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Sydney shop Classses

Tuitions and Classes at Thimblelady’s new shop:
(New shop phone number: 0284111151, 0291447207 or Fax: 0291443427
)

 

 Thimblelady Classes at the Thornleigh Shop:
Thimblelady Staple classes on skill building:
1. Hand Quilting Class ($80 incl a class kit). Just bring your usual sewing bag and lunch.
2. Needle Turn Appliqué Class ($80 incl a class kit). Just bring your usual sewing bag and lunch.
3. New Jacket making Class ($120/two days plus a jacket kit: you can now choose from our unique silk or fine cotton).

4. New! Scarf piecing class ($40/10am-1pm) plus a kit of $65): Select a beautiful silk scarf kit of your choice. Learn how to piece perfectly with Thimblelady's Stitch Regulator!

5. New! Quilt-Before-You-Go Classes: ($80/2 classes 10am - 3pm/each): Pick a new Quilt-Before-You-Go kit from Thimblelady's new range of kits. Come with a new open mind and leave all the old rules outside the door. Learning the smartest and most efficient ways of making a stunning quilt, whether it is a fun quilt, an artful wall hanging or a lap quilt, from starting to Liuxin's new smart binding!
6. New! Bag of Techniques ($40/10am - 2pm): Pick a bag design from Liuxin new bag designs and learn the techniques involved.


Note: Valued customer vouchers can be used to book classes, tuitions and DIY Qbotting.

New class time in 2010: All classes on Sundays and Saturdays will be held 10 am -  4pm.
 

New Sunday full-day class dates in 2010 on Sundays and Saturdays:

 

Please note: Book a class by subject. Put in the “ Order comment" column your preferred date. Choose any date in black ink. Once a class is full, the date will be in Red Ink.
Quilting Class: Aug 14, Aug15, Sept 5, Oct 26, Nov 28, 2010.

Applique Class:  Aug 8, Oct 3, Nov 27, 2010.

New! Bag of Techniques: July 6, Aug12, Sept 16... 2010.

New! Jacket making Class:  July 8/15 (two day classes on Thurs), Aug 5/12 (Thurs), Sept 4/11 (Sat), 2010.
New!
Scarf piecing class (3 hour)/Magic square piecing (full day or half day):  July 11, Sept 18, Nov 20, 2010.
 
New!
Quilt-Before-You-Go Classes (two day classes): July3/10, July 31/Aug21, Sept 9/Oct2, 2010

  
Travel to our Sydney classes and need lodging? Hotel (within walking distance) Ibis’s Booking information
Note, Our class participants can mention Thimblelady’s class for a discounted rate.

Booking by phone:
Phone: 02 84111151 or 02 91447207, Fax: 02 91443427;
By email: info@thimblelady.com website: www.thimblelady.com.au

By mail: PO Box 232, Wahroonga, NSW 2076.
Book at the Shop:
Thimblelady Fine Quilts and Gifts. Shop 2, 293 Pennant Hills Road, Thornleigh 2120.  How to find the Shop? - Liuxin's Own Directory.

Or Booking online:

  • $37.20 Bag of techniques
    New! Pick a bag from Thimblelady designs and come to the Shop for a day to learn a bag of techniques involved in the making.

  • $35.34 Eye Candy Bag #2
    Coming soon.... This pattern contains 3 pages of pattern, original size templates and instructions. Most instructions are pictures and diagrams, so even if you don't speak English, it is still as easy to follow the instructions. The bag is a pretty...

  • $35.34 Eye Candy Bag#1
    New Quilt as you go bag with a focus on colour play. Try this design with your Thimblelady's Club fabrics. You will find high quality fabrics are good to piece too, not just applique and quilting! If you are not a Club member yes, get this design...

  • $37.20 Free hand domestic machine quilting
    New! Free hand machine quilting - stipling and beyond. If you have done all the free hand machine quilting classes and still haven't got a grip of free hand machine quilting, then come to learn the Thimblelady way! It is easy.

  • $74.40 QBUG technique class
    Book a two day classes on our new QBUG techniques. You can choose from our range of QBUG design/kits. Once you make your booking online, please put the dates of your choice in the "order comment" column.  

  • $41.85 Retreat bag
    This design is out of stock. A new similar design will be ready soon. New Quilt before you go class with a focus on needle turn applique. The applique designed for the bag covers technique on how to applique curves (both concave and convex),...

  • $110.67 Choose Options Simple Elegance kit
    This design is dedicated to quilter, Louise Humphry, who has helped and encouraged me as a true friend during the very difficult first year of our new shop. Louise kept telling me to make a simple design but pretty! Here it is. This fabric kit...

  • $60.45 Choose Options Special silk scarf kit
    Finished scarf size: approx 60in x 10in or 150cm x 25cm. Silk: mat finish. Most have double sided patterns that give you more choices in colours. Wrinkle free. Breath well for area of high humidity. Dry easily. Warm iron, warm hand wash. ...

  • $74.40 Syd_Applique Class
    Come and join Liuxin Newman for a fun day to discover how easy needle turn applique really is! How to turn seams, how to stitch perfectly without pain, how to turn seams at points, indentations, tight curves and fine circles... It is a class about...

  • $111.60 Syd_Jacket making Class
    This jacket design is now named by quilters as "One style fits all"! Fee for the two full day classes is $120. You will also need to get a jacket of your choice: $110 for cotton jacket (Fine cotton fabric, cotton batting plus synthetic lining and...

  • $37.20 Syd_Magic Square Piecing Tuition
    We have decided to start this project tuition ($40/10am-1pm) for both scarf piecing and magic square tuition. This is due to the shift of quilters need from magic square to perfection on using regulator and learning the freedom of free hand...

  • $74.40 Syd_QBUG
    QBUG class is a two-day classes. First day, you start your project and then come on the second day when you finish. You can choose any of our QBUG design and kits. Select the dates of your choice against the class dates given on the Sydney Classes...

  • $74.40 Syd_Quilting Class
     

  • $37.20 Tuition - regulator hand piecing
    This is a 3 hour tuition on whipstitch piecing with Thimblelady's Stitch Regulator. You can choose to piece Magic Square or our new silk scarf (free hand). No prior sewing skill required.  You need to purchase a set of the stitch regulators...

  • $111.60 Tuition - Simple Elegance
    This is a tuition package of a 3 hour section/month for three months designed for those who want Liuxin's hands on tuition for confidence to create this stunning quilt. This design requires only rather basic needle applique techniques - everyone who...