Accredited Teachers

Jean Green | Pam Hill | Jan Phillips | Joy Truasheim

Jean Green

CLASSES FOR 2007

Basic Sample Quilt for Beginners

This 8 week course of 2 hour lessons gives the novice quilter an understanding of basic patchwork and quilting techniques, enabling them to complete a small lap quilt or wall hanging.

Floral Convergence

A 1 day workshop featuring a background design of strips cut, rearranged and reinserted. Free standing leaves, machine embroidered branches and 3D flowers complete this wallhanging with mitred borders.

Bias Roses

A 2 day hand and machine workshop concentrating on bias applique using 3 widths of hand sewn bias strips and long stemmed roses. The centre curved panel is inset into a curved border with corded insert. The complete wallhanging or table runner measures approximately 130 cm X 45 cm.

Fibonacci Meets Sudoku

A 1 day machine workshop using 10 fabrics to make a single bed sized quilt top. A simple, effective design exploring the use of the Fibonacci number series with its benefits for quilt design.

Machine Quilting

A 1 day technique workshop. Samples only will be completed in this class. The student will learn "presser foot" and "free machine quilting". Many different quilting designs will be shown with information on needle and thread choises included in the class.

Fabric Colouring

A 1 day fun workshop with the student using "fibre reactive" dyes to colour their own cotton or silk fabric. Colour choices include one colour, multi colour and rainbow painted fabric. Instructions are also given on value and hue graduations and basic colour theory. Fabric dyes supplied by tutor.

Jean can be contacted on 07 3480 5429
or via email jeanhgreen1@bigpond.com

Pam Hill

• Trapunto by Machine - 2 days
  In this workshop you will learn how to create beautiful raised quilted designs without making holes in the quilt. All the skills of machine quilting including stippling and other background effects will be covered in this class.
• Fine Hand Quilting & Trapunto - 1 day
  Master the mechanics of the quilting stitch and create the third dimension using stippling and trapunto.
• Sewing in Circles - 1 day
  In this workshop you will learn the simple way to make a Winding Ways or Orange Peel quilt without curved piecing.
• Broomstick Skirt - 1 day
  Make a fashionable tiered skirt using simple overlocking techniques. You will learn how to give it the broomstick texture.
• Applique Double Wedding Ring - 1 or 2 days
  No more curved piecing. Learn this appliqué approach and have your double wedding ring quilt on the bed in next to no time.
• Traditional Double Wedding Ring - 2 days
  Use Pam's laser cut templates and the paper foundation method and discover the construction secrets of this design.

For more information and other classes contact Pam
Phone/Fax 07 3396 8090
Email hillsofmanly@hotmail.com

Jan Phillips

Web Page: www.quilttherapy.com.au
P.O. Box 53, SHERWOOD, Qld 4075
Phone: 07 3278 4265 Mobile: 0413 944 935

From Basic Traditional and Machine Techniques through to more complex machine piecing projects, below are just some of what Jan offers in her many different classes:

• Basic samplers by hand or machine, Bindings & Finishes, Seminole, miniatures
• Angle piecing projects - Re-cut diamonds, Diamond log cabin, Slice of Tradition
• More complex designs - Migrating Geese, Piecing Curves, Slice of Tradition, Picture quilts
• Popular Two sided Quilts - Double Image, Double the Fun, Van Quilt and Quilt-as-you-Go construction class.
• Some quick quilts with easy piecing: Heather's Fancy, Cartwheels, Freedom
• Scrap quilts - Stop the Scrap Box Growing, Kaleidoscope, Spider Web, Scrap Seminole & Trapunto, Carnival of colour
• Skillbuilder classes - in several locations where students can build their skills by attending regular monthly classes, learning at their own pace and without having to wait for a particular class. Contact Jan for available places and locations.

For more information phone Jan or take a look at her web site : www.quilttherapy.com.au

Joy Truasheim

Teacher Training Programme

To assist experienced patchworkers to develop teaching skills that will enhance their ability to share the craft with others.

• Level (1) ... A General Overview ... Sharing Skills with Friends .... 3 hours
• Level (2) ... Practical Pointers for Teaching Beginners .... 3 hours
• Level (3) ... Professionalism in Workshops .... 2 x 2 ½ hour sessions

Workshops

• COAT IN A QUILT
  A lap quilt ... 95cm x 175cm ... becomes a coat
  A versatile and useful addition to the wardrobe .... 2 x 6 hours
  This may be reduced to 2 x 3 hours (with a week between for homework)
• ENGLISH CAP
  Make a 6 gore reversible cap ... crazypatch brim .... 3 hours
• MY FIRST QUILT
  Four "House" blocks made into a lap quilt
  Learn basic techniques ... A "teaser" for beginners .... 2 x 6 hours
• SUNSET LANDSCAPE
  Explore creativity in the arena of fabric art
  Strip piecing .... 2 x 6 hours
• SAND, SEA & SKY
  Strip pieced landscape .... 2 x 6 hours

Joy can be contacted on
Phone 07 3812 2416