Charlton Sewing Center wants to show you how to strip – strip “piece” that is. This monthly activity will be kicked off with Holice Turnbow teaching strip piecing on a foundation. Goodbye tricky bias edges and fussy point matching! Benartex presents Foundation-by-the-Yard, designed to make your quilting more precise, less stressful, and as creatively different as you are! Sharon Hultgren, quilt author, designer, teacher, and creator of the Easy Angle ruler, has designed these innovative fabric foundations to make you totally rethink the way you piece!

Each panel includes foundation patterns, instructions for piecing, and fabric requirements. No purchasing additional books or patterns! And the fabric foundation stays in place after you're done piecing, keeping your blocks stable and square. No ripping off tiny pieces of paper or snapping your stitches! $35.00 includes the foundation panel. Kits available upon request at time of registration (approximately 1½ yds. total).

Quilting by hand is relaxing, portable, and inexpensive, and can be very satisfying. Whether you are a novice or an experienced hand quilter, you will benefit from this class. Students who have taken the class in the past, come away excited about the techniques and the tips Holice shares to make hand quilting an enjoyable, fun experience. This 3-hour class will introduce you to the most fundamental part of the quilting process, including all the tools needed (there are very few); have your questions answered about batting, basting and finishing, and then practice quilting by hand. The kit contains a hoop, needle, thimble, practice piece for class exercise and additional pieces for at home practice. These classes fill up fast, so sign up now. Class fee of $40.00, includes kit. 

Kaleidoscope

Peek-a-Boo

Don't let summer fade away. This lap quilt will keep the bright shades of summer with you all year 'round. Peg Prynoski designed this quilt specifically for a friend from Jamaica who loves bright, bold flowers. If you prefer a softer look, make it in the pastel version. Cost is $30.00, plus kit and pattern. 

This was a fun class so we are running it again - check back for a new date!

Peg's Quilt

Jamaican* Me Crazy

A tea cozy reminiscent of France’s province region. $40.00 includes all fabric, pattern and instruction. 

Check back for an additional November date - A wonderful holiday gift!

Tea Cozy

A bag for all your needs. There's room inside for everything a woman needs to have with her, and a great pocket on the outside for your keys. Saturday, July 12, 10:00 a.m .–4:00 p.m. Class fee is $40.00, which includes a pattern and fabric. 

This class is full and we are taking names for a future class.

Boondoggle Table Runner – Madeleine Manfield

Have fun with this new technique using the Boondoggle rulers. Create a table runner with a focus fabric for any season of the year or for the holidays. 

This class will be offered again in early fall.

This class filled quickly - we are taking names for an additional date!

Learn how to take 35 – 5½” squares of fabric and make this charming 18” x 13½” tote bag. It has two generous-sized inside pockets, a small outside pocket, a flat bottom, and comfortable padded handles. This bag lends itself to decorative embellishments so you can further personalize it to suit your taste (bring buttons, trinkets, beads, etc.

X-Blocks Wall Hanging - Diana Loller

Diana will show you how to make this unusual wall hanging using the X-Blocks templates.

This class will be offered again in early fall.

Needle Workshops
August 4 - 9  - drop in for a demonstration! 

Cathy is setting up a teaching station so you can try out the following needles: Wing, Double Wing, Drilling, Spring, and Double Eye. Stop in anytime the week of August 4-9, and plan to stay for 1/2 hour so you can sew with each of these needles and see their beautiful creative capabilities. We will provide machine, needles, thread and fabric. This is a perfect opportunity to try before you buy. 

Needle Punch

This two hour workshop will introduce you to the wonderfully relaxing art of wool needle punch – a technique of attaching various fibers (we will be using wool and silk) to a “canvas” (again, we will be using wool) to create interesting texture or an actual picture.

Mary LaBoube will show you how to create a tree in wool using this fun technique. Your “kit” will consist of an already needle punched tree trunk on a square of wool, the necessary needle and a collection of roving fibers for you to pull from. Choose a season, choose a tree trunk, and Mary will guide you through adding foliage. You will leave with a finished piece ready for framing.

Check back for November date!
$25.00 includes class fee and all materials necessary to complete your picture.