Kimberbell Club New Class Time Added! Noon time added for Kimberbell Club, meets on the second Thursday of each month at 4 and 5:30, beginning in August at Noon. $25 fee includes a flash drive, 12 unique designs for your embroidery machine, power point presentation, show and tell from the group, discounts and more. Club started in April, but join anytime and we will catch you up!
2019 Summer
Playlist
Make Up Your Mind! With Lynn Schantz
Calico Gals Playful Swappers presents: Make Up Your Mind! Choose Moody Blues or Purple Haze . . . or both! Medium to dark blues from your stash along with a special Calico Gals light blue will create the consistency in your Moody Blues quilt. Medium to dark purples from your stash along with a special Calico Gals light dot will create the consistency in your Purple Haze quilt. Create 13 quick blocks a month for 6 months. Bring them in each month and Lynn will swap them with blocks from the group. You end up with a totally scrappy quilt! Make Up Your Mind block consists of a 6-1/2” square with a 3-1/2" square snowballed in opposite corners. It just doesn't get any quicker! $15 registration fee includes free pattern. $25 to do both! STARTS JULY 1
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GIRLFRIEND TEA PARTY You are invited to join a brand new 2-day Kimberbell Event! Spend time with friends making six exclusive projects to keep or give as thoughtful gifts. Improve your embroidery skills and learn new techniques while trying a variety of machine embroidery products. Receive a Kimberbell project bag and fabric kit with all the Kimberbellishments, plus step-by-step instructions and project CD. Class fee includes project supplies, breakfast snacks and lunch for both days. Sign up early and save! $229 SAVE $20 IF PAID BEFORE 6/28 • JULY 12 & 13
LACY BLOOMS MACHINE APPLIQUÉ TRELLIS OR WREATH With Beth Broadway Celebrate summer with an incredibly beautiful table runner or wreath for your home. This class is chock full of techniques you will use again and again. Learn to work with fusible products and felted wool, as you create with beautiful machine appliqué. This class is exciting, fresh, and new -- you may even go home with a finished project! $30 ◆ AUG 7 ◆ 5-8
OPEN SERGE With Melissa Morgante Bring your serger projects to work on and Melissa will help you adjust stitches or make suggestions to keep you moving. Any brand serger is welcome as long as you can thread it, change the needles and have a manual. It’s a fun day with serger people! $15 • JUL 12, AUG 9 & SEP 13 2ND FRIDAY OF MONTH •10:30-3:30
Calico Gals is the new Quilters Select Authorized Retailer for New York! Alex Anderson created a line of quilting tools that she would like to use… and we like them too! Stop in to try the new rulers, mats, and rotary cutters. Check out the high quality thread, batting, fusibles and stabilizers. To celebrate our new dealership we are offering special discounts on all Quilter Select products through the month of June.
INTERNATIONAL MYSTERY With Melonie Unger Do you love a good mystery? Join Melonie for a fun evening sewing through the clues provided to solve the mystery quilt. Receive a free pattern in class and a recipe, too! Mel will do the cooking so you can sample. Choose from Calico Gals beautiful fabric kits or choose your own fabrics for something original.
$25 • SEP 20 • 5:30-8:30
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CANDY FLOWERS With Patti Blanchard Easy-peasy and ohso-pretty! A great beginner's piecing class to make you feel accomplished in no time! This mini-quilt is designed as an 18" x 23" table topper, but can easily be transformed into a lap quilt or larger. Great project for using charm squares (5") or candies (2-1/2" squares). Perfect your piecing skills as you make a fun project. $30 ◆ AUG 15 ◆ 5:30-8
ONE BLOCK WONDER With Marcia Evans Learn to make a beautiful "kaleidoscope" quilt using large print fabrics and some creativity. Spend the day exploring this technique and creating hexagons for a gorgeous quilted piece. Depending on the amount of fabric you purchase you can create anywhere from a table topper to a queen sized quilt! Marcia will provide a light lunch & dessert. $40 ◆ JUL 20 ◆ 10:30-4:30
WELCOME BACK, DEBBY BROWN! THIS VERY POPULAR, AWARD-WINNING AND MUCH-IN-DEMAND NATIONAL QUILTING EDUCATOR IS RETURNING TO SYRACUSE! Debby is known for her published quilts, patterns, articles and columns in major quilting magazines, and authoring 2 books. She teaches at national and international quilting shows, has filmed HQ Sweet Sixteen® instructional DVDs and has taught multiple machine quilting classes on Craftsy. Debby is obsessed with the precision of ruler quilting on domestic, sit-down and longarm machines and spices up those lines with whimsical free-motion quilting that appeals to quilters of all skill levels. When not traveling to spread her fun brand of quilting, Debby creates in her studio in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley.
