Lecture: William Morris in South Australia

 
 In 1997 Michele won airfares to London in a raffle which resulted in a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was there that she became entranced in the beautiful designs of William Morris. On her return home to Adelaide she became obsessed with making appliqué quilts inspired by his patterns. By chance some years later she discovered that the Art Gallery of South Australia has one of the biggest collections of Morris & Co furnishings in the world!

Michele will give a Power Point presentation giving you an insight into her personal William Morris journey. It will also include images and history of some of the South Australian Gallery’s collection. 

Date: Friday 2 March from 7.00pm

Venue: Our Lady of Assumption Church Hall, corner of Church and Galway Streets, Onehunga.

Cost: $20.00  including supper

A Workshop of William Morris Indulgence

This is a small project workshop where you can make small projects under Michele’s expert guidance. You can choose what to work on for the day but you will receive instructions and patterns for all the projects. You will probably only complete one project on the day. The projects include a tea or coffee cozy, a 6” by 8.5” book cover, four cushion designs or a bell pull. Michele specialises in teaching machine appliqué but is happy for you to hand appliqué if you choose to.

Saturday 3 March 2012 from 9.00am – 4.00pmVenue: Our Lady of Assumption Church Hall, corner of Church and Galway Streets, Onehunga.

Cost:$130.00

Easy Retro Beginners’ Quilt

Join Tricia to make a quick and easy modern retro quilt. This class is designed for those who have never made a quilt before. Learn how to: use a rotary cutter properly to cut fabric, piece accurately, quilt and bind  your quilt. You will need    to have time available between classes to sew, so that your quilt is almost done by the end of class.

Dates: Tuesday nights 6, 13, 20, 27 March and 3 April from 7.00pm – 9.00pm, except for class 1 that will go until10.00pm. 

Cost: $115.00 including pattern.

 

Colourwash Traditional Braid Quilt

This is a colour wash quilt with a twist. Braids in a panel, set in vertical columns, then bordered. Choose a feature fabric in a design and colours you love. Enhance it with multiple graduated others. Malcolm will help you make an heirloom. Pop into the shop one Saturday before class and Malcolm can help you choose fabrics. Ring before to make sure he will be in on the Saturday that you plan to visit. On Saturdays 28 January, 11 and 25 February from 10.00pm - 2.00pm.

Cost: $130.00

 

Crazy Patch Quilt As You Go

Join Tricia to create some Crazy Patch blocks – this is a fun technique which is great for interesting pieces of fabrics that you have collected over the years or use a collection of woven taupes to make a soft subtle quilt. Tricia will teach you Crazy Patching onto your backing fabric and batting, how to embellish with embroidery stitches on your sewing machine and then use a Quilt As You Go method to join your quilted blocks together. You will make 14” blocks for a quilt. Between classes you will need to get at least 4 blocks made.

Dates: Saturdays 31 March and 28 April from 10.00am – 2.00pm.

Cost: $90.00

 

Karen’s Bag Making

Karen loves bags, robust, classy looking bags. If this is how you like your bags too then come and create a bag of your own with a little help from her. She will cover attaching magnetic bag closures, linings, pockets, handles, preventing saggy bottoms and creating ’Standy-uppiness’. Choose one of five bag patterns she has designed and one of them is brand new a stunning clutch bag – just released in November.

Dtae: Saturday 3 March from 10.00am - 4.00pm.

Cost: $90.00 including a pattern.

 

Technique Classes

In these classes you learn a new technique while just making a sample piece rather than a large project. They are short focussed classes.

Small Piece Hand Appliqué

Cindy has mastered the art of hand appliquéing small shapes and is happy to share her tips and techniques in this short Technique class. She uses the needle turn technique to get a stunning effect. Learn her methods and then launch into one of her projects or some of those small appliqués featured so often in our Japanese books.

Dates: Saturday 10 March from 10.00am – 12.00noon.

Cost: $35.00

 

Cindy’s Box Construction

If you are making Cindy’s Taupe Sewing Basket you might like to put it together with her help. You will need to have all your panels made and on their card, including the li. Cindy will then help you to manipulate all the panels into place. Wednesday 8 February from 7.00pm – 10.00pm.

Cost: 45.00

 

Wool Appliqué and Piecing

Karen has a wealth of experience to share with you so that you get a perfect finish on your wool projects. Come along and work on a small sample piece doing some wool appliqué and piecing a few seams. She has lots of techniques and tools to tell you about that make the project easier to work.

On Tuesday 13 March from 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Cost: $35.00

 

 

U.F.O.Days

Our first one of these was so successful that we are making dates for some more. The ladies arrived early, spent the day sewing and went home very pleased with what they had achieved on their individual projects.   So come at 9.30am and stay until 5.00pm for a full day sewing or do hours that work for you. This is a great opportunity to make some serious progress on your current project. Dates:

Friday 24 February

Friday 23 March

Friday 20 April

Friday 18 May

Friday 15 June

Cost: $10.00 per day

 

One-on-One Classes

We offer one on one classes. This is where you tell us what you want to learn and if we have the skills we will share them with you. This is your opportunity for a tailor made class. Prior booking is essential. Cost: $30.00 per hour

 

Little Quilts Project

Join one of our workdays to help make Little Quilts for the PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) and NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) at Starship Hospital. We start at 9.30 and go through to 5.00, so join us at any stage of the day and stay as long as you can.

Friday 10 February

Monday 26 March

Tuesday 1 May