Maggie Robertson Design - Classes & Workshops

Projects include, Sentiments runner, swag or candle mats; It Could Be Christmas Runner; All Around Town small quilt. Pictures for all of these are on this website under kits.

Melanie Williams embroidery class on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm $15.00. Weekly class. Beginners and those wanting help with a project are welcome.

Melanie has completed several Brenda Ryan designs for me including Jane Austen's Bonnet and Gather Ye Rosebuds. Call into the shop or phone 5175 0725 to book your seat. She is a patient and positive teacher.

Lynne Roderick is currently teaching a 12 month, block of the month class on
Thursday nights once a month. This class is full but watch this space for Lynne's new quilt for next year, a floral medalion quilt.

Lessons save you time and money trying to work out patterns and estimate fabrics, most people buy too much or not enough and not the right things. Kits are great for beginners because you buy only what you need to complete the project. I don’t recommend stash building for beginners. It is much better investing in yourself. Get knowledge from lessons, books and tools. Fabric purchasing comes once you have a project in mind and some knowledge of how to tackle it.

Friday mornings. Saturday Mornings. Wednesday evenings at 7.00 pm.

Choose your project and here's a few suggestions.

Winter 2012. Disappearing 9 Patch is a great project for beginners. This makes a great children's single bed quilt. It is also a great throw made out of flannel fat quarter packs of 9. Good warm value. See Fat 1/4s elsewhere on this site.

Disappearing 9 Patch Runner.

If you'd like to try patchwork, a lovely bed or table runner takes only one charm pack costing about $15 to begin and adding small amounts for materials as you go. Book into a Friday or Saturday morning class and take it step by step. Lessons for 2 hours with Carole are only $15. per session. It will take about 3 lessons to make a runner.

New for Winter 2012

Autumn Roads Quilt. Graduate from squares to half square triangles. This lovely 63 1/2 inch square quilt is made from a country style Layer Cake (40 x 10 inch squares) plus a few other fabrics. Learn easy blanket stitch applique and blocks and borders containing half square triangles. Traditional looking with modern patchwork techniques. Picture coming soon.

Jelly Roll and Quilt as You Go.

Always popular, quilt as you go with Carole's easy techniques. Several quilts on show for you to chose from made from one jelly roll. One of these was published in Creating Country Threads recently.

Crazy Patch never looked like this! Not So Crazy Lovely crazy patchwork, shabby chick and quilt as you go runner.

Machine Embrodery and lace. Delicate old treasures brought to life again. Bed, dressing table or table runner and mats.

Get to know and love your sewing machine even more with Carole's help. Can be made in creams and whites and decorate with stitches by hand or machine. Include old lace treasures. Yours will be unique.

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Thick & Thin Log Cabin Table Runner - minimum of 3 Lessons with Carole. Friday mornings, 2 hrs $15 per lesson flexible booking arrangements.

A great project for beginners and self taught patch-workers.

1. How woven fabric is constructed and how it performs.

Using patchwork rulers and rotary cutting. Thick and Thin log cabin blocks using the log cabin ruler.

2. Estimating fabric requirements. Setting blocks on point. How to cut and fit infill triangles and corner triangles.

3. Borders, Basic quilting in the ditch and free motion. Quilt binding.

Other projects currently being taught.

Any currently available project kit.