This 10-week quilting course teaches everything you need to know to start making your own quilts. This course covers the basics: getting to know your sewing machine, rotary cutting, fabric selection, and a variety of techniques for machine piecing quilt blocks. You make a sampler quilt and learn to sandwich, quilt, and bind your masterpiece. This is the perfect opportunity to explore the quilter's art, which is both ancient and modern! Finished size of sampler quilt: 42 in. x 53 in. Know before you sign up: The instruction is very much hands-on. Most classes are a combination of discussion, demonstration, and practice. You must have a sewing machine in good working order that you can bring to class. If your machine has not been serviced in the past year, please have it cleaned and oiled. Capital Quilts' machine technicians can clean and oil most brands of sewing machines. Allow two weeks for servicing.

Join us for ?From the First Stitch to the Last.? This class series with Janet Collins will teach you from the beginning how to quilt with templates and ruler. You will work through the range of patterns in the ?Janet Collins Ruler Quilt Design Book? starting from the ?First Stitch? to ?The Last?. Digital copy of Janet?s book is included with class enrollment. Sign up today to get started with ruler quilting, win prizes, and get exclusive discounts! If you are working toward your Home Certified Quilter rating, you?ll earn 6 credits upon completion of this class.

This is the perfect pattern for highlighting your favorite large print fabric. It is fast and straightforward, great for beginners and for making a quick gift. The darker sashing resembles a pathway set among garden blocks, or take a walk on the wild side and use an animal print. Make a child?s quilt and applique animals in the large blocks. It would also be wonderful for unusual fabrics, such as the Aboriginals. The possibilities are endless. The pattern includes directions for 4 sizes of quilts, lap, twin, queen, and king.