Constantine Quilts, longarm quilting,patterns, books, quilting, rulers

Agery RSD 1028, Kadina, SA,5555, Australia sales@constantinequilts.com Ph/Fax: 61 8 88256214

Welcome !

Constantine Quilts is a home based business that was established in 1996 to cater to quilters of all ages and experiences. I initially commenced teaching at home on our farm in the beautiful area of the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. This was to encourage young mums to learn this wonderful craft. Here in my area it is not easy to attend classes with the cost of childcare or babysitters, so mum's were welcome to bring their preschoolers with them whilst they sew & learn.

From this I have developed my own patterns and started stocking notions and books. Most of these patterns have now been published in the Australian National Quilting magazines, Canadian & French publications and by That Patchwork Place in the USA as well. I continue to design a new project every couple of months for these magazines.

The addition in Dec 2000 to the business, was a longarm quilting machine. I am now able to help you finish all those gorgeous quilts you have in your cupboard!! Check the machine quilting page for more details. Send me an email to discuss my schedule!

To assist with the machine quilting business I have developed a variety of No-Frills™ templates/rulers for use with commercial quilting machines. These templates are "No-Frills" 1/4" thick clear acrylic with no lines etched on them, packaging or instructions. However a number of tips, suggestions for use and some instructions are included on this website for users. The prices reflect the 'no frills' nature of these gadgets!!

After teaching longarm machine quilting in the USA in April 2005, I fell in love with the A1-Elite Longarm quilting machine and now own one of these and am able to offer these to Australian customers as another choice in finding the 'right' quilting machine to suit the individual!

New items are are being added all the time to the website. To find out the latest additions visit my What's New page.

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Finally my first book to assist you step-by-step in creating your own original swag designs!!

Tempting Templates! Swags by Tracey Browning

Inspiration abounds to get you started in using your templates to their fullest potential. Join me in expanding your mind, your originality and your repertoire of design options in your quilting endeavours!!

Includes general template use instructions, marking templates, instructions to fit any size border, how to stitch continuously, creating corners, the opposite sides, problem solver suggestions, alternative corners,8" swag template design options, 5" swag template design options, overlapping designs, sashing how to & design and the confidence to jump right in !!!

Price: $25.00

Check out our other business venture!!!!!

For our International customers they are now available from Quilt Press in the USA

Quizzles - Both successful businesswomen in our own right, sisters Tracey Browning of Constantine Quilts and Helen Stubbings of Hugs ‘n Kisses have joined forces to take your quilting and the world of quilt patterns into the next phase of the craft as we know it. With many years experience writing patchwork, quilting, embroidery, stitchery, red work and doll patterns for individual sale and as commissions for major international magazines we come with all the desired qualifications to bring you a quality, professional, sometimes challenging but always enjoyable product to enthuse, entice and satisfy your creative urges and skills. Our aim is to empower you with the confidence to use your own talents, skills and tastes to create your masterpieces with as much help as you need from your computer, your local quilt shop, your peers, friends and us.

Quizzles

Quizzles™ are quilt patterns on CDRom. Each Quizzle has full instructions for three different quilts. The quilts are all based on the same block used in different settings, sizes and layouts. By viewing your quizzle on your computer you can see full colour pictures, photographs and diagrams all the way through the programme, (not just a colour picture on the cover of a black and white pattern). You can choose to read and stitch from your computer, print out in full colour or print in black and white any or all parts of the instructions.

Quizzles™ have a unique interactive feature allowing you to customize your own version of our quilts. Use a colour palette to choose your preferred colour scheme and colour style. You have a choice of clear colours, country colours, pretties, brights and muted colours. Have a play and come up with as many versions as you like. If you need some assistance visit the gallery to see some of our other variations which may get you inspired. Once you have chosen your colours for a particular quilt and saved them, all the instructions, diagrams and requirements will reflect the changes. Print out your new requirements page to take shopping, then begin your quilt. Return to our original version anytime or make further changes as many times as you like. It couldn’t be easier to create your own unique masterpiece.

As an added bonus we have included a quilt crossword puzzle to do in your ‘spare time’. A sample of the puzzle is on the puzzle page.

For some fun, games & giveaways you can also visit & join our Quizzle community over at our Daily Quizzler Blog!

All prices are in Australian dollars & are subject to change without notice.

GST of 10% is included in the above prices for all orders from Australian residents. Overseas orders will have this tax deducted from the total price when completing the shopping cart.

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