Free Sewing Day + Sewing for Community Quilts
Let's Focus on Pillow Cases, Drawstring Bags and Pin Basting
• Public Library, 239 N. Spring St. at Gregory
SOS offers a FREE day of FREE sewing and visiting with friends. Bring you own projects to work on.
          And please plan spending some time helping Community Quilts by cutting pillow case kits and drawstring bag kits. Plus, we will have raised tables for pin-basting some quilts for Community Quilts——and yourself if you have a quilt top ready! Feel free to bring a medium-to-large quilt top that's ready to turn into a "quilt sandwich" for free-motion quilting or hand quilting!
      The library is the perfect location! Ample tables in a large space, perfect spot for hand- or machine-sewing! Plus room to raise the tables for easy cutting and pin basting as a group. We’ll pin-baste the first quilt as a group and work on more as time allows––depending on how many show up to help. Sign up online or at monthly meetings.
SUPPLIES: If you plan to bring your own quilt for pin basting: be sure to bring about 300 small quilting pins (a slight curve on one side makes quilt-pinning easier). Experienced "pinners" seem to prefer Dritz brand 1-1/8 inch. (You need to supply your own pins because you'll be taking them home with you. ) Plus you might want to bring on old teaspoon or a Kwik Klip for closing and opening the pins. And don't forget your quilt batting and the quilt backing. Both should be at least 8 inches larger than your quilt top in both directions, basically 4 inches per side. Please bring your sewing machine, power cord, standard sewing supplies, favorite rulers and cutters. We'll have cutting boards & rotary cutters, irons, and ironing boards.
•••••Did you know that WFPL now has a Makerspace at the downtown branch? They feature long arm machine quilting and table quilting. And it's FREE! Take of tour of the space while you there for this SOS. To learn more or to book a session, just send email to sewing@mywfpl.com. If you don't already have a library card, this would certainly be a great reason to get one!