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October 9-15
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Returning this fall!
It’s an all day sewing party! And we mean all day!
Wooly Block
Adventure
Friday, November 11th 9:00 am to 8:00 pm
October 15 - December 15
No cleaning, no cooking . . . just laughing, sewing and
inspiration with your friends! Bring your lunch, your drink
and a snack to pass. Dinner will be provided!! Join Lynn
and Jean at Sanders Creek for a great day of sewing! {dare we say finishing?}
Great opportunity, and just in time to work on those holiday
projects! The shop is only minutes away if we need
anything!
Register with the gals for just $35. What a deal!
Wooly Block Adventure is bigger and better than
ever! Stores across the US and Canada are
offering a free wooly block pattern just for
stopping in! Visit the website for more
information: www.rowbyrowexperience.com
Purchase a 9th Row kit
through September 30 to
raise funds to fight
homelessness in our
communities. A portion of your kit price will be donated
to the Rescue Mission. 9th Rows cannot be counted as
one of the 8 rows in a winning quilt. Thanks for your
generosity!
WELCOME EMILY CARTER TO CALICO GALS!
The Wonderful World of Sewing Machines
Saturday, October 22
10:00 - 1:00 pm or 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Sewing machines have changed so much! Join Calico Gals and Emily
Carter as she demonstrates exactly what machines can do these days!
Prepare to be amazed and go home with a whole new outlook on the world
of sewing and quilting.
Emily has been designing and constructing garments since the age of 13,
and has an excellent foundation in sewing, serging, embroidery design and
digitizing. Since 1992, she has taught serger and sewing classes at highprofile events nationwide. Her work has garnered numerous awards and
appeared in a variety of industry books and magazines. Emily’s lectures are
filled with tips and techniques to make sewing more efficient and fun.
$20 per person includes: Emily’s fun lecture, refreshments, a
free pattern and a $10 coupon to spend how you want!
{{HUGS}}
{helping us
give smiles}
with Melonie Unger
Saturday, September 24
10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Fee: $10 Use your quilting skills to make a
difference in the lives of others, right
here, in your community. Get together
with those who enjoy quilting and create
quilts for people in need. The
September HUGS project will provide
baby quilts to Joseph’s House. Class
fee includes lunch and pattern for the
project. Pick up your pattern early and
join the group with everything cut and
ready to sew. Have fun and give back!
{{MORE HUGS}}
Sunday, December 4, 12:30-3:30 pm Fee: $10
Give to those who are homebound with
the gift of a beautiful placemat. Fun
class includes free pattern.
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Autumn Stitching!
Snowman Shenanigans
with Rosanne Brown
Sunday October 2
Noon – 4:00 pm
Spend a fun afternoon with Rosanne making an
adorable wall hanging by Kim Diehl. This project
includes a sampling of techniques including piecing
and appliqué. Get some great free motion quilting
tips from Rosanne (she’s really good!). Although not
complete in 4 hours, with some prep work before
class, you will be on your way to a very sweet
holiday project. Fee: $30
NEW INSTRUCTORS!
Welcome Candy Tucker and Pam Capon to Calico Gals!
Make an Umbrella
with Pam Capon
Sat. October 8
10:30 am – 4:00 pm
Autumn Blessings: Machine Appliqué Class
with Beth Broadway
Create a beautiful 14 x 56” wall hanging
that celebrates the blessings of fall!
Take home both a wonderful project and a
lifetime skill of machine appliqué when you
join this fantastic class. Learn to prepare
your appliqué pieces and receive a
complete lesson on different types
of fusibles and stabilizers. Beth includes
detailed instruction on a variety of stitches
- buttonhole, satin, zig zag and straight
appliqué. Fee: $40
2 Class Sessions: Wednesday, October 5 & 12
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Calico Gals is open all through the fall!
The only day closed this fall is Thanksgiving Day.
Galaxy
with Melonie Unger
Saturday, October 15 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
The Galaxy block is dynamic and works up into a
strikingly beautiful quilt. Learn to create this block in
a super-simple way with the Deb Tucker V-Block
ruler. Impress your friends with this one! Join
Melonie in this fun class and learn a new technique
this fall. Fee: $30
Charming
with Lisa Wennberg
Thursday, October 20 5:30 – 7:30 pm
It happens to all of us… we find out we need a baby
quilt right away. Charming is the answer! Boy, girl,
or unknown, you can make the perfect gift quickly.
