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PQW News January 10, 2020 Edition

Upcoming Classes

Tumbling Triangles

The Tumbling Triangles quilt is made by combin-

ing V-block units into blocks. It can be made in six

sizes, from 13x13" up to 80x80". The blocks are

constructed using Studio180 Design's V-block

tool, making construction both easy and forgiv-

ing. In addition to V-block assembly technique,

on-point setting, mitered borders, and a tech-

nique for two-colored mitered binding will be

taught.

Instructor: Dot Fabian

Fee: $60

Required: ruler and pattern

Stash Class: Spice Market

This is an easy free pattern to use a lot of your

stash. Cutting ahead will maximize your sewing

time in class. See the sample quilt in the store.

Your quilt will look different because of your fab-

ric choices.

Instructor: Marilyn

Fee: $30

Sunday, January 12, 9am-12pm

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Beginner Machine Quilting

Your quilt top is finally pieced and your pattern

ends with those three scary words “quilt as de-

sired”. Now what? Take a deep breath, drop those

feed dogs and start machine quilting! In this class,

you’ll learn to free-motion quilt some basic de-

signs including curved lines, meandering, echoing

and loops. We’ll also discuss needles, threads,

batting and tension.

Instructor: Sue

Fee: $40

Sunday, January 26, 12-4pm

Our embroidery club is planned to help you make a new project each month, each designed by Kimberbell Designs, and each featuring a new technique to learn or practice. Most of the materials needed will be included in your class fee. Register for each month.

Winter Bench Buddy

This winter bench buddy pillow welcomes the season

with a glittery snowflake. Pieced borders are added after

embroidery on your sewing machine to make the cover

just right for Kimberbell's 8" pillow form. Design files in-

clude options for double hooping the pillow top in a

5x7" oval hoop.

Instructor: Ro

Fee: $30

Required: Basic knowledge of your embroidery machine

Monday, January 13, 6-9pm; Tuesday January 14, 10am-

1pm; Tuesday, January 21, 10am-1pm; or Tuesday, January 28, 10am-1pm




Heart Song Bargello Tablerunner

Get ready for Valentine's Day with this quilt-as-

you-go heart tablerunner. In class, we will be us-

ing a technique known as bargello quilting. Strips

of fabric are sewn together horizontally into a

strip set and then into a tube. The tube is then cut

vertically into loops of different widths and sewn

back together onto the batting and backing, quilt-

ing-as-you-go. Machine applique for the hearts

will also be covered.

Instructor: Sue

Fee: $60

Required: pattern

Wednesdays, January 29 and February 12, 1-4pm

It’s a Wrap Fabric Bowls

Learn to make beautiful fabric bowls by wrapping

strips of fabric around clothesline and then sew-

ing them into place. Not only is each bowl unique,

but they are a lot of fun to make. You’ll make a

medium-sized bowl with handles. Book required.

Instructor: Sue

Fee: $50

Required: book

Saturday, February 1, 10-3 pm




Free Motion Quilting Using Rulers

Rulers aren’t just for longarm quilters anymore. Machine quilting using rulers on

a domestic sewing machine has been getting a lot of attention in the quilting

world recently. If you’ve purchased the Bernina 72 foot and ruler kit and want to

get started using them, this 2-session class is for

you.

Working with rulers will open a whole new world

of free motion quilting to you. It takes a little

practice, but once you get the hang of machine

quilting with rulers, you'll be hooked!

Bernina 72 foot and ruler kit required.

This class is for confident free motion quilters.

Instructor: Sue

Fee: $60

Required: Ruler kit and Bernina 72 foot

Wednesday, February 5, and Wednesday, February 19, 1-4pm

Beginning Machine Appliqué

Tired of piecing blocks consisting of geometric

shapes? Ready to try curves, flowers, leaves, cir-

cles, letters, swirls and more? Then it’s time to

learn machine appliqué. Appliqué is the process

of seeing fabric shapes onto a background fabric

and stitching them in place along the edges. In

this class, you’ll learn how to trace, fuse and cut

out appliqué shapes. We’ll go over how to ma-

chine-stitch the raw edges of your designs using

3 different stitches-the blanket stitch, the zigzag

stitch and the straight stitch. You’ll make samples in class and get lots of tips to

take home with you.

Instructor: Sue Hurley

Fee: $40

Friday, February 21, 12-4pm




Have you completed your block?

Next month’s Saturday Sampler Demos are

February 6, 7, and 8

More Free Motion Quilting Using Rulers

Ready to have some more fun with rulers? In this

class, we’ll create a sampler piece using designs

from Bernina’s online WeAllSew Ruler work Quilt-

Along and Amanda Murphy’s book Rulerwork

Quilting Idea Book. And, of course, there will be

lots of Sue’s tips and tricks thrown in too! We’ll

stitch out 15 different designs using the Bernina

straight-edge ruler, circle rulers and oval rulers.

Here’s your chance to take your free-motion ruler

work to the next level … and have lots of fun in the process!

Instructor: Sue

Fee: $50

Required: Book and a beginner ruler work class or some ruler experience

Friday, March 6, 12-5pm

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Class registration policy Full payment is due upon signing up for a class. You can make payment in the store, online,

or by phone. A supply list will be given or sent to you at that time.

100% of class fees are refundable or transferable to another class if cancellation is made at least 72 hours before class.

No credit, refund or transfer to another class will be given if 72-hour notice is not given. Our teachers prepare for each student in each class in advance of the class.

No-shows forfeit any refund or exchange.

