Becoming a quilt teacher—9
Final thoughts… If the class isn’t quite going according to plan (like when you have laryngitis) an emergency pack of Mars Bars to hand out always…
Becoming a quilt teacher—part 8
Life happens… No matter how prepared you are, there will be things that you can’t control and you’re going to have to go with the flow.…
Becoming a quilt teacher—part 7
Encouragement Apart from teaching the techniques, the most important thing is to get the students having fun with learning, accepting that they are going to make…
Becoming a quilt teacher—part 6
SAMPLES After the course notes were written, I had to create samples. What were the best designs to teach people the techniques? Where they suitable for beginners to…
Becoming a quilt teacher—Part 5
Time frame Cramming everything you want to teach into a time frame is a jolly hard thing to do when you’ve got to give your students time to digest and…
Becoming a quilt teacher—part 4
Money Where on earth do you find out how much to charge? Sure you can look up other teachers’ prices for classes at local shops, but…
Becoming a quilt teacher—part 3
Requirements notes A requirements list is handed to the students a couple of weeks beforehand. If you are organising the course, you can post (online or…
Becoming a quilt teacher—part 2
Course notes Before writing course notes, I analysed everything I did to pick machine quilting up as quickly as I did. I jotted down every technique, why…
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