Little Red Quilt House
Below you will find new sewing groups, a few new quilt guilds and our favorite links to free patterns and block ideas. If you can’t find something your interested in, please call us and we will surely help you get the information you are looking for.
QUILT GUILD WITH A PURPOSE We are forming a new quilt guild that will meet on first Tuesday of the month at 10:30 am. The purpose of the guild is to share our quilting experiences, plan and execute community service projects, hold workshops for experienced sewers and laugh a lot! Coffee pot and ice tea will be ready by 10:15 for the early birds. Please inquire at the shop for more information and sign up sheet.
PROVERBS 31 WOMENS GROUP As women of God, we are to help others and this group will focus on various groups of people that need quilts and we will sew! All fabric will be donated and then the finished projects will be donated to battered women shelters, Habitat for Humanity, orphaned children, senior homes and service men. Sign up at the shop and we will work on Friday afternoons for those in need. Sewing machines will be available at the shop. Barbara Dieges Designs Barbara has some amazing appliqué patterns that we will use for a new block of the month club to start in October. She is designing this club just for our shop. We will also feature many of her patterns for sale. Stop in to see her latest and old favorites quilts. Sharon Schamber Free Videos This is a great resource for those who want to learn more without leaving home. Sharon has lots of free videos to view online for long arm quilters and hand quilters. Enjoy to journey to free tips and tricks! This guild will focus on the long arm quilters needs. We will share old and new ideas for quilting our finished tops. Help each other with how to plan quilt designs. We will have long arm machines available for technique demonstrations. A time for show and tell will make great fun for all new learners. This guild will help with community service projects made by the Proverbs 31 Women's Group. We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm. Coffee and ice tea will be ready to wake us up again! QUILTING WITH MACHINES
If you would like to learn more long arm tips and techniques this is a weekend retreat you should consider for 2010. They just had the third annual event and over 400 women participated in the various classes offered. Please check for more information and details for the 2010 event at the web site for Quilting with Machines.
Quilting with Machines Sept 22-25 , 2010 at Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron,OH!
http://www.quiltingwithmachines.com
Please feel free to download any of the free patterns offered by Moda and United Notions. Then bring them in to the shop for fabric and help needed to make the quilt.
This link takes you to a great web site that offers many different quilt blocks and can help you find some new ideas for quilt projects. You may also want to bring these in for help or shortcut assembly.
I love to find new ways to use up leftovers. This site has several ideas on just how to do that. Make a great quilt using what you have on hand and add a border and backing to make a great quilt! This is a another great resource for those who want to learn more without leaving home. Sew much fabric, so little time. Learn all types of new ideas on-line. We may even try dying our own one of a kind fabrics.