Our next blog giveaway is a prize pack that’s all about Harriet Hargrave and Carrie Hargrave’s Quilter’s Academy concept. The bundle includes:
- Quilter’s Academy Vol. 1—Freshman Year
- Quilter’s Academy Vol. 2—Sophomore Year (May 2010 release)
- Harriet Hargrave’s Quilter’s Graph Paper (May 2010 release)
- All-in-One Quilter’s Reference Tool
It’s everything you need to get a college education in quilting and get on the path to creating top-notch quilts!
In Quilter’s Academy Volume 1, you learned the fundamentals of quiltmaking. With Volume 2, you can build your drafting skills by using tools like graph paper and linking blocks. Check out one of the beautiful project quilts from Volume 2 below!
Harriet’s Graph Paper includes 50 qty. two-sided sheets and is the perfect companion to Quilter’s Academy Vol. 2. They make drafting quilt blocks a breeze, and make it a lot easier to be accurate. With added accuracy comes added confidence, right?
To be in the running for the Quilter’s Academy Giveaway, leave a comment here or on Facebook telling us what quilting skill you most want to perfect. Comments will be closed at 9am PST on Monday,May 3, 2010 and the winner will be announced the following Tuesday. In the meantime, check out Harriet and Carrie’s Quilter’s Academy blog.
Extra comment entries are available to you if you want to maximize your chances at being the giveaway winner! If you take one or more of the actions listed below, enter an extra comment for each, and in that comment tell us what you did and link to the proof where that’s possible.
- Place one of our blog badges on your personal blog (make sure it includes the html code that links it to our blog)
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- Tweet a link to the giveaway & mention our twitter username @ctpublishing
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This sounds like a wonderful way to learn from the experts, something that I really need to do! I’m sure they can help me draft better blocks/quilts.
Thanks!
The one skill I’d really like to improve is my applique. I would love to try out a few patterns but I’m intimidated by applique for some reason even though I’ve done it before.
My half square triangles are lamentable. I am working hard on trying to make an actual square out of them instead of a trapezoid.
The “skill” I need most help with is getting to it! I seem not to get to the sewing machine often enough or regularly enough. I do small projects and would like to take on some bigger ones.
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Thanks.
I need help with bias edges and making triangles. thanks for the chance to win! who is the quiltmaker featured on the shopping bag at the bottom of your blog?
Harriet Hargrave is one of the best in the quilting world when it comes to how to make a quilt.
This would be a valuable reference set to whomever the winner may be.
I watched my mother & grandmother quilt for as long as I can remember. Taking scraps & feed sacks, they turned them into beautiful quilt tops and then lovingly hand stitched them into treasured keepsakes. Now that they are gone and I can’t ask them for help, I want to do the same for my family but need to update skills to use more modern technology. Any help is always appreciated.
I would love to improve on my quilting with my domestic sewing machine. I am also very hesitant to do applique, so that would be something to work on as well. Thanks for such incredible giveaway!
As a beginning quilter, I would most like to increase the accuracy of my piecing.
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I would love to learn to free motion quilt.
I would love to perfect my hand quilting skills.
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As a beginner I need help with accurate cutting and sewing and simply not getting confused putting the pattern and colors together. These books are a great idea..perfect for me.
I’d like to graduate from the SID and meandering quilting skills to feathers and cables. They can make a quilt look so professional.
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I’m signed up for the newsletter….I was before but have stopped receiving? maybe that was my old addy? Anyway…it’s done now.
Brenda, that is the Cityscape Tote based on Jean Wells’ quilt from Intuitive Color & Design. Isn’t it lovely?
I want to learn to quilt. This sounds like a great series.
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I would like to improve my machine quilting skills. I have quilts that call for something more than stitch in the ditch, but I hesitate to be more adventurous. Kathie L
What a wonderful giveaway. I would love to learn free motion quilting by machine.
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Harriet is a fantastic teacher as well as a quilter. Would love to win some of her books! The biggest hurdle for me in quilting is still color selection, as well as free motion machine quilting-including deciding on a quilting pattern to use.
I’d love to learn free-motion quilting properly!
