Classes and Clubs:
Here at Berger's we offer a wide variety of sewing classes. Don't see something you like, simply call and ask, we are more than happy to make a class around what YOU want to learn. Whether you are new to sewing or an old pro just looking for some fun and new crafting projects. Check back often to see what's New!
Upcoming Classes & Clubs:
Beginning Quilting: The Yellow Brick Road
If you’ve been wanting to make your first quilt, this is the perfect place to start! You’ll learn step-by-step how to cut, piece, press, and sew your way to a beautiful, one-of-a-kind quilt top. This class is for confident beginners who already know how to use their sewing machine.
IQ Designer Club
Unlock the full potential of your IQ Designer with this new club for machines like Destiny, Meridian, Altair, Solaris, Radiance, and similar models. Through lecture and demonstrations, you'll explore every IQ Designer icon, gain valuable insights, and leave with optional homework to practice at home. Bring your questions, ideas, and enthusiasm—no machines needed!
Sassy Fragment Fabric (serger version)
Have a growing stash of fabric scraps and no idea what to do with them? This eco-friendly class is the perfect opportunity to turn your leftover pieces—crumbs, fragments, and more—into something beautiful and functional. You’ll use a serger to craft your own unique fabric panels that can later be used for tote bags, coats, quilts, or any number of creative projects. This class focuses on making the fabric itself, not a finished item, so you’ll leave with a pile of gorgeous custom-made textile ready for your next idea. If you’d like directions for a simple tote bag project using your new fabric, those will be available as well. Please note: This is not a machine usage class—you must already be comfortable operating your serger.
Meet Our Instructors:
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Gail Reinke
Mindy Camp
Nancy Thyson
Jan Timmer
Class registration ends 3 days prior to the class for teacher preparation. A minimum of 2 participants is required for the class to be held. If there are not enough people registered, a credit will be given. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS. Contact the shop or instructor for any questions regarding registration.
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Classes
Beginning Quilting: The Yellow Brick Road
- Jul 18, 2025 10:00 am
- Jul 18, 2025 10:00 am
Beginning Quilting: The Yellow Brick Road - Jul 18, 2025 10:00 am
If you’ve been wanting to make your first quilt, this is the perfect place to start! You’ll learn step-by-step how to cut, piece, press, and sew your way to a beautiful, one-of-a-kind quilt top. This class is for confident beginners who already know how to use their sewing machine.
Cost: $ 199.00
If you’ve been wanting to make your first quilt, this is the perfect place to start! You’ll learn step-by-step how to cut, piece, press, and sew your way to a beautiful, one-of-a-kind quilt top. This class is for confident beginners who already know how to use their sewing machine.
Cost: $ 199.00
T-Shirt Serger Class
- Jul 22, 2025 01:00 pm
- Jul 22, 2025 01:00 pm
T-Shirt Serger Class - Jul 22, 2025 01:00 pm
In this beginner-friendly serger class, you’ll learn flat construction techniques to make sewing a T-shirt faster and easier than traditional methods. You'll also learn how to add sleeve, hem, and neckbands for a polished finish. Students must be comfortable with basic serger operation and come to class with their shirt front, back, and sleeves already cut out—bands will be cut in class.
Cost: $ 65.00
In this beginner-friendly serger class, you’ll learn flat construction techniques to make sewing a T-shirt faster and easier than traditional methods. You'll also learn how to add sleeve, hem, and neckbands for a polished finish. Students must be comfortable with basic serger operation and come to class with their shirt front, back, and sleeves already cut out—bands will be cut in class.
Cost: $ 65.00
Beginning Free Motion Quilting
- Aug 05, 2025 01:00 pm
- Aug 05, 2025 01:00 pm
Beginning Free Motion Quilting - Aug 05, 2025 01:00 pm
In this class you will learn and practice the basics of free motion quilting from stippling to 'e's and 'o's as well as other fills to create beautiful quilts on your regular sewing machine. Even though this is a beginner level quilting class, you MUST know how to use your machine.
