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I have been quilting for more than a quarter of a century. (Sounds much longer than 25 years.) That's me in my studio in 2006.



Quilt tutor, patchwork author, columnist for Down Under Quilts magazine, and website designer, I now own and operate Australia's first online quilt design school, Jan T's Patchwork School.
Imagine that — I own a school!
I specialise in fast piecing, and invented a system...

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What can you do with a 'walking' foot? What can you do with a 'walking' foot?
A 'walking' foot for your sewing machine is essential if you are a quiltmaker. It is used for several purposes: attaching bindings straight line quilting curves...
Updated 208 days ago | walking foot quilting › jan t urquhart baillie
Visual diary? What's that? Visual diary? What's that?
These are all descriptions of workbooks kept by practitioners in which they record ideas, designs, thoughts, inspirations, indeed anything that will help th...
Updated 151 days ago | visual notes › keeping a studio journal
Electric Quilt Tutorials Electric Quilt Tutorials
She's an expert in the software Electric Quilt tutorials for you to download and enjoy. Excerpts from Jan T's Computer Quilts column in Down Under quilts...
Updated 553 days ago | Electric Quilt Tutorials › electric quilt
Make your first patchwork block Make your first patchwork block
How to make a Four Patch quilt block with Jan T. Step by step, I'll take you through the easy process for making a simple patchwork block: Four Patch. This...
Updated 158 days ago | beginner patchwork › basic patchwork
What is stipple quilting? What is stipple quilting?
Let Jan T show you her best tips for getting great results when free machine quilting. It's not hard at all. After you have done all the blocks, assembled...
Updated 140 days ago | stipple-quilting-with-jan-t › garnet stitch
Purple vegetable festival Purple vegetable festival
Their benefits are great. I have found twenty-one purple vegetables to share with you. This lens was a quest challenge lens, and I had great fun finding vegetables...
Updated 200 days ago | purple vegetables › festival of vegetables
Mystery quilts? What fun! Mystery quilts? What fun!
Have you heard of mystery quilts? They are popular in Australia and online. The idea is that patchworkers get to make units for a quilt, over a period R...
Updated 184 days ago | patchwork › mystery patchwork
Beginner's guide: embellishing crazy patchwork Beginner's guide: embellishing crazy patchwork
When you make a crazy patchwork block, you start with a foundation shape and cover it — either by machine or by hand — with many patches of fabric...
Updated 178 days ago | crazy patchwork › crazy quilting
Beginner's guide: Preparing to machine quilt Beginner's guide: Preparing to machine quilt
Many people are afraid to machine quilt their quilts on their home sewing machine, because they think it's too difficult. Not so! Prepare your work space p...
Updated 188 days ago | Preparing to Machine Quilt › machine quilting
Beginner's guide: your first crazy-patch block Beginner's guide: your first crazy-patch block
I love all the wonderful bright fabrics, all the different shapes, and best of all the embellishment on crazy quilts. My very first attempt at patchwork was...
Updated 205 days ago | crazypatch › crazy patchwork
Best Patchwork and Quilting Tips from Jan T
I know lots about patchwork and quilting that I'd love to share with you. Do you want to make better quilts? Have you got some patchwork/quilting tasks th...
Updated 178 days ago | patchwork quilting tips › lensography
Best patchwork tools, ever!
Let me tell you about my favourite tools for patchwork quiltmaking. Every cook has a favourite knife, every photographer a favourite camera, quilters are n...
Updated 970 days ago | best ever patchwork tools › essential quilting tools
Patchwork and Quilting by Jan T Urquhart Baillie
Quiltmaking is not new, it's been around for centuries. Born of necessity, patchwork was about being frugal, while quilting was about warmth or protection....
Updated 196 days ago | Quiltmaking › history of patchwork quilting
What Patchwork Quilters Need in a Sewing Machine
Going to buy a new sewing machine to make patchwork quilts? Not sure which one is best? Everyone you ask will tell you a different brand, but I am going t...
Updated 127 days ago | features needed for patchwork quilting sewing machine › best features for patchwork quilting machines
Furoshiki: beautiful, reusable wrappings
Anything you can wrap in paper, you can wrap in cloth. Japanese traditional cloth wrappings called furoshiki, are the greenest package wrapping you can get...
Updated 201 days ago | green gifts › environmentally friendly
JomSocial for Joomla 1.5
Joomla! is a great content management system, and this component makes it even better. Online communities of like minded people are enjoying the benefits o...
Updated 163 days ago | joomla › community
Joomla! 1.7 Tutorials: Add submenu items to menu
In order for Joomla! to display content, you need to write articles, and then link to these articles in the menu. You can make category lists, or link to a...
Updated 163 days ago | joomla add menus › add content in joomla
Beginning patchwork: perfect quarter inch seams
Because patchwork made by machine is usually based on what is known as a 'template-free' method, perfect ¼ seams are imperative for accurate piecing....
Updated 964 days ago | quarter inch seams › make a quilt block
Why are Scrap Quilts so popular?
Make do and mend was an adage that our forefathers (foremothers?) were fond of applying in their everyday lives. Considering that many people in the 1800s...
Updated 155 days ago | scrap quilts › patchwork with scraps
Using triangles in patchwork quilts
The importance of straight grains when cutting triangles for patchwork quilts cannot be emphasised enough. In patchwork, there are two kinds of commonly used...
Updated 514 days ago | Triangles in patchwork quilts › cutting triangles for quilts
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