Monday, April 9, 2012

Design Wall Monday April 9, 2012

Sunday, my day off,  I spent a good bit of time figuring out what classes I want to teach this summer at Patches & Stitches, my local quilt shop.  This showed me how far behind I am with the quilting things I thought I would get done.  Like this Hexagon very small quilt: 

It is still a work in progress but I hope this photo will show the idea to potential students. 

And there's this Big Stitch Utility quilting sample:

It's from the great book, Utility Quilting by Carolyn Forster, published by Landauer Press.  The whole quilt is one big courthouse step block:
Samples that are done make the best class advertising but it's tax season and I'm running as fast as I can.  I did select this one for a class since it IS done:

The last time I taught this, from the book Colorsplash by Piecemakers, several people wanted kits so theirs could look as much like this as possible.  As this is now about 5 years old, we'll need to pick different fabrics.  Remember to buy what you love when you see it, because when it's gone, it's gone...

There are 9 days left until the end of tax season and then I'm free--to catch up on all these projects, get up-to-date on the Just Takes 2 red/white blocks, make my Challenge entry for Judy Murrah's Challenge , due May 1, get the back made for the Wedding Peacock quilt so I can get it to my quilter, and probably a bunch of other things too.

Be sure to check out Judy's Patchwork Times to see what others have been doing.
Let's quilt!

Barbara

10 comments:

  1. Wow -- a lot to choose from! I love your piece from Colorsplash -- very pretty!! Here's to the end of tax season!! :)

    Barbara, have you considered taking off the word verification on your blog comments?

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    1. thanks, Denise--done! I hate those verification boxes so mine is now gone--I hope! After tax season I'll have time to really get into this blog thing.

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  2. I am going to hve to find that Utility Quilting book. I love what you have done with everyting.
    glen

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    1. It really is a terrific book--there are several excellent pages of instruction on bindings--something everyone seems to need help with. I got my copy from Amazon.com

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  3. The Colorsplash quilt is wonderful. I can understand why students want to make one like it.

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  4. That Colorsplash quilt is beautiful, I can see why people want to make one exactly like it!

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  5. Lovely projects. Love the Colorsplash quilt.

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  6. Love the Colorsplash - I can see why students would want to make one exactly like this one. And you are so right about buying fabric when you see it. I never regret the fabrics I bought its the one's that got away that haunt me - LOL!

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  7. just love the soft colors of the hexagons is it all hand pieced?
    Ann

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    1. Yes, Ann, completely hand pieced. It's a challenge to get those tiny green diamonds exactly right.

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