I just published my newsletter…well, Steph actually published it…on Thursday. I’m excited about my new classes. You can see them by clicking on my class schedule at the top of this page. Come join me and make something fun!
This rainbow bargello is so pretty and so not complicated! Village Fabric Shop has the jellyrolls now.
I borrowed this tree skirt from my children. It’s hand appliqued and hand quilted and easily finished before Christmas! The shop has the patterns.
My cross stitch family class produces this. I made one for Amy because everybody in my family is really tall. 🙂
And then there’s this! I finished my La Pass (this shows the bottom edge) and we are having an Open House next Saturday, August 12 at 9:00 at Village Fabric Shop. Come join us and see what that’s all about!
Again, just click on my class schedule to see what’s waiting for you!
So here they all are. Steph, Carrie, Fowler, Mindy, Jennifer and Laura. Kinda pretty there isn’t it?
Jennifer, our host, decided to do a little free motion quilting.
She ended up with this beautiful table runner.
Mindy was working on her “critters” block of the month.
Here’s Laura’s block of the month.
Fowler made some more log cabin blocks.
Pink background. 🙂
Steph decided to finish up her machine quilting on this beauty.
And Carrie? It’s a surprise for a sweet little boy. I’ll post pictures later. I’ll post this beautiful clamshell instead. It belongs to her.
I explained the rules of retreat. Basically you need good snacks…
and a great group of women. A year ago, they did not know each other.
Now they will be participating in a round robin. HAHAHA They have swapped their center blocks and they will pass later this month during their Open Sew. So much fun to watch them want to do their best!
Here’s the “c” block. The author says “the door handle’s position is the only indication of which direction the car is facing.” Such great drawings!
“Energy” is the block I teach in class. One of my favorites.
“Z” shows what a one-thread bee wing vein looks like. So sweet. This quilt is full of wonderful little colonial knots. Martha at 
“Volcano” is another one of my favorites. So simple and so perfect. One strand works the cloud. 🙂
The octopus makes me smile.
And who wouldn’t love a baseball block?
When I sent my finished top to 
When Gina brought it to me, it looked like THIS.
Custom quilted. Look at the sashing.
Crazy good. Thanks Gina!
This one belongs to Anne-Marie. Her 4-patch fabrics were a great pick.
Love it! She was in the shop just yesterday to pick her binding.
Amelia made this quilt for her grandchild. She’s getting ready to machine quilt it herself. It’s a happy quilt!
This Tula fabulousness belongs to Christi. 
The back of Christi’s quilt. 
Steph’s beginner quilt. Don’t you love the set?? She and Anne-Marie (first picture) are besties and we had a great time in class!
The pieced back. Love it! Gina Allen quilted this for her.
This beauty belongs to Linda. It’s a grandson quilt and I know he will love it!
Linda sent me these pictures after I posted this page. Here’s her grandson enjoying his new quilt!
Front!
Pieced back! Fabulous!
Here’s Jean’s beginner quilt. She used only eight fabrics. She has it basted and she’s planning on hand quilting it. Great looking!
Didn’t like all that dark so I removed those blocks…
and ended up with this. I used a nice collection of shot cottons and of course I had some Amy Butler fabrics that worked very nicely with them.
I arranged them sort of like I wanted them and then I started to sew.
I ended up with this.
I bought a beautiful piece of voile for the backing and a spool of Sulky 12 wt. variegated thread because I decided to hand quilt it.
I love deadlines. I decided this project would keep me sane while I watched the NCAA basketball games. We get a little crazy at our house with the tournament, brackets, etc. My goal was to have it finished by the championship game on April 3. That gave me about six weeks. 
I echo quilted it. I quilted around each block until the quilting ran into the next block and then filled in the “holes.” That’s about a 3/8″ gap between the lines…more than 1/4″ but not quite a 1/2.” No need to mark. Just eyeball it.
It got to travel too! It went to Florida for a baseball spring training trip and here’s a picture of it at Lake Norman…right before the Final Four games started.
Big stitch hand quilting does take time. I think I had about 35 hours in this one. It’s SO WORTH IT though. It’s hanging at Village Fabric Shop. Just give it a squeeze the next time you are there…so very soft.
Machine appliqued…
And finally, here’s a great example of what we go through. These pictures belong to Peggy.
That’s pretty wonderful but what if I do this??
Or maybe this??
Or this combination? I can see all of you nodding “oh yeah, I’ve done that…”
Finally, I think this will work! Thanks for sharing your WIP pictures Peggy!
Amy Butler fabric
#1??
#2??
Sue’s beautiful first rosette. The stripes in the second round…
#1?
#2
#1 this time. Chris used a black for her second round. Perfect frame.
Here’s a progress picture of mine.
Fowler’s… so pretty. Fowler is going to use this as the center of a round robin quilt. She said she learned the technique and she’s going to move on! Love the idea Fowler!
MC. #1?
#2. See how much fun this is?? You can’t even get past the center of the first rosette without pondering.
Peggy’s. Oh my.
Second round. Perfect.
One of my last rosettes.
I went with #2 and colored the outside edge with a pigma pen. 🙂
Auditioning.
There it is.
On the design wall.
Filling in the blanks.
Kelly’s beautiful Serendipity Sampler blocks. #1
#2. Look at the bird’s nest.
#3 Just finished. Beautiful batiks on a beautiful background.
Here are her four blocks. All batiks. Beautiful!
Remember those “oak leaves” in Serendipity? Well, Kelly actually MADE them. 
Beautiful work.
Her husband made a “lazy Susan” pressboard. How cool is this? It rotates as needed so pieces are so easy to prep! I want one!
Here are Jane’s blocks. She’s working from a Tula collection. 
The brooms.
The first block. Beautiful control!
All four blocks. She’s thinking about her layout. #1
I trimmed her bird block for her. There’s a new tutorial on how to trim applique blocks under my tutorials tab if you want to check.
And then there’s this one. Sue’s absolutely fabulous finished quilt. Gina Boone quilted this for her. I saw it last week at Village Fabric Shop. Sue was choosing her binding. It is glorious.
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