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Class and Event Schedule
January—April
2015
Beginning Piecing-101
Meechy Lewis
$70
This is a 4 week beginning piecing
class. The quilting skills you will be
taught in this class will help you become a “confident beginner”. You
will learn to accurately cut, piece, &
press—the basic skills needed for
every quilt. This is also a great
class if your skills need a tune-up!
Sun, Jan 18,25,Feb1,8
Sun, Mar 15,22,29,Apr 12
Hand Appliqué
Brenda Smith
finish your quilt from machine
set-up, threads, needles, basting
and, of course, the quilting! If
you’ve never tried free motion
quilting or if you just haven’t been
able to conquer this skill, this is the
class for you. Anyone can machine
quilt! Come learn the tricks that
make it possible.
Saturday, Jan 24
2-5pm Thursday, Feb 19
2-5pm Tuesdays, Mar 24 & 31
Saturday, Apr 18
$35
Turn Over a New Leaf
Susan Allen
Don’t throw those little pieces of
fabric away! Take recycling to a
whole new level in this fun class
which incorporates several
different techniques: string piecing,
back basting by machine, and
reverse appliqué. You’ll look at
string piecing in a whole new,
10am-5pm
modern way!
10am-5pm
6-9pm Saturday, Feb 21
10am-4pm
10am-5pm Friday, Apr 10
10am-4pm
Borders, Binding & Backing $40 Curve It Up!
Susan Allen
In this class, you will learn the easy Meechy Lewis
back basting method of needle turn
appliqué. It is perfect for beginners, and hand sewing experience is
NOT required. Let’s take the fear
out of the “A” word.! If you can
hand sew a binding, you can appliqué.
Thursday, Jan 22
Monday, Apr 13
Machine Appliqué
Susan Allen
Create With Art Kloth
Jennifer Lokey
We are continuing to work through
the traditional sampler blocks with
a modern twist in the Curve It Up
quilt using the Quick Curve
Ruler. Each monthly class will be
devoted to a different block, and
Susan will share her tips and tricks
for each one. Make one or make
6-10pm
them all – it’s up to you! No previ2-6pm
ous experience with the Quick
6-10pm
Curve Ruler is required. You can
$20 sign up for one class, or all of them!
Come enjoy a trunk show and
demonstration of creative ideas
using “Art Kloth”. Most items are
“no sew” or “low sew”, so invite your
friends to experience the world of
fabric without having to know how
Saturday, Jan 10
1-5pm to use a sewing machine. A kit will
Friday, Mar 27
10am-3pm be included for each attendee to
Free-Motion Quilting
$45 take home and make their own “nosew” creation.
Brenda Smith
Finish your own quilts on your
DOMESTIC sewing machine.
Explore all the steps necessary to
$15
Do you know how to properly finish
a quilt? This class covers the basics
of accurately sewing borders on
your top as well as preparing &
sewing your binding on your finished
quilt. Meechy will demo how to construct your backing.
10am-1pm
6-9pm Thursday, Feb 12
Sunday, Apr 5
$45 Thursday, Apr 9
If you like the look and feel of hand
appliqué but would rather do it with
your sewing machine, then this is
the class for you. The freezer
paper method used in this technique
won’t add any stiffness to your
finished quilt.
$45
Wednesday, Jan 7
Monday, Mar 30
1-3pm
1-3pm
Block # 5
Block #6
Block #7
Block #8
Jan 10
or Jan 12
Feb 7
or Feb 9
Mar 7
or Mar 9
Apr 4
or Apr 6
10am-12pm
6-8pm
1-3pm
6-8pm
1-3pm
6-8pm
1-3pm
6-8pm
The Quilt Asylum
Class and Event Schedule, January — April 2015
Stack-n-Whack 4-Patch
Ronnie Stone
$40 Courthouse Steps
Ever been curious about those
Stack-n-Whack quilts? This is a
great way to learn the basic
technique required for all of the
various designs. The square blocks
can be used in any quilt that
requires a square, so the possibilities are endless! Let your imagination go!
