Academy Workshops, Lecture and Talks Timetable and detailed information

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29th July – 1st August 2021 NEC, Birmingham, England

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UPPER STREET EVENTS

Artist: Sarah Hibbert – Macaroons @quiltscornerstone Academy Workshops, Lecture and Talks

Important information

Basic Sewing Kit If you opt for E-tickets, please do To view our health and safety practices print off workshop tickets which in place at this year’s show visit: All students are asked to bring their need to be handed to the tutor of www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/ own basic sewing kit to eliminate the the class. covid-safety-measures need to share (embroidery scissors, pins, hand needles, dressmaking All classes requiring machine sewing shears (if appropriate), marking pen, are equipped with sewing machines. tape measure, black, white and grey Rooms 19 and 20 will be using general purpose threads). Bernina machines. Rooms GS1, GS2, GS3, 21 and 22 will be equipped with Materials provided Janome sewing machines.

For many of the workshops, there Academy classes are 90 minutes, is an additional charge for materials half day or full day sessions. provided to make the project by the Twilight classes on Friday and tutor. This amount is noted in the Saturday are 2 hours. This year we description. Please come prepared also have some 45 minute and 1 hour to pay this amount in cash directly to lectures from leading experts. the tutor. Please note, a booking fee applies: Supply Lists £2.50 for e-tickets £2.80 for postal tickets There may also be a supply list of materials for you to bring. Please check the description of your chosen class and download the supply list PDF for the class code you are doing using the link provided in the email confirmation. NB: If your tickets are being posted to you, the supply list(s) will also be posted.

The Festival of Quilts 2021 2 Accompanied Children Welcome

Academy Workshops, Lecture and Talks

Tuesday 27th July

Code Start Title Tutor Room Style Level Accompanied Standard Guild Time Children Price Price Welcome

300 09:30 Layered Surfaces Amanda Duke CTS, Hall 6 2 days B no £190.00 £180.00 301 09:30 Eco Printing and Book Making Jude Kingshott & AC1, Hall 6 3 days AA no £282.00 £272.00 Brunhilde Scheidmeir 302 09:30 Make a Hand Stitched Memory Andrea Lechner Room 23, CS 2 days AA no £190.00 £180.00 Quilt Wednesday 28th July

Code Start Title Tutor Room Style Level Accompanied Standard Guild Time Children Price Price Welcome

303 09:30 Golden Goldwork: Georgina Bellamy Room 14/15 1 day AA no £98.00 £92.00 Semi 3D Bumble Bee GS 304 09:30 Highland Cow Applique Delphine Brooks Room GS3, 1 day AA no £98.00 £92.00 GS 305 09:30 Moth on Cloth Melanie Missin Room 21, CS 1 day I no £98.00 £92.00 306 14:00 Improv Longarm Quilting: Nicholas Ball Room 20, CS 1/2 day I no £135.00 £129.00 Bernina Sit Down Table 307 14:00 Fire and Ice Stitched Bowls Mary McIntosh Room 22, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00

Thursday 29th July

Code Start Title Tutor Room Style Level Accompanied Standard Guild Time Children Price Price Welcome

309 09:00 Sketchbook for Quilters Gillian Cooper Room 27, CS 1 day AA no £98.00 £92.00 310 09:00 Orange Peel Quilts with Invisible Dawn Cameron-Dick Room 19, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Machine Applique 311 09:00 Improv Longarm Quilting: Nicholas Ball Room 20, CS 1/2 day I no £135.00 £129.00 Bernina Sit Down Table 312 09:00 Beginners Foundation Piecing: Caitlin Lisle Room 21, CS 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 Ashley's Star 313 09:00 Crumb Blocks Vs Half Square Chris English Room 22, CS 1/2 day B yes £49.00 £45.00 Triangles 314 09:00 Kantha Summer Swallows Angela Daymond Room 23, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 315 09:30 American Hand Piecing Emma Bradford Room 14/15 1/2 day B yes £49.00 £45.00 GS 316 09:30 Reclaimed Landscapes, Stitch, Cas Holmes Room 16-18 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Paper & Cloth GS 317 09:30 Dandelion Clock Block Jo Avery Room GS1, 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 GS 318 09:30 Boro Inspired Textile Picture Katharine Wright Room GS2, 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 GS 319 09:30 Plaids and Blues Ravioli Quilt! Paula Doyle Room GS3, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS

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320 10:00 Longarm Quilting: Angela Walters, Room 5, HQ, 1/2 day B/I no £135.00 £129.00 Negative Space with Rulers Midnight Quilter, USA Hall 6 322 14:00 Curvaceous Attic Window Karin Hellaby Room 19, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 323 14:00 Intro to Freehand Feathers: Trudi Wood Room 20, CS 1/2 day I no £135.00 £129.00 Bernina Sit Down Table 324 14:00 Confetti Quilting Delphine Brooks Room 21, CS 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 325 14:00 Pattern Drafting for Patchworkers Moraig Hewitt Room 22, CS 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 326 14:00 Hand Stitched Journal Quilt Hilary Jane Cheshire Room 23, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 327 14:00 Introduction to Long Arm Quilting Pete Holpin & Abigail Room 5, HQ, 1/2 day B no £100.00 £94.00 Sheridan de Graaff Hall 6 328 14:30 Heart's Design for Hand Quilting Carolyn Gibbs Room 14/15 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 329 14:30 Happy Camping Caravan Tracy Aplin Room 16-18 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 Applique GS 330 14:30 Four Block Patchwork Sampler Sukhbeer Dryden, Sew Room GS1, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 n Beads GS 331 14:30 Cathedral Windows and Bow Ties Jennie Rayment Room GS2, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 332 14:30 Machine Pieced Cathedral Vendulka Battais Room GS3, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Windows GS 334 09:00 Hand-Stitched Patchwork Star Christine Green Room AC2, 90 mins B/I no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9 335 11:00 Simply Stunning Stencils Hilary Beattie Room AC2, 90 mins AA no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9 336 13:30 Creative Embellishing Techniques Jessica Grady Room AC2, 90 mins AA no £25.00 £23.00 for Textiles Hall 9 337 16:00 Litle MacKintosh Rose Gilli Theokritoff Room AC2, 90 mins AA no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9

LECTURES AND TALKS 500 10:00 Traditional Textile Techniques of Mary Sleigh Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 West Africa Hall 9 501 11:15 Exploring a Theme Shelley Rhodes Theatre, Hall 9 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 502 14:00 Surface Design and Linda Seward Theatre, Hall 9 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 Embellishments for Quilters 503 15:15 Just Do It! Develop Creative Work Hilary Beattie Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 Habits Hall 9 504 16:30 Quilting with Liberty Fabrics Jenni Smith Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 Hall 9

KEY:

AA All Abilities 45 MINS TALK - 45 minute talk/lecture CS Concourse Suites Bernina Longarm classes B Beginner (new to subject) 30 MIN DEMO - 30 minute demonstration GS Gallery Suites Handi Quilter longarm classes I Intermediate (some knowledge of subject) 90 MINS - 90 minute workshop HQ Handi Quilter Premium lectures A Advanced (knowledeable, wanting to add to skill level) A booking fee applies per transaction: £2.50 for e-tickets, £2.80 for postal tickets

The Festival of Quilts 2021 4 Academy Workshops, Lecture and Talks

Friday 30th July

Code Start Title Tutor Room Style Level Accompanied Standard Guild Time Children Price Price Welcome

340 09:00 Walking Foot Quilting Sarah Ashford Room 19, CS 1 day I no £98.00 £92.00 341 09:00 Transfer Printed Book Gillian Cooper Room AC1, 1 day AA no £98.00 £92.00 Hall 9 342 09:30 Kantha Meets Boro Gilli Theokritoff Room 16-18 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 343 09:00 Intro to Freehand Feathers: Trudi Wood Room 20, CS 1/2 day I no £135.00 £129.00 Bernina Sit Down Table 344 09:00 Make a Charmed Cushion Cover Caitlin Lisle Room 21, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 345 09:00 Jelly Roll Placemats Paula Rafferty, Ireland Room 22, CS 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 346 09:00 Reclaimed Landscapes, Stitch, Cas Holmes Room 23, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Paper & Cloth 347 09:00 Weave a Landscape Katharine Wright Room 27, CS 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 348 09:30 Beach Combing Memoire Fi Oberon Room 14/15 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Embroidered Finds GS 349 09:30 Metal Threads Demystified Pauline Barnes Room GS1, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 350 09:30 Exploding Pineapples Karin Hellaby Room GS2, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 351 09:30 Textile Art Using Tyvek Helen Moyes Room GS3, 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 GS 352 10:00 Dot to Dot Long Arm Quilting Angela Walters, Room 5, HQ, 1/2 day B/I no £135.00 £129.00 Midnight Quilter, USA Hall 6 355 14:00 Improv Longarm Quilting: Nicholas Ball Room 20, CS 1/2 day I no £135.00 £129.00 Bernina Sit Down Table 356 14:00 Really Useful Rucksack for Janaka Managai Room 21, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Crafters 357 14:00 Crumb Blocks Vs Half Square Chris English Room 22, CS 1/2 day AA yes £49.00 £45.00 Triangles 358 14:00 Bojagi Jogakbo Wall Hanging Sara Cook Room 23, CS 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 359 14:00 Textiles and Foiling Helen Moyes Room 27, CS 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 360 14:00 Free Motion: Abigail Sheridan de Room 5, HQ, 1/2 day B/I no £100.00 £94.00 Improv Long Arm Quilting Graaf Hall 6 361 14:30 2D Needle Felt a Landscape Delphine Brooks Room 14/15 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 with Embroidery GS 362 14:30 Perfect Patchwork Triangles Andrea Lechner Room 16-18 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Sampler GS 363 14:30 Positive, Negative Free Form Mandy Munroe Room GS1, 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 Cutting GS 364 14:30 A Perfect Le Moyne Star Carolyn Gibbs Room GS2, 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 GS 365 14:30 Log Cabin Cushion Atai Azmi Room GS3, 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 GS

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367 09:00 Hand Stitched Patchwork Ball Christine Green Room AC2, 90 mins B no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9 368 11:00 A Taste of Judging Judi Kirk Room AC2, 90 mins AA no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9 369 13:30 Beautiful Blocks Hilary Beattie Room AC2, 90 mins AA no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9 370 16:00 Flower Stitch Sampler Hillary Jackson Room AC2, 90 mins I no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9

2-HOUR TWILIGHT CLASSES 372 18:30 Applique and Free Motion Fabric Sukhbeer Dryden, Sew Room GS1, 2 hrs AA no £33.00 £30.00 Book Cover n Beads GS 373 18:30 Sew a Little Spring Time Jennie Rayment Room GS2, 2 hrs AA no £33.00 £30.00 GS 374 18:30 Tiny House Streetscapes Jo Avery Room GS3, 2 hrs I no £33.00 £30.00 GS 375 18:30 Applique Cushion Cover Molly Brown Room 21, CS 2 hrs B yes £33.00 £30.00 376 18:30 Sew an African Wax Print Simple Adaku Parker Room 22, CS 2 hrs I no £33.00 £30.00 Skirt

LECTURES AND TALKS 507 10:00 The Magic of Sashiko, The Beauty Susan Briscoe Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 of Boro Hall 9 508 11:15 Choosing the Best Category Linda Seward Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 for your Quilt Hall 9 509 12:30

