Welcome to Cortez Quilt Company and More
We are your premier quilt shop in the Four Corners area. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff is here to help you with all your quilting and sewing needs and wants. We have a wide selection of Southwestern fabric and patterns. We offer a wide array of classes every week. We’re an authorized BERNINA dealer and service all brands of sewing machines.
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Double Duty Thursday, January 24, 2019 5:30-8:00 pm Make this cute combination pin cushion and thread catcher to keep next to your sewing machine. It’s also nice to have one at the cutting table and one on the ironing board. They’re lined with iron-on vinyl, which makes emptying quick and easy. |
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Quilt Til You Wilt Friday, January 25, 2019 5:30-8.00 pm $10 Bring your projects to work on, plan to chat and have fun! If you would like, bring a snack to share. Please RSVP, space is limited. |
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| Introduction To Applique Friday, February 1, 2019 10:00 – 12:00 Needle Turn Applique With LaWana Farrier 1:00 – 3:00 Sharon Schamber Technique With Elaine Brown 3:00-5:00 Raw Edge Applique With Aimee King $25.00, Class Pass Accepted Skill Level – All Levels Have you wanted to try your hand at applique? On February 1st, you will get the chance to learn three different techniques. These mini classes will provide you basic instruction that will allow you to advance to more difficult and detailed projects. If you are planning on participating in the Farm Sweet Farm Sew Along, this class will be most helpful if you are new to applique. |
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| Intro To Quilting With Westalee Rulers Call To Be Added To The Next Series of Lessons This Class Is a Prerequisite For Further Ruler Work Classes Skill Level: Beginner, Must Have Beginning Piecing Experience Now is the perfect time to learn how to do your own quilting! Ruler work is one of the biggest trends in quilting today. , and we are so excited to present this series of classes to you. We can order the rulers for you no matter what make and model of sewing machine you have.You will start to learn the basics of ruler work, and will go home with four different blocks. |
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| Ruler Work Quilt As You Go Sampler Quilt Call To Be Added To The Next Series Of Lessons During this multi-session class, participants will master the 12″ Arc Template, along with the Sampler Template Set, both of Westalee Designs. At the end of the series, students will have completed a 60″ X 72″ quilt that they have quilted themselves! |
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| SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA On Saturday, January 19th, 2019, we will be celebrating all things Australia. These fabrics are very loved by our customers, and now is the chance to come show off and show case the projects that you have created with them. As a special treat, we will have Mary Lucille of M&S Textiles here with a presentation of Australian fabrics and designers. Australian Day Saturday, January 19th 1:00 PM Mary Lucille’s Presentation: Australian Aboriginal Fabrics From The Land Down Under Followed by: A trunk show presented by our customers – showcasing all of their creations using Australian fabrics. |
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| Introducing BERNINA CREATIVE STUDIO! Are you interested in getting the most out of your BERNINA investment?Continue your sewing education by learning techniques specifically created by BERNINA experts to help you get the most out of your BERNINA machine and accessories through the BERNINA Creative Studio. Cortez Quilt Company and More will be offering these programs! Go HERE to see a list of the programs being offered the first half of 2019.Please call 970-565-7541 for more info! |
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BERNINA Creative Studio -Technique Club Ruffler Foot #86 Thursday, January 17, 2019 11:00 am Learn how to use the BERNINA Ruffler Foot #86 to create the most beautiful pleats or ruffles for any project. This is a technique class that focuses on three settings on the foot, which will fine tune the ruffles to your preferences, easy and fast! We will demo, and participants will get to try the foot out. |
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BERNINA Creative Studio – Embroidery Club – Customized Pencil Case In The Hoop Plus Thursday, January 24, 2019 1:00-5:00 pm Learn how you can add an embroidery design to an existing in-the-hoop project, thanks to BERNINA’s PLUS embroidery features. Use un-grouping and embroidery sequence control to quickly insert a design at the right point in your embroidery. Easy, simple and fast! |
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| Embroidery Club – Quilting In The Hoop Point To Point Serving Strip Thursday, January 31, 2019 10:00 – 5:00 pm Smaller than a traditional table runner, this serving strip is designed to be used in the center of a table or buffet as a place to set hot serving dishes. Simple piecing and quilting-in-the-hoop techniques make it quick to stitch and fun to make. Learn about thread selection, hooping methods, and suitable designs for in-the-hoop quilting as you stitch this useful item for your home. |
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Open Sewing: Every Monday and WednesdayJoin us at the shop every Monday and Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. for Open Sewing. Work on any project you’d like and enjoy the company of other sewists and quilters. Bring your sewing machine or use one of our BERNINA classroom machines. Open Sewing is FREE and you’ll have plenty of space to work and the use of our cutting tables and ironing boards. You can also call us to check on availability – our classroom is available for your use anytime a class/event is not being held.
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Third Thursday Demo: Thursday, January 17
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Blocks Without Borders: Thursday, January 17Blocks Without Borders (an Art & Landscape Society) meets on the Third Thursday of each month at 1 p.m. Prepare to exchange ideas, along with giving and receiving inspiration. Don’t forget to bring your Show-N-Tell! We will have a door prize! No RSVP necessary. This meeting usually lasts about an hour. Note From Marie Wirth: January: I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and you are all ready to get creative! Susan Madden will be sharing her expertise on how to show flow and motion in art and landscape quilts from the design process to free motion quilting, from landscape forms to water, heat and wind. If you need ideas for a project you’re working on, bring it and we’ll look at ways to make it dynamic. We will also spend some time talking about the bird project so please bring whatever you are working on, bring your ideas, your questions and your inspiration. We would like to shoot for having them completed by March or April so jump in and get started! They can be realistic or totally imaginary! As always please bring any pieces that you would like to share with the group, done, in progress or whatever because we love to see what all these creative minds have been up to. if you have an idea or skill or talent you want to share with us please let me know. Hope to see you all Jan. 17 at 1pm. Marie Wirth |
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