Page is one of 14 Gammill International Quilting With Confidence Tour Instructors. Gammill is scheduling 2-day Quilting with Confidence sessions in 50 different cities across the United States and Canada plus a couple in Australia and England. This is a great opportunity for you to access Gammill specific training at a city close to you. Classes will be available for both free-hand quilting and Statler Stitcher quilting. You can read more about it at the Gammill site for the Confidence Tour (https://gammill.com/quiltingwithconfidence/#LOCATIONS).
Page will be teaching at the following sessions:
* May 10th & 11th in Albuquerque, New Mexico
* May 14th & 15th in Denver, Colorado
* July 30th & 31st in Fort Myers, Florida
* August 2nd & 3rd in Jacksonville, Florida
* October 3rd-6th in Romsey, England
* November 13th & 14th in Lincoln, Nebraska
* November 16th & 17th in Salina, Kansas
* November 20th & 21st in Springfield, Illinois
We are excited about this opportunity to participate in this educational program with nationally recognized teachers from across the country. We look forward to seeing you in one of the session in your area.
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Come visit us to talk about the options available for a grand adventure in quilting. We can help you with the purchasing process, replacement parts, education and training.
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We are always excited when we get a brand new quilter. This is her first ever quilt from a Beginning Quilting Class. |
I think she was even more excited when she completed the Beginners Longarm class and had a finished quilt ready for binding. She even ventured into the wool batting so she has really enjoyed it the last couple of weeks. | |
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Longarm Rental - either Statler based or Elevate/Freehand
Keep us in mind when you plan to complete your quilt. We offer a longarm class to get you started.and on the road to successfully completing your quilt from start to finish. Rental time is available on our computerized Statler longarm machine and you will know that there will always be someone here to work with you if you have a question or problem.
Call 651-214-4545 to schedule time to complete your quilt.
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| Over the last month we have conducted three different Intensive Hands-On classes in the studio. Each class consisted of 4 participants from around the country (Missouri to Arizona to Oregon). For 3 days they were in the studio working on projects from 8 am until 5 pm... or as late as they could handle. Although Page had an outline of what she wanted to cover, each class was tailored to the needs and skill level of the participants. They started with drawing the "blueprint" of a quilt block and selecting quilting designs that fit or maybe didn't. This is an exercise in how the quilting design fits the quilt pattern. Time is spent on their quilts to set borders, stitch in the ditch, concatenating designs, using Page Turners or like the Drunkard's Path shown above using a Custom Overall design on a complicated pattern. In three days the participants cover a lot of concepts, tools, and designs. Watch the list of In-Studio Classes for the next available series of Intensive Hands-On events. If you would like to be on a mailing list for when we offer these sessions again (Starting in January 2019) please send us an email so we can keep you up to date at: Pagej@thequiltingpage.com |
Upcoming In Studio Classes
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Our In-Studio classes are set up to run from 9 am to 4 pm with a break for lunch. Typically the morning is spent in a presentation style and the afternoon is spent in a hands on practice quilt. We often use Quilts of Valor for our demo quilts, or you can bring a small quilt for practice purposes. |
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| Custom Quilting - Your Way Cancelled - Will be rescheduled later this spring Saturday March 16th Bring a quilt and use a machine for the day. We will help you decide how to design and plan your quilting process to maximize the custom look of your quilt. Step by step you will have assistance in setting up and executing a quilting plan. Buy a zipper in advance so you can walk in and quickly load your quilt on the class day. If you have CS7 designs in mind or purchased digital patterns you want to use, bring them to class and we will help you decide how best to apply them to your quilt. Space is limited to 4 attendees, so do not wait. The cost for this class/workshop is $100 for the one day. If you would like to bring a "machine buddy" to work with you on a machine, their registration fee is $50. You can register for the class by email at pagej@thequiltingpage.com or by phone at 651-214-4545. ********************************************************** |
