FEBUARY 2026
Introduction to Machine Quilting and Finishing – Mary Kennedy
Our upcoming February quilt workshops are the perfect opportunity to build your quilting skills and finish projects with confidence. Throughout the session, you’ll learn the fundamentals of quilting with a walking foot, explore creative techniques in free-motion quilting, and gain hands-on guidance for clean, professional finishing and binding. Whether you’re a beginner looking to expand your abilities or an experienced quilter wanting to refresh your techniques, these workshops offers inspiration, support, and plenty of time to practice.
$25 for each day
Non Members must pay additional $83 Membership fee Click here to become a member
Time – 9.30am – 12.30pm
Dates
7 February – Walking Foot quilting
Quilting with a walking foot
Includes adjusting tension
Straight lines, zig zag quilting and matchstick quilting.
14 February – Free Motion quilting
Free motion quilting
Includes adjusting tension when using a free motion foot
8 patterns to quilt
21 February – Finishing and Binding
Finishing a quilt
Binding a quilt
Facing a quilt
Requirements
Sewing machine that can lower feed dogs
Walking foot
Free motion foot
2 quilt sandwiches fat quarter size
Extra fabric for binding and facing
Thread
MARCH – 2026
Trunk Show with Emma Jean Jansen!
Registrations now open!
Join us for a delightful trunk show with Emma Jean Jansen on the evening of Friday March 6 where you’ll enjoy an up-close look at her beautiful quilts, hear stories behind the designs and walk away with plenty of creative inspiration.
Emma will have a selection of quilts, patterns, and templates for viewing and for sale on the night. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from Emma and connect with fellow members, so registration in advance is encouraged to secure your place.
Tea and coffee will be available, and we invite everyone to bring a plate to share as we enjoy a relaxed and social atmosphere alongside the stitching magic.
- Friday 6 March
- 6.45pm (for a 7pm start) – 9pm
- $20
- CQ Rooms
Register here:
Enrolments for Emma Jean Jansen’s workshop are now open!
Join us for an inspiring quilting workshop with Emma Jean Jansen where creativity, technique, and community come together! Emma will guide you through her process step by step, sharing tips you can use long after the class ends.
The workshops run over the weekend of March 7 and 8, you can choose to attend one day or both and we think the best approach is to keep the class open and you can choose which of Emma’s quilts you would like to work on.
NOTE: To help maximise class time — please select your pattern and fabrics early and complete all required cutting in advance so we can make the most of our time together, leaving more energy and focus for sewing, technique, and learning during the day.
Emma has provided Canberra Quilters with an exclusive discount on her patterns and templates, when you shop on the website—use code https://emmajeanjansen.com.au/discount/CAN20
This code can be used on full-price patterns (PDF or printed) and templates.
It won’t apply to already discounted items, Bloc-Loc rulers, or ¼” seam tape.
You can browse all available quilts and patterns here:
https://emmajeanjansen.com.au/pages/patterns
Foundation Piecing / Curved Piecing
- Harlequin Stars
- Pickled Orange Peel
- Wheels of Fortune – ideal for beginners, with blocks trimmed to size
- Gemstone Tumble – an introduction to freezer paper foundation piecing
Raw Edge Appliqué & Curved Piecing
- Nine Birds
- The Daisy Quilt
Curved Piecing (Drunkard’s Path Rectangle Block)
- Around the Lake / Lake Garden
Scrappy & Colour Play Quilts
- Balderdash
- Wake Me Up
- Bronte’s Stars
- Mixed Lollies
Emma will also bring patterns, templates, and quilts to sell on the day. Don’t miss this chance to learn and create.
- Saturday 6 and/or Sunday 7 March
- $175 (members) (Cost is per day, not for both days).
- Non Members must pay additional $83 Membership fee Click here to become a member
- 9.30am – 4.00pm
- CQ Rooms, Cook
If you would like to suggest a guest tutor or learn a particular skill for a workshop, or if you would like to offer your time and talent to host a skill share, please get in touch, email Fiona, Workshop Coordinator – workshops@canberraquilters.org.au