I’d like to get better at the quilting part, usually I just do a stipple cause I’m good at that, and it goes fast..
I’m thinking I ready to give paper piecing a try….
LOVE the look of these books. Oooo I am certain they would make me a better quilter. THanks for the chance.
What a wonderfully generous give-away. I would love to win these products and would certainly benefit from a little more quilty education!
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What a wonderful giveaway. I would love to win.
I need to improve my FMQ.
Que grandiosa oportunidad ofrece. Mis debilidades : el aplique y el acolchado a mano libre!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to improve my almost non-existant skills at machine quilting on my little machine. I would like to be able to make a quilt fromm start to finish with no help from a long arm quilter!
This is like going to Quilter’s University. So much to learn from these great tools.
I’ve never sewn a top with curves. I avoid them. I’d like to master curves to make a Drunkard’s Path top. Thanks!
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honestly, I’d love to be able to make a simple quilt with the squares I have of my Grandpa’s old shirts — I’m scared to start on those though!
I would most like to perfect my applique skills, and develop them into something I enjoy doing (as opposed to throwing the project across the room in frustration!) as well as something that looks good!
I really need to perfect my cutting skills. I still can’t cut a straight line or a perfectly sized square even with the ruler! :( And my piecing can use some work, but I’m getting slowly better at matching points.
I would most like to improve my drafting skills and that second book is just the ticket!
Harriet is coming next year to our quilt guild – we’re so exited.
Just after send the last comment, I noticed my email was wrong. Try as I might I make mistakes ever so often.
I guess my piecing is in dire need of perfecting. I cannot seem to get my blocks or triangles to line up straight.
Debbie
I have you guys in my bloglist and have just signed up for your newsletter. I would love to be able to choose colours that go together. Some people have that knack and it comes naturally to them. For me procastination sets in. Have you a cure for that???
Happy days.
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I would really like to improve my machine quilting skills.
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I am just a beginner and there is so much to learn! I recently found out how to correctly bind a quilt, rather than attaching a strip and ‘roll it up’. So simple, yet so effective.. I am sure there are lots and lots of techniques like that I don’t know about and these books look as if they would take me through those step by step. Just what I need!
Drafting blocks is always a challenge for me. What a great giveaway!
I really want to learn how to improve my binding skills or lack thereof… :)
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I would like to perfect my center points on my stars
I would like to perfect my center points on my
I would like to perfect my curves when attaching pieces to pieced parts of a block. Like in the New York Beauty blocks.
I would like to perfect my curves when attaching pieces to pieced parts of a block. Like in the New York Beauty blocks.
I would like to perfect my curves when attaching pieces to pieced parts of a block. Like in the New York Beauty b
I want a nickle or a resource for everytime I say – "There must be an easier/better way to do that!"
I want a nickle or a resource for everytime I say – "There must be an easier/better way to do that!
I most want to perfect paper piecing, turning, and my center points.
I most want to perfect paper piecing, turning, and my center p
I am now learning free motion quilting … I would love to learn and perfect my skills.
I am now learning free motion quilting … I would love to learn and perfect my s
Honestly, I would like to improve on or learn many things. I have always wanted to draft my own blocks and make perfect stars,
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Honestly, I would like to improve on or learn many things. I have always wanted to draft my own blocks and make perfect
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I, too, would really love to learn how to do free motion quilting. I've tried a few times but I just make a mess and have to pull out all the stitches!
I, too, would really love to learn how to do free motion quilting. I've tried a few times but I just make a mess and have to pull out all the sti
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Free motion quilting!
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i would love to have these books in my quilting library. Learning tips to improve my accuracy would be a plus.
i would love to have these books in my quilting library. Learning tips to improve my accuracy would be a
WOW!! I do so want to learn to match my points, so tired of always being off just enough in at least one point that it’s glaringly noticable. And to be able to draft my own quilts would be heaven.
Shari
Being on a learning curve since I just started quilting , anything additional information helps.
Being on a learning curve since I just started quilting , anything additional information
I need to work on machine piecing and applique
I need to work on machine piecing and ap
I'd like to learn more about paper piecing and applique. Really been trying to learn those two things. I have the books just can't seem to get it down though.
