In the Transformation Series Philippa has recorded 12 classes sharing everything she knows about a specific technique.
Inevitably there was more to share so Season 2 offers a further 12 classes.
Most recently and by popular request Philippa has recorded a class aimed at Beginner Quilters covering everything you need to make your first quilt.
The Transformation Series
Season One: classes 1-12
Season One:
- Piping and Binding
- Precision Piecing
- Turned Edge Appliqué
- Free Motion Machine Quilting
- Borders and Facings
- Happy Hearts Curved Piecing
- Satin stitch and Blanket stitch applique
- Trapunto
- Prairie Points and Rouleau loops
- Paper Piecing
- Stems and Bias Strips
- Free Motion Feathers
1. Piping and Binding
Learn how to make the best possible piping with Philippa's own techniques for corners, edges, and double rows. Then learn how to finish off with perfect binding.
2. 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.
3. 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 of wealth creative ideas and new found technical skills.
4. Free Motion Machine Quilting (part 1)
Join Philippa as she demonstrates some of the foundational techniques in Free Motion Machine Quilting. Start by looking at which threads and needles to use, setting up your machine, and using sliders and grippers. Then Philippa demonstrates a number of free motion techniques including squares, spirals, flowers, scallops, bricks, butterflies, stippling, vermicelli, and the coffee bean.
5. Borders and Facings
Start by looking at straight cut borders, adding multiple borders (narrow and wide), super accurate mitred borders including how to manage patterns in borders to create the best mirror images. Moving on to Facings using strips and one large piece, how to create perfect turned through corners on facings, and how to use the same techniques on collars and cuffs.
6. 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!
7. 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. Finally Philippa takes a look at a range of free motion techniques for raw edge appliqué.
8. Trapunto
Everything you need to know to include Trapunto in your quilts, including which materials to use - wadding/batting and water soluble thread, machine settings, sewing machine feet, and the full process to get outstanding results. Moving on to Corded Trapunto (or Yarn Trapunto), looking at which yarns to use, how to create the channels, and how to deal with curves, corners and long sections. Finally Philippa reviews different ways she has used Trapunto in two of her award winning quilts.
9. Prairie Points and Rouleau loops
In this class Philippa looks at how to make Prairie points - with detailed instructions on four different styles, and two methods of stitching-in. Philppa them moves on to Rouleau loops, looking at how to to turn through Rouleaus using both thread and a stonger yarn. How to add fullness using acrylic yarns, and how to use Rouleaus to make medallions. Finally Philippa looks at arranging them along the quilt edge or enclose them into a seam.
10. Paper Piecing
English paper piecing including hand sewn and machine sewn hexagons, apple cores and clams. Moving on to Foundation piecing including making the pineapple block and a simple tree design with lots of suggestions for colour choices and design variations.
11. Stems and Bias Strip Appliqué
This class offers several methods for stems and bias strips. Starting with skinny strips to use as stems, adding embellishments, and turning corners with a mitre. Then looking at wavy/curved bias strips using stitched and pressed methods. Moving on to yarn fillings to provide padding, and how to create twisted strips. At the end there are examples and methods to use wider strips in garments.
12. Free Motion Feathers
Straight feathers, optimum sizes and shapes, narrow and wide options. Curved feathers, circular wreath of feathers. Alternative shapes and options - working out from the middle, leaf and flower motif. Drafting designs for incorporating feathers, designs for turning corners, random feather designs for bushes and trees, the all-over feather large, small and miniature.
The Transformation Series
Season Two: classes 13-24
Season Two:
- Creative Curved Piecing
- Further Fabulous Finishes
- Whole-cloth Quilts & Embellished Trapunto
- Reverse Appliqué
- The Jack's Chain block and quilt
- Quilt as desired
- Patchwork Cushions
- Miniature Quilts
- Bargello
- Double Wedding Ring and Pickle Dish Quilts
- Dimensional Applique
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Feathered Star quilt with Le Moyne Star centre
13. Creative Curved Piecing
In Creative Curved Piecing, Philippa starts by reviewing how to turn a straight line design into a creative curved design. Philippa then shows how to turn the design into a pattern, how to create the freezer paper templates, and how to cut out and join the pieces to make the block.
14. Further Fabulous Finishes
In this class Philippa looks at a number of finishing techniques
Starting with how to make hanging sleeves so your quilt can be displayed to best advantage.
Using boning to support curved edging for hanging. Techniques for binding hexagons and scalloped edges. Creating the beautiful wavy edging Philippa used on her 'Bird by Bird' quilt.
Finally adding a label for posterity to record who made it and when.
15. Whole-cloth Quilts & Embellished Trapunto
In this class Philippa covers:
Review of Flower Power - Philippa's first whole cloth quilt; The design and composition process; teview of the drawing process for the templates; creating a Yorkshire Rose pattern; embellishing Trapunto on a sample; using Trapunto on a miniature quilt; review of Garden Party Quilt; hand embroidery techniques
16. Reverse Appliqué
Starting with turned edge reverse appliqué, looking at Philippa's miniature quilt featuring reverse applique circles; hand stitch and machine stitch options for turned edge work; managing corners and sharp points.
