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A Complete Guide to Contemporary Quilting
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What's Included

Julius’ essential toolkit

How to design with colour and form

Quilting techniques made simple

Two step-by-step projects

A Complete Guide to Contemporary Quilting
27 lessons | 5 hours
In this course contemporary textiles designer Julius Arthur gives quilting a modern perspective. You’ll learn how to play with shape, experiment with colour, and rethink negative space—transforming fabric into something truly unique. Julius will guide you through the fundamentals of quilt-making, teaching you how to cut, layer, stitch, and construct with confidence. Then, you’ll put your skills into practice with two creative projects, a patchwork wall hanging and an appliqué cushion.
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I think that quilting is an amazing skill to have - you can really create objects that have memory and connection with other people, with yourself, and that tell stories and can be inspiring and inspired by the things, people and places that we have around us.
— Julius Arthur
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Lesson Plan
27 LESSONS / 5 HOURS
Meet Julius
Julius welcomes you to the course and shares his journey into textile design and his love of creating pieces with textiles.
What makes a quilt?
Join Julius as he breaks down the layer of quilts. With Julius’ help, explore the difference between appliqué and patchwork.
Quilting tools and materials
To get you started on your quilting journey, Julius shares with you the basic tools and materials he uses.
Choosing fabric
Julius shares his favourite fabrics for quilting and the best places for sourcing sustainable fabrics. Explore what wadding types to choose and where to get secondhand fabrics.
Finding inspiration
Learn where Julius finds inspiration, from visiting places to objects, in this lesson. Discover how to find inspiration and tap into your own creativity.
Finding your colour inspiration
Learn how to design your own colour palette, work with swatches, and experiment with textile collages.
Part 1: Basting
Basting holds together layers of fabric or fabric and batting. Discover how to secure your quilt in place with Julius' step-by-step guide to basting your quilt sandwich.
Part 2: The basic quilt stitch
Julius demonstrates basic quilting techniques and foundation stitches. Learn all there is to know about quilt stitching, from how to make a quilter's knot to how to hide a knot.
Part 3: Guiding and turning stitches
Explore how to make your quilt dynamic by varying your stitch patterns and directions with Julius' help.
Part 4: Design with stitches
By varying your stitch length and how close together you stitch, you can achieve varying effects. Explore how to design different effects with your stitches.
Part 5: Cutting binding strips
Knowing how many binding strips you need for your quilt can be tricky. Julius shares his formula for cutting binding strips. Discover how to mark, cut, and bind two-fold binding at home.
Part 6: Create your binding
Learn how to make your own binding and how to join strips together to create a continuous, long strip.
Part 7: Binding your quilt
Binding a quilt means covering the raw edges of the quilt sandwich to give the quilt a finished look and protect its edges from wear. Binding is one of the last steps in finishing a quilt.
Part 8: Hand finishing your binding
Binding is the final step in finishing a quilt. Discover how to hand-finish your binding and finish off your quilt project.
Part 1: Introduction
Julius guides you through the process of making a patchwork quilt and empowers you to design your own top.
Part 2: Squares and rectangles
Discover how to piece squares and rectangles of fabric scraps together to create a creative patchwork quilt.
Part 3: Simple curves
Curves have a reputation for being almost impossible to sew. Watch as Julius demonstrates how to quilt a simple curve to add interest to your quilt.
Part 4: Half-moon blocks
With Julius’s help discover how to create a half-moon block and piece your quilt together.
Part 5: Freehand curves
Freehand curves are a great way to make your quilt feel more relaxed and give them a handmade charming quality. Learn how simple it is to make a freehand curve for your next patchwork quilt with Julius.
Part 6: Bold stripes
A strip patchwork block is made by sewing together pieces of fabric to create a new length of fabric. Discover how to make bold stripes on your quilt with Julius's help.
Part 7: Building panels
Julius teaches you how to integrate blocks into your design and mix together different patchwork techniques to build up a final design.
Part 8: Assembling your quilt top
Once each of your blocks has been assembled (or appliquéd), it is time to sew the whole quilt top together. Learn the final steps in patchwork quilting and assemble your quilt top.
Part 1: Create your template
Learn how to applique a cushion with this simple guide. By using patterns that are already featured on a fabric you can easily, and quickly create your cushion template.
Part 2: Design your cushion top
Learn how to design your cushion top that suits your personal style and how to translate the shapes that you have drawn onto a template to make your appliqué.
Part 3: Appliqué your shapes
Discover how to applique your shapes to your cushion top and blind stitch the shapes to ensure a seamless look.
Part 4: Quilt and finish your cushion
Discover how to finish your cushion, quilt and add the finishing touches so that you have a lovely cushion.
Summary
Julius offers his final words to you and empowers you to start your quilting journey.
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