Thursday, Jan 22
Saturday, Feb 28
$45
Cheryl Morschauser & Deborah Cooley
Make traditional log cabin blocks–
orginating around 1870. This quilt is
very versatile in delivering many different looks, depending on the fabrics that you use. It can have an
antique, scrappy, or themed
inspiration.
Friday, Feb 27
Friday, Apr 24
LuGay Chiang
Substitute Teacher
Meechy Lewis
$45
Looking for something different?
Have you discovered the Marti
Michell templates yet? Ten FQs and
Perfect Patchwork Template Set L will
yield a beautiful quilt, new tools in
your tool box, and new techniques
learned. This is a 2-session class.
Recommended for beginners to
10am-4pm advanced quilters.
10am-4pm
12:30-4:30pm
Charming Chevron Quilt
12:30-4:30pm
Judy Niemeyer: Leaf Series
Deborah Brizendine
$45
Page 2
$45
In this class you will construct a
baby size quilt but this fun and
This pattern features Judy’s newest beautiful quilt can be made in any
foundation paper piecing technique, size you desire. Chevron designs are
Curved Paper Piecing! Once the leaf the “in” thing now, so come and join
us for this fun class. Recommended
is complete, it is bound and appliquéd to the background, perfect as for advanced beginners.
a form of wall art or a decorative
Wednesday, Jan 21
12-4pm
feature for any décor. This class is
Friday, Mar 20
12-4pm
a great introduction to Judy’s paper
Wednesday, Apr 8
6-10pm
piecing techniques.
Sundays, Jan 4 & 11
Vintage Compass
Deborah Brizendine
2-6pm
$135
This class is a wonderful example of
a beginner pattern which builds off
the Outside Compass unit in the
Mariner’s Compass pattern. The
foundation paper-piecing comes
together to complete an 8-pointed
compass star. When combined with
a second layer of points, you will
have created a clean, vibrant block
with a simple curved strip-pieced
Stack-n-Whack Hexagon Delight border unit. This is a 3-session
Friday, Jan 9
10am—5pm
Ronnie Stone
$45 class.
Tuesday, Apr 7
10am-5pm
Do you love fabrics with large and
Saturday, Mar 7
4-9pm
unusual designs but have never
Round Pegs in Square Holes
& Saturday, Mar 28
5-9pm
Meechy Lewis
$45 known what to do with them? They & Saturday, Apr 18
5-9pm
are
perfect
for
Stack-n-Whack!
Make a log cabin quilt in the
ROUND. It’s easy-peasy with Marti Layer and cut those stacks then
Blooming 9-Patch
$45
start having fun deciding which way
Michell’s Log Cabin ruler! If you
Meechy Lewis
to design each hexagon. Recomwant to think outside the box and
This quilt is back by request! It is
mended for intermediate quilters.
break tradition, come and
deceitful in that it gives the
experience what you can create.
Thursday, Jan 29
10am-5pm appearance of being very difficult to
This is a 2-session class.
Saturday, Mar 21
10am-5pm accomplish. The key is in the
selection of fabrics. We will spend
Sundays, Feb 15 & 22
2-6pm Schoolhouse Tunic
$45 time on a Friday night just to pick
Thursdays, Apr 16 & 23
6-10pm Juanita Johnson
fabrics and discuss recommended
This flattering tunic will be a welcome
Cappuccino “A Party for 4” $45
tools. Come and see! This is a 2addition to your wardrobe. By using
Deborah Brizendine
session class.
simple construction techniques, you
Learn the simplicity of foundation
will leave class with a finished
Friday, Jan 23
6-9pm (fabrics) &
paper piecing, along with the concept
garment, and be inspired and
Tuesday, Jan 27 6-10pm (class)
of using two strips of fabric to cre- confident enough to create more of
Or
ate one very simple, appealing block. these quick-to-sew versatile tops.
Friday, Mar 6
6-9pm (fabrics) &
Pattern makes 4 placemats + table
Sunday,
Mar
8
2-6pm (class)
Wednesday, Jan 28
1-5pm
runner.
