Well another month has come and gone....
October was full of great classes, awesome adventures, happy guild lunches and a little late night excitement in Des Moines...
I met a new friend in Africa
A lots of new quilting friends
Had some cocktails in the garden
Worked with some AWESOME teachers
Had a tone of machines for classes
The students had a great time!
Spent my nights with my new friend
Changed lives for my students with some ruler tips
Shared some of my quilt at the trunk show
Had an awesome week!
Did some demos for a great group in Johnstown
Spent an awesome week at the AQS show in Des Moines with friends
Had some excitement when we had to evacuate from the 31st floor for a gas leak
Got to hang out with all the quilters in our P.J.s at 1 am
Grabbed a quick nap before heading home....
Yes October was great! And it's time to get things set and started for November!
November Classes
Classes at the studio are going great! I have to say that I am loving the small groups with lots of one on one time with each student, soooo we will continue to offer small classes, with lunch in studio for extra chatting time. I have received lots of requests for beginner classes on the Domestic machine, Sweet Sixteen and longarm machine. If you have a group of friends 3-4 in total and would like to book a day with me in the studio please just let me know and we can arrange a day of classes based on the groups wants and needs. Please include dates that work and the type of classes you would like to have in the email so we can set it up to accommodate everyone in your group. Ok on to the class for November.... I will be happy to book open group dates on any day not listed below.
Domestic Classes
Free Motion Possibilities For The True Beginner: November 2 2015
9:00 -1:00
This class is designed to inspire and assist the beginner to become confident with their ability to use free motion designs and techniques for themselves and their clients. This class is packed full of info for the beginner. While mastering the skill of free motion quilting, we will discuss threads, tension, how batting affects the overall look of the quilt and where to place these new design concepts on the quilt to achieve three degrees of texture and balance. These designs offer a quick, easy and accurate way to finish any quilt top. So put away those marking tools and turn off that laser light and join us for this free motion block party!!
Lunch 1:00-1:30
Birds Of A Feather: 1:30 - 5:30
This is a three step class to help you master the beloved feather. If you are new to the longarm world or have ever wanted to learn the art of feathers without the extra work of marking or the extra cost of stencils and panto, then this is the class for you. This is a free motion class that takes you step by step from stem to feathered finish; with extra tips and tricks and a multitude of inside feather filler designs. The feather learn in class may be used for borders, blocks, and sashings. So put away your feather fears and come fly with us as we master the art of the feather together!!
Free Motion Possibilities For The True Beginner: November 4 2015
9:00 -1:00
This class is designed to inspire and assist the beginner to become confident with their ability to use free motion designs and techniques for themselves and their clients. This class is packed full of info for the beginner. While mastering the skill of free motion quilting, we will discuss threads, tension, how batting affects the overall look of the quilt and where to place these new design concepts on the quilt to achieve three degrees of texture and balance. These designs offer a quick, easy and accurate way to finish any quilt top. So put away those marking tools and turn off that laser light and join us for this free motion block party!
Lunch
Feather Alternatives 1:30-5:30
Not every quilt screams for feathers!! This class has been brought back by popular demand and pulled out of retirement... of course Sue has up dated some of the designs and added new ones to the mix as her unique and innovative personality demanded. This is a free motion class filled with alternative designs to the “oh so tired” feather. With new spine ideas and the added touch of inside fillers these designs can be used to wow both traditional and cutting edge quilters alike. So come discover a world of designs that will add create movement and outstanding texture to all those quilts screaming for anything but feathers!!!
Spines with Designs: Blocks and Cornerstones November 6th 2015 9:00- 1:00
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This class offers new designs and concepts for full size blocks, corner stones, and triangles. It includes everything from“featherish” designs to feather alternatives with the added touch of new spine ideas that can be added and altered to any design you have already mastered or any design you will master in the future. This class is a free motion that will take your confidence level and precision to a whole new level. Come see how easy it is to create an entirely new design with these innovative unique spine designs.
Lunch
Spines with Designs: Sashings & Borders 1:30- 5:30
We spend so much time planning the block motifs that we often ignore the sashing altogether. This class offers you all new design concepts that may be free motion quilted quickly and easily. Although this class offers dozens of my original designs it is a class that will teach you a new technique that you can easily apply to all the designs that you have already mastered, or that you have yet to learn. This technique can be used to intensify any style of quilting from the most traditional design to the wildest of art designs. It will teach you that there is more than one way to create texture to your designs and will have you looking at how you stitch out designs in a whole new way.
Today’s New Age Modern Quilt November 9th 2015 9:00-1:00
This class is packed full of new design concepts for today’s Modern Quilt. This class combines new age design concepts with unique style grid, straight line and curved line work to create three degrees of texture and fill large open background spaces with a touch of flare. Sue will discuss everything from stencil, rulers, and free motion to ways to mark and fill each area of you work of art. This class will also cover the effects of thread weight, colour, tension tips and will discuss batting choices to help achieve the perfect finished look for today’s new age modern quilts.