Private Class For times when a regularly scheduled class just won’t do, we offer private classes to fill the void. Let’s say that a class you're interested in requires rotary skills, and you’re still snipping along with scissors. Well a 1-hour private class will bring you up to speed. Or say that you really want to get the hang of paper-piecing or some other skill. Or maybe our classes just don’t fit in your schedule. Talk to any one of us and we’ll find you the right person at the right time to teach you what you need to know. $25 per hour per person.

English Paper Piecing Club 2020 Sew excited that you will be joining us for the 5th year of the Pennington Quilt Works English Paper Piecing Club. In this club you will receive EPP advice from the instructor, see what others are making, and sit and stitch for two uninterrupted hours. Along the way you will visit with friends old and new, learn the benefit of “slow sewing” and make a lovely project by hand. We will be focusing on the following EPP project: Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses.

Required: **If you are new to English Paper Piecing, you must attend a “how-to” session for an additional fee.

Instructor: Marisa

Fee: $60 for Winter/Spring session

Choose: Wednesday mornings: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm OR Wednesday evenings: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Winter/Spring session: January 15, February 19, March 18, April 15, May 13



The Turtle Creek Peacemakers and Quilts of Valor at PQW

The Turtle Creek Peacemakers are a local

quilting group which is part of the nationwide

Quilts of Valor Foundation (QoVF). The mis-

sion of the QoVF is to cover service members

and veterans touched by war with comforting

and healing Quilts since 2003. The Peacemak-

ers formed just over a year ago, have 27 mem-

bers and have over 100 quilts either pre-

sented, in process or ready to be presented.

We will be sewing at Pennington Quilt Works

from 10:30 to 3:00 on the following Mondays:

January 13, February 3, March 9, April 6, May

11, June 8, July 13, August 10, September 14, October 12, November 9, Decem-

ber 14.

Quilts for Kids

On the first Tuesday of each month, a group of experienced, charity-minded quilters meet at PQW to sew for the organization, Quilts for Kids. Quilts are

donated to care facilities to be given to children who are ill, abused, or in difficult situations who could use the comfort of a handmade quilt. Although all the spots for sewing participants are filled, we can certainly use more volunteers to sew quilts at home. Kits will be provided. If interested, please contact Deb for more detailed information concerning your involvement in this worthwhile cause: [email protected].

Meets: 10:15 am–3 pm January 7, February 4, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2, July 7, August 4, September 1, October 6, November 3, December 1







Special Events

Lecture and Quilt Appraisals

With AQS certified quilted textile appraiser Dana Balsamo

Dana Balsamo of Material Pleasures LLC will join PQW for an evening lecture and appraisal day. She will present her lecture "History of Quilts in America" on Thursday evening, and do quilt appraisals by appointment on Saturday. She is scheduled for two visits in 2020: January 24-25, and March 26-27.

The lecture will be held on Thursday, 6-8pm. The cost is $10.

Appraisals will be held 10am-4pm on Friday. Verbal appraisals are $25, and writ-

ten appraisals are $50, payable to Dana. However, you must call the store to re-

serve a one-hour slot.

NJ Shop Hop 2020 is coming!

Friday, April 24 to Sunday, May 3

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Sleep in Your Own Bed Retreat

With Michelle Renee Hiatt of Sew on the Go

Join Michelle Renee Hiatt, of Sew on the Go for a fun-filled weekend! Pamper

yourself with a retreat-like atmosphere, while sleeping in your own bed! Come

sew, laugh and be pampered, you deserve a “me” weekend.

Michelle, Quilt Designer, Blogger and Certified Quilt Instructor will be teaching

two of her latest designs; Periwinkle Swirl and Sparkle. You can choose either

project. Both projects come together easily with the Studio 180 Design’s (Deb

Tucker) tools.

The weekend includes 2 days of sewing instruction, plus a fun Saturday evening

activity and open sewing until 9pm. 2 lunches and Sunday morning pastries will

be provided. Join us for the fun!

Don’t worry if you aren’t local, we can recommend several local hotels!

Instructor: Michelle Renee Hiatt of Sew on the Go and Studio 180

Fee: $225; includes 2 lunches and Sunday morning pastries

Saturday, March 28, 10am-9pm and Sunday, March 29, 10am-4pm

Required: pattern

Periwinkle Swirl Sparkle



The Potting Shed

Workshop with Claudia Dinnell

Designed by our very own Nyssa Benthin, this charming potting shed opens its French doors to reveal all wonderous things from the garden. Birds, bees and butterflies are intertwined in the flowers and vines that surround it. Learn to master Claudia's multi-hooping technique for perfect placement, im-prove your hooping skills, use the features on your machine that allow better alignment and get tips and techniques that will make your embroidery flat, fun and flawless!

Class fee includes lunch both days and Claudia's exclusive embroidery designs.

Instructor: Claudia Dinnell

Fee: $299 - Includes lunch both days and Claudia's exclusive embroidery designs

Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6; 9am-3pm both days



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Whether your machine is ready (or

over-due!) for regular servicing, or is

experiencing some issues, Stepfon

Andrews will be here to take care of any

problems you may have. Stepfon has

over 20 years in repairing machines of

all brands, makes and models.

Remember that any Bernina machine

you purchase at PQW comes with a one-

year in-store full warranty. Stepfon

performs all our Bernina Warranty work.

IT’S TIME TO SERVICE YOUR MACHINE

MACHINE REPAIRS AT PQW

Starting at just $99.99 ($179.99 for Bernina 7 & 8 series) for cleaning, oiling, and complete

inspection. NOTE: repairs needing parts may take longer.

CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT

Service dates: January 21, February 4 and 18, March 3, 17, and 31


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