Our Summer School 2016 Listing has now been finalised. We have some great tutors with fabulous projects for your enjoyment. Have a browse through and if something grabs your eye, just give the shop a call and we can book you in. We look forward to hearing from you.
QUILTSMITH
75 Nelson Street Annandale NSW 2038
Phone 9550 4947 Fax 9550 4946
Email: quiltsmith@ozemail.com.au
www.quiltsmith--australia.blogspot.com
SUMMER
SCHOOL 2016
All Summer School Workshops
run between 10am and 3pm unless stated otherwise.
Please bring your own
lunch.
Samples of the Workshop projects are/will be on display in the shop.
SUE
ROSS Saturday 16
January One day $75.00
IMPROV
BACKGROUNDS Machine piecing
Unleash your
hidden self, throw away your ruler and use your intuition to create a
background fabric that is uniquely yours.
Choose from squares, strips or crazy backgrounds in colours of your
choice. On the day you will make a pieced background
approx. 1m square which can be added to or used as a background for an applique
piece or the centre of a quilt.
SUE
ROSS Sunday 17 and Two day $150.00
MARK
HEARLD Sunday 24 January Machine piecing
Bring your unfinished ‘Mark Hearld’ blocks and continue your journey
with this wonderful technique of creating a quilt or a picture from fabric with
Sue Ross. OR buy the book and join the
fun! Be warned, IT’S ADDICTIVE!
ANNE SOMMERLAD Monday 18 January One day $75.00
MACHINE APPLIQUE CUSHION Machine piecing
Come and join the machine applique expert and
make a beautiful cushion. Choose from
four different machine applique methods: satin stitch raw edge; zig zag turned
edge; zig zag raw edge; blanket stitch raw edge. Cushions on display in the shop.
MARG
SAMPSON GEORGE Tuesday 19 January One day $75.00
JUST
SQUARES Machine or hand
piecing
Join Marg to discover the many
possibilities of designing with squares.
Strippy, nine patch, squares on point, squares surrounding a beautiful
piece of fabric or orphan block. Use up
your stash on this one! Be inspired by
Marg’s ingenuity.
LORENA URIARTE Wed 20 January One
day $75.00
SWIRLYGIGS Hand or machine piecing
Lorena will be blowing our minds again with
this amazing quilt “Swirlygigs”. If you
have done one of Lorena’s workshops before, you will know how much you will
learn and the fun to be had in this workshop. Easy curved piecing and fabulous
fabrics, available at Quiltsmith, are the key to this project.
JUDY
NEWMAN Thursday 21 (1 day) Friday
22 (1 day) & Saturday 23 (1 day) January $75.00
YOUR
CHOICE Hand
or Machine
If you haven’t yet experienced the fun of a Judy Newman workshop, then
now is your chance! Join the dynamic
Judy and create one of her sensational quilts, namely: Vintage Comfort, Emma
Mary, French Market Medallion, Gelati, Summer House, Museum Medallion, Poppies,
Alice Quilt, Dilly Bag…the list goes on!
Plenty of hands on assistance with fabric choices, techniques, cutting,
sewing and lots of laughs.
CATHERINE
BUTTERWORTH Monday
25 January One
day $75.00
PLAYTIME Machine
piecing
Have fun playing with your stash/scrap fabrics with this curvy log cabin
quilt block. Not the scrappy type? Then
choose 2, 3 or 4 of your favourite fabrics and learn the benefits of working
with Marti Michell Log Cabin Rulers. These
colourful pegs give the illusion of circles but with Catherine’s tuition your
blocks will be beautifully square!
BOB JAMES Wed
27 January One day $75.00
MICRO-SEWING – FOUNDATION PIECING Machine
piecing
We welcome Bob James to our Summer School 2016 line up. If you like all things mini/micro, then this
is the workshop for you. Learn a new
technique with his micro foundation piecing workshop.
LYNNE ALCHIN Thursday 28 January One day $75.00
TROMPE LOEIL Machine piecing
For Summer School this year, Lynne has made a beautiful bright and
scrappy quilt. This ‘trick of the eye’
quilt is very simple to make using quick machine piecing and easy covered paper
piecing techniques to create a look of multiple rows of elongated hexagons. Lynne has used her collection of Kaffe
Fassett fabrics but it would look stunning in Japanese indigos or lovely soft
and romantic florals as well.
CHRIS JURD Friday
29 January One day $75.00
SNOWBALL CIRCLES Hand/Machine
piecing
Join Chris for some expert foundation piecing
tuition. You will make a 22”
circle block to be used as a table centre or the start of a quilt. Bring your favourite fabrics and make a
controlled block or go wild and use plenty of your scraps to make this beautiful
block.
SUZY MILLER Saturday 30
January One day $75.00
FUSSY CUTTING HEXAGONS Hand
piecing
Suzy is back
with her ever popular fussy cutting hexagons workshop. Let Suzy open your eyes to fussy cutting
heaven! You will be surprised what type
and style of fabric you can use, ones you may have never even considered! You
will create some extraordinary designs.
SIOBHAN ROGERS Sunday 31
January One day $75.00
WEDDING RING Machine
piecing
Join Siobhan Rogers, new to
Quiltsmith Summer School, to create the colour story and layout for a wedding
ring quilt by plotting and planning your fabric placements with paper and layouts. You will discuss scrappy
projects and throwing caution to the wind while using basic curved piecing
techniques, start to cut and piece the quilts and then be confident to finish
the project at your own pace at home.
WHEN BOOKING A SUMMER SCHOOL WORKSHOP WE REQUIRE A 50% NON-REFUNDABLE, NON-TRANSFERABLE DEPOSIT. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL A WORKSHOP IF INSUFFICIENT BOOKINGS OCCUR, ALL DEPOSITS & PAYMENTS WILL BE FULLY REFUNDED IN THIS EVENT.
10% DISCOUNT
ON SHOP PURCHASES OFFERED TO PARTICIPANTS ON THE DAY OF WORKSHOP
