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Jelly Roll Club
Tue October 20 @ 10:30 am - Tue November 17 @ 12:30 pm
£95.00
This is a 5-week quilting journey, with one session each week. Join us on Tuesday mornings from 10.30am–12.30pm, beginning 20th October, for five inspiring weeks of quilting, creativity and plenty of Bugweed’s chat. If you can’t attend every session, please let us know and we’ll always do our very best to help you catch up.
At Bugweed’s, we absolutely love a Jelly Roll! There’s something so satisfying about opening up those beautiful coordinated strips and watching them transform into a stunning quilt.
Whether you’re eager to make one of our carefully chosen Jelly Roll quilt patterns or have fallen in love with a pattern of your own, this course gives you the freedom to create the quilt you want while learning alongside a friendly group of fellow quilters.
Throughout the five weeks, Helene will guide you through every stage of the quilting process, helping you build confidence and develop techniques that you’ll use again and again.
Week 1 – Getting Started
Learn how to get the very best from your Jelly Roll strips as we explore your chosen pattern together. We’ll break each pattern down into manageable steps before you begin sewing your first units, leaving you with the confidence to continue stitching at home.
Learn how to get the very best from your Jelly Roll strips as we explore your chosen pattern together. We’ll break each pattern down into manageable steps before you begin sewing your first units, leaving you with the confidence to continue stitching at home.
Week 2 – Building Your Blocks
Refine your patchwork skills as you master chain piecing, accurate trimming and pressing techniques to create beautifully consistent blocks.
Refine your patchwork skills as you master chain piecing, accurate trimming and pressing techniques to create beautifully consistent blocks.
Week 3 – Layout & Design
One of the most exciting stages! Experiment with different layouts and discover how changing the arrangement of your blocks can completely transform the look of your quilt.
One of the most exciting stages! Experiment with different layouts and discover how changing the arrangement of your blocks can completely transform the look of your quilt.
Week 4 – Constructing Your Quilt Top
Bring your quilt together by sewing your blocks into rows while learning techniques for matching seams and achieving crisp, accurate points.
Bring your quilt together by sewing your blocks into rows while learning techniques for matching seams and achieving crisp, accurate points.
Week 5 – Finishing Your Quilt Top
Complete your quilt top before learning what comes next. Helenewill demonstrate how to make a quilt sandwich with batting and backing, square up your quilt, prepare binding and attach it with neat mitred corners, giving you all the knowledge you need to confidently finish your quilt at home.
Complete your quilt top before learning what comes next. Helenewill demonstrate how to make a quilt sandwich with batting and backing, square up your quilt, prepare binding and attach it with neat mitred corners, giving you all the knowledge you need to confidently finish your quilt at home.
By the end of the course, you’ll have a completed quilt top, the confidence to finish your quilt independently, and a whole new set of patchwork and quilting skills to use on future projects
As always at Bugweed’s, you’ll enjoy learning in a relaxed, welcoming environment with plenty of tea, laughter and encouragement. One of the best parts of this course is seeing everyone’s different fabric choices and patterns come to life you’ll leave inspired by your own quilt and everyone else’s too!
What do you need to bring?
- Your sewing machine
- Your chosen Jelly Roll pattern (if you’re not using one provided by Bugweed’s)
- Your Jelly Roll and any additional fabrics required by your chosen pattern
- Plenty of enthusiasm!
- A notebook and pen
What’s included?
- A choice of Bugweed’s Jelly Roll quilt patterns (or support with your own chosen pattern)
- Expert tuition and guidance throughout the course
- Use of the Bugweed’s studio
- 10% off all purchases in the shop for the duration of the course
Required sewing knowledge/experience
This course is suitable for confident beginners and beyond. You should be comfortable using your sewing machine and able to sew an accurate ¼” seam allowance. If you’re unsure whether this course is right for you, we’d be delighted to help
About our tutor
Helene is not only an all-round wonderful person but also an incredibly talented quilter. After many years of teaching in primary schools, she has endless patience and a fantastic way of explaining techniques that gives everyone confidence, whatever their experience.
When she’s not teaching at Bugweed’s, you’ll usually find her happily quilting away on her beloved Bernina sewing machine. As a member of the Yorkshire Modern Quilters group, Heleneloves experimenting with colour, pattern and contemporary quilt designs, as well as creating beautiful bags and other handmade projects.
She understands that everyone learns differently and always creates a supportive, relaxed atmosphere where questions are encouraged and nobody feels left behind. Whether you’re feeling confident or a little nervous, you’ll be in very safe hands.
- Jelly Roll Club £95.00
6 spaces available
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