Wednesday, Apr 22
1-5pm
Sunday, Mar 1
10am-5pm
The Quilt Asylum
Class and Event Schedule, January—April 2015
Desert Sky
Deborah Brizendine
$45
Tuscany Tote
$40
Quilted Portraits
Leo Ransom
$45
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Great Granny Squared
$40
Meechy Lewis
What’s this? The center of the
In this Fat Quarter friendly class
In this class you will learn a pieced
square represents the “baby”. The
you will learn to machine paper-piece layering technique with raw edge
perfect floating points and curves
appliqué to create your own portrait next four squares are known as
“Mama”. The following eight squares
with a no-pin method using Judy
art quilts. Your class project is a
Niemeyer’s pattern and techniques. small art quilt (11 x 14), so it is pos- is “The Granny” and of course the
final twelve are “The Great Granny”!
This project is perfect for every
sible to finish your top by the end
Use your scraps and make this keepskill level of paper piecer. You will
of class. Methods for quilting your
learn an organized method for chain portrait with be reviewed at the end sake quilt representing four generations. The border is a little tricky,
piecing units.
of class.
but just take your time and you will
Friday, Jan 23
10am–5pm Saturday, Mar 28
10am-4pm master it! Pre-requisite: Beginner
Friday, Apr 17
10am-5pm
101 or similar experience.
LuGay Chiang
In this class you will make one of
the most versatile tote bags ever.
You should be able to complete the
tote in class and take it home ready
to use. Don’t miss this class - it will
be lots of fun!
Friday, Feb 13
12-4pm
Fire Island Hosta
Deborah Brizendine
$135
This Judy Niemeyer pattern is the
first pattern in a new line of Leaf
inspired designs, involving curvedline paper piecing. You will also learn
how to trim a quarter-inch seam
without an Add-A-Quarter Ruler,
and with perfection every time.
This is a 3-session class.
Saturdays, Jan 3. Feb 7
& Feb 21
Ooh La La French Braid Table
Runner
$45
Jennifer Lokey
Thursday, Mar 19
Sunday, Apr 19
Create a lovely table runner that
enhances any table setting and will
Buggy Barn Heart Crazies $45
“WOW” family and guests. Gain the
Meechy Lewis
confidence to make an entire quilt
Come and make this “wonky block”
using this delightful quilt pattern.
quilt with the rest of us crazy folks!
Wednesday, Feb 25
10am-4pm Stack your fabrics, make your cuts,
Wednesday, Apr 1
10am-4pm and swap your stacks and you’re
ready to sew! Recommended for the
Dynamic T-Shirt Quilt
$45 Advanced Beginner and up. This is a
Jennifer Lokey
2-session class.
Have fun with fellow quilters as you
combine 9 of your treasured and Thursdays, Jan 8 & 15
6-10pm
saved T-Shirts into a dynamic quilt.
Jennifer will teach T-Shirt prepara- Block of the Month Night $10
tion, review good block placement Meechy Lewis
and guide fabric cutting and piecing. Do you have a Block of the Month
You will create a successful T-shirt that you just don’t have time to
quilt top that can be duplicated with work on? Or do you have one from
confidence.
the past that you would like to
4-9pm
5-9pm Saturday, Jan 31
Friday, Mar 13
finally work on? Come join us for a
10am-4pm
night of working on your BOM!
10am-4pm
Holiday Chevron Table Runner
Monday, Jan 19
Deborah Brizendine
$45 Stack-n-Whack Flip Flop Fans
Monday, Feb 16
This “beginner” project only reRonnie Stone
$45 Monday, Mar 16
quires the use of one foundation unit
to complete, has fast and simple
cutting directions, and does not involve any advanced sewing techniques to complete. This foundation
paper piecing project can be completed in 6-8 hours.
Friday, Jan 30
Tuesday, Apr 21
6-10pm
2-6pm
Take one medium or large print and
you can make an elegant one-of-akind fan quilt. The fun is seeing
what your fans will look like because
no two will look alike. This class is
for intermediate quilters.
Monday, Jan 19
10am-5pm Monday, Mar 23
10am-5pm
10am-5pm
10am-5pm
Monday, Apr 20
6-10pm
6-10pm
6-10pm
6-10pm
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Class and Event Schedule, January—April 2015
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Bring and Brag
Join this gathering of quiltaholics to share completed projects, learn new techniques, and
make new friends on the first Friday or Saturday of each month. Even if you don’t have a
show-and-tell, you are still welcome to attend. Door prizes and fun for all!
