Irene Blanck lives in Melbourne and has been quilting for the last 30 years. Irene enjoys learning all techniques, from machine piecing, English Paper Piecing, Foundation Piecing and Needleturn Applique. She started designing her own applique quilts in 2007. Irene teaches all the shortcuts that she has learnt over the years.

She had her book, Focus on Applique, published by Quiltmania in 2015 which helped launch her international career. Irene has also had quilts published in magazines in Australia and Europe, recently in Today’s Quilter, a magazine from the UK.

I have taught extensively in the USA, Europe, New Zealand and here in Australia, usually hand sewing, needleturn, prepared edge and “template” applique, foundation piecing and machine piecing workshops.