I'd like to learn more about paper piecing and applique. Really been trying to learn those two things. I have the books just can't seem to get it down th
I would like to learn to improve my piecing and also machine quilting.
I would like to learn to improve my piecing and also machine quil
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I would like to improve my skills with machine applique. I do great hand applique, but I need help with the machine!
WOW WHAT A GREAT PRIZE
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SINCE I AM A BEGINNER AND KNOW ABSOLUTELY HARDLY ANYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ALMOST ANYTHINGS. I WANT TO LEARN APPLIQUE AND PAPER PIECING TEQNUE NEXT THOUGH
SINCE I AM A BEGINNER AND KNOW ABSOLUTELY HARDLY ANYTHING I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ALMOST ANYTHINGS. I WANT TO LEARN APPLIQUE AND PAPER PIECING TEQNUE NEXT
I’m primarily a crazy quilter and am constantly trying to improve my techniques and skills. Machine applique is something I would love to be able to do.
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I would like to work on my accuracy in piecing and pressing. My blocks don’t always come out the size they are supposed to be! And not always the same size as each other!
Great give away, thank you!
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I want to improve my use of “purposeful quilting” – quilting that adds to the design elements of the quilts, not just flattening meandering.
I need to learn machine applique!
I would really like to improve my free-motion and machine quilting. I really struggle with finishing projects because I’m not comfortable on the machine; I’d rather hand quilt or send my things out!
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I would love to learn more about drafting and designing.
I would love to learn more about drafting and the one skill I’d really like to improve is my applique…..
What a great set of books! These would be nice for any level of quilter!
What a great set of books! These would be nice for any level of qu
Delightful giveaway. I like to have annual goals. There are many areas of quilting that I want to develop and/or improve on. Some are basic quilting (‘ve become a lazy quilter and feel I’m not as accurate as I should be), but mostly I want to expand on my machine quilting skills.
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My quilting teacher’s attending her college classes for quilting, I’d love to become one too, I have that idea on my head, I’d start next year. I know the books will be really useful if I join the college classes!, with such titles and projects!, I’d love to ve lucky enough to win!
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I would like to improve my composition skills.
Please enter my name in your giveaway – thank you! The skill I most want to master is machine quilting.
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Great giveaway. I'd like to get some hints on matching seams on the diagonal so will check out these books.
Great giveaway. I'd like to get some hints on matching seams on the diagonal so will check out these
For some reason I have trouble with straight lines all of a sudden, that would be my first thing to work on, I don’t know what has happened lately. Also I want to do more curves. I have only ever done 1 curvy quilt and it was beautiful but difficult as I am self taught.
Curves. I am a self-taught quilter and did a double wedding ring that turned out fabulous but it was so scary doing it on my own.
I would like to improve my piecing skills. When I am doing a more complicated pattern, by points dont always meet. I would like to become more proficient at machine quilting as well.
i would most like to perfect my 1/4 inch seam…i find without that perfect things get a little wonky whether i mean them to or not.
I’d like to perfect piecing. I still end up with slightly wonky blocks no matter how careful I am.
What a great idea!
I need to improve my free-motion quilting, its getting better but I still make way to many blurps in my meandering. One new piecing technique that I would like to try next is circles!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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A signature style is what I aspire too, but first I need to learn more. I am new to quilting, with only 3 quilts and 2 blocks under my belt. Thanks for all the wonderful project ideas and great books!
I have a long list of things I would like to improve on. Paper piecing, applique, and hand quilting are at the top though.
I’m just a new quilter. I need to perfect everything! I’m working on laying things out straight right now.
I am a beginner quilter and need to improve on all of my techniques! :)
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I'd like to accurately piece small pieced blocks with appliqued blocks- using curves and set in seams. These are going to be great references for any quilter!
I'd like to accurately piece small pieced blocks with appliqued blocks- using curves and set in seams. These are going to be great references for any qui
I subscibed to the fiber art newsletter and put a blog badge on my blog. thanks for opportunity to enter giveaway
I would love to perfect some hand applique. I am just a beginner and hope to be better at it soon.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
I would like to perect my center points…also learn any tips for reducing bulk that sometimes builds up where points meet.
