Have you been intrigued by the world of machine embroidery? But not quite ready to make that leap to purchase your machine.  Come along and join us to make this flower garden quilt and try before you buy, or you may have purchased one of these wonderful machines and need some help getting started.

 We have specialized Brother embroidery machines available for you to to use in the studio; Join us in this monthly workshop and learn more about your specialist embroidery machine; this is a fantastic opportunity to learn about all the features and capabilities of your machine, along with tips on stabilizers, threads and needles etc.

This flower garden project will take four months to complete learning new techniques.  

Made up 9 blocks in total featuring different embroidered flowers, all are the tutor's own design.  The tutor will show how to download the patterns to the machine.

On this four monthly project you will learn

• Machine embroidery - how to use you machine
• How to add the design from your computer to the machine 
• How to frame your fabric
• Nine different flower blocks
• Snowball corners in the hoop
• Stitch & flip in the hoop sashing
• Echo stitching
• How to line up your work to achieve continuous quilting
• Quilting the row of pinwheel borders on the machine
• Make a patchwork piecing pinwheel sashing.
• Adding backing to the block in the hoop
• Use the Quilt As You Go method to join together.

Classes are held in the studio with a dedicated individual workspace . The tutor will demonstrate each time with a step by step approach.  You can choose to sew along with the tutor or stitch at your leisure.

Share your passion with like minded people, learn and be inspired by Susan & re-create this charming Flower Garden Quilt getting full use out of your dedicated embroidery machine.  All skill levels welcome.  

This class is from 10am - 3pm 

Suitable for beginners or intermediate students

This Flower garden Quilt project will last for four months and must be paid monthly one month in advance .  There will be a new project to follow to continue on your embroidery journey. 

 The first class starts Friday 7th June 2024,  Sign up today to reserve your place

You will need 

A specialist embroidery machine such as Brother, Bernina, Pfaff, Husqavarna 

A Frame at least 8" x 8* (200 x 200)

If you decide to join us please advise what machine you have and what format you will need the designs in.

If this is something you may be interested in we can highly recommend Brother embroidery machines that are simple to use  and very reliable -  Lords sewing in Oswaldtwistle is one of the few locations where you can see all of the Brother embroidery machine range in store permanently on demonstration and has all of the collection on display, the staff are more than happy to explain the features and show you how they work.