I have several NEW learning opportunities for both new and experienced quilters at City Extension in 2025 while also returning with the popular Basic Improv Quilting series. Classes are open for anyone – not just San Francisco residents! All classes (except for the Bolinas Quilt Retreat) are held at the CCSF John Adams Campus, Room 312
Questions? Feel free to contact me at Lorraine@QuiltingintheFog.com.
NEW: Saturday Quilt Lab
Every third Saturday between: 1/18-5/3/25. Meetings are from 10:00am-2:00pm on the following dates: Jan. 18, Feb. 8, March 1, March 22, April 12, May 3 10:00am-2:00pm. Location: John Adams Center, room 312. Join us for Saturday Quilt Lab at City Extension! Looking for a light-filled, spacious room to spread out to sew and create; get new ideas and feedback from other quilters; and ideas to solve and trouble-shoot your quilting challenges? Saturday Quilt Lab at City Extension is for you! Use promo code SPRING25 for 15% off. 
NEW: Improv Mosaic 1.2.3
Sat., Feb.1, 10 am-4pm Location: John Adams Center, room 312. Learn the concept of building a improvised mosaic quilt using improvised log cabin blocks at ratios of 1:2:3 In this workshop you’ll learn to create an Improv Mosaic 20”x20” or 24”x24” sized pillow or wall hanging using blocks of 2”, 4” and 6”. Participants will leave with a pattern and the skills to build a larger throw or bed quilt. This is a fantastic process for using scraps – even the smallest pieces! Participants learn how simply and quickly make numerous small log cabin blocks via “scrappy chain piecing”, and how to use these small starter blocks to create unique medium and large blocks. Use promo code SPRING25 for 15% off.
NEW: “Make-It-Up-As-You-Go” Crumb Blocks
Sat., March 8, 10 am-4pm Location: John Adams Center, room 312. Do you have fabric scraps you can’t bear to toss and want to find a creative way to use them? This is THE class for you! Use promo code SPRING25 for 15% off.
NEW: Quilting Retreat in Beautiful Bolinas, CA
Thurs. Nov, 20 – -Sunday, Nov. 23 Location: Commonweal Retreat Center, Bolinas, CA Join us for a long weekend of quilting fun at Commonweal Retreat Center overlooking the Pacific Coast in Bolinas, California! Led by me, this retreat provides a 2-day improv quilting workshop while offering plenty of opportunities to experience the beautiful retreat center grounds and views of Point Reyes National Seashore. The retreat workshop will focus on Freeform Curves, blocks with curves without templates or patterns. Until 6/30/2025: 10% off EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT use MYTREAT.
RETURNING SPRING 2025: Basic Improv Quilting Part 1: “Getting to the Top”
(6-classes) Wed.6-9pm 1/15-2/26/25 (no class on 1/29) Location: John Adams Center, room 312. Learn the basics of “improv” quilting with creative freedom and without the restrictive rules that can overwhelm new (and even experienced!) quilters! In six sessions, students will learn the fundamentals of constructing a quilt and more than 8+ quilt blocks and techniques which allow learners to springboard into their own unique arrangements and creations. Use promo code SPRING25 for 15% off.
This class is for you if you are:
- A novice who has used a sewing machine but never made a quilt.
- A quilter wishing to expand your creativity without use of a prescribed pattern.
- Seeking weekly space & time for personal creativity and meeting others like you in a wonderful sewing space
RETURNING SPRING 2025: Basic Improv Quilting Part 2: “Finish Line”
(5-classes) Wednesdays 6-9pm 3/5-4/9/25 Location: John Adams Center, room 312 Do you have a quilt top you started but don’t know how to finish? Or a quilt top from Grandma or an estate sale and want to finish it? This class is for you! Students will learn how to make a completed quilt from a fabric quilt top “flimsy” and complete all the steps to turn it into a finished quilt, table runner or wall hanging. For experienced quilters, this is a wonderful space to spread out to baste and sew a big quilt. Use promo code SPRING25 for 15% off.
