Jewellery Roll & Huswif – applique projects
TUTOR: MEGAN MANWARING
A contemporary take on the huswif.
Inspired by the Huswifs of yester-year, Megan designed a jewellery roll for travel as a gift to her daughter, which in addition to being well used, prompted lovely hints from Lulu’s friends for their own. Megan happily obliged and she will teach you how to make your own. Megan has also made a sewing huswif in a similar style specially for AQC for the enthusiastic participants. Both items would make special gifts or be handy for their own travels.
Skill level: suits all levels
The workshop will cover hand applique, Kantha style hand quilting and then machine piecing the components to make the jewellery roll and sewing huswif. Participants will have a plenty of choice of applique blocks to make.
Participants can expect to finish one of the jewellery roll or sewing huswif and may make progress on the second item.
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CLASS REQUIREMENTS
Jewellery Roll and Huswif with Megan Manwaring
Two-day Class: Saturday – Sunday, April 12 – 13
Class times: 9am to 5pm (2 hour lunch break)
Megan will offer an optional kit with the fabric and haberdashery items to make both a jewellery roll and sewing huswif (other than as listed below under ‘For everyone’). The shot cotton and ribbon colours will be as per the samples. The Liberty tana lawn prints will be same wherever possible (the Liberty travel themed ones used in the jewellery rolls are guaranteed) – substitutes will be kept to an absolute minimum and will be consistent with what Megan has used. The ribbon is from V V Rouleaux, a gorgeous ribbon shop in London.
Pattern instructions and applique shapes included in the workshop fee (templates to be made in the workshop using freezer paper or the participant’s preferred notion for making applique templates).
Optional: Kit fee: $40 – if you would like to use a kit, please have the exact amount in cash, in an envelope.
Students need to bring:
For everyone:
- Scissors
- Sewing machine thread and sewing machine needles
- Freezer paper (or preferred notion for making applique templates)
- Small yo-yo maker or 2 small buttons
- Embroidery needles
- Fine pins
- Applique needles (Megan recommends Clover Black Gold No 10)
- Threads for applique (as fine as you can work with – Megan prefers Superior Threads Super Bobs and Wonderfil Invisafil colour 727)
- Wonder clips and small safety pin
- ¼” Clover bias maker (optional but recommended)
For participants who would like to use their own fabric and notions and not buy a kit, additionally bring:
- 2 x FQ plain fabric for front of huswif
- ½ m print for back and ‘internals’
- FQ print for binding
- Scrap wool flannel
- 4 m of ¼” wide ribbon
- Variety of prints (at least 5” square) for the applique (images will give you a guide as to how many)
- Six x 1 ¼” jewel papers and one x 5/8” hexagon paper
- Two x Perle 12 threads to match plain fabric
- 2 magnets and 2 buttons
- Plastic zipper at least 5”
- FQ wadding
Sewing machines will be used in this class.
