Winter Playlist2020

13 Month Long BOM with Sue Pikarsky Starts End of February

Calling all lovers of foundation paper piecing! This Block of the Month is a breathtaking variation on the New York Beauty block. Make sixteen 12 x 12" blocks, plus the borders, over a 13 month period to complete this 60" x 60" stunner! Begins in late February. $25 per month includes pattern, foundation

papers and fabric to complete the top and a scrappy border. $50 registration includes first and last month.

BONUS! Join Sue Pikarsky one Saturday each month for a detailed tutorial on assembling the upcoming block. For experienced foundation paper piecers.

PREREQUISITE: Sue's beginner foundation paper piecing class, or proof of skills.

Almond Country Beauty

SKIRTING THE ISSUEWith Charles Johns-Lee

If it's time to add a skirt to your spring wardrobe, here is the perfect option for you. Make this skirt in

three different lengths to fit your lifestyle. The added waistband and invisible zipper give it a more finished look. The element of invisible side pockets is a bonus!

Learn all of these techniques and more. Great class for intermediate and advanced garment sewers.

$40 • APR 1 & 15 • 5:30-8:30

CALENDAR CLUB with Beth Broadway

Join the all new Calendar Club at Calico Gals! Create an adorable mini quilt each month. Turn it into a top for a calendar or make a small pillow or wallhanging. Each monthly project features hand or machine appliqué and button accents. Cute as can be! Join the club for $25 for the whole year. Members can attend quarterly classes for just $5 in addition to discounts on monthly patterns and kits. Learn new skills as you make projects you can complete quickly.$25 REGISTRATION QUARTERLY CLUB MEETINGS ARE ON THE LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH, 1:00 - 3:30(JAN 26, APR 26, JULY 26, & OCT 25)

Calico Gals Quilt Book ReviewJoin the gals once a month for a Facebook Live Quilting Book Review. Take an inside peek of books we found and love. The program includes deals, demos and discounts! No cost to join - just tune in to the Calico Gals Facebook page and watch the fun! Second Thursday of the Month • Jan 9, FEB 13 & MAR 12 • 2:00

CHINESE MAGICWith Charles Johns-Lee

The Chinese Magic pattern is a great way to use up those fabric collections (Asian, Florals, Holiday, Foods, Animals, etc.) you have been saving. This pattern works great with small and medium prints. Make a four patch and add a border. Learn a new technique to add a "cheater border" to give your quilt a little something more. Add even more interest to your quilt by placing those blocks on point for a great lap quilt. Perfect for Advanced Beginner and Intermediate quilters.$40 • JAN 24 & 31 • 5:30-8:30

THE BIRTHSTONE SERIES-CREATING GEMSTONE BLING!With CJ Sturtevant

Join the newest craze of creating your very own Bling! This class will teach you a simple, but complex looking, technique that delivers a gorgeous 17" X 17" birthstone gem block. Make more than one to create stunning Mother's Day wall-hangings, birth announcements, wedding anniversary gifts, birthday gemstone pillows, or even a 12-month, 57" X 75" Jewel Box quilt! Become Bejeweled by CJ, a certified Gem Affiliate, as you create your custom gemstone designed by MJ Kinman,Textile Artist, recently featured in Issue 12 of Quiltfolk magazine.$38 • JAN 23 & FEB 6 • 5:30-8:00

BARGELLO BREEZE TABLE RUNNER AND PLACEMATSWith Karen Cross

The fascination of bargello quilts starts with waves of color, flowing from light to dark and back again. Start with this small do-able project to learn the fun (and addicting) technique. Cutting and piecing are quick and easy! You will make this project again for gifts and every season! $20 • JAN 13 • 1:30-4:30 OR 5:30-8:30

VILLA ROSA LUNCH BUNCHWith Lynn Schantz & Melonie Unger

Cross My Heart and Hope to Stitch! Join the Villa Rosa Lunch Bunch and quilt your way to a finished top in no time… especially when all the ironing is done for you! Cross Stitched is a great pattern using 8 fat quarters and some background. This sweet quilt finishes at 50"x60" OK… we won't make you cross your heart, but maybe just a pinky swear to have a great day of quilting, eating and laughing! Lunch is served! Come quilt with us!$35 • JAN 27 • 10:30-3:30

NUTZ with Melonie Unger MY TIME MONDAY with Lynn Schantz NUTZ@NIGHT with Melonie UngerSUNDAY STITCHERS With Lynn SchantzOpen 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: 1st & 3rd Friday, 10:30am–3:30pm • MTM: 1st Monday, 10:30am–3:30pm • NUTZ@NIGHT: 1st Friday, 5-10pm • SUNDAY STITCHERS: First Sundays, 12:30-4

