General Meeting and BINGO!

When: September 9, 2024 @ 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Where: New Hope Church – Social Hall, 121-B N. Knights Ave, Brandon FL 33510

General Meeting and BINGO! You read that right: BINGO! There is no buy-in required. All attendees will be given bingo sheets. Please bring your bingo dauber, highlighter or markers to mark your cards. Get ready[…]

General Meeting: Kelly Garcia and Two Crafty Mooses

When: August 12, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: New Hope Church – Social Hall, 121-B N. Knights Avenue, Brandon FL 33510

Kelly Garcia is the owner of Two Crafty Mooses and a Certified Instructor with Studio 180 Designs Kelly discovered a love for sewing in junior high school, home economics class.  At that time, a machine[…]

Open Sew Day

When: May 25, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: Bloomingdale Regional Library, 1906 Bloomingdale Avenue, Valrico FL 33596

Open Sew Day! Here’s your chance to socialize, work on your own projects, make community service quilts or blessing bags; maybe even a Quilt Show Boutique item. Bring your sewing machine and anything else you[…]

General Meeting: Cassandra Ireland Beaver and Stashed! Developing a Stash That Works With Your Style

When: July 8, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: New Hope Church – Social Hall, 121-N Nights Avenue, Brandon FL 33510

Cassandra Ireland Beaver has been sewing for as long as she can remember. She loves looking for inspiration in her surroundings, and her life as a theatrical scenic and costume designer heavily influences her quilt[…]

Barn Quilt Workshop

When: March 23, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Where: Dickman Building, 305 N US Hwy 41, Ruskin, FL 33570

INSTRUCTOR: Nicole Essel – 2023 1st Place Barn Quilt Winner for the Florida State Fair. Unleash your creativity at our Barn Quilt Workshop! Join Nicole Essel for a hands-on experience where you’ll learn the art[…]

Laura Heine Collage Class – 2-Day Workshop

When: September 14, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Where: New Hope Social Hall, 120 N Knights Avenue, Brandon, FL 33510

CLASS IS FULL Instructor: Cathleene Tokish Sweet Darling Quilts Cathleene is a certified instructor in Laura Heine’s Collage method. Laura’s collage quilts have received world-wide attention! She travels throughout the states lecturing and teaching her[…]

Demystifying Design of Foundation Paper Piecing

When: June 15, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Where: Virtual

This may be  favorite class to teach because I don’t know anyone else who teaches quite what I offer. You’ll learn to create foundations for everything from traditional blocks to pictorial quilts. We’ll start with[…]

Quilt-As-You-Go: 7 techniques to assemble your quilt section by section (Session 2)

When: April 15, 2024 @ 9:30 am – 4:15 pm
Where: Vitual

Instructor Name:   Marie-Claire Charette 7 Techniques QAYG Prep Work It is difficult to squeeze a large quilt through the opening of a sewing machine and you don’t want to pay for quilting and want the[…]

Quilt-As-You-Go: 7 techniques to assemble your quilt section by section

When: April 13, 2024 @ 9:30 am – 4:15 pm
Where: Vitual

Instructor Name:   Marie-Claire Charette 7 Techniques QAYG Prep Work It is difficult to squeeze a large quilt through the opening of a sewing machine and you don’t want to pay for quilting and want the[…]

Thread Painted Landscapes Woodlands

When: January 13, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Where: New Hope Social Hall, 120 N Knights Avenue, Brandon, FL 33510

Thread Painted Landscapes Woodlands Instructor:  Nancy Prince https://nancyprince.com/ Nancy’s thread painted landscapes have been student’s favorites for many years.  Using her anyone-can-do-it approach, you will learn how simple thread painting is. A zigzag or straight[…]