Patchwork
Crazy Patchwork Cushion
Tuesday 19th April 2011
10am to 4pm £25 + Materials
Use up scraps of fabric or some of those fat quarters you have been wondering what to do with. This is also a good way of discovering all those fancy stitches on your sewing machine. A time to play - No previous experience required. Hand or machine.
Jelly Roll Quilt
16th April
10am to 4pm £20 + Materials
Have you seen Jelly Rolls and wondered what they are about and what to do with them, well now's your chance to make a quilt using your choice of jelly roll to make this 'quick block' quilt. Jelly rolls are a wonderful economic way of having a full range of fabric to work with and gives you a wonderful scrappy feel to a quilt which you may not attempt if you had to buy so many different fabrics seperately. Why not look out for Christmas fabrics for the November workshops and spring colours for the April one.
If you want to take the ideas further then there are lots of books out there but we love Pam and Nicky Lintott's books and have copies in the workshop if you want to buy one.
Sampler Quilt
For details please contact Kath or Nicola
10am to 4pm £150 + Materials
Learn how to make this lovely Heirloom Sampler Quilt during this 6 session course. You will complete a variety of ‘blocks’, each teaching you a different technique and design before quilting and finishing your quilt. Ideal for beginners or choose a more advanced version for improvers. The quilt is based on Lynne Edwards Books a copy of which is included in the price of the workshop.
Rose Sampler
26th March, 21st May, 30th July 2011
10am to 3pm £80 + Materials
This quilt is made up of blocks which are hand appliquéd in a colour scheme of your choice. You can make a quilt any size you wish – intersperse the appliquéd blocks with traditional quilted blocks, add an appliquéd border and create your own family heirloom. With kind permission of Rosemary Makhan - a copy of her book is included in the price of the course and gives you a choice of twenty different designs to choose from. This is suitable for beginners and experienced stitchers.
Kimono Quilt
9th May and 6th June 2011
10am to 4pm £50 + Materials
This is based on a quilt pattern that Kath did at a workshop a few years ago. We now have permission from Sue Propst to teach her version with a variation added by Kath. This is an ideal quilt for using all those fabulous Japanese fabrics you couldn’t resist but then didn’t know what to do with. This is machine piecing and you will do a different variation on each of the two days. You can stop there or make as many blocks to make a wall hanging or a full size quilt as you want.
Spring Flowers in Stained Glass
For further courses please contact Kath
10am - 4pm £25 + Materials
Welcome the new year and reflect on the spring and its wealth of flowers. Be inspired to make a wall hanging to brighten up any room or combine several to make a quilt. Choose from one of Kath's designs or design your own from a photograph perhaps from your own garden.
Miniature Patchwork
Tuesdays 17th May and/or 28th June 2011
10am to 2pm £10 + materials
If you like working in a small scale, have limited space, want to make dolls house quilts or just like a challenge then this is one for you. Take any patchwork pattern reduce it to 1/12th scale and you have a miniature.. Try your hand at traditional hand quilted whole cloths but in miniature. Use cotton patchwork fabrics or even silk – you won’t need much fabric for these quilts!. Come along to this group and have fun.
Cat Wallhanging
Friday 15th July 2011
10am to 4pm £45 inc patterns
For all catlovers out there this quilt can be used for a single bed or as a wallhanging. There are twelve blocks, one for each month. Barbie Jo has given me permission to teach this quilt and the price includes all the patterns. I have however built in an option to customise it to you eg. change the April block to include a flag for St George's day and the November one for bonfire night. Whatever you choose will make it personal to you!
Thanks to Billie Jo Parquin for supplying the patterns and giving permission to teach this.
Regular workshops
Bring your own project or talk to us about an idea. If you are a beginner then we can teach, coach and encourage you to produce your first quilt!!
Wednesdays, Thursdays and some Saturdays 10am to 2pm £10, Wednesday evenings 7pm to 9pm £5. Call to book or for more information.
Quilting Service
Kath also owns a Gammill Long Arm quilting machine with Intelliquilter and is happy to finish your quilts for you. See quilting services page for details.
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