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Shaker Inn Retreat
May 20th to 22nd, 2011
Enfield Shaker Inn with Sarah Ann Smith, http://www.sarahannsmith.com
 
Friday, May 20th, $50 - Machine Appliqué Three (and a half) Ways; Learn three methods of machine appliqué to create a gingko leaf or oval leaf wall hanging in a fraction of the time it would take to do hand appliqué. You will lean fusible appliqué with satin stitch, freezer-paper-underneath appliqué, fusible interfacing underneath and reverse. You should be able to complete 3-5 blocks during class. This class is suitable both for quilters and garment makers, who may wish to incorporate the blocks into garments, totes, placemats and other projects.

Saturday, May 21st, $50 - Let´s Machine Quilt! An intro to Machine Quilting: Machine quilting is fun and it is more than using your machine to stitch your quilt sandwich together. The first half of the day is lecture to learn what you need to know for hassle-free machine quilting. After lunch practice using the walking foot and the free-motion (darning) foot to machine quilt a sampler of patterns.

Sunday, May 22nd, half day class- $30 - Fine Finishes and album of edge finish techniques: Learn to make a perfect mitered binding, straight grain binding, double-fold bias bindings, bindings with piping, couched yarns and fabric accents, curved bindings, fused bindings, wacky raw-edged squares and couched-yarn finished. By the end of this class you will have a "swatch book" of samples including a wide assortment of styles and techniques to finish your quilts and quilted garments.

"Sew Together" are held the 4th Monday of the month except for July, August and December