Make the Park Lane bag with Monica Poole

Leveraging her background in professional fashion design and garment drafting, Monica will show you how to achieve flawless structure and professional finishes on your handmade bags.
The Park lane pattern is included with your class cost
The Park Lane Bag combines style with functionality. It has a practical boxy shape with a wide base and a generous size of 25 cm high by x 35 cm wide. It has plenty of pockets, 2 on the outside, one of which has a zipper and 2 large pockets on the inside. The bag is completed with a very easy to apply zipper closure to keep all your belongings safe.
Students will gain many bag making tips, including zipper applications and working with foam interfacing.
Monica Poole is an acclaimed Australian quilt designer, author, and teacher with over 25 years of experience specializing in the art of modern Quilt-As-You-Go (QAYG) and practical textile arts. Originally trained as a fashion designer in garment construction, draping, and drafting, Monica brought her refined eye for structural design into the quilting world, quickly becoming known across Australia for her innovative, approachable techniques. As the co-creator of the popular sewing studio Pattern Poole alongside her daughter, Monica is passionate about making quilting accessible, stress-free, and purely enjoyable. She has authored The Quilt-as-you-go Companion and shares her signature, clever techniques with a global community of nearly 100,000 YouTube subscribers and thousands of makers worldwide. Whether she is teaching how to construct beautifully structured bags or sharing her genius methods for piecing and quilting a project in manageable sections, Monica's warm, encouraging teaching style ensures every student leaves her classroom feeling confident, inspired, and empowered to create.
Saturday 26th September 10am - 4pm (doors open 9.30am)
Tea and coffee supplied. BYO lunch
Where: Newtown Bay Rowing Centre Marine Esplanade - behind the rugby fields. Parking and lift access.
Everyone is welcome
Cost: Non member $155 Members $140