In the past few years Halloween is becoming much more than a night for costumed children to go out trick-or-treating. In many areas it is beginning to rival Christmas for decorating. Our neighbourhood has begun giving out prizes for the best decorated homes on Halloween night. Lawns and porches have become spooky places! Parents giving out treats are often costumed too, and eerie music is heard when squeaky doors open to trick-or-treaters. Decorations are spreading to the insides of homes too.

A Simply Plaid Halloween quilted wall hanging, whether done in plaids, solids, or prints, will add to the spirit and the fun. Children will enjoy having their unique Boo Bags filled with treats. The bags come in three sizes for children and toddlers. We will be using the fusible appliqué method to decorate these bags, or for a quicker project, you can simply use a Halloween print with one appliqué or none at all. The appliqués provided for both patterns can also be used on clothing. Imagine sending your children to school with pumpkins and ghosts on their jackets, sweatshirts, jeans, skirts, and T-shirts!

Knowing how to use your sewing machine is a prerequisite for this class. It will help if you have already made one quilt, but beginners will be given the help they need to complete the wall hanging, too. Experienced appliquérs can fuse along with us or use their favourite appliqué method to complete the project.

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Nine Patch Kameleon (September 5th) by Eldrid Røyset Førde - In this class you will learn the Kameleon Quilt® technique of sewing three dimensional curved triangles in between the blocks, and between blocks and borders. The inset curved triangles which can be flipped over and buttoned down to either side, will make for a versatile design with lots of possible looks, - you can practically have a new look to the quilt every day. More information... Sign up Now!

NEW! A Trio of Patchwork Projects (September 5th) by Rhonda Woodsmall - Are you ready to try a new piecing method? We are going to make a checkbook cover, a coin purse and a tote bag. My cut down method allows you to make "Blocks"with small pieces without paper piecing and you won’t ever handle anything smaller than a 1 ½" square. "Blocks" are made by sewing fabric swatches together and then cutting out squares with a template. There are three different "Blocks"to learn. The small pieces just happen as you sew the squares together. It's fun and dramatic looking! More information... Sign up Now!

Quilted Portraits (September 12th) by Therese May - Make a wonderful fantasy portrait quilt!! Start with a very simple drawing of a face (like kindergarten!!!) More information... Sign up Now!

Learn to Fabric Paint (September 12th) by Vicki Johnson - Learn to fabric paint while doing a flowering apple tree. Several techniques to use fabric paint to create landscapes will be presented in this class. Using a pattern of a flowering apple tree you will make a small painting to use in a quilt, garment, wall hanging or other small project. Instruction for using fabric paint in each procedure will be given along with a general description of the type of fabric paint used. Everyone should have a finished 9” x 9” painting at the end of class.. More information... Sign up Now!

Somerset Patchwork (September 19th) by Eldrid Røyset Førde - Somerset patchwork is made by folding fabric squares or rectangles and sewing them on to a foundation fabric. More information... Sign up Now!

NEW! Confused Wells (September 19th) by Cinzia White - Fed up with all of those leftover scraps lying around… too small for anything really but too big to throw out. Well Confused Wells is your answer. Made using strips and quick piecing techniques this is the perfect solution. In fact the more scraps the better. Any scrap bigger than 1in by 9in is usable. Confused Wells is a generous 56in x 72in but it is easy to change the final size to suit your needs and your scraps. More information... Sign up Now!

NEW! A Simply Plaid Halloween (September 26th) by Maria Hrabovsky - Have extra fun this Halloween with a wall hanging that appears to glow in the dark and a cute, unique set of Boo Bags for children to take trick-or-treating or for you to take along when shopping during October. Imagine the comments and reactions you’ll receive! Fusible appliqué is the method we’ll be using. Have fun with plaids or use traditional colours for your assortment of pumpkins, ghosts, leaves and other spooky elements in this quilt! More information... Sign up Now!