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Now available!  a series of eight wonderful Australian-made DVDs, to teach you all about quilt-making.

Available for purchase individually, or in two sets, or as a complete set.

14 October 2007: Seven new DVDs now available!!  Click here to jump to the new stuff!!  Or just scroll down to see them all.

Would you like to have a personal tutor in your sewing room?

All quilters, whether beginners or advanced, share a desire to improve and develop their quilt making skills. The exciting series of DVD’s from the Patchwork and Quilting Academy provide patchwork and quilting enthusiasts with a convenient way of learning new skills and increasing proficiency.

Learning with the DVD tutorials can easily take your patchwork and quilting ability to a higher level. Imagine the exceptional creations you will produce. The professional virtual workshops feature renowned and knowledgeable tutors - Pauline Rogers, Ruth Bloomfield, Kay Meale and Bev McClune – sharing their expertise (and secrets) in what is essentially a private quilting class. A class that gives you the freedom to watch and learn, any time you choose.

It’s so simple to learn the secrets to perfect quilts. With a wide assortment of titles covering various patchwork and quilting skills – The Joy of Piecing, Basic Trapunto, Chenilling, Confetti, Crazy Patch, Foundation Paper Piecing, Machine Quilting Journey (Beginners) and Stained Glass – you can discover new techniques from the comfort of your own home. Each tutorial incorporates complete project from start to finish with easy-to-follow lessons, precise workshop instructions and original patterns to guide you through your project.

The Patchwork and Quilting Academy tutors possess a passion for teaching the art of quilt making and quilting. They remember what it was like to be a beginner. “We remember the discouraging snags that can occur when learning new skills. Our workshops are designed to provide an easy and enjoyable way to learn the art of patchwork and quilting.”

Whether you are taking the first steps in the journey of patchwork and quilting or you are aspiring to develop new skills, the Patchwork and Quilting Academy tutors want to help you achieve results you never thought you could or would. The DVD workshops, provide step by step instruction in numerous patchwork and quilting techniques, along with encouragement and enlightenment from the knowledgeable tutors. You will be producing work you never thought possible and boasting, “It’s really not that hard once you know how!”

Get all the answers to your patchwork and quilting questions. The Patchwork & Quilting Academy DVD’s are an essential resource for the beginner quilter and a great companion for the experienced quilter, providing a solid foundation of patchwork and quilting skills. Whether you are new to quilt making or have been making quilts for years, these exciting DVD’s provide patchwork and quilting workshops to inspire you.

Each DVD is a total workshop that allows you “to watch, learn and create”. You discover new skills and innovative ideas with the personal guidance of professional patchwork and quilting tutors. Along with the thrill of developing your talents and abilities, you will achieve the satisfaction of a completed project - A spectacular piece of work, showcasing your creative new flair in the art of quilt making.

First Series

Here are more detailed descriptions of some of the DVDs:

1.  The Joy of Piecing by Pauline Rogers

Do you want to learn the art of patchwork but not sure where to start? Are you looking for tips that will make your quilting “fall into place”?

A two-part workshop The Joy of Piecing with instructor Pauline Rogers is ideal for those eager to learn the art of patchwork. You will become skilled in numerous patchwork techniques while creating a magnificent wall quilt.

Pauline guides you block by block taking you through the basics and beyond, demonstrating how to:

The Joy of Piecing tutorial incorporates a complete patchwork quilt project from start to finish with easy-to-follow lessons, precise workshop instructions and original patterns to guide you through your project.

The eleven block patterns – Hour Glass, Churn Dash, Hexagon – Grandma’s Flower Garden, Pinwheel & Four Patch, Double Hearts, Old Maid’s Puzzle, Flower Basket, Bird House, House, Spinning Star and Dresden Plate – along with instruction on layout of sashing and borders, cover an extensive array of quilt making skills.

Do you want the ability to create patchwork masterpieces?

