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Pennington Quilt Works
7 Tree Farm Road, Pennington, NJ 08534
Quilting Fundamentals
Bailey’s Quilt
Here’s a great
way to learn all
about quiltmaking! This
simple yet
striking quilt
will look great
in any combination of fabrics you
choose. You’ll
start right at
the beginning learning rotary cutting,
accurate seaming, block construction,
quilt assembly, and settings and borders. At the end of class, you’ll have your
quilt top done and ready for quilting. Requires pattern. Instructor: Ro, $99, Tuesdays, July 22, 29, and August 5 and 19,
6:30-9:30 (Note: August 5 is 6:30-8:30)
Bias Binding Workshop
Finish that
quilt the way
it deserves!
A well-done
binding can
make or
break the
finished
product. In
this technique class you’ll learn to trim
your quilt, cut the binding on the bias,
piece the strips together and sew the
binding to your quilt. You will work with a
practice piece that you can keep for future reference. Great for both first-time
binders, and those who want to perfect
their skills. Instructors: Marilyn and Dottie, $36, Monday September 29, 12:304:30 OR Monday November 10, 12:304:30
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Machine Quilting I
Your
quilt top
is finally
pieced
and your
pattern
ends
with
those
three
scary words “quilt as desired”. 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 designs including
curved lines, meandering, echoing, and
loops. We’ll also discuss needles,
threads, batting and tension. Instructor:
Sue, $36, Sunday October 12, 12-4
See Page 2 for more info!
Embroidery Techniques
New Class! Candy Cane
This is a Christmas
New Class! No Guilt Quilt
“No
Guilt
Quilt”!!!
All you
need to
make
the
blocks
for this
quilt is one jelly roll and 1 1/2 yards of
background fabric. Very little fabric remains. There is no waste. It is a very
traditional quilt, but the scrappiness
makes it uniquely yours. This quilt is
simple, scrappy and stunning. The piano key border perfectly compliments
the diversity of the fabric in the quilt
blocks. This is an advanced beginner
class. Instructor: Kim N., $54, Monday,
September 8, 22, and 29, 10-12
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Ready
for the
cool
winter
snow?
Come
join us
for
Candy
Cane
Christmas.
This quilt design offers 12 different formats and uses a minimum hoop of only
255m X 145mm (10” X 6”) so everyone
can join in on the fun. We have it scheduled so you can get it done in plenty of
time for Christmas-this year! Instructor:
Theresa, $90, Thursday September 25
and October 23, 10-3
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Classes in GREEN are great for Beginners!
New Class! Machine
Embroidery Success
When it comes to machine embroidery, Patty has seen it all! In this trunk
show style class she’ll use her work to
present an overview of thread, needles, fabrics, designs, stabilizers,
hooping, and most importantly dealing
with problems such as empty bobbins
and thread nesting. Last she’ll answer
the question: What can software do for
you? Considering diving into embroidery? Find out what to consider. Want
to take your work to the next level?
Find out how. Open to all. Instructor:
Patty, $20, Tuesday August 26, 7-9
Cathedral Window Pillow
Ever wonder
how those
popular
"new" cathedral window
pillows are
made?
Learn the
basic construction of
an old technique in this class. Instructor: Marilyn,
$36, Thursday November 13, 12:30-4:30
Clamshell Basics
New Class! Perfect
Placement
Not
quite
sure
where to
place
the monogram
on a
bath
towel, or
the design on a shirt isn't completely
straight? With this class and kit you
can achieve perfect placement without
all the measuring. Use for napkins,
towels, pillowcases, receiving blankets
and more. Instructor: Theresa, $36,
Friday September 19, 11-3
Special Techniques
Braid Runner
Choose your fabrics in
color gradations to get
the full effect in this
very interesting table
runner. You'll be quilting
it as you piece, so with a
little binding, it’s done!
If you’ve never rotary
cut before, arrange for a
private class ahead of
time ($25). The two
classes together will
make great intro to
quiltmaking! Requires
pattern. Instructor: Arlene, $36, Sunday September 14, 12:30-4:30
Learn the basic
methods of English paper piecing
clamshell projects
in this handpiecing class.
