Holice Turnbow will be offering a minimum of three classes per year at Charlton Sewing Center.

About Holice Turnbow

Holice Turnbow is a Quilt Judge and Teacher certified by the National Quilting Association. His quilting career began in the early 70's when he was asked to teach needlework and quilting for a county recreational program. National exposure followed in 1978 when he served as a consultant to the West Virginia Department of Culture and History to organize a quilt show in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service's issuance of a commemorative stamp recognizing quilting as a folk art. He also served on the planning committee for the First Continental Quilting Congress held in Arlington, Virginia in 1978. These two events resulted in invitations to lecture and teach at quilting events across the United States and in Canada.

Holice Turnbow lectures and conducts workshops in many quilting techniques with emphasis on those subjects related to the development and use of quilting designs. This is an outgrowth of his work with The Stencil Company, for which he designs quilting stencils, and with two companies for which I have designed whole cloth quilts. His experience in whole cloth designs began in 1992 when he was asked by Spartex, Inc, a South Carolina fabric company, to develop and design whole cloth patterns that could be preprinted onto fabric. Significant in these designs was a series based on quilts in the collection of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C. More recently, he has provided a series of designs for Benartex, Inc.

He has written for various quilting magazines and appeared on public television. with Kay Wood's "Strip Quilting with Kaye" and "Quilting for the 90's." He also appeared on 13 segments of "Heirlooms by Design" which was shown in the Alabama area through the CBS cable networks. He has also filmed six shows on QNN representing The Stencil Co.

He is the former co-curator of the "Hoffman Challenge" with Betty Boyink, and has served as a quilt consultant to a number of companies, notable among these are Stencil House (a Canadian company producing quilting stencils), Talon, Inc. (a producer of threads) and Benartex, Inc. (a New York fabric company).

Holice has also designed and made garments for two invitational exhibits and has designed and made quilted items for various other special exhibits and quilt challenges including the exhibit "Men of Biblical Proportions."

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For Men Only

Wednesday nights have become the designated "Men's Quilting Night. Join us 7:00 to 9:00PM for quilting with Holice Turnbow.

Are you a man (or do you know one) who has wanted to learn to quilt but perhaps felt intimidated by the thought of being in a class of highly skilled needleworkers who just happened to be women.  Men usually think women are born to use a needle and thread.

Now is the time to learn quilt-making techniques and skills in a “safe” and non-stressful environment.

The class will cover all aspects of quiltmaking, including how to thread and hold the needle for handwork and how to thread a sewing machine for machine work.  You will work on small projects to introduce you to the basics of sewing.

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Hand Quilting Club

At Holice Turnbow’s last class in hand quilting the proposal was made to begin a Hand Quilting Club offered to those who have attended his class. The response was a well rounded YES. 

The subject for the meeting will be a discussion of the quilting design and demonstration of marking techniques. Bring your hand quilting to work on (such as those Train Panels) while you learn about the almost final part of making a quilt – quilting it!

There is no charge for attending the session, but we ask that you bring at least 3 non- perishable items for the Food Bank.

We will be having another Hand Quilting 101 with Holice Turnbow. This is an amazing opportunity to learn tips from an expert in the field of quilting. He covers all aspects of the quilting experience with this hands on 3 hour session using a kit that he has developed for this purpose. We are currently collecting names for a future session. Either email us to be on the list or call 508-248-6632

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The Charlton Sewing Center is located in the former Methodist Church building at 12 Stafford (the intersection of Route 31 and Stafford Street), Charlton, MA 01507.

Stop in or call (508-248-6632) today to put your name on the list.  

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Charlton Sewing Center is located in Charlton, Ma. We are a short driving distance from Worcester, Springfield, and Boston, MA. as well as Hartford, CT. Nashua, New Hampshire, and Providence R.I. We offer Pfaff, Bernina, Elna and Necchi Sewing Machines and Sergers and have a wide assortment of quilting fabric, sewing patterns and specialty threads. We are your New England source for the Handiquilter home machine long arm quilting system.
For fiber artists, we offer embellishing fibers such as Angelina, crystals and sewing notions from Clover and June Taylor.
We stock a wide assortment of sewing furniture from Horn of America.
We stock Wonderfil Tutti, Wonderfil Frutti, Wonderfil Razzle, Wonderfil Sizzle, Wonderfil Accent, Blendables by Sulky, Varigated Mettler, Robison Anton and other threads for machine embroidery, quilting, garment sewing and home decorating.
We offer sewing and quilting lessons for children and adults.We offer used sewing machines, quilting machines and sergers for all the major brands including HQ16, Bernina, Pfaff, Singer, Necchi and more. We always discount from list price for sewing machines and sergers.