Are You Ready ?
Is it time to think about learning something new?
Well, if it is, you’ve come to the right place.
Beginning at the start of September, we have something for everyone.
Workshops, courses and independent sewing groups.
Check out what we have to offer and get in touch as soon as possible….
A little note for your diary:
High Street Quilting will be closed for one week so that we can have a little break before the mayhem begins.
We will be closed from Sunday 27th August and return on Saturday 3rd September.
Let’s Make A Quilt 
A stress-free course over 6 sessions that will take an absolute patchwork novice from start to finish.
We’ll cover – measuring, cutting, design, sewing, layering, quilting and binding and at the end of the course you will have your very own first quilt.
Time: 1pm-4pm
Dates; Wednesdays 7.9.22, 14.9.22, 21.9.22, 28.9.22, 5.10.22, 12.10.22
Tutor: Hilary
Price: £90
Ruler Workshop for Beginners
Once you’ve had a go at free-motion quilting you’ll be interested in trying some work with rulers. I know I am. This no-stress, first try will be just the opportunity to have a go.
You’ll need to have the appropriate “ruler” foot for your machine, but we’ll supply fabric and rulers (to borrow).
Time: 10am-2pm
Date Tuesday 27.9.22 (FULL)
OR Saturday 26.11.22
Tutor: Jane Richie (of Janeslongarmstudio)
Price: £40
Fussy Cutting Workshop
Once you’ve mastered English paper piecing , the next development is learning to accurately “fussy-cut” the pieces to make fascinating designs. This addictive technique will be taught by the master of fussy-cutting, Jenthepiecemaker
Time: 10am-1pm
Date: Saturday 24.9.22
Tutor: Jen Murphy
Price: £30 (bring a few fabrics with distinctive patterns, fine needles and fine threads- we’ll supply the rest)
Geese-Go-Round
3 useful skills in one cushion
Session 1 Foundation Piecing
Tuesday 11.10.22 10am -1pm
Session 2 Piping
Tuesday 18.10.22 10- 1pm
Session 3 The concealed zip
Tuesday 8.11.22 10-1pm
Tutor: Hilary
Price: £20/session
Christmas Surprise – A Placemat
The perfect, small project for anyone who has recently taken up patchwork. In this whole day workshop, we will cut and sew, layer-up and quilt, and (hopefully) bind the placemat.
We have three dates:
Tuesday 15.11.22 OR
Tuesday 22.11.22 OR
Tuesday 13.12.22
Time 10am -4pm
Tutor: Hilary
Price: £40
Applique 1 2 3
A short course in needleturn appliqué over three sessions.
This is a project in which you will learn and practice the hand-sewing skill of needleturn appliqué.
Dates; Wednesdays 19.10.22, 9.11.22, 7.12.22
Time: 1pm-4pm
Tutor: Jayne Kirkwood
Price £20/session
Stitch-In Texture
An experimental (no-stress) workshop in which we will explore a variety of stitch techniques that we can use to create differing textures in our quilting.
This is a hand sewing workshop.
Date: Tuesday 20.9.22
Time: 1pm-4pm
Tutor: Hilary
Price £20
(Please bring a little plain fabric, and some threads and needles)
Cactus Quilt
A one-day workshop in which you will learn the freezer-paper foundation piecing technique.
This block is best made in high contrast blocks and will create a stunning effect.
Date: Saturday 22.10.22
Time 10am – 3pm
Tutor: Hilary
Price £40
(Please bring along at least 2 fat quarters of high contrast fabrics as well as your machine and sewing kit.)
Free Motion Quilting
Have you always wanted to try, or do you want to try again free motion quilting in a stress-free class??
In this 2-hour session, I’ll teach you how to set up your fabric, your machine and yourself to begin this life changing technique.
Dates:
Tuesday 13.9.22 OR
Saturday 29.10.22
Time: 10am -12
Tutor: Hilary
Price: £25
(Please bring your machine with a free-motion or darning foot, we’ll supply fabric.)
AND… we are delighted to start a whole new kind of group on the morning of Friday 7th October
Eileen Swart (our amazing Baltimore tutor) has agreed to host a weekly
MENTORED group.
Each term, Eileen will bring a project that she will teach but if you prefer something else, bring it along and she’ll do her best to help you.
The class will run weekly on Friday mornings from 9.30-12.30 and be £10/session.
Places are limited and I know this group will be very popular – so – be quick.
Independent Sit ‘n’ Sew on-going sessions
You’ll need to book in to reserve a place in our weekly sit n’ sew sessions.
This is the ideal opportunity to sew alongside other enthusiasts, sharing your enthusiasm, ideas, and skills.
Choose between Thursday morning 9.30 -12.30 OR Thursday afternoon 1-4pm
Post Covid (we hope) we’ve lengthened the sessions from 2 to 3 hours, and we’ve changed the price to £20/month.
Turn down your heating at home and come along to share the warmth of our creative workshop.
Are you bamboozled? I am.
We’ve got so much planned for you this term.
I hope I can keep track of it all.
You’ll see that I’ve tried to squeeze in a lot of workshops around the regular sit ‘n’ sew sessions so that everyone has an opportunity to share in the joy and creativity that High Street Quilting brings to our community.
If you’d like to book into a one-off workshop, a short course, or to the regular sit n’ sew sessions, pop in or ring (0191 4100868) to reserve a place and then please come along to pay in advance.
The past two years have been unquestionably hellish.
We’ve survived- just, with your help and support – for which I am eternally grateful.
I know that you’ll be worrying about the future. As well as the possibility of another Covid surge, there’s the cost of living crisis looming. I hope you can see that I’m doing my level best to keep prices as low as possible (in the shop as well as the school).
We really are “all in this together”.
You may also know that as interest rates have risen, landlords have taken the opportunity to put up rents (some of them astronomically). Why? – There’s only one answer – GREED.
You may also have heard that many small quilt shops have closed or are about to close.
In fact, The Village Haberdashery in West Hampstead, London has closed, just this week. It was a wonderful, well respected, bright, modern environment. The owner, Annie, a master of social media and marketing is devastated. And understandably so.
After all that she’d been through in the last two years, her landlord decided to put up the rent by 55%. Outrageous!
PLEASE can I ask that every time you decide to buy fabric online, ask yourself – “Can I get this from a small, independent shop”? Then go and see what they have to offer.
Independent shops offer help and advice – FREE!
Try asking Mr Amazon for that!
Rant over…
Can you see just how much we have to offer?
We’re supporting our local quilting community with beautiful fabrics and essential accessories.
And… we have a programme of workshops, courses and independent sewing that is varied and vast.
I hope you find something in it to suit you.
We love to see the shop and the classroom bustling and busy again.
The oohs and aahs breathe life and energy into us.
Come and join us.
We’re ready and waiting…
Love, Hilary xx