AQC 2026 - Tutors announced, bookings open

Class bookings are now open for AQC 2026 in Melbourne:

AUSTRALASIAN QUILT CONVENTION

9 - 12 April 2026

MELBOURNE

aqc.com.au

A busy weekend …

We held a ‘Double Trouble’ workshop day for members at the weekend, with two bag making workshops led by members Susan and Susan. Others of us sat, sewed and cheered from the sidelines - a very enjoyable day. Thanks to Carol and Jim for finding us such a good venue, and for your help in setting up and packing up at the end of the day - very much appreciated.

Susan K taught the making of her 2009 design for the ‘Double Zip No-bind Box Pouch’

- most were finished finished on the day

Close attention being paid to Susan’s explanation
of the magic to be wrought on the zip.

A zipper magic close-up …

There was quilting of the outer layers

Hilary cleverly used pre-made blocks to
produce a two colour pouch.

Grace’s narive flower pouch

Angelique’s pouch really is box shaped

Alison was nervous about putting in the zip,
 but was first finished!

Susan made an error with her first attempt,
so started again, then corrected the first one so
she ended up with two by Monday morning.

Alison’s pouch, and Susan M’s second pouch.

Susan Mack’s parallel class was on making her version of a practical project bag with a clear plastic front panel that will give a good view of the contents. All of the makings were available from Spotlight:

Pat quilted her cat print back panel along
the lines in the print.

Some very fancy zippers were added.

Long continuous zips were cut, trimmed to size and secured.

Elaine chose pinks, purples and blues, and a very jazzy zipper.
Binding clips came in handy.

Marilyn chose two beautiful blue and white prints.

There was some careful cutting of foam stabilizer …

Front and back panels of the four finished bags we saw
on Monday - there are several more not quite done yet,
These belong to Elaine, Pat, Jeni and Sharron

AQC 2024 tutors and class program announced

The  Australasian Quilt Convention (AQC) has released details of tutors and its class program for 2024 in Melbourne, with bookings opening on 18 October.

Visit www.aqc.com.au for more information. 

Class bookings open on 18 October
Class program and details

Boro Komebukuro Rice Bag - Quilt NSW workshop

 

AQC 2019: tutors announced

2019 Australasian Quilt Convention (AQC) tutors have been announced by Intocraft:

Announcing the 2019 AQC tutors... it's a stellar lineup - put April 11 to 14, 2019 in your diary now for four days of quilty pleasures.

Classes will be announced shortly.

Tutors are Susan Carlson, Joe Cunningham, Julie Haddrick, Heather Hopkins, Katherine Jones, Emiko Toda Loeb, Deborah Louie, Rachael Porter, Rachaeldaisy, Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli, Gillian Travis and Jessica Wheelahan.

Trunk show with Chris Jurd

We booked a 'Pickled Fish' foundation piecing workshop with Chris Jurd in April, that we knew would be excellent and challenging, and were delighted to find on the day that we would have a bonus trunk show of some of Chris's other quilts! We loved her confident and bold use of colour, that compliments both the precision of foundation piecing and templates, and the abandon of improv piecing. Even the backs of the quilts were fabulous, and Chris's choices for border fabrics have us thinking.

Thanks for such a generous addition to our workshop Chris.

All the patterns can be purchased from Patchwork Fundamentals.

Tropicana

Pickled Fish - the original quilt 

Road trip

Japanese Icecreams

Bold pieced backing

Improv

Scrap Happy

Supernova Leftovers

'Pickled Fish' class with Chris Jurd

We enjoyed a wonderful workshop with Chris Jurd last weekend, learning to make her foundation pieced 'Pickled Fish' quilt block - it's a complex block, a bit of a challenge with precision curved piecing required to fit all the pieces together, but it was a fun day with a bonus trunk show of Chris's own quilts. Thanks to Chris, and to Nerida for organising.

Pickled Fish - precision piecing on paper foundations, lots of
curved seams, and a riot of colour. Fun that makes you think.

Chris Jurd with Sue, who has made several beautiful
quilts from Chris's patterns and classes.

End of class progress - we all went home to finish our first block 
while the muscle memory was still in play.

By Monday morning's meeting, we had six block finishes, with more to come ...

Miriam

Denise

Sue

Jill

Sharron

Daphne

... and five of us took our blocks for show and tell

Anna Maria Horner - Australian workshops and lectures 2018

XLN Fabrics has announced that designer Anna Maria Horner will be touring Australia in June/July 2018 for a series of workshops and lectures. A complete list of dates and locations is available on the XLN's Instagram post of 19 January and XLN's Facebook post of 19 January.

Sydney:  Monday 11 July and Tuesday 12 July, at Material Obsession (booking link)

Deborah Louie: new online classes

Popular and highly regarded free motion quilting teacher Deborah Louie has launched a new website, focussed on her newly released online classes on quilting on a domestic machine.

There are currently two classes online:

• Lets Quilt! Walking Foot and Theory
• Let’s Quilt! Free Motion Quilting and The Magical Six

The website also has links to Deborah's books of quilt projects, and her blog.

