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