So much beautiful work...

I'm just amazed (I don't know why) at the creativity of my small Tuesday group of women. There are only seven of us and yet the work that comes out of the group is astounding. Truly. I know I've said it before, but I'm saying it again, "I'm so blessed and grateful to be a part of it."

Here's what was going on this week...

Pat A was working on a Scrappy Many Trips Around the World and look at that color!! This is totally out of character for Pat, but it's a gift and she's been having fun making it. I love it and can't wait to see it all together.

Karen was working on another embroidery panel quilt. She is so fast and does such exquisite work. This photo really does not do it justice. This panel is on my "to do" list.

Katie got her baby quilt back from the quilter and shared it with us. Isn't it adorable and so colorful. Such cute fabric!

here's the back...

Pat P is almost to the point in her Modern Wedge quilt where she can sew her blocks together. Yeah Pat!

And lastly, I wanted to show your our little mascot in our Thursday quilting group. His name is Teddy and he is the best behaved little pooch. He's so cute. He sits directly across the table from me and he occasionally turned in my direction to see what was going on. It's kinda funny.

Take care,

Look!

We've been very productive at our Tuesday meetings and I haven't talked about our group for awhile. I think I've mentioned before how diversified we are. We have modern, traditional, quirky, arty, experimental and fun all in the same little group. I never know what to expect from these ladies, but it's always exciting and inspirational.

Here's a peek at what was happening week before last. Remember, we meet in a garage so last week when it was pouring down rain, we decided not to attempt carrying all of our gear up the driveway and into the garage. Wise choice in the end!

Pat made wedges and since then has made even more. I think she told me on Thursday that she needed 15 more! It's going to be a gorgeous quilt.

Karen does the most beautiful embroidery and these owls prove it! She's got all the blocks completed and now she's piecing the rest of the quilt. She's using black, yellow, and white if I remember correctly. It's going to be really stunning!

Katie has the most incredible stash/collection of neutral fabrics. I've never seen some of the beautiful taupe fabrics she's got and I would love to steal some of them from her! :) She was finishing up the binding on this quilt and truly, this photo does not do it justice.

 

Stacey was just getting ready to start making this collection of "softies." She's the only one in our group who does this kind of work so it's always fun to watch her little figures come to life.

 

Pat A was working on Christmas gifts so I didn't want this photo to reveal too much about her project. Suffice it to say that her gifts will be works of art and the word "perfection" will definitely apply.

Jane was also working on a Christmas gift and when I saw her on Thursday she had added four or five more borders to this. It's a raw-edge woven center with borders being added to get it to the size she's wanting/needing. I wish you could see it in person as it's truly lovely. Made with batiks, the colors are stunning.

I worked on making some more zipper pouches for the shop. I've got five or six I think and will aim for tomorrow for photographing them and getting them listed. Today I finished up some small Christmas gifts that I decided to make yesterday morning. I thought it would take me longer to make them, so it was a pleasant surprise when I finished up about 3:30pm today. Once they've been gifted I'll share them here on the blog.

Hope you're all enjoying this wonderful -busy- holiday month!

Take care,

More... :))

Both my friend Pat and I cannot stop making these blocks. I tell you that it's addicting and I'm not kidding. We've even converted a couple of traditional quilters in our group into thinking about making some of these using wilder and crazier fabrics than they ever do.

At the end of the day and at Jane's prompt, we pinned our completed blocks to the wall to get an idea of just what we had accomplished. Pat really got a lot done on Thursday during class... she just kept making one gorgeous block after another. She's going to put them together in the square format and she's keeping to a pretty strict colorway. I love, love, love them.

Especially this one...

Aren't her fabric choices wonderful???

After taking another look at all of mine on the wall, I think I'm going to rethink how I was going to put them together. I went crazy with fabric choices and colors and didn't stick to any kind of theme. It's fun because now it's another challenge. I just need to step away for a bit to think.

That Modern Wedge class is one that keeps on giving!

Hope you're all enjoying your weekend. I'm doing chores and believe it or not, I' enjoying it immensely.

Take care,

They are addicting...

Once I got started in our workshop on Saturday, I found I couldn't stop. It is addicting to play with fabric combinations and it's an easy block, both to cut and to sew.

These were done yesterday at Jane's house. I already had them cut so it was easy to get them all sewn as we sat and visited. They are sewn into halves (and pinned on the design board to see what the whole circle would look like) since I'm still deciding how I'm going to put them together.

Pat ended up bringing more fabric combinations and got quite a few cut and ready to sew. I'm hoping she'll work on them tomorrow at quilting group so I can see them come to life!

Take care,