Erin Underwood Quilts

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.

Kim has taken several classes with me and is truly a talent to behold. She has done some wonderful Thread Play ala Libby Lehman on the Tessellating Trees Table Topper. Click on the picture to get a closer look. You will definitely be impressed!

And her colors on the Diamond Star are beautiful! The border is not on the quilt yet but I’ve seen it and can guarantee it’ll be a beauty when its finished. Thank you, Kim, for sharing your work with us!

This class was held at Seminole Sampler this past Saturday – 7 hardworking students who caught on pretty quickly to the technique of using freezer paper as your foundation. It makes it a whole lot easier in the end when you don’t have to rip out all that paper.

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