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SPRING NEWSLETTER 2014
The Quilting Squares Quilt Shop
1911 Columbia Ave Franklin TN 37064 615-794-4769
Check us out on
www.thequiltingsquares.com
Shop hours: mon-fri 9:30am-5 pm/sat 9:30am-4 pm
Owners Kay Roberts/Kathy Kuryla
A
GATHERING PLACE FOR QUILTERS TO ENJOY THE ART OF QUILTMAKING
WE SPECIALIZE IN HELPING YOU GET YOUR PROJECTS DONE!!
LEARN HOW TO MAKE A QUILT
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10% off for CVQA on day of
guild and Maury County
members on the second
Thursday of the month.
In shop only. Regularly
priced merchandise only
Sales items do not apply
please notify employee
before checking out
Hate to quilt your quilt?
We have the solution!
We have great long arm
quilters who can do the
work for you !
CJ’s Quilting
Always wanted to learn to quilt or just improve your skills? We will cover all aspects of a quilt; cutting, piecing, block sizing, borders, basting, quilting and binding.
You will have a completed quilt when you graduate from this class. YOU MUST
BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL 5 CLASSES. Each class feeds on the previous
class. We will have another quilt class starting in September if you cannot make
this session. Must pay in full to reserve a spot. This is a popular class, so sign up
early! Cost: $100 includes handouts. Thursdays Apr 10, 17, 24, & May 1, 8 10-4PM
10% off all purchases needed for class! A few machines are available, sign up to
reserve one.
QUILT SAMPLER SPECIAL EVENT
SATURDAY MAY 3 10-3PM
Join Kay, Kathy and our employees in celebration
of being named a Top Ten Featured Quilt Shop by
Quilt Sampler. We will have magazines available
to purchase and you can see the quilt made specifically for the magazine.
There will be quilt kits available for purchase.
Valerie’s Quilting
We’ll help you get it right!
HOLIDAY HOURS
CLOSED
May 26th
Memorial Day
INSIDE
ISSUE:
A BASIC BEGINNER QUILT CLASS
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
CITY BLOCKS
THIS
3SPECIAL EVENT
1
BEGINNER CLASS
1
SQUARE IN SQUARE
2
PURSE CLASS
2
TABLERUNNER
2
MACHINE QUILTING
3
INVISIBLE APPLIQUE
3
FRI. MAY 9 10-3PM
Cost: $25/ pattern required
A fat quarter friendly quilt.
Great for beginners! Check out
the quilts made from this pattern
at the shop. We love this pattern! Looks
different
every time
we make it!
RED TOILE QUILT
TUESDAY APRIL 15 10-3PM
Cost: $30/ pattern required
Using a beautiful toile by 3 sisters, the quilt
measures 62” x 83.”
Kits are available. If
you have a beautiful
toile that you have
been saving in your
stash, now is the
time to use it! Jan
will guide you
through the
process of
making this quilt.
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THE QUILTING SQUARES QUILT SHOP
CALL FOR CLASSES 794-4769
******REMEMBER: 10% OFF ALL CLASS SUPPLIES******
* Square In A Square Classes*
Square in a Square Options
Disappearing Star ( a SNS quilt)
Wed April 30 10-1pm or 6-9pm
Cost: $20
Always our favorite way to do half square
triangles & flying geese! And it does so much
more! This technique class introduces you to
the many options that this ruler uses in making multiple blocks. Purchase of the ruler is
optional. We want you to love it and want it!!
Tuesday May 6 10-3pm
Cost: $20/ book required (Technique
Reference Book) One of the easiest of the
SNS quilts! Use a novelty print to create a
beautiful quilt. Quilt measures 54” x 72”.
This quilt goes together fast.
BEYOND THE BASICS OF
SQUARE IN A SQUARE
Mon Apr 7 OR Tues Apr 8 10-3pm Cost: $25
A “NEW” class that goes beyond the basics.
Join Kay as she journeys through the other
options. Learn the possibilities!!
Thursday June 12 10-3p
Cost: $20/ pattern required
Jodi’s newest pattern and made from her fabric
line, A Soldier’s Story. Kits are available or choose your own.