Charming starts with a charm pack (of course) and
turns out absolutely adorable. Your gift will be the
hit of the baby shower! Join Lisa for some clever
cutting and piecing tricks and take home a
completed quilt top. Fee: $10
Make your very own umbrella! Yes…
you can do it! That exciting fabric in
the quilt shop can become a unique,
fashionable and useful item. Bring your
lunch and spend the day learning what
Pam has taught at the local quilt
guilds. Be prepared - your friends and
family will want you to make one for
them, too! Fee: $50
Fidget Quilt
with Candy Tucker
Tues. November 15 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Fidget quilts are small lap quilts made
to entertain or calm people of any age
who suffer with dementia, autism,
blindness, and sensory issues. And…
they are even lots of fun for everyone
else! Fidget quilts contain fun “feely”
fabrics and small items to fiddle with.
Create a fidget quilt personalized for
the person for whom you are making it.
Go home with lots of ideas for making
more fidget quilts. Class fee of $35
includes class, pattern, an assortment
of “fidget” items to attach to your quilt
and a selection of textured fabrics.
Bring your own textured fabrics to
swap with the group!
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Clubs and more
GO Club at Calico Gals!
If you own a GO cutting system or
would just like to try it, join the club
and learn a new project each month.
Learn about the different options and
ideas, receive fabric bonuses and die
discounts. Have fun with GO BOMs
and GO swaps! Fee: $20 per month
Wednesday, October 19th & November 16th
No Club Meeting in December. See you in January!!
1:30 - 3:30 or 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Hostesses: Marcia Evans, Lynn Schantz, Peggy Bass
20 Pretty Shoofly’s Sew-In with Lynn Schantz
Saturday November 5 10:30 am – 3:00 pm
So . . . you have 20 blocks! Let’s “git-er” done! Join Lynn for an all day
Shoofly Sew-in. Bring your blocks and let’s sew! A hearty soup lunch will
be provided, bring your own drink and a snack to share. (Lynn may even
press for you!) Fee: $25
My Quilt Top’s Done… You created a beautiful quilt top, now how
do you finish it? Join Jean for a
What Next?
with Jean Gustafson
Tuesday, October 11
10:30 am – 1:30 pm
OR Tuesday, Nov. 1, 5:30 – 8:30 pm
OR Sunday, Nov. 6, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
comprehensive look and guide to your
options for making that top into a
completed quilt. Class covers measuring
and trimming your quilt top, calculating
and selection of batting, backing and
bindings and an in-depth discussion of
basting, thread and quilting. Receive a
take home guide to use over and over!
Bring a top and work in class to select
your options and feel confident about
finishing your project. Fee: $25
Cozy Christmas Sew Along
with Marcia Evans Lori Holt’s online “sew-along”
has the Calico Gals sewing
along too! Join Marcia and
stitch up the Cozy Christmas
blocks. Stitching together
with friends is always more
fun! Bring your machine and a dish to
pass. The gals will share sewing tips and lots of laughs!
Fee: $10 each meeting
October 17 & November 21
10:30 am - 3:30 pm
New Age Sew-In with Marilyn Sees
Saturday October 29 10:30 am – 3:00 pm
Special sewing day for those working on the New Age
Block of the Month. Bring your blocks and a dish to
pass. Spend the day sewing and get caught up! Fee: $10
Simple What Nots Club
with Marcia Evans
One Tuesday each month:
October 11, November 8, December 13 10 am - noon Choose any month that
tickles your fancy! Each mini
quilt includes all fabrics,
pattern and a 2 hour class
with Marcia. All this for just
$40.00! If you love the kit
but just can't squeeze in the
2 hour class, stop in and
check out the options for
pick up and take out.
Foundation Piecing and Judy Niemeyer techniques offered at Calico Gals!
Wedding Star Table Topper
with Julie Burger
4 class series:
Tues October 4 & Thurs
November 3 5:30 - 8:30
Tues December 6 & January 3
5:00 - 8:00
Is there a Double Wedding Ring quilt on your
bucket list? You should start with the Wedding
Star Table Topper! It is a beautiful wedding ring
pattern with stars in the middle - a new twist on
the classic quilt. The topper can be a great companion to a bed-sized version and will
give you the confidence needed to tackle the big quilt! It may be called a table topper,
but Julie is hanging this on her wall! The class meets once a month for four months and
is a great way to learn the Judy Niemeyer foundation piecing techniques needed to
make any of her patterns including the larger wedding ring quilts. Create this classic for
your home or as the perfect gift for newlyweds. Fee: $120
Add a Quarter Club for
foundation piecers!
with Julie Burger
Tuesday Oct. 4, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
or Thursday Nov. 3, Tuesday, Dec. 6 or Tuesday, Jan. 3 Noon - 4:00 pm
Foundation Piecers! Have you
ever started a project you love and
then another pops up, and
another, and another? By now you
may need a little support to get
back to it! Julie has help for you!
