All classes are now held in our new classroom located across the parking lot from the main store, next to the Animal Hospital. Classroom will be open 15 minutes prior to start time of class.
We offer a 20% discount on notion, accessory & class supplies on class day!
Registration for any class can be done directly online, simply click thru the class description to register. Workshop Classes our free with machines purchased at Cynthia's of Bend, please call 541-383-1999 to register with no fee. All other classes require payment in full to hold your place in class. Refunds for class fees will be honored up to 3 days prior to class. * Refund policy may vary based on individual teacher, or major event.
Our classroom is available for your events!
Workshop space for 16, lecture space for 30, large cutting station, and two ironing stations.
Space available from 10:00AM to 4:30PM
2 - 4 hours - $75
4+ hours - $100
CLASSES
What is Ruler Work? Ruler Work is like Free Motion Quilting with “training wheels”. Rather than using a Free Motion Quilting Foot and hand-guided motion, you use a Ruler Foot and Ruler Work Templates to guide you as you stitch quilting designs on your quilt using a regular domestic sewing machine and extension table. Join Deb Ewing for the informative introduction to Ruler Work with your domestic machine. She will cover the topics below and more: Setting up your machine for Ruler Foot Quilting Why, when, and how to adjust the Ruler Foot Discussing the differences between various Rulers and Templates and their uses Using the Speed Control and foot pedal to "regulate" your speed for more even stitches How to sit and hold the fabric and ruler at the same time as you quilt Practicing stitching straight lines and curves with the Arc Ruler This is the foundation class for all other Ruler Work classes.
Cost: $ 25.00
Are you a quilter seeking to learn more about how to use your many quilting feet? Join Debra Ewing as she guides you through the ins and outs of using the most common quilting feet, including: • 1/4" foot • Walking Foot (including walking foot guides and optional walking foot accessories) • Stitch-In-The-Ditch foot (to do professional-looking SITD, make “Franken-batting”, and machine sew binding on both the back AND front of your quilts) • Open and Closed Toe Free Motion Feet • Hopping Foot • Ruler Foot • Left and Right Compensating (aka Bi-Level) Feet (for machine sewing a beautifully straight line of stitching to attach the binding to both the back AND the front of your quilt) as well as a few beautiful quilting stitches that are part of your machine and can be used with the Walking or Ditch Foot. Gain the knowledge and confidence to take your quilting to the next level. Prerequisites: Must have general knowledge of how to use your current machine including winding bobbin, threading machine and sewing experience
Cost: $ 25.00
The Mondo Bag is the perfect bag for the beach, a weekend away, a diaper bag, and more! EASY construction with perfect intersections and points! Bag bottom is about 10" square with 15" tall sides and features an interior pocket and loop for clip-on keychains!
Cost: $ 35.00
Join Sandy Combs for a fun filled and creative class covering how to construct and embroider a rope basket of your own design. The class will show you how to construct a rope canvas for your own embellishment or embroidery design, how to add the embroidery directly onto that rope canvas, then explore finishing options and techniques. You'll cover the canvas construction and embroidery on day one, then basket construction and finishing on day two. Bet you can't make just one.
Cost: $ 40.00
Motifs are made with ruler work templates - usually templates that have a pin hole in them allowing you to work (kind of like a spirograph) a 360 degree area. Many quilters like to use motifs in the blank (background) squares of a quilt (think Irish chain - which alternates a nine-patch and a blank square throughout the quilt).
Cost: $ 25.00
Now that you have experienced the Beginning Ruler Work, expand your skills with the Feather Borders class. Deb will teach how to use the 4-peice Feathers template set to create beautiful feather borders on any size quilt.
Cost: $ 25.00
Would you like to be able to quilt an entire quilt on your domestic machine with a basic meander pattern? The Winding Ways template used with a Ruler Foot makes this so do-able and looks so beautiful when it is completed! And it's fast once you learn how to use it! We'll go over how to use the template, including ways to offset the template so the quilted pattern looks more organic - AND what to do when you have more template than fabric at the end of a row. You're going to LOVE working with this template and what you can do with it! Prerequisite: Beginning Ruler Work class
Cost: $ 25.00
Calendar
Cynthia's of Bend is now making our Event Space available for groups to rent. Our Event Space has tables for up to 16, lecture space for 30, one large cutting station and two ironing stations. Space available for up to 2 hours $50, 2-4 hours $75 and 4+ hours $100. Space available from 10:AM to 4:30PM
Cynthia's is now the monthly meeting location for the American Sewing Guild local chapter. There are two groups that meet. The Eclectic Threads group is diverse, and our presentations vary, depending on the month, including those applicable to embroidery, garment accessories, quilting, sewing machine techniques and fabric crafting. We focus on techniques that can be applied to any sewn item, and occasionally, we'll do a project-based presentation. We also do sewing for community service organizations. The Eclectic Threads group meets from 10 am until noon on the 3rd Wednesday of each month except July and December. CONTACT INFO FOR ASG ECLECTIC THREADS GROUP - JERRY LINDSTROM jerry.lindstrom@bendbroadband.com
This class is designed to explore the "Applications Mode" (the T-Shirt icon on your Janome screen). Learn to use the preset functions in the Applications Mode to your advantage. Whether it's applique, basting/gathering, free motion quilting, doing Sashiko-type or hand-look stitches on your machine, the Application Mode will help you more quicky set up your machine to achieve great results. Application Mode is found in these machines: MC9400/9450/9480, MC15000/14000/12000, M6/M7/M8, M17, SKYLINE S7/S9.