Instructor: Marilyn, $36, Friday
October 10,
12:30-4:30
Fabric Bowls
Learn to make
beautiful fabric
bowls by wrapping
strips of fabric
around clothesline and then sewing 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, $45, Saturday August 23, 10-3
New Class! I Spy A Hexie
Collectors of I spy
fabrics (you know
who you are) need
a great project to
feature interesting
motifs. This class
will teach how you
to fussy cut your
focus fabrics into 4
and 6 inch hexagons and frame blocks using the hexagon
trim tool. The second session will teach
you how to sew Y seams using this clever
tool. Required: Intermediate skills, pattern, ruler. Instructor: Arlene, $54, Tuesday September 23 and October 21, 6-9
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Arlene’s Summer Fun
Projects 2014
They’re back! Projects that are new,
simple, quick, and only 3 hours long.
You will make the project in class, learn
a new skill and take home a finished
product. If you are looking for great
gift ideas, come join the fun.
Register soon, space is limited.
Mason Jar Kitchen Towels
How cute are these
towels and a great
hostess gift. I have simplified the pattern and
will teach machine applique with a satin
stitch. Just purchase
the toweling, add the
borders and voila a custom gift. You
may not want to give it away. Required:
pattern and rotary skills. Instructor:
Arlene, $27, Monday August 18, 6-9
Color Block Pouches
Sewing just one
pouch is not
possible! The
simple construction makes them
quick and fun
and no worries about the zipper either,
it is really simple. Three sizes available
in the pattern. Required: rotary skills
and pattern. Instructor: Arlene, $27,
Monday September 15, 6-9 OR Monday
October 13, 6-9
Loco for Lemoyne Stars
Are you
ready to
take your
piecing to
the next
level? This
class is
loaded
with 7
different
Lemoyne
Star techniques that will keep your creative juices
flowing for a long time. Over the course
of just two days, you will produce the
“Loco for Lemoyne Stars” Sampler. This
is a challenging but amazing quilt for the
ambitious quilter. Variation of the
Lemoyne Star taught: Rapid Fire™, As
Triangles, Fussy Cut, Striped Pieced,
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Quilts for Kids
On the first Tuesday of each month a
group of charity-minded quilters meets
at PQW to sew together for the organization, Quilts for Kids. Quilts are given
to children who are ill, abused, or in
difficult situations who could use the
comfort of a quilt made for them. Everyone is welcome. Please bring your
lunch or snack, your machine and sewing supplies. Quilt kits will be provided.
Please register ahead so we know how
many to expect. Contact Deb for more
information: [email protected]
Meets 10:15-3
September 9 (2nd Tuesday), October 7,
November 4, December 2
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.
Policy for class registration
You must pay for a class in full in order
to receive the class supplies list and to
reserve your place. You may register
by phone, on line, or in the store. If you
need to cancel, please do so at least
10 days prior to the first class in order
to receive a full refund. If an emergency arises and you cancel less than 10
days before the first class, but at least
one day before, a class certificate will
be issued. Please use this for emergencies only as late cancellations can be
problems for us. All books and patterns
and some special tools required for a
class can be purchased at a 20% discount after paid registration. Check
that class enrollment minimums have
been met before purchasing supplies.
Banded, Liberty, and new Blazing Star.
We will also talk through how different
color choices and placements will vary
the look of your blocks. Required: Pattern and Studio 180 Design’s Rapid Fire
Lemoyne Star ruler & all 6 Lemoyne
Technique Sheets. Instructor: Michelle,
$144, Saturday September 6 and October 25, 10-5
Signs of Autumn
This pattern includes a Table Runner and Wall Quilt.
Both projects were
designed by Deb
Tucker and both
include a favorite
Leaf Block and Flying Geese strips to
create their overall
New Class! Noel Hunter Star
Make this
design, utilizing the
EASY Hunter Wing Clipper I and Corner Beam Tools,
Star Quilt in and are perfect scrap projects that may
time for the be pieced with multiple fabric tones or
Holidays! It a limited color palette. You will also
is a fabulearn how to make Quickets, using the
lous way to
Wing Clipper, so that your blocks come
use up
out perfect! This class is filled with
those holimany fundamental skills that will help
day fabrics
for many quilts to come! Requires Patand learn a tern Studio 180 Design’s Wing Clipper,
great techCorner Beam, & Square2. Instructor:
nique at the Michelle, $72, Saturday September 27,
same time! 10-4
This quilt will be appearing in Deb Tucker’s Hunter Star Book, as a Certified InSueNami Sensation
structor Michelle Hiatt is honored that
SueNami is
her quilt was selected. Required: Studio
an unusual
180 Design’s Rapid Fire Hunter Star RulHunter's Star
er and Noel Hunter Star Pattern. Instrucmedalliontor, Michelle Hiatt, $72, Sunday Novemstyle layout.
ber 9, 10-4
It was designed by
Sue Tucker
New Class! Orange Peels and
for Studio
Improv
180 Design.
Orange
It
was
a
Vermont
Quilt
Festival
Triple
peels are
Award
Winner.
