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Members of the Jackson Women’s Sewing Club would like to share some ideas on classes and resources for people interested in sewing and other fiber arts and crafts. We are not endorsing any particular group but hope that you find these resources helpful. Please feel free to contact us to add some of your favorites to this list.
Local Classes and Resources
Quilting Classes & Fabrics - The Quilt Shop at Vac N’ Sew, 234 White Mtn Hwy, Conway, NH 03818 603 - 447 -3470 Quilting lessons, fabric and supplies. See their website for class schedule. www.quiltshopnh.com
Machine Quilting - Saima Davis of The Attic Cat 661 Town Hall Rd in Effingham, NH 603--539-4669
Machine Quilting and Quilting Supplies - Debb's North Woods Quilting, 1040 Milan Road, Milan. NH 03588 - (603) 449 - 2100. www.northwoodsquilting.com/
Machine Quilting - Patrician Designs - Custom Longarm Machine Quilting - Patricia Converse - Bridgton ME, 207 - 647 - 4348 www.patriciandesigns.biz
Local Quilting Group -- The Material Girls www.haletomaterialgirlsnh.blogspot.com -- Part of the RSVP program. Meets each month to make quilts that are donated to area charities . Contact Benny Jessemand at RSVP 356-9331
Weaving Lessons – Essence of Art, 10 Seavey St., North Conway, NH 03860 , 603 – 356-9045 Non - profit organization offering lessons and items for sale such as placements, scarves, table runners, tops and tunics made by members of this shop.
New Hampshire Quilt Documentation Project - Specialists come to local areas to photograph and document quilts. www.nhquiltdoc.org/
Local Products and Businesses of Interest
Simple Sacks - Beautiful fabric bags made in the North Conway shop by Eileen Russ and Cheryl Hurst - www.simplesacksnh.com
Essence of Art - 10 Seavey St, North Conway, NH - Beautiful one of a kind woven clothes and table runners, placemats and napkins all made on the premises.
Handcrafters Barn - North Conway next to Bavarian Chocolate House - featuring many handmade items by local artists, including those by Jackson Women's Sewing Club members.
Other Websites of Interest -
American Textile History Museum , Lowell, MA -Quilting, Spinning, Knitting and Weaving Lessons - www.athm.org
Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, Ludlow, VT - Learn Knitting, Quilting, Crocheting , Weaving and other fiber crafts in a school setting. Short one to two day classes offered with accommodations on campus or in local Inns. www.fletcherfarm.com
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME – Fiber arts classes with accommodations . www.haystack-mtn.org
Useful Links for Sewing and Quilting
Quilting – lessons and patterns including Beginner’s Guide to Quilting – www.quilt.com
Useful Links for Knitting and Other Fiber Arts
Festivals and Shows
Evergreen Quilt Show, First Parish Congregational Church, Main St, Saco, ME
Vermont Quilt Festival, Essex Junction, VT - www.vqf.org
Books Recommend by the New England Quilt Museum
2008 List -
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years - Elizabeth Wayland Barber
They Named Me Marjorie - Ann Zemke
The Quilter's Homecoming - Jennifer Chiaverini
A Purple Thread for Sky - Carol Bruneau
Anonymous Was A Woman - Mirra Bank
Leaving Riverton - Jodi Barows
Liz' Mercantile - Jodi Barrows
Quilty as Charged - Spike Gillespie
American Patchwork - Sonja Hakala
Ther New Year's Quilt - Jennifer Chiaverini
2007 List
A Civil War Diary – Rosemary Youngs
A Perfect Red – Amy Butler
Circle of Friends – Jennifer Chiaverini
Color – A Natural History of the Palette – Victoria Finlay
Lover’s Knot – Emilie Richards
Homage to Amanda: Two Hundred Years of American Quilts - Gail Binney - Sterne
Mary Frances Sewing Book - Jane Eayre Fryer
No Time on My Hands – Grace Synder
Pioneer Girl, Growing Up on the Prairie by Andrea Warren
The Age of Homespun – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
The Mill Girls – Bernice Selden
The Needle’s Eye- Marla R. Miller
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