Embroidery - Beginners Contemporary Quilting - Induction Evening
Assembly of 6 embroidered blocks into a small quilt. Learn the basics to quilting while embracing machine embroidery and digitising techniques previously covered during the basic digitising classes.
Full provisions of threads, needles, stabilizers, waddings/battings and fabrics as well as course notes and other notions such as marker pens will be provided by ACCETT to each learner at the start of the course. Course includes Contemporary Quilting by Myra Doyle workbook
Entry Requirements
Student must have completed basic digitising classes or 1 night induction course
Student Instructions
Bring along note pad and pen, sewing machine, rotary cutter, size 2 curved safety pins and any sewing notions that the learner prefers to use. Wear comfortable clothes and closed toe shoes
Topics
- Basics – Using a rotary cutter
- Assemble fabric blocks to form a quilt ‘top’
- Prepare quilt ‘sandwich’ for quilting
- Traditional quilting *Motif patterns, uses in lines / borders
- Quilting patterns for the embroidery machine
- Quilting using the embroidery machine
- Quilt Label and Binding
Career Prospects
n/a
Possible learning pathways
Certificate III in Computerised machine hooping and Embroidery 30668QLD
Declared for userchoice and also Austudy approved in Queensland
Delivery Style
Some theory – mostly practical
Outcomes
Student understands the basics of how to make a quilt using embroidery machine techniques.
