QUILTWORX AZTEC GARDEN KIT

QUILTWORX PATTERNS

You will receive the Queen Star Mixer Introduction Booklet, along with all mixer booklets to complete the Aztec Garden quilt (91″x91″). Each booklet comes with written instructions, foundation papers for paper piecing, layout sheets for cutting fabric, and assembly instructions.

APPROX. 20 yds of FABRIC

You will receive approximately 20 yards of premium quality cotton print fabric, that looks like linen but is 100% quilting cotton, to complete the top. It’s a colorful collection from Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts for Andover Fabrics. You will love the look!

LIVESTREAM WORKSHOPS

Michael will livestream four workshop sessions on YouTube, where you can follow along in preparing your patterns/fabrics, paper-piece the units, and assembling the quilt. These sessions will be available after going live as well.

This is a Foundation Paper Piecing project taught by Michael, using techniques developed by Judy Niemeyer and her paper piecing publishing company, Quiltworx. Michael has been taught by and continues to study with Judy as a certified instructor in training. A list of tools and supplies for paper piecing the Quiltworx way can be found here.

 

MONTH BY MONTH PROGRESS

I designed and made this quilt at Quiltworx in Montana with Judy by my side to offer her guidance and feedback. I gained lots of insight into customization of units and ways to make your own modifications. I will share all of that with you. I will provide additional instructions and templates (not included in the original mixer booklets) that are required to make the modifications and achieve the designed effect.

We will focus each month on a mixer unit, similar to how I made mine, and build our way to a complete quilt. If you enjoy quilting your own quilts, you might also be interested in watching how I approach custom quilting the Aztec Garden Quilt on my YouTube channel.

WELCOME!

Queen Star Mixer & Razor Star

This will be our introduction to the Queen Star Mixer Introduction Booklet and how the components work together. We will also work on the Razor Star unit for a total of (8).

Moon Star

The Moon Star will be a prominent block for this quilt. Besides the center of the quilt, it also makes the surrounding flowers.

We will construct (24) Moon Star units total. That’s a lot. But you will love it!

Shimmering Star with modifications

We will learn how to modify the Shimmering Star unit to get the effect we want with the addition of a cardstock template.

We will construct (16) modified Shimmering Star units.

Background & Assembly

We will work on the Blank Background Queen units and discuss overall quilt assembly – including pressing and general considerations in piecing together the paper pieced units with traditional sewing and pressing techniques.

ON YOUR OWN -OR- SEW ALONG

Do it the way you want to do it!

I intended to make this a Block of the Month and sew along each month with everyone. Then I heard from so many who wanted to get the kit up front and work at their own pace. So I turned this into a kit with an optional livestream/video sew along.

What about the pattern as a stand-alone so you can use my own fabric?

Aztec Garden comes as a complete package (pattern and fabric, plus template) at its first release. However, the pattern and template will be made available around May 2023 for those who wish to use their own choices of fabric.

Video Tutorials

Livestream videos are scheduled on YouTube. Once the livestream has ended, the videos will remain on the Michael Quilts YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@michael.quilts