510 13:45 African Accents & Japanese Janice Gunner Theatre, 1 hour AA no £11.00 £10.00 Juxtapositions Hall 9 511 15:15 Layer, Paint and Stitch Wendy Dolan Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 Free Motion Demo Hall 9

KEY:

AA All Abilities 45 MINS TALK - 45 minute talk/lecture CS Concourse Suites Bernina Longarm classes B Beginner (new to subject) 30 MIN DEMO - 30 minute demonstration GS Gallery Suites Handi Quilter longarm classes I Intermediate (some knowledge of subject) 90 MINS - 90 minute workshop HQ Handi Quilter Premium lectures A Advanced (knowledeable, wanting to add to skill level) A booking fee applies per transaction: £2.50 for e-tickets, £2.80 for postal tickets

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Saturday 31st July

Code Start Title Tutor Room Style Level Accompanied Standard Guild Time Children Price Price Welcome

378 09:00 Mandala Applique with Draw- Katalin Horvath Room 21, CS 1 day I no £98.00 £92.00 Sew-Trim 379 09:00 Tessellated Block Emma Bradford Room AC1, 1 day I yes £98.00 £92.00 Hall 9 380 09:00 Improv Quilt as You Go Sarah Ashford Room 19, CS 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 381 09:00 As you Like It: Wholecloth Linzi Upton Room 20, CS 1/2 day I no £135.00 £129.00 Longarm Quilting 382 09:00 Creating Faces: Free Motion Stacey Chapman Room 22, CS 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 Stitching 383 09:00 Folded Star Cushion Cover Karin Hellaby Room 23, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 384 09:00 Tiny Stitches Framed in Mini Helen Moyes Room 27, CS 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 Hoops: Slow Stitching 385 09:30 3D Goldwork Lady Bird Brooch Georgina Bellamy Room 14/15 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 386 09:30 Inspired by Gees Bend: Improv Christine Green Room 16-18 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Hand-Sewn Patchwork GS 387 09:30 Commodious Travel Bag Sukhbeer Dryden, Sew Room GS1, 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 n Beads GS 388 09:30 Beautiful Bargello Judi Kirk Room GS2, 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 GS 389 09:30 Confetti Quilting Delphine Brooks Room GS3, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 390 10:00 Introduction to Long Arm Quilting Liz Holpin & Lynda Room 5, HQ, 1/2 day B no £100.00 £94.00 Jackson Hall 6 392 14:00 Perfection and Precision with Carolyn Gibbs Room 19, CS 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 Flying Geese 393 14:00 Intro to Freehand Feathers: Trudi Wood Room 20, CS 1/2 day I no £135.00 £129.00 Bernina Sit Down Table 394 14:00 Really Useful Rucksack for Janaka Managai Room 22, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Crafters 395 14:00 Weave a Landscape Katharine Wright Room 23, CS 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 396 14:00 Hand Stitched Indian Elephants Dawn Cameron-Dick Room 27, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 397 14:00 Mastering Rulers: Long Arm Lynda Jackson Room 5, HQ, 1/2 day B/I no £95.00 £89.00 Quilting Hall 6 398 14:30 Wool Pennies Applique: Summer Fi Oberon Room 14/15 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Abundance GS 399 14:30 Borrowed From Boro Christine Green Room 16-18 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 400 14:30 Designer Fabric Pictures Hilary Beattie Room GS1, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 401 14:30 Exploring the ZigZag Pauline Barnes Room GS2, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 402 14:30 Beginners Foundation Piecing: Caitlin Lisle Room GS3, 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 Ashley's Star GS

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403 09:00 Simply Stunning Stencils Hilary Beattie Room AC2, 90 mins AA no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9 404 11:00 Little MacKintosh Rose Gilli Theokritoff Room AC2, 90 mins AA no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9 405 13:30 Personalise a Shabby Chic Bag Mandy Munroe Room AC2, 90 mins B no £25.00 £23.00 Hall 9 406 16:00 Cat or Dog Portrait: Drawn with Stacey Chapman Room AC2, 90 mins B no £25.00 £23.00 Hand Stitching Hall 9

2-HOUR TWILIGHT CLASSES 408 18:30 Applique Cushion Cover Molly Brown Room GS1, 2 hrs B yes £33.00 £30.00 GS 409 18:30 Tactile Twiddling in the Round Jennie Rayment Room GS2, 2 hrs AA no £33.00 £30.00 GS 410 18:30 Lutradur Lantern Helen Moyles Room GS3, 2 hrs I no £33.00 £30.00 GS 411 18:30 Nine Patch Hack Chris English Room 21, CS 2 hrs AA yes £33.00 £30.00 412 18:30 Ankara Patchwork Shopping Bag Adaku Parker Room 22, CS 2 hrs I no £33.00 £30.00 413 18:30 Summer Floral Hoop Jessica Grady Room 23, CS 2 hrs AA no £33.00 £30.00

LECTURES AND TALKS 515 10:00 Colour Theory for Quilters Jo Avery Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 Hall 9 516 11:15 Textile Revolution: Post War Female Ashley Gray Theatre, 1 hour AA no £11.00 £10.00 Designers Hall 9 517 12:45 Help! How Do I Quilt It! Angela Angela Walters, Midnight Theatre, 1 hr AA no £25.00 £25.00 Walters Trunk Show Quilter, USA Hall 9 518 14:15 Kaffe Fassett's Creative Inspiration Kaffe Fassett Theatre, 45 mins AA no £25.00 £25.00 Hall 9 519 15:30 I Thought I was the Only One! 1970s Pauline Macaulay Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 Quilt Revival Hall 9 520 16:46 Finding a Creative Community on Atai Azmi Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 Social Media Hall 9

KEY:

AA All Abilities 45 MINS TALK - 45 minute talk/lecture CS Concourse Suites Bernina Longarm classes B Beginner (new to subject) 30 MIN DEMO - 30 minute demonstration GS Gallery Suites Handi Quilter longarm classes I Intermediate (some knowledge of subject) 90 MINS - 90 minute workshop HQ Handi Quilter Premium lectures A Advanced (knowledeable, wanting to add to skill level) A booking fee applies per transaction: £2.50 for e-tickets, £2.80 for postal tickets

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Sunday 1st August

Code Start Title Tutor Room Style Level Accompanied Standard Guild Time Children Price Price Welcome

416 09:00 Highland Cow Applique Delphine Brooks Room GS1, 1 day AA no £98.00 £92.00 GS 417 09:00 Crazy Patchwork Project Bag Katharine Wright Room 21, CS 1 day AA no £98.00 £92.00 418 09:00 Transfer Printed Book Gillian Cooper Room AC1, 1 day AA no £98.00 £92.00 Hall 9 419 09:00 St David's Star: A Hexagonal Jennie Rayment Room 19, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Happenstance! 420 09:00 As you Like It: Wholecloth Linzi Upton Room 20, CS 1/2 day I no £135.00 £129.00 Longarm Quilting 421 09:00 Paper Pieced Pouch Janice Croft Room 22, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 422 09:00 Korean Handmade Thimble Sara Cook Room 23, CS 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 423 09:00 American Hand Piecing Emma Bradford Room AC2, 1/2 day B yes £49.00 £45.00 Hall 6 424 09:30 Borrowed From Boro Christine Green Room 14/15 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 425 09:30 Hand Stitched Journal Quilt Hilary Jane Cheshire Room 16-18 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 426 09:30 Quiltworx Stained Glass Window Laurence Robaix, Room GS2, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 France GS 427 09:30 Thread Paint Glorious Autumn Stacey Chapman Room GS3, 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 Leaves GS 428 10:00 Fabulous Feathers: Long Arm Lynda Jackson Room 5, HQ, 1/2 day I/A no £100.00 £94.00 Quilting Hall 6 430 14:00 Fire and Ice Stitched Bowls Mary McIntosh Room 19, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 431 14:00 Lined Oilcloth Tote Bag Paula Rafferty, Ireland Room 22, CS 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 432 14:00 Fantasy Floral Embellished Jessica Grady Room 23, CS 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Textiles 433 14:00 Hand-Drawn and Stitched Angela Daymond Room AC2, 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 Mandala Hall 9 434 14:30 Reverse Hand Applique: Hares Dawn Cameron-Dick Room 14/15 1/2 day B no £49.00 £45.00 GS 435 14:30 Embroidered Anchor and Coral Fi Oberon Room 16-18 1/2 day AA no £49.00 £45.00 GS 436 14:30 Pattern Drafting for Patchworkers Moraig Hewitt Room GS2, 1/2 day I no £49.00 £45.00 GS 437 14:30 Applique and Stitched Wall Atai Azmi Room GS3, 1/2 day B/I no £49.00 £45.00 Hanging GS

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LECTURES AND TALKS 523 10:00 Creative Stitching Textiles Wendy Dolan Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 Hall 9 524 11:15 From Bed to Wall: The Rise of Art Sue Marks Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 Quilts Hall 9 525 12:45 Dot to Dot: Simple Shapes Make Angela Walters, Theatre, 1 hr AA no £25.00 £25.00 Complex Designs Midnight Quilter, USA Hall 9 526 14:15 Strip Joint: African Strip Cloth in a Liz Hewitt Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 New Light Hall 9 527 15:30 The Women of Gee's Bend and Andrea Lechner Theatre, 45 mins AA no £11.00 £10.00 their Quilts Hall 9

KEY:

AA All Abilities 45 MINS TALK - 45 minute talk/lecture CS Concourse Suites Bernina Longarm classes B Beginner (new to subject) 30 MIN DEMO - 30 minute demonstration GS Gallery Suites Handi Quilter longarm classes I Intermediate (some knowledge of subject) 90 MINS - 90 minute workshop HQ Handi Quilter Premium lectures A Advanced (knowledeable, wanting to add to skill level) A booking fee applies per transaction: £2.50 for e-tickets, £2.80 for postal tickets

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A-Z of Titles and Descriptions

2D Needle Felt a Landscape with A Perfect Le Moyne Star African Accents & Japanese Embroidery Carolyn Gibbs Juxtapositions Delphine Brooks The Le Moyne Star is a beautiful eight- Janice Gunner Join Sewing Street TV star and textile pointed star block design but can be tricky For many years Janice has accrued large artist, Delphine Brooks and learn the basic to get right. Come and discover Carolyn’s collections of colourful fabrics from Africa techniques of 2D needle felting from an tips for tackling the set-in corners that it and luscious indigos and silks from Japan. expert! You will learn how to create a requires and learn how to make all those Come and listen to her informative lecture simple landscape and turn it into a realistic points meet perfectly at the centre. You on how she uses African and Japanese piece of art. The piece is then bought to should be able to complete most of the fabrics in her work. Learn about her way of life with some simple hand embroidery. By block during the class and take away working, use of colour, piecing and quilting learning a few little tricks you will achieve a instructions to finish it. You could keep with these exciting and unusual fabrics masterpiece to be proud of. Expert tips and it as a sample or make more blocks to to make quilts, wall hangings and smaller advice will be on hand to help you along incorporate into a larger project such as a projects. the way. Suitable for beginners, new to 2D bag or a lap quilt. This class is suitable for Friday needle felting. All materials will be provided, those who are ready to move beyond the Lectures & Talks cost £17, payable to the tutor in cash on basics – and those with more experience 1 hour the day of class. Picture frames will also be may like to use the supplied instructions to available, additional cost £7 payable on day make the more-advanced Blazing Star at of class. home afterwards. A supply list is provided. Friday Friday 1/2 day 1/2 day