The Joy of Piecing workshop focuses on accuracy so that you achieve a superior finished result in your quilt making. Your friends and family will be amazed. You learn the secrets of professional quilters – the proper use of tools for meticulous measuring and precise cutting, accurate machine piecing, getting seams sitting flat with correct pressing, and more!

Do you want to gain an in-depth understanding of piecing techniques?

Beginning with the basics Pauline demonstrates what you need to know to start piecing. She progresses you through the different techniques for creating the blocks, from the simple Four Patch to the more challenging Dresden Plate.

As you advance through the workshop, you gain proficiency in the craft. The demonstrations of the various techniques used in the different patchwork blocks provide ample practice and reinforcement of the techniques

The Joy of Piecing is a whole learning experience making it an essential guide to patchwork. You will discover various methods for making blocks:

Just imagine all the different quilts you will be able to make!

Mastering the techniques for creating all these quilt block patterns will give you a substantial repertoire to draw from in your quilt making. By the end of the DVD workshop you will possess knowledge of a vast assortment of patchwork skills.

Did you always wish you had a grandmother that would teach you the art of patchwork and quilting?

For years, there hasn’t been an easy way for most people to learn the art of patchwork in the comfort of their own home. The instructional DVD’s provide home learners with what has been missing. A friendly expert on quilting to demonstrate all they know.

A book cannot “show” you what these DVD’s do. Skip the trial and error learning process that most beginning quilters go through. Put an end to frustration by discovering how an expert quilter achieves perfection. Learn how to save time and even money. Putting all that effort into a quilt you aren’t proud to display is such a waste.

The Joy of Piecing is full of proven, practical quilting advice. It will help you avoid the common mistakes beginners make. It can aid you in overcoming challenges and take your skills to a higher level. The Joy of Piecing makes patchwork easier, more enjoyable and ensures all your quilts are … works of art.

2.  Foundation Paper Piecing by Pauline Rogers

Do you want to achieve perfect patchwork… every time?

Many people look at quilts and cannot imagine that they are capable of creating such intricate designs. With foundation paper piecing it is easier than you think.

Easy, stress free perfection

Foundation piecing consists of sewing pieces of fabric on to a paper pattern to create a quilt block. Using the foundation piecing technique to piece blocks gives you the ability to construct complicated patterns easily and accurately.

Once you discover how to assemble a quilt using the foundation paper piecing technique, you will be able to make any number of quilt patterns.

The Foundation Paper Piecing tutorial incorporates two complete patchwork quilt projects with easy-to-follow workshop instructions and original patterns to guide you through your project. The foundation papers are also included.

Pauline Rogers steps you through the technique of paper piecing, as you create the single bed quilt, Pineapple Pizzazz with pieced pineapple blocks. Pineapple Pizzazz is a non-stress quilt ideal for all levels. The accurate patterns ensure perfect piecing every time and using strips makes for speed piecing.

You will learn all about:

You get lots of variety

With the helpful hints provided and all the practice you get piecing the bed quilt you are then ready to move on to the next project, Spring Flowers, a small wall hanging. Spring Flowers goes beyond the basics demonstrating three different foundation blocks – log cabin, flowers and flying geese. You unlock the secrets of these glorious blocks as you assemble the blocks quickly without using pins. As an added bonus, you also receive instructions for creating a flower border using hexagons.

Set your creativity free

In the Foundation Paper Piecing tutorial, Pauline let’s you in on a secret and fun way to picking which fabric goes where. The Pineapple Pizzazz quilt comes with a colour layout. Following the layout will ensure that the quilt has an overall balanced appearance but you are free to select the fabrics you want to use. This quilt is great for using up small scraps of fabric. It lends itself to the use of an assortment of prints and tone on tone fabrics. If you stress about which fabrics should go where just follow Pauline’s simple suggestion and you will discover how exciting it is to experiment.

Foundation piecing makes quilt making easy. Folks will look at your stunning creations with awe. If they only knew…

It’s not that hard once you know how. Discover how.

3.  Chenilling by Pauline Rogers

Do you remember Nana’s chenille bedspreads?

