Classes, Workshops, & Events
Unleash your creativity and create a pincushion (or two… or three…) for our contest!
Schedule
- May 1 - May 15: Drop off your pincushions
- May 16 - May 30: Place your votes
- June 1: Winners announced!
May 19 - 20 (Saturday & Sunday), 10 am - 4 pm
Professor Janet Siegel Rogers
Explore the action and interaction of color through hands-on experiments with renowned artist and FAU professor Janet Siegel Rogers. Read more >
Third Sunday of each month, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- April 15
- May 20
- June 17
Sandy Mackay
Skill Level: Complete novice through experienced sewers! Everyone is welcome.
Do you enjoy hand sewing? Have you admired antique and modern appliqué quilts but were afraid to try? Or are you an experienced appliquer who wants to spend time sewing with kindred spirits? Come to CQ’s new monthly hand appliqué club. Read more >
May 1, 8, 15, 22, and June 5, & 12 (Tuesdays): 6:00 - 9:00 pm
(DATE CHANGE: To allow vacations during Memorial Week, we have removed May 29th and added June12th. Thank you.)
Instructor: Nancy Ruddock
This jacket is absolutely exquisite! Come into CQ to see how gorgeous it is!
Nancy will be teaching students a long list of skills in this wonderful workshop… You will start by creating a personalized muslin pattern for your jacket, learning how to measure a body for a pattern, and how to change a pattern to make it fit you just right. (That’s right, this jacket is not built over a sweatshirt - you are creating it from scratch to fit your fabulous curves!) Then you will learn how to make the angled bargello strips and sew them onto your pattern pieces in the beautiful layout of your choice. Finally you will learn how to construct the jacket from all your pieces! This jam-packed 6-week workshop is intended for intermediate to advanced sewers. Read more >
Every Wednesday, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Hosted By: Denise Dodge & Jensi Rogers
Why spend money on more fabrics when gorgeous quilts are waiting to be created out of what you already have? Use all those scraps that have been piling up over the years! Join avid quilter Denise Dodge and learn tips and tricks for using your “extra” fabric…
- Block of the Month!
- On the first Wednesday each month, one of the Oh Scrappers will present a block
- Each member will make the block out of the scraps of their choice
- At the end, you will have a completely unique quilt — and you may learn a few new skills along the way!
- Jump in anytime — this is an ongoing club, so you can start your BOM at any point
- Cut your fabric scraps into common quilt-ready sizes (you may use the AccuQuilt Studio cutting system to speed up the process!)
- Organize your scraps to make quilting the pieces easy and fun
- Exchange scraps with others to gather the colors, prints, tones, or sizes you need for your projects
- Sew your own scrap quilts and share them with others
- Discover various scrap quilt patterns and decide whether to use them for your next patchwork project!
Almost every Wednesday, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Instructor: Deby Ryan, an alterations and upholstery expert!
Master Seamstress Deby Ryan will be at the CQ studio for FREE personal consultations. Bring in your alterations, upholstery, or garment design issues and she’ll offer her advice based on over 3 decades of experience. Then you can decide whether you’d like to tackle it on your own, book a class, or have Deby do all the work for you! No high-pressure sales, just great advice.
Rollover the calendar date on the right to see if Deby will be in this Wednesday!
If possible, please RSVP at 978-388-8000 to let us know when you will be joining us. RSVP is not a requirement, though, so feel free to just stop by… Thanks!
Every Thursday @ 6:00 pm
Thursday Therapy!
CQ members get together for dinner every Thursday. If you want to join us, let us know before 3pm on Wednesday.
We take turns cooking something creative in a Crock Pot, or bringing something in from home. This is an informal gathering to chat, share, eat, and enjoy. Come and have fun! Read more >
To honor those who have fallen and to give family time for those who are still with us, Crafters Quarters will be closed May 26-27, for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Have a wonderful weekend! We will open as usual on Tuesday morning at 10am!
First Friday of every month, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- April 6
- May 4
- June 1
Quilt ‘Til You Wilt!
Instructor: Ann Cummings
Use your scraps and those available at CQ to create one of the most popular quilt patterns ever, the log cabin OR work on any U(n) F(inished) O(bject) you wish!
Got a project you need to finish but have been putting it off? This evening is the perfect opportunity to make some progress. If, instead, you would like to learn how to create log cabin blocks, Ann will show you how to chain-piece multiple blocks at a time. You will be surprised at how many you can make in a single sitting. Before you know it, you will have enough blocks for whatever size quilt you want to make! There are so many fabulous layouts you will never get tired of making these blocks. Ann will also share tips on how to make two-color and controlled-scrappy log cabin quilts. Read more >
June 2 (Saturday); 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Instructor: Stephanye Schuyler
(Note: this workshop can be taken alone, or as Session 1 with Fabric Collage Construction)
Stephanye Schuyler’s fabric collage quilts have been accepted into the Houston show this year! In this 2-part series, Stephanye will show you the techniques she used to create her uniquely beautiful works of art. Students will explore a path to their creativity through the development of a small fabric collage quilt. This is a two-session class, but students can opt to take either one of the sessions if they wish.
Session 1 will focus on the design of the fabric collage for students interested in creating their own piece. Stephanye will show you how to explore color and value as you learn the technique of translating your own photograph into a quilt! Read more >
