reserve your spot. 

$10 one time fee.

Quilt Without Guilt

Tell your friends. What could be better than sewing all day away from the distractions at home at no cost to you. Work on your own projects. The Quilt Vine Staff is present to help out if needed. Call ahead to reserve your seat.

*Every Tuesday

2014 Winter Classes

Please call or email us to reserve a place in our classes!


Starburst with Strings....... ....................$50*

Candy Stiffler - 2 classes - Advanced Beginner

This is an easy quilt with extraordinary effects! All straight piecing (no Y seams).

Use up your scraps for this one!

Pattern included with class fee.

*Ruler purchase required: Creative Grid 60° Equilateral Triangle (12 inch)

Friday, Jan.31...............................10am-1pm &

                 February 7...... .......…..10am – 4pm

Tuesday, March 25,  April 1, April 8.... 6pm – 9pm

Starburst....... ....................$35*

Candy Stiffler - 1 class - Advanced Beginner

This splendid quilt is super easy! Piece the entire quilt in one day. All straight piecing (no Y seams). Fat Quarter friendly.     

Pattern included with class fee.

*Ruler purchase required: Creative Grid 60° Equilateral Triangle (12 inch)

Friday, February 7... ................ 10am – 4pm

Tuesday, April 1, April 8............. 6pm – 9pm

Reflections................................................... $35*

Chris Routzahn • 1 Class • Advanced Beginner

This easy quilt looks phenomenal! Perfect for large prints that you just can't cut into or you may be having trouble knowing how to use.

 *Pattern purchase required:

Reflections by Mountain Peek Creations ($7.99)

Saturday, January 25....................... 9am – 3pm

Friday, March 7... ........................... 10am – 4pm

Joseph's Coat ................................ $70.00

Candy Stiffler • 4 Classes •  Intermediate

Make this STUNNING quilt while learning Candy's method of turned edge machine appliqué. 4 monthly classes is sure to get you well on your way to completing this quilt.

Pattern is included in class fee.

Wednesday, Jan. 15, Feb.19, March 19, April 16................ 6pm-9pm

Thursday, Jan. 23, Feb.27, March 27, April 24....................10am-1pm

Candy Dish..........................$35

Lou Diefenderfer– 1class –Intermediate

Want to try something new, fun and modern? Then this is the class for you. A modern take on a traditional Dresden Plate. If you want to make it larger just change the size of your background.

Uses a Jelly Roll (2-1/2” strips)

Pattern included with class fee.

Saturday, April 5..................... 9am – 3pm

Lollipop Bag.......................$35*

Cheryl Lewis - 1 class -Advanced Beginner

This little zippered wrist bag is a must have bag. Put in your wallet and cell phone and you are out the door. You will also make a key fob to match. This is the perfect class to take if you want to learn how to put in a zipper.

*Pattern purchased required: Lollipop Bags by Atkinson Designs($6.49)

Saturday,  April12....................................9am - 3pm

Sweet Life.........................$35*

Lou Diefenderfer - 1 class - Advanced Beginner

This pattern is from the popular book, Simply Retro. The large blocks Simplify the piecing and is a great place to showcase large print fabric.. Uses Fat Quarters. This quilt has a fresh youthful appeal.

 *Book purchase required: Simply Retro ($22.95)

Saturday, February 1...............................9am- 3pm

Free Motion Quilting with Candy ....................$35

Candy Stiffler - 1 class - Advanced Beginner

Learn the basics of Free Motion Quilting on your domestic machine.

Darning Foot Required!

Saturday, February 22................... 9am – 3pm

Friday, March 14 …..................... 10am – 4pm

Coconut Macaroon ....................$35*

Candy Stiffler - 1 class - Intermediate

Hexagons are in! Make this fun quilt the easy way. We will help you cut out your hexagons on our cutting machine before class. We will cut out the triangles in class.

Pattern included with class fee.

*Ruler purchase required:

             Creative Grid 60° Equilateral Triangle

Wednesday, March 26 ............... 10am – 4pm

Saturday, April 26......................... 9am – 3pm

Beginner ................................ $30.00

Pre-requisite for all other quilting classes if you have never quilted before.

Candy Stiffler • 3 Classes •  Beginner

We will start you on your journey into the joys of quilting! You will learn the correct rotary cutting, piecemaking, basic machine quilting, and binding techniques to make your first quilt. This class is designed for those who want to learn to quilt or for those who want to refresh their basic quilting skills by completing a small quilt. There will be homework between classes in order to complete this quilt. Pattern is included in class fee.

Saturday, March 8, 15 & 22....................... 9am – 1pm

This class is being offered again because first class was filled!

Quilt Supply Bag.......................$35

Cheryl Lewis - 1 class -Intermediate

This great bag is everything you need for taking supplies to quilt class and retreats. Will hold an 18" x 24" cutting mat and ironing mat. Plus there are pockets for all of your rulers and other supplies.If you take classes and go on retreats then you need this bag! Pattern is included in class fee.

 Saturday January 18..........................................................9am - 3pm

City Sampler Sew-Along

Ten month sew-along beginning in January. Join us as we sew our way through Tula Pink’s 100 Modern Quilt Blocks. We will meet the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Choose afternoon or evening, depending on your schedule. Book purchase is required. Some fabric will be provided. Sign up early to reserve your spot. 

$10 one time fee.

Quilt Without Guilt

Tell your friends. What could be better than sewing all day away from the distractions at home at no cost to you. Work on your own projects. The Quilt Vine Staff is present to help out if needed. Call ahead to reserve your seat.

*Every Tuesday

Chris' Fishes Class

This is the quilt that started it all. First of all I was not originally in love with this fish fabric. Thank goodness Chris is usually there with me when the sales reps come to call. She really liked this fabric so we got it. After it arrived both of us thought that we had to do a shop sample to highlight this fabric so it would sell.

And here is the pattern that started this craze. I chose this pattern for the fish fabric because to me it had the perfect focus spot. This pattern is Bricks by Mountain Peek Creations. We never could have foreseen the reaction that we got from this fish quilt. Everyone that came into the shop just loved it. So many wanted the exact fabrics that we had in the sample. This pattern is the best selling item in the shop since we opened in September. We had no choice but to offer it as a class.  The class was held last Saturday. Here are pictures from that class.

This was actually another shop sample we made featuring Valori Wells' Cocoon Fabric.

I don't know about you, but I love each one of them. Everyone had a great time in class! We have a lot more classes being offered this quarter. It is not too late to sign up now.

Jane's Star

We are planning on teaching a class next year on a quilt from Jane Sassaman's book. I just love her fabrics. Anyway, I decided to make the star part of the quilt out of this fabric; not a Sassaman fabric. When I was cutting the fabric I assumed I was going to lay it out like the top picture, but after laying it out I decided on the second one.

 The idea of Jane's book is to show you how to use those large print fabrics. I chose the star fabric before even considering what other fabric I would use. The problem is that I could not find another large print fabric in the store to go with it.

These two fabrics were the best thing we could find to go with my star fabric. When I laid them out like this I really did not like either one. So, I took the easy way out and decided on a solid.

I guess now I need to make one with two coordinating large prints to demonstrate the techniques in the book.

I have the top all put together now. I do like it but it does not have the same effect as the ones made with two large print fabrics. The picture below was taken from Jane Sassaman's book. We do have both of these fabrics in stock. Cheryl made one and it looks fabulous!