This is a hugely impressive class. Helen Conway says: I learnt more in the first half an hour than in the past 15 months - the information Dawn gave us on needles and threads and tension issues alone was worth the price. I have pages of notes! I would highly recommend Dawn as a teacher. The class was so informative that after we first staged it we asked Dawn to return the following week to give De and Birgitta a private lesson.

£31.00

10:45am-4pm     Sewing Machine Required

Beginner

Sunday, August 8th  2010

Dawn Cameron - Dick

THREADPLAY

This is Catherine's most popular class.  Not only can you learn to make a quilt that is two for the price of one - fully reversible - but you can also learn the magic of quilt-as-you-go. You will never regret learning this labour-saving technique.  If you have blocks to make into a quilt bring them to try out the three different ways of joining them together after quilting.

£26.00

10.am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, August 21st 2010

Catherine Millar

REVERSIBLE QUILT AS YOU GO

Jenny says: This is a very basic course for people who want to learn machine piecing. I’ll show how to use rulers and rotary cutters to achieve accurate 3.5” squares. Then we’ll look at different needles and threads as well as methods used to achieve a 1/4” seam. You’ll also sew some nine patch blocks with matching seams. Then I’ll show you a quick way to make a small quilt and how you can achieve different designs from a basic block.

£26.00

10.45am-4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday, August 22nd    2010

Jenny Lester

MACHINE PIECING FOR BEGINNERS

We’re delighted to welcome Laura on a return visit to MQ from Chicago. She says: Create a little house quilt and receive a degree in Architecture from the Chicago School of Fusing - www.artfabrik.com - at the same time! In this workshop we’ll explore many techniques of fusing: free cutting, layering, collage building, improvisational design and more, resulting in a whimsical neighbourhood placed in a colourful landscape setting and made from beautifully hand-dyed fabrics.

£36.00

10am - 4pm

Beginners

Saturday, August, 28th 2010

Laura Wasilowski

TINY HOMES

There’s more about Lisa - who is a highly regarded Australian teacher - in the details for tomorrow’s course. Using one piece of multi coloured fabric and a few simple cuts, this quilt top can be created quickly to form the pallette of an inspiring art quilt. Techniques: innovative basting method free form quilting with walking foot or free motion - bobbin work with decorative threads - basic beading stitches including seed stitch, top stitch, fringing and lazy stitches - finishing techniques including bindings, facings and hanging sleeves.

£36  .00

10am - 4pm         Sewing machine required

Beginners

Saturday, September 4th 2010

Lisa Walton

AURORA

Lisa writes: Using your co-ordinated scraps of interesting textures and colours, this creative combination will easily turn from random strips to become a beautiful work of art. Lisa has just been awarded a highly prestigious Quilting Scholarship, which you can find more about on www.dyedheaven.com [Lisa taught this class at the Festival of Quilts, where it cost £150.]

£36.00

10.45am - 4pm     Sewing machine required

B eginner

Sunday, September 5th 2010

Lisa Walton

CRYSTALLIZATION

Sandie writes: This workshop has been designed primarily with beginners in mind. Come and learn the basics of hand quilting whilst making an elegant cushion. Basic quilting design, choice of threads and wadding will also be covered during this class. Experienced quilters can try their hand at designing a cot quilt whilst the beginners sew.

£31.00

10am - 4pm

  Beginner

Saturday, September 11th 2010

Sandie Lush

HAND QUILTING FOR ALL

Come and enjoy making the tool that will help you with every quilt you make - the Colour Wheel! Designed by Chris to go with her new DVD 'Colour for Quilters'. De has created the kits of 48 different fabrics which make up the wheel and there will be a special ruler to make the day go with a whizz bang!  We will make the wheel and quilt it and should be at the binding stage by the end of the day.

£31 .00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

B eginner

Saturday, September 18th 2010

Christine Porter

COLOUR WHEEL

This is a modern take on popular scrap quilt designs. Using strong shape and colours this workshop results in vibrant and exciting quilts. You can make either block and you can see both on Jan’s web site: www.janhassard.co.uk

£31.00

10.45am-4pm      Sewing machine required

Intermediate

Sunday, September 19th 2010

Jan Hassard

Scintillating Scraps & Dreamcatcher

Catherine won a prize with her quilt based on a window designed by Tiffany at Sandown in June this year.  She will let you into the secrets of successful ‘stained-glass’ appliqué and you will achieve a small panel based on her winning design which you can take further if you wish.  Machine or hand,  beginners or intermediate.

