Workshops - All workshops will be held between 9.30am–4.30pm. BOOK ONLINE NOW

Lorraine Carthew

Lorraine’s background is in fashion and design. After a successful career in designing and producing her own fashion label, she turned to textile art and quilting. Her first quilts were traditional appliqué, but she was soon looking to design her own style of quilting. Portraits of Sir Donald Bradman, RM Williams and JF Kennedy in 1in squares were the outcomes. She has now been producing prize-winning quilts for 10 years. Magazine articles on her different styles have been extensively published.

She was asked to write a book on her Mosaic Appliqué by the American Quilter’s Society and this will be published and released in 2007. In her 10 years of quilting Lorraine has been recognised both in Australia and internationally with prize-winning quilts achieving three Best of Show, four Best Use of Colour, and five Viewer’s Choice Awards with the Viewer’s Choice Awards being the ones most valued by her, as she feels they show acceptance by her fellow quilters.

When Lorraine isn’t working on a new quilt she can be found writing magazine articles, judging at quilt shows, or teaching one of her unique styles of quilting.

For more information about Lorraine visit her website www.lozquilts.com

Fused Art Quilts - 2 day workshop – All skill levels - BOOK ONLINE NOW

No sewing machine required

Fused appliqué is one of the methods Lorraine uses in her prize-winning quilts. In this fun and relaxed class, students will make a quilt top using one of the two designs featured here.

You will learn tips and techniques to achieve perfect fusible appliqué. You will complete your quilt top during the workshop and by the second day you will have it attached to your batting ready for quilting when you get home.

Lorraine will show you how to finish your quilt and the most suitable quilting designs to enhance your work are also covered.

A kit of hand-dyed fabric is available that will ensure desired results. Once you have mastered Lorraine’s techniques you can confidently prepare your own designs in the same manner choosing your own fabrics.

Raw Edge Mosaic Appliqué - 1 day workshop – All skill levels - BOOK ONLINE NOW

No sewing machine required

Lorraine will share all her secrets of turning a design into a mosaic pattern. She will then take you through the steps to turn the pattern into a mosaic quilt. This is a fun class where Lorraine will take you through the fundamentals of her unique technique. You will start your quilt top, but because it is a one day workshop it is unlikely you will finish the quilt, however you will learn all that is necessary to complete your quilt at home.

Colour values are taught which enables you to create a pleasing wash of colour in your work. Lorraine will give you tips and techniques that will help you achieve perfect fusible appliqué and you will also learn how to finish your quilt and the most suitable quilting designs to enhance your work. To ensure all students fully understand the entire process each student will be given a choice of one of two designs (as shown on the website) supplied by Lorraine to use in class.

Liz Scobie

Liz trained in the early 1970s as a Textile and Design teacher. She taught in NSW high schools before retiring in 1980 to raise her two children and devote more of her time to her love of the textile arts.

Initially textile arts took centre stage, with the focus on creative machine embroidery. Producing a series of wall hangings and a range of machine-embroidered silk clothing, which she supplied to major galleries around Australia.

In 1993 she decorated a series of painted timber platters turned by her husband Neil. These were to be a ‘one off’ for a special exhibition. In the years that followed Neil and Liz worked on many collaborative pieces for special exhibitions and produced a range of painted platters, bowls and screens, which sold in galleries throughout Australia and the USA. The woodworking business gradually consumed more and more of her time, leaving less time for textiles. One of the highlights of this time were the three visits to Ayers Rock Resort, as artists in resident with husband Neil. Accompanied by their children, these visits were very enlightening professionally.

Liz now lives at Lower Bucca, a small rural community not far from Coffs Harbour in NSW. She teaches creative machine-embroidery workshops from her studio as well as teaching all over Australia.

In recent times she has enjoyed the chance to spend more time experimenting with creative machine embroidery. This work includes a lot of three-dimensional techniques combining fibres, threads and yarns using free-motion embroidery and water-soluble fabrics.

