Lots of eye candy at this meeting at The Little General.  We focused on quilts made from the Hexnmore ruler from Jaybird Quilts.  It’s such a great ruler with so many possibilities!

I apologize if your quilt isn’t pictured.  I need to pay more attention to the camera instead of the quilts!!

Sue’s Snack Time from Jaybird Quilts.

Tanna’s original design equilateral triangles.  She used the Hexnmore ruler to cut her triangles.

My equilateral pyramid from Modern Baby Quilts.  Gina Allen quilted it for me.

Gina’s floating hexies.  Check out her custom quilting.

Sue’s Candy Dish pillow top

Sue’s Rock Candy table topper.  “Navy is the new black.”

Carole’s ribbon quilt from Grey Abbey.  So pretty!

Joyce’s octagon quilt using Grey Abbey fat quarters.

Beverly’s block of the month custom quilted by Gina Allen.

Gina’s feathers using AMH’s Pretty Potent.  It’s pretty and it’s potent!

Paula’s original design flying geese.  PERFECT sashing/border fabric.

The beginnings of Jennifer’s Gypsy Wife…I’m jealous!

Cheryl’s Climbing Vine….and yes, I did teach her how to applique.  🙂

Contact The Little General if you are interested in joining Fat Stacks.  Gina is taking sign-ups now for the next quarter.  Fat Stacks parTAY on June 14 at 9:00…

Forsyth Piecers and Quilters held their quilt show last weekend in Winston-Salem.  Here are a few of my favorites.  This fabulous log cabin belongs to Tomoe.  She used a soft pink for each of her chimneys.

Bonnie Dills’ “Shirtales” won one of the Judge’s Choice ribbons.   It’s a great quilt!

Joyce Matlock’s Imari Plate won a ribbon.  Yay!  Check out Gina Allen’s quilting.

Martha Claire’s Imari Plate won the Best Piecing ribbon.  Well deserved!

Joyce’s SECOND Imari Plate…she had leftovers from our class 🙂  So pretty!! Carrie Pippins won Best Hand Applique for this beauty.  Laura Davies did the long arm quilting for her.

Here’s Jane Houser’s Blueberry Skies ribbon winner.  Terri LaRue and I designed this quilt a LONG time ago.  Jane’s work is exceptional.

Here’s Jane’s Cotton Boll.  Theresa DeWalt quilted this one for her.  Glorious!!

So much work goes into a quilt show and this one was extremely well done.  Congrats to Forsyth Piecers and Quilters!

I published before I was finished.  You could probably tell.  HAHA  Thank you for your patience.  This is the second half of Fat Stacks, held today at The Little General.  We had a grand time!

Kay’s quilt for her grandson.  He loves UNC and Appalachian.

Ginny’s Senior Services quilt.

Ginny’s Patio Quilt from Happy Zombie

It’s not a quilt but it’s wonderful!  Cheryl’s daughter’s First Holy Communion Dress.  She took a class from Cathy Zakula at The Little General.

Jennifer’s Fishy Quilt from Modern Baby Quilts.  She quilted it on her domestic.  LOVE the orange binding!

Jennifer’s next Modern Baby Quilt.

Joan’s Simple Gifts from Modern Quilt Studio.

Another Simple Gifts.  She is making them for Senior Services.  Thanks Joan!

These aren’t quilts either but they are beautiful.  A gift from Esther to Tillie.

My “Hook” quilt from Schnibbles.

It was a great Fat Stacks Day!  Sorry I split the post in half.  If you have questions about any of these beautiful quilts, just let me know.  Thanks for reading!

Paula’s Lemonade Lollipop from Sweet Jane’s

Paula’s hexies.  She took a class from Lee Monroe and used an Accuquilt to cut the pieces.Debbie’s Night Sky.  “Navy is the new black.”  🙂Linda’s Contra quilt from “25 Ways to Sew JellyRolls”Sue’s original design foundation pieced quilt for Senior Services.  (more about that later)Gina’s Daybreak Quilt.  Better pics on her blog 🙂  ginabeanquilts.com

I’m  going to teach “Serendipity Sampler” as a 6-month block of the month class at The Little General beginning in June. It’s a great beginner applique project; let me know if you are interested in more info.  This beauty belongs to Sue Lauer and Gina Allen quilted it for her.  Come create yours with me!

I had a log cabin class at Knit One Smock Too a couple of weeks ago.  It was pretty amazing.  I’m ready to make another one!

Sheila’s design.  See how she added the logs?  LOVE the center.

Linda used two fabrics for this baby quilt and it’s a great look!

This is Sandra’s version.  The green background is corduroy.  I know it was challenging to sew but I love how the nap looks when it is turned in the blocks.

Finally, we worked with Cathy’s blocks.  She wasn’t sure about how she wanted to set them so we played with them.  She THINKS she is going to use the last set; we’ll see at our next class!

These pictures are just some of the beautiful quilts from yesterday’s show and tell at The Little General.  I apologize for the editing, etc.  I’m still learning how to do all this; I will get better 🙂  Enjoy and if you have any questions just let me know.Debbie’s “Urban Trends” from “Quilt Trends” winter issue.  She used Amy Butler’s Hapi.  “Navy is the new black.”

Debbie’s “Painted Windows.”  She used Sweet as Honey.  Gina Allen custom quilted it for her.

Gina F’s “Painted Windows” from the Meadow collection.  (Thanks to Carole for being my holder.)

Sue’s “Shuriken” from 25 Ways to Sew Jelly Rolls.  She used “leftovers” from previous collections.

Sue’s “Rebel Flock” from EschHouse Quilts.  She used Hapi and a collection of low volumes.  I love this…

Bev’s 2Hip 2B Square from Karen Gray Designs.  Lots of Joel Dewberry.  Thanks for taking my pictures Bev!

Tanna’s original design table runner using Essex Flax and Sweet as Honey.  It’s ready to be quilted…by her!

Joan’s “Flowering Vine” from Denyse Schmidt.  She’s hand quilting it.

Kaye’s “Jared Takes a Wife” block from Bonnie Hunter’s Quiltville.com patterns.  Mixing some Joel with some Anna Maria Horner.

kb’s “Floating Pyramid” from Modern Baby.  Meadow in the middle; low volumes came from previous collections.

kb’s “Twirling Windmill” from 25 Ways to Sew Jelly Rolls.  Drift collection.

Kaye’s Metro Rings.  Love the bubble panto by Gina Allen.

kb’s Double Dresden from HappyQuiltingMelissa’s blog.  Sweet as Honey collection.

I have been teaching hand quilting this week.   Joyce wanted to learn because her husband bought her an actual frame!  That’s a first for me.  Look how great those last few stitches look; she’s a natural…and a leftie.  Very fun!

Rhey wanted to learn big stitch.  Here are her first rows.  I knew she was a ringer and sure enough, she pulled this out of her bag…

I found a #12 John James quilting needle and she tried out those big stitch tips.  Traditional hand quilting and big stitch use the same rocking motion technique; we just switched up the thread and needle.  Again, success!  Nice pieced points too.  🙂

My Hooterville top is finished!   The pattern is from Wendy Williams’ new book, Wild Blooms and Colorful Creatures.   It’s a great book, full of wonderful projects.  She lives and works in Australia and I’m liking just about everything the Australians are doing these days!  Karen Poetzinger dyed the wools for me and I’m going to teach it as a wool applique class at Knit One Smock Too beginning in April.  Hoping to hand quilt it this summer…