I would like to perfect my machine quilting skills. Thanks for the chance!
I need to work on increase size of block in the correct proportions
The skill I want to perfect is cutting so that I end up with the size things are supposed to be. I guess there is an element of piecing in that as well.
I would love to learn paper piecing. My bathroom floor has the greatest pattern on it that I’d love to reproduce in quilt form (crazy, I know!) but paper piecing would be the only way to really do it.
This is an awesome giveaway! THANKS. I most want to perfect (golly, I’d take “handle”) paper piecing. :-)
I’m a total beginner so I would start from square one and have everything to learn!
One thing I haven’t tried is paper piecing … I would like to work on that particular skill.
What lovely combination of gifts, thanks for hosting!
As a beginner i would like to learn the basics of quilting such as cutting, sewing, color coordination etc.
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I’m trying to get my blocks to line up correctly when I piece them together.
I think I need to work on better accuracy…I am the queen of fudge! but it would be nice not to have to do it quite so often! and a close second would be more confidence to design my own stuff!
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Perfectly matched points, that’s the challenge!
I would love to improve my free motion quilting and I want to do applique but I just can’t get over my fear of trying it
The quilting skill i would most like to improve is applique!
I am always striving to improve my machine quilting. I had the opportunity to hear Harriet speak. It was great to gear her in person.
I subscribe to the newsletter, retweeted this giveaway too!
I would love to learn to handquilt. I do machine piecing and have my quilts machine quilted.
Where do I start? I would like to work on designing borders. Mine usually end up being just a plain straight edge. No piecing, no curves, no applique. Blah!
i would first want to get the basic skills stedy and perfectly good
then moove forwerd to more difacult quilting..
i still have much to learn, i admit
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What a great bundle. The one skill I would really love to perfect is binding.
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Harriet’s books are my go to reference books so I can’t imagine a better gift.
I would love to improve my applique skills.
and I subscribe to the newsletter….
My machine quilting starts and stops ain’t pretty, and could use a helping hand.
I would love to learn to make better borders.
I would love to learn how to design my own quilts. I do some simple things, but i takes a long time for me to be able to figure some things out.
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Thanks so much for much for putting my name in this wonderful
giveaway. Machine quilting is the skill I would love to master.
The quilting skill I want to most perfect would have to be free-motion quilting. There is always room for growth in that area, and my goal is to quilt like Harriet Hargrave or Hollis Chatelain; both quilting styles inspire me.
I’m a newsletter subscriber, but it seems like it’s been awhile since I’ve seen one. I think I’ll check the website…I’m sure the current newsletter could be accessed there.
Thanks!
I subscribed to the U-Tube channel for C&T, but I thought I would get e-mail reminders of when something new was posted. I guess I’ll check on how it works, as I’ve never subscribed to anything U-Tube.
Thanks for all of the wonderful information, projects, and giveaways…along with a great selection of books! C&T used to be my second favorite quilt book publisher, but for the past year or so there have been so many wonderful books and supplies available that C&T is now my number one favorite! Thanks for caring more for the quilters than the bottom line…it shows what C&T is really all about!
I’m very new at quilting, so I would have to say I would like to perfect all my skills, or at least get as close to perfection as is possible!
I’m always looking for ways to improve on my quilting and would love to go through the books step by step – hope I’m a winner!!
I would love to improve my machine quilting skills using my domestic machine.
I would love to improve my machine quilting skills using my domestic machine.
I would love to improve my machine quilting skills using my domestic ma
Great giveaway…sign me up.
I love Harriet. Because I learned to quilt by hand anything on the machine is a challenge for me. I think her approach is genius and could use any help in getting my “machine” quilts to look as nice as hers. This giveaway could not have come at a better time with the downturn of the economy. Thanks to CT!
I would like to perfect free motion quilted feathers. Oh, mine are bad!
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What a generous giveaway! I would love to be more confident in binding my quilts– nice crisp mitered corners and invisible stitching! : )
Thanks for the opportunity!
I need to perfect mitered corners on binding. Just today I struggled with two on my latest, novice quilt.
