Beyond Beginner Series
Twelve classes to take your quilting to the next level.
Now that you have taken our Beginner Quilter Class
you have learned all the basic skills of how to make a quilt.
But what next?
Philippa would like to teach you more of the techniques she has used to make her award winning quilts.
The Beyond Beginner Series is a monthly program of classes which teach more of the skills and techniques you will need for a wide variety of quilts. Each month Philippa will focus on a different technique - sharing all her tips, tricks and advice to enable you to confidently achieve beautiful results.
Philippa has chosen the classes carefully so that each month you will learn a skill the builds on the previous months lessons. It is the perfect series for a Beginner Quilter to confidently progress to intermediate and advanced skills - learning the best way to achieve each result from an expert quilter, and producing beautiful work along the way.
Here is what people are saying about the classes:
Spent the day working on this block which is the most precise block I think I have ever done. I learned so much. Thank you!
Karen
Absolutely brilliant Phillipa. I have been piecing for a number of years now, but this class has given me a great insight into improving my methods. Your explanations and instructions are so clear.
Mary
Watched this many times yesterday when stitching my double row of piping in place! It's so great to be able to have you in my sewing studio with me.
Nicola
What is included in the Beyond Beginner Series?
The classes in the series are (in this order):
Precision Piecing
Learn about choosing fabrics, accurate rotary cutting, the best half square triangle and flying geese units, how to avoid chopped off points, successful pressing and so much more.
Borders and Facings
Create beautiful borders around your quilts – with straight corners or mitred corners with matching of patterns. Then finish off your quilt with perfect Facings so that the design goes all the way to the edge, and your corners are smooth and lump free.
Free Motion Machine Quilting
One of Philippa’s signature techniques to add colour and texture to your quilt tops using patterned quilting. Starting with simple spirals and flowers, and building to stippling, leaves, bricks and butterflies, Philippa explains how to sew each shape from first principles and will quickly have you gaining confidence and producing beautiful designs.
Piping and Binding
Learn how to create Piping, Philippa’s favourite finishing flourish, with Philippa's own techniques for corners, edges, and double rows. Then learn how to create the neatest binding for your quilt's edges with Philippa's method for perfectly executed 1/2 inch binding.
Turned Edge Appliqué
Convex and concave curves, hearts, perfect points, and the smoothest turned edge circles you have seen! We will look at ways of embellishing these with rick-rack. You will be sure to leave class with a wealth of creative ideas and new found technical skills.
Happy Hearts Curved Piecing
Create a fun quilt top with an easy curved piecing central heart motif surrounded by two borders. You will learn the easiest curved piecing which is trimmed to size so everyone can achieve great results!
Raw Edge Appliqué
A deep dive into satin stitch including how to create perfect satin stitch circles and how to deal with corners and points. Moving on to Blanket stitch we cover perfect circles, smooth curves and sharp points.
Trapunto
Trapunto is a technique to add additional wadding/batting behind certain areas of your quilt to make the quilt top (literally) stand out. Philippa wil share everything you need to know including materials, machine settings, sewing machine feet, and the full process to get outstanding results.
Prairie Points and Rouleau loops
Prairie Points and Rouleau loops add drama and movement to your quilt. Philippa offers detailed instructions on different styles of Prairie points and Rouleau loops before looking at how to use them in your designs along the quilt edge or enclosed in a seam.
Paper Piecing
Paper piecing is a useful technique to create intricate designs simply and accurately. Philippa starts with English paper piecing - demonstrating hand sewn and machine sewn hexagons, apple cores and clams. Then using Foundation piecing to make the pineapple block and a simple tree design with lots of suggestions for colour choices and design variations.
Stems and Bias Strip Appliqué
Stems and bias strips are an elegant way of adding plant like stems and patterns to your quilt top. This class covers skinny strips to use as stems, wavy/curved bias strips using stitched and pressed methods, yarn fillings to provide padding, and how to create twisted strips.