It’s a Cutie Trunk Show and Meet and Greet with Debby Brown! Bonus!
Join Debby at Calico Gals for a fun evening of quilting demonstrations, special buying privileges and Debby’s beautiful quilts created from Cutie patterns. Refreshments, too (of course). $10 • JUL 31 • 6-8 (or free with your registration of any class Aug 1-3)
Calico Gals wants you to be successful in finishing your own quilts. We welcome Handi Quilter with a truckload of long arm machines to Syracuse for three full days of hands-on classes with Debby Brown! Join Debby and work on a long arm as you learn the basics and much more of long arm quilting. No experience necessary. You do not need to own a long arm to enjoy these classes - the machines are provided!
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1 PM - 4 PM (HALF DAY) • RULER ESSENTIALS STAND-UP LONGARM MACHINE QUILTING BASICS • THURSDAY AUGUST 1, 9 AM - 4 PM (FULL DAY) This is the perfect try-before-you-buy or review class of long arm basics. Debby removes the mystery of longarm quilting by explaining machine and frame elements and features, how to load a quilt, and vital facts about thread, needles and tension. Learn the basics of rulers, micro handles and free motion on a long arm. Handi Quilter longarm and frame systems come in various sizes for every budget, are user-friendly because they are designed by a quilter! Full day class includes lunch $100
Buy More & Save - Half Day Classes! $60 each, 2 or more $50 each, Buy 3, get the 4th free!
If you love precision and consistency in your quilting designs, you will love using design rulers and templates! These handy tools assist in placing designs accurately and stitching them out precisely. Learn to handle rulers and templates safely with the ruler base and Sure Foot, and to achieve accuracy with the markings. Experiment with the VersaTool® as you learn stitch-inthe-ditch, cross-hatch, piano keys, clamshells, arcs and even to apply binding. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 9 AM - NOON (HALF DAY) • CREATIVE TEXTURES AND FILLS Meandering is the easiest and most common filler for background space – but there are countless other creative design elements to use instead. Expand your design portfolio and create special effects by learning the stitch path of a wide variety of creative filler designs. Learn which designs lend themselves best to micro-quilting, and how to use Micro Handles for best results.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 9 AM - NOON (HALF DAY) • FAST, FUN, AND FABULOUS FREE MOTION QUILTING
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1 PM - 4 PM (HALF DAY) • YOU CAN DO THAT ON A LONGARM, TOO?
Quilters everywhere LOVE the excitement and fun of free motion quilting – and it’s easier than you think! Create flowing designs by connecting simple design elements with continuous lines, traveling across the quilt or filling in a specific area. Learn how drawing and muscle memory contribute to beautiful free motion quilting, and how to create stunning designs. Class includes tips on edge-to-edge free motion quilting, using Micro Handles for free-motion control and adjusting your quilting path to create your own new designs.
A longarm isn’t just for quilting tops! Learn how techniques usually done with a sewing machine can be accomplished with a longarm machine. Topics include: “Slap-li-que” and strip-piecingas-you-quilt, couching and embellishment, creating faux chenille and applying binding with the longarm. Enjoy a "parade of projects” and leave with brilliant shortcuts and ideas for quick and easy projects. You’ll have a whole new perspective on what’s possible with a longarm!