£26 .00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine optional

Beginner/Intermediate

Saturday, September 25th 2010

Catherine Millar

TIFFANY WINDOWS

Chris’s new book (with Darra Williamson) 'A Year in the Life of Sunbonnet Sue' will be out soon, so be the first in the UK to have a special preview and try your hand at making Sue. Going on a quilt cruise or skiing down the Alps are a couple of the options for this fun day. Fusing and decorative stitching will be the basic techniques. Whatever the time of year, there's a treat in store for Sue.

£31.00

10.45am - 4pm      Sewing machine required

 Beginner

Sunday, September 26th  2010

Chris Porter

SUNBONNET SUE ON VACATION

There seems to have been a resurgent interest in Sashiko recently – the demand for threads and patterns at MQ certainly indicates it - and we’re pleased to have invited Sue to lead a class at MQ. We’ve already seen some of her beautiful work and as she comes very highly recommended by Lynne Quinn she must be good!

£26.00

10am - 4pm         Sewing machine optional

Beginner/Intermediate

Saturday, October 2nd  2010

Sue Wakefield

SASHIKO

A great way to use up scraps, be they cotton, silk, polyester or lace! Sprinkled over a background, with some threads and sequins, it makes a versatile fabric useful for decorating bags [January 22nd], boxes and book covers. It’s a good technique for trying out different colour combinations and it’s ideal for those who want to give free-machining a go, as the stitches hardly show!  [Fabric Pizza was a sell out class at the Festival of Quilts]. 

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm      Sewing machine required

Beginner to Advanced

Sunday, October 3rd 2010

Lynne Quinn
 

FABRIC PIZZA!

Adrienne makes superb Christmas decorations and more and more are appearing in local homes as a result of her classes here. The Somerset Folds with which she covers polystyrene balls are quite stunning and this time she is also offering to teach book covers. Adrienne devotes much of her time making her decorative items for charity – with impressive results.

£26  .00

10am - 4pm

Beginner

Saturday, October 9th  2010

Adrienne Knight

CHRISTMAS BAUBLES AND BOOK

Details to follow:

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm    Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday, October 10th 2010

Jenny Lester

CHRISTMAS CARD HOLDER

A really super class. It runs and runs and this is its fourth or fifth outing. The outcomes are as outstanding as any that we have seen and it’s even been suggested that we stage an exhibition solely of interpretations. Some have developed the basic star pattern into full size bed quilts. Judi first saw the pattern when she was in Paducah and says the best thing about it are all the curved bits with no piecing or curved seams involved.

£31.00

10am  - 4pm         Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, October 16th 2010

Judi Mendelssohn

PADUCAH STAR

Maps tell us where places are; they describe features of Earth. They have great potential for experimentation in fabric. We’ll make textile maps or aerial views of our chosen places, using either pieced or bonded collage techniques.  Bring a map or an aerial photo (Google Maps) or other source to work from, and then turn it into a highly personal quilt. Could be a lovely surprise gift for a relative or friend. This class was a sell-out at the Festival of Quilts.

£31.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine  required

Beginner

Saturday, October 23rd 2010

Alicia Merrett

MAP MAKING FOR QUILTERS

We’ve probably offered this course twice as much as any other and each time it’s been a success. Most of those who have done it seem (after just six hours) able to cope with almost any other course that we offer. Someone contacted us recently to say how very beneficial the workshop had been for her: Pat gave me a huge amount of confidence. But if you don’t listen when she is talking to you then woe betide you!

£26.00

10am - 4pm

Beginner

Saturday, October 30th 2010

Pat Nicholls

PATCHWORK AND QUILTING FOR BEGINNERS

This is another prize-winning quilt. Catherine will teach you the new and simpler way to piece on a foundation to achieve sharp and accurate points.  Learn the method by making a block that can be part of a quilt, before you go free with the ‘arcs’ as in the sample quilt.

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm      Sewing machine required

Intermediate

Sunday, October 31st 2010

Catherine Millar

NEW YORK BEAUTY

This is basically a Bento Box design with a touch of colour. Bento Box quilts are very popular at the moment. It’s basically a half log cabin. It can be a scrappy quilt or a Jelly Roll project - both with an added contrast to give it a lift. The class is suitable for all levels.  

£26.00

10am - 4pm         Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, November 6th 2010

Julie McConnell

GRACE’S QUILT

This is a very simple method for weaving fabric in different patterns and is great for trying out different colour combinations. The panels are top-stitched which gives the opportunity to embellish with machine embroidery stitches (if you have any) and they can be made into quilts, bags [ideal for January 22nd] cushion covers and so on.