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| Overall Quilting Design in Elevate Cancelled - Custom Your Way is now scheduled for the 16th Saturday, March 16th, 2019 Many designs build into Elevate work very well for most of the quilts that you will be quilting. However, sometimes you want something different and you are not sure how to "adjust" a pattern available online. In this class we will work with you to use Creative Studios 7 to edit patterns available for purchase so they fit the process built into the Elevate. Bring a laptop with CS7 installed and we will walk through step-by-step:
This is not a machine hands-on class but having your own laptop available is recommended. The cost for this class/workshop is $75. You can register for the class by email at pagej@thequiltingpage.com or by phone at 651-214-4545. ********************************************************** |
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| Three Day Intensive Workshop Friday March 29th - 31st, 2019 This is an “Intense Total Immersion Hands-On” experience. Prepare to be challenged and surprised about how much you can learn in such a short time. We will be working with Creative Studio 7. Page has a wonderful storefront studio which includes 4 Statlers and 1 Vision (Free Hand). You are invited to learn from Page’s vast list of topics in a 3 day; hands on workshop tailored to what you want to learn. Reserve your spot early. The workshop is limited to 4 people to ensure you get the most out of it. Each student will have their own machine and work on their own quilts. |
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| Three Day Intensive Workshop Friday April 12th - 14th, 2019 This is an “Intense Total Immersion Hands-On” experience. Prepare to be challenged and surprised about how much you can learn in such a short time. We will be working with Creative Studio 7. Page has a wonderful storefront studio which includes 4 Statlers and 1 Vision (Free Hand). You are invited to learn from Page’s vast list of topics in a 3 day; hands on workshop tailored to what you want to learn. Reserve your spot early. The workshop is limited to 4 people to ensure you get the most out of it. Each student will have their own machine and work on their own quilts. |
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Backing Fabric
The guidelines for the backing fabric for longarm quilting are:
- The backing needs to be at least 3 inches larger all the way around the quilt (or 6 inches longer and wider than the quilt top)
- We prefer to load the back using the selvage edges along the rollers
- Do not cut off the selvages along the outer edge of the backing - they help keep the back square during the loading process
- Unless the quilting motif is a directional design where the top has to be at the top of the machine AND the quilt top or back have to match the top, we load the backing using the selvages which may or may not match the top of a printed fabric design
- We prefer any backing seams to run parallel (the same direction) to the selvages
- Sew the seams at 1/2 + inch and then trim off the tightly woven selvages leaving 1/4 inch seam allowance
- Do NOT press the backing seams open - press to one side
- When pressed open (like what you would do for Hand Quilting) there is only the tread holding one side of the backing to the other side
- If you press the seam and seam allowance to one side, then the longarm quilting will stitch through all layers of the fabric and hold the two sides of the backing together with greater security
- Often pieced backs have multiple seams going in a variety of directions
- In this case just try to have the majority of seams, or any particularly long seams, run parallel to the selvages
Another option is to purchase the wide backing fabric that is 108" wide. Right now we have 220 different wide backs in stock for you to select from. We do sell the wide backing fabric by the inch to meet your needs. Keep in mind that 1 yard of 108 wide fabric is about 2 1/2 yards of the traditional bolt fabric (at roughly $16-17.50 per yard it is a great deal). Often customers will buy their backing fabric before completing their quilt so they can incorporate some of the fabric in the top either in the blocks or as the border.
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| Drunkard's Path is a very old and traditional design that has a lot of applications in modern quilts. The combination of the two shapes is simple but the different rotations and placements gives you a multitude of different design options. Often the quilt was done in just two fabrics further lending to the simplicity of design. Today we frequently see this traditional design done in multiple sizes within a single quilt, a wide variety of fabrics used, and/or the sophistication of batiks enhancing the designs. Drunkard's Starburst is a fun quilting motif that fits the pie section with overlapping curved lines. The outer "setting" square has a starburst design of straight lines. If your Drunkard's Path is a layout with each block being in the same orientation, then you can use a simple repeat pattern or point to point clicking path. If the quilt uses a variety of rotations for each block, you may want to play with a concatenating design or placement of each block and then rotating or flipping of the pattern to fit the block. This is a great pattern to tinker with and fine tune your skills with concatenating designs. |
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