Come and Join us for
A Year-Long Traditional Sewalong
With award winning author and quilter Sarah Payne
New to Quilting? Wanting to expand your skills? Like the idea of joining an online sewing group and playing together once a month? If so then please join us!
Starting in January 2025 (but you can join anytime after and catch up, see the full details), we'll be embarking on a year-long traditional quilting journey creating a wonderful quilt via 12 live (and recorded) Zoom classes (at 7pm UK time), learning around 20 different blocks along the way! You also get the monthly full colour patterns for FREE as part of your membership! Amazing value!
Read on for full details!
Have you ever wanted to learn to quilt, but not known how to get started? Maybe you have created a lot of Improv work and you'd like to try traditional quilting? Maybe you're an established sewist, but you'd like the challenge of following a year long programme and meeting like minded souls? Do you just want to be part of a sewing group?
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Well now is your chance to join award winning Quilter and Tutor Sarah Payne for a year long sewing adventure. You will have the opportunity to sew along with Sarah and make a fabulous quilt, even if you’ve never sewn before. Sarah will teach you 20 different tradition quilt blocks, as well as how to quilt and how to finish your quilt to create something you can really be proud of. You can make all of them, or just pick out your favourites.
The quilt itself will be made using the Quilt As You Go (QAYG) method, which makes big quilts easy to handle.
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Do I have to join by January the 8th 2025? What if I have just found this page and it's later than that?
You can join our club at any time. We are going to be creating a different block every single month. So if you are reading this in March 2025, you can still come along and work with us for that month, try the club out, see if you like it, learn the block for the month of March and then continue your membership for as long as you want. If you enjoy it so much that you want to see the blocks you have missed, so for example you join in March and you miss January and February 2025, just contact us, hello@craftymonkies.com and we can send you a PayPal invoice for the two months you have missed and the links to the previous Zoom classes and the monthly patterns. You can join us whenever you want and you can leave us whenever you want. The entire content is going to be available until the end of June 26, so whenever you start your journey, you will have time to catch up!
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OK, got it, I will join now, do I set my Subscription for January 8th?
YES! This is really important. We know a lot of you will want to join now and get ready for January. When you press the join button, it will take you through the process, just make sure you click that you want your subscription to start on January 1st 2025. It's a simple thing to do but just make sure you do it. Of course, if you make a mistake and don't worry, we can help you, just email us! You will then have access to the members page on Jan 1st 2025, ready for class on Jan 8th! A couple of people have asked about the payments, leaving their accounts immediately. When you pay for an annual membership, the money comes out of your bank, but as long as you have set the subscription to begin on January 1, you will get the years membership. Likewise, if you pay for a monthly membership, and set it to commence January, the payment will come out as soon as you press the joint button, then you wont be charged again until Feb 25. The payment today is to secure your place for January!
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So, how does this creative journey work?
It's so easy, after joining up to start on Jan 1st, you will be able to access the mebers page then. Just use your email and a chosen password, on the members page after Jan 1st next year you'll see the access code to our first monthly meeting in January (they are always on the first Wednesday of the month apart from New Years Day!) You will also get the link for the block of the month for January - for free as part of your membership fee of just £12.50!
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Can I join from anywhere in the world?
Yes! Just like any of the other content on our website, you can join from anywhere and pay in your own currency. We have a great American and Canadian following already here at CraftyMonkies, so just press the join button!
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Do I have to watch at set times?
If you want to join us live, then yes. We will have a live Zoom on the first Wednesday every month lasting approximately 1.5 hours (it will more likely be 2 hours with chatting!) It will be at 7pm UK time on each Wednesday we go live. BUT, if you can't make it live, don't worry, the Zoom class will remain on the page for the entire month, then it gets moved to a private area of YouTube where you can have access to the content for a whole 18 months until 30th June 2026! You can in effect go at your own pace across the 18 months!
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Do I have to make all the blocks and follow the pattern
No and No! Sarah created this beautiful quilt in order to be able to teach you the many techniques needed to create an traditional quilt. But you can decide what you want to create. You might not want to make a quilt, you might just want to come and learn techniques! You can choose which blocks you want to make!
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Do I get the patterns for free?
Yes! As soon as you sign up you will see the pattern on the membership page. The pattern would normally cost £12.50 per month for the 12 blocks, but you get each month for FREE within your monthly membership. So thats a pattern and an interactive Zoom class for just £12.50 per month (approx $15)
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How long is the subscription?
If you want to join us for the whole journey it's 12 months commencing 8th January 2025. At the end of the 12 months you will no longer have access to the Traditional Quilting Sewalong page, but we will give you 6 months to catch up on YouTube. The videos will be available until 30th June 2026. We may be starting another traditional quilt journey in January 2026!...However, if you join us and pay per month, you can cancel at any time.
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How much does it cost?
If you pay for the year in one single payment it's £125.00. If you choose the monthly option its £12.50 a month thats £150.00 for the year. We appreciate some of you may want to pay monthly so the option is there. If you choose to pay up-front in the one payment of £125.00 you in effect get TWO months for FREE!