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm

Beginner to Avanced

Sunday, November 7th  2010

Lynne Quinn

FABRIC WEAVING

A three-block Christmas project quilt. You can combine houses, trees and extended 9-Patch Blocks (decorated with buttons) to create a one-of-a-kind single bed quilt. There is also the option of a church block!  Sure to become a family heirloom.  

£31.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner +

Saturday, November 13th 2010

Dawn Cameron-Dick

HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Continuing Jan’s series of illusionary quilts she has used the colourful geometric paintings of the pop artist Victor Vasarely - www.vasarely.com - for inspiration and designed a stunning wall hanging for students to make during this creative workshop.

£31.00

10.45am - 4pm     Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday, November 14th 2010

Jan Hassard

VISIONS OF VASARELY

Carol, who lives in Wyoming, taught here a couple of years ago when her fascination with colour properties was plain to see. She wrote then that The Circle class is tricky to do in a day but can be done. There will be a minimum of sewing; mostly cutting and learning colour strategies. Acrylic templates will be available for purchase during the class. Teachers new to MQ often comment on the skills of quilters who come to classes here – positively, that is!

£36.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner +

Wednesday, November 17th 2010

Carol Liebzeit

COLOURFUL CIRCLES

Quilters who came to Shirley’s recent Jacobean hand appliqué class enjoyed it so much that they asked us - yet again - to book her to take another workshop - so we have.

£26.00

10am - 4pm        

Beginner/Intermediate

Saturday, November 20th 2010

Shirley Carr

JACOBEAN HAND APPLIQUÉ

This is a brand new course and needs a wedge-shaped ruler to achieve the twist. Equipment will be available to borrow or purchase as needed. If you are experienced in bargello and want to take the method a step further, this is for you.

£26.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Intermediate

Saturday, November 27th  2010

Catherine Millar

TWISTED BARGELLO

Babies, grandchildren, little friends, baptisms - new babies always deserve a special quilt and this time we will make a pretty quilt based on the 4-patch block and square in a square. [Another new book in the offing, Chris?]

£31.00

10am - 4pm         Sewing machine optional

Beginner

Saturday, December 4th  2010

Chris Porter

BABY QUILT

Shirley has always created a relaxed atmosphere in her workshops, much appreciated by those who attend them. In today’s class she will guide you through the assembly of one of her flower designs - make your choice on the day.

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm    

Beginner/Intemediate

Sunday, November 21st 2010

Shirley Carr

FUSCHIAS, SWEET PEAS AND IRISES

The original design is for a Christmas table runner but it can be for any purpose. The design is very easy to enlarge, the original is 18” x 50”, but some people have greatly enlarged it. It’s a very easily made block. The lattice and assembly a little harder but quilters have made the complete top at a day’s workshop. Some have also added personal appliqué to their runners.

£26.00

10-45am - 4pm  Sewing machine required

Beginner/Intermediate

Sunday, December 5th  2010

Jenny Lester

TABLE RUNNER AND PLACE MATS

A really super class. It runs and runs and this is its fifth or sixth outing. The outcomes are as outstanding as any that we have seen and it’s even been suggested that we stage an exhibition solely of interpretations. Some have developed the basic star pattern into full size bed quilts. Judi first saw the pattern when she was in Paducah and says the best thing about it are all the curved bits with no piecing or curved seams involved.

£31.00

10am - 4pm         Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, December 11th 2010

Judi Mendelssohn

PADUCAH STAR

A wonderful technique where anything goes. It presents a great opportunity to use up some of those bits and pieces of fabric, ribbon and lace and to raid the button tin. By making a small sample in the workshop you will be able to try all of the techniques. I will show you all the stitches needed. You will be hand sewing but I will show you how this technique could be done by machine.

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm        

Beginner/Intermediate

Sunday, December 12th  2010

Ann Hibberd

VICTORIAN CRAZY PATCHWORK

Making this star on your own could present endless problems of grafting and mismatching points. In this class I will show you how to use the Bias Square and will share my secrets for making a beautiful, precisely fitting star which will be ready to tack by the end of class! Recommended for those with some piecing experience.

