Hybrid Classes

See new classes for fall 2024 below, listed alphabetically.

Classes are taught in person in the Meerkat Studio in Elora.

Hybrid option available for students to join classes online.

Individual Sign Ups are welcome. Special Rates for Guilds and Groups.

Africhic Armbag

Hand stitching live classes. Learn Japanese folded patchwork to make a beautiful and useful bag. Suitable for all levels, including beginners. Pattern and optional kit extra.

Free Thread Catcher Pattern Included!

Friday October 4: 1pm to 4pm ET

Saturday October 5: 1pm to 4pm ET

Time: ½ day

Fee: $40

Afrigami Purse

Machine stitching live classes. Grab an orphan block, or create an improv pieced square and convert it into a neat quilted purse. Learn to use your walking foot for quilting and binding all by machine. Suitable for all levels. Pattern and optional kit extra.

Time: ½ day

Fee: $40

Equinox Throw or Table Runner

Machine stitching live classes. Learn improv strip piecing and appliqué. Suitable for all levels, including beginners. Pattern and optional kit extra.

Time: ½ day

Fee: $40

Quilty Colour Sense

Machine stitching live classes. Learn about colour theory, tips and tricks to help you discover your innate “quilty” sense of colour. Suitable for quilters who would like to leave the safety net of kits and matching ranges of fabrics. Colour Wheel Pattern extra. No kit required.

Time: ½ day

Fee: $40

Repurposing Riff on a Rice Bag

Machine and hand stitching live classes. Create a handy project bag styled on a traditional Japanese Rice Bag with vintage napkins as pockets and recycled shoelaces as drawstrings. Suitable for all levels, including beginners. Patterns and optional kits extra.

Time: ½ day

Fee: $40

Reverse Appliqué

Hand stitching live classes. Two versions taught in each class: Traditional or Modern. Learn needle turn appliqué on simple patterns for beginners with a view to attempt more complex patterns like those in “Dutch Treat” by Judy Garden, the inspiration for this class. Suitable for all levels, including beginners. Patterns and optional kits extra.

Free Thread Catcher Pattern Included!

Friday September 13 : 1pm to 4pm ET

Saturday September 14: 1pm to 4pm ET

Time: ½ day

Fee: $40

Class Series: Sashing that Sashays

Machine stitching live online classes. Expand your improv design skills to work without a pattern. Learn about colour theory, design theory and improv piecing skills. Suitable for advanced beginners and more. No pattern or kit required.

Register for Individual Classes @ $40 each
Register for Full Series @ $200
New dates upcoming

1pm to 4pm Eastern Time

Quilty Colour Sense Class included for free when you sign up for the Series!