American Hand Piecing Emma Bradford American hand piecing is a method of hand sewing patchwork blocks together, which unlike English Paper Piecing, does 3D Goldwork Lady Bird Brooch A Taste of Judging not require the use of paper templates, is Georgina Bellamy Judi Kirk more time efficient and results in less fabric Students will learn the three key steps Join Judi for a 90 minute session and the waste. You will learn how to hand piece that are fundamental and build the right opportunity to learn how quilts are judged any quilt block design from scratch, by foundations for any budding goldwork at the Festival of Quilts, what judges look making one set of block templates, marking artists. You will learn an arsenal of for in winning quilts, and to try your hand and cutting out your fabric, hand sewing techniques as well as the beginning steps at judging for yourself. Perfect for anyone seams for durability, and receive tips to for how to create a 3D structure. Wire work interested in joining a future judging re-enforce points and corners. This class and beading will also be explored in the course but also for those wanting to better requires manual dexterity and is suitable creation of some 3D antenna and legs. understand the judging process. for beginners and older children when Suitable for all abilities. Materials will be Friday accompanied by an adult. You will complete provided, cost £15, payable in cash to the 90 mins a 6 inch block during class, or may choose tutor on the day of class. to begin a larger block to complete at home. Saturday There is a material cost of £18 payable to 1/2 day the tutor on the day, for three fat quarters of fabric, one sheet of fine grit sandpaper,

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a pencil, a hand sewing needle, and spool your design. The machine will then be handout, so you can repeat the skills learnt of thread. You are also advised to bring set up for free motion embroidery and during the workshop at home. A kit will be a comfortable, well-fitting thimble of your Sukhbeer will show you how easy it is to provided, cost £10, payable to Molly on the choice. free motion on the sewing machine. The day. Suitable for all abilities. Thursday & Sunday image will then be stitched and turned into a Friday & Saturday 1/2 day book cover. In your kit, you will be provided 2 hrs Twilight with fabric and stabilisers, full instructions and a sketch book to cover. Suitable for all abilities. Cost of materials £7 payable to the tutor on the day. Friday 2 hrs Twilight

Ankara Patchwork Shopping Bag As you Like It: Adaku Parker Wholecloth Longarm Quilting Join Adaku, author of ‘Sewing with African Linzi Upton Wax Print Fabric’ for this fun workshop and This class will take you through the process make a super size tote bag using Ankara of choosing and marking design motifs fabric. You will apply fusible interfacing to on a small, whole-cloth sampler using a fabric properly, sew bag panels together, Applique and Stitched Wall Hanging Bernina Q16 sit-down longarm. You will use attach bag handles, attach bag closure, line Atai Azmi Bernina accessories including twin-needles, the bag and finish with neat top stitching. Use the applique technique to create a echo clips, couching inserts and rulers to A kit is available which includes everything small wall hanging with motifs cut from experiment with innovative ways of filling you need to make your shopping bag floral fabric. Experiment with colour and the negative space of a quilt. The sampler including: fabric pieces cut to size in Ankara, pattern, and practise basic embroidery will also feature a monogrammed letter - and interfacing. Plus a magnetic bag clasp stitching techniques. Suitable for beginner when the piece is finished it can be made and 100 m of matching Gutermann thread. to intermediate, new to the subject or with into a pillow/cushion if desired. During the Kit is available in over 50 different fabrics. some basic knowledge. Materials will be class you will be encouraged to experiment The cost of the kit is £30, available from provided, cost £6, payable to the tutor in with a range of techniques, including free- Dovetailed London (www.dovetailed.co.uk). cash on the day. A small supply list is also motion stitching. You will learn how to adjust Simply visit the sewing kits collection to provided. your machine to use different threads, choose your fabric. Matching thread and Sunday depending on whether you are stitching lining fabric will be included in the kit which 1/2 day design features or background quilting. can be sent to you ahead of the workshop The resulting experimental samplers should or you can collect on the day of the class. be unique to each participant as everyone Suitable for intermediate level, those with interprets the design brief individually. some experience of machine stitching. There are six machines for a maximum of six Adaku is also teaching another twilight class students to ensure superb individual tuition. on Friday- Sew an African Wax Print Simple Suitable for intermediate level. All materials Skirt (Code 376). will be provided by the tutor. Saturday Saturday & Sunday 2 hrs Twilight Longarm Workshop 1/2 day

Applique Cushion Cover Molly Brown In this workshop you will learn the skills to make a cushion cover using appliqué and experimenting with the use of negative space in the design. There will be a variety of template shapes to choose from, including several leaf shapes. The project may need to be completed at home after Applique and Free Motion the workshop. The skills covered in the Fabric Book Cover workshop include, using Bondaweb; how Beach Combing Memoire Sukhbeer Dryden, Sew n Beads to make continuous bias binding to match Embroidered Finds In this workshop you will outline your you chosen fabrics; how to make decorative Fi Oberon picture onto the fabric provided and using piping with it; how to insert a concealed Fi Oberon will supply her beachcombing Bondaweb, you will stick fabric pieces to zip. Molly will provide you with a detailed designs in a variety of sizes for you to

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create your own pleasing beachcombing composition. Fi will guide you through decisions about spacing, movement and colour combinations with examples on hand to inspire. You will be shown a variety of methods to transfer printed patterns onto fabric with tips on how to choose the most appropriate. You will then start to embroider the work with demonstrations of suitable stitches. Fi will concentrate on raised stitches including raised stem stitch, padded satin stitch, stitch weaving. Beautiful Blocks Bojagi Jogakbo Wall Hanging You are not expected to finish the project Hilary Beattie Sara Cook in the workshop but you will have all the Working with her own bespoke blocks and Bojagi in Korean means wrapping cloth and information you need to do so at home paint, Hilary will show you how you can is the over-arching name given to this type along with a colour and stitch chart. Suitable combine them. Using soft or vibrant colours, of beautiful stitched textile that has so many for all abilities. Materials will be provided, produce a fabric panel that is unique to versatile possibilities. During this session we cost £16.50, payable to the tutor in cash on you to take home and stitch. Suitable for all will use a combination of silk organza and the day of class. A short supply list is also abilities. Materials will be provided, cost £6, ramie to make a translucent contemporary provided. payable in cash to the tutor on the day of jogakbo (pieced) wall hanging by hand. Friday class. You will learn how to make the Samsol (flat 1/2 day Friday fell) seam that encloses all the raw edges. 90 mins This can be worked in two different ways which will be explained in the session. You will learn how to make good luck symbols to embellish your work. Fabrics will be supplied in the kit priced £9 payable to the tutor on the day. A small supply list is also provided (basic tools to bring). Suitable for beginners, new to this technique. Friday 1/2 day

Beautiful Bargello Judi Kirk Beginners Foundation Piecing: This quilting style was originally inspired by Ashley’s Star the Bargello embroidery stitch, also called Caitlin Lisle flame stitch, and it is easy to see why! Judi If you crave precision and love creating will offer a choice of three designs and, detailed designs, foundation paper piecing although it looks complicated, this class is is for you. FPP uses machine stitching to suitable for beginners as well as the more sew fabric to paper templates and create experienced. There will be lots of hints and precise and intricate shapes with ease (the tips to make construction easier. By the end paper is later removed). In this class you will of the workshop, you will not only be on the learn the basics of FPP and practice sewing Boro Inspired Textile Picture way to creating a gorgeous quilt, you will the striking Ashley’s Star. You will leave with Katharine Wright also understand how variations and more at least two completed FPP blocks and full This is a creative workshop where you will complex designs are created. You should instructions and templates to finish the star use fabrics and stitching to create a textile also be able to design Bargello patterns for in the perfect size for a cushion cover. A picture guided by TV star Katharine. You will yourself. There is a materials cost of £20, supply list is provided. Also a small materials be given lots of inspiration and assistance payable to the tutor on the day for 2 Width charge of £7, payable to the tutor on the day with planning and executing your piece. of fabric strips from each of 12 fabrics - i.e. of class. Suitable for all abilities. Using a methodology somewhere between 24 strips of fabric, 2½” wide, pattern and Thursday & Saturday applique and sashiko you will find the fibreboard. 1/2 day creative process both relaxing and inspiring. Saturday Suitable for all abilities. Materials will be 1/2 day provided, cost £10, payable to the tutor on the day of class. Thursday 1/2 day

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90 mins

Borrowed From Boro Colour Theory for Quilters Christine Green Jo Avery Christine calls this technique ‘borrowed Cathedral Windows and Bow Ties Do you have trouble choosing colours from Boro’, inspired by Japanese patched Jennie Rayment for your quilts? Help is at hand with this and tattered domestic textiles, it embraces Discover how to make a true Cathedral informative lecture from a quilter who is well which is the apparent random placement Window patch and understand the Secret known for her confident use of colour. Jo of fabrics, visible stitches by hand and raw Garden. Learn how to make a facsimile often will be helping you tap into the visualisation edges which break many of the accepted called a Bow Tie. Explore use of colour with tool inside your head, explaining how to rules of patchwork. She will show you how both designs. Tuck that favourite piece of use a range of colour wheel exercises, to rip, cut and stitch and celebrate the fabric in the ‘windows’, discover different suggesting ways you can improve your essential ‘threadiness’ of textiles. She will stitch techniques for sewing ‘windows’ in fabric buying and how to use tones. Plus create a panel which can be developed into place. Play with the faux version and study she’ll tell you how to develop your very own a variety of items, depending on size, for its equally diverse potential. Create a 12” signature colour palette. example a table mat, glasses/phone case, square panel ready for bordering. Suitable Saturday book jacket, cushion cover or scarf. This is a for all ages and abilities. Materials will be Lectures & Talks liberating, exciting way of working and dare provided, cost £9.50, payable to the tutor on 45 mins we say, just a little bit addictive! Suitable for the day of class. all abilities. A supply list is provided. Thursday Saturday & Sunday 1/2 day 1/2 day

Commodious Travel Bag Sukhbeer Dryden, Sew n Beads This very useful, durable duffle bag that is Choosing the Best Category for your Quilt great for an overnight stay, a gym bag or a Cat or Dog Portrait: Linda Seward beach bag. In this workshop you will learn Drawn with Hand Stitching When entering your work in an exhibition different techniques including quilting with Stacey Chapman or judged show, it can be difficult to choose wadding and stabilizer, inserting in a zip with Simply emulate with thread the illustrated the perfect category. What is the difference tabs and lining and making a box shape, lines on pre-printed fabric of your chosen between an art quilt and a contemporary complete with adding strapping for handles. design of a cat or dog. Using poly-cotton one, and how do these differ from pictorial The bag is fully lined with no raw edges. and embroidery floss for stitch and quilts? Should you be thinking about The kit comes complete with full instructions couching, we’ll use needle and thread entering an entirely different category to and pre-cut pieces. Some knowledge of to draw with, concentrating on pictorial give your quilt the best chance of being using a sewing machine required. Cost of outcome rather than specific stitch noticed? This talk features the work of materials £15 payable to the tutor on the techniques. This portable and relaxing over 35 textile artists who are making day. Suitable for all abilities. way of working is perfect for the sofa exciting quilts in a variety of styles. An Saturday or travel alike. You will grow your ability experienced judge, Linda will explain what 1/2 day and confidence in stitch creating great an art quilt is, and illustrate how it differs groundwork for future more complex or from a contemporary and a pictorial quilt self-drawn designs. You will start this project by comparing examples of similar styles in the class but may finish at home. Suitable and designs. By the end of the talk you for beginners to creative hand stitching. A should be able to differentiate between the small supply list is provided. Plus pre-printed categories so you can better decide where fabric of either cat or dog and tear-away to enter your quilt in a show. stabiliser will be provided, cost £4.50, Friday payable to the tutor on the day of class. Lectures & Talks Saturday 45 mins

