Intermediate Longarm Classes & Workshops
Build Your Skills & Grow Your Design Confidence
These intermediate classes are designed to help you expand your freehand quilting vocabulary, improve fluency and unlock your own creative flow.
Whether you’re refining the basics or ready to explore your own design voice, each workshop offers a playful, practical approach to building your confidence - one stitch at a time.
Small class sizes for big progress
These workshops are limited to just two students. You’ll have your own machine for the entire session - allowing focused, uninterrupted stitching time and individual guidance.
Choose to work on the Bernina Q24 longarm frame or the Bernina Q20 seated machine.
What’s included:
All materials provided
Use of a Bernina Q24 Frame or Bernina Q20 Seated Longarm
Light lunch, tea and coffee throughout
Time: 10am – 4pm (6 hours)
Digital support materials (PDFs) to review at home
Freehand Quilting 101
Build a strong foundation of go-to shapes as you learn essential meanders and background fillers.
Choose from a wide range of motifs and create a sampler of 12 designs to take home.
A Menagerie of Meanders
Take your stipple to the next level!
This class introduces a range of creative meander styles to fill borders, blocks, and beyond.
Ideal for quilters looking to expand their visual language.
A Frenzy of Fillers with some Dinky Doodles
Overcome your fear of freehand quilting in this fast-paced, fun session.
Explore a wide range of filler designs and experiment with creating your own.
A confidence-boosting class full of freedom and flair.
Fancy Freehand Feathers
This class is suitable for confident freehand quilters.
Take your feather skills to the next level in this full-day workshop dedicated to freehand feather quilting.
You’ll explore traditional and modern feather styles and discover how to add variety and movement to your designs - ideal for edge-to-edge, borders, and blocks.
Whether you want to refine your technique or push your creative range, this class will help you quilt feathers with confidence and flair.
This class is suitable for confident freehand quilters.
Marvellous Meanders for Lickety Split Quilts
Suitable for all skill levels
Quilt smarter, not harder.
In this half-day class, you’ll learn a quick and creative approach to quilting that adds custom charm without the stress.
Great for finishing quilts fast - without compromising style. This technique-led workshop is perfect for boosting your confidence and efficiency while building a go-to design toolkit.
Crazy Continuous Curves
For all skill levels
Want to add rhythm and elegance to your quilting?
This class will teach you how to stitch graceful continuous curves using freehand or rulerwork techniques. You’ll discover how to enhance both modern and traditional quilts, creating flow and contrast with versatile, repeatable designs.
Freehand and rulerwork-friendly