In this month's masterclasses, you will have access to different classes from Jo, Karen and Lynne 

The bonus of having an Academy with three tutors is we all bring different skills and priorities to the party.  Karen loves slow stitching and will be teaching you how to hand quilt your quilts. Lynne likes quick and simple and so will be showing you various straight line quilting designs.  And Jo is our queen of free motion quilting and will be showing you how to free motion quilt your quilts on your domestic machine.  Access for the lifetime of the Academy.   

Free Motion Quilting with Jo Avery

 Jo’s introduction to FMQ was one of the most popular in-person classes that she taught in her Edinburgh studio. She is excited to pass all her knowledge of free-motion quilting on a domestic machine on to you!  We’ll deal with the right accessories, tension issues and matching your foot to hand speed. She will then share a number of design ideas from simple meanders and loops to mussels and spirals. Jo will share her favourite edge-to-edge designs and all her best tips and tricks.

Straight Line Quilting with Lynne Goldsworthy

 Lynne quilts the vast majority of her quilts using some variation of straight line quilting. Be it a wavy line grid, a diagonal cross hatch of straight lines, horizontal lines or matchstick quilting.  Lynne will be taking you through several different straight line quilting designs so you can pick and choose between them for your own quilts.  

Hand Quilting with Karen Lewis

In case you hadn't noticed Karen is a huge fan of contemplative slow stitching and finishing her quilts by hand is no exception. She loves to get up close and personal to her finished quilts by hand quilting every stitch mindfully. Karen will talk about various ways to mark your quilts ready to quilt by hand as well as looking at different designs and thread choices that lend themselves to this method, as well as looking at the hand stitches themselves.