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embellishments, beads, sequins, needles, scissors and hoops. Thursday 90 mins

Confetti Quilting Creating Faces: Free Motion Stitching Delphine Brooks Stacey Chapman Learn how to create a mini piece of art using Would you like to create more realistic the confetti quilting method. Delphine, well portraits, but have never known where known TV star will share her methods to to start? This beginner’s course will create something unique and beautiful. demonstrate guidelines that will help your Creative Stitching Textiles Begin by cutting up your chosen fabrics into proportions when drawing a woman’s face, Wendy Dolan small pieces and then by laying them onto as well as using the sewing machine as a In this illustrated talk, Wendy will explore a piece of fabric in different shapes you drawing tool. Once you have watched the the exciting world of stitched textiles. can achieve a mini masterpiece. By simply demonstration, you will draw out your own An experienced artist, tutor, and author laying over a piece of tulle netting you version on fabric using these principles. You she will share her techniques of layering, can then use your sewing machine to add will then use freehand machine embroidery painting and stitching, encouraging you to the finer details and trapping all of those to sketch the face, eyes, nose and mouth in experiment at home. Considering where pretty pieces of fabric underneath. This is black thread. This useful skill will stand you ideas come from and the importance a great technique for those who enjoy art in good stead for future creative projects. of design, she will guide you through quilting, embroidery or simply wanting to Suitable for beginners, new to freehand the creative process. Textured surfaces try something a little different. Suitable for machine embroidery portraiture. A kit will can be created using a combination of beginners, new to this technique. Materials be provided by the tutor, cost £3, payable to techniques. Layers of natural fabrics – will be provided, cost £16 payable to the the tutor in cash on the day of class. A small cotton, calico, scrim, muslin, silk, batting tutor in cash on the day of class. A small supply list is also provided. etc. can be applied and then worked supply list is also provided. Saturday into with freehand machine and hand Thursday & Saturday 1/2 day stitching. Cable stitch and whip stitch, 1/2 day using thicker yarns on the machine and altering tensions can add to the surface textures, along with the application of three-dimensional fabric mediums. These textured surfaces can then be painted with fabric paint before embellishing the surface with coloured threads. The talk will be illustrated with examples of the many ways these techniques can be applied, from pictures, wall hangings and quilts to wedding garments and large commissioned stage curtains. Wendy is the author of Creative Embellishing Techniques Search Press’s bestselling publication Crazy Patchwork Project Bag for Textiles Layer, Paint and Stitch which gives an in- Katharine Wright Jessica Grady depth exploration of these exciting textile Join TV star Katharine Wright for this Explore creative ideas and techniques techniques. relaxing day long class. In the morning you for adding embellishments to fabric with Sunday will learn how to and make a piece of crazy embroidery artist Jessica Grady. Jessica Lectures & Talks patchwork fabric that’s unique to you. In will show you techniques including; folded 45 mins the afternoon you will use it to create a and manipulated sequins, painted washer useful project bag with pattern pocket. This sequins, 3D beading and ruffled decorative is a nice opportunity to learn both a new embroidery stitches. Each technique is patchwork technique and some beginner hand stitched onto fabric using a variety bag-making techniques as we will be of materials including textiles, recycled incorporating hardware into our bag design. plastic and paper, metal and thread. You Suitable for all abilities. Materials will be will leave the class with a fabric sampler of provided, cost £30, payable in cash to the techniques to inspire you for future textile tutor on the day of class. NB: Participants of projects, or to add to existing projects as this class are entitled to a free entry ticket to decorative embellished touches. This class the show on the day of class. is suitable for all abilities. All materials will Sunday be provided, cost £2.50, payable to the tutor 1 day on the day and include fabrics, threads,

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Crumb Blocks Vs Half Square Triangles Dandelion Clock Block Dot to Dot: Long Arm Quilting Chris English Jo Avery Angela Walters, Midnight Quilter, USA Start a striking mini quilt or cushion cover Explore Jo’s Freehand Foundation Piecing Quilting intricate designs can be as easy by combining crumb blocks and half square technique in this skills-based workshop. We as connecting the dots! Learn how to use triangles. Dig out those fat quarters that will be drawing up our own Dandelion Clock points on the quilt as a guide for quilting are languishing in your stash. This is the on a foundation fabric before foundation with minimal marking and lots of fun. You opportunity to use them and turn them piecing and then tackling wonky improv will learn how to recognize the dots on your into something beautiful and practical. curves. You will hopefully finish a quarter quilt, different designs and how you can Bring your scraps as well to make your which can be used as a stand-alone block adapt them for your quilts. We will be using new project even more eclectic. You will (measuring 12”) or you can make 3 more at Handi Quilter 20” Amara Longarms with one learn how to make crumb blocks, the four home to create a full circle as shown. This person per machine. Suitable for beginners at a time method, and have the chance to would make a fabulous mini quilt or large to intermediate, those new to Longarm experiment with colour and fabric choices. pillow! It’s also a great scrappy project. A quilting or with some basic knowledge. A supply list is provided. Suitable for all supply list is provided, OR you can purchase Friday abilities including older children when a kit from Jo, priced £15. Please advise Longarm Workshop accompanied by an adult. her in advance if you want this - contact 1/2 day Thursday & Friday details are on the supply list. Suitable 1/2 day for intermediate level, those with some knowledge of piecing. Thursday 1/2 day

Dot to Dot: Simple Shapes Make Complex Designs Curvaceous Attic Window Angela Walters, Midnight Quilter, USA Karin Hellaby Quilting intricate designs can be as easy Karin has bought Attic Windows into the 21st as connecting the dots! Learn how to use century with her unique techniques. Curved Designer Fabric Pictures points on the quilt as a guide for quilting windows are an original method of creating Hilary Beattie with minimal marking and lots of fun. You blocks with NO MITRED SEAMS. Curves Using Hilary’s collection of designer fabric will learn how to recognize the dots on your can be top stitched appliqued, beaded or samples, you will learn to create a random quilt, different designs and how you can embroidered. Suitable for all abilities. A collage and add a chosen applique. At adapt them for your quilts. supply list is provided. the end of the workshop you will have a Sunday Thursday beautiful stitched piece to take home and Lectures & Talks 1/2 day admire. Suitable for all abilities. All materials 1 hr are provided, cost £6, payable to the tutor on the day of class. Saturday 1/2 day

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Eco Printing and Book Making Exploding Pineapples Exploring the ZigZag Jude Kingshott & Brunhilde Scheidmeir Karin Hellaby Pauline Barnes Brunhilde and Jude join forces to teach this Who would have thought that Pineapple The humble zigzag stitch on your machine 3-day Masterclass starting on the Tuesday, patchwork could be made so easily? Start is underused and underestimated. Pauline prior to the show. The process of eco with a square, and keep on adding layers will show you how to create many different printing, using plant material (leaves and/or till your pineapple explodes in wonderful effects and stitches from this simple stitch flowers) combined with mordants will create variations of colour and fabric. It’s a fun and you will take home lots of samples and images on both fabric and paper. Small idea, and with no fabric wastage it’s ‘sew ideas for future projects. All materials will bundles are steamed and the outcome economical’ too! Can you believe there be provided, cost £3, payable to Pauline on is a series of small samples, each unique are no strange angles or special rulers? the day. Suitable for all abilities. and different. These samples will then be This new and unique technique has been Saturday used to construct a variety of books, from developed by Karin and has taken the world 1/2 day very simple folded to stitched bindings by storm! In this 3-hour class you will make and/or enhanced with hand stitching. A four blocks which can be made into a table small supply list is provided plus there is a runner, bag front or cushion. Suitable for all materials cost of £20 for materials supplied abilities. A supply list is provided. by the tutors, payable to them on the day. Friday Suitable for all abilities. NB: Participants of 3 hour this class are entitled to a free entry ticket to the show on the Thursday. Tuesday 3 days

Fabulous Feathers: Long Arm Quilting Lynda Jackson Join Handi Quilter Ambassador and Educator Lynda Jackson as she shows you how you can create Fabulous Feathers. Find out how to fill shapes and create Exploring a Theme beautiful feathers in areas through drawing, Shelley Rhodes demonstrations and hands on longarm This talk shows how Shelley takes an practice. Lynda’s beautiful feathers have initial idea or concept through to exhibiting helped her win awards at UK Quilt Shows Embroidered Anchor and Coral finished pieces. Examples are based on and at the Mancuso World Quilt Show Fi Oberon her latest work which investigates coral where she won “Best in World”. This is Fi Oberon will provide you with a 25cm bleaching and the effects of plastic in the a fabulous opportunity for Intermediate square on linen she has hand screen oceans. She will demonstrate how she or Advanced Level quilters to develop printed with her anchor and coral design. explores ideas through drawing, mark- their feathers technique. We will be using You will also be given a needle and making, collage, print and photography. Handi Quilter 20” Amara Longarms with DMC threads to work the project. Fi will She will explain how she investigates one person per machine. Suitable for demonstrate the stitches and give tips for materials, processes and techniques - intermediate to advanced level - those with getting a good crisp outline. You will be able always taking the ‘what if’ approach as she some knowledge of longarm quilting. to enjoy a relaxed pace of stitching making creates experimental samples and develops Sunday a good start on the project with Fi Oberon ideas inside and outside her sketchbooks. Longarm Workshop on hand to give advice and resolve any Suitable for all abilities. 1/2 day issues. This is a particularly good workshop Thursday for beginners or for people returning to Lectures & Talks embroidery stitching. Materials will be 45 mins provided, cost £19.50, payable in cash to the tutor on the day of class. Sunday 1/2 day

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to be a more creative maker and how we can all be more inclusive as a community online. Saturday Lectures & Talks 45 mins