It
uses
16
fat
quarters
beautiful
and 16 fat eights, so it is a great way to
and strikuse some of those favorite fatties in
ing tradiyour stash - or head to PQW for some
tional
blocks that beautiful new favorites. This class will
cover how to use Studio 180 Design's
can be
manipulat- Petite Hunter Star Ruler. We will dised in excit- cuss design and several other layouts.
Plus, you will learn how to make Flying
ing ways.
Geese with ease using the Studio 180
Here we’ll
Design's Wing Clipper. Instructor:
use them
with impro- Michelle, $72, Sunday October 5, 10-4
visational
piecing to make a baby quilt that you’ll be T-Shirt Quilt
proud to show off. In class 1 you’ll learn
Gather your old t-shirts and use them to
the “stitch and flip” method for making
make a memory quilt, adapting the patthe orange peels. Make some in class
tern to meet your needs and t-shirts.
and the rest at home. In class 2 you’ll use We will prepare the blocks, begin putyour low-volume prints to stitch them into ting them together and end the second
a quilt top that is uniquely your own. For
class with a demonstration of photo
intermediate sewists. Instructor: Jessica, printing on fabric so you can incorpo$36, Monday October 6 and 20, 7-9
rate snapshots into your next memory
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quilt. Rotary
cutting and
basic piecing
skills are REQUIRED for this
class. Instructor: Ro, $54,
Tuesday September 16 and
October 7, 6:30
-9:30
Tucker Tool Time Sampler
Are you looking for an exciting project
to keep you
sewing
through the
summer or
fall? Check
out this 4 part
series; take
one, a few, or
all the workshops - - in any
order! At each workshop you will learn 3
new feature blocks and make 2 of each,
totaling 18 blocks by the end of 3 workshops. In the 4th workshop you will learn
the Chain and Border Blocks, and will
focus on finishing your top and Borders,
Binding, Backing and Sashing. Requires
Tool Time Pattern and Studio 180 Tools.
Space is limited. Instructor: Michelle,
$60 per workshop, Workshop 1: Featured Tools: Tucker Trimmer1, TT3,
Square 2, & V Block, September 28.
Workshop 2: Featured Tools: Tucker
Trimmer 1, TT3, Corner Beam, Wing Clipper and V Block, October 26. Workshop
3: Featured Tools: Tucker Trimmer 1,
TT3, Split Rects, Diamond Rects and
Corner Beam, November 16. Workshop
4: Featured Tools: Tucker Trimmer 1,
TT3, Square2, and Finishing Techniques,
September 7 OR December 7. All dates
are Sunday and 10-3
Tuffet
We are always looking
for new ways
to use fabric.
Wouldn’t it be
fun to use our
favorite fabric
to make a
piece of furniture? If this
sounds interesting then this is the class
for you. In just two classes you will create
your own unique tuffet. If you know how
to use a rotary cutter and can sew a
straight line, the class will be nothing but
fun. In the first class you learn the technique to make the cover to your tuffet. You
will then have time to complete your cover
before the second class. The second class
we put it all together. Required: Upholstery
kit-$120 fee payable to the instructor.
Instructor: Julie, $63, Wednesday October
15 12:30-3:30 and November 5, 12:304:30 OR Sunday November 2, 12-3 and
November 23, 12-4
Tuffet-Upholstery Only
You had so much fun in your first tuffet
class that you must make one more. This
session is for the confident student that
will make the cover prior to attending
class. Sign up now and order your foundation supplies and bun feet. Required: Tuffet I and upholstery kit $120 fee payable
to instructor. Instructor: Julie, $36, Sunday September 17, 12:30-4:30
Modern Quilt Guild
Monthly Meetings, Second Tuesday 7-9 pm
August 12, September 9, October 14, November 11, December 9
Modern quilting is a new and rapidly growing movement in the quilting world. The Modern Quilt Guild is
made up of over 100 guilds across the country and
world. The MQG developed out of the thriving online
community of modern quilters and their desire to
start meeting in person. All are invited to join us.
Visit www.modernquiltguild.com to learn more about
the guild, or [email protected]
or visit our blog: centraljerseymqg.blogspot.com
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New Class! Wish Upon
The Wish
Upon pattern
is soon to be
released by
Deb Tucker.
Deb created
this interlocking star pattern to work
in an organized matter
(photo) or
totally random/scrappy. Requires Pattern and Studio 180 Design’s Split
Rects, Wing Clipper, Tucker Trimmer I.
