Quilters World

The Life of a Patchwork & Quilting Tutor

As you may know Pauline has been very busy travelling and teaching. She is absolutely loving every minute of her 'working' tour of Western Australia.

Pauline has informed us she's spent some time testing new things. Um... that looks like a beach! We thought she was talking quilting tools.

Okay Pauline doesn't spend all her time at the beach as this enlightening photo shows. Did you remember to rub his belly for luck?

Seriously here's a photo of her hard at work... having coffee with the South Stirling quilters.

And here's Pauline at the Perth Craft & Quilt Show. Surrounded by quilts and quilting gadgets, waiting for all the quilters... we're sure she's in her glory.

Finally a photo that proves there is REAL work involved in being a patchwork and quilting tutor.

Visit Us at the Show

Pauline would love to see you, so please stop by our stand (F13) if you're at the Perth Show. You can watch Pauline demonstrate her favourite tools.

You're sure to discover a solution to your quilting woes or a way to save time! It's also a great opportunity to get more information on the Schoolhouse Programme. And if you've always dreamt of visiting Tasmania ask about our Quilters Tour in November 2010.

Wednesday May 19 to Sunday May 23 2010
Open 9am - 5pm daily

Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
21 Mounts Bay Road, Perth WA

Getting Pauline to Pose

Tutoring keeps Pauline away from the office most of the time. She's out there travelling and meeting quilters from all over the country. Now we recently noticed that she's gotten a bit camera shy and although we love to see the places she's travelling to, we've started to insist she put herself in the picture. After all we're quite sure Rob can handle the camera. So after a bit of nagging we received this great photo taken in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. If you'd like to see more photos of Pauline on her travels leave a bit of encouragement for her in the comment section.

The Talented Quilters of Hawker South Australia

Wow!! What a talented group. It was a great show & tell, with some amazing quilts. These ladies were wonderful. They were like sponges, soaking up all I had to show them. They were such inspiring quilters, I was very happy to inspire them. Yes, they've invited me back to teach them more and I can't wait!

Port Augusta Workshop

My gosh what a fun group this was! They had me in fits of laughter. They are such a bubbly lot - even without the real bubbles. I taught them our Blossoming Hearts quilt and they all did such a great job. They really put the effort in and got so many blocks made during the workshop. All the quilts will be fantastic and I hope you're proud of what you achieved. 

Girls, thank you for such a great time! Fran I will never forget you! Sharon thank you for bringing in your show & tell from years gone past. I first met Sharon at Groot Island about 1996 when I went up there to teach. She still has the bag she made as well as all the workshop notes.  It really was a walk down memory lane. ~Pauline

Tasmania Tour 15 Nov - 4 Dec 2010

The itinerary for our upcoming Quilters Tour has been finalised and you can now download a brochure. On our next tour we'll travel with Stonestreet's Coaches to a land of rugged mountains, pristine countryside, unspoilt wilderness and beautiful coastlines. Yes... we're heading to Tasmania.  We've 20 days of fabulous sightseeing and activities scheduled. Hope you can join us.

Printing Photos on Fabric for Quilts

We're often asked how to transfer photos onto fabric. Special fabric transfer sheets have made it easy to include photos or other images into a quilt, pillow or craft project. If you have a photo in mind you could just follow the instructions found on the packaging of your chosen printable fabric sheets. 

If you really want to create a family heirloom you can even incorporate a child's artwork or some text into the project. Just think how much more fabulous your project would be if you also added the person's name or a favourite quotation. You could also use the technique of photo transfer to make custom quilt labels.

Anything you can capture digitally (scan or snap) can be printed onto special colourfast printer fabric sheets like Matilda's Own Printable Fabric Sheets or EQ Printables and used in a sewing project.

We've put together some resources that will help you with ideas on personalising quilts for a special loved one or to commemorate an occasion.

There's a great selection of books.(Please visit the blog post to check out the slideshow as it will not show up if you receive this post via email.)