Fantasy Floral Embellished Textiles Folded Star Cushion Cover Jessica Grady Karin Hellaby Learn embroidery artist Jessica Grady’s This beautiful pillow always impresses! techniques and tips for creating colourful Start at the centre and place folded geese floral inspired motifs and designs for adding shapes in layers radiating outwards to form to your own quilts and textile art projects. a star. Experiment with other themed fabrics Techniques shown within the three-hour – such as Flowers, Christmas, Halloween. class will include; hand cut and folded Fire and Ice Stitched Bowls Suitable for all abilities. A supply list is sequin petals, freehand fabric appliqué, Mary McIntosh provided. recycled ribbon “silk” style embroidery Using soluble film, glitzy fabrics and lots Saturday and beaded leaves and stamens. The of thread to stitch a light and delicate, yet 1/2 day embellishments will be hand stitched surprisingly durable, bowl. Work with whites, onto fabric and enhanced with decorative silvers and iridescents to make an ice- embroidery stitches. At the end of the class themed bowl; or select coppers and golds you will leave with an embellished and for the fire themed version. The technique embroidered sampler showing the various combines machine stitching using a normal techniques and floral motif ideas, which you foot plus the use of free motion embroidery can use to inspire future projects or add - it is a forgiving technique and a good as an appliqué to a finished quilt or other way of trying out free motion stitching with project. This class is suitable for all abilities, guaranteed results. Suitable for all abilities. whether you are a complete beginner A small supply list is provided. Some wanting to learn something new or a more materials will also be provided, cost £3, advanced stitcher wanting to expand your payable to the tutor in cash on the day. skills and techniques. All materials provided Wednesday & Sunday Four Block Patchwork Sampler for £5 per person, payable to the tutor 1/2 day Sukhbeer Dryden, Sew n Beads on the day. This includes; fabric bases, If you are new to patchwork or just want to needles, scissors, embroidery threads, learn some new techniques, come along beads, sequins, hand dyed and painted to this great workshop. You will receive embellishments, ribbons, wools, recycled full instructions for cutting and piecing. All materials for sequin creation, scrap fabrics pieces will be pre-cut and Sukhbeer will and wire. show you how to assemble each block 9” Sunday block. The kit will include pre-cut pieces 1/2 day for the four blocks, sashing and a border. to make your sampler quilt top. All you will need to do is add wadding and backing. Colours will vary. Suitable for any one with basic knowledge of the sewing machine. Flower Stitch Sampler Cost of materials £10 payable to the tutor on Hillary Jackson the day. Using a variety of simple embroidery Thursday stitches design your own unique Flower 1/2 day Stitch Sampler in this 90-minute class. This is the ideal class for those who have a basic knowledge of hand embroidery stitches and wish to develop their skills in design. This Finding a Creative Community on class will include creating your design and Social Media methods of transferring it to fabric ready Atai Azmi to be worked. You will be provided with a We all know that social media can be a real ‘design ideas’ sheet. A kit will be supplied boon but also can be troublesome! Join which includes embroidery frame, fabric, Atai for an informative discussion on the and threads, cost £5 payable to the tutor on benefits and pitfalls of using social media, the day of class. strategies to improve your success and Friday growth on Instagram. She will share her own 90 mins experiences as a maker, how it can help you

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Free Motion: Improv Long Arm Quilting Golden Goldwork: Semi 3D Bumble Bee Hand Stitched Journal Quilt Abigail Sheridan de Graaf Georgina Bellamy Hilary Jane Cheshire Learn some basic shapes to add to your This semi 3D golden bumblebee explores Journal quilts offer a way of recording and free motion quilting repertoire. Build on key padwork and goldwork embroidery sharing thoughts and experiences using those shapes through hands on practice. techniques. Set onto a piece of black felt, stitch. This workshop will show you how Watch as we combine some of the designs your finished bee can then either be framed ideas, thoughts, emotions and experiences from pebbles and paisley to swirls and or appliquéd into anything of your choosing. can be expressed through your fingers echoes. Learn how you can combine them Wings are kept 3D for an extra flourish and using hand stitching. During the workshop to fill negative space, around applique a small gem stone is placed on the back. you will create samples using applique, or scale them up. We will be using Handi Suitable for all abilities. A supply list is embroidery, traditional hand stitching Quilter 20” Amara Longarms with one provided. Some materials are also supplied techniques and patchwork, learning how person per machine. Suitable for beginners by the tutor, cost £20, payable in cash on these can be worked onto your Journal to intermediate, those new to Longarm the day. Quilt. As the project is hand stitched it may quilting or with some basic knowledge. Wednesday not be finished within the workshop time Friday 1 day but you will have enough information to Longarm Workshop take it home and finish at your leisure. All 1/2 day materials, templates and instruction sheets are provided by the tutor. Thursday & Sunday 1/2 day

Hand Stitched Indian Elephants Dawn Cameron-Dick From Bed to Wall: The Rise of Art Quilts Learn classic needle-turn hand applique and Sue Marks the slightly easier reverse applique whilst Join Dr Sue Marks for a look at how, when making a pair of colourful Indian elephants. and why quilts made the transition from If you’ve not had much luck learning hand Hand-Drawn and Stitched Mandala practical bed coverings to displays of applique before, then now is the time to try Angela Daymond creativity that frequently end up being hung again. New needles, thread and techniques Mandala means circle in the ancient Indian on walls. Since she saw her first Art Quilts will really help you succeed! We will have Sanskrit language and can be seen as back in the early 1990s, she has developed a lot of fun embellishing your beasties with a symbol of creativity. In this workshop a passion that has stayed with her and led the goodies provided. Cost of materials £12, you will be guided through how to draw her to explore what it is about this medium payable to Dawn in cash on the day of class. a symmetrical mandala using a compass, that continues to inspire. Dr Sue will share a Suitable for all abilities. protractor and ruler. Once you are happy range of images showing early art quilts and Saturday with your design it will then become your later contenders to illustrate the lecture. 1/2 day pattern and you will trace it onto white Sunday cotton fabric. Angela will show you how to Lectures & Talks layer up the fabric with two layer samples 45 mins of cotton muslin before you start to stitch. Demonstrations will be given about how to use whipped and laced running stitch to create solid lines and how tiny sequins can be used for extra texture and sparkle. This workshop is suitable for everyone, even those of you who think that you can’t draw or design. A materials pack including fabrics, hand dyed thread, needle and sequins, protractor, ruler and pencil is available on the day for £12, payable to Angela on the day of

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class. Everything else, fabric marking pens and graph paper is provided. Please bring a drawing compass with you. Sunday 1/2 day

Happy Camping Caravan Applique Help! How Do I Quilt It! Tracy Aplin Angela Walters Trunk Show Always wanted your own caravan? Now you Angela Walters, Midnight Quilter, USA can sew one! Learn the technique of needle Sometimes deciding what to quilt can turning by hand, a traditional method with be harder than actually quilting it! In this a modern twist. Whilst creating your own lecture, Angela Walters help you decide Hand Stitched Patchwork Ball caravan you will be guided through making what machine quilting designs to use by Christine Green windows, doors, wheels and of course the having you ask the expert of your opinion, Hand stitched patchwork is hugely main body! Hopefully by the end of the you! This lecture starts with a slideshow enjoyable and relaxing and this ball project class yours will be ready to be towed away! presentation full of quilted eye candy and is the perfect introduction to the technique. Suitable for beginners. A material cost of practical tips for choosing designs. Then, Christine will show you all the key stages £3.50 is payable to the tutor on the day, for it’s your turn! Attendees can bring quilt tops from cutting out the fabric, to covering the the fabrics for the caravan component and to get ideas and suggestions for ways to templates, stitching them together, turning back ground fabrics, threads, pins, needles, quilt it. It’s part show and tell, part practical out and stuffing. These balls make great freezer paper, pencil and worksheet. advice and completely fun! presents all year round but especially for Thursday Saturday small children and at Christmas, so come 1/2 day Lectures & Talks and get stitching! NB you may not finish 1 hr the project in the class, but will be given full instructions to take home. Suitable for beginners to intermediate level. Pre-cut templates and pattern will be provided, cost £6, payable to the tutor on the day of class. A Supply List is also provided. Friday 90 minutes

Heart’s Design for Hand Quilting Carolyn Gibbs Highland Cow Applique Learn how to cut out heart templates of Delphine Brooks various styles and sizes and use these with Learn how to create one of TV star, other simple shapes to create your own Delphine Brook’s own designs – a beautiful unique hand quilting design for a plain block Highland Cow cushion using the raw edge or border. Don’t worry if you have never applique method. She will teach the simple designed anything before, or don’t think steps of applique and a few of her little you can draw! Then transfer your design tricks to really make this cushion a piece of Hand-Stitched Patchwork Star onto a pre-prepared sandwich of fabric art to be enjoyed in your home. Suitable for Christine Green and wadding and start to hand quilt your any level. Materials will be supplied, cost Hand stitched patchwork is hugely enjoyable design, obtaining advice from Carolyn about £12, payable to the tutor on the day in cash. and relaxing and this star project is the improving your hand quilting stitch. Suitable A small supply list is also provided (for the perfect introduction to the technique. for all abilities. A supply list is provided, cushion pad). Christine will show you all the key stages which includes links to Carolyn’s “Hand Wednesday & Sunday from cutting out the templates and fabric, Quilting Basics” course on her website. 1 day to covering the templates, stitching Thursday them together, turning out and stuffing a 1/2 day complex shape and finally lots of ideas for embellishments. These stars make great presents all year round but especially at Christmas so come and get stitching! Suitable for all levels. A Supply List is provided. There is also a nominal cost of £1 payable to the tutor on the day for pre-cut templates. Thursday 90 mins

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I Thought I was the Only One! Improv Quilt as You Go Intro to Freehand Feathers: 1970s Quilt Revival Sarah Ashford Bernina Sit Down Table Pauline Macaulay In this workshop you will learn this Trudi Wood Pauline Macaulay is a long-time quilter, a improvised ‘quilt as you go’ technique In this class Trudi will introduce you to social anthropologist. She initiated and with the possibility of making a cushion. the basics of freehand feathers. During led the three year ‘Talking Quilts: Saving There’s lots of freedom to have fun with the class you will be shown how to draw Quilters’ Stories oral history project (2014- fabric in this class; there’s only a little bit feathers and then transfer this knowledge 2017). She is a member of The Quilters’ of measuring required, but we do it as we into Longarm machine quilting. You will Guild, British Quilt Study Group and go along and having lots of scraps to hand also look at different techniques of quilting Contemporary Quilt London and London is really important - it’s a really liberating out freehand feathers and learn how to Quilters. Passionate about recording technique and you will be on your way to deal with curves, corners and wreaths. All quilters’ stories in their own words, Pauline having a striking cushion panel by the end materials will be supplied for this class. will share, through interviews with ‘movers of it! NB: This class does not include details Suitable for intermediate level, those with and shakers’, stories of hexagons, isolation, of how to make the full cushion, just the 16 some knowledge of longarm quilting. There and unfinished quilts, and how the revival 1/2” cushion front to fit a 16” cushion pad. are six Bernina Q16 Sit Down machines for got off the ground from a solitary and A supply list is provided. Suitable for all a maximum of six students to ensure superb domestic activity to become a popular abilities. individual tuition. countrywide community of practice. Saturday Thursday, Friday & Saturday Saturday 1/2 day Longarm Workshop Lectures & Talks 1/2 day 45 mins

Inspired by Gees Bend: Improv Hand-Sewn Patchwork Introduction to Long Arm Quilting Improv Longarm Quilting: Christine Green Pete Holpin & Abigail Sheridan de Graaff Bernina Sit Down Table The quilts of Gees Bend break many of the Find out how a longarm helps you finish more Nicholas Ball accepted rules of patchwork and this class quilts and makes it fun too. We’ll take you In this class you will look at using the will encourage you to do the same. Students through some of the main quilting techniques inspiration behind improv quilts to help will hand stitch a panel, approximately 30- that can be used on Handi Quilter machines. inform your quilting choices. Using an 40cms square, inspired by the lively, often So, if you’re a complete beginner to longarm interpretative approach to patterns found in asymmetric patterns found in the Gees quilting and are looking for more than a quick nature, architecture and everyday lives you Bend quilts. Starting with a simple motif demonstration this is the session for you! We’ll will learn how to create your own quilting panel and building outwards to create a cover simple free motion quilting designs from designs suited to this liberated style of quilt unique patchwork, mixing fabrics in exciting the front of the machine, quilting from the making. All materials will be supplied for combinations and designs and all held back using Pantographs and Groovy Boards this class. Suitable for intermediate level, together using the simplest of hand stitching plus some no-mark stitching techniques that those with some knowledge of longarm either running or back stitch. A thoroughly would translate to domestic quilting as well. quilting. There are six Bernina Q16 Sitdown liberating, fun way to work. Suitable for all Even if you’re not an artist you can quilt! machines for a maximum of six students to abilities. A supply list is provided. We will be using Handi Quilter 20” Amara ensure superb individual tuition. Saturday Longarms with one person per machine. Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 1/2 day Suitable for beginners to intermediate, those Longarm Workshop new to Longarm quilting or with some basic 1/2 day knowledge. Thursday Longarm Workshop 1/2 day

