The last month has been crazy busy here in many ways! The dreaded COVID has hit our family in more than one household, but we are all over it now and back to work full steam. Thankfully isolating at home meant I could still create videos, present zoom live classes and work on things here. Just couldn’t leave to go anywhere or see anyone! I truly didn’t get terribly ill which I’m very thankful for.
I’m currently nearing the half way point to my epic ‘Impressive Gridwork‘ online class on Machine Quilting Academy and we are having so much FUN with this. This course runs for 14 weeks with new designs presented every week in a live zoom class. Everything is recorded and downloads and separate videos are available to watch at your leisure after we have been live. Many have wanted to join this course, however it is currently closed to allow current students the opportunity to focus and complete each week with my support lasting until a month after the end of the course at the end of June.
HOWEVER, I’ve just setup a waiting list that you can register for to know when this is going to be presented later this year. REGISTER YOUR INTEREST to receive the notifcation to enroll. I usually only have a 2 week period to enroll for this course and then we are off and running with it.
Endless amazing quilting designs using simple stencils from Pam Clarke that are now available once more at Constantine Quilts, are demonstrated inside this course!
Some of the most used tools in this course and in my quilting studio are stencils and marking tools like these:
Quick Pounce Pad with Miracle Chalk
The World’s Best Fabric Pounce Chalk Marking with pounce chalk has just become easier, cleaner, and highly visible
- Formulated for fabrics
- LESS airborne chalk particles
- No chalk bounce when sewing
- Marks removed with the swipe of a steam iron
- Mark a quilt BEFORE loading on long or short arm machine
- Stays on the fabric until removed with steam iron for great visibility
- Miracle Chalk — The only chalk that vanishes like a ghost when the quilter wants it to go
The makers of Miracle Chalk recommend the Quick Swipe Pounce pad
This set comes with 2oz miracle chalk & Quick Swipe Pounce Pad
Price: $32 pp
and Marking pencils from either Sewline or Bohin
and Blue washout pens
Stencils I use and love are:
Stencils by Design with Lines are a great way to “draw” guidelines on your quilts before free-handing designs. We recommend checking out her books and DVD’s to also to help you get great ideas.
Use in conjunction with the Quick Swipe Pounce Pad and Miracle Chalk for best results.
Pam Clarke basic 8 line stencil (BACK IN STOCK FINALLY)
Pam Clarke 1″ straight line stencil is My MOST used stencil in the studio!! You can watch a video on how Pam uses this here
Cindy Needham Backgound stencils
It is has been many years since I could source the Pam Clarke stencils, so I’m thrilled to finally have them available for you again to allow you to create endless amazing quilting designs using these simple stencils.
Happy quilting
Tracey