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January 16, 2020 - In This Issue

News From Cortez Quilt Company and More
- Third Thursday Demo
- Art & Landscape Group
- Classes & Events  

News From Farmington Quilted Corners
- Classes & Events

BERNINA News
- Clearance Sale January 10-21, 2020
- January Accessory of the Month

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THIRD THURSDAY DEMO

Third Thursday Demo  – Unravel The Mystery of Color…. Cortez
Thursday, January 16, 2020
12:30
Join us on January 16th at 12:30 p.m. for our monthly Third Thursday Demo. This event lasts thirty minutes – feel free to bring your lunch if you are on your break. We always have door prizes at our Third Thursday Demo’s! Bring a friend!

Unravel the mystery of color with Judith Swain. Whether you are color confident or color confused, come join us to demystify and to round out your color choices. Make friends with the color wheel and hear three easy ways to make good color decisions.

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ART & LANDSCAPE GROUP

Art & Landscape Group – Blocks Without Borders – Cortez
Thursday, January 16, 2020
1:00 pm
Blocks 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!

January Meeting:
*Final date to turn in History Museum Blocks
*Review upcoming art quilt challenges.
  *Newest challenge – “Super Power” is due by February 20th meeting
*Presentation on Embellished Crazy Quilting by Orinda Spence, a life-long crazy quilter, succulent lover and mixed media artist.

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CORTEZ CLASSES/EVENTS

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BERNINA Sewing Mastery Class
Two Sessions – Thursday, January 16 & 23, 2020
5:00 – 7:00 pm
In this course you will learn to master your BERNINA sewing machine. Learn to care for your machine, and how to use specialty functions to customize your machine’s setting’s to your needs. You will learn to use the most important utility stitches on your machine, along with the many creative options your machine offers, including decorative stitches, combi-mode, free-motion stitching and more. We will work step by step through hands-on activities using the My BERNINA Sewing Mastery Workbook.

Third Thursday Demo  – Unravel The Mystery of Color
Thursday, January 16, 2020
12:30
See above for details.

Art & Landscape Group – Blocks Without Borders
Thursday, January 16, 2020
1:00 pm
See above for details.

 

Creating Impressionist Landscape Quilts
Friday & Saturday, January 17 & 18, 2020
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
$50.00
Guest Instructor: Susan Madden
Skill Level: Confident Beginner
Learn to create a landscape quilt using your own photo. You’ll learn to make a quilt pattern from your photo and to create your image in fabric using raw edge applique. We’ll talk about composition, color, and fabric choices that work well in translating your photo into a a quilt and you’ll get started on creating your own unique quilt. If landscapes don’t float your boat but flowers do, you can work from a close-up photo of a flower to create a flower portrait in this class.

Susan has now added a finishing class to instruct students how to quilt their project. See below for more info.

BERNINA Embroidery Club Multi-hooping
Monday, January 20, 2020 – 10:00 – 4:00
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 – 10:00 – 12:00 (Finishing class, if needed)
Club Pricing, or $25.00 for Non-member
Instructor: Linda Humphreys
Learn or perfect your multi-hooping skills. This class is important to attend so that you will understand how to multi-hoop for projects that we will be doing throughout the year.You will also learn a fun and unique technique for creating trapunto with your embroidery machine. You will fall in love with the dimension you can achieve with this project! We will stitch a  “CREATE” wall hanging that finishes 7”x36”. Designs will fit in a 5” x 5” hoop.

 

 

 

Machine Embroidery Fun!
Open To All Makes Of Embroidery Machines – Your Model Must Accept Flash Drives
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 – 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
or
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 – 5:00 pm -8:30 pm
$10.00/Class (Time Slot)
Join us for the fun time of machine embroidery. Choose to work on the following projects: Kimberbell’s Winter Whimsy Bench Pillow, Kimberbell’s Winter Bench Buddies (2 January Buddies), or a Snowman Block (sample coming). Choose to work on one, two, or all three! Please call early to RSVP. You must pre-order your designs so that we have them here for you for class.

BERNINA Project Club
Thursday, January 23, 2020
1:00 – 5:00
Club Pricing, $12 For Non-Members
This super-utility cushion will hold your pins, binding clips, and catch your trimmed threads. Learn how to create your new stitching companion and all the BERNINA feet and accessories to help you get the job done in a breeze.