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Introduction to Long Arm Quilting Just Do It! Develop Creative Work Habits Kantha Meets Boro Liz Holpin & Lynda Jackson Hilary Beattie Gilli Theokritoff Find out how a longarm helps you finish Hilary has been making stitched textiles to This is a fusion of Asian stitching influences more quilts and makes it fun too. We’ll take show for 10 years and in that time has made – Kantha is an Indian form of decorative you through some of the main quilting over 200 pieces, shown work in both group running stitch and Boro is Japanese techniques that can be used on Handi and solo galleries, sold work, written and and means rags or scraps. We will enjoy Quilter machines. So, if you’re a complete self-published three books, and is now sold recycling old bits of lovely fabric by stitching beginner to longarm quilting and are out a tutor whenever she runs workshops. In them though a felted background to create looking for more than a quick demonstration the last few years she has dealt with serious a new fabric – an ideal panel for a bag, this is the session for you! We’ll cover simple health issues, bereavement, moving house wall hanging, framed picture, or piece of free motion quilting designs from the front and a total change of circumstances. But the clothing. Your kit will contain a mix of quirky of the machine, quilting from the back using work keeps coming Is this just luck? Well … fabrics, tonal and textural patterns and Pantographs and Groovy Boards plus some no it isn’t! It takes a plan and an attitude. In there will be plenty of fabulous threads to no-mark stitching techniques that would this lecture Hilary will share her thoughts use. All materials will be provided, cost £7 translate to domestic quilting as well. Even and ideas about how to develop a habit payable to the tutor on the day. Suitable for if you’re not an artist you can quilt! We will of productive working and how to plan to all abilities. be using Handi Quilter 20” Amara Longarms make your hopes become reality Friday with one person per machine. Suitable Thursday 1/2 day for beginners to intermediate, those new Lectures & Talks to Longarm quilting or with some basic 45 mins knowledge. Saturday Longarm Workshop 1/2 day

Kantha Summer Swallows Angela Daymond Kaffe Fassett’s Colour and Inspiration In this workshop you will be stitching a Kaffe Fassett kantha design based on three swallows. This Kaffe Fassett lecture is designed to Kantha is a 500 year old technique inspire and motivate. Kaffe’s presentation originating in India. It uses just one stitch, Jelly Roll Placemats highlights work from his latest projects and the running stitch and is very relaxing to Paula Rafferty, Ireland collaborations, including his patchwork, sew. Once the design is traced onto the During this class you will learn three fabric, needlepoint, mosaics, painting and fabric you have no paper pattern to follow. different methods of construction a jelly knitting designs. Kaffe’s inspiration comes You will learn how to stitch representational roll place mat using 2 1/2 inch strips of from his travels throughout the world. His objects and how you can use aligned and fabric and wadding. this method can be lecture is designed not so much to instruct non-aligned running stitches to give interest, adapted to make larger shapes which can but to empower and inspire the audience to movement and pattern to your work. You be used as table toppers or floor rugs. A kit create and develop their ‘mind’s eye’. You will be shown how to rock your needle to will be provided, cost £10, payable to the will leave invigorated, entranced by Kaffe’s minimise wrist movement which also allows tutor on the day. Suitable for intermediate sense and use of colour, ready to try it you to pick up more stitches. The design level, those with good knowledge of basic yourself and encouraged to do so. features three swallows, going from a larger patchwork. Saturday one at the bottom to a smaller one at the Friday Lectures top. The design is edged with a traditional 1/2 day kantha pattern border. This workshop is suitable for all levels of stitch ability. There is a materials pack for this workshop which contains white cotton fabric, ultra-thin thermore wadding, needle and three skeins

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of Paintbox hand dyed threads for £15 Freehand machine stitching will then be payable to the tutor on the day. added using coloured machine threads to Thursday emphasise the design details and add to 1/2 day the surface texture. Wendy is the author of Search Press’s bestselling publication Layer, Paint and Stitch which gives an in-depth exploration of these exciting textile techniques. She will have samples of each developmental stage to show as she demonstrates the different techniques so the full process can be appreciated. Additional techniques such as cable stitch, Lined Oilcloth Tote Bag using thicker yarn in the bobbin of the Paula Rafferty, Ireland machine will be explained. During this class you will learn how to make Friday a lined oil cloth tote bag and be guided Lectures & Talks through the process to create your own tote Korean Handmade Thimble 45 mins of any shape or size with detailed notes and Sara Cook instructions included. Kit will be provided, There is a Korean saying that a hundred cost £10 payable the tutor on the day. thimbles in a box will bring longevity. These Suitable for intermediate level, those with beautiful thimbles are practical as well as good knowledge of machine sewing. decorative. They were embroidered with Sunday auspicious symbols by brides and given 1/2 day as presents to the women of the groom’s family. You will learn the secret of their construction of making your own thimble using silk or ramie fabrics. You will learn the how to join the two sides together with satteugi (slanted stitch). There will not be time to add embroidery to your thimble in Layered Surfaces class but you could add this later at home. Amanda Duke A kit will include all the fabrics needed and This is a two-day pre-show class to enjoy two different thicknesses of silk thread without restricting days at the show! Create price £7 to be paid to the tutor on the day a fabric stash with additional paper stash of class. A small supply list is also provided on day one. Use your stash on day two to (tools to bring). Suitable for beginners. design at least two abstract fabric collages Little MacKintosh Rose Sunday and additional paper collages. You will be Gilli Theokritoff 1/2 day encouraged to work in a series and at pace Kantha is a form of stitching originating using dyes, fabric paints, experimental mark in India, where it has many traditions and making and layering techniques to produce variations. Contemporary Kantha, in the a series of abstract collages. An introduction form of this elegant stylised rose, is relaxing to how elements of line, shape, colour, and enjoyable. We use simple stitches – texture, tone and composition will underpin running stitch and backstitch - to highlight how your personal ideas evolve. Your tutor the foreground flower and use the direction will show you how she completes her own of stitching to create a dynamic background fabric collages using free machine stitching full of colour and movement. The stitching as a drawing and refining tool. At the end of is worked on cotton and muslin, using the course you will take home at least two embroidery threads in a variety of colours. 50 x 75cm fabric collages ready for machine The finished 5” square fits an IKEA box or hand stitching and some paper collages frame perfectly and make a lovely gift or Layer, Paint and Stitch Free Motion Demo ready for sketchbook or framing. Suitable item for your home. Suitable for all abilities. Wendy Dolan for all abilities. Materials will be provided, Materials will be provided, cos £10, payable Wendy will share her exciting world of cost £25 payable to the tutor in cash on the in cash to the tutor on the day of class. stitched textiles in this demonstration. day. There is also a supply list. Thursday & Saturday An experienced artist, tutor, and author Tuesday 90 mins she will show her techniques of layering, 2 days painting and stitching, encouraging you to experiment at home. Inspired by the landscape and working from a photograph and sketch, a variety of natural fabrics, calico, silk noil, scrim, cotton batting, will be layered to create a textured surface. This will then be worked into with freehand machine stitching using cotton thread. She will explain how she applies water-based fabric paint to colour the background.

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Log Cabin Cushion Lutradur Lantern Make a Charmed Cushion Cover Atai Azmi Helen Moyes Caitlin Lisle Make a simple cushion cover using Lutradur® is a semi-transparent spun If you’ve ever bought a charm pack and traditional patchwork techniques to polyester that can be painted, stitched and, not known what to do with it, the Charmed construct a log cabin. The cushion will then distressed with a craft soldering iron Cushion is for you! Using Quarter Square be finished with an envelope opening at or heat gun. We will use these to create a Triangle blocks, the Charmed Cushion is a the back. Suitable for beginners new to vessel that you can either use as a vase or fun and easy make guaranteed to brighten this patchwork technique. A supply list is add a tea light to create a lantern. Learn to up any room. In this class you will learn provided. add a design with both appliqué and free the how to get perfect points on your Friday machine stitch techniques. Create a shaped Quarter Square Triangle blocks and make 1/2 day edge and relief details. This workshop an envelope style cushion cover. You will is suitable for those confident in using a leave having made a fully lined Charmed sewing machine and is suitable for both Cushion Cover perfect for an 18” cushion those new to Lutradur and to those wanting pad. A supply list is provided. Suitable for all to develop their techniques. Lutradur can abilities. also be incorporated into art quilts. All Friday materials will be provided, cost £7, payable 1/2 day to the tutor on the day. Saturday 2 hrs Twilight

Longarm Quilting: Negative Space with Rulers Angela Walters, Midnight Quilter, USA Negative Space is a hallmark of modern quilts, but it can be intimidating to quilt. Using Handi Quilter Longarm machines, Angela will show you how to turn that Make a Hand Stitched Memory Quilt negative space into a positive with rulers. Andrea Lechner Learn how to create motifs, how to divide This two-day, pre show workshop is a trip up larger areas and more in this informative Machine Pieced Cathedral Windows down memory lane, designed to create a class. We will be using Handi Quilter Vendulka Battais quilt remembering a special person in our 20” Amara Longarms with one person In this machine pieced method of lives. The size of the quilt is to be decided per machine. Suitable for beginners to constructing the Cathedral windows, the by the participants, but the key is that the intermediate, those new to Longarm quilting frame of the windows is a different colour to whole quilt will be made by hand from start or with some basic knowledge. the background of the block giving it more to finish. What a wonderful way to start Thursday contrast and striking look. During the class, the week at the Festival of Quilts. A supply Longarm Workshop you will learn the basics of this technique list is provided. Suitable for intermediate 1/2 day by creating a block for a cushion with four level, those with some experience of hand windows. A supply list is provided plus there quilting. is a materials cost, payable to the tutor on Tuesday the day of the class of £8 for some materials 2 days supplied by her. Thursday 1/2 day

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Mandala Applique with Draw-Sew-Trim Metal Threads Demystified Nine Patch Hack Katalin Horvath Pauline Barnes Chris English In this workshop you can choose one of 4 Machine stitching with metallic threads can Join Chris for this relaxing fun 2-hour class mandala patterns to learn the technique on. be frustrating when they break, twist, shred making a nine-patch with a difference. You Katalin will guide you through the Draw- and generally misbehave. During this class will learn how to transform a traditional nine Sew-Trim process which is a quick and you will be able to try out several different patch block into a super modern improv easy, yet very accurate applique technique. metallic threads and Pauline will give you block. It’s an ideal class for quilters who She will show step by step, all the tricks lots of advice on how to overcome all these want to try something different and move and shortcuts. Once you learn the basics, problems - and be in control. All materials away from formal patterns into some more you can use it for stained glass quilts too. will be provided, cost £4, payable to Pauline improv piecing. You will start a patchwork It can be combined with other techniques, on the day. Suitable for all abilities. piece that can be made into a cushion for example free motion embroidery. You Friday cover later, or indeed, continued into a full can, but don’t have to, use fusible web, so 1/2 day quilt. Suitable for beginners/intermediates it is fantastic for delicate fabrics (organza, wishing to expand their skills including older lame, leather). It saves time on marking, children when accompanied by an adult cutting and ironing pieces! Suitable for all student. There is a short supply list. abilities. Materials will be provided, cost £15, Saturday payable to the tutor on the day of class. NB: 2 hrs Twilight Participants of this class are entitled to a free entry ticket to the show on the day of class. Saturday 1 day

