Hand Guided New Owner Intermediate Classes

Hand Guided New Owner Intermediate Class Description and Dates

2-day Hand Guided Classes For New Owners
9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Stevensville, Michigan, 2012 schedule:

Monday/Tuesday
March 19-20
June 18-19
August 27-28
September 17-18

Friday/Saturday
March 23-24
May 18-19
September 14-15
November 16-17


*Based on customer demand, additional classes may be added to the schedule.

We recommend that you sign up to take this class 4-8 weeks after your delivery, or within the first year of owning your machine. Throughout the 2 days of training you will receive many additional tips from questions asked by other students, and from Julie's years of experience!

Day 1 - AM

Maintenance of your Gammill:
Oiling
Changing needles
Check spring
Bobbin tension
Adjusting the hopping foot
Bobbin winder O-ring
Bedding the machine
Care of table/tracks

PM

Machine Training:
Measuring
Loading the quilt
Batting choices
Backings
Thread choices
Adjusting tension for various threads
Overall Free-motion

Day 2 - AM

Continued Machine Training:
Borders
Block inserts
Corner inserts
Echoing
Stippling
Cross-hatching
Gam-guide and other options for SID
Free-hand Sashing
Favorite Tools

PM

Basic Business Operations:
Show-n-Tell
Taking in Quilts
Deciding on patterns
Setting prices
Marketing ideas
Time management
Questions and Additional hands-on
quilting (as time allows)