"Keeping you quilting and sew happy!"
Financing Available on Machines!We offer a variety of different and unique classes that range in levels from entry level sewing all the way up to those who have been sewing for years. Below is a list of the upcoming scheduled classes with many more on its way.
Classes
Classes in Glastonbury
* Mini Mosaic Wall Hanging - Glastonbury - Sundays, March 22 and April 19, 2020 *
Mini Mosaic Quilts require very little to create and are so much fun! All you need is a pattern, lots of batik fabric scraps, sharp scissors, tweezers, sticky stabilizer, painter's tape, foam core as a work surface, and patience. Sewing is only required to complete the project. Finished size is 11" x 14".
Cost: $ 40.00
Mini Mosaic Quilts require very little to create and are so much fun! All you need is a pattern, lots of batik fabric scraps, sharp scissors, tweezers, sticky stabilizer, painter's tape, foam core as a work surface, and patience. Sewing is only required to complete the project. Finished size is 11" x 14".
Cost: $ 40.00
* NEW * - Kwik Krazy Kwilt - *Glastonbury* - Thursday, February 27
Perfect project for any quilter! Beginners will have certain success and experienced quilters will enjoy this innovative relaxed method. Warning this quilt is contagious!
Cost: $ 50.00
Perfect project for any quilter! Beginners will have certain success and experienced quilters will enjoy this innovative relaxed method. Warning this quilt is contagious!
Cost: $ 50.00
* NEW Friday & Saturday Sampler - Starting January - Glastonbury, Friday: 1/24, 5:00pm-5:45pm OR Saturday 1/25, 9:30am-10:15am
Join Marsha on a quilting adventure one block at a time. Pay $10 for the first kit and get the rest free if you: complete your block, arrive on time, and stay for the presentation. Learn lots of patchwork pointers, get acquainted with the latest quilting tools, meet wonderful people, and make a special quilt.
Cost: $ 10.00
Join Marsha on a quilting adventure one block at a time. Pay $10 for the first kit and get the rest free if you: complete your block, arrive on time, and stay for the presentation. Learn lots of patchwork pointers, get acquainted with the latest quilting tools, meet wonderful people, and make a special quilt.
Cost: $ 10.00
* Paper Pieced Tulip - Glastonbury - March 23 & April 20, 10am-12pm OR 6pm-8pm *
Have you ever wanted to learn how to paper piece? This class will teach you how to get those perfect sharp points and joined seams while creating a spring inspired wall hanging.
Cost: $ 35.00
Have you ever wanted to learn how to paper piece? This class will teach you how to get those perfect sharp points and joined seams while creating a spring inspired wall hanging.
Cost: $ 35.00
** Free Motion Quilting - Glastonbury - Saturday, 2/22, 10am-3pm **
Spend the day learning free motion patterns and techniques to make machine quilting a pleasure and fun for you.
Cost: $ 55.00
Spend the day learning free motion patterns and techniques to make machine quilting a pleasure and fun for you.
Cost: $ 55.00
** New Class - Blooming Cactus - Learning to Enhance Your Quilt with Crayons - Glastonbury - Thursday, 2/13 & 2/20, 12:30pm-2:30pm **
Did you know you can enhance any design using crayons? Come explore this technique while making a cute cactus garden. Use our pattern as a guide or come up with your own if you don't like our pattern. Let your imagination run wild! After coloring your design, use your machine stitches or hand embroidery to bring it to life.
Cost: $ 35.00
Did you know you can enhance any design using crayons? Come explore this technique while making a cute cactus garden. Use our pattern as a guide or come up with your own if you don't like our pattern. Let your imagination run wild! After coloring your design, use your machine stitches or hand embroidery to bring it to life.
Cost: $ 35.00
** NEW Mid-Year Sampler - Glastonbury, Friday 1/10, 5pm-5:45pm OR Saturday 1/11, 9:30am-10:15am
Pay $10 for the first kit and get the rest free if you: complete your block, arrive on time, and stay for the presentation. Learn lots of patchwork pointers, get acquainted with the latest quilting tools, meet wonderful people, and make a special quilt. Come check out what the new year will bring.
Cost: $ 150.00
Pay $10 for the first kit and get the rest free if you: complete your block, arrive on time, and stay for the presentation. Learn lots of patchwork pointers, get acquainted with the latest quilting tools, meet wonderful people, and make a special quilt. Come check out what the new year will bring.
Cost: $ 150.00
*** "Total Control" with Melissa - Glastonbury - Monday, February 10, 10:00am ***
Do you have Floriani Total Control U software? Have questions? Need help? Want to get the most from your software? Melissa will show you how fun and rewarding editing and digitizing embroidery designs can be.
Cost: $ 25.00
Do you have Floriani Total Control U software? Have questions? Need help? Want to get the most from your software? Melissa will show you how fun and rewarding editing and digitizing embroidery designs can be.
