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Each session is limited to 10 participants to maximise comfort of the sewing space. More elbow room – Woohoo! 🙂
Mad about Bags!
Peaks 12 will focus on handy small bags, with a variety of options including clips, zips & drawstrings.
Friday Hipster Bag Morning
Friday morning, 3 hours
We are very pleased to announce that we’ll be joined by the lovely Susan of Canadian Abroad! Susan, originally from Canada, is a wife, mother, and individual enjoying happy-go-lucky living in the British countryside.
She is a lover of food and crafting, mostly quilting and crochet. She has made a variety of things, with some of her recent works featured in Quilt Now & Love Patchwork & Quilting magazines.
Susan will be showing us how to make these adorable little Hip Klip hipster bags with additional ideas for personalisation. Each participant will receive a licensed copy of the pattern and additional hardware will be available. Supply list will be provided in advance. Come join the fun!
Saturday Drawstring Bag Morning – Optional
Saturday morning, 3 hours
We’ll be using Jeni Baker’s fab pattern to make these sweet lined drawstring bags with alternate features available.
The pattern includes eight fun sizes to customise and highlight your favourite fabrics.
This will be an optional workshop. Each participant will receive a licensed copy of the pattern. Supply list will be provided in advance.
Full Schedule of Workshops/Tutorials
Clean Machine Tutorial
Thursday evening, 15 mins
This short tutorial is to give your machine a good, quick cleaning in preparation for the Quilting Marathon over the weekend. We will cover very basic machine maintenance and clear the cobwebs before getting down to the reason we’re here!
Quilting & Piecing 101
Thursday evening, 30 minutes
Developed for beginners, this will be a short introduction to piecing basics, including quick cut methods with rotary cutters, along with highlighting the basic quilting vocabulary, fabric selection, block construction, quilt styles & quilt finishing options. Optional and open to all levels.
Friday Hipster Bags, 3 hours
Friday morning, 3 hours
Saturday Drawstring Bag Morning – Optional
Saturday morning, 3 hours
Afternoons are free time. You can work on your PhD’s (Projects half Done), start a new project, go for a walk, or have a massage. It’s up to you! We will have Suki the Juki sit-down longarm to help you finish off projects too. If there is a specific technique you’d like to learn, we can organise a crash course, one-to-one or with others who are interested, during one of the afternoons. These crash courses might include Making a key fob, Foundation Piecing, Folded Fabric Flowers, etc. Please let me know in advance and I’ll make sure I’ve got the info to share.