Australian Machine Quilters Festival: Adelaide, August

The AMQ Festival offers classes and displays for domestic machine quilters, as well as long armers:

• Australian Machine Quilting Festival website
• AMQ on Facebook

Summer School: Quiltsmith

One of our favourite quilt shops, Quiltsmith at Annandale (inner west, Sydney) is again offering a Summer School program, with an impressive list of teachers - details are now on their blog, and bookings are open. A great way to spend some quality quilting time in January.

Embroiderers Guild: Summer School 2016

If you fancy a break from quilting during the summer, but still want enjoy some needlework, you might be interested in the Embroiderers Guild of NSW Summer School:

9 – 24 January 2016     

17 workshops in a wide range of techniques (details on the web page), suitable for beginners to advanced stitchers, at the Embroiderers Guild of NSW  76 Queen Street Concord West

Bookings are open now.

Contact: 02 9743 2501 or info@embroiderersguildnsw.org.au to book

• Summer School web page 
• Embroiderers Guild of NSW on Facebook 

Rope bag class

If you have admired Lyn and Janice's rope bags recently, you might be interested in this class advertised in the Patchwork on Pittwater newsletter:

Be the first to come along and make this amazing Jelly Roll Rope Bag! 

Our special guest teacher will show you how to turn a Jelly Roll into a gorgeous bag - in just one session! Places are strictly limited so please book in early.

Wednesday, 29th April 10am - 3pm 

Cost of class: $50 

Contact POP on 9999 6159 to book your place and get your list of requirements.

Quiltsmith: 2015 class list

Quiltsmith in Annandale has released its class list list for 2015, and bookings are now open.

In addition to the regular, ongoing class program, Quiltsmith advises that 'we have a series of one or two day workshops planned, by regular and guest teachers. These will be great skill builders.'  Keep an eye on the Quiltsmith blog for class information - there is a link in the right hand column.

More local classes: Hobbysew Hornsby

Hobbysew at Hornsby (Lower level, directly below K-Mart, Westfield) has released its class list for here.
a Term 1, 2015.  Classes include patchwork and quilting, and other types of sewing and needlecrafts.  All details are online

Check here for classes at other Hobbysew stores.

Local classes for 2015

Image: Pixabay

Are you ready to learn something new, create a new masterpiece, or tame your scraps, perhaps? Quilt shops well and truly open after the holidays, and are booking up classes for 2015 - check them out now to secure a place.  These three are reasonably local for our group, always a bonus!

Kim Bradley Creations - Castle Hill
2015 classes are announced in the latest newsletter, available online here, released yesterday - lots to choose from, a great range of teachers presenting one-off classes and classes over several weeks/months. (And the classroom has been moved downstairs!)

Cottage Quilt Works - Warriewood
A few places available in classes, but you will have to be quick
Classes are listed on the blog here. New fabric arrivals are also posted to this blog, so have a good look around while you are there.

Craft Depot - Pennant Hills
A long list of options here, practically on our doorstep - make sure you look right through the list, to see all of the new options.

New class/workshop list and 'Sewtember' sale at Kim Bradley Creations

Here in the northern suburbs, we are lucky to have several excellent quilt shops within easy reach - and we like to do our bit by getting round all of them! Most of them hold classes, and they all have sales that quilters need to know about. This week's mail has been from Kim Bradley Creations, at Castle Hill - a new class list up to the end of the year (Kim's classroom is the bees knees), and an anniversary sale:

• 'Sewtember' sale on 6th September, and a one-off class with Jane Davidson

• Classes and workshops until the end of 2014 - includes some school holidays classes for kids

Kim Bradley Creations 

Unit 7/9 Packard Ave, Castle Hill 2154
Phone: 9659 2912

July school holidays: kids' sewing and crochet classes at Castle Hill

NSW public school holidays start at the end of this week, and some private schools are already on holiday.  Kim Bradley Creations is offering sewing and crochet classes for children 7 and over, at Castle Hill - interesting to those with children and grandchildren wanting to 'make things'. Details, including images of the projects for each class are in Kim Bradley Creations eNewsletter, June 2014:

Sewing Classes with Cath

Tuesday 1st July or Tuesday 8th July 10am to 12:30pm Learn to sew a bag
Ages 7+ $30 includes project kit.

Tuesday 1st July or Tuesday 8th July 1pm to 4pm
Learn to sew a zipper pouch.
Ages 7+ $35 includes project kit

Quilting Classes with Wendy

10am - 3pm (confirm dates with the shop)

Beginners quilting classes.

Ages 9+ $50 for class and $30 for kit to make a 90cm x 120cm (36" x 48") quilt.

Crochet Classes with Cath

Thursday 3rd July 10am to 3pm
Learn to crochet.
Ages 10+ $50 includes project kit.

Please call the shop to book your place in any of the classes, on 9659 2912, and to check on details and requirements.

Adult crochet classes will be offered on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons from 17th July.

Source: Kim Bradley Creations eNewsletter, June 2014