CORN WAGON QUILT CO. GENERAL CLASS INFORMATION Please click the image for class policies and more information about our new, state-of-the-art Schoolhouse at Corn Wagon Too, located directly behind the quilt shop. You'll love sewing in this beautiful space! * PLEASE NOTE: All class fees are due upon registration. Class fees reserve your seat and compensate instructors for their time and expertise. For this reason, class fees are not refundable for any reason.* CLICK PHOTOS OR HEADINGS OF THE CLASS DESCRIPTION TO REGISTER, AND FOR FULL CLASS DETAILS AND SUPPLY LISTS.
2023 SEW ALONG: LORI HOLT'S "CALICO GARDEN" QUILT Follow along with Lori Holt for her newest Sew Along beginning January 2023! Sew a picturesque summer garden filled with flowers, veggies, butterflies and more using Lori's upcoming Calico fabric collection. Brimming with all the vintage charm we know and love Lori's style for, this is a must-make quilt for anyone who appreciates the blessings that come from the garden.
BAG CLASS: CHOOSE-YOUR-SIZE POPPINS BAG The Poppins Bag in the Little and Mini sizes are both so darling and fun to make! Structural stays, included in the pattern, plus Soft and Stable help keep its shape. Pockets inside store supplies for a sewing day with friends or a fun purse for everyday use. You can choose between the Little Poppins Bag, the best handbag size, or the Mini Poppins Bag, a great tiny tote or lunch bag. Come learn some bag-making techniques you have likely never tried before!
BAG CLASS: SEW TOGETHER BAG Everyone knows The Sew Together Bag -- but do you know the best way to put it all together? Shelley Taylor, our expert Bagineer, will guide you through each zipper and binding so you can have a professional finish. A limited number of kits in two different color stories are available in-store!
LECTURE: 12 STEP PERFECTIONIST RECOVERY PROGRAM After teaching quilters for nearly 10 years and now, as a professional life coach, Dara Tomasson has created this program to help women overcome perfectionism in their lives so that they can move past these limiting behaviors. Weight loss, relationships, productivity and general happiness increase when you are no longer limited by your perfectionist tendencies. In this workshop you can expect to take a deep dive into the root of perfectionism and why it is not your fault. Then you will learn the 12 steps to recovery. This class will boost your productivity, increase your joy and allow you to become more of who you really want to be.
LECTURE: PERMANENT MENTAL & PHYSICAL WEIGHT LOSS Not sure why you are able to lose weight but it always seems to come back on again? Is your mental health unstable? The missing piece in mental and physical weight loss is learning how to access the full capacity of your brain. Dara Tomasson is a professional quilter, turned life coach and she's coming to teach you her top three tools for ensuring mental and physical health. Enjoy an interactive workshop with a good mix of learning science for the brain and body. When you learn the tools and see them in use you will understand why permanent weight loss (physically and mentally) is no longer a dream but reality.
QUILT CLASS: BEGINNING PIECING Do YOU want to learn how to quilt? Our Beginning Piecing Class is the perfect place to start! Meet Suzanne Jackman and Lynette Christensen at Corn Wagon Too, where they will teach you everything you need to know to select coordinating fabrics, measure and cut accurately, piece blocks like a pro, and finish a quilt top. During this course you will make the beautiful Garden Stars Sampler quilt that finishes at 51" x 66" and is full of the techniques you'll need in almost any other quilt pattern -- sign up and learn to piece today!
QUILT CLASS: COLLAGE QUILTS - TWO-PART CLASS Collage quilting can be a fun and non-stressful quilting project (like never having to worry about matching points) and is a great scrap buster. It is an opportunity for you as a quilter to express your creativity in a different way!
QUILT CLASS: T-SHIRT QUILTS Many people have T-shirts that hold memories, though they no longer wear them. Instead of letting those shirts sit in a drawer, you can breathe new life into them by turning them into a T-shirt quilt. This all-day class, taught by Cheryl Wallin, will go over everything you need to know to create your own heirloom T-shirt quilt. This class will sell-out quickly, so register now!
QUILT CLASS: WANDER QUILT Come wander down imaginary paths as you learn to make this fun quilt block! This block uses a little Fondation Paper Piecing, some hand or machine applique, and a little curved piecing. You will love your finished quilt and the techniques you will learn!
WOOL CLASS: PRIMITIVE RUG HOOKING Learn the art of primitive rug hooking while creating one of these beautiful "rugs." You'll enjoy learning about this historic craft from our wool expert. Your project can be made into a wall hanging, pillow, table topper, or a rug for the floor. Choose from a variety of complete kits available in the shop.
2023 SECOND WEDNESDAY CLUB Second Wednesday this year will be so much fun! We will be making the Amish with a Twist V block-of-the-month sampler quilt by Nancy Rink. This is the 10th Anniversary of Nancy's block-of-the-month series for Marcus Fabrics! Finished quilt is 98″ x 98″. Fabric is Centennial Solids by Marcus Fabrics.
2023 SEWBOTS CLUB Where RETRO meets MOD; SEWBOTS is a new club geared toward modern quilts with throwback style. We will dial in on 3 quilt projects and meet for an atomically powered sew day once a month, January through December 2023 at the Schoolhouse! Join for 6 months or all 12 depending on the projects you are interested in. SEWBOTS are an intermediate group of modern sewists ready to accelerate through projects that are anything but obsolete! Monthly demo will begin at 10 am then we will sew the day away together at the Schoolhouse. Enjoy sewing with a network of friends who appreciate nostalgia as we rewind each month for a flash of the past and fast-forward with the most up-to-date quilting techniques.
S.A.B.L.E. SALE (SPRING) S.A.B.L.E stands for Stash Accumulated Beyond Life Expectancy. It's real. We know from experience and we want to help you out! Saturday, May 20th 2023 we are hosting a SPRING S.A.B.L.E SALE in our Corn Wagon Too parking lot! Rent a parking stall for $25 and set up shop 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. with fabric, patterns, kits, notions - - anything quilting related that you're wiling to part with. You set your own prices and manage your own transactions for your own De-stash Sale! You can even get a group of friends who are also affected by S.A.B.L.E. syndrome and share a space! We'll get the word out! You bring the goods!
2023 SEW-IT-ALL WEEKEND 2 - APRIL Are you a "Sew-It-All?" We want all of our Sew-It-All friends to join us as we Sew-It-All Weekend! Your registration fee includes lunch both days so you can sew non-stop at our retreat center. You will also receive a Sew-It-All pass good for exclusive discounts at the shop during the event! Bring ANY sewing project that needs finishing and Chris will be there to lend advice and help you trouble shoot. With two whole days dedicated to finishing projects you really can be a Sew-It-All!
2023 SEW-IT-ALL WEEKEND 3 - JULY Are you a "Sew-It-All?" We want all of our Sew-It-All friends to join us as we Sew-It-All Weekend! Your registration fee includes lunch both days so you can sew non-stop at our retreat center. You will also receive a Sew-It-All pass good for exclusive discounts at the shop during the event! Bring ANY sewing project that needs finishing and Chris will be there to lend advice and help you trouble shoot. With two whole days dedicated to finishing projects you really can be a Sew-It-All!
2023 SEW-IT-ALL WEEKEND 4 - SANTA'S WORKSHOP We want all of our "Sew-It-All" friends to join us as we Sew-It-All Weekend! With the holidays fast approaching we want you to ♫ "Sew it all - Sew it all - Sew it all the way!" ♫ Think of this Sew-It-All event as a Santa's Workshop where you can bring all your last minute Christmas sewing and, well, SEW-IT-ALL! Your registration fee includes lunch both days so you can sew non-stop at our retreat center. You will also receive a Sew-It-All pass good for exclusive discounts at the shop during the event! Bring any sewing project that needs finishing and Chris will be there to lend advice and help you trouble shoot. With two whole days dedicated to finishing projects you really can be a Sew-It-All, even during the holidays!
IT'S SEW SHANNON'S "FALL INTO QUILTING!" RETREAT -- SOLD OUT! If you have ever attended one of Shannon's retreats, you know you're in for some fun -- and this time we're celebrating all things FALL! At the retreat you can expect: make-and-takes, a fun swap, a mystery quilt-along, trunk show, show-n-tell and food, treats and the best part, plenty of open sew time with friends! Details will be sent out to each attendee after the event is full. Shannon can't wait to see (and SEW with) all of you!
2023 BOM: HOCUS POCUS QUILT - WITHOUT KITS The Hocus Pocus quilt will be such a MAGICAL quilt-along!
Natalie Smith will lead in 2023 will lead this Block-of-the-Month class every FIRST THURSDAY, starting January 2023 and ending October 2023. At each BOM class, we will distribute fabrics, do a giveaway, have a show & tell, and then Natalie will demonstrate the techniques used in that month's blocks.
2023 SATURDAY SAMPLER - PRINTS - SOLD OUT In the new year, we will be working on a super cute quilt in a NEW Corn Wagon Quilt Company Saturday Sampler! The theme for 2023 is "Choose Your Own Adventure". Our own Suzanne Jackman has designed a colorful beauty that will stun your family and friends. This program will run from January - October 2023. The quilt is a mystery, but will finish at 83" x 83". Our pretty fabric bundles will give you a hint! Choose your own adventure this year with two colorways. Click the heading or photo to see pictures of each month's blocks as they are revealed.
2023 SATURDAY SAMPLER - SOLIDS - SOLD OUT In the new year, we will be working on a super cute quilt in a NEW Corn Wagon Quilt Company Saturday Sampler! The theme for 2023 is "Choose Your Own Adventure". Our own Suzanne Jackman has designed a colorful beauty that will stun your family and friends. This program will run from January - October 2023. The quilt is a mystery, but will finish at 83" x 83". Our pretty fabric bundles will give you a hint! Choose your own adventure this year with two colorways. Click the heading or photo to see pictures of each month's blocks as they are revealed.
2022 SATURDAY SAMPLER - FINISHED In the new year, we will be working on a super cute quilt in a NEW Corn Wagon Quilt Company Block-of-the-Month! The theme for 2022 is "Thoroughly Modern Mystery". Our own Suzanne Jackman has designed a red, white, and blue beauty that will stun your family and friends. This program will run from January - October 2022. The quilt is a mystery, but will finish at 64 x 64. Our pretty fabric bundle will give you a hint! Click the heading or photo to see pictures of each month's blocks as they are revealed.
2022-24 BOM: DEAR JANE (AFTERNOON CLASS) - - SOLD OUT Karen Averett is our resident expert on all things Dear Jane! She has all the tips and tricks to teach YOU to make this one-of-a-kind heirloom quilt in this 18-month Block of the Month class. Each month, you will receive instructions for the block assignments for the month, plus a paper-piecing pattern for each row, and all the tips and tricks you'll need to make these unique blocks!
2022-24 BOM: DEAR JANE (EVENING CLASS) - - SOLD OUT Karen Averett is our resident expert on all things Dear Jane! She has all the tips and tricks to teach YOU to make this one-of-a-kind heirloom quilt in this 18-month Block of the Month class. Each month, you will receive instructions for the block assignments for the month, plus a paper-piecing pattern for each row, and all the tips and tricks you'll need to make these unique blocks!