Lunch
Every Little Bit Counts 1:30- 5:30
This class is designed for the confident quilter. It is packed full of unique one of kind designs that we will micro stipple into 6 inch squares!! The designs used in this class may also be enlarged to create wonderful all over designs and can be incorporated to fit into small sashings and corner stones. There are 22 unique designs in all and ever hand out has step-by-step how to instructions to follow when you return home from your workshop or quilt show. This class takes the art of stippling to a whole new level of design and fun. Come join us and discover for yourself why every little bit really does count.
November 11th 2015
ZenSuedle Whole Cloth Marking Class
10-5 with an hour brake for lunch
This is an all day whole cloth marking class. Lunch is included. Classes will be held in my studio in Post Rowan Ontario, no machine is needed for class. This technique can be completed by hand, Longarm or domestic sewing machine and all three finishing techniques will be discussed and shown in class. Class will run from 10am to 5pm. Students will need to bring a black piece of fabric 45 x 45 and your favorite wash away marking tool. For dark fabrics I recommend a white wash away pen. If you are interested please email me for registration details. The class is $65.00 per student, all tools need to complete the class will be supplied.
Backgrounds, Borders and Blocks November 17th 2015 9:00- 1:00
Every quilt has one or more of these elements. Learn to enhance each area by adding texture and fluidity to your quilting with a few simple skills. Drawing designs, combining simple designs to create borders and sashings, re-sizing and spacing designs, and using rulers and templates will open new design possibilities. This class applies to all types of quilting - including hand quilting - and all types of machines.
Lunch
Rouge Rulers and Stunning Stencil Designs
1:30- 5:30
No surprise that Sue is going rouge!! This class is full of awesome new ways, tips and tricks on using those rulers, stencils and gadgets that you have collected over the years. This class is packed full of something for everything and will have you looking at gizmos, gadgets, rulers and stencils in a whole new way… so come join us in discovering new concepts for your everyday tools. If you have a ruler, stencil or gadget that you would like Sue to demo, please feel free to bring it with you to class.
Free Motion Possibilities For The True Beginner: November 25th 9:00-1:00
This class is designed to inspire and assist the beginner to become confident with their ability to use free motion designs and techniques for themselves and their clients. This class is packed full of info for the beginner. While mastering the skill of free motion quilting, we will discuss threads, tension, how batting affects the overall look of the quilt and where to place these new design concepts on the quilt to achieve three degrees of texture and balance. These designs offer a quick, easy and accurate way to finish any quilt top. So put away those marking tools and turn off that laser light and join us for this free motion block party!!
Lunch Birds Of A Feather: 1:30- 5:30
This is a three step class to help you master the beloved feather. If you are new to the longarm world or have ever wanted to learn the art of feathers without the extra work of marking or the extra cost of stencils and panto, then this is the class for you. This is a free motion class that takes you step by step from stem to feathered finish; with extra tips and tricks and a multitude of inside feather filler designs. The feather learn in class may be used for borders, blocks, and sashings. So put away your feather fears and come fly with us as we master the art of the feather together!!
Domestic Classes
Please be sure to bring a machine in good working order to class. Be sure that your machine has the ability to drop your feet dogs for free motion quilting. If you have a base or quilting plate for your machine please be sure to bring it with you to class. Please pre wide 3-6 bobbins for class. A kit fee of $20.00 is required at the start of each class. This covers the pre marked quilt sandwiches, top thread and hand outs. Class fees are $65.00 plus tax for a total of $73.45 per class.
If you would like to register for any of the classes listed above please email your class choices to suepattenquilts@yahoo.ca prior to making payment, to ensure that space is still available. You may pay by mailing a cheque or money order to Sue Patten, 4 Stacey Street, PO BOX 372, Port Rowan, Ontario, or through e-transfer to suepattenquilts@yahoo.ca. Please be sure to include applicable tax for all class fees listed above. You may also contact me by phone at 226-931-4382.
Longarm Classes For November
These classes are being offered on a Fusion and Sweet Sixteen. Student spaces are limited to two students per head for a total of 4 students per class. When registering for classes please be sure to let me know if you will be working on the Fusion or the Sweet Sixteen.
Free Motion Possibilities For The True Beginner: November 5th 2015
9:00- 1:00
This class is designed to inspire and assist the beginner to become confident with their ability to use free motion designs and techniques for themselves and their clients. This class is packed full of info for the beginner. While mastering the skill of free motion quilting, we will discuss threads, tension, how batting affects the overall look of the quilt and where to place these new design concepts on the quilt to achieve three degrees of texture and balance. These designs offer a quick, easy and accurate way to finish any quilt top. So put away those marking tools and turn off that laser light and join us for this free motion block party!!