Come on in, bring your paper
piecing projects to work on, share
and chat with other piecers and
just have fun. Stop in one time or
every month. Fee: $10.00 per month.
Fun in the fall season!
Best of Show
with Melonie Unger
Thursday, November 17
2:30 - 4:30 pm or 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Why is wool stitching so popular at
Calico Gals? Because it is so fun, so
foolproof and so fantastic! Create the
whimsical sheep in the pumpkins to
frame or stuff for a pillow. Melonie
offers this great beginning class to
learn wool appliqué and tips to
working with wool. Fee: $20
It’s tradition!
2015 Witches
2012 Witches!
Shopping with the Witches!
Monday October 31
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Stop in anytime on Halloween
for shopping fun, bargains, tricks
and treats! Vote for your favorite
witch! Warning: the gals (and guy) can get very competitive!
Toastie Mittens with Melonie Unger
Saturday, November 12
10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Spend the day with Melonie and make a pair of toastie
mittens! Learn a variety of different techniques for the
outside mitten, line them with comfy flannel and keep
your fingers warm all winter long. These mitts are fun to
make and are perfect for the gift-giving season. Fee: $25
Wooly 911
with Melonie Unger
Sunday November 13
Noon - 4:00 pm
Have you ever taken a wool class
with Melonie at Calico Gals? Did you
put your project away because you
have questions? Get that project out
and bring it on in for some fun
dedicated time working with wool.
Projects can be wool appliqué or rug
hooking. Melonie is bringing lunch,
too! Fee: $10
Triple Dresden Tree Skirt
with Lisa Wennberg
Saturday November 19
10:30 am – 1:30 pm
Big, beautiful and quilt-as-yougo… what’s not to love about this
fast and fun tree skirt?! Lisa is
teaching some great tricks on
using the 15-degree ruler. Choose
assorted fabrics for the backing
pieces and the tree skirt becomes
reversible! A full 4 feet in diameter
makes this tree skirt perfect for
holiday decorating. Fee: $20
Quick and Cute Tuffet!
with Lisa Wennberg
Saturday, Dec. 3 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
The tuffet craze is sweeping the
quilting world! How fun to use
our quilting skills to make
something extraordinary! Learn
to use a 15 degree ruler to cut
your wedges. Then assemble
those wedges into a cylindrical shape and create the cover for this
adorable tuffet. Work right along and go home with a complete
piece of furniture! Fee: $40
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Enjoy your sewing machine!
Free Motion Machine Quilting
with Candy Tucker
Wed. November 30 & December 7 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
This class will take the scary out of
machine quilting! Learn to quilt using
your walking foot and free motion foot.
Make a sample book of quilting patterns
so next time you are ready to make a
quilt, simply open your sample book and
choose from the quilting patterns you
learned to do. With Candy’s
encouragement, you will have fun and
explore your inner artist. Be surprised at
what you can do! Fee: $30
Happy Endings 101: Borders
Finish the edges
with Kathy Barden
of your quilt in style!
Sunday October 23 Noon - 4:00 pm
Save! Just $60 when you
Your quilt top is almost complete, except for
register for both classes.
those pesky borders. Will you do simple
overlapping or more interesting mitered
borders? What about using a border print or stripes!
Maybe you’ll try multiple borders or a border with a
flange for a change. How about adding some prairie
points, corner stones or even a pieced piano keys
border? But, which is best to add the most interest
and not detract from what you have already done?
And, how do you figure out how much fabric you’ll
need for those borders? In this technique class you
will be making samples of all of the above borders
that you can reference for years to come.
