Cena Harmon was busy over the summer before she left on her annual cross-country trip——busy cutting all the pieces for a small holiday quilt (at right). You'll bring your own holiday fabric for the 3 B's (border, back and binding). The red, green, and plaid pieces will be cut and ready for the you to "flip and fuse"! You'll learn everything you need to do on a larger quilt of your own design. Flip and Fuse Supply List • kit featuring the vivid red and green solid fabrics, the plaid “melon” fabric, the PF 911 interfacing and a template will be available for $5 (paid to Cena the day of class). ** You should bring the following: • two 4” x WOF Christmas print strips for the border • one 24” x 24” square of backing • one 24” x 24” square of batting • one 20” x 20” square of “facing fabric” if you are interested in learning how to face scalloped borders; OR bring 80 inches of 2-1/2” bias binding for curved edge plus 80” of 2-1/2” straight binding for straight edge quilt • A sewing machine with power cord and foot pedal plus all regularly required sewing implements (pins, clips, seam ripper, etc), scissors for both fabric and paper, marking pencils for dark and light fabrics, a pencil, iron/pad, thread to match or contrast with fabric for quilting. ** If you don’t want to purchase the kit, you will need: • two 9” x 21” strips of two different colors (one of each color) for the background • one 5” x WOF strip of “melon” fabric • one 5” x 40” strip Pellon PF911 fusible interfacing in addition to the supplies listed above
Note: Our new meeting space is at the Family Baptist Church, 5454 Mobile Hwy. Pensacola, FL 32526
Doors open at 5:30 pm. Bldg. must be cleared by 8:00 pm.
Program - We will enjoy a trunk show of all the Many Mini Quilts that are being included in the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival in November. Come participate in the Viewers Choice voting and pick your favorites! Quilters will share their inspiration for their quilts and if time allows, we will also have a lecture on blocking your quilts to ensure they will hang flat. It all comes down to measuring and accurate border attachments. Then you quilt, bind and BLOCK! We will have a demonstration of these skills and make sure the Judge has NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT!
Doors open at 9:00 am.
Join the Pensacola Quilters Guild in the Heritage section of the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival again in 2024. This year the guild will give away one throw-size quilt each day and host a mini-boutique and sale of small art quilts in the booth. The opportunity quilt "Star Gazing" will be on display and you may make a donation for your opportunity to have your name chosen to win it at our biennial quilt show in March 2025.
Quilters will be demonstrating hand-quilting, hand-piecing, hand-applique and binding techniques to fulfill our educational outreach as a heritage art.
There is no fee to attend this renowned, juried Arts Festival. Come look at the serious art, then come to Heritage Row and the PQG Booth to find some fabulous and affordable gifts in advance of the holiday season!
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Susan Lawler will have a different appliqué project for this SOS. Susan will share tips and secrets for achieving excellence in a variety of appliqué techniques! This will be the third time FYI: the photo is the appliqué project Susan designed for the SOS that Susan led in August '23. The flowers and techniques for the most recent class were very different. And there's more to learn than she can cover in a single class! Bring your favorite hand-sewing tools (scissors, pins/clips, needles). No need for sewing machines -- this will be all handwork. Susan provides a kit that includes nearly everything needed to complete your project. So, please bring $5 cash that Judy Walker will collect and give directly to Susan by day's end. Last year's kit produced the wonderful sunflowers shown on the right!
Program - TBA