COLLAGE QUILTS With Peggy Bass Unleash your creativity and have fun with beautiful collage quilts!! Learn the collage technique and build your confidence in this 2-part class. In class one, learn the technique as you prepare and start cutting fabrics. In class two cut out your fused design, add background and finalize. No sewing machine needed for either class! $45 • JUL 13, 10:30-3:30 & JUL 21, 12:30-3:30 CLASSMATE TOTE With Marcia Evans What?? You haven’t made a Classmate Tote yet? One of our more popular classes, this easy-to-sew, easy-to-use tote is great when you are on the go, traveling, going to classes or even next to your chair at home to keep everything together and organized. Perfect gift for a quilting friend! $35 ◆ AUG 17 ◆ 10:30-4:30
ADRIATIC TABLE RUNNER With Karen Cross Learn the bargello technique without the investment of a large quilt. Create a table runner and or place mats with the dynamic bargello design. Make one in class then go home to complete the matching set!! Choose a color scheme that is contemporary, bright, classic or whatever fits your style. So fun to see the design come together! $25 ◆ JUL 16 ◆ 1:30-4:30 OR 5:30-8:30
DREAM BIG With Sue Pikarsky Are you ready to Dream Big? Do you have a Hoffman Dream Big panel on your shelf but are unsure where to start? Maybe you're ready to jump in but just need some guidance and encouragement! Learn to free-motion quilt feathers, or try your hand at using rulers with a longarm. If you're any one of the above, this class is for you! The class is a lecture with loads of tips, tricks, advice, drawing practice, and some hands-on long-arm practice on the HQ Simply 16. $25 ◆ JUL 24 ◆ 2-4 OR 5:30-7:30
OCTOBER EVES With Sue Pikarsky Autumn’s brilliant colors will be arriving soon! Celebrate those vivid reds, yellows, and oranges with this beautiful, leafy wall hanging! Join Sue and learn to use the QCR Mini Ruler to cut perfect curves. Then trim the pieced blocks to make this 35” x 35” stylized maple leaf quilt. Get a solid head start on this rather stunning quilt in class and leave with all the skills to finish at home. Perfect class for the ADVANCED BEGINNER quilter. $25 ◆ SEP 25 OR 26 ◆ 1:30-4:30 OR 5-8
SUPER STARS TOPPER AND COASTERS With Karen Cross Here's a fun project that works up quickly! Create a 20-inch star-shaped table topper with matching 5-inch coasters. Three large stars will make a table runner. Perfect for a summer patriotic theme, a holiday star theme or anytime you want a fast gift. This is the time where you finish your project in class! $20 ◆ JUN 27 ◆ 1:30-4:30 OR 5:30-8:30
LIBERTY CROWN QUILT With Karen Cross The Liberty Crown quilt is one that appears to be very difficult, but is easily do-able with QuiltSmart interfacing. This variation of the American Beauty pattern has spikes that are easy to piece, with no struggling to make that point. Karen shares the tips to make it sensational. Go traditional or a little funky! Have fun creating a unique layout by placing each block in different directions. $25 ◆ JUL 27 ◆ 10:30-1 OR 1:30-4
Karen’s Liberty Crown blocks on her design wall. So fun to play with different layouts!