£31.00

10.45am - 4pm     Sewing machine required

Beginner/Intermediate

Sunday, January 2nd  20101

Dawn Cameron-Dick

FEATHERED STAR

Catherine has developed a whole range of new designs using Jelly Rolls.  The advantage of the jelly roll is that there is very little waste. Apart from the hexagon quilt already used in previous classes, there is French Braid, strippy triangles, snail trail, bento box and several others still in development.  

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm     Sewing machine required

Beginner/Intermediate

Sunday, January 9th 2011

Catherine Millar

JOLLY JELLY ROLL II

This is one of the favourite appliqué blocks of traditional nineteenth century American quilts. Learn the tricks of fine handwork whilst exploring the various interpretations of this beautiful design. Choice of fabrics and use of colour will also be covered in this hand appliqué class, which is suitable for all levels.

£31.00

10am  - 4pm    

Beginner

Saturday, January 15th  2011

Sandie Lush

WHIG ROSE

Another class repeated by demand! Jenny writes: The French braiding technique is easy: straight piecing, combining strippy log cabin with cornerstones. The variety of colourways is restricted only by your own preference. You can use a tone of a colour, watercolour effect, a variety of brights etc, along with a contrast for the cornerstones. In this session you will start to make the French braid strips and I’ll talk about how to put the quilt together to achieve various effects.

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm      Sewing machine required

Beginner/Intermediate

Sunday, January 16th 2011

Jenny Lester

FRENCH BRAID

Through an oversight we were somewhat overbooked the last time Jennie visited us, but were told: None of us were a bit bothered – it was just a privilege to be in the class. So there! Jennie says of class: Nine unique and innovative designs all created by manipulating squares in ingenious forms. Use these designs for quilt blocks, garments, home décor or where ever you wish. (All designs are 5” square.)

£31.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, January 29th 2011

Jennie Rayment

SUDOKU SQUARED

Play with shape, form and pattern and construct two or three innovative 12” square textured designs. Be amazed at the ease with which intriguing manipulated effects can be produced by just folding, rolling, tweaking and twitching squares and rectangles. Combine a selection of the blocks for an innovative quilt or utilise individually in cushions/bags and all!

£31.00

10.45 am - 4pm      Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday, January 30th  2011

Jennie Rayment

TEXTURED TWIDDLING FOR CLEVERLY CREATIVE QUILT BLOCKS

This wall hanging of a kimono (approx 22” x 30” has the added bonus of using bargello patchwork to make the body of the kimono so that more than one technique is taught on the day. It’s ideal for some of the sumptuous Japanese fabrics now available but you can easily make it in other fabrics and it is still very effective

£31.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing Machine Required REQUIREDm

Beginner

Saturday, August 7th  2010

Judi Mendelssohn

KIMONO BARGELLO

From Chris's first book, Quilt Designs from Decorative Floor Tiles (now titled 'Quilts Beneath your Feet') this beautiful star quilt is made from a colour palette of dark, mediums and lights in just two colours. Whilst it looks complex it really is easy to achieve and we should have a great time choosing the colours. and creating your own special star.

£31.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, February 12th  2011

Chris Porter

CLIFTON STAR

Tutor: We’ve probably offered this course twice as much as any other and each time it’s been a success. Most of those who have done it seem (after just six hours) able to cope with almost any other course that we offer. Someone contacted us recently to say how very beneficial the workshop had been for her: Pat gave me a huge amount of confidence. But if you don’t listen when she is talking to you then woe betide you!

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm      Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday, March 27th 2011

Pat Nicholls

PATCHWORK AND QUILTING FOR BEGINNERS

These books are really appealing to small children who love the different textured animals. They’re made using the reverse-machine appliqué technique so you can include unusual fabrics like furs, satin and suede! Two (or more) animals will be completed on the day and patterns will be provided for you to complete the rest at home. You can bring your own animal fabrics to use or dip into Lynne’s collection on the day.

£26.00

10.45am – 4pm      Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday, February 13th  2011

Lynne Quinn

ANIMAL FEELY BOOK

Make this lovely wall-hanging or cushion while exploring new threads and stitches. Find out what works for you and your machine; pick up lots of knowledge and tips. You’ll quilt with confidence on your future projects!

£31.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, February 19th  2011

Anja Townrow

SPRING IN PARIS

This is a workshop for Foundation Piecing, using my special technique for Fool-proof Frustration Free Foundation Piecing. No waste: the pieces fit every time, suitable for beginners as well as people who have tried foundation piecing and 'don't get on with it'. This project can form the centrepiece of a much larger quilt, and you will be shown how to achieve that.