Lunch
Tickle My Quilt With Feathers 1:30- 5:30
This class is not your “Classic Victorian Feather” class. It is a class for the Wild at heart who want to offer Unique, Fast and Fun Feathers to enhance an art quilt or spice up a traditional pieced top. This class takes the art of feathers to a whole new level of design and texture, with cutting edge fillers, creative “stipplish” spines and an all-out frenzy of new and innovative ways to tickle any quilt with feathers. This is a free motion class so put away those stencils, pantos and laser lights and come join in this frenzy of “featherish” designs adventure.
Spines with Designs: Blocks and Cornerstones November 18th 2015 9:00- 1:00
This class offers new designs and concepts for full size blocks, corner stones, and triangles. It includes everything from“featherish” designs to feather alternatives with the added touch of new spine ideas that can be added and altered to any design you have already mastered or any design you will master in the future. This class is a free motion that will take your confidence level and precision to a whole new level. Come see how easy it is to create an entirely new design with these innovative unique spine designs.
Lunch
Spines with Designs Sashings & Borders 1:30-5:30
We spend so much time planning the block motifs that we often ignore the sashing altogether. This class offers you all new design concepts that may be free motion quilted quickly and easily. Although this class offers dozens of my original designs it is a class that will teach you a new technique that you can easily apply to all the designs that you have already mastered, or that you have yet to learn. This technique can be used to intensify any style of quilting from the most traditional design to the wildest of art designs. It will teach you that there is more than one way to create texture to your designs and will have you looking at how you stitch out designs in a whole new way.
Rule Your Quilt! November 20th 2015 9:00-1:00
If you are hesitant about using rulers, you will love them after this class. Learn to handle rulers and templates
safely and properly with the ruler base, as well as how to work with rulers to achieve amazing designs. Rulers are a perfect tool for your domestic machine and of course your Sweet Sixteen. So join us and discover how rulers can add beauty and precision to all your future quilts.
Skills Featured:
• Straight line quilting
• Fast continuous-curve method
• Right angles and echo quilting
• Crosshatching
• Piano keys and borders
Lunch
Rouge Rulers and Stunning Stencil Designs 1:30- 5:30
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No surprise that Sue is going rouge!! This class is full of awesome new ways, tips and tricks on using those rulers, stencils and gadgets that you have collected over the years. This class is packed full of something for everything and will have you looking at gizmos, gadgets,rulers and stencils in a whole new way… so come join us in discovering new concepts for your everyday tools. If you have a ruler, stencil or gadget that you would like Sue to demo, please feel free to bring it with you to class.
ZenSuedle Whole Cloth Marking Class November 21st 2015
10-5 with an hour brake for lunch
This is an all day whole cloth marking class. Lunch is included. Classes will be held in my studio in Post Rowan Ontario, no machine is needed for class. This technique can be completed by hand, Longarm or domestic sewing machine and all three finishing techniques will be discussed and shown in class. Class will run from 10am to 5pm. Students will need to bring a black piece of fabric 45 x 45 and your favorite wash away marking tool. For dark fabrics I recommend a white wash away pen. If you are interested please email me for registration details. The class is $65.00 per student, all tools need to complete the class will be supplied.
Add, Alter, Delete and Change.. November 23rd 2015 or November 27th 2015
9-1 Lunch 2-6 Lunch provided- full day fee $200.00 plus tax and kit fee
This new class will take six design concepts and turn them into DOZENS of designs for every area of the quilt top. Sue will teach the class to go beyond what they see to discover what each design can be if you add, alter, delete and charge it. This class takes each design concept and creates blocks, borders, sashing, background, and edge-to-edge designs or all over designs, covering the complete quilt any style all in one class. Students will have the chance to share a design they use all the time and have it transformed into a multitude of variations to fit every area of a quilt. This is a fast pass, all out fun and exciting class that will leave students with a whole new way of looking at their designs and the design they will learn in other classes. Come see beyond what's there and discover what any design can become as we Add, Alter, Delete and Change the way we design and quilt!!!
Longarm classes will be offered on a Sweet Sixteen (sit down machine) and a Fusion (longarm) Classes are limited to four students per class, please be sure to indicate if you will be using the Sweet Sixteen or the Fusion for class when you email your space request. A light lunch will be provided for all students signed up for a full day of classes, please let me know if you have any food allergies. These classes are being offer for a fee of $110.00 plus tax per class, for a total of $124.30 or $200.00 plus tax for a full day with lunch, for a total of $226.00.
A kit fee of $20.00 is required at the start of each class. This covers the top fabric, batting, backing, threads and hand outs used in class.
If you would like to register for any of the classes listed above please email your class choices to suepattenquilts@yahoo.ca prior to making payment, to ensure that space is still available. You may pay by mailing a cheque or money order to Sue Patten, 4 Stacey Street, PO BOX 372, Port Rowan, Ontario, or through e-transfer to suepattenquilts@yahoo.ca. Please be sure to include applicable tax for all class fees listed above. You may also contact me by phone at 226-931-4382.
