Basic Training: For Beginners Begin your journey with the basics! Joanne will guide you through your first project with the information you need to start you off on the right path. With great close-ups & lots of tips to keep you organized, this DVD is a great way to learn in the comfort of your own sewing room. Topics covered range from tool & fabric selection, cutting techniques, setting that perfect scant ¼" seam allowance, tips on block construction, putting blocks together & adding borders correctly. Everything you need to know to make that first step in your journey fun & accurate! The Learning to Quilt the Patchwork Schoolhouse Way series is a set of seven workshops all designed with accurate technique in mind. The DVD format allows viewers to learn the most up-to-date methods of construction as well as improving the old standbys. These technique workshops have been taught for several years at many guilds & a local quilt shop with rave reviews! The DVDs have something for every skill level. Running Time: 1:06.

Preview this DVD here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUdN5yaJQvk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg61v02yisk

-$26.95 retail.
-Save $6.96!
-Listed in Canadian, save money on our low dollar!

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This is one workshop of seven in the series: Basic Training, Fun with Triangles, More Fun with Triangles, Fun with Flying Geese, Precision Piecing, Machine Applique, and Finishing Well.

All 12 DVDs/Running time total - 10:36 Equivalent to 54 hours class time.

Whether your goal is to make a baby quilt, a patchwork quilt, a keepsake quilt or simply a handmade treasure, these DVDs will take you from beginner to artisan as you learn to craft fabric into a cherished piece. Guided by a longarm and free motion quilting expert, you will take a journey from bobbin to templates and machine quilting utilizing patterns and templates to turn your imagination into cozy and memorable quilts. This set even makes a great gift for that difficult to buy for person, a gift of knowledge and sentimental treasures to come.

Available now from:

http://patchworkschoolhouse.wixsite.com/home (free patterns available here) DVDs & Patterns

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/Patchworkschoolhouse DVDs & Patterns

http://www.craftsy.com/user/10183092/ Digital Patterns Only

Amazon.ca DVDs & Mail Order Patterns Only

Testimonial

I have the complete set of DVDs, Joann Middleton, from Patchwork Schoolhouse Set of 7 DVDs… and I love them and watch them all the time. I review them often especially when my hubby is watching sports. I especially love watching THE QUILT SHOW at bedtime… I drift off to sleep with the sound of sewing machines in my ears. I often find myself loaning my DVD out to my RESPONSIBLE friends.
The entire series of DVDs (7 for $200) goes over everything….I do wish she had more quilts to view… I could not get enough.
-Noonie

I just bought and viewed FINISHING WELL from Patchwork School House.... Joanne Middleton... this is a great DVD to have in a guild library ( any library.) as a reference DVD.

Joanne's explanations were clear and concise Easy to follow with lots of explanation for the procedures.

The production values for the DVD were good. Sometimes the production values for self published DVDs are shoddy with poor hard to hear audio and poor lighting. This one was well done.

I did my first miter border thanks to this DVD... one step at a time till all the corners were done. Kept playing the DVD over and over again.

I found I am a very visual learner and do better when I can see a new technique repeated.

Having now viewed the entire set.... I see I have some BAD HABITS to correct. I loved the fact she shows every conceivable way to do the triangles and flying geeses.... I never knew there are over 16 ways to sew a simple flying geese block.

Takes a lot of mystery out of using some of the off the wall tools/ rulers I tend to buy at quilt vendors and then can not figure out how to use once I get them home.

THIS IS A GREAT REFERNCE / RESOURCE, especially for quilt guilds.

I bought the whole set and am hoping my DD will watch it once in a while.... she is a wanna be quilter .... but does things HER WAY (wrong way)

She has gotten better every time I expose her to a new quilt DVD..... so their is hope.

BTW I loved her Canadian accent.
-Anna

I haven’t actually watched Joanne’s DVD’s, but I have taken two courses from her - Fun With Triangles and Precision Piecing. I recommend them both for skill building. The quilt I made in the Fun With Triangles course is actually posted in her Student Gallery!
In person, Joanne is warm and funny, and she has a great way of explaining things. I would assume that would come through in her DVD’s as well.
Note that this site is Canadian, so the price is in Canadian dollars. Only about 10 cents difference these days, though.
-Colleen

Thank you for the Patchwork Schoolhouse information. I had never heard of them before. I’m glad you told us that you believe they are worth the cost, or I may have been scared off by the pricing.
-Machelle

...much more!