£31.00

10.45am – 4pm       Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday, February 20th 2011

Anja Townrow

STAINED GLASS

Jenny says: This is a very basic course for people who want to learn machine piecing. I’ll show how to use rulers and rotary cutters to achieve accurate 3.5” squares. Then we’ll look at different needles and threads as well as methods used to achieve a 1/4” seam, You’ll also sew some nine patch blocks with matching seams. Then I’ll show you basic methods of how to make a small quilt and how you can achieve different designs from a basic block.

£26.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, March 5th  2011

Jenny Lester

MACHINE PIECING FOR BEGINNERS

Catherine's quilt ‘Kimono Circles’ was juried in to the World Quilt and Textile Show in the USA in 2010 and a version of her wall-hanging will be taught in the class.  You will learn how to make the blocks with circles in assorted sizes, quilt them and assemble the whole.

£26.00

10.45am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday March 6th 2011

Catherine Millar

JAPANESE CIRCLES

This is a hugely impressive class. Helen Conway says: I learnt more in the first half an hour than in the past 15 months - the information Dawn gave us on needles and threads and tension issues alone was worth the price. I have pages of notes! I would highly recommend Dawn as a teacher. The class was so informative that after we first staged it we asked Dawn to return the following week to give De and Birgitta a private lesson.

£31.00

10:45am - 4pm      Sewing Machine Required

Beginner

Sunday, March 13th  2011

Dawn Cameron - Dick

THREADPLAY

This is a centuries-old technique, also known as Chenille. In fact, slashing through fabric layers to reveal the colour below can be traced back to the Renaissance. According to one story, it started with ragged Swiss soldiers' attempts to keep warm by stuffing colourful cloth into their war-torn garments. De, being half Swiss, will like that! The cushion illustrated was made by Helen, who is one of Lynne's City & Guilds students.

£26.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, March 19th 2011

Lynne Quinn

CHENNILE

We’re delighted that Katharine is able to return to teach this class. Using the technique of foundation piecing makes the construction of the blocks easier and ensures accuracy because they are only 4” square.

£31.00

10.45am - 4pm       Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday, March 20th  2011

Katharine Guerrier

SNAIL TRAIL

Lone Star or ‘Star of Bethlehem’ is a very traditional design.  It is made up of diamonds that used to be mounted on paper templates and stitched together by hand.  Catherine will show you a method that is machine-pieced, quick, easy and accurate.  Once you have learnt the technique you can adapt it for a whole quilt, a larger star, or a series of stars for whatever purpose you choose.

£26.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, March 26th  2011

Catherine Millar

LONE STAR

Jan is still preparing this class but it’s likely to be Op Art based and she mysteriously talked about squares within squares when we last spoke. We look forward to seeing the finished article as much as her many fans will. Hopefully Jan will teach it first here at MQ.

£31.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Intermediate

Saturday, March 12th  2011

Jan Hassard

INFINITY SQUARES

£5.00

All

Judi Mendelssohn

7pm

Saturday, August 7th  2010

Talk given by Judi Mendelssohn, at MQ:  On Not Being a Championship Quilter

Lynne’s bag has attracted a huge amount of admiration - everyone wants one - and now she’s modified it so it can be made as a quilter’s tool bag, a make-up bag or a gent’s bag! It has see-through, ‘velcroed’ pockets so if some items are not wanted on voyage they can be detached and you just keep the ones you need.  NB: There will be some preparation to do before the class - but details will be sent well in advance.

£26.00

10am - 4pm        Sewing machine required

Beginner

Saturday, January 22nd  2011

Lynne Quinn

UNFOLDING WORKSHOP BAG

An introduction to the wonderful world of MACHINE QUILTING! Learn what supplies to use, how to set up your machine and work area and how to successfully manage that huge quilt in your little machine! We will sew with different stitches and threads and you will go home confident that you CAN machine quilt!

 £31.00

10.45am - 4pm      Sewing machine required

Beginner

Sunday, October 17th 2010

Dawn Cameron-Dick

MACHINE QUILTING FOR BEGINNERS

Create a patchwork style tile pattern like those found on floors and in palaces for centuries. Instead of intricate piecing, we make it easy by placing separate tile shapes onto a background with narrow spacing between each piece. The pieces are fused on and then outlined by hand with blanket-stitch in matching thread to give a soft organic look, just like the real tiles set in stone. Soft colours are not essential - batiks and similar organic fabrics work a treat.

£31.00

10.am - 4pm      

Beginner

Tuesday, February 30th  2011

Lynne Edwards

SET IN STONE