Just 2 options (opt. # 3, #11) will make this quilt.
Teacher: Kay Roberts
Star Flower Quilt (a SNS quilt)
FLOWER POWER TABLERUNNER
Tues May 20 10-1p or 6-9p
Cost: $20/ pattern required
Made from 5 inch charm squares & 2 border fabrics.
20” X 38” make a perfect runner
for your table. Try the new
spring fabrics at the
The perfect beach bag!
KONA CARRYALL
Blossom Pincushion
Monday June 9 10-1pm or 6-9pm
Cost: $20/ pattern required
There are two colorways, one is
primitive colors and the other is
spring colors. Both have wool and
fabrics. Project can be finished in a
day! Join Jan in this adventure.
Great for gifts! Make more than
one! They’re addictive!
SAT JUNE 21 10-3PM
Cost: $30/ pattern required
Even if you’re not a beach person,
you will love this bag! Lots of room
and pockets too! Join Chris Schulte
as she teaches how easy it is!
HELPING YOU FINISH YOUR UFO’S !
Blooming Nine Patch Revisited
Are you taking our UFO challenge?
We started in January but you can
Monday June 23 10-3pm Cost: $25.
get started anytime. Number 12
Remember those beautiful fabrics you bought to make the quilt?
UFO’s that are in your closet. Each
Did you finish that project? Is it your UFO? Connie will help you get month we post on Facebook, a UFO
it accomplished. Come to this class and get started again. Only
# and try to get it done within that
students who have taken this class previous are eligible. In the
month. Post the completed project
Fall, we will have a new Blooming Nine Patch class.
on Facebook.
Fun Things we do at The Quilting Squares
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There is a $10 FEE for PMS night, Poker Night, & Soup’s On. This reserves your spot ,the use of the room and a light lunch or dinner
PMS NIGHT
Pizza, Munchies, & Sewing
1st Fridays of the month
April 4, May 2 & June 6
Starts at 5pm. Cost: $10
This is a night to kick back &
enjoy some quality tine with
fellow quilters and your
unfinished projects.
Poker Night
3rd Fridays of the month
April 18, May 16 & June 20
Starts at 5pm Cost: $10
Bring your unfinished projects
and join the fun. We don’t
really play poker but we do give
out a card every time you come
to PMS or Poker . At the end
of the year, the best hand wins a
$50 gift certificate from the store
Soup’s On
3rd Wed of the month
April 16, May 21 & June 18
Starts at 10am
We offer several opportunities
throughout the calendar year for
our customers to come in to sit
and sew. This is a good time for
fun, food and fellowship.
****Machine Quilting Classes **** Machine Quilting Classes****
MACHINE QUILTING PRIMER
Tues Apr 29 10-1pm or 6-9pm Cost: $20/
book required. Heirloom Machine Quilting
The first in a series of technique classes to
teach you how to free motion quilt on your
home machine. We will talk about setting
up your workspace, basting, & preparation, plus hands on work. This class helps
you to feel at ease with machine quilting.
INVISIBLE APPLIQUE
Sat May 17 10-1pm
Cost: 25/ kit required
Learn how to "needle-turn" applique
like a pro with your machine! Chris
Schulte will take you step-by-step from
fabric preparation to machine settings.
You will end up with a charming piece
of "cupboard art". Kit fee $15.
Beginners welcome.
STENCILS & SUCH
Wed June 4 10-1p or 6-9p Cost:$20
Learn how to use stencils, enlarge
or reduce them & how to fit them
into borders & blocks. We will experiment with different marking
systems to help get that quilt done.
Can bring a quilt to discuss options,
but will not be working on it.
Background Quilting
Mon Apr 14 10-1p or 6-9p Cost: $20
We will quilt a variety of stitches to create
different backgrounds for your quilts. This
is a technique class but may bring quilts to
get ideas and suggestions. Must have
experience in free motion machine quilting
ZENTANGLE QUILTING
Thurs May 22 10-1p or 6-9p
Cost: $20/book required
MACHINE FEATHERS
Thurs June 26 10-1p or 6-9p This is a new quilt class. We will
explore Zentangle movements
Cost: $20/ book required
and relate them to the quilting
Learn the art of feathers.
