Portchie (Annie du Toit)

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104S Miniature Storm at Sea (Annie du Toit)

Details

Porchie’s Influence Bursting with colour and creativity, this quilt class is inspired by a visit to Portchie’s vibrant gallery in Stellenbosch - where bicycles, bold hues, and joyful energy sparked the design.

In class, you’ll learn how to choose colours using the colour wheel, then dive into paper foundation piecing - a precise and speedy technique that requires no templates. You’ll cut fabric in rough shapes, stitch in sequence onto paper foundations, and trim as you go. The result? A beautifully accurate and striking quilt. We’ll finish with a neat single crosscut binding. Expect a lively, supportive atmosphere where colour and creativity take centre stage.

The finished quilt is 51” x 18”.

No Kit Required

Student Requirements:

 - Basic Sewing Supplies

 - Fabric: 

a) ± 7 big scale fat eights

b) ± 12 different fat eights in main colour

c) ± 8 fat quarters opposite to main colour, also different

d) ± 5 other colours fat quarters

e) 1 m dark multi-coloured background fabric

f) ½ m binding (we cut it crosswise)

g) 27” x 60” Backing

 -  25” x 58” Batting

 - Matching thread and bobbins

 - Needles – Universal 90/14

 - Stainless steel and Bobblehead Pins

 - Sharp Scissors- Fabric and Paper

 - Perforating Cutter

 - Cutting mat and rotary cutter with new blade4

 - Rulers:

a) 12” ruler,

b) 12½” square ruler(if you have one) and

c) Add-A-Quarter ruler

 - Washi Tape

 - Colouring Pencils

 - Sewing machine in good working order; oiled, cleaned and ready to go

a) Extension Table

b) Regular straight stitch presser foot

c) Open Toe (#20 BERNINA)

d) Quarter Inch foot (preferred)

d) Spare bobbins

e) Power cable and foot pedal

 - Extension cord, 15 amp plug or adaptor, surge protector plug

 - Cushion for chair

Annie’s Fabric Selection Tip:

 - Decide on a main colour and select the opposite colour (example: blue for main colour and the opposite colour is orange;).

 - Then select an adjacent colour like purple and use ± 3 and more different values in the same colour range: light, bright, dark, dots, multi-coloured, etc.

 - Fat quarters and running quarters are better than half a meter of the same fabric.

 - Choose a good variety and lots of different fabrics in the same colour scheme for interest.

 - For the centre of the blocks and some outer quarter circles, I use large-scale fabrics like Kaffe Fassett’s fabrics or just big scale fabrics.

 - The rest is small scale and solids which works well with the spikes otherwise, it disappears.

 - The background is a multi-coloured, dark toned-down fabric of the main colour scheme. Stay away from white and cream, especially in the backgrounds of fabrics.

 -  Use the photo of the quilt as an example.