Free Motion Feathers
In the second Free Motion class Philippa concentrates on the many variations of the feather motif. Straight feathers, curved feathers, circular wreath of feathers, alternative shapes and options including leaf and flower motifs.
If you purchased the classes individually, they would cost you £25 each - or £300 for all 12
The Beyond Beginner Series will cost you just £12 a month.
Click here to see prices in US Dollars
There is no annual contract to sign, so you can cancel at any point and you will get to keep any classes you have already paid for. The classes stay in your library even after the end of the year, so you can go back to them whenever you need to refresh your memory on how Philippa would approach a certain task.
When you purchase the Beyond Beginner Series:
- the first class will be added to your library straight away - so you could be watching in minutes.
- You will be eligible to join the exclusive Quilters Question Time Facebook community where there are many questions, answers, comments, posts of peoples work and lots more.
- You will also be eligible to watch Philippa's monthly live Q&A sessions on Facebook where she answers questions which have been sent in. Its a really fun event and the recording can be watched afterwards.
Picked up many tips for straightening up before binding. Although sewing for 40+years it proves you can always learn new things.
Jackie
I started quilting last year when I retired and have made a few small quilts. My goodness I wish I’d seen these videos before I started, you have explained so much in such a simple way.
Sue
Brilliant course which I have now watched through twice. Each time I have remembered different tips as I have gone along and can see the improvement in each small project.
Patricia
Who is Philippa Naylor?
Philippa is an award winning quilter and quilting teacher based in Yorkshire, England. She has applied her extensive knowledge of couture dress making and design to her quilting.
Before she discovered quilting, Philippa trained as a clothing designer and worked as a lingerie designer for 5 years. She then moved into designing and making bespoke ball gowns and wedding dresses.
Her quilt 'Lime Light' won ‘Best Of Show’ at the American Quilter’s Society Show, Paducah, Kentucky, USA in 2003. As you can see below the National Quilt Museum chose to show a reproduction of Philippa's quilt on the wall outside the museum.
Philippa's miniature quilt 'Measure for Measure' (pictured below) won 'Best Of Show' at the Festival Of Quilts Birmingham, England in 2017. Philippa has had many other category winning awards at major shows.
Its not easy to get on a course with Philippa because her classes always fill up really quickly. People comment on her generosity in sharing all that she knows about each subject, but she also has a great sense of fun and a Yorkshire no-nonsense attitude which makes her classes lively and entertaining as well.
If you follow Philippa on instagram, you will get a flavour of the wide range of activities about which Philippa is also passionate, including her garden and her ducks and geese - which also feature in her quilt designs.
Best class I’ve ever taken. You make everything so crystal clear Philippa!
Sallie
I don't think I could ever say enough about your classes. I have loved every second of your teachings.
Debbie
Thank you so much. This has filled in a lot of blanks for me. After following your wonderful teaching I now know how to do it properly!! Many thanks.
Ann
Frequently Asked Questions
Every month we will add a new class to your library. You can watch it straight away, or come back to it later. It doesn't disappear at the end of the month, or the end of the year. It will be there for you to watch for as long as you need it.
Yes you can watch the classes as often as you want. Lots of our members watch the class through straight away, and then watch it again as they are sewing the project.
The classes include around 3 hours of video teaching. Each class is split into about 20 5-10 minute videos - just enough to cover a specific topic.
You can cancel your monthly subscription at any time. You can email our support line and they will sort it out for you. You get to keep any classes which have already been added to your library.
We have several forums where you can ask questions. You can leave a comment at the end of a video. You can post a question in the Facebook group. You can send a question to the support line. Every month Philippa holds a live Q&A session in the facebook group where she answers questions which have been sent in.
Sign up today for the Beyond Beginner Series, and the first class will be added to your library straight away. You can be learning about Precision Piecing (the first class) in just a few minutes from now.