Moth on Cloth Melanie Missin You will be making a 6” x 4” piece of work, using a moth block print to create a 3D moth picture. A number of techniques will be used to create it, including free motion Orange Peel Quilts with Invisible machining of the moth, soldering to ‘cut’ Machine Applique out a moth, placing tissue on Vlieseline Dawn Cameron-Dick and Expanda print to create texture and Has the thought of all that curved piecing depth. finally finishing with Koh I Noor and putting you off making an Orange Peel Mastering Rulers: Long Arm Quilting shimmery water colour paints. Suitable quilt? Dawn will show you a way to make Lynda Jackson for intermediate level, those with some it is using a technique she developed in Would you love to use rulers but don’t know knowledge of free motion work. A supply list 1984…Invisible Machine Applique (IMA)! Use where to start? Have you bought lots of is provided. The tutor will also supply some your machine to create a “turned edge” rulers but are not using them to their full materials, cost £10 which includes a picture applique, using NO bonding products. you potential? Have no fear! This class with frame, payable to her in cash on the day. will produce a soft appliqué that is hard to Handi Quilter Ambassador and Educator Wednesday distinguish from hand applique. She will Lynda Jackson will take you into your 1 day advise you on setting up your machine, comfort zone. Guidance and explanations creating the stitch, and teach you a clever of markings on rulers, how to create basic way to turn under your seam allowances. shapes and hands-on exercises in a three- You will also see how to use IMA to mitre hour session designed for Beginners and borders, sew bias binding and avoid the Intermediate Level longarm Quilters. We will need for curved piecing! All materials will be be using Handi Quilter 20” Amara Longarms provided, cost £12, payable to Dawn on the with one person per machine. Suitable for day of the class. Suitable for all abilities. beginner to intermediate level. Thursday Saturday 1/2 day Longarm Workshop 1/2 day

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Paper Pieced Pouch Perfect Patchwork Triangles Sampler Personalise a Shabby Chic Bag Janice Croft Andrea Lechner Mandy Munroe Make a handy pouch which can be worn as Patchwork triangles can be intimidating Using fabric, lace and embroidery thread a chatalaine or a belt. Learn how to paper as we worry about getting perfect points. we’ll improvise a fun panel on a small piece and use decorative stitches by hand Yet we persevere because they provide project or book bag during this 90-minute and machine to create this unique pouch. an opportunity to discover many different hand sewing session. You will learn how to Janice will supply pattern paper and foam, shapes and blocks which will eventually successfully cover a button, applique circles cost £3, payable to her on the day. A small constitute the essentials of a beautiful quilt. and embroider with blanket stitch. This is supply list is also provided. Suitable for all In this half day workshop Andrea will share a fabulous way to upcycle, customise and abilities. her expert tips on how to cut triangles repurpose lovely pieces of fabric and trims. Sunday perfectly and sew them by hand, using a Suitable for all abilities and accompanied 1/2 day variety of techniques such as English paper children. All materials will be provided, cost piecing, templates and the use of pre-cut £5, payable to the tutor on the day of class. shapes. You will then start to put together Saturday a small sampler quilt with a selection of 90 minutes blocks chosen by yourselves and learn about creating sashing and a border so you can finish the sampler at home. Suitable for intermediate level (those with some knowledge of patchworking). A supply list is provided. Friday 1/2 day

Pattern Drafting for Patchworkers Moraig Hewitt Design your own 12” patchwork block, draft it and make it. During the session Plaids and Blues Ravioli Quilt! you will learn techniques to help you plan Paula Doyle and design a block before creating it. This This fun workshop uses upcycled jeans, class will cover seam allowances needed flannel shirts, and leftover bits of wadding depending on the shapes and techniques to make a one-step quilt that is made and you choose to use to piece your block; quilted using any domestic sewing machine as well as techniques useful to give your and a walking foot. It’s a great way to block a polished finish. By the end of the upcycle and repurpose. The resulting quilt session, you should have the confidence Perfection and Precision with Flying Geese can be made any size and is fully reversible. to push your creativity and have the skills Carolyn Gibbs It can also be made from new denim and to transform your ideas into patchwork Flying Geese are popular units found in flannel fabric if preferred. Suitable for projects. A small supply list is provided, OR many traditional patchwork blocks and all abilities. A supply list is provided. An you can buy a kit including fabrics required borders. Come and discover Carolyn’s tips optional cost for a special ruler, price £19 is for £10, payable to the tutor on the day. for machine stitching perfect Flying Geese also available, payable to the tutor on the Suitable for intermediate level, those with and joining them so that you achieve perfect day of class. some knowledge of patchwork techniques. points. A variety of block patterns will be Thursday Thursday & Sunday available, suitable for students of varied 1/2 day 1/2 day experience, so that you can select one to complete during the class and practice the others at home. Suitable for intermediate level, those with some knowledge of patchworking. Saturday 1/2 day

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Positive, Negative Free Form Cutting Quiltworx Stained Glass Window Reclaimed Landscapes, Stitch, Mandy Munroe Laurence Robaix, France Paper & Cloth Free Form is a technique for cutting gentle This is a foundation paper piecing class. The Cas Holmes waves without a ruler. In this workshop you’ll pattern (44” x 57”) is a Cut Loose pattern Using a mixture of paper and cloth you master cutting and sewing curves to create utilizing various tools and charm elements will create improvised landscape inspired a panel suitable for a large cushion or quilt to create fast, fun projects and layouts samples using variations of hand stitch. centre. Kits will be provided at a cost of aimed at the beginner or a someone that Processes are based on Cas’s latest book £8 to be collected by the tutor on the day. simply wants to try out a fast project to learn Textile Landscape which are intended Suitable for intermediates and those that a new technique. Suitable for beginners to explore the meeting points between have mastered the 1/4” seam. Bring basic to foundation piecing. A small supply list painting and textiles. Her work often sewing supplies including neutral thread is provided. There is also a material cost contains snippets of text or discarded and rotary cutting equipment. of £35 for the pattern (instruction plus materials that have associations or conjure Friday sewing papers) and fabric for the quilt up memories. There is always a dialogue 1/2 day except backing - choose your colourway on with the materials she uses. They bring their Laurence’s website by 10th July (see supply own history which is woven into the work. list). The materials fee is payable to the tutor These collections of ephemera might seem on the day of the class. meaningless but their apparent banality is Sunday open-ended. They are available to stimulate 1/2 day the imagination through the poetry of ordinariness. Everything has a use! Suitable for all abilities. A supply list is provided. There is also a small material cost of £5 for materials supplied by Cas, payable to her on the day of class. Thursday & Friday 1/2 day Quilting with Liberty Fabrics Jenni Smith As an art historian and quilter, Jenni’s book Quilting with Liberty Fabrics, published Spring 2020, was designed to take the reader through the fascinating history of Really Useful Rucksack for Crafters Liberty from 1975 to the present day. The Janaka Managai quilt designs have been inspired by the Upcycle a pair of old jeans and make a archive of over 50,000 prints as well as key cool rucksack to store and carry all your developments in the company’s history, like quilting and crafting tools (finished size 15 x the building of the iconic store inLondon 11inches). In this workshop, Janaka will share and the interior timbers which came from a pattern he has created for a really useful two decommissioned war ships. Jenni has rucksack with pockets a plenty for tools Reverse Hand Applique: Hares worked with the design studio at Liberty, and equipment. You will learn how to insert Dawn Cameron-Dick including Tana Lawn as well as the exciting straps and zips, make patch pockets for After teaching hand applique for many new quilting cottons. She tells the story of inside, plus elasticated straps for scissors, years Dawn still finds students who are producing the designs and quilts, giving tape measure, pins and needles and apprehensive about trying it. Recently she an insight into the world’s favourite fabric other tools. You will have the pattern and found that learning reverse applique is shop, and shares what Liberty means to instructions to take home to make more for easier, so she designed this Hare as a perfect the community of makers. Her lecture is friends too! A supply list is provided. There shape to master reverse applique. You will accompanied by beautiful photography in is also a £10 cost for the pattern, provided learn how to mark fabric, choose fabrics the store and some of the projects. by Janaka and payable to him on the day of to create a mood and offer new ideas on Thursday class. needles and threads that you may not have Lectures & Talks Friday & Saturday tried before. The kit includes fabric, thread, 45 mins 1/2 day needle and design for your Hare which you will most probably need to finish at home. Beware these Hares are addictive and it

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seems no one can make just one! Suitable class. Suitable for intermediate level – those for all abilities. The material cost of £12 is with some basic knowledge of dressmaking payable to Dawn on the day of the class. and using a sewing machine. Adaku is also Sunday teaching another twilight class on Saturday, 1/2 day Ankara Patchwork Shopping Bag (Code 412). Friday 2 hrs Twilight

St David’s Star: A Hexagonal Happenstance! Jennie Rayment Diamonds, triangles and a hexagon combine to form this optically pleasing and dynamically different design. Understand Sew a Little Spring Time the construction, cope with a little bias Jennie Rayment piecing and play with the colours. Full Create a textured background from irregular pattern, templates and sufficient fabric curved seams and a delectable woven effect. Simply Stunning Stencils are provided to make two blocks. One or Superimpose a tree and learn different Hilary Beattie two blocks will be made in class ready for methods of appliqué. Add free motion Working with her own bespoke stencils, inclusion in your next patchwork project. applied leaves. Embroider and embellish. Hilary will show you how you can combine Pieces will be hand stitched in class but can Create a charming design ideal as a small and layer them. Use soft or vibrant colour be completed on machine at home. A kit wallhanging or for inclusion in a larger to produce beautiful and unique fabrics will be provided with all materials, cost £10, project. Fact filled and fun class featuring one for your projects and create your very payable to Jennie on the day. Suitable for all of the trees from Jennie’s latest pattern - Tree own creative combination. Suitable for all abilities. for all Seasons. Be creative and explore your abilities. Materials will be provided, cost £5 Sunday innate talents - this is a class for all. Materials payable to the tutor on the day of class. 1/2 day will be provided, cost £7.50, payable to Thursday & Saturday Jennie on the day of class. 90 mins Friday 2 hrs Twilight

