September 2010

·        Nancy Lee Chong Workshop  -  Please join us in October for a special workshop with Nancy Lee Chong of Pacific Rim Quilt Company. On October 26, Nancy will be teaching Hawaiian Quilt Design, October 27, Two-Fabric Appliqué, and October 28, Needleturn Appliqué. Classes will run from 9:00 am till 4:00 pm and will be priced as follows: 1 class, $65.00, 2 classes for 120.00, and all three for 170.00.  Samples are on display at the shop --You won't want to miss this opportunity to enjoy a class with this great designer and instructor!

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Quilt Passions has launched its annual Holiday Quilt Challenge.  Stop by the shop anytime for the quilt challenge details.

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If you love aprons (and who doesn’t) please join us for our first Quilt Passions Apron Show from September 6 – 11.We will feature all kinds of aprons – vintage through contemporary.All apron patterns and kits will be on sale during the show week.Please share your apron collection with us and see if yours is the Viewer’s Choice.

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It's finally here -- the cookbook you've all been waiting for!  The first edition of the Quilt Passions Cookbook was released on sale beginning Monday, September 6.   Yes, all of the great cookie recipes will be included as well as lots of wonderful culinary treasures from all of our Quilt Passions friends and ohana. Be sure to stop by and pick up your copy!

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In honor of our new cookbook, we've planned a special Pot Luck Dinner on Saturday, September 18 at 5:00 pm at OldAirport.  Please bring a dish from the cookbook (or any dish that you'd like to share) and join us at OldAirport (look for quilts hanging up and balloons) for a chance to taste many of the new recipes in our new cookbook. Come on your own or bring your whole family -- tell them that we promise to talk about food as well as quilting this time!
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Quilt Passions is on Facebook!  Checkout the Quilt Passions Facebook page located at www.facebook.com/pages/Kailua-Kona-HI/Quilt-Passions/74879259976.

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We've started a “Photo Gallery” to feature our students and customers' work!  Please bring in a snapshot that we can keep of one of your recent projects and you'll receive $1.00 off of your next purchase, $2.00 if the photo has you (yes, it has to be your face, not just arms or hands!) in it, too (maximum of 5 photos or $10.00 per person please).

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Classes:

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Week of September 6-10 – APRON WEEK

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Wednesday, September 8, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

Quilted Jacket/Sew What? #1 with Mariah Bath Cost: $40/1 day or $75/2 days Create a one of a kind quilted jacket from a sweatshirt using scraps from your stash, a jelly roll, or “orphan” blocks. We will deconstruct the sweatshirt, piece the front, back, and sleeves, quilt it to the cut up sweatshirt, then sew it all back together. Mariah will also show you how to bind it and make buttonholes to finish. OR, you may bring a new or unfinished project and have some help deciphering, choosing color options, binding, whatever.

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Thursday, Sept. 9, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

Quilted Jacket/Sew What? #2 with Mariah Bath

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Friday, Sept. 10, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

Gadget Demo with Sara Alvstad Come by Quilt Passions anytime between 1:00 and 4:00 pm today and see the nifty gadget Sara will be demonstrating. No Charge!

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Saturday, Sept. 11, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm My First Quilt #1 with Annabelle Treacy Cost: $120/5 classes (plus cost of materials) Make your own quilt of 9 different blocks from cutting your fabric to putting your quilt together in a sandwich ready for quilting in this beginner’s series quilts.

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Saturday, Sept. 11, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Knitting Group with Karen Barry/Barbara Bieraugel $20/1st class; $10/each additional class. Please join us for a couple of hours of stitching and sharing. No charge – treats included! Beginners are welcome – please let us know in advance if you would like to schedule personalized instruction with one of our knitting teachers.

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Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

Beginning Hawaiian Appliqué with Barbara Bieraugel Cost: $35/1st class; $20/2nd class (plus cost of materials) Learn the art of Hawaiian Appliqué as you create a traditional cushion cover. There will be a variety of kits available to choose from with the appliqué already cut and ready for you to work on. Two 3-hour sessions are recommended.

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Thursday Sept. 16, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

Texture Magic Tote with Catherine Wynne Cost: $40 (plus cost of materials) Learn to use Texture Magic™, an exciting new product that allows you to create the look of smocking in fabric, by machine, in a fraction of the time it used to take. It’s pretty and fun! You will make an easy small tote using the textural fabric you have created.

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Saturday, Sept. 18, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Traditional Hand Appliqué with Barbara Bieraugel Cost: $30 (plus cost of materials) Learn traditional appliqué using the back-baste appliqué method and needle turn appliqué. Choose from one of Barbara’s patterns such as E Komo Mai, one of the fish from the Tropical Fish Sampler, or the honu from The Protector.

