Lecture and Class Next Week

I'm looking forward to speaking at the Pieceable Quilters guild meeting and then teaching the Sunflower Garden class next week (October 18th and 19th).  Their guild is in Lynden, WA and it is going to  be lots of fun, but right now I need to finish sorting, packing and taking care of all the little details that need to be finished before I leave.

Lecture at QA tomorrow

You know how I told you I would be on Jury Duty this week, well it turns out that this court is very organized, and I don't have to return until Friday! On my way home, I was trying to decide what to do with Wednesday and Thursday, which were open, since I had thought I'd be sitting in court. Well, as we were eating our dinner (I hadn't even had time to check for phone messages yet), I got a call from a member of Quilter's Anonymous, here in WA, asking if I could give a lecture tomorrow morning as they had a last minute cancellation. Of course, I said yes, and am busy packing, since I need to be there early.

So... If you're a member or know someone who is, I'll have all but two of my book quilts with me, and quite a few others. (I would have all of them, but two are at a local quilt shop for a couple weeks, and they won't be open before I leave.) If you come, please stop by to say hi, and let me know you read my blog. Hope to see some of you there!

[Yes, blogger is still taking out the spaces between paragraphs! Why???]

Lecture tonight

Today is a busy day. Yesterday I picked up quilts from my local quilt shop (of course, I forgot one, and am hoping to have time to pick it up on my way out), and am busy sorting and packing quilts. I take a lot of quilts for trunk shows that are within driving distance. Some old, some new, and I do my best to have at least one sample for each of my patterns.

Here's the quilt that started my business, my first pattern!

Rubber Stamped Quilt Tops

I thought I should post a few of these quilts-to-be while they are in progress:

I happen to like some of the rubber stamped fabrics just the way they were, so decided that they would be given simple frames. They were fused to another hand-dyed fabric from my stash (and now I'm finding that I really need more greens and darks, and hoping to have time for fabric dyeing soon).

The quilt above is from a previous post, with another stamp added. Once these simple quilts are quilted, they will be trimmed to size, edges finished, and embellishments (if any) added.

When I was looking around the studio, I came across this early piece of soy silk paper. It was one of my early attempts, and was not hung up to dry. The result was the back having a slightly tacky, and definitely paint feeling back, which decided to crumple and stick to itself. I thought it was just the thing to put between my stamped heart and the yellow background. When I quilt and embellish this one, I plan to use golden beads or threads to help the stamped design play better with the brighter background.

These two pieces had been stamped on the same piece of fabric, but I didn't like the arrangement. Once they were separated, and the excess fabric torn away, I liked the simple, somehow comforting way it looks (quite a difference from the bold heart design).

For some reason, I just had to use that piece of Angelina Fiber in this piece. I really liked it --- until I had it all fused and stepped back. I still love everything other than the way that Angelina Fiber is jumping out, and will have to find a way to remedy the situation (unfortunately, it is all fused in place, and the border of the bird is a piece of hand made soy silk paper, so it may be really dificult to remove - maybe I'll need to experiment with those alcohol inks I have, or something else - at least I have some extra Angelina to experiment on).

Some of these were basted last night, so off to get some quilting done......

Carving and Stamping

The past few days have seen a lot of stamp carving and fabric printing! Thursday, I will be speaking at Block Party Quilters Club in Samammish, WA, and I'm doing all I can to prepare. It will be my first Power Point presentation, so I'm a bit nervous, but trying to busy myself by making new samples. The lecture title is Embellishing and Special Touches, but they have asked me to focus on my fusion quilts and rubber stamping, so those will be covered in depth, with stepped out pictures, and lots of explanation. Of course, at the end, eveyrone will be able to ask questions too.