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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Yesterday's Project

Hello Everyone,

In the spirit of getting my quilts quilted, I loaded another on to my long arm yesterday. This time is was my Which Way Is North? quilt. You can find the pattern here.

If you remember this quilt was put together as part of an online bee, the Two's Company Bee.

Anyway, I am finally getting around to quilting this top and I love it. Very scrappy geese. Many different fabrics were contributed to make this quilt outstanding. My thanks to all who were part of making this quilt.

Close up of the quilting. I used a King Tut thread for the quilting. I am quilting a leaf edge to edge design.

The backing is a Kaffe Fassett fabric, as well as many of the geese, and perfect for this quilt.

Another close up showing some of the great fabrics that were used for the geese.

The quilt is now quilted and I did cut our the binding and the sleeve!! Yay! I am usually not that quick, but am truly happy with my progress.

Oh wait, did I say binding.... ooooo that is 2 quilts to bind in 2 days! Better get going!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway going on here.

Until Next Time...

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Almost There...

Hello Everyone,

I have made a commitment to myself to get all my Judy Niemeyer paper pieced projects quilted in the new year. But to do that, it means I need to peel all the paper off the backs of the tops. Well, of course I don't have to if I would like a really noisy quilt.

I prefer a quiet quilt so I have been spending my evenings with my purple thang peeling papers in front of some of my favorite TV shows.

A little more to go on my Which Way is North? quilt. (Find the pattern here) Stay tuned, this may be one of the first ones to get quilted.

Do you think I can make my goal in the New Year?

What are you working on this week?

Until Next Time...

Thursday, November 15, 2012

New Workshops Added

Hello Everyone,

If you were following my quilting retreat posts then you may have already seen the quilts that I am about to show. But these quilts are special, because they are now part of my teaching portfolio!!

First up...

Stepping Stones. This pattern is a Judy Niemeyer paper pieced pattern where you use 2.5 inch strips of your own or pre-cut jelly rolls. I used a combo... I used 2 of Kaffe Fassett 2.5 inch Design Rolls and then chose some of his Aboriginal Dots and his Spots from the yardage in the shop. The black sashing was an Artisan Batik that I chose from the shop as well.

This pattern is a great beginner pattern for paper piecing.

All of these were combined to created this gorgeous, stained glass look. You can find all the fabrics here and here. The pattern can be found here.

Next up...

Cactus Flower Table Runner. This quilt really only took me about a day and a little to cut and create. It was quick and easy with a terrific result. I used all batiks and specifically kitted this color-way and it is available in the shop here and the stand alone pattern here.

If you want to learn curved piecing and making New York Beauties, this is a great one to start with as it is a smaller project.

Next up...

Which Way is North? This is also a Judy Niemeyer paper pieced pattern. This one began as part of the Two's Company Bee. I sent out to each of my bee members 4 foundation units and the background Kaffe Aboriginal Dot. They just had to add their own red to the units. You can see many of them in the photo. I had to make many more for the border and the interior. I used mainly Kaffe Fassett fabrics and Australian Aboriginals.

The fabrics and the pattern can be found here, here, and here.

And I have a bit of an announcement...

I am on the faculty of the New England Quilt Festival (formerly known as MQX, Machine Quilter's Exposition East)!!

I will be teaching two Paper Piecing classes and also giving a lecture. If you are going to attend and would like to take a class with me, registration opens on December 3. Just click here to see who else is on the faculty!

Also, you can click here to see the other workshops that I offer and here to see my schedule (see if I am in your area). If you would like me to come to your guild or shop, drop me a line, I would love to come!!

Until Next Time...