We often receive questions and comments from quilters about a wide range of topics and often those questions will pertain to a wider audience and seem a good topic for a blog.
We received the following comment from Rosemary:
“Please consider creating online hand quilting classes or DVD-based classes for those of us who live far away and can’t get to your studio.”
While I do have two classes coming up at the Studio next week, including Hand Quilting, I certainly understand that our website reaches quilters around the world and most of you will never be able to visit the Studio. This was one of the reasons that I began my mystery quilt series and include video lessons with them.
We do currently have classes based on our mystery quilts both last year and this year. Our mystery quilt lessons are free to subscribers of our newsletters during the length of the class. Each newsletter has the link both to the written pattern and to the video lessons. The classes cover a wide variety of techniques that I teach, including hand and machine piecing with topics such as sewing curves, joining odd angles, applique, foundation piecing, etc. We also discuss color, quilting, using borders prints and more. Once the year is up and we go on to the next project, the previous year’s quilt pattern and videos are available for sale.
Currently, last year’s project, which covers a wide variety of techniques, is available for sale as a pattern and DVD. That project is Moroccan Mystery.
The current year’s project is Kyoto Mystery. Those patterns and video lessons are free if you are a subscriber to our newsletter. Even if you start now, in each newsletter, there are links to the previous months’ lessons and videos.
Kits are available for both of these quilt projects, but even if you do not want to make the quilt, the video lessons are valuable on their own as they cover many of the techniques that I cover in my classes.
Our web site also has many free videos and quilt tips on a wide variety of subjects. Click here to visit our “Tips and Lessons “page.
HI to All
AM doing the May Flower quilt and the centre square of8 X 2 1/2″ when finished does not match up with the triangle finished blocks of 8×2″puus the half inch for the last two seams.
Square measures 20″plus 1/2″for seam allowance
Triangle measures 16plus 1/2 “for seam allowance .Am I missing something in my calculations as the two pieces do not match up PLEASE HELP with where I’ve gone wrong Noelene Haile
Hi Noelene,
It would probably be best if you call the shop toll free at 1-866-759-7373 as someone there can talk you through the process and we can probably help to resolve your problem and keep you going on your quilt.
Thanks!