They look wonderful on your process. What is Zentangle?
Zentangle® is a meditative procquilt! And with Kathy’s
ess of creating art, wherein simguidance, you will find it
ple shapes and lines combine to
easier that you think!
make a complicated and interesting final piece of artwork.
PUZZLED NINE PATCH
Tues June 17 10-1pm or 6-9pm
Cost: $25/ pattern included
You are not going to believe how
easy it is to make! Teacher: Sandy
Cole will guide you through the
placement of this quilt. She will
give you tips to simplify the method.
APRIL 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
1
CVQA
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
Wed
2
Thu
3
Fri
4
PMS NIGHT
5PM
Sat
5
SCRAP ON
SATURDAY
10am
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
6
13
20
7
BEYOND THE
BASIC SNS
10-3PM
8
BEYOND THE
BASIC SNS
10-3PM
14
BACKGROUNDS
10-1PM OR
6-9PM
15
RED TOILE
QUILT
10-3PM
21
22
EASTER
9
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
16
SOUP’S ON
10AM
23
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
PADUCAH
27
28
29
MACHINE
QUILTING
PRIMER
10-1P OR
6-9PM
30
SNS OPTIONS
10-1PM OR
6-9PM
10
BASIC
BEGINNER
CLASS
10-4PM #1
11
17
BASIC
BEGINNER
CLASS
10-4PM #2
18
POKER NIGHT
5PM
24
BASIC
BEGINNER
CLASS
10-4PM #3
PADUCAH
25
12
WOOL BOM
10AM
APPLIQUE
11AM
19
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
PADUCAH
26
TRADITIONS
CLUB 10AM
PICK UP
ONLY
NO CLASS
PADUCAH
MAY 2014
Sun
4
11
18
Mon
5
Wed
6
DISAPPEARING
STAR (SNS)
10-3PM
7
12
QUILT
APPRAISAL
DAY
Details to
follow
13
CVQA
14
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
19
20
FLOWER
POWER
SPRING
MARKET
PITTSBURG
25
Tue
2
PMS NIGHT
5PM
8
BASIC
BEGINNER
CLASS
10-4PM #5
9
CITY BLOCKS
QUILT
10-3PM
15
16
POKER NIGHT
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
Sat
3 QUILT
SAMPLER
MAGAZINE
SPECIAL
EVENT
10-3PM
10
WOOL BOM
10AM
APPLIQUE
11AM
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
17
INVISIBLE
APPLIQUE
10-1PM
21
SOUP’S ON
10AM
22
ZENTANGLE
QUILTING
10-1PM OR
6-9PM
23
24
TRADITIONS
CLUB 10AM
28
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
29
30
31
WEST
ALABAMA
QUILT SHOW
WEST
ALABAMA
QUILT SHOW
10-1PM OR
6-9PM
27
Fri
1
BASIC
BEGINNER
CLASS
10-4PM #4
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
TABLERUNNER
26
MEMORIAL
DAY
SHOP IS
CLOSED
Thu
JUNE 2014
Sun
1
Mon
2
Tue
3
CVQA
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
8
15
Wed
4
STENCILS
10-1PM OR
6-9PM
10
16
17
PUZZLED
NINE PATCH
10-1PM OR
6-9PM
18
24
25
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
23
BLOOMING
NINE PATCH
REVISITED
10-3PM
29
30
5
Fri
6
PMS NIGHT
5PM
Sat
7
SCRAP ON
SATURDAY
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
9
BLOSSOM
PINCUSHION
10-1PM OR
6-9PM
22
Thu
11
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
12
STAR
FLOWER
SNS QUILT
10-3PM
13
19
20
POKER NIGHT
5PM
CLASSROOM
CLOSED
21
KONA
CARRYALL
10-3PM
26
MACHINE
FEATHERS
10-1PM OR
6-9PM
27
28
TRADITIONS
CLUB 10AM
SOUP’S ON
14
WOOL BOM
10AM
APPLIQUE
11AM