If this is your first quilt or your fifty first quilt come
and learn something new about borders! Fee: $35
S.O.S. Serge on Sergers!
with Melissa Morgante
Fridays: Oct. 14, Nov. 11, Dec. 9
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
The 2nd Friday of each month is a day of
serging! Use your serger to the max! Start,
continue or finish your current project. Melissa
will provide encouragement and advice. Receive
a 15% class discount on materials needed that
day to finish your project. S.O.S. is for you if you
have attended Serger Relief with Melissa or can
convince her you know your serger well. Any
brand of serger is welcome. Bring something to
share for lunch. Fee: $10
Baby Lock Serger Feet Relief
with Melissa Morgante
Tues. October 4, 10:30 am -1:00 pm Sergers are such versatile machines. There are
a variety of feet attachments that can produce
a variety of results in your sewing. Learn with
Melissa to use the spectacular feet on the BL
Serger including the Clear foot, Piping, Beading,
Blind hem, Lace Applicator, Elastic and Gathering
Foot. Learn a lot and have fun, too! Fee: $25
Destiny Embroidery Club
with Nina Dukette
Tuesdays: October 18, Nov. 22, Dec. 13
1:00 - 4:00 pm
The most beautiful sewing and embroidery
machine in the
Babylock line up can do
the most beautiful
things! Learn something
new each month and
use your machine to the
max. Fee: $10 each
class
Happy Endings 102: Bindings
with Kathy Barden
Saturday, December 10 10:30 am to 3:00 pm
Now that your quilt top (jacket, tote, table
runner, placemats, etc.) is quilted, how are you
going to finish it? Do you want to add
scallops, or rounded corners? Do you need to
cut straight of grain or on the bias binding?
Blunt end or mitered corners? What about a
corded, false or two colored binding? Will you
hand sew it to the back of your quilt or
machine it with a decorative stitch and
gathered eyelet? If you have questions like
these (or any others) about bindings, this class
is for you. A follow up to Happy Endings 101:
Borders, this is the next step in the “Git ‘er
done” series. Make samples to use as
references for years to come. Fee: $35
Continuing education sergers and sewing machines
Basic Computer Skills for Embroiderers
with Tom Baxter
Thursday October 6 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Confidence with your computer skills will give you more flexibility when sewing.
Review basic computer terminology (disk drives, curser, task bar, etc.), file and
folder manipulation, internet downloads and the use of USB thumb drives.
Create a folder, download a file, copy it to the folder you created and then copy
it to an USB thumb drive. You can do this! Many of the concepts are the same
for both Windows and Macs, but the visual aids will show Windows screens.
Laptop required for class. Fee: $20
Bobbin Work for Babylock machines
with Nina Dukette
Tuesday Sep 20 1:00 - 3:30 pm or Thursday Sep 29 5:30 - 8:00 pm
Many of you received the Special Bobbin Work
case when you purchased your machine. This is
your chance to try it out! In this technique class,
learn to correctly wind a bobbin and all about the
recommended stitches to use. Suggested
machines Symphony, Aria, Crescendo, Destiny,
Unity, Journey Fee: $10
New Block of the Months
Freedom Bound
with Rosanne Brown
Saturdays October 8, Nov. 12, Dec. 10
9:00 - 10:00 am INCLUDES:
• 12 months
• detailed pattern
• fabric for quilt top
• optional Saturday class • pick -up or mail-order
• $25 per month
Snow Friends - a wool and cotton BOM
with Melonie Unger
INCLUDES:
• 7 months (one snowman design each month for 6 months and a month for details and assembly.
• detailed pattern
• fabric for quilt top - includes wool and cotton
• pick -up or mail-order
• $25 per month
Freedom Bound includes one chapter each month: “The year is 1859. The country is in turmoil. Tempers on
both sides are heating up. In Claiborne County, Mississippi,
a very unusual family is preparing for a trip to freedom. This
is the story of Hannah Cummings Cotton, her plantation life,
her children, and her journey to Ohio, leaving the chains of
slavery behind.”
All fall BOMs require a $50 registration to cover
the first and last months of the club.
Bird Walk
with Christy Blume
INCLUDES:
• 12 months
• detailed pattern
• batik fabric for quilt top
• pick -up or mail-order
• quarterly Sew-In day
• $25 per month
Star Spangled Liberty
with Jen Cantrell
INCLUDES:
• 9 months
• detailed pattern
• fabric for quilt top
• options for appliqué or pieced center row
• pick -up or mail-order
• quarterly Sew-In day
• $25 per month
Bird Walk features a variety of
piecing and appliqué
techniques created in a
stunning batik palette of
purple, blue and teal.
Calico Gals Sewing Center
• Large selection of new and used
sewing machines for all skill levels
• Something to fit every budget
• Friendly, knowledgable staff
• Many financing options
• Classes and support
Maintenance and repairs for all makes and models
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