Rosie Chan teaches in Bangkok
Hobby Club, 4th Floor Siam Paragon, sometimes has quilt classes.
Rosie Chan taught a quilting class here in Bangkok on Monday October 27, 2008 at Siam Paragon’s Passage Zone. If you are interested in sewing and crafts, the Passage Zone is located on the 4th floor of Paragon. You can go there to buy supplies and learn about knitting, sewing and other crafts. The class here was sponsored by Bernina. There were nine students and we each had a sewing machine, either our own or one supplied by Bernina. Rosie taught us to make four quilt blocks. She is a great teacher. I highly recommend her classes. The Bernina shop/quilt shop where Rosie works is located in Singapore:
Motivac Marketing Services Pty. Ltd.
Grandlink Square
511, Guillemard Road No. 03-07
399849 Singapore Telephone 0065 6 743 81 77
First we learned to piece curves in a new way. We used folded fabric pieces which we sewed into the seam line of a pieced unit or block. Then we turned the bias edge of the folded square back and stitched it down. A curve appears! There is a book with patterns like this called Peeled-back Patchwork Curves Without Piecing
And then on to a One Square Cathedral Window block. Cut a square of fabric 8 inches by 8 inches. This will fold down to a smaller square measuring 4 1/2 inches by 4 1/2 inches, which includes the seam allowances of 1/2 inch (not the usual quilters seam allowance of 1/4 inch). The finished size of the block is 3 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches.
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- Rosie Chan teaches quilting
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- 1) With right side up, mark on each side 1/2 inch from the left hand edge B, and also the mid-point A.
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- 2) Bring point A over to lie on point B, keeping the edges of the fabric level. Pin the edges and the left hand pleat.
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- 3) Repeat this on each side of the fabric. Keep the center area puffed up as you pin each side.
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- 4) Bring point A over to lie on point B.
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- 5) Bring point A over to lie on point B.
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- 6) Carefully stroke the center area, turning it around while you stroke until a square appears in the center. Stitch down the four corners of the center square with a few stitches through all layers.
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- 7) Remove the pins. Fold back each pleat of fabric and machine stitch through all layers. The machine stitching should fall within the 1/2 inch seam allowance. Cut a piece of fabric 2 1/4 inches by 2 1/4 inches.
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- 8) Pin 2 1/4 inch square onto the center square of the folded block and trim the 2 1/4 inch square so there is about 1/8 inch of the folded block showing on all sides.
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- 9) Roll down the folded edges and stitch them down to make a curve.
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- 10) You can use a thread that matches, or a contrasting one. Here I used metallic silver thread.
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- 11) Start at one corner by pinching the two edges together and tacking them down through all layers.
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- 12) It’s 3-D!
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- When joining one block to another, stitch a 1/2 inch seam and match the corners of the blocks carefully.
The table runner pattern comes from Free Foldy Stuff.
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