Greetings, Sewing Friends,
As I sit down to write this newsletter, the Ground Hog has come
out of its den in the ground to let us know how many more weeks
of winter we can expect, and crawled right back in. Whether
Punxsutawny Phil predicts 6 weeks or 8 weeks, we here in Norther
Lower Michigan all KNOW we still have lots of cold days ahead.
What better thing is there to do but put our dinner in the Crock
Pot first thing in the morning, then sit down and sew the rest
of the day. You can sew at home ... just you, the sewing machine
and the music playing softly in the background....OR....you
can join us here at Boyd’s Sewing Center for one of our
creative and enjoyable classes, where you not only learn new
things about your machine and new sewing techniques, but you
also make wonderful new friends or run into an old friend you
haven’t seen in a long time. I invite you to come see what
it is all about.
Sally Rozycki is ready for the Monday Night Classes
to begin again. Class time is from 6:00pm until 8:30pm.
Class fee is $20.00 per class. (If Mondays are canceled because
of weather, class will take place on Tuesday.)
March will be Computer/4D and 3D month - dates are as follows:
Monday, March 1 - Computer/4D or 3D #1
Monday, March 8 - Computer/4D #2
Monday, March 15 - Computer/4D or 3D #3
April will be Serger month - dates are as follows:
Monday, April 12 - 6 Hour Quilt
Monday, April 26 - PJ Bottoms - Long or Short
Monday, May 3 - An Origami Purse w/lots of pockets
Monday, May 10 - Cutwork Embroidery by Machine
Doll Making - Perrie Knorr will be here Saturday,
March 20 to teach a Beginning Doll Making Class.
This is called the CELEBRATION DOLL. Do you ever need something
special for the “friend who has everything,” and
she sews too? Come learn to make a customized, one piece doll,
who holds a banner proclaiming the “celebration”
event. This will be truly a one-of-a-kind gift that will be
cherished for a long time. The doll will be one piece (one
front and one back) with an attached ‘pancake’ head.
Class will include: pattern, doll fabric, and head/face kit
(for the faint of heart). Perrie will bring colored pens/pencils
for face drawing, yarn for hair, some felt for a ‘banner’,
and fiberfil for stuffing. You will need your sewing machine
with a new needle, neutral color thread, and your sense of
humor! Some doll ‘celebration’ occasions include:
birthday, Christmas, Valentines Day, etc, a new job, first
lost tooth (kids), remembrance Angels, or whatever else you
want to celebrate or commemorate. Class fee is $35.00 which
includes the kit for making the doll.
Doll Faces - Perrie will be back on Saturday, May
1, to teach a class expressly on doing doll faces. Perrie
says this is usually the technique in doll making that challenges
the students the most. Perrie’s doll faces are always
so full of expression and no two are ever alike! Class fee
is $20.00. She will cover facial proportions and placement
of features on both a flat face and 3-D head, contour shading
for more definition, and needle sculpting for the brave! You
will need a sewing machine, and she will provide fabric and
bring colored pencils to use.
Paper Piecing - Come make a Spring Table Runner
with me by Paper Piecing, on Tuesday, March 25.
(This is my favorite way to quilt...I know it is always accurate!)
If you have never tried paper piecing before, this is a wonderful
pattern design to learn on. If you can count to 15, sew following
a straight line, and use a rotary cutter, mat & ruler,
you can paper piece. I teach this method using Carol Doak’s
card trick method. You can fashion very sophisticated quilt
blocks quickly and perfectly using this technique. This is
a great project for beginner and experienced paper piecers.
Class fee is $20.00.
Quilt Block of the Month classes with Necia Bugai
will resume in March and go thru May. Class dates are Wednesdays,
March 17, April 21, and May 19.