Open Sewing Time at Calico Gals

ESTHER'S BLOOMERS BLOCK OF THE MONTHWith Marcia Evans

Calico Gals is offering Esther’s Bloomers Stitch-Along from Kim Diehl, featuring a variety of vintage reproduction shirtings and cotton prints. Beginning in January, receive a portion of the quilt and pattern each month for 6 months. Work on it along the way to complete the generous 70x70 inch quilt top. BONUS! Included at no extra cost is

a monthly tutorial with Marcia on the 3rd Saturday from 9-10 am. $37 per month includes pattern, all fabric for the quilt top and monthly tutorial. $74 registration fee

includes first and last month. STARTS JAN 25 • 9-10

MEMOIRS SEW-INWith Marcia Evans

Did you purchase the beautiful Memoirs quilt kit when bagging booty in December? Calico Gals offered a great deal on this kit and now Marcia is offering a fun sew day for making Memoirs! Open your calendar/pattern and spend the day starting or working on your quilt together with others stitching the same project.$15 • MARCH 28 • 10:30-4:30

SEW TOGETHER BAGWith Marcia Evans

This fun bag, with four open pockets and three zipper pockets, is so handy whether it's for class, makeup, art supplies, etc. Marcia will walk you through the easy, peasy zipper installation and clever handle construction. She will help you get this bag pieced together so you can start using it right away! $35 • FEB 8 • 10:30-4:30

KIMBERBELL CLUBat CalicoGals

New members always welcome! $25 for the year includes fun meetings, flash drive and Kimberbell machine embroidery designs in the format of your choice.

VINTAGE FLORANo embroidery machine?

No problem!No embroidery experience?

No problem!

Here is your opportunity to see what everyone is talking about!

Register for the Vintage Flora event and we will provide absolutely everything

you need. We will even loan you the machine!

Attendees receive a kit with all fabrics for 2 adorable projects. Calico Gals provides the thread, tools needed,

machine and instructor. Just show up and have fun!

Choose Sunday, February 9 or Monday February 10, 10:30 - 2:30

$40 (yes… this is a really good deal!)

HANDS-ON WITH IQ DESIGNERWith Janet LutzIf your machine has a built-in IQ Designer program, you are invited to join us in the Calico Gals classroom for some dedicated time learning and playing with your machine! The focus will be on quilting in the hoop. Experiment with using various features including fills and stippling. Learn to save and duplicate, create appliques and add personal details to your quilting. Fabric panel is included with class.

$45 • FEB 5 • 12:30-4:30

RULER CLUBWith Daryl Hanifan & Karen Cross

Build your quilting skills and ruler work confidence! Stop in each month between 11 am and 2 pm for demonstrations and discounts on the featured ruler.

•Stand Up Machine Club meetings and demos are on the 3rd Tuesday each month.

•Stationary Machine (sit-down) Club meetings and demos are on the 3rd Thursday each month.

JUST $10 TO JOIN INCLUDES ALL 6 MONTHS! STARTS JAN 14

CHRISTMAS CLUBWith Marcia Evans

Join Marcia for a little Christmas all through the year. This fun group focusses on creating a small project each month. By the time the holidays roll around, you’ll have a stack of gifts to give away. Fun get-together for one Sunday afternoon a month. Join for 6 months at $18.$18 • JAN 19 & MAR 8 • 12:30-1:30 0R 2:00-3:00

REFLECTED HARMONY BOM With Peggy Bass

This stunning quilt is a Block of the Month program featuring beautiful Wilmington Prints fabrics in shades of reds, pinks and tans. The finished quilt is queen-size (84" square). This BOM program started October 1st and runs for eight months, but you can still join and get caught up! Join Peggy every month for a review and tips of that month's blocks.

$25/MONTH • JAN 11, FEB 1 & MAR 14 • 9-10

SIX HALVES MAKE A WHOLE - MEXICAN TILES PLACE MATSWith Karen Cross

First in the series! Just 6 half yard pieces make 6 placemats! What fun to cut and switch pieces to create 6 totally unique, yet coordinated placemats. This is a class where you can let your imagination run wild with color options as you learn the simple technique. Placemats are the perfect gift!$25 • MAR 4 • 1:30-4:30 OR 5:30-8:30

COLLAGE QUILTSWith 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 • FEB 3 & 19 • 5:30-8:30

COLLAGE QUILTS SEW-INWith Peggy Bass

Do you still have a collage quilt from a class that you have not finished. Let's get together get them done!!$10 • JAN 29 • 5:30-8:30

FRENCH QUARTERWith Karen Cross

Join this fun, 2-part class and use those fat quarters from your stash! Repeat an

interesting one-block pattern and learn to lay it out in rounds as you build your quilt.