Moving on to raw edge reverse appliqué using interfacing with several stitch options, and a quick look at a way of using on a tee shirt.
Next a look at the Mola technique using Philippa's 'Colourful Cockerel' mola project including downloadable templates.
We look at creating frames using Reverse Appliqué, before finishing with a look at bound buttonholes which use many of the techniques already discussed.
17. The Jack's Chain block and quilt
Jack's Chain is a popular block with some challenging elements.
In this class Philippa covers drafting the templates from first principles (for any size block) and creating the freezer paper templates; creating the nine-patches from strips including a review of colour/tonal choices; getting great results sewing 'Y' seams with pressing suggestions; assembling multiple blocks into a full quilt and drafting the final pieces to fit around the edges.
18. Quilt as desired
Many quilt patterns explain how to piece together the quilt top, and then when it comes to the quilting just use the generic phrase 'Quilt as desired'!
In this class Philippa shows you how she approaches the quilt design process, and helps you see how your quilt top already suggests a variety of quilting possibilities. She explores, in detail, a range of different machine techniques. These include stitch-in-the-ditch, drafted straight and curved lines, free motion lines, couching of decorative threads and using your machine's pre-programmed embroidery stitches for dramatic and different quilting patterns. A really useful resource to continue your quilt-making journey.
19. Patchwork Cushions
The patchwork cushions class shows you how to turn your beautiful blocks into perfectly executed cushions. Single sided, double sided, flanged and piped. Hidden zips and embellished with buttons. In no time your blocks will become home furnishing works of art - keep for yourself or give as a gift.
- Decorative front and zip in back
- Decorative front and back and zip in bottom edge
- Deep cushion with a gusset
- Pieced cushion with flanged edge
- Piped nine patch cushion
20. Miniature Quilts
Philippa Naylor has won major awards for her miniature quilts, and in this class Philippa shares the techniques she uses to get amazing results on a miniature scale.
Starting from basics Philippa considers the particular requirements of miniature quilts on fabric, threads and needles, very accurate measuring and cutting.
Then working on her new design 'Hello Dolly' Philippa demonstrates piecing a miniature log cabin, and reviews miniature half square triangles and flying geese units. A discussion on design options is followed by curved line and free motion quilting, machine appliqué hearts and circles, before a look at squaring up and binding the completed work.
21. Bargello
This class takes a project based review of the Bargello technique.
Using her 'Print Wave' quilt top design, Philippa explores composition and fabric choices, techniques for assembly of rows, and pressing.
Moving on to her 'Medallion Bargello' quilt top design, Philippa further examines the design process, including the use of grids and a review of twisted bargello patterns.
Finally the QQT Bargello bag project including all the techniques explained and demonstrated to make an attractive Bargello bag.
22. Double Wedding Ring and Pickle Dish Quilts
In this class Philippa uses paper piecing techniques to create the Double Wedding Ring and Pickle Dish blocks.
Along the way Philippa covers drafting the pattern, cutting, sewing and assembling the melons, options for pressing the seams, and design considerations.
The class includes downloadable templates for you to print. Having completed the class you will have all the techniques you need to complete either the Double Wedding Ring or Pickle Dish quilts.
23. Dimensional Applique
In this class Philippa shows you how to create a three dimensional flower basket block using various techniques to create a range of flowers and leaves.
Starting with flowers Philippa creates rose and carnation like flowers, rouched flowers, flowers with individual petals, Maltese cross flowers, Suffolk puffs to use as the centres, and finally tiny flower buds.
Moving on to leaves, Philippa creates strappy leaves, turned through leaves with and without wiring, and satin stitch leaves.
Finally Philippa demonstrates how to make a bagged out basket with wadding/batting, and how to use Rouleau strips to create interest.
24. Feathered Star quilt with Le Moyne Star centre
In this class Philippa uses a Le Moyne star as the centre block of a larger Feathered Star quilt.
Philippa starts by showing how to draft the quilt and create the templates. (The templates are also available as a downloadable file.)
The Le Moyne star is cut and assembled with perfect points and careful pressing to reduce bulk in the centre.
The feathered units are then cut and assembled. Finally the border is added and further options for finishing are discussed.
Beginner Quilters Class
Everything you need to know in order to make your first quilt!
This class covers the complete quilt making procedure from start to finish, and looks in detail at every area you need to know about:
Equipment and materials, cutting techniques , machine settings, threads and machine needles, pressing, 'layering up', battings/waddings, quilting designs with sewing demonstrations, 'square up' your quilt, bind the edges with the neatest straight edges, mitred corners and and imperceptible joins.
Sew along with Philippa to make your own 'Super Squares' quilt. Over 4.5 hours of video explanations and demonstrations.