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Saturday, Sept. 18, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Knitting Group with Karen Barry/Barbara Bieraugel $20/1st class; $10/each additional class. Please join us for a couple of hours of stitching and sharing. No charge – treats included! Beginners are welcome – please let us know in advance if you would like to schedule personalized instruction with one of our knitting teachers.

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Monday, Sept. 20, 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Quilting with your Walking Foot with Viv Smith
Cost: $30 (plus cost of materials)
Learn to sandwich a quilt and how to use your walking or even feed foot to quilt your sandwich. In this class you will learn to stitch in the ditch, outline features of your quilt, use stencils and “borders made easy”, make and use multiple “Golden Threads Quilting Paper” patterns, and learn various patterns to decorate your blocks or borders.
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Tuesday, Sept. 21, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Convergence Quilt #1 with Viv Smith
Cost: $40.00 (plus cost of materials)
Make two hall hanging quilts at the same time from Viv’s new pattern which she designed after reading and playing with ideas from Ricky Timms’ Convergence Quilts book.
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Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Beginning Hawaiian Appliqué with Barbara Bieraugel
Cost: $35/1st class; $20/2nd class (plus cost of materials)
Learn the art of Hawaiian Appliqué as you create a traditional cushion cover. There will be a variety of kits available to choose from with the appliqué already cut and ready for you to work on. Two 3-hour sessions are recommended.
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Friday, Sept. 24, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Cosmic Stars with Catherine Wynne
Cost: $40 (plus cost of materials)
Practice accurate piecing to create the “Cosmic Star” block. It’s not as difficult as it looks!
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Saturday, Sept. 25, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
It’s a Wrap Fabric Bowls with Annabelle Treacy
Cost: $40 (plus cost of materials)
Use up all those scraps of fabric making some fabric bowls. Large or small, round or oval, these bowls look great and make wonderful gifts.
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Saturday, Sept. 25, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Knitting Group with Karen Barry/Barbara Bieraugel
$20/1st class; $10/each additional class.
Please join us for a couple of hours of stitching and sharing. No charge – treats included! Beginners are welcome – please let us know in advance if you would like to schedule personalized instruction with one of our knitting teachers.

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Monday, Sept. 27, 1:00 – 5:00 pm

Quilting with your Free Motion Foot with Viv Smith Cost: $30 (plus cost of materials) In this class you will learn to free motion quilt with patters like the meander, stippling, flowers, and leaves, etc; make and use multiple “Golden Threads Quilting Paper” patterns to fit blocks, triangles, and different sized borders; learn “back to front” free motion quilting; and use different threads and their corresponding needles for various looks.

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Tuesday, Sept. 28, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Convergence #2 with Viv Smith

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Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1:00 – 4:00 pm Beginning Hawaiian Appliqué with Barbara Bieraugel Cost: $35/1st class; $20/2nd class (plus cost of materials) Learn the art of Hawaiian Appliqué as you create a traditional cushion cover. There will be a variety of kits available to choose from with the appliqué already cut and ready for you to work on. Two 3-hour sessions are recommended.

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Other Information:

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Quilt Passions 2010 Block of the Month program: There’s still time to get started on our ten month program called Americana Modern.  It is a great blend of piecing and machine or hand appliqué, all done up in our beautiful batik fabrics.  Come see the sample in our store.

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Interested in a class but you don't see it on the schedule?  Please let us know if you see a sample quilt or pattern for which you would like a class, or if there's a new skill that you would like to learn.  Once we have enough people we will be happy to help create a class.  We are also available for club meetings or workshops away from the store -- just let us know!

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Tip of the Month: 

Preparing for Quilting – Choosing a Design

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§        Crosshatching and other lines quilted close together can enhance larger quilting designs in the foreground.

§        On a piece of cling-wrap ( about 24” x 24”) draw the quilting design with a colored pencil and lay it on tip of the finished top.  If you like it, use it, if not start again. 

§        Choose quilt designs that will enhance the back of you quilt.  Using a plain backing will show your pattern on the back.

§        Choose something that complements, or draws the ey to the pieced or appliquéd design.  I shouldn’t compete with the block design.

§        Use simple lines if there is a strong fabric pattern which hides the stitching and fancier designs if the fabric is rather plain and will allow the quilting to show. 

§        Repeat the piecework design in your quilting such as quilting fans on a fan block or hearts on a heart quilt.