I would most want to improve my skill in making y-seams by machine. I seem to always get a little hole!
I would most want to improve my skill in making y-seams by machine. I seem to always get a little
I am working on improving my free motion quilting and recently have been having fun exploring the world of painting and stamping on fabric, as well as on lutradur. Keep posting your wonderful ideas for me to try. Would love to have the Academy giveaway to help me move forward with my quilting (in all areas.)
I am working on improving my free motion quilting and recently have been having fun exploring the world of painting and stamping on fabric, as well as on lutradur. Keep posting your wonderful ideas for me to try. Would love to have the Academy giveaway to help me move forward with my quilting (in all a
I would like to perfect my hand applique technique. I took a great class a few months ago from Linda Halpin and I loved her method. I’ve been practicing it, but haven’t finished the class project yet!
this looks great! I am a subscriber to your newsletter, twitter, and facebook fan! I also have a your button on my blog!
I love to see that you have graph paper designed for quilting. The heavy lines every three squares (on the side I can see) makes drafting 9-patches or 12″squares so much easier. I have a hard time finding anything but four squares to the inch with the heavy lines every inch. Fine if you want to draft something full size, but hard to work to scale unless your block fits perfectly.
What I’m really eager to learn more about (and to greatly improve my skills ) is machine quilting, at this point on my regular machine, but I hope someday on a long-arm. I’ve done a little hand quiilting, but that’s pretty much out of the picture now. I have quite bad arthritis in my hands, and in the last two years have had five finger and thumb joints fused. And when my hands aren’t hurting, they are numb! So looks like I need to focus on the machine quilting.
I’m impressed with your giveaway. I believe even experienced quilters will find things to benefit them in books 1 & 2. And the All in One Reference Tool sounds so handy and looks like it’s the size to easily fit in your purse when you go shopping.
B ~
Wow! What a wonderful addition this would be to any quilters library! I have had a copy of the All in One Quilters Reference Tool for quite some time now, and I love it – it is such a handy reference. I have it in my quilting bag so that it is with me whether I am in my sewing room or off to a guild meeting. I have so many quilt ideas floating around in my head, but it’s hard to get them on paper. I would really enjoy learning the drafting techniques these ladies have to share with us!! Thanks for the chance to update our libraries!
I am already subscribed to the newsletter, not sure if that is to be mentioned here? Thanks!
I just started sewing four years ago and these would be a great set to have. I figured I have lots of years to make up so I have been trying everything, from learning to piece to applique. I recently started experimenting with free motion, inks and paints and eager to try everything I see. I would be thrilled to get the Academy giveaway.
I just started sewing four years ago and these would be a great set to have. I figured I have lots of years to make up so I have been trying everything, from learning to piece to applique. I recently started experimenting with free motion, inks and paints and eager to try everything I see. I would be thrilled to get the Academy givea
I have subscribed to the newsletter and want to improve my free motion quilting plus piecing techniques.
I would love to improve my free motion quilting on my Bernina. I am a beginner and this is one of the things that I would like to perfect. Thanks for the giveaway.
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It’s a toss up between machine piecing and machine quilting…. I can’t quilt decide.
Accurate piecing is my nemesis!
I most want to perfect drafting blocks to larger sizes from smaller blocks. By perfecting this technique I will be able to produce better quality quilts.
An opportunity to participate in the quilters academy with Harriet Hargrave would be a dream come true.
I would like to perfect piecing fabrics that are not 90 degree angles. As well, perfect my domestic machine quilting- even stitches, but that may require a new machine ;-)
I would like to perfect piecing fabrics that are not 90 degree angles. As well, perfect my domestic machine quilting- even stitches, but that may require a new machine
I'd like to get over my fear of cutting and anxiety over making the commitment to one pattern. I'd probably like to just wing it and do my own thing, but that scares the heck out of me. My roadblocks to quilting all seem to be emotional ones. Maybe I need a therapist. :=|
I'd like to get over my fear of cutting and anxiety over making the commitment to one pattern. I'd probably like to just wing it and do my own thing, but that scares the heck out of me. My roadblocks to quilting all seem to be emotional ones. Maybe I need a therapist
I want to improve my cutting – grainline; machine piecing, and pressing skills
I want to improve my cutting – grainline; machine piecing, and pressing
What a fabulous prize!! Would be very gratefully received by this down under quilter ;-p
What a fabulous prize!! Would be very gratefully received by this down under quilt
Ugh–free-motion quilting, without a doubt. I warn my hubby to LEAVE ME ALONE whenever I attach my darning foot (don't want him learning any new swear words!)