There is no charge to attend.
Friday, Jan 2
10:30am
Saturday, Jan 3
10:30am
Friday, Feb 6
10:30am
Saturday, Feb 7
10:30am
Friday, March 6 10:30am
Saturday, March 7 10:30am
Friday, April 3
Saturday, April 4
10:30am
10:30am
Night Owls
Sit & Sew-cial
Come and quilt, shop, meet new friends, laugh,
AND make some progress on your unfinished
projects! This is not a class...
IT’’S A “HAPPENING”!
Cost is $10 each month.
Space is limited, so sign-up early!
Thursday,
Thursday,
Thursday,
Thursday,
January 29
February 26
March 26
April 30
6:00-10:00 pm
6:00-10:00 pm
6:00-10:00 pm
6:00-10:00 pm
All Day Retreats!
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Class and Event Schedule, January—April 2015
Fat
Tuesday
Sale
February 17
10am—7pm
All Fat Quarters will be $2.25
(or less as marked)!
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5th Saturday Bags
Our 2015 Limited Edition
5th Saturday bags will be
available in January!
Buy a bag and receive 20% off
your entire purchase on any 5th
Saturday in 2015!
January 31
August 29
May 30
October 31
Meet The Teacher Night
Friday, April 10
7:00-8:30pm
Come meet our great teachers and see what they’ll be
offering in the new quarter! You will have the chance
to meet each instructor, ask questions about their projects, and have all the
information you need to decide if the class is right for you! You’ll get to see the
new class samples before we hang them in public. This is a come-and-go affair.
Receive 10% off your class fees if you enroll during this event!
The Fine Print
Registration: Your entire class fee is required at sign-up to reserve your place in class, and a supply list will be
given at that time. You can register in person, by phone with a credit card, online, or by mail (check enclosed). You will
receive a supply list once you have registered for a class. We would appreciate your purchase of needed supplies from us.
Upon registration, you will receive a coupon for 10% off your class supplies!
Refunds: Seven days notice will be required for class refund or transfer. You may only transfer to a different class (with
7 days notice) one time, or class fees will be forfeited. No refund of any monies paid will be given if student cancellation
is made less than 7 days before class, or if student does not show up for class. If a class is cancelled by The Quilt Asylum, all
monies paid will be gladly refunded, transferred to another class, or held for store credit.
Miscellaneous: All classes require a minimum number of students in order for the class to make (usually 2 or 3), and if necessary, classes will be cancelled due to lack of enrollment 7 days prior to scheduled date. Early registration helps us
accommodate you better and guarantee that a class will make. Classes that are scheduled over lunchtime have a lunch
break. A refrigerator and microwave are available for student use.
All class schedules and photos of projects can be found on-line at: www.thequiltasylum.com
The Quilt Asylum
Class and Event Schedule, January—April 2015
Looking for a certain
class?
Can't attend on the
specific day a class is
offered?
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15th Annual
No Foolin’
Sale
Friday and Saturday
April 3 & 4
10am – 5pm
25% off all regular-priced
items!
(excluding classes & BOM’s)
North Texas Patchwork Express
Bus Tour
Join us for another adventure on the North Texas Patchwork
Express! Our bus will depart at 8am Saturday morning and you will visit 7
other great Texas quilt shops during this 2-day event on April 25 & 26,
2015. You will return to McKinney by late afternoon on Sunday.
Your registration includes transportation on a luxury coach, hotel accommodations based on double occupancy, meals (lunch and dinner on Saturday; breakfast and lunch on Sunday), a custom printed tote
bag filled with over $25 in quilting goodies, and a truly fun experience with friends old and new.
Cost is $159.95 per person. You may pay half to reserve your seat, with the balance due by March 15.
Trae Flesher will once again be our cruise director, and I know she is already planning fabulous fun and
games to keep you entertained while you travel!
You can register in person, by phone or online at www.thequiltasylum.com.
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