Woven Rail Fence revisited

Woven Rail Fence quilt sample for my class. Finished the blocks this evening. Six inch blocks are set 8 x 8. Borders will be added. Will be about 60 x 60 finished. Definitely an eclectic mix including a Christmas fabric!

A simple modified rail fence, the challenge for this class is fabric selection, value and placement. Click website for more details if you are in the Chico area and interested in taking this class. Also covered are basic quilting skills such as rotary cutting, stitching a 1/4 inch seam, strip piecing, pressