Barbara Chainey

Workshops

Wholecloth quilt design

Aimed specifically at creating your own wholecloth design of any size.

Marking and quilting

Try out markers and marking methods & review your quilting technique.

East meets West

Practical instruction on sashiko & traditional hand quilting plus simple pattern making.

Improve your quilting

Frames, hoops, needles, thread, gadgets, gizmos, techniques & tips.

Quilt it!

Finished the top? Where & what do you quilt on it? Many of the answers, suitable for hand or machine quilters.

Strippy quilt design

Use traditional or contemporary motifs to plan a strippy wholecloth quilt of any size. Includes simple pattern-making techniques.

Inspiration from the past

Hands-on time with old quilts, lean to take patters & adapt them for your own use. (UK only)

Feathers, cables & roses

Learn how to construct these popular patterns and use them in your own design.

Unique patterns

Devise & develop your own patterns for piecing, quilting & appliqué. Easy pattern drafting with papercutting & mirrors - endless fun & creativity.

Wholecloth Welsh style

Use motifs from the Welsh tradition to make your own design of any size.

Wholecloth North East style

Use traditional motifs to plan a wholecloth medallion quilt of any size.

Mystery days

Fast & furious stitching with lots of fun - rotary cutting & machine piecing.

Eastern promise

From the famous Street of the Tentmakers in Cairo - traditional needleturn appliqué in timeless style