Gammill Rental Certification
Become certified on Trudy, our Gammill Statler Stitcher, and then machine quilt your own tops.
Rental time is available in 1/2- hour increments for $15/hour.
See times below or call the shop to arrange a private certification class.
Friday November 21 11AM-2PM
Friday December 19 11AM-2PM
Friday January 16 11AM-2PM
Fee: Call the Shop + Book
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Getting Started – Long Arm 101 – Beginner (Owners & Non-owners are welcome)
Participants will walk through phases of machine quilting including – Planning, Preparation,
Loading, Stabilizing, Quilting, Turning and Finishing. Discussion of tools, threads, batting and
machine set-up is featured. Instruction on background fills, pantograph technique and basic free
motion quilting is also included.
Friday November 21 3:00 – 6:00 PM
Friday January 16 3:00 – 6:00 PM
Fee: $45.00 (+$10 materials fee)
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Quilting Basics – Long-Arm 102 – Beginner
This class focuses on basic quilting on a Mid- or Long-Arm machine. Participants will learn more
advanced background fills, basic quilting shapes, and basic stitch-in-the-ditch techniques.
Beginning free-motion block work is also included.
Thursday October 30 Noon – 3:00 PM
Friday December 19 3:00 – 6:00 PM
Fee: $45.00 (+book, materials fee - note: materials fee waived if you take 101 and bring the
materials purchased during that class)
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Quilting Borders & Sashings on a Mid/Long-Arm Machine – Confident Beginner/Intermediate
Learn techniques for free-motion, pantograph, and spaced borders. Learn dozens of free-motion
sashing patterns as well as techniques for stabilizing, marking and turning quilts for complex
borders.
Saturday November 8 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Fee: $50.00 (+book/stencil)
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Block Building on a Mid/Long-Arm Machine – Intermediate
Learn techniques for planning, marking, and quilting plain and pieced blocks. Features free-
motion, laser- guided, marked and other precision techniques. Quilting appliqués blocks including
echo quilting is discussed and demonstrated.
Saturday Jan 10 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Fee: $50.00 (+book/stencil)
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Interpretive Quilting & Feathers & Ferns on a Mid/Long-Arm Machine – Advanced
Interpretive quilting involves drawing on the quilter’s vision, fabric & pattern clues, and the long-arm
quilters artistic skill to design and quilt patterns that unify the quilt. Various interpretive quilts will be
discussed. Also features an introduction to feathers and ferns, free-motion, Victorian, and
feathered wreaths, Using feathers and ferns as background fills to enhance block patterns is also
covered.
Friday February 20 3:00 – 6:00 PM
Fee: $50.00
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