Pauline Rogers demonstrates how to create the fabulous shaggy look of chenilling in the Chenilling DVD workshop. Chenilling is a technique that produces an extraordinary effect reminiscent of Grandmother’s beautiful bedspreads.

The Chenilling DVD workshop comprises two separate projects, with workshop instructions and patterns, each detailing a different technique that produces the popular look and luxurious feel of chenille.

You will discover how easy layered chenilling and strip chenilling can be while completing projects with adorable teddy bears as the theme. The first lesson demonstrates layered chenilling with the making of a cuddly appliqué teddy cushion. Pauline next shows you the art of strip chenilling following a cute teddy design on a cot quilt.

Pauline guides you through the basics of chenilling, and more. You learn all about:

The Thrill of Chenille

Chenilling is a fun technique that adds texture to any quilt you make. It turns

‘ugly duckling’ fabrics into objects of beauty. It is also therapeutic – slash and fluff is a wonderful way to de-stress.

Open up new avenues for creativity

Once you have developed the skill of chenilling you can put it to use in future projects. You will discover many ideas and perspectives for chenilling.

4.  Machine Quilting Journey by Bev McClune

Imagine how much money you will save quilting your quilts on your domestic sewing machine

The Machine Quilting Journey DVD will take you into the amazing world of machine quilting. Guided by Bev McClune, blue ribbon winner of the Domestic Machine Quilting category at the Sydney 2006 Quilt Show, you will learn the skills necessary to prepare your quilt (and yourself) for domestic machine quilting.

How important is pinning your quilt sandwich?

Quilters are aware that the level of skill and experience that goes into the piecing and the quilting of a quilt, affects the outcome. What you might not realise is that the time and attention paid when putting together and pinning your quilt top, wadding and backing is just as valuable. Let Bev show you the proper way to get your quilt ready for quilting, so you will achieve a nicely finished quilt.

All the essential basics

Spend an hour and a half with Bev in the Machine Quilting Journey DVD lesson and learn what you need to know to become a confident machine quilter. Discover all about:

Practice makes for a perfect quilt

As an award winning machine quilter and quilting tutor, Bev knows that skill develops with experience. She takes you through some practice free motion quilting to demonstrate the fun and ease of doodling on fabric.  Watch her work magic as she shows you how to execute some simple meander quilting with hearts and flowers, as well as the stipple quilting technique.

Bev encourages you to explore the wonderful world of machine quilting and find your creative talent

It's not that hard once you know how.   Discover how - Buy the Machine Quilting Journey DVD. Also includes helpful notes and requirements list to get you started.

5.  Basic Trapunto by Bev McClune

Imagine easily quilting exquisite accents with the simple approach to Trapunto

In Basic Trapunto, Bev McClune reveals her secrets to successful and uncomplicated trapunto in an enjoyable two hour DVD that will leave you with a quilt that will dazzle and amaze.

Trapunto, sometimes referred to as stuffed quilting or raised quilting, is a long-established quilting technique that can make a simple piece of white fabric come alive. The technique of Trapunto creates the glorious French Provencal wedding quilts - these whole cloth quilts are traditionally all white for the marriage bed.
Although not relegated to white only fabric, the texture created is the main feature in Trapunto ... not the fabric.

Bev guides you through the fundamental techniques of simple trapunto, manipulating cloth with needle, thread and batting to add exquisite accents to your quilts. She demonstrates exactly how you can achieve a diamond grid with corded trapunto. Bev shares her expertise, in a manageable quilt-as-you-go project.

More than just the basics

From start to finish, the Basic Trapunto DVD lesson is loaded with beneficial tips. Discover how to:

Relax and enjoy

Bev encourages you to explore this wonderful technique. Discover how therapeutic the whirl of your sewing machine can be as you sculpt out designs on fabric.

It's not that hard once you know how. Discover how - Buy the Basic Trapunto DVD. Also includes project pattern and written lesson instructions.

And now for the new DVDs!!

Second Series

Last updated: Tuesday November 27, 2007

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