This new old house of ours is a little stuffy and my quilts tend to smell like it. I probably smell like it too… I’ve got a class to teach tomorrow so I thought I’d hang some quilts I was taking as samples out to freshen up – hope they smell fresh and clean tomorrow!!! If it works, maybe I’ll try it on me!
Took George Siciliano’s how-to class for miniature quilts. His work is fantastic. I don’t think its going to be for me.
Half-way through the binding on this one – just didn’t want you to think I wasn’t keeping on keeping on.
And in plenty of time for Christmas! The Wreath blocks were part of an exchange – lots and lots of little pieces!
Have less than one side of a big quilt to go – should finish that this afternoon – then on to another one…
Just finished binding on a couple of class samples – still have lots more quilts waiting for binding. I can’t seem to keep up! I may have to just sit and bind for days on end – hope the TV and movie schedules will be entertaining enough to keep me on task! Binding is my least favorite thing about quilting – to sit and do it all day today will be especially difficult since I came up with all sort of new quilts in my head this morning while trekking around the neighborhood AND I’ve got a free software demo waiting on my computer for me to play with – gonna finally get some of my original long-arm patterns drafted and sell-able after I master this program. Not enough time in the day – or week – or month!
Yet another Tessellating Tree – (got another waiting on binding too!)
My fourth Machine Quilting 101 sampler – its a popular class! This one is heading back to Seminole Sampler tomorrow.
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Here’s a very creative and free tutorial on how to create those cool clothesline bowls and baskets! Love the hand-dyed rope too! Saves a lot of time not having to wrap the clothesline with fabric first! Check it out!
Great class – Everyone had a Janome!!! I’ve never seen anything like it – must be Janome-land over in Dover! This group of gals were quick studies and moved along at a good pace. I especially love the ingenuity of one of the ladies! Her seat was too low – as it always is when we trek out to a class – so she found a bag of fabric scraps to sit on. Every time she sat down, it made quite an interesting noise but it worked! I highly recommend keeping a pillow in your car for just such situations – or a bag of scrap fabric, if you are so inclined…
I have been looking all over for this quilt – I use it as a sample in my machine applique class – Its a Zebra Pattern by Debra Gabel and her technique is a bit different than the standard machine applique process. Any way, I finally found it! It was lurking between some folded quilts – being so small and only one layer, it kept getting passed by. I am very happy to have found it. I was afraid I had given it away as a gift and couldn’t remember the actual event – Needless to say, I am grateful that I’m not that generous.
