Dear Friends,

Through Saturday, 12/20/25, you can earn a 15% discount card every time you bring in an unexpired, non-perishable food donation to Capital Quilts. All food will be donated to Manna Food Center. Please try to include some of the most needed items, listed below. 

 Happy Sewing!  

-Marianne

I've brought in five of the most delightful prints from P&B's Fall Friends.

Also from P&B is Bountiful by Sandy Clough, featuring pumpkins and foliage in an elegant palette. There are two panels, a double border stripe.

Wendy Sheppard has written THREE patterns for your piecing pleasure!

Classes

We are currently working on scheduling classes for the new year. Please be patient! And, let me know of any classes you'd like to see.  I'll do my best!

Our first actual class for 2026 is ... the Bodobo Pucker Up Project Tote! This bag is great! If you've been in one of our charitable workshops, you may have seen Linda Henson's bag. You can make it yourself!! It's a perfect bag for quilting, knitting, shopping, the pool, and more.

Registration for 2026 Second Saturday is now open, and the project has been revealed: Dancing Dresdens! It will be co-taught by Jan and Betsy.

Dresden plates are such happy blocks! Not only are they fun to stitch, but they can be made into so many useful items, from full-size quilts to throws to table runners to pillows to totes. We’ll be working from Candyce Copp Grisham’s book, Dresden Quilt Blocks Reimagined, to make Dresdens with different edge finishes, plain and pieced wedges, and different sizes. These Dresdens have turned edges, so they are super-easy to machine-stitch into place. Each Dresden can stand alone or be layered for a fun, dancing effect.

To make a sampler quilt (like the example), we’ll show you how to pre-quilt a sandwich with your walking foot, appliqué the Dresden into place, and assemble the quilted blocks using the quilt-as-you-go gusset & cover strip method.

Do you need a little extra motivation to get your UFOs (UnFinshed Objects) done? The Area 51 Club is for you! Between February and December, make progress on 10 of your UFO projects (one each month), and report in by the deadline. Each milestone earns an discount coupon and a chance at the grand prize drawing (10 projects done = 10 discount coupons and 10 chances to win the grand prize).

The Longarm & ProStitcher Club for 2025 is now on the schedule as well! This Club is open to all long-arm quilters, regardless of the brand of machine you own.  Enjoy a lecture each month, with either a guest speaker or a club member with expertise in the particular skill being demonstrated, and a Q&A period.

The Hand-Piecers' Club for 2026 is available for registrations.

The English Paper Piecing Club is also open for 2026 registrations. Next year, they will welcome other handwork as well: embroidery, applique, crochet, knitting, etc.

Please note that we will be CLOSED on Thursday, December 25th in observance of Christmas, and will close at 3PM on the 24th.

CQ Cares (Community Sewing)

We have free pillowcase kits available! We donate all pillowcases to Ryan's Case for Smiles, who in turn distributes them to children battling serious illness. Pick one up next time you're in the shop, then complete it and return on your schedule. Alternately, use your stash and any of the Million Pillowcase Project patterns.

We have placemat kits available at the shop; please stop by to pick up one (or two). For those who want to sew from their stash, click on the picture for the beginner-friendly Charm Square Placemats pattern, or you can use your own pattern.

Please return all completed placemats to Capital Quilts.
Thank you for your continued support of the Capital Quilts Cares program. 

We have free small kennel quilts kits available. These little quilts are sent to shelters who take in pets displaced by natural disasters. To quilters, they are a great beginner project, a use for leftover fabric, and a place to practice free motion skills. To use your stash, visit www.kennelquilts.com