It’s time to get back in the saddle of blogging. Believe it or not, I’ve actually missed spending time at the keyboard. Part of my absence was due to the final push to get everything ready for the kick-off of Great Escape Quilt Camp. But the other issue came from the failing (failed) graphics card in my laptop. With only so many hours in a day, and each day’s list being longer than 24 hours worth of work, prioritization had to take place. I’m happy to say that I’m back up and running on a different machine and these fingers are flying along with more stories to tell and beautiful quilts to share.
Even during the past 4-week push of readying the house, I still held classes and met with customers for their long arm work. I bet you’d like to see some of the snap-shots taken to share here on my blog.
Shall we begin?
Remember when I showed how to smooth the seam of a fleece backing? Well, now that this beauty has been received, I can show you the top. The fleece was the backing for this t-shirt quilt for my parents. It’s now living in Florida with them, and all these t-shirts were acquired during their years as full-time RV’ers. Lots of fun memories for them saved into a useful and cuddle-worthy quilt.Just a close up of a shirt block and some quilting. Turtles and Florida, along with wolves and Alaska seem to be among the favorites!Another Mission UFO day here. Valarie working on her Rocky Mountain Bear Paw, and Jean working on her Prairie Star, both are Judy Niemeyer patterns.Here’s Cindy working on the borders of her Hanging Gardens.And the Hanging Garden, hanging sideways to make it easier to reach the remaining sides while on the design wall.Vicki has just put her project on the design wall, Rainbow of Jewels–Mirage Quilt, by Laurie Shifrin. It’s a real eye catcher!And last but not least, here is my work station. I’m using up a stash of strips and turning them into area rugs for the bedrooms. A long process (hahaha, pardon the pun), but it is so nice to have some scrappy rugs that can take a lot of wear.
I think that sums up the rest of the story for the quilt related events happening to date. I’m really looking forward to sharing more and more of the exciting work being done by my students.
Stay tuned! Beautiful things are about to show up!! Until next time, may your bobbin never be empty