Ugh–free-motion quilting, without a doubt. I warn my hubby to LEAVE ME ALONE whenever I attach my darning foot (don't want him learning any new swear w
I am always looking to improve my skills. i would love to improve my piecing and color choice skills. i would also like to learn more about designing my own quilts.Have a great day and thank you for the giveaway offer.
I am always looking to improve my skills. i would love to improve my piecing and color choice skills. i would also like to learn more about designing my own quilts.Have a great day and thank you for the giveaway
I would most like to improve on my piecing and try free motion quilting. Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win.
I really would like an ‘expert’ level paper piecing course, followed by a free motion quilting class. Great idea for a give away- Thanks!!
Harriet Hargrave is one of my all time favorites. I was so hoping to attend the academy/workshops that she and Sally Collins were developing. I certainly hope they carry through with it. Since I can’t do that, I would certainly love to win this.
I would love to perfect my hand quilting. Tips or advice in that area would be so helpful. That a wonderful prize pack to win. Thanks!
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I would love to win these books.
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I have been quilting for only about a year. I love appliquéd quilts but have not done one to my satisfaction (yet) so, I guess that would be what I would most like to improve.
I have many skills I need to perfect like finish a quilt, first of all! The binding intimidates me! As well as the actual quilting too. ;)
I would like to perfect pieces that fit every time also finishing a quilt. I get frustrated because I spend so much time cutting out pieces but they don’t always fit. Nona
I want to work on my machine quilting using my home sewing machine. Also I would like to perfect binding quilts all by machine.
The graph paper sounds great. I use Electric Quilt, but sometimes it probably would be faster to color in squares, when I am not sure how to draw them.
The skill I would like to perfect is piecing curves and circles in quilts. The idea of the Quilter’s Academy books is intriguing. Will check out the first one now.
I would like to perfect my machine quilting skills. Just finished the top and back of my first quilt, but an intimidated by the actual quilting part
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Learning the art of designing quilts is something I have always wanted to do, along with perfecting the skills I have already.
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What a wonderful way to improve my skills. Living in the boonies does have a few drawbacks.
Wanting to increase my skills in doing art quilts and landscape quilts.
Anybody worth there rotary cutter would love to have this prize package. Harriette is THE BEST!
I love to quilt. But no matter how careful I am, or which rulers I use, it seems my squares are never as perfect as I want, and then I sometimes have trouble squaring up my blocks. I’d like to know how to make that easier.
this sounds like an ideal way to get myself of out a quilting rut, and learn to do more rewarding stitching!
I am a self-taught quilter and would appreciate any help to improve my skills since I give away all quilts to charity or as gifts.
I would like to improve my skills at hand piecing/ hand quilting. It would also be nice to learn to do more of my own designs and improve my color choices. There ia always something more to learn or improve.
I am always looking to improve my skills and my accuracy. I would really like to learn more about designing my own quilts. This looks like a great opportunity. Thank you for such a great giveaway.
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I would most like to be more creative with my quilting – new colour combinations, or piecing and applique in the same quilt, or multiple quilting motifs in the same quilt. Create those one of a kind masterpieces that warm my heart in quilting books and quilt shows.
I would love to improve my applique skills. My Grandma made such beautiful applique quilts and I would love to leave a legacy of applique quilts too.
I skill I would most like to prefect is rotary cutting — accurate rotary cutting.
I would like to learn about everything connected to quilting, from start to finnish
Debra P.
I need to improve my quilting design skills. I see to freeze when it comes to deciding on a quilting design.
I’d love to improve my applique skills, both by hand and on the machine.
I would like to learn methods of quilting as you go on the sewing machine and then assembling the sections without having to use cross bars or fillier sections.