Professional Tote
Cutting/Prep Day – Wednesday, January 22, 2020/ 9:30-5:00
Two-Session Class Friday/ Saturday, January 24 & 25, 2020/ 9:30 – 5:00
$50.00
Skill Level: Intermediate
Instructor: Ila Starks
The Professional Tote has all the pockets and compartments needed for today’s professional woman. Whether you work in an office or not, this tote has it all. There is a pleated pocket on each side of the tote to hold a bottle of water, umbrella, magazine, baby bottle or telephone. Also, on the front is a zippered pocket to hold your ID and Passport for your airport travel. Behind that pocket is one for your boarding pass.

Quilt Til You Wilt
Monday, January 27, 2020
5:00 – 9:00 pm
Bring a project to work on, plus a snack to share. Plan to have a great time sewing while chatting with your quilting friends.

Machine Embroidery – Australian Animal Table Runner With Bonus Koala Block
Open To All Makes Of Embroidery Machines – Your Model Must Accept Flash Drives
Thursday, January 30, 2020
10:00 – 5:00
$25.00
Come embroider this adorable table runner featuring a quokka, emu, bilby, kookaburra, wombat and a koala. 100% of the proceeds from these design purchases will be donated to WIRES Wildlife Rescue ( WILDLIFE INFORMATION AND RESCUE SERVICE) in Australia. Call to reserve your space… your design will need purchased ahead of time so that we will have it here for you.

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CLASSES & EVENTS

QUILTED CORNERS FARMINGTON

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Intro To Rulerwork
Friday, January 17, 2020
1:00 - 5:00Now is the perfect time to learn how to do your own quilting! Ruler work is one of the biggest trends in quilting today.  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. We are offering two separate classes in January - see below for exact dates and times. When registering for this class, be sure to let us know your machine make and model so that we can have the correct supplies you need for your machine.

THIS CLASS IS OPEN TO ALL MACHINE MAKES/MODELS

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Collage Class - Laura Heine Style
Saturday, January 18, 2020
10:00-4:00
Cost: $25.00
Skill Level: Confident Beginner
Join us for this fun collage class! Laura is one of the top designers right now - her collages definitely are a ton of fun to create! Have you been intimidated by Laura Heine’s patterns? We also have her newer patterns that are much smaller in size, and therefore more doable to some.

BERNINA Embroidery Mastery Class
Two Sessions – Wednesday, January 22 & January 29, 2020
10:00 – 2:00
In this course you will learn to master your BERNINA embroidery machine. You will learn everything you need to successfully embroider with your machine, including setting up your machine for embroidery, customizing your machine’s settings, navigating your embroidery screens, adding lettering, editing your designs, placing designs, changing thread colors and more. We will work step by step through hands-on activities from the My BERNINA Embroidery Mastery Workbook.

BERNINA Embroidery Club
Thursday, January 23, 2020
10:00 – 4:00
Club Pricing or $25.00 for Non-members
You’ll love this in-the-hoop project! Learn about incorporating specialty materials like cork into your embroidery projects to get successful results. We will customize this card case with an initial.

Kimberbell Machine Embroidery Class
Friday, January 24, 2020
10:00 – 4:00
$25.00
Join us for the fun time of machine embroidery. Choose to work on the following projects: Kimberbell’s Winter Whimsy Bench Pillow, or Kimberbell’s Winter Bench Buddies (2 January Buddies). Choose to work on one or both designs! Please call early to RSVP. You must pre-order your designs so that we have them here for you for class.

Open To All Makes Of Embroidery Machines – Your Model Must Accept Flash Drives

Please call early to RSVP. You must pre-order your designs so that we have them here for you for class.

BERNINA Project Club
Thursday, January 30, 2020
1:00 – 5:00
Club Pricing, $12 For Non-Members
This super-utility cushion will hold your pins, binding clips, and catch your trimmed threads. Learn how to create your new stitching companion and all the BERNINA feet and accessories to help you get the job done in a breeze.

Quilted Leather Journal Cover
Saturday, January 25, 2020
1:00 - 5:00
We will be making a journal cover where you will learn some basic techniques for quilting on leather. There will be a required kit for this class.

Vinyl Mesh Market Tote
Friday, January 31, 2020
10:00 - 4:00
These large totes are completely lined with vinyl mesh making them sturdy and easy to keep clean. Perfect for taking to the supermarket or farmers market, for carrying supplies to quilting and knitting classes, or packing for a picnic. Make one or more in this full-day class. We keep many colors of the vinyl mesh in stock.

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~ Carl Bard

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