For more information about Liz and Neil, visit their website www.neilandlizscobie.com

Little Treasures - 2 day workshop – All skill levels - BOOK ONLINE NOW

In this exciting workshop you will create a small wall quilt – 52cm x 44cm. It is constructed of nine small individual geometric designs using appliqué techniques and a combination of rich luxurious fabrics of varying textures, lustres and transparencies. Liz will show you how to put your quilt together, get the best from these types of fabrics while she teaches you her personal techniques and tips. She also shows how to embellish using free-motion embroidery, basic hand stitching (if desired), and beading.

Gorgeous Evening Bag - 1 day workshop – All skill levels - BOOK ONLINE NOW

You will complete a small decorative evening bag using a variety of fibres, yarns, fabrics, water-soluble fabric and creative machine- embroidery techniques. Liz will expose you to a wide range of interesting effects and techniques that you can then use in your future forays into machine embroidery on other pieces such as cushions and quilts. Your bags can then be embellished with beading and hand stitching if desired – and Liz will give you ideas and suggestions. A pre-packed kit by Liz ensures that the outcome is easy to obtain.

Mariya Waters

Mariya is an international and Australian award-winning quilt maker and teacher. She has been married to Gavin for 35 years and has two children – Elizabeth and Alan. As a New Zealand expatriate wife, Mariya began quilting in New Zealand in 1989 and was juried into the first New Zealand national quilt competition with her first quilt. In 1994, while living in England, her third quilt won the prestigious Ascot Trophy at the National Quilt Association competition.

Since then Mariya has specialised in designing and making quilts for exhibitions. She has achieved the impressive result of all exhibition quilts completed since 1994 having won both local and international awards.

Many of her quilts have been featured in magazines, books and advertisements and her quilts have been acquired for public and private collections. Mariya has also won international awards for a series of innovative
pieced quilts.

Mariya specialises in hand appliqué, turned-edge machine appliqué, machine quilting and trapunto in both large and miniature formats.

In 1999 Mariya moved from England to Melbourne, where she became an accredited state quilt appraiser. She continues to teach and her classes in hand appliqué, machine quilting and trapunto are in high demand.

Mariya worked full time for almost four years on her latest masterwork quilt called Renaissance Revival. This quilt has recently been awarded the Best of Australia Award for 2007 and has won the prestigious Founders Award at the International Quilt Association Show in Houston, Texas. This design is the basis for one of the workshops she will present exclusively at this year’s Quilt Indulgence Festival.

Mariya’s philosophy on quilting is “If it can be drawn it can be constructed – somehow!”

Visit Mariya’s website to find out more about her and her quilts, www.mariyawaters.com

Renaissance Roses - 1 day workshop – All skill levels - BOOK ONLINE NOW

Created exclusively for Quilt Indulgence Festival 2008, Mariya has taken two of the smaller roses from her award-winning Renaissance Revival quilt into this delightful small wallhanging.

The piece is constructed by sewing machine using Mariya’s Turned-Edge Appliqué by Machine method. This technique is gaining in popularity and you will love Mariya’s modern method of turning the edges of the appliqué shapes over a semi soluble stabiliser.

When the completed work is washed the stabiliser virtually disappears. The stitching used is a very fine zigzag stitch that is far easier to master than satin stitch and leaves the shapes with soft, turned edges similar to hand appliqué. This method is easy to learn and creates a beautiful finish to your project.

You will get to create the stems and roses and then machine stitch on the stems and a leaf and
turn the edges of some of the flowers during this one day workshop.

Mariya will give you guidance on how to finish your piece at home, including the outer border, and instructions will be discussed and supplied.

Decorative Thread and Bobbin Drawing - 2 day workshop – Intermediate to advanced skill levels - BOOK ONLINE NOW

This workshop is designed to extend the skills of those who can machine quilt to a new level. You will learn skills such as bobbin drawing, couching, free-motion stitching from the reverse side and finishing techniques. Experiment with stitches and threads using heavy thread in the bobbin. You will also learn how to echo quilt and have more fun with threads.

Using one of two designs you will learn how to work from the reverse side of your quilt.

Two patterns will be available for this workshop – a dandelion and a fish that you can personalise according to the threads and techniques used. The design fits on a fat quarter of hand-painted or batik-style fabrics.

This is a two day course for intermediate through to advanced quilters and Mariya shares many exciting tips and techniques.

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