The illusion of curves is created with all straight piecing! Beginners and seasoned

quilters will love this pattern.$40 • FEB 12 & 26

1:30-4:30 OR 5:30-8:30

AMISH WITH A TWIST STITCH DAYWith Karen CrossCalling all members of Amish with a Twist BOM - have you started it? One block, ten blocks, not even cut yet? Come on in and spend some ded-icated time working on this phenomenal quilt. Bring a snack to share and focus on this project.$10 • FEB 16 • 12:30-3:30

SWAP - DON'T FENCE ME IN! With Lynn SchantzCalico Gals Playful Swappers presents... Don't Fence Me In! Simply choose 2 contrasting medium and dark cotton fabrics - that's it! Make 8 quick blocks a month for 6 months and bring them in to swap for a totally scrappy quilt. First blocks due February 1st, and on the 1st of every month thereafter. Your swapped blocks will be ready for pick-up on the 15th of each month. $15 REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES THE PATTERN STARTS FEB 1

FOUNDATION PAPER PIECING MINI VALENTINES TREE

With Sue Pikarsky

Have you wanted to paper piece but felt intimidated? Or maybe you are a paper piecer looking for a fun, fast project. Either way, Sue welcomes you to join

this fun class and learn the perfection of step-by-step foundation paper piecing. Create an adorable mini

Valentine Tree wall hanging for that favorite February holiday! It's easy, fun and the perfect project to get

your paper piecing feet "wet"! Great scrap-buster too! Can also be your prerequisite for the gorgeous

FPP BOM starting at the end of February.$25 • JAN 15, 1–4 OR JAN 16, 5-8PM

CHIP OUT OF EVERY BLOCK With Peggy BassJoin Peggy as she explores dimensional cube designs and illusion quilts. This project is a great way to begin the adventure! Make a table runner or wall

hanging and watch as the blocks change before your eyes!! You'll be hooked!!

$25 • MAR 18 • 5:30-8:30

PLAYING WITH COLOR AND TEXTURE With Sharon Bottle-SouvaWho doesn’t like to play with color and tex-ture? Explore the use of color, value and tex-ture in this fascinating, hands-on workshop. Transform original designs into quilt blocks, that when repeated, will develop into sec-ondary patterns and beyond. With Sharon’s encouragment, draw simple designs from your imagination or from inspirational pho-tos. Use your sketches as patterns for your block. Reverse raw-edge applique gives a 3D look to your design. This workshop includes instruction of value and color that transfers to fabic choices and achieves a strong and dramatic design. $75 • MAR 7 • 10:30-4:30

BONUS! Class fee includes 8 fat quarters of your choice on the day of class.

ALTERED STATE With Sharon Bottle-Souva

Moving from traditional to your own design can be a fun-filled adventure.

In this class, learn to draft a traditional star pattern and later to produce one of your very own. Go home with your

own unique quilt block that may be used to create a small wall hanging or keep going to make a bed quilt.

Instruction includes drafting a pattern, choosing fabric for a successful quilt

with borders and lattice for a great design. Class instruction results in an approximately 24" square wall

hanging.

$65 • FEB 1 • 10:30-4:30

LUCKY PENNY With Melonie UngerLucky Penny is a fun, ongoing club just for those who love stitching with wool. Members are encouraged to bring their own projects and work on new projects from Primitive Gatherings newest book-Wool, Needle & Thread. Melonie offers the club in the morning and evening to fit your schedule.

$36 • STARTS JAN 28 • 10:30-12:30 OR 6:00-8:00

LITTLE WOMENS CLUB With Melonie UngerIf you enjoy the classic look of 1800’s reproduction fabrics, you will love the Little Women’s Club at Calico Gals. $120 for the year includes monthly club meet-ings, 5 yards (your choice) of beautiful reproduction fabrics and monthly discounts! Join the gals and create some of the lovely projects from the Simple Friendships II book.

$120 • STARTS JAN 20 • 6-7:30 (3RD MONDAY OF MONTH)

WOOLY 911With Melonie UngerJoin Melonie, your best friend and wool helper in the Wooly 911 class. She will help you complete ANY (yes, she means ANY) wool project! And she even brings lunch! This is the 911 call every stitcher with an unfinished wool project must make!