Cathedral Windows Quilt Square - Necia Bugai will
be here on Wednesday, March 31 to teach you to make
Cathedral Window quilt squares. These hand stitched squares
are just beautiful and a wonderful project to sit in your
favorite easy chair to work on, or to take in the car to work
on as you travel, or pull out to work on whenever you need
to be somewhere where there might be some “waiting”
time. You will learn the technique of Cathedral Windows in
this class and fashion that first block into a pin cushion.
Necia will also demo how this can be done by machine. Class
fee is $18.00. Necia has brought in several samples made of
various fabrics for you to see. Be sure to check them out
when you sign up for the class.
Cathedral Window Placemats - Necia taught you how
to make the Cathedral Window Quilt Squares in her March class,
now come back and have more fun on Wednesday, April 28,
making placemats (or a table runner) out of the squares. Necia
brought in a mini sample, made up of batiks, and it is just
beautiful. Class fee is $23.00
As I write this newsletter Judy Galligan, our expert
Free Motion Quilting instructor is packing to leave
for Arizona for a few weeks....but “she’ll be back!”
to teach her ever so informative Free Motion How To Classes
in April. And May. Each class is $18.00. Her classes fill
up quickly so register early.
Beginning Free Motion How To -
Saturday, April 24 or
Tuesday, May 4
Intermediate Free Motion How To -
Saturday, May 8 or
Tuesday, May 25
Mary Ann Turovaara will be here Friday, April 23.
to teach another Wrap It Up Class making a Rope Purse.
The ladies had a great time last fall making the purses, and
I know many of them made more for Christmas gifts. Come make
one in Spring/Summer colors! Within a half hour Mary Ann will
have you wrapping and sewing! She really makes the class fun.
Class fee is $23.00.
Mary Ann will be back on Friday, May 14 to teach her
Wrap It Up class making Rope Bowls. It is so exciting
watching strips of fabric and long pieces of rope become beautiful,
decorative and useful objects of art. Class fee is $18.00.
Saturday, April 20 - I will teach a Machine Embroidery
Bobbin Work Class. Now, what is this??? This is where
you can use decorative threads that are a little too large
to go through a sewing machine needle to do an open type embroidery
design, but the decorative threads go in the BOBBIN and the
bobbin thread goes through the top threading of the machine.
We will make a clutch purse with the embroidery design on
the front flap and and further embellish it with Bobbin Work
decorative stitches. Sound intriguing? Come join us! Class
fee is $20.00.
Diamond Technique Classes are very important continuing
education classes for owners of Viking Designer Diamonds.
In each of these classes we work in-depth with one particular
advance technique that the machine can do. These classes do
not need to be taken in any particular order, you can start
them at any point. When I complete a series, I will start
over. Class fee is $20.00 Dates and Techniques are as follows:
Thursday, February 25 - Buttonholes
Friday, February 26 -Quilting in Sewing Mode
Thursday, March 25 - Advance Design Shaping
Friday, March 26 - Advanced Tapering
Thursday, April 29 - 8 way Stitch Borders
Friday, April 30 - Quilting in the Hoop
Thursday, May 27 - Quilting in Sewing Mode
Friday, May 28 - Design Positioning 2nd Generation
18" Doll Clothes Class- The American Girl Doll
size doll clothing class is fun and challenging. This quarter
we are learning new techniques in Crazy Quilting, Patchwork
and Applique Quilting, and sewing up a cute pair of summer
coveralls. Class fee is $20.00
Thursday, February 18 - Pt 2, Crazy Quilt Cape
Thursday, March 18 - Dress to go with Cape
Thursday, April 15 - Patchwork Skirt w/Blouse
Thursday, May 20 - Summer Overalls & Top
Boyd’s Embroidery Club keeps growing and growing.
I am adding yet another day to this class to accommodate new
Viking Embroidery Machine owners who would like to participate.
The new day will be the 3rdTuesday of the month, beginning
April 13. All dates are as follows
March 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 13 - Richelieu Cutwork
April 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13 - Spruce up the Kitchen
May 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18 - TBA
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