A Piece In Time - A Quilt Shop in Akron OH

For 2008, try the darling Homespun Angels in quick fusible appliqué. They are folksy and cute as can be in Homespun fabrics. They are 12” blocks selling for just $5 each. Add some simple embroidery here and there, or just fake it with a Pigma pen. You provide the background fabric of your choice.

Another sweet quilt is Chris’ original design of Penguins Through the Year. Appropriately, the colorway is Black, White and Bright! These fusible appliqués are quick and easy, and are sure to make you smile each month. The 12” blocks are $5 each and you provide the background fabric.

As part of our “$5 or Free” program, choose the colorways for the 12” Chains & Squares Blocks in either the Homespuns or Black, White and Bright colorways to coordinate with the Angels or Penguins mentioned above. All the fabrics are included in the $5 Patchwork kits.

We are also offering a stunning grouping of 12” Flower Crossing appliqué blocks. Some of these are reproductions and/or reinterpretations of antique quilt blocks. Again, you provide the backgrounds for these appliqué blocks. The two colorways for these will be in softer Spring colors or warmer tones of Fall colors. These appliqués are colored to match up with the Mosaic blocks described below.

The Chains & Squares blocks for this series are soft, gentle Spring or Fall prints. Join these Chains & Squares blocks with the Flower Crossing appliqué blocks for a larger 24 or 25 block quilt. ( If you prefer just a 12 block quilt, later we will offer you some sensational settings.) These patchwork block kits are $5 each and are eligible for our “$5 or Free” program.

“How do I earn my blocks for free??”
Appliqué blocks (Angels, Penguins and Flower Crossing) are always $5 each, and include the pattern and appliqué fabric, while you provide your own background fabric for the appliqué blocks.

We give you the opportunity to earn your Patchwork blocks (Mosaics and Chains & Squares) for free when you complete your prior month’s block, come to class on time and listen to the infomercial of new products, upcoming classes and construction techniques.

After purchasing the first patchwork block, return with the completed block to the following month’s class to earn a ticket for a free patchwork block for that month. You may purchase as many blocks as you want simply by registering for them. Previous blocks are just $5 each. While you may purchase all you want, only one Patchwork block is free for each day you attend. Come on both Saturday morning AND Wednesday night to earn two blocks free (one per day).

At the end of the program, we will offer setting options to combine appliques and patchwork blocks, as well as designs for each block series to stand alone, so feel free to color coordinate or mix and match!

Blocks are available only during the hours of the program, once a month. You cannot pick up your blocks at any other time—they are packed away. We are sorry but in fairness to all, there are no excused absences, no matter the reason, and no one else can pick up your block for you.

2008 Saturday $5 Sampler Dates
meeting at 9 AM and 10 AM: Feb 9, Mar 8, Apr 12,
May 10, June 14, July 12, Aug 9, Sept 13, Oct 11,
Nov 8, Dec 13 and Jan 10, 2009

2008 Wednesday $5 Sampler Dates
meeting at 6 and 7 PM: Feb 20, Mar 19, Apr 16,
May 21, June 18, July 16, Aug 20, Sept 17, Oct 15,
Nov 19, Dec 17 and Jan 21, 2009

11 O'clock Sampler

OPEN TO ANYONE. You can start or stop at any time. Just register for the monthly for the session you want to attend so we have enough handouts! You'll learn so much and sew much better!

We are excited to start a new venue for samplers! Our brand new 11 O’Clock Sampler will focus on the special construction techniques you don’t generally see in $5 Sampler or Buck-a-Block programs. These techniques are the real foundation for historic quiltmaking--curved piecing, Y-seams, eight-pointed stars and more.

Many of you started your piecing careers with fast piecing techniques and have yet to thread a needle by hand or learn the traditional methods for hand piecing. Learning these techniques will provide you with an excellent base for machine piecing and will even help you in designing your own projects.

After our regular $5 sampler classes on Saturdays, we are offering a two hour class in basic blockmaking techniques. For $5 per class, you will receive the pattern and the class. You will also be able to purchase fat quarters to construct each block project for just $1.25 each during that two hour session. Bring your scissors and basic sewing supplies kit and we will dig in and get started on a new block each month. Some of the blocks will definitely be easier by hand, but you are welcome to work by machine whenever it fits your style. Five bucks for a two hour session, a free pattern AND a discount on the fabrics you choose. What a deal!

Class meets at 11 AM on the same Saturdays as the $5 Sampler.
Come for Saturday $5 Sampler, and stay over for this fun techniques class!

2007 11 O'clock Sampler Dates:
Feb 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 16, July 14,
August 18, Sept 8, Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 8 and Jan 12, 2008

Quilt Sitters Circle

For Graduates of A Piece In Less Time, QSC is the guild for Mary Ellen Hopkins /It’s OK If You Sit On My Quilt aficionados! The benefits of QSC are awesome! You will meet wonderful friends in class, get instruction and hints from Sandy and Eunice, receive 20% merchandise discount coupons each time you attend (and an extra 5% on other sale prices), get three hours every month in the classroom where we work on a project from APILT or from one of Mary Ellen’s many books. You can sew in class, or just cut in class. But bring your Show and Tell (MEH/APILT projects please), then have your quilt posted on our website and become internationally famous! QSC Membership is still just $35 per year, renewable each January. Join anytime! The 20% discount makes it worth the price! Handouts for missed QSC sessions are available for $2/pg. If you don’t want to do the project for the month, you are welcome to come anyway!

Attend the monthly Wednesday session of your choice:
Monthly meetings are: Wednesdays, 10 AM-1 PM -OR- 6:30-9:30 PM:
Sept 12, Oct 10, Nov 14, and Dec 12, 2007