Course Description:  Want to try a fun project and learn some quilting skills?  We will be using easy piecing grids to make a giant bow that will dress up any holiday door!  We’ll be using our classroom BERNINA machines to stitch up this project. This is a 7-week class with a $50 supply fee.

Instructor Bio:  Karol Pittsenberger has been sewing since elementary school – learning from her mother and two older sisters. Starting with doll clothes, then moving on to make her own clothes and then wedding dresses for friends!  At some point, she switched to pillows, drapes, and home décor. In 2015, before leaving on a cruise, a quilting friend asked her to pick up interesting patterns and fabric from quilt shops in Alaska.  She obliged by getting one for her friend, and one for herself!  That was it, she fell in love with the fabrics and designs but didn’t know how to put them together until she took a quilting class at Stitcher’s Quest. This is a 7-week class. There is a $50 class fee.

Additional Notes:  

This is a 7-week class meeting, September 8, 15, 22, 29, October 13, 20 and 27. A class fee of $50 which is payable at the first class to cover supplies. Students should bring:  Fabric scissors, thread snips, seam ripper, fabric marking pens, pins, 6” ruler, 2 dz Wonder Clips, crafters project box (suggested 14”x14”x2”).

Course Description:  This class goes beyond basics to create a finished project with machine embroidery. We will be making a pillow titled ‘America the Beautiful’ with our BERNINA 5 Series embroidery machines. With this project, we will explore techniques of in-the-hoop piecing, appliqué, and quilting, then finishing the project with our classroom sewing machines.  Supply fee covers everything except the stuffing! There is a $60 supply fee.

Instructor Bio:  Margaret is an avid sewist, maker, and expert in machine embroidery. She is a past president of Silver Threads Quilt Guild.  She loves sewing & quilting, going to sewing events & retreats, and in her spare time, Margaret works at Stitcher’s Quest. 

Additional Notes:  Class fee $60, required to cover supplies payable at first class. Students should bring:  Small scissors (ITH embroidery scissors recommended), seam ripper, fabric marking pens, 2 dz Wonder Clips, crafters project box (suggested 14”x14”x2”).

Course Description:  There is so much more to knitting than just Knit 1 and Purl 2. Come join us to learn the basic knit stitch and purl stitch and expand those skills to include casting on, binding off, increases, and decreases. Once you learn these building blocks, you can make scarves, sweaters, shawls, blankets, and so much more. This is a 6-week class. A class supplies kit can be purchased for $20.

Instructor Bio:  Kristine Matthews initially learned to knit in a junior high home economics class, and she picked it back up 25 years ago. Today she’s rarely without pretty yarn and needles somewhere close by.

Catherine Burger has been knitting for many years and has knit countless baby items, blankets, dishcloths, and scarves over the years. She has recently expanded into socks, hats and adult garments and is enjoying every stitch.

Additional Notes:  This is a 6-week class meeting September 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, and 16. The class requires around 200 yards of worsted weight yarn (preferably not cotton) and a pair of size 8 or 9 straight and/or circular needles. You have the option of purchasing supplies from me on the first day of class for $20.

Course Description:  Knit II (Intermediate Knitting) picks up where Knit I (Beginning Knitting) left off.  We will use our knowledge of the knit stitch and purl stitch and learn to read patterns, knit in the round, and make cables, stripes, and lace. You must know how to knit and purl to take this class.

Instructor Bio:  Kristine Matthews initially learned to knit in a junior high school home economics class, and she picked it back up when she was pregnant with her second child. That was 25 years ago and today she’s rarely without pretty yarn and needles somewhere close by.

Additional Notes:  This is a 6-week class meeting September 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, and 16. The class requires around 600 yards of worsted weight yarn (preferably not cotton) in two or more colors, a pair of size 7 or 8 16” circular needles and a pair of size 7 or 8 32” circular needles. You have the option of purchasing supplies from me on the first day of class for $25.