Quilt As You Go - with Clare Smith
$86.00 - $103.00
10 am to 4 pm
Learn the popular quilt-as-you-go method to create a finished project that is both practical and beautiful. Choose to make either a lined bag or up to 4 placemats. By the end of the class, you will have a completed project to take home. Along the way, learn to turn strips and squares into a quilt, when to use a walking foot, and how to create a mitred binding.
Sashiko stitching and machine quilting will also be demonstrated as embellishment options to explore further at home.
This class is suitable for beginner quilters, though basic sewing machine experience is helpful.
About Clare Smith:
I am a Textile artist and costume maker who specializes in surface design (dyeing and printing on fabric). I have a Teaching Diploma, a Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts from Whitireia Art School, and a Diploma in Costume Construction from Toi Whakaari. (the New Zealand Drama school). Between 2018 and 2022, I studied Raranga (Maori Weaving) at Te Wananga o Aotearoa.
I have been teaching fabric dyeing, screen printing, fabric collage and machine quilting since 1996. I currently teach a block course in costume dyeing and finishing at the New Zealand Drama School and exhibit my quilts and wall hangings internationally. Over the last 3 years I have also been weaving kete (basket weaving).
Learning Outcomes:
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Needs list:
FABRIC – 100% cotton or linen
- 4 - 5 fat quarters of quilt fabric that go together.
or
- A selection of strips or scraps of fabric enough to cover an area of 0.5m x 1.5m
- 0.5m quilt batting – this depends on what you want to make. I suggest a stiff low loft needle punch batting for a bag as this helps the bag keep its shape.
- For a table runner you might choose a silver heat-protecting batting or a piece of an old blanket. For placemats you could use scraps or low loft batting, heat protecting batting or fusible batting.
- 0.5m backing fabric such as homespun or prewashed calico or patterned quilting fabric
THREADS
- Machine thread for the piecing / quilting. Something to match your fabric colours or a neutral colour.
SEWING MACHINE
- Sewing machine in good working order (clean & oil + new sharp needle before first class) with instruction book, presser feet, foot control, power cords, extension table and accessories.
- Walking foot
ACCESSORIES
- Cutting mat, patchwork ruler and rotary cutter (with sharp blade)
- Straight pins and a few safety pins
- Hand sewing needle
- General sewing accessories, fabric scissors, quick-un-pick, etc.
- Note-taking gear.
Note regarding payment: When you check out, we offer two payment options - internet banking or credit card. Internet banking is preferred. We pay fees for credit card payments.
On completing your order, you'll be given the bank account number.
