Please note: Due to retirement -Ā classes will no longer be available for sale afterĀ 31st August 2026
All classes must be watched beforeĀ 31st December 2028
after which time the videos and classes will no longer be available.
The class is based on Baltimore Album Quilts which became popular from the 1840s onwards.
Starting with materials and tools Philippa shows you everything you need to know to create a beautiful Dimension Applique Flower Basket Block.
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.
Next Philippa demonstrates how to make a bagged out basket with wadding/batting, and how to use Rouleau strips to create interest. Finally Philippa shares design and layout considerations, how to hand stitch the flowers into place, and how to quilt the backing.
Best class I’ve ever taken. You make everything so crystal clear Philippa!
I don't think I could ever say enough about your classes. I have loved every second of your teachings.
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.
Thank you so much for this amazing class. I have soooooo enjoyed making my quilt along with you and I have learnt so much. I am about to start hand sewing the binding and when that is done I would like to hang it on the wall as you display yours.
Even though I have been making quilts recently I found this course really useful as patterns dont tell you best needles and stitch length etc. Phillipa always has such good tips for all stages. I always look forward to all the classes. You are such a great teacher.
What a wonderful experience! Philippa’s covered all those things in this course that have eluded me in turning out a piece that is both beautiful and functional. Thank you many times over for sharing your award winning expertise. I am eternally grateful.
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.
Please note: Due to retirement -Ā classes will no longer be available for sale afterĀ 31st August 2026
All classes must be watched beforeĀ 31st December 2028
after which time the videos and classes will no longer be available.
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