Cost: $ 25.00
*Stitchers Garden - Glastonbury - Saturday, December 14, 10:30am-12:30pm
Join us for this great, 12-month Block of the Month. It's a beautiful, appliqued quilt that feetures different presser feet and attachments each month. Every month you will receive a pattern and a two-hour class that will start with a demonstration and end with a hands-on session. Store staff will help you pick out your fabrics, so you can personalize and complete your quilt.
Cost: $ 125.00
Join us for this great, 12-month Block of the Month. It's a beautiful, appliqued quilt that feetures different presser feet and attachments each month. Every month you will receive a pattern and a two-hour class that will start with a demonstration and end with a hands-on session. Store staff will help you pick out your fabrics, so you can personalize and complete your quilt.
Cost: $ 125.00
Creative Sewing Club - Glastonbury - Day & Evening Session - Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 12:30pm-2:30pm OR 6:00pm-8:00pm
This club meets monthly. Monthly meetings and a holiday gathering. 1 year free with purchase of your new sewing machine at Close To Home. All machine sewers are welcome. Continue learning about your machine and using features. In February we will making this adorable project bag.
Cost: $ 20.00
This club meets monthly. Monthly meetings and a holiday gathering. 1 year free with purchase of your new sewing machine at Close To Home. All machine sewers are welcome. Continue learning about your machine and using features. In February we will making this adorable project bag.
Cost: $ 20.00
Dresden Neighborhood - Glastonbury - Saturday, March 7, 2020
Back by popular demand - Come make this whimsical neighborhood made from a traditional Dresden plate. (Mini quilt) 24x24
Cost: $ 45.00
Back by popular demand - Come make this whimsical neighborhood made from a traditional Dresden plate. (Mini quilt) 24x24
Cost: $ 45.00
Earn Your PHD - Glastonbury - Monday, 1/27, 10am-5pm
Bring in those half-finished projects sitting in your closet collecting dust and work on them. Get those Projects Half Done FINISHED once and for all while working alongside your fellow sewists who have them too! We are available to assist with those tough spots you can't get through.
Cost: $ 10.00
Bring in those half-finished projects sitting in your closet collecting dust and work on them. Get those Projects Half Done FINISHED once and for all while working alongside your fellow sewists who have them too! We are available to assist with those tough spots you can't get through.
Cost: $ 10.00
Girl's Night Out - Glastonbury - Friday, January 31, 5pm-10pm
Come on in for a fun relaxing evening of 5 hours of uninterrupted sewing! Bring your machine, projects, dinner and a snack/desert to share.
Cost: $ 10.00
Come on in for a fun relaxing evening of 5 hours of uninterrupted sewing! Bring your machine, projects, dinner and a snack/desert to share.
Cost: $ 10.00
Longarm Certification Course - Glastonbury - Thursday, March 12
Learn to use our longarm machine. You will then be certified to rent our longarm to quilt your own quilts!
Cost: $ 30.00
Learn to use our longarm machine. You will then be certified to rent our longarm to quilt your own quilts!
Cost: $ 30.00
Longarm Quilting Machine Rental - Glastonbury
Rent our long arm. Free is based on the size of your quilt rather than time.
Rent our long arm. Free is based on the size of your quilt rather than time.
Mastering Your Embroidery Machine Lessons - Glastonbury - Saturday, February 8, 10:00am-12:00pm
Learn what creates beautiful embroidery: proper hooping, correct stabilizers, needles, bobbin and embroidery threads, digitized designs, software options and more. It's free if you purchased your machine at Close to Home, other inquiries are welcome.
Cost: $ 150.00
Learn what creates beautiful embroidery: proper hooping, correct stabilizers, needles, bobbin and embroidery threads, digitized designs, software options and more. It's free if you purchased your machine at Close to Home, other inquiries are welcome.
Cost: $ 150.00
Mastering Your ScanNCut - Glastonbury - March, 16, 10am-12pm OR 6pm-8pm
Brother's ScanNCut is a cutting machine with build-in scanner, the perfect addition to your sewing room!
Cost: $ 20.00
Brother's ScanNCut is a cutting machine with build-in scanner, the perfect addition to your sewing room!
Cost: $ 20.00
Mastering Your Sewing Machine - *Day Session* - Glastonbury - Wednesday, January 15, 22, 29, 2020
FREE if you bought your machine from Close to Home. Learn to master your sewing machine. Stitching, threads, and operation of your sewing machine. You WILL learn something here.
Cost: $ 250.00
FREE if you bought your machine from Close to Home. Learn to master your sewing machine. Stitching, threads, and operation of your sewing machine. You WILL learn something here.
Cost: $ 250.00
Mastering Your Sewing Machine - *Evening Session* - Glastonbury - Wednesday, January 15, 22, 29, 2020
FREE if you bought your machine from Close to Home. Learn to master your sewing machine. Stitching, threads, and operation of your sewing machine. You WILL learn something here.
Cost: $ 250.00
FREE if you bought your machine from Close to Home. Learn to master your sewing machine. Stitching, threads, and operation of your sewing machine. You WILL learn something here.
Cost: $ 250.00