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We're bringing you a selection of on-demand classes that will help you create beautiful quilting projects. You can learn a new technique right now - from beginning quiltmaking or hand piecing, to improvisational machine piecing and needle-turn appliqué.

Each class is packed with expert advice and comes with downloadable step-by-step instructions!

Just click on the arrows on the side on the video viewer to browse the selection of classes available. To obtain more information on each selection just click the "more info" button.

Download to your home computer or iPod and reference them anytime, anywhere! From $6.95 (USD) these classes are great value.

You can choose from:

Scraps Made Simple - Instructor Carrie Nelson

Fast & Fun: Fusible Applique - Instructor Pat Sloan

Beginning Quiltmaking - Instructor Mabeth Oxenreider

Perfect & Easy Applique - Instructor Linda Hohag

Scallop Savy - Instructor Darlene Zimmerman

Print Your Own Fabric - Instructor Linda Griepentrog

Learn Hand Piecing - Instructor Bettina Havig

The Power of Piecing - Instructor Terry Atkinson

Quilting with Texture - Instructors are Joined at the Hip designers Avis Shirer and Tammy Johnson

Create an Everyday Tote - Instructor Cindy Taylor Oates

Working with Wool - Instructor Heidi Kaisand

Fun with Feedsacks - Instructor Darlene Zimmerman

Solids Story - Instructors Bill Kerr & Weeks Ringle of FunQuilts

You can find more information on our website.

Holiday Message

Wishing you all a very bright and happy Christmas and all the very best for a wonderful New Year. 

It's been a busy but rewarding year.

We've been fortunate to be able to spend time with our family, especially with our son, daughter-in-law and our precious grand-daughter Lannah who is now 18 months old.  She has a little brother or sister due to arrive in early February, so you can imagine how excited we are.

It's been a privilege to travel throughout Australia this year, bringing our Schoolhouse demonstrations and lectures to quilt groups. Although I thought we'd seen most of the Australian countryside in previous travels, in 2009 we've visited many new little towns, near and far. The quilters that are tucked away in out of the way places are a special delight to share with.

Rob has been given the prestigious title of “The Quilting King”.  He loves driving all over our great southern land, which is just as well as we've covered thousands of kilometres in the past year visiting quilters all over the country.  He also feels very spoilt with all the wonderful baking and morning teas the ladies always produce wherever we visit.

I would like to thank everybody for making us so welcome on our travels. We've had the pleasure of meeting many wonderful friends... old and new. 

Our calendar is already filling up for 2010. In March we're off to New Zealand with the Quilters Tour. We have a few shows planned, and many more Schoolhouse tours as well.

For now we're spending the holidays at home in Cabarlah where instead of "running the roads"... we're running after Lannah. 

 

Ten Quick Tips for Quilters

From Annette & Jody of Quilt Block of the Month Club

1. Carefully press the seams in quilt blocks by lifting the iron and placing it down on each new area without moving the iron across the fabric so you avoid stretching or distorting your fabric.
2. Take photos and keep a written record of all your completed quilts. Make sure you label each of your quilts properly too on the back, so there is always a permanent record of who, when, and for whom the quilt was made.
3. Look around you - when designing patterns for your quilt, don't forget you can use everyday items to draw around. Plates, cups and saucers and even cookie cutters all make great templates.
4. Always bring the bobbin thread to the top of the quilt before beginning to sew so you can avoid any tangling on the back.
5. If possible, lay your batting out flat somewhere for a couple of days to allow it to relax before you quilt it, so you don't get caught with wrinkles or creases.
6. Ensure your binding goes on smoothly by running a row of stitching around the edge of the quilt to hold all three layers together, before you attach it.
7. When doing stitch-in-the-ditch machine quilting, stitch as close to the seam as possible, so that your quilting stitch remains largely invisible.
8. For invisible machine appliqué, use the blind-hem stitch on your machine set at 20 stitches per inch and an open-toe appliqué foot.
9. When measuring a quilt for borders, take several measurements lengthwise and crosswise - especially going through the quilt centre. You will need to square up your quilt at this point so your borders will sit properly when they are joined.
10. Finally, just remember there are no rules about what you can create through quilting. Experiment, learn new skills, practice them, and HAVE FUN.

Annette and Jody's online club has a fabulous range of exclusive quilts we think are just wonderful. Quilters who appreciate a slightly different sense of style, a twist on the classics, or something more "arty" will want to check it out. Find out more about the Quilt Block of the Month Club.

Needle Turn Applique Made Easier

Needleturn applique is a traditional technique. Shapes are traced onto fabric and cut out, leaving a scant 1/4" seam allowance around the traced line.

Seam allowances are turned under as shapes are hand sewn to the background.

After cutting out your shapes, the next step is usually to pin or baste them to the background fabric. This can be time consuming and complicated when working with a multi-layered motif. 

We found that Roxanne Glue Baste-It makes short work of this task. The glue is water soluble so if you make a mistake in placing your shapes you can disolve the glue with a dab of water.

Watch the video to see just how Roxanne Glue Baste-It simplifies this task. No need for applique pins or tedious basting with thread.

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