I so want to perfect my applique skills!
I’m working hard on learning more about color in my quilts. One of the hurdles in getting a quilt started is selecting the colors/fabrics to make the quilt ‘sing’.
I still have a problem cutting accurately because my ruler always slips around on me!
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I would love this. I am new to quilting and need all the help I can get! I would like to perfect cutting -especially long strips and the binding techniques.
I have 2 skills I want to improve in: free-motion quilting and accuracy. I think Harriet Hargrave is quite talented. I would love to take one of her classes.
What a wonderful gift for someone, whether beginner, immediate or experienced quilter. We all have skills that need improving and having a reference library would help everyone, including me.
My skills always need improvement. A good reference library in invaluable. This would be a great additio to my library.
I want to learn to applique better, I’ve always admired well done applique :)
College for quilting ?!? What a great idea ! And just love the graph paper—new designs here we come.
i would love this bundle as I am into tiny log cabin blocks especially clamshell shapes. they intrigue me and the design process has me rather pre occupied at the moment.
I would like to know how to decide what design to use for quilting. I’m getting tired of stippling all my quilts.
Betty
I would love to learn more about quilting with the quilting college series. Right now Im working on my 1st full size quilt,( I have made 3 wall hangings). I have also tried hawiian quilting and loved it. So much to learn, so much to try!
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My grandma taught me to quilt. I loved looking through all her quilt magazines and books that she had. Grandma hand quilted and so do I and I would love to learn how to machine quilt.
I would so love to win the package. I would love to learn all the little hints and tips that make a quilt block come together more easily. Some of those HST and bias edges are a real challenge and my blocks do not always sit flat.
Now, this is an education that I need.
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There are several areas in quilting that I need assistance with but my favorite method that I need assistance with is applique and the many different techniques doing applique…my second area of quilting that I need assistance with is sewing mitred corners…I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping to win this giveaway as I feel I would learn so many new techniques which would really improve my quilting skills. Thank you so very much for giving one of us the privilege of being fortunate enough to win this contest.
I would like to become comfortable with applique and paper piecing.
I’d love to improve my machine-quilting skills beyond straight-line and stitch-in-the-ditch.
I started quilting in the fall of 2007, when I learned I was losing my job. I had to take some time off after I was diagnosed with cancer in Aug. 2008, but I am back at it. I have the basics, but need to work on getting my blocks more true to the correct size. Sometimes they are 1/4 to 1/2 inch off. I have a lot ideas for quilts but I need instruction on designing and drafting my own designs and determining block sizes and fabric requirements for the blocks I design. I would also like to learn how to quilt my own quilts. I would love to win this group of instructional materials. I think they would help me tremendously to meet my goals.
I took Harriet Hargrave’s two-day workshop thru my guild and would love to have a more personal way to learn even more from her by using the projects. I also love to design my own quilts so would love to use her graph paper.
Would love to win this give away – so much to learn in quilting. Thanks – Robert Kent in northern Iowa.
If I had my druthers I’d work on my curved piecing and set in seams-I’m not bragging but I’m comfortable with most other techniques.
As a new quilter, that loves art and designing, I would love to have a guide to help me turn my creations into a beautiful quilt others can enjoy. I would also like to learn to make quilts that my great-grandmother seemed to make with ease, no matter how bad her eye sight. Any help or ideas on making my own quilts would be wonderful. I tend to get overwhelmed when I go to the craft/fabric stores to purchase tools or books to use for quilting. I don’t know what to buy, tool wise, or what books would be the most helpful. This package seems to have everything I need, all in one place.
I am always looking for the next challenge or technique to learn….
I would love to learn more about hand quilting
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love the concept of drafting quilt blocks, might help me to get my husband out of my quilt room, his engineering side can emerge designing blocks for me and leave the sewing and quilting to me.
This collection would be a wonderful addition to our library. Over 300 fiber artists would have access to this resource. Our books can be checked out for 3 weeks….imagine how many prople this collection would touch, if it were awarded to the White Bluffs Quilt Museum. It’s a wonderful collection, for beginner quilters and advanced master’s — and everyone in between who would like to sharpen their skills. I can even visualize a special class using all these materials. We would be delighted to include you in our web site and in our newsletter.
