The first two days of the class with Philippa Naylor was mainly spent on curved piecing. We were shown lots of examples of her work, and this wall hanging was one of them - it combines curved pieced blocks and curved saw tooth borders and piping and binding - all techniques that would be demonstrated in great detail over the next few days. We learnt how to draft blocks and how to make our own templates..... .....sewing the curved pieces together with pins, pins and more pins!! Philippa gave us lots of top tips, like using Schmetz Microtex size 60 needles - (I normally use these needles for sewing batiks as they are really fine and sharp) - and using a really fine thread for piecing too, such as Superior Threads Bottom Line thread..... .....the borders were finally added, and Philippa had provided design boards so we could stand back to check how our work was progressing. Once the blocks were completed, it was time for free motion quilting - something that I had always tried to avoid, but thankfully we had the expert at hand!! More piccies of that later!
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Oh what a FABULOUS time I had last week on a quilting holiday with Philippa Naylor. My friend Helen had organised it, and when she first asked me if I was interested (last year at the NEC - do you remember Helen?) I really couldn't have imagined what an exciting time we'd have - we were quite a mixed bunch, some of the members of the group already knew each other, and we were joined by two very lively French ladies. Philippa is so talented, and such a generous person - we all learnt so much from this trip, not just quilting and piecing skills! Here is a piccie of our group when we spent an evening at Philippa's home, this was taken in her studio, and we're in front of one of her fabulous creations. I made some wonderful new friends, and would like to say a big thank you to everyone for a super time - Irene, Pat, Clive, Helen, Caroline, Tanya, Edith, Jan and Kate - and not forgetting Philippa too. Thank you so much Philippa for all your kindness and generosity and advice - you really were incredibly patient with us, and especially thanks to Helen for arranging this wonderful trip. Hope to go again next year!!!
Oh it is with great excitement that I have a VERY VERY important announcement to make. I am off to Yorkshire for a few days on a quilting holiday with Philippa Naylor!! She has taught classes before at my local quilt shop, Quilters Haven, but due to work commitments I was never able to attend - so this is going to be just fantastic, as I will be with her for FOUR WHOLE DAYS - and I'll also get to visit her at home and look around her studio - yes, I am just a little bit giddy thinking about it all!! The picture shown here is taken from her fabulous book, "Quilting in the Limelight" - her work is just AMAZING! It will be a great way to learn lots of new techniques - I am going with my friend Helen and some of her like-minded crafty friends. We'll be staying at Highfield Farm, where we'll be doing lots of sewing and eating and sewing and yakking. Here are some tasters of Philippa's stunning award winning quilts.... .....and finally this shows detail from "Spider Plant". As you can see Philippa's quilts are so vibrant and exciting - I hope I can produce something as fabulous as this! So, my case is packed full to bursting (mostly with fabrics and threads rather than clothes hehe!!) and I'll share lots of piccies with you all when I get back!
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