The Garden Club Redux Embroidery BOM Class with Ollie Gray

The Garden Club Redux Embroidery Block of the Month Class with Ollie Gray will be held on six dates. The third date will be August 22, 2020, the fourth date will be September 26, 2020, the fifth date will be October 10, 2020 and the sixth date will be November 14, 2020.

Masks are required per Pennsylvania regulations due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Instruction will begin at 10:00 AM and end at 2:00 PM for a total of 4 hours each day and 24 hours for the class. Students can stay until 9:00 PM to continue working on their project. The class requires a minimum of 6 students to be held and will be capped at a maximum of 8 students. Feel free to bring snacks or lunch for the day. There are also several restaurants in the area.

The class will use The Garden Club Redux by Smith Street Designs. Included with the pattern is a CD with 11 applique embroidery designs to make one-design blocks that combine to make larger 12″ blocks. You can purchase the pattern at your local quilt shop or online from Amazon. Instructor Ollie Gray will be sending out any specific instructions and hints before each class.

The Garden Club is an applique quilt designed to be made with your embroidery machine. Originally published in 2006, the 17 embroidery designs have been updated and include Tack & Trim cutting lines. Also included are PDF files to print the applique shapes on fusible web, files for the Silhouette Cutting Machine, SVG and cutwork files.

Most of the embroidery designs fit a sewing field of 145mm x 200mm. Remaining designs are divided and require re-hooping. Thread charts are on the CD.

The CD includes the following file formats: ART, DST, EXP, HUS,JEF, PCS, PES, VIP, VP3, and XXX.

Supplies Required:

• Embroidery Machine and accessories (needles, pins, scissors, rotary cutter, rulers, etc)
• Embroidery Thread
• Bobbin Thread
• Fabric (See the pattern for fabric requirements, options available for Lap Quilt, Bed Quilt, or Table Topper.
• Self Adhesive Sticky Stabilizer
• Light Weight Tearaway Stabilizer
• Adhesive Spray
• Sharp Embroidery Scissors
• 6-1/2″  24-1/2″ Cutting Ruler
• 6-1/2″ square and 12-1/2″ square (helpful but not required)
• Water Soluble Marker for re-hooping
• Licensed copy of The Garden Club Redux by Smith Street Designs
  • You can purchase the pattern at your local quilt shop or online from Amazon.