Strip Joint: African Strip Cloth in a New Light Sketchbook for Quilters Liz Hewitt Gillian Cooper This is an illustrated talk on the ancient Sew an African Wax Print Simple Skirt Using non-traditional drawing techniques, craft of making African Strip Cloth and Mud Adaku Parker we will make and fill a small sketchbook Cloth - how it is produced, its traditional Join Adaku, author of ‘Sewing with African based either on inspiration you have uses and Liz’s modern approach to create Wax Print Fabric’ for this 2-hour twilight bought with you or using some of Gillian’s textile art by exploiting the potential of this class and learn to sew an A-line skirt with resources. We will experiment with different fabric. It will also introduce Liz’s new work an elasticated waistband and in-seam drawing techniques and tools to make a using natural pigments to create her own pockets. During the workshop you will cut unique book, filled with your drawings. mud cloth. out your skirt pieces, finish raw edges of Advice will be given on how to move some Sunday the side seams and attach in-seam pockets, of these ideas into quilts. Totally suitable Lectures & Talks stitch the seams make the waistband, insert for those who believe they can’t draw - you 45 mins elastic and hem. However, if not finished, will surprise yourself and maybe even enjoy clear instructions will be provided to take it! Suitable for all abilities. Materials will be home on how to finish any final steps not provided, cost £15, payable to the tutor in completed in the workshop. A kit will be cash on the day. A small optional supply provided containing wax print fabric (prints list is also provided. NB: Participants of this may vary from those in photo - there will class are entitled to a free entry ticket to the be a choice of three different prints), 2.5cm show on the day of class. wide elastic, a copy of the Althea sewing Thursday pattern (size 8-26) and tracing paper, cost 1 day £30 payable to the tutor on the day of the

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and hand embroidery, thread painting, fabrics, 50cm of Bondaweb, one 50cm couching, beading and bobbin work. calico, a spool of hand quilting thread and Detailed close-ups will provide a good hand quilting needle, one 20 inch square understanding of each technique and how it of wadding, and one A4 sheet of cardstock. might enhance your own work. You are also advised to bring a comfortable, Thursday well-fitting thimble of your choice. Suitable Lectures & Talks for intermediate level, those with some 45 mins knowledge of hand quilting. Booking this one-day class entitles you to free entry to the show on the day of the class. Saturday Summer Floral Hoop 1 day Jessica Grady Learn how to design and stitch your own summer floral hoop design with artist Jessica Grady. You will use a variety of colourful and creative materials to create a floral inspired artwork that you can frame up in a colourful embroidery hoop. Techniques shown within the two-hour class include: layered petal ideas, 3D blooms, Tactile Twiddling in the Round wire leaves, and decorative beading and Jennie Rayment embroidery. This is a hand embroidery and Combine colour, shape and form in this embellishment class and each person will unique design, new from the twiddly fingers leave the workshop with their own summer of Jennie Rayment! Simple to construct Textile Art Using Tyvek floral hoop design. This class is suitable yet divertingly different, Machine most of Helen Moyes for all abilities as Jessica will go through the design but finish if desired by hand. Learn paint effects to apply to Heavy Weight all the steps and stages to create your Prepare the panel ready for appliqué to a Tyvek® then explore the capabilities of designs. All materials provided for £3.50 background material at later date. Ideal for this fascinating material. Stitch, including per person, payable to the tutor on the day. use on quilts, bags and cushions. Full kit wire to add shape to your leaves or petals. This includes: painted embroidery hoop, and templates provided, cost £8 payable to Add shimmer, lustre, and beads then fabric base, fabric/textile/paper swatches, Jennie on the day. Suitable for all abilities. distress with heat to create shape and hand dyed and painted embellishments, Saturday texture. You will complete all or some embroidery threads, beads and sequins. 2 hrs Twilight of your arrangement within the time but Saturday will go away with the skills and materials 2 hrs Twilight to complete it at home. This workshop is suitable for those confident in using a straight and zigzag stitch on the sewing machine and is suitable for both those new to Tyvek and to those wanting to develop their techniques. Tyvek can be used in art quilting as well as textile art design. All materials will be provided, cost £7, payable to the tutor on the day. Friday 1/2 day Tessellated Block Emma Bradford Surface Design and Embellishments Learn how to make a two-fabric tessellated for Quilters block. You will be shown how to make your Linda Seward own tessellated pattern or can choose to Surface Design and embellishments are use the pattern provide in class. Once you taking today’s quilts to new heights of have chosen your design you will be shown intricacy and appeal. This talk features 35 how to prepare your fabric and mark out quilts that have been enhanced through the the pattern ready for hand quilting. This use of surface design or embellishments. block will be hand quilted, with no other Each technique will be closely examined to sewing required. Once all hand quilting is see how it complements the quilt on which it done, you will be shown how to strategically was used. We will examine dyeing, slashing, cut away the fabric to reveal the design. Textile Revolution: stamping, stencilling, screen and mono You will have a completely quilted block Post War Female Designers printing as well as discharging, foiling and by the end of class, ready for binding and Ashley Gray rusting. Acid etching will be explained as finishing. Manual dexterity is required for Ashley Gray, Director of Gray M.C.A an will marbling, snow dyeing and cyanotype. this class. There is also a material charge international Gallery specialising in Fashion We will also see how Angelina fibres can of £25 payable to the tutor on the day of and Textiles presents a textile story of be used on quilts, as well as metal, machine the class. This is for two 50cm of solid drama, colour and innovation. The history

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of Britain is intricately woven together with favourite pieces, their history, design and below to shine through between your stitches the history of textiles. Post War there was a construction, with many tips on creating for an impressive finished piece. You will start desire for change, colour, and inspiration in your own sashiko and boro inspired works this project in the class but finish at home. This the home. This energy and innovation was as we go. flexible project can take either one day or one led by women textile designers destined to Friday month to complete, depending on your style. revolutionise design world-wide for decades Lectures & Talks Suitable for beginners, new to free motion to come. This lecture celebrates their vision 45 mins machine embroidery. Fabric and stabiliser that successfully brought Modern and will be provided by the tutor, cost £4.50, Contemporary art into the home through payable to the tutor in cash on the day of their designs and truly democratising class. A small supply list is also provided. Modern Art by making it literally a part of the Sunday furniture. 1/2 day Saturday Lectures & Talks 1 hour

The Women of Gee’s Bend and their Quilts Andrea Lechner The women of Gee’s Bend are unique in their circumstances and style, having created hundreds of quilts in a state of virtual isolation from the outside world, Tiny House Streetscapes between the late 19th century and the Jo Avery middle of the 20th. From a purely utilitarian During this class, we will be exploring both Textiles and Foiling endeavour to the creation of objects tiny piecing and improv piecing in this playful Helen Moyes of beauty, these women stand alone in and creative workshop. Using quick piecing Use stencils, mix paint colours and learn the history of quilting. Andrea will share techniques we will create a row of tiny how to create a 3D texture. Further enhance information about these unique people in buildings with pieces as small as 1/8th of an your design with foils and sparkles. You will the illustrated talk. inch! This is absorbing and intriguing work go home with your own unique designed Sunday and will improve your knowledge of general bag and some samples. The techniques Lectures & Talks patchwork construction principles. We hope will be able to be used in your other 45 mins to complete at least one of these adorable textile designs, including clothing and panels which can be used later for a pouch, quilts. Suitable for beginners, new to this fabric pot or the start of a small quilt. A technique. All materials will be provided, supply list is provided, OR you can purchase cost £6, payable to the tutor on the day. a kit from Jo, priced £12. Please advise her in Friday advance if you want this - contact details are 1/2 day on the supply list. Suitable for intermediate level, those with some knowledge of piecing. Friday 2 hrs Twilight

Thread Paint Glorious Autumn Leaves Stacey Chapman Learn how to or improve your freehand machine embroidery, exploring different textures and colour blends. Expand your mark making skills, turning your sewing The Magic of Sashiko, The Beauty of Boro machine into a thread painting tool! You Susan Briscoe will work with beautiful earthy tones Join Susan Briscoe and let her introduce with their endless variants in texture and you to two of her passions - sashiko and pattern, printed on the comfort blanket of Tiny Stitches Framed in Mini Hoops: boro textiles. On many return trips to Japan, a printed fabric background, eliminate the Slow Stitching she has taken thousands of photos of these daunting blank canvas which will enhance Helen Moyes fabulous, tactile pieces, and you can see confidence. You will be encouraged to be Small is beautiful! Hand stitch mini the details of their fabrics, stitches and ambitious and experimental with your mark embroideries with easy-to-learn stitches. textures in a feast of fibres. Starting with making and make exciting colour choices. Frame your chosen creation in an adorable her introduction to sashiko through her The background allows you to grow your mini wooden hoop which can be worn as a Japanese neighbours who formed Yuza free-motion skills with accuracy and colour brooch or necklace. This is a lovely example Sashiko Guild, she will share some of her use, whilst still using the beauty of the image of the new slow-stitching - mindful relaxing

The Festival of Quilts 2021 30 Academy Workshops, Lecture and Talks

sewing. Suitable for beginners, new to hand day of class. There is also a small optional embroidery. Materials will be provided, cost supply list. NB: Participants of this class are £6, payable to the tutor on the day of class. entitled to a free entry ticket to the show on Saturday the day of class. 1/2 day Friday & Sunday 1 day

Wool Pennies Applique: Summer Abundance Fi Oberon Using quality felt in lovely summery colours we will cut circles and ‘wonky’ circles to represent a selection of fruit slices and Traditional Textile Techniques stitch them onto a square of felt. We of West Africa Walking Foot Quilting will then use snippets of coloured felt, a Mary Sleigh Sarah Ashford variety of embroidery stitches and stunning For centuries West African countries have Take a ‘walk’ with Sarah as she guides you coloured wool and cotton threads to stitch been admired for their textile skills by artists, through some clever ways to use a walking patterns and details, gradually building up a designers and makers. I became intrigued foot to produce striking quilting designs. glorious representation of the abundance of by these cloths during my travels and This class with give you a toolkit of ideas summer. Fi Oberon will guide you through studies in Southern Africa over many years and inspiration for future quilting projects. a selection of embroidery stitches: you will and continue to discover ideas to develop. Suitable for all intermediate level, those with get to grips with French knots, chain stitch, There’s so much to explore: dazzling some knowledge of quilting. A supply list is bullion knots, blanket stitch, spiders web patterns, vibrant as well as subtle colour provided. NB: Participants of this class are and more. Whilst you are not expected to combinations, surface texture, stitched entitled to a free entry ticket to the show on complete the project in the workshop you techniques and symbolism. To accompany the day of class. will have everything you need to help you the lecture there will be examples from my Friday finish at home including a colour chart, a personal collection to enjoy the variety, 1 day stitch chart, the felt, threads and needle. skills and innovation at first hand. Suitable for all abilities. Materials will be Thursday provided, cost £19.50, payable to the tutor in Lectures & Talks cash on the day of class. 45 mins Saturday 1/2 day

Weave a Landscape Katharine Wright This is a wonderful introduction to the beautiful art of weaving, shared by TV star Transfer Printed Book Katharine Wright. This workshop will show Gillian Cooper you how to set up your loom, different Transfer printing is a fabulous technique weaving techniques and you will create for achieving instant, bright colour onto your own wall hanging to take away inspired synthetic fabric, relatively mess free. the colours and textures we find in our Although some quilters will only use cotton, natural world. All materials will be provided, incorporating a diverse range of fabrics cost £20, payable to the tutor on the day. into wall hangings can create interesting Suitable for all abilities. surfaces and textures. This workshop will Friday & Saturday explain how to use transfer paints, including 1/2 day a variety of paint effects; using masks such as leaves; and the differences that can occur due to the individual properties of some of the amazing array of synthetic fabrics available. This knowledge will be put to practical use to make pages that can then be stitched into a fabric book. Suitable for all abilities. Materials will be provided, cost £15, payable in cash to the tutor on the

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