| General Class Information
Class Fees are due when you register.
Supply list will be provided when you register and supplies must be purchased prior to the start of class.
To ensure the best possible results, we request that all fabric be purchased from Sunshine Stitches. We sell top quality fabrics in a wide variety of colors and patterns to suit every taste. Students will receive a 10% discount on all supplies purchased from Sunshine Stitches for the class.
Classes may be cancelled if enrollment is too low. If a class is cancelled by Sunshine Stitches, full refunds will be given.
If a student cancels a class 48 hours before the start of class, the class fee can be used for another class or applied toward store credit. Cancellations made within 48 hours of class will result in forfeiture of class fees.
Classes cancelled as a result of bad weather will be rescheduled.
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| Private Lessons
Don't see what you are looking for in our class list? Ask about a private lesson.
Cost: $ 25.00 |
Classes |
| Basic Clothing Construction
Learn basic clothing construction by making a pair of pajama pants. Students will learn how to read and use a pattern, how to select fabric, how to measure a hem and how to sew in a waistband.
Cost: $ 9.99 |
| Basket Lattice
Learn this great new technique, created by local artist, Sheri Pape. There is a secret to making a traditional basket lattice quilt using pre-cut fabric strip sets (or cutting your own 2 1/2" strips) and we are going to share the secret in this class. Students will make a 22" square table cover in the calss to learn and practice the technique. This project is good for anyone with basice quilt making skills.
Cost: $ 9.99 |
 | Beginning Quilting - Throw Quilt
This 6 week class teaches “classic” quilt blocks like the Triple Rail, the Log Cabin, Churn Dash and the Ohio Star as well as 5 other blocks that make up this 12-block sampler quilt. Students will learn how to select fabrics, use a rotary cutter, chain piece, strip piece and add borders. The class is for the true beginner or for someone interested in freshening up their skills.
Cost: $ 99.00 |
| Binding Class
Learn everything you need to know to finish your project. This class will give hands-on experience with two different binding techniques. First learn the traditional method for binding including the hand stitching. Then learn to bind using a tool to miter your corners. Once your corners are mitered you will learn to machine stitch binding using fusible thread to eliminate the need for hand stitching.
Cost: $ 14.99 |
 | Braid Runner Table Runner
A great looking table runner that can help you use up scraps and stash. This pattern uses a quilt as you go method so once the piecing is done all you need to do is add binding and you are done! This class is a perfect beginners class.
Cost: $ 9.99 |
 | Fat (quarters) gone? Let's Strip!
Now that you have used all your fat quarters, let’s start stripping! This started out as an opportunity to use up fat quarters from your stash but we don’t want to limit ourselves to just fat quarters. We will be using a pattern from Moda's Cutting Table, Jiffy Jelly Quilt for our August project. (Image is not the quilt we will be making)
Cost: $ 9.99 |
 | Lunchbox Baby
Does someone you know have a baby on the way? Been wondering how to do Embroidery Applique on your embroidery machine? This CD contains 9 designs for embroidery machines. Any machine is welcome but you must know how to load patterns for your particular brand of machine. Make burp clothes, hooded towels, bibs, diapers bags or a quilt. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Using scraps from your stash we will make a burp cloth in class. Once you own this CD and learn the technique you are ready to make unique and personal gifts for everyone with a baby!
Cost: $ 9.99 |
 | Mexican Stars
Make this stunning table runner using dimensional piecing. Dimensional piecing is a technique of layering and inserting folded fabric pieces into the seam lines of a pieced block. When a bias edge is turned back and stitched down, you have a curve. This project is for the beginner/intermediate quilter.
Cost: $ 19.99 |
| Moonlight Stitching at Sunshine Stitches
Spend a Friday night stitching at Sunshine Stitches. Bring your current project or that project that you put away but have been meaning to finish. This is open sewing from 6:00 pm until midnight. We will provide beverages and great company!
Cost: $ 9.99 |
| Oh My Stars Tablerunner
Learn to stitch six-point stars using strip piecing techniques. Making stars is as easy as sewing strips together. No insets! No Y-seams! Using techniques from Marci Baker’s Oh My Stars! (pg. 49) book students will learn to stitch no hassle stars. Once you have mastered this technique, the sky’s the limit!
Cost: $ 9.99 |
| T-Shirt Quilts
This is one of the most popular quilts of all time and is a great way to save those t-shirts that make you smile every time you see them. The shirts that you don’t wear anymore, don’t want to get rid of but don’t know what to do with. This class will show you how to plan out a t-shirt quilt, how to prepare the shirts, and how to crop and cut the shirts. Even though these quilts look hard, this project is actually fine for any beginner.
Cost: $ 9.99 |
 | The Abbey Bag Pincushion
Learn this fast, fun and easy pincushion and a scrap bag all sewn together in one of the cutest flowers ever! One won’t be enough – you will want to make one for all of your sewing friends. This is a great class for beginners!
Cost: $ 9.99 |
 | Tradewinds Quilt
Make this stunning quilt in just two class sessions using pre-cut 2 ½” strips, a Strip Tube Ruler and a free pattern from Hoffman Fabrics. This project is perfect for the beginning quilter.
Cost: $ 19.99 |
| Winter Snow Tablerunner
Don’t let the name scare you – this tablerunner is cool but has nothing to do with snow, winter or cold! Changing to a 60 degree design log cabin you have both diamond and triangle blocks. Vary the strips within the blocks and you have endless designs for many beautiful quilts. Using techniques from Sara Nephew and Marci Baker’s Not Your Grandmother’s Log Cabin (pg 109) book students will learn this easy technique. This class is great for beginning/intermediate quilters.
Cost: $ 9.99 |