Cost: $ 65.00
In this class you will learn and practice the basics of free motion quilting from stippling to 'e's and 'o's as well as other fills to create beautiful quilts on your regular sewing machine. Even though this is a beginner level quilting class, you MUST know how to use your machine.
Cost: $ 65.00
Success with Interfacing
- Aug 12, 2025 01:00 pm
- Aug 12, 2025 01:00 pm
Success with Interfacing - Aug 12, 2025 01:00 pm
Interfacing comes in many forms—sew-in, fusible, non-woven, woven, knit, and various weights—which can make choosing the right one overwhelming. In this seminar, we’ll break down the different types and when to use each. You’ll also learn the correct techniques for applying interfacing to achieve the structure, stability, and finish your project needs.
Cost: $ 20.00
Interfacing comes in many forms—sew-in, fusible, non-woven, woven, knit, and various weights—which can make choosing the right one overwhelming. In this seminar, we’ll break down the different types and when to use each. You’ll also learn the correct techniques for applying interfacing to achieve the structure, stability, and finish your project needs.
Cost: $ 20.00
Sassy Fragment Fabric (serger version)
- Jul 19, 2025 01:00 pm
- Jul 19, 2025 01:00 pm
Sassy Fragment Fabric (serger version) - Jul 19, 2025 01:00 pm
Have a growing stash of fabric scraps and no idea what to do with them? This eco-friendly class is the perfect opportunity to turn your leftover pieces—crumbs, fragments, and more—into something beautiful and functional. You’ll use a serger to craft your own unique fabric panels that can later be used for tote bags, coats, quilts, or any number of creative projects. This class focuses on making the fabric itself, not a finished item, so you’ll leave with a pile of gorgeous custom-made textile ready for your next idea. If you’d like directions for a simple tote bag project using your new fabric, those will be available as well. Please note: This is not a machine usage class—you must already be comfortable operating your serger.
Cost: $ 50.00
Have a growing stash of fabric scraps and no idea what to do with them? This eco-friendly class is the perfect opportunity to turn your leftover pieces—crumbs, fragments, and more—into something beautiful and functional. You’ll use a serger to craft your own unique fabric panels that can later be used for tote bags, coats, quilts, or any number of creative projects. This class focuses on making the fabric itself, not a finished item, so you’ll leave with a pile of gorgeous custom-made textile ready for your next idea. If you’d like directions for a simple tote bag project using your new fabric, those will be available as well. Please note: This is not a machine usage class—you must already be comfortable operating your serger.
Cost: $ 50.00
Stained Glass
- Jul 29, 2025 01:00 pm
- Jul 29, 2025 01:00 pm
Stained Glass - Jul 29, 2025 01:00 pm
Discover how to create stunning ‘stained glass’ fabric using solid fabric, fusible bias, and a 4mm wide double needle for quilts, bags, and more. If your machine can't handle a wide double needle, you can still achieve the effect by sewing each side separately.
Cost: $ 65.00
Discover how to create stunning ‘stained glass’ fabric using solid fabric, fusible bias, and a 4mm wide double needle for quilts, bags, and more. If your machine can't handle a wide double needle, you can still achieve the effect by sewing each side separately.
Cost: $ 65.00
Tiny Tuffets Pincushion
- Aug 02, 2025 10:00 am
- Aug 02, 2025 10:00 am
Tiny Tuffets Pincushion - Aug 02, 2025 10:00 am
Create a colorful, one-of-a-kind tuffet that works as both a pincushion and dollhouse furniture. You’ll learn to sew curves, use a triangle ruler, and work with fabric scraps. It’s the perfect project to brighten up your sewing space while keeping supplies organized.