$15 • FEB 23 • 12:00-4:00

SUGAR QUBES SAMPLER CLUB

With Karen Cross The Sugar Qubes AccuQuilt club with Karen is going strong and it’s not too late to join! Stop in on the 2nd Saturday of each month for a mini meeting and how-to for the upcoming block. Receive all the fabric for the block for $5 or... get it for free when you complete and bring in the previous month's block. $25 registration fee includes your first month. Choose the meeting time that works best for you: 10:30, 11:30 or 12:30. Your choice of three different colorways, too. Attendees must own an Accuquilt system and Qube die set. Any size Qube will work for this project. JAN 11, FEB 8, & MAR 14 • 10:30-1:30

BLESSINGS AND STITCH THERAPY With Gay Silkey

In 2020 Calico Gals is joining with Helen Stubbings from Hugs and Stitches to offer

her Stitch Therapy program. It’s like a 365 day Stitch Along! The concept is just a few minutes

of stitching each day is better than therapy. Start with the 40 x 65 inch pre-printed panel

of adorable figures and icons and do a little embroidery every day. $80 includes the panel

and a daily email from Helen, featuring tutorials, videos and words of wisdom to cheer your day

and help you stay on task.

BONUS! Join Blessings, Calico Gals’ hand embroidery club and receive 12 club meetings

and a 15% discount on your Stitch Therapy panel.

$35 • JAN 16, FEB 20 & MAR 19 • 10:30-12:30

THE MAKER'S TOTEWith Marcia EvansModeled after a physician's bag, this tote bag is for the person who is looking to take their sewing skills up a notch. The tote has a fun front pocket, zippered back pocket, and interior slip and gusseted pockets. Whew, that’s a lot of pockets! Marcia will walk you through zippers, zipped pockets, straps and more. Lots to learn in this class!

$35 • MAR 21 • 10:30-4:30

MONDO/MIDI BAGwith Karen Cross

Make a Mondo Bag using QuiltSmart interfacing, or start with the smaller version - the Midi Bag. The bag uses 2-1/2"" squares,

so it's great for scrap busting!! Choose your colors, scrappy, checkerboard, one color, make it unique! Be ready to be creative

and have fun.$40 • FEB 15 • 10:30-4:00

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 • JAN 10, FEB 14, MAR 13 •10:30-3:30 (2ND FRIDAY OF MONTH)

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 long-arm.

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 ◆ MAR 25 ◆ 1-4 OR 5-8

HELLO SPRING BLOCK OF THE MONTHWith Rosanne BrownHello Spring! It’s a new Block of the Month, starting early Spring of 2020. This BOM will feature many fun techniques including piecing, appliqué and hand stitching to create a generous size 80x96 inch sampler quilt in fresh new fabrics. Bonus projects included, such as a small wall hanging and a stuffed bird. Don't miss out on a fun spring and summertime quilt! Sewing tutorials will be offered - dates to be determined.

$25 PER MONTH FOR 10 MONTHS INCLUDES PATTERN BOOK AND ALL FABRIC FOR TOP AND BINDING. $50 REGISTRATION INCLUDES FIRST AND LAST MONTH.

HAPPY HOOPERS With Jenifer CantrellBring 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! Start a new project or keep working along on your current creations. Bring your lunch or a dish to share. Get set up and focus all day! $15 • JAN 14, FEB 11 & MAR 10 • 10:30-3:30

MACHINE QUILTINGWith Candia TuckerTake the scary out of machine quilting when you learn to use the walking foot, free motion foot, and complete a sample book of quilting patterns. Next time you’re ready to quilt, you’ll be able to open your sample book and choose from the quilting patterns you know how to do.

$25 • FEB 29 & MAR 14 • 1:00-4:00

MACHINE QUILTING IIWith Candia TuckerThis is a class for people who have taken the Machine Quilting class and want more. Now you can get more practice at free motion quilting, learn new quilting patterns, try quilting a quilt top you already made (or a quilt panel). If you never finished your book of patterns from the first class, this is a good opportunity to finish it up!

$25 • MAR 22 • 1:00-4:00

FIDGET QUILTWith Candia TuckerFidget quilts are small lap quilts made to entertain or calm people of any age who suffer with dementia, autism, blindness, and sensory issues. And... they are even lots of fun for everyone else! Fidget quilts contain fun “feely” fabrics and small items to fiddle with. Create a fidget quilt

personalized for the person for whom you are making it. Go home with lots of ideas for making more fidget quilts. Class fee of $35 in-cludes class, pattern, an assortment of “fidget” items to attach to your quilt and a selection of textured fabrics. Bring your own textured fabrics to swap with the group!

$35 • JAN 25 • 1-4

BEGINNING ENGLISH PAPER PIECING With Marcia EvansHave you always wanted to try your hand at English Paper Piecing but were unsure where to start? Are you struggling with stitching your pieces together? Join Marcia and get some hands-on help, tips and techniques. EPP is perfect for the stitcher on the go, while watching TV, attending sporting events, waiting in the doctor’s office, etc, etc, etc! So portable! $25 • MAR 5 • 5:30-8:30