Instructor: Michelle, $72, Saturday,
November 15 OR December 6, 10-4
Ahhhh….SPA
Every quilter’s dream is to spend an
uninterrupted day devoted just to quilting, and we’ve devised a way to give you
just that. Our Day at the Quilting Spa
has become a perennial favorite and it
is back this year with another new mystery quilt from Debbie Caffrey.
Envision a day when you set up your
work area and begin to sew. Before
long someone offers you coffee, or maybe tea. At noon, enjoy your own bag
lunch while you take a break and chat
with some friends, whether old or new.
Back to work, but who wants to face
ripping out that mistake? Don’t worry,
we’ll have it all fixed for you. Light refreshments are ready in the afternoon,
and by the time you’re ready to leave
you’ll be well on your way to a finished
quilt top.
The best part? Purchase your fabrics for
the quilt at Pennington Quilt Works, and
your Day at the Quilting Spa is free!! The
pattern, snacks, drinks, and any help
you need is on us.
When you register for the Spa, you’ll be
given a supply list and some preparation instructions. Bring everything on
your spa day and we’ll provide the rest
of the directions, step by step, at the
pace you’d like.
Stay as long as you’d like from 10 am to
5 pm. Register now for one of these
days:
Friday September 26
Monday October 6
Thursday October 9
Sunday October 19
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Quiltmaking Skills
When you purchase your new Bernina
sewing machine at Pennington Quilt
Works we want to be certain that you
use it to its fullest potential and with
total confidence and enjoyment. At pick
up, one of our Bernina specialists will
spend some time with you to be sure
you know the basics of running your
machine. Then we’ll schedule 2 private
hours with you and a Bernina educator
to begin exploring with you all you’d like
to learn. From there you’ll be guided into
more private or small group classes to
go as far as you’d like. Here are the areas you can expect to cover in classes:
Sewing Machine Basics
Machine Basics covering basic operations, practical applications and machine care.
Stitching Fun
Decorative stitching, memory, alphabets, combi-mode and special techniques. For all electronic machines.
Special attention to those features on your
Bernina that are especially useful in quilting. Piecing, machine appliqué, freemotion quilting, and using the walking foot
are covered. We’ll include the BSR if you
have one.
Embroidery Basics
Learn to find, set up, and manipulate designs, and stitch them out with success.
Unravel the mysteries of threads, stabilizers, and hooping. For machines with
embroidery units.
More Embroidery Techniques
MACHINE REPAIRS
AT PQW
Whether your machine is ready (or
overdue!) 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 makes and models, and will be performing all our Bernina Warranty work.
Remember that any Bernina machine
you purchase at PQW comes with a one
-year in-store full warranty.
Learn to do embroidered appliqué (our
favorite!) while you dig deeper into your
machine’s embroidery features and perfect your skills. Take basics class first.
Starting at just $89.99 for cleaning,
oiling, and complete inspection. (Of
course those repairs needing parts may
take longer.)
My Bernette
He’ll be here: August 19, September 2,
16, 30
When you purchase your Bernette from
PQW, we will arrange your individual or
small class sessions to fit your schedule.
My Bernina 7 and 8 Series
The Newest 7and 8 Series machines have
their own unique features and we’ll tailor
your sessions to them.
Software Sampler Club 2014
A monthly club that focuses on machine
embroidery. Each month we will watch a
video presented by Kay Hickman of
Bernina of America. You will receive a
CD that will include a PowerPoint of the
video, a tips and tricks handout and a
featured embroidery design. We’ll have
machines set up for you to try the featured technique. Open to all, but if you
are a Bernina user please bring an oval
hoop.
A monthly club that will explore Bernina
Embroidery Software 7. Each month we
will watch a video presented by Amanda Whitlatch of Bernina of America,
covering some component of Software
7. You will receive a CD that will include
a PowerPoint of the video, written instructions and project suggestions.
Then we will walk through the lessons
ourselves. Bring your laptop with the
software installed, if you have it. But
this is also a great opportunity to see
what Bernina Embroider Software 7 is
all about even if you do not yet own it.
Don’t have a Bernina? That’s okay. This
software will convert designs to many
formats.
Instructor: Vicki
$15per session (August is FREE)
Instructor: Vicki
$15 per session (August is FREE)
Thursdays, 1-4 or 6:30-9:30
August 28
September 18
November 20
December 18
Wednesdays, 7-9 pm
August 20
September 17
October 15
November 19
December 17
All About Embroidery Club
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