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Big Island Quilt Guilds

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Aloha Quilters of Kona is composed of quilters working in both traditional and Hawaiian styles.  This group meets informally for about 2 hours the THIRD Saturday of each month, except November and December, at ChristChurch, Episcopal (Wallace Hall), on Konaweana High School Road

in Kealalekua.  The meeting starts at 9:30 a. m.  We share old and new ideas and techniques to promote the art of quilting in the community.  New members and visitors, whether novice quilters or "old hands" are welcome.  Often, there is a demonstration of a new quilting technique held after the regular meeting.  Bring something for “show & tell”.  For more information call Dawn Castelli at 322-7962.

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SKEA Fiber Arts meets the SECOND Wednesday of every month, at the SKEA (Society for Kona’s Education & Art), on Hwy 11 in Honaunau.  Time is 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.  Bring a lunch, ideas for projects, show and tell items, something to work on, a sewing machine (with extension cord) if you wish. Be there or be square—or both!   Open to everyone, the cost is a $5.00 per-meeting contribution to SKEA.  For more information call Catherine Wynne at 328-8848 or Annabelle Treacy at 322-0710.

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Mauna Kea Quilters, started in 1997, are a group of patchwork quilters who enjoy sharing our love of quilting with others and helping our community.  Each year we donate many quilts to help raise money for worthwhile organizations such as Malalai (The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School) and Relay for Life. We have provided quilts to the police/fire department and NorthHawaiiCommunityHospital for those in need. We welcome you to join us for our monthly meetings on the 2nd Saturday of the month from 9:30am to Noon in the meeting room of the Thelma Parker Memorial Library in Waimea. We always have a business meeting, show and tell and we try to have a demonstration or class at each meeting as well. For more information call Becky Parkinson at 937 2159.

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*** Ongoing This Month ***

Monthly drawings at Quilt Passions -- Stop by and enter to win one of three gift certificates we’ll be giving away!   Only one entry per visit, but you can enter as many times as you like!  Last month’s winners are:

Winner 1: Amanda Jensen
Winner 2: Sandy Ah Sam
Winner 3: Christina Schuler
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Quilt Passions wants to wish you a Happy Birthday!  Stop by the shop within three days of your birthday and receive a discount on your total purchase of ½ your age (up to 35%, ID required).

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Class Policies:

Reserving your class:  Classes are reserved on a first come basis; call 808‑329‑7475 to reserve your spot.

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Effective April 1^st, we will have a new policy on how classes at Quilt Passions are paid for. At the time of registration we will collect a registration fee ($10 for the first session and $5 for each additional session for multi-session classes) to hold your spot in the class. The balance of the class fee will be paid in cash directly to the instructor on the day of the class. Thank you.

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Cancellations:  We reserve the right to cancel a class if less than the minimum number of students has not been met one day prior to the class.  If the class is cancelled, we will refund your class fee, or apply it to another class or a purchase of merchandise.

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Supplies:  We would appreciate it if you purchase your class supplies at Quilt Passions. To encourage this, a 10% discount on class supplies will be given during class time.  Be sure to ask for your supply list.

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Sewing Machines:  We have 2 sewing machines for your class use. If you would like to use one, please call Quilt Passions at 808-329-7475 to reserve yours.

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COMING UP in October (Dates subject to change)

Saturday, October 2, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
My First Quilt #2 with Annabelle Treacy

Saturday, October 2, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Knitting Group with Karen Barry/Barbara Bieraugel

Wednesday, October 6, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Beginning Hawaiian Appliqué with Barbara Bieraugel

Friday, October 8, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Gadget Demo with Sara Alvstad

Saturday, October 9, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Knitting Group with Karen Barry/Barbara Bieraugel

Wednesday, October 13, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Beginning Hawaiian Appliqué with Barbara Bieraugel

Thursday, October 14, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Turtle Cove with Barbara Bieraugel

Saturday, October 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Knitting Group with Karen Barry/Barbara Bieraugel

Tuesday, October 19, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Thread Calligraphy with Annabelle Treacy

Wednesday, October 20, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Beginning Hawaiian Appliqué with Barbara Bieraugel

Thursday, October 21, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fish Potholder with Barbara Thomas

Saturday, October 23, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
My First Quilt #3 with Annabelle Treacy

Saturday, October 23, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Knitting Group with Karen Barry/Barbara Bieraugel

Tuesday, October 26, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Hawaiian Quilt Design with Nancy Lee Chong

Wednesday, October 27, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Two-Fabric Appliqué with Nancy Lee Chong

Thursday, October 28, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Needle Turn Appliqué with Nancy Lee Chong

Saturday, October 30, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Knitting Group with Karen Barry/Barbara Bieraugel