Please consider the White Bluffs Library. We will include you on our web site and newsletter. In addition, an ongoing class utilizing these materials would include a personal thank you every class session.
This would be the most fantastic prize ever! I have a few basic skills but had to stop attending regularly scheduled classes due to my husband’s cancer. With this I could learn it all when I have the time.
This would be a great addition to my quilting library.
I am teaching classes and this would be just the ticket!! I would love to have these beautiful books!
Do you know how many C&T books I already own? Tons! Now I am beginning to teach and would love to share these with my students.
I’ve been quilting for years and matching points is the hardest for me.
I would like to perfect my paper piecing. I love so much to see the results others are getting and think I am missing something fundamental. Never read a thing about it, just heard of it and tried. but, something step by painstaking step sounds good. ;D
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My hand quilting… get my stitches more even!
My challenge, always, is getting points to meet, especially with odd angles. It is fine with paper piecing (usually) but king sized quilts with over 700 pieces is not tenable, or cost effective. I suppose ironing on spray starch might help. Sewing curves is easier for me!!!
The skill I would most like to improve on is ‘machine quilting’. I make charity quilts for our local childrens hospital and I practice my machine quilting on them. Harriet Hargrave’s Machine quilting book has been a godsend to help me get started. Thank you Harriet. 8-)
I really need to perfect two skills – free-motion quilting and I’ve always got room to improve my color choices.
I would like to improve my free motion quilting and add additional quilting designs to my notebook of options.
Quilting by machine–how do I quilt it and hand quilting–how to get the stitches even are the two skills I would like to improve.
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I REALLY want to master free-motion quilting on my home machine. I can handle small pieces, but anything over a small wallhanging, I’m intimited trying. Which is why it takes me longer than needs to be necessary to get my tops done, and why have UFOs and why I have tops lying around waiting to be quilted.
I desperately need to make my points look like points! I’m normally not too fussed at minor imperfections but I’m currently working in plain fabrics instead of prints and the smallest mistake seems to glare at me…..
Been quilting for years, but always eager to learn a new technique, trick or whatever. I am MAD for Applique, especially Hawaiian. Working on a series of Turtles (Honu in Hawaiian).
I have been quilting for a long time, but always enjoy learning new things about it. That graph paper sounds wonderful for drafting quilts, or changing block sizes. The whole package would be a great addition for me!
I would love to master free hand quilting, I am fairly new to quilting and have recently bought a modern machine for the sole purpose of developing free hand quilting, so I need all the help possible.
I currently do every stitch of every piece I make by hand. I enjoy that, but it does nothing for speed should I want to make something a bit faster. I would love to learn how to machine quilt
Wouldn’t it be great to win!
I love to quilt
I want to learn how to make intricate pieced backgrounds for hand appliqued motifs…art quilts.
Still practicing, but not yet confident enough to enter my free-motion quilted pieces in a show. I know the quilting world is careening towards only longarm quilted quilts, but I still appreciate materials that will help me to improve free-motion work on my domestic machine.
I would love to win…I would like to gain more insight into precision piecing so that my quilts are more accurate. I would also like to learn to machine quilting. I keep trying to get up the nerve to try it…maybe this would push me over the edge.
I would most like to perfect my hand applique. I’m pretty good at machine applique using a blanket stitch, but that isn’t appropriate for everything.
Personally, I would like to perfect my hand applique skills. Professionally, I think improving my skill at designing quilts would benefit my business. I’m sure the prize pack would help me with both areas. Here’s hoping….
There are many many things the best quilting teacher in the world can pass on to me. I would like to do more hand quilting with unusual threads and don’t want to run into any bearding. I also need work on my binding. Would like to try different methods.
It has to be a skill? How about the fact that I would like to know how to do this period? My grandma was the last in our family to make wonderful and warm quilts, and she died 30 years ago! I still have mine(although a bit ragged)that she made for when I was born. I would like to be able to pass something like that on to my kids and someday eventual grandkids. :)
I would love to improve my stitching, both machine and hand quilting.