Cost: $ 65.00
Create a colorful, one-of-a-kind tuffet that works as both a pincushion and dollhouse furniture. You’ll learn to sew curves, use a triangle ruler, and work with fabric scraps. It’s the perfect project to brighten up your sewing space while keeping supplies organized.
Cost: $ 65.00
Imagine Block of the Month
- Aug 06, 2025 10:30 am
- Aug 06, 2025 10:30 am
Imagine Block of the Month - Aug 06, 2025 10:30 am
Join us for Imagine, a joyful and inspiring 12-month Block of the Month Club where you'll create quilt blocks that celebrate each month of the year. These blocks can be pieced into a large quilt or displayed individually as mini quilts. The club is perfect for intermediate quilters looking to explore piecing and appliqué techniques. You can pay $35 monthly by calling the shop, or purchase the full club and fabric kit together online.
Cost: $ 35.00 - $ 265.00
Join us for Imagine, a joyful and inspiring 12-month Block of the Month Club where you'll create quilt blocks that celebrate each month of the year. These blocks can be pieced into a large quilt or displayed individually as mini quilts. The club is perfect for intermediate quilters looking to explore piecing and appliqué techniques. You can pay $35 monthly by calling the shop, or purchase the full club and fabric kit together online.
Cost: $ 35.00 - $ 265.00
The Basic Skirt
- Aug 19, 2025 12:00 pm
- Aug 19, 2025 12:00 pm
The Basic Skirt - Aug 19, 2025 12:00 pm
Build your garment-making skills in this intermediate class as you sew a custom-fit skirt using professional techniques like darts, invisible zippers, understitching, and more. Perfect for confident sewists ready to level up.
Cost: $ 75.00
Build your garment-making skills in this intermediate class as you sew a custom-fit skirt using professional techniques like darts, invisible zippers, understitching, and more. Perfect for confident sewists ready to level up.
Cost: $ 75.00
Crumb Quilting
- Sep 09, 2025 01:00 pm
- Sep 09, 2025 01:00 pm
Crumb Quilting - Sep 09, 2025 01:00 pm
Most of us quilters have a ton of scraps that we just cannot toss, so what is a quilter to do?? Well, there is crumb quilting, a method where you take your scraps, sew them together randomly, and ta-daah! A beautiful quilt emerges. In this class you will learn a fun and easy technique to turn all those scraps, of any size, into a beautiful quilt top, or just fabric you can use for anything you want (think purse, tote, table runner, pillow, etc.). We will be making just the squares in this class, how you put them together into a quilt, table runner, or other project, will be up to you.
Cost: $ 65.00
Most of us quilters have a ton of scraps that we just cannot toss, so what is a quilter to do?? Well, there is crumb quilting, a method where you take your scraps, sew them together randomly, and ta-daah! A beautiful quilt emerges. In this class you will learn a fun and easy technique to turn all those scraps, of any size, into a beautiful quilt top, or just fabric you can use for anything you want (think purse, tote, table runner, pillow, etc.). We will be making just the squares in this class, how you put them together into a quilt, table runner, or other project, will be up to you.
Cost: $ 65.00
IQ Designer Club
- Jul 19, 2025 10:00 am
- Jul 19, 2025 10:00 am
IQ Designer Club - Jul 19, 2025 10:00 am
Unlock the full potential of your IQ Designer with this new club for machines like Destiny, Meridian, Altair, Solaris, Radiance, and similar models. Through lecture and demonstrations, you'll explore every IQ Designer icon, gain valuable insights, and leave with optional homework to practice at home. Bring your questions, ideas, and enthusiasm—no machines needed!
Cost: $ 199.00
Unlock the full potential of your IQ Designer with this new club for machines like Destiny, Meridian, Altair, Solaris, Radiance, and similar models. Through lecture and demonstrations, you'll explore every IQ Designer icon, gain valuable insights, and leave with optional homework to practice at home. Bring your questions, ideas, and enthusiasm—no machines needed!
Cost: $ 199.00