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If I choose to pay monthly can I cancel if its not working for me?
Absolutely! You can cancel yourself or you can email us and ask us to cancel for you. It's very simple. When you cancel, you will be given access to the club until your next payment is due. That payment will no longer come out of your account and you will then be locked out of the page. You will still have access to the YouTube content you have paid for, so for example if you pay for January, February and March and feel you no longer want to continue the journey, you will not see any more content or be able to access the page, but you would still have the links to watch the content from January, February and March on our YouTube channel until June 2026. If however, you have paid in one upfront payment, this is nonrefundable, so be sure you want to commit to a whole year before you make the one payment.​​​
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Can I reach out if I'm stuck?
Yes of course! We can pass anything onto Sarah and she will happily answer your questions. Just email us hello@craftymonkies.com You can also reach out on Instagram or Facebook.
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Is 18 months long enough?
Yes! Past students of Sarah have easily completed the quilt across 12 months!
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What exactly do I learn?
LOTS! Please see under the three pictures below the entire 12-month course listing in full!
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What do I need?
If you are making the 12 block quilt size, it approximately 40 x 53 inches depending on the size of sashing you use!
Requirements (though this may vary depending on the blocks you choose):
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10 x Fat-Quarters of fabric.
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2m of Fabric for the background, sashing and binding.
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Wadding and backing to fit. Twelve pieces measuring 14 inches square for the basic quilt.
If you want to make all 20 blocks, you will require approximately 15 x Fat-Quarters and 3m of background fabric to make a quilt approx 52 x 65 inch in size.
You will have fabric left over, so don’t panic. You can also add fabric as you go, if you can't decide at the start which ones to choose!
You will also need a rotary cutter, ruler and cutting mat, an iron, a sewing machine and a sew kit.
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Will I have to quilt a large quilt?
Quilting a large quilt can be a little daunting, especially if it is your first quilt. So to make life easier for you, we will be using a Quilt As You Go (QAYG) method. This means you will be quilting each block and then put them together in the final quilt, fully finished. Easy peasy!...​​​​​
The detail images featured on this promo page for Sarah Payne's Traditional Quilting Sewalong Course, starting in January 2025, are from a quilt made by one of our dedicated
CraftyMonkies subscribers, Lesley Cutmore! We think you'll agree, Lesley's work looks absolutely stunning and YOU too can create something equally fabulous by signing up today!...
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Kudos & thanks to Lesley for the use of these images!
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Ready to find out exactly what you will learn?
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Month 01: Introduction
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08 January 2025
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All the tools! Cutting, sewing and planning your quilt, plus the first two blocks – 9 Patch and 9 patch chain block.
Month 02: Working With Strips
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05 February 2025
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Working with strips. This time, we’ll cover 3 blocks: Courthouse steps, Rail Fence and Fractured Strip.
Month 03: Quilting
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05 March 2025
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This is a Quilt As You Go project, so Sarah will introduce you to different methods for quilting your blocks. This way, you can quilt as you complete your block.
Month 04: Half Square Triangles
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02 April 2025
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This is one of the most used blocks in patchwork, and you will learn two techniques for making them. Then you will use them to make a Pinwheel block and a Clay’s Choice block.
Month 05: Storing Your Blocks
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07 May 2025
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You are beginning to get a collection of blocks, and so we will take a little break from the quilt, and make a block keeper to store them in!
Month 06: Piecing Curves & Rings
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04 June 2025
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This is another unit that you will come across a lot in patchwork, and you will learn a number of methods for making them. Then you will make 2 blocks using them – a Dutchman’s Puzzle and a Flying North and South block.
Month 07: English Paper Piecing
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02 July 2025
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Using the template to make mirrored copies.
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Filling in the space.
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Discuss adding background or having the perimeter of the quilt be the shape of the butterfly.
Month 08: Curves
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06 August 2025
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Now you are really growing in skill, so we are going to start working with curves. You will be making a Grandmothers Fand and a Drunkards path block.
Month 09: Stars
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03 September 2025
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Now the evenings are started to draw in, let's look at some Star blocks! We will make an Eight Pointed Star, an Ohio Star and a LaMoyne Star block.
Month 10: Foundation Paper Piecing
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01 October 2025
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This method allows you to easily create intricate shapes without having to cut little pieces of fabric. You will make a Heart Block and a Flying Geese Cross.
Month 11: Nearing the end!
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05 November 2025
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Congratulations! The last 2 blocks are Snail Trail and Contrary Wife.
Month 12: Constructing Your Quilt
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03 December 2025
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Sashing and Binding your quilt.
To gain access to the CraftyMonkies Year-Long Traditional Sew-Along With Sarah simply click on the Join Today button below - this will take you to the next step, which enables you to choose a Pricing Plan sign-up & pay your subscription online for this fabulous, one-of-a-kind CraftyMonkies adventure!
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