HEARTSTRINGS With Lynn Schantz Heartstrings is a quick and easy quilt project made with a Jelly Roll or pre-cut 2 1/2" strips you choose. The hearts and the colorful border combined with your choice of a background fabric completes this adorable 56 x 68 quilt. Be warned… it’s difficult to make just one! $25 ◆ AUG 6 ◆ 10:30-1 OR 4:30-7
VILLA ROSA LUNCH BUNCH With Lynn Schantz & Melonie Unger It's the pampered "Country Life" for the Villa Rosa Lunch Bunch Gals! Join Melonie and Lynn for some 9-patch fun! Throw in a beautiful focus fabric and BAM! - you'll have your top done. Of course, the ironing will be done for you, plus you'll be served a yummy lunch with a side of FUN! Join the gals and experience the pampered "Country Life"! $35 ◆ JUL 17 ◆ 10:30-3:30
DOUBLE WEDDING RING TABLE RUNNER PILLOW OR QUILT With Karen Cross It’s incredible... create a classic Double Wedding Ring quilt with no curved piecing! With the QuiltSmart method even beginners can find success. The blocks are square and sew up fast. Use your creativity by choosing traditional fabrics, holiday fabrics, or make an upbeat wild-colored version! Karen teaches a tablerunner, but you may choose to keep going and create a quilt. Always a wonderful wedding gift in any size, the design is a welcome gift for any occasion. $35 ◆ AUG 21 AND SEP 4 ◆ 1:30-4:30 OR 5:30-8:30
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Taste of Fall
September 15, 2019 • 12-4 PATCHWORK PUMPKIN TABLE RUNNER With Patti Blanchard If you like to decorate your home for the season, Patti has a quick project to share. Have you tried using your machine for embroidery accents? This patchwork pumpkin table runner works up quickly and features basic embroidery with your sewing machine, along with improving your piecing skills. This fun and beautiful project can also be made into a wall hanging. $30 ◆ SEP 5 ◆ 5:30-8
2019 RXR TASTE THE EXPERIENCE - HOME GROWN Calico Gals is the home of Row by Row Experience, so it only makes sense that our row is "Home Grown". The fun starts June 21. Stop in to any participating RxR shop and receive a free pattern for a row in a quilt. We have packaged fun kits for our row, too!
SPOOKY SOIREE "Park your broom at the door and gather with your ghoulfriends for a Spooky Soirée! Kimberbell’s charming, one-day machine embroidery event is a treat complete with new embroidery tricks! At the Spooky Soirée, receive a project bag and fabric kits with everything you need to make four spook-tacular projects! Also provided are full-color instructions and the design CD for every project. Enchanting techniques include patchwork piecing, an orange pull flower, crazy-patch quilting, and more! Bonus - this is your chance to try a new freestanding lace project. Breakfast snacks and lunch are included too!" $129 • SEPTEMBER 27 OR 28
HAPPY HOOPERS With Jenifer Cantrell Bring your embroidery machine and spend the day with Jen - starting, working on and finishing new projects. The classroom space will be totally dedicated to machine embroidery! Jen wil be starting on the new Kimberbell quilt, Make Yourself at Home. You can join her in creating this fun new quilt or work on other machine embroidery creations. Bring your lunch or a dish to share. Get set up and focus all day! $15 ◆ JUL 9, AUG 13 & SEP 10 ◆ 10:30-3:30
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PIPING HOTTIES With Beth Broadway Thank you, Beth, for offering this class again! We all want Piping Hot bindings! The Groovin' Piping Tool allows you add that perfect extra touch to your quilts. Take them from wonderful to WOW! Beth shares her tips on applying the mini-piping to a quilt's binding or in-between borders. Make a sample in class, then go home and apply this same technique to quilts of your own! Piping is hot and you're gonna love what it does for your quilts! $25 ◆ SEP 7 ◆ 11-3
CALICO GALS WILL BE CLOSED: • JULY 4TH • SEPTEMBER 1 & 2
CHRISTMAS CLUB With Marcia Evans & Melonie Unger Marcia & Melonie are starting a new Christmas Club! Join the gals for an hour each month for six months to see tutorials, new projects and ideas for fun holiday gifts. Learn helpful tips for the project of the month. At the end of Club, you will have made 6 small projects to save for the holiday season. $18 • STARTS JUL 14 12:30-1:30 OR 2-3
Open Sewing Time at Calico Gals NUTZ with Melonie Unger MY TIME MONDAY with LYNN SCHANTZ SUNDAY STITCHERS With Lynn Schantz NUTZ@NIGHT with Melonie Unger Open Sewing Time at Calico Gals is the best! It's like a mini-retreat! Come in and work on your own projects. Sign up to spend the day indulging in some dedicated sewing time. Everyone brings a dish to pass and the gals guarantee friendship and fun! $15 • NUTZ: Fridays, 10:30am–3:30pm • MTM: Mondays, 10:30am–3:30pm •NUTZ@NIGHT: Fridays, 5-10pm • SUNDAY STITCHERS: Sundays, 12:30-4pm
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