Erica's Craft & Sewing Center Online Newsletter April-June 2012

pack is $14.25 + tax. (Machine50required) 3 weeks, starting Wed,May 16, 6:30-9:00pmScrap Therapy CuttingWorkshop—Do you feel like your stashis overflowing and you just don’t knowwhat to do? Scrap Therapy is the answer!It’s a two-part program that is a provensystem to organize and use your fabricscraps. Put a new blade in your rotarycutter and Sandy will help you brush upon fast and efficient fabric cuttingtechniques. You’ll cut your fabric intothree useable sizes and store them inspecial see-through storage bins. (You’llget a bin free!) The classes that follow theworkshop will help you convert your cutscraps into fun, useable table runners,quilts, and other things as we go along. Ifyou have already attended a workshop,coming to additional workshops gives youa set time to get your scraps ironed andcut, learn cutting tips, and enjoy others’company. 1 class, Sat, Jun 2, 1:15-3:15pmSeasonal Angels—See page 26Seasons & Reasons—See page26Space Crystal, Too Wallhanging—This is a fun 3-D project created withgeometric shapes. Nancy F will help youlearn to make the 40" x 41" wallhangingusing tumbling blocks, pyramids, andhexagons and, although challenging, it iseasier than you might think for theexperienced quilter. Let our staff assistyou in selecting the color values of yourchoice to define the crystal forms. Classpack, the book, is $29.95 + tax. (Machinerequired) 2 weeks, starting Sat, May 19,9:15-11:45am, (Skips May 26, June 2, 9)or starting Sun, Jun 3, 1:00-3:30pm, SkipsJune 10 & 17Twister Patchwork—Here’s a fun, easy methodfor creating piecedpinwheels without thedifficult and timeconsuming piecing!Sandy will show you howto sew together simplesquares, add a border and then, using thespecial Twister tool, cut blocks for thepinwheels. The tool does the work so allyour pieces fit together to make a stunningtable topper or small wallhanging. What afun and addictive technique! Chooseeither large or small ruler to vary the sizeof your project, we used the small rulerfor ours. (Machine required) 2 weeks,starting Thu, Apr 26, 6:15-8:45pmZippy StrippyQuilt—This lap quiltis so much fun to make!You join 40 strips of ajelly roll or other stripcollection, then sewfive seams, and you’redone! We’re having a morning class whereJoan will show you how to join the stripson the bias, and you’ll get them ready forthe Zippy Strippy Race in the afternoon.Bring your lunch, then make the quilt topin the afternoon. You’ll be amazed at howeasy this is to do! And every quilt top isdifferent. It’ll be so much fun to see allthe different combinations. Every one isdifferent! It’s hard to stop with just oneof these, we warn you. (Machinerequired) 1 class, Sat, Jun 9, 9:15, 9:15-11:45am continuing 1:00-3:00pmSEWINGEverything Goes Bag—Our original“bag lady” is back! Join NancyK in making this 14 1/2"Wide,12" tall, 5" deepzippered bag that can holdall your regular pursecontents plus much more.