Intro to Patchwork Quilting

Weekend Workshop // November 15th + 16th // 10am-4pm // Level: Experienced Beginner // Cost: £195 // Places Available: 8 // Instructor: Cassandra Belanger // Projects: Cushion Cover, Wall Hanging, Zippered Pouch

Across the weekend, you’ll explore essential patchwork techniques, from accurate cutting and pressing to piecing and quilting. Guided step by step, you’ll gain confidence working with colour, pattern, and design. By the end, you’ll finish a small project of your choice—practical, decorative, and a lasting reminder of your new skills.

• Fundamentals of patchworking and how it differs to sewing clothing
• Tools and equipment
• Choosing fabric and where to source them
• Making colour and pattern choices
• Making patchwork blocks
• Machine assembling the quilt top layer
• Quilt wadding and layering-up
• Machine quilting
• Making and applying a binding (edging)
• Hand-finishing techniques

• Cushion Cover
• Wall hanging
• Zipped pouch

This sewing course is for ‘experienced beginners’ and improvers, which means it’s suitable for returning students, or anyone with previous experience of basic sewing.

• 3 x 6-hour lessons

• Use of 230DC Janome computerised sewing machine each with quilting table, ¼ inch foot, walking foot and free-motion foot

• Fabric (we will advise on suitable fabric and suggest retailers after booking)

• Thread (available to purchase at the studio)

• A basic sewing kit (we will advise after booking)

To book your place on this course, you will pay a non-refundable Booking Deposit of £50 through this Eventbrite page. This Booking Deposit goes towards course fees however, the remaining balance is due no later that two weeks PRIOR to course start. Once you’ve booked a place on the course, you will receive the details to bank transfer the final amount. We do it this way to avoid additional external fees. Please familiarise yourself with our Terms & Conditions before making your booking.

You can pay by PayPal or any major debit/credit card. NOTE: You do not need a PayPal account to make a booking. Simply click on the link which says "pay with a debit or credit card". It looks like this. Please note that deposits are non-refundable.

Cassandra Belanger (she/her) has 14 years of experience working in sustainable design, textiles and garment construction with a Masters in Fashion + Textiles focussing on zero waste design. Her work is an invitation to a more sustainable future and education is at the centre of her creative practice. She is the Founder of The Stitchery Studio, Co-Founder of the Zero Waste Design Collective and Founding Member of Sustainable Fashion Scotland. She was the Resident Sewing Instructor at the Central Scottish School of Craft and previously a Fashion and Textile Lecturer at Glasgow West College. Her research interests centre around sustainable fashion and textile design education and fashion systems for a post growth economy. Her design and teaching practice explores issues such as zero waste, waste colonialism, transparency, feminism, sizeism, and body image. Cassandra is committed to decolonising her teaching practice.

More Info:

• During class tea and coffee will be available.
• All of our classes are suitable for over 18s, younger crafters may be accommodated if accompanied by a participating adult but please contact us before booking
• If the workshop you were looking at is fully booked drop us an email and we’ll add you to the waiting list.
• If you need to cancel, we need at least two weeks notice. Please read our cancellation policy before booking.

Any Questions?

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Cancellation & Course Fees Refund

Because of the popularity of our courses and the limited number of spaces available, we've now introduced a Cancellation & Refund Policy. If you cancel your booking 14 or more full days before the start date of your course or workshop, you will be refunded the balance of your fees. This is equivalent to your full course fees minus your non-refundable deposit.

If you decide to cancel your place in less than 14 days before the course start date or during the course, a refund is not guaranteed. In this situation we shall review the circumstances of the cancellation before deciding on an appropriate solution.

If for any reason you change your mind and need to cancel your booking, please email us ([email protected]) immediately so that we can release your place to someone on the waiting list.

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