More Quilt Show Pictures

Monument Quilter 2011

Made by Dee Hoaglund
Quilted by Laurie Gerse

Bookshelf
Made and quilted by Lysa Erkenbrack

String of Pearls
Made by Gabi Mear
Quilted by Sharon Olander

Starlight Posies
Made by Jo Cornforth and quilted by Laurie Gerse

Isleta
Made and quilted by Pat Severs

Sunset Slope Quilt Show

There was a quilt show in town last weekend!  It was put on by the Sunset Slope Quilt Guild and they did a marvelous job!

I'll share a few pictures :)

If you ever wondered what happens if you touch the quilts at a quilt show, well wonder no more!
This quilt "Sunbonnet Sue Chain Gang" was made and quilted by Sue Lund.

The Arrangement made and quilted by Jackie Aguilar

The embellishments on this quilt are spectacular.  I've included some close-up photos.

AMAZING!!

Double Nine Patch
made by Gladys Olson and hand quilted by Gladys and the Thursday Quilters.

Mission Churches of New Mexico
made Joyce Hucko and quilted by Marilyn Jones

Here Comes the Sun
Made by Dee Hoaglund
Quilted by Laurie Gerse

Stitched Together

Sharon gave me this magnetic pin holder that says, "I Am Entirely Made of Flaws, Stitched Together With Good Intentions."
I love it!




Yesterday I got the bottom Dear Jane border sewn together and both the top and the bottom borders sewn on!

And Miss Cutie Pie turned 5 months old too :)  It must be time to go see her again!!

Let Your Quilt Do the Talking

We learned a lot of great tips and tricks in Sharon's lecture and in her class.  She likes to put words on her quilts and she explained her technique.  I've seen many of her quilts before and I always thought the words were reverse appliquéd, like the technique I learned from Dierdre McElroy called Channel Appliqué. But Sharon's technique involves Micron Pigma Pens! She explained her process and it sounds so simple I'm going to have to try it!

 We also got a bonus in class as she explained her processes for Piped Binding in a faced quilt, Piping in regular and biased binding, Tubing in a Faced Binding, Two- toned Prairie Points with a Faced Binding.

Ah!  I learned so much!  Now I just need to practice, practice, practice :)

Pieced Backs

In class yesterday, Sharon talked about pieced backs.  She pieces almost all of her quilt backs in order to use up scraps of fabric from the top and not let any go to waste.  Rather than just piecing squares together she has developed this "zipper technique" which makes the pieces flow together better and gives the backs more interest.  She pieces together two inch by four inch strips of each of the colors of fabrics she's joining so when you sew them together it looks kind of like the fabrics are "zippered" together.  I really like this idea and plan to try it!  Another great tip learned in a great class.


Left is the top of the quilt - Below is her planned pieced back using fabrics from the top.

She also pieces strips such as the one on the left, to use up scraps of fabric and to add interest to the quilt back. Pieced backs will work well if you are machine quilting, but the hand quilters in the class warned that they would make for difficult hand quilting.

Soon you will be seeing a pieced back from me - but not on my Dear Jane quilt :)



I went to the quilt show today at Lincoln Park Barn!  Very nice!  Pictures forthcoming :)

Sharon Wright

I mentioned that last Fall I took a couple of classes from Sharon Wright at Utah Quilt Guild's Quilt Fest and she was invited to come speak and teach to CO West Quilt Guild here in town.
She presented her lecture last night, Off the Path, and once again it was SO good and very inspiring.  I think all who went enjoyed it very much.  She gave us a LOT of ideas on how to venture off the path, or off the pattern and make our quilts even more amazing.

Today she taught a workshop, which was equally fun and informative!  We made some basic quilt blocks to begin with and then she taught us some ways to be creative with design, assembly, borders, bindings, even the backing!  She also taught us how to design our own appliqué!  She is a wealth of information and I learned so much. I think everyone who took the class felt the same way :)

Here is one of my quilt blocks.  Sharon brought her friend Donna and they were pressing angels, and even did some seam ripping!  I kept cranking out blocks and they would magically get pressed and put back on my table!  I am very excited to start laying out this quilt and thinking of some design possibilities.

These are Nicky's blocks.  Sharon used hers to explain to us how to lay out the blocks so the cornerstones connect the right way.  Her quilt is going to be cute.  I really can't wait to see how they all turn out.  I saw some BEAUTIFUL fabrics being used today.....


This quilt is Sharon's and I think color-wise this is what mine will be like.  Fun class, fun day, wonderful friends and a great teacher!!

Top Border

I pieced the top border for my Dear Jane quilt yesterday!  I was a little nervous but it went together well.  I counted the pieces in the quilt so far and I have 4,633, with three more borders to go.  I should have over 5,000 like Jane's.  I am still amazed that she designed this complicated pattern with the limited resources available in 1863.