Classes At International Quilt Festival Houston

International Quilt Festival in Houston is back and I am thrilled to be able to teach classes this year.

Enrollment for all classes IS NOW OPEN and it helps to be prepared to get the classes you want.  Here are the classes I will be offering.

International Quilt Festival Houston
October 27-31, 2021

Seminole Banded Shopping Tote: October 27, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Supplies: 1/2 yard of bag fabric, 4 coordinating FQs, 3/4 yard lining fabric

Kit: Complete full color pattern, pre-class cutting guide, fusible fleece

       

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Seminole Sampler Mini Quilt: Thursday October 28, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Supplies:  Rotary Cutter, cutting mat, basic sewing supplies

Kit:  Complete full color pattern, all fabric needed to make 8 Seminole Bands

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SW Pottery Applique Wall Hanging:  Friday October 29, 8:00-11:00 am

Supplies: fabric and paper scissors, glue stick

Kit:  Complete pattern and fabric kit provided, including templates pre-printed on fusible web, applique pressing sheet, stabilizer, & bent nose tweezers

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Indian Blanket: Saturday, October 30, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm 

Supplies:  2 bright Jelly Rolls , 2 yards of black fabric, rotary cutter, cutting mat

Kit: Pattern and 60 degree Diamond Template, Seam Guide and Ruler Grips

Winding Ways Table Mat: Die-Cut Curves without Pins, Sunday, October 31, 8:30-11:30am

Supplies: Basic sewing supplies

Kit: Complete full color pattern and sewing guide, all fabric* for 4 blocks and border, pre-cut and ready to sew, seam guide

*four different fabric kits to choose from:  

Blue and white, Christmas, 30's reproductions, Batik Lights and Brights.

UFO Sewing day

What a fun day! Three of my quilt friends came over today to sew. We try to meet every month to work on UFO's, but we also love to visit and catch up, do some show and tell, and of course, EAT! I made a big chicken salad and the other girls brought melons and peach crisp. YUM

This is the project I worked on today. These fun panels are Christmas Flamingo’s. I am putting together a top as a show sample and today I was working on figuring out connectors between all the blocks. I framed them all with black and prints, then a second white frame. They are still on my quilt wall so I will try and finish this tomorrow. It is sort of a challenge since I am making it up as I go along! I’ll post a “finished” picture when I am done.

The other fun thing we did today was go to the Ottawa Piece Maker’s Quilt Show! (Ottawa, KS not Canada). I had 8 quilts in the show, but there were lots of gorgeous quilts there. Here are pictures of the quilts I had in the show.

“Monet Monet” A Bargello Quilt I made in a class with Tony Munoz	“Cats in Candy Land” The blocks are from Claire’s Cats
Color Wheel Quilt – I designed and made this quilt as a teaching tool for my color class	Flamingo Calendar Quilt from a wonderful fun swap
Halloween Bag O Blocks Quilt	In Da Go Sampler Swap Quilt
Vintage Moments Quilt done in 1930’s reproduction fabrics	Winding Ways Quilt made from a John Flynn precut kit.

What a great day. . .Good friends, good food, good fun, and a great quilt show. Ahhhhh, what more could a girl want?

Ok. . . .Tomorrow I will post the next block in the Midnight Posies BOM. There’s something to look forward to!

Working on Projects

I cleaned up my studio this weekend. . . at last. . . and finally had room to unpack several recent projects from classes and a quilt show. I wanted to finish up a few projects so I could start on another major project or two. I taught a class on making tote bags recently and finished my second class sample yesterday. It came out quite nicely, altho I used a fusible fleece for the inner lining that was a bit too stiff. Next time I will use something softer and easier to work with. I love making tote bags and have made quite a few, but admit I have given away most and only have pictures of a few. You can see pictures of some of my bags here.
Another project I am working on is this Winding Ways quilt, made from a John Flynn precut kit. I have made 2 of those now, and I just love the precision of the precut pieces. His system of marking the patches with small cuts to match centers makes stitching so easy and precise.
I am currently quilting it myself on my Bernina 153 in concentric circles and really like the look. I am struggling with how to quilt the plain borders, and have thought out any number of ideas. Any suggestions? The 6" turquoise border needs something interesting, but I am more of a piecer and designer, and am only learning to do my own machine quilting, especially on a quilt this size. So what projects have you been finishing up?