belquilt Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 I live in the Atlanta metro area and everyone I have met that has a LA has a Gammill. SO if anyone out there owns an APQS in Georgia, I would like to know!!! Is there a Longarm group in the area? I was just curious. I am proud to own my APQS and I tell the other ladies so!!!!!! There are so many wonderful classes and teachers but they are in the northwest. I have to save my money but intend to go to some of these clases. Maybe if there were more of us in Georgia, we could get some of these wonderful teachers to come here!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katydids Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hey Beth, I am in NW FL only about 5 hours away. Not that that is much help! Back in September, Myrna Ficken came here and did some classes and one of the girls attending was from your area, so they are out there, you just got to find them. Speaking of classes.... Myrna will be in Atlanta in early Dec. Check out her website for the listing. www.aquilterschoice.com Patty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagecl Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 I do believe there is a group in Atlanta...one of the LAer's here moved up from there...she owns an A-1...I think she mentioned that there was a group. One good way to find out about a group is to gather LA cards from the quilt shops and call them. Good Luck Cheryl Mathre Stone Creek Quilting Sandy Hook, VA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hi Beth, What great timing. Please let all your longarm friend know. I am so excited to be coming to the area. I will be holding classes in Atlanta Dec 3-7, 2006 Please pass the word. We will have 4 head and 2 tables for the class. Machine Seminars will be held December 1st and 2 nd for anyone wanting to try learn about and try APQS machines. Location: At the Country Inn & Suites Atlanta /Gwinnett Plc. Mall 3530 Breckenridge Blvd. Duluth, Ga. 30096 Phone: 678-405-2900 Classes: December 3, 2006, 9:00 - 4:00 $200.00 No cost for new APQS owners that have not had this class. Start-up Class: If you?re thinking about starting a machine quilting business of your own, or if you?ve just begun to create your business, this may be a very valuable class for you. Spend some time with me and I?ll start with the basics of a longarm business. I?ll share my 7-plus years? experience operating my own business and relate to you some important information about marketing your services and building your customer base. We?ll go through lots of information about order/consultation forms, thread selection and suppliers, batting selection and suppliers, samples and the important role they play in your business. In the second half of this class we will go to the machine to learn how to load a quilt, adjust tension, thread machine, use laser light to do pantographs and blocks. Let me share with you the things I?ve learned through operating my business and you can learn from my experiences. This is not a quilting class but a start up class for beginners. Dec. 4, 2006, 9:00 - 4:00 $200.00 Second step!!! Beginner, how do I quilt this. Now that you know you can really do this, it is time to get going on those customer quilts! Not to worry, it's a walk in the park. I will show you in more detail how to use pantos, turn corners and then turn the quilt to continue border designs. It's easy to quilt a block designs and do simple fillers to give a more custom look to the quilt. How about working with stencils? You say you want to finish the day off with some easy freehand quilting. Let's get started on the second step. Please bring quilt tops you might want to talk about. Dec. 4, 2006 5:00 - 8.00 PM $ 75.00 Basic Maintenance Oiling , timing and tensions, wheel and carriage adjustments, cleaning , when, how, and why, etc. Dec. 5, 2006, 9:00 - 4:00 $200.00 Just Do It: Hands On Class This is a beginner to intermediate level class in which you will learn some fun techniques for fillers, flowers, and all kinds of jazzy, funky, cool freehand designs that can be used on any quilt. We?ll learn some fast and easy edge-to-edge designs and do some thinking ?outside of the box.? We?ll work with designing a border and carrying parts of the design on through the sashings and into the blocks. We?re going to spend some time on stitching in the ditch and some alternatives to ditchwork. Bring quilts for discussion as time allows! This is a busy class, loaded with lots of great information and ideas!! December 6, 2006, 9:00 - 4:00 $200.00 Let?s Get It On With The Hartley Fence / Combined with Creating Spaces below: (Hands On Class) **Workbook available for purchase. Please bring your book to class if you have one. This is a beginner/intermediate level class. I?ll show you how easy it is to use your Hartley Fence to stitch perfect circles and perfectly straight diagonals for crosshatching your quilts. We?ll go over mounting the device to the table and go through all the basics as we discover design ideas for circles and diagonals and look at some quilts that showcase the beauty of these designs. We?ll move on to the Cookie Cutter Stencils and begin to show you some of the hundreds of designs that can be accomplished with the various shapes of Cookie Cutters available to us. Excellent class for those who own these tools and are ready to ?Get It On? and start making some $$ with these creative tools! Also a great class for those who don?t have a Fence yet and are contemplating the purchase of a circle-making device. Creating Spaces. This is a beginner/intermediate level class. One of my favorite things to do is to transform a quilt by creating new spaces within it. We can add to blocks, borders, sashings, etc. Learn to use your imagination and allow it to take you to spaces of your own creation on the quilt. We?ll see how easy it is to use tools that you may already own and we?ll also learn to use whatever we might have on hand! Then we'll discover what to do in these spaces! You have permission to have FUN in this class!! Dec. 7, 2006 9:00 - 4:00 $200.00 The Fabulous Feather: (hands on class) This is an intermediate level class, but confident beginners should accept this class as a bit of a challenge. So many feathers?.so little time! Whether yours are long and narrow, short and wide, spiky, curvy, fluffy or flat --- everybody loves feathers! We?re going to get started with our most simple feather designs and we?ll work them up to a sizzle! C?mon guys and gals! You?ll love this class not only for the feathers, but also for the other elements and ideas that you?ll carry over into other designs. I?ll show you some different techniques as well, including a bit of faux trapunto, trapunto, wreaths, swags, and decorative threads. Its all designed to make those feather designs blaze on your quilts! Bring your imagination, pencil and paper along with a full dose of energy and attitude! Classes must be prepaid, no refunds can be given after November 25th. Contact info to register, myrna@tksinc.us or myrna@apqs.com 435-229-2703 cell or 435-635-7900 studio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Cynthia Willard is in Cummings - she's on the APQS board here. I think her username is GiftedHands. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evdH Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hi Beth, I live in Peachtree City and would love to find out about a longarm group in Georgia also. I plan on taking Myrna's classes when she is here next month. Hope to meet you soon. Elizabeth van den Heuvel Peachtree City, Georgia Mille w/(very soon) Compuquilter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Looking forward to seeing you again Elizabeth. Anyone in the area wanting to join us give me a call. Lots to share and fun to be had. A little R & R before the Holidays. Myrna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belquilt Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Thank you everyone for responding! I have send Myrna an email about attending AT LEAST the start up class and need to check with my VP about taking at least Monday off to go to her classes on that day. But the most important thing is to meet all of you that are attending and that also own APQS machines. All the women in my quilt guild that have LA's have something else. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrna Ficken Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Hi Beth, My email is not working at the moment. Please give me a call at 435-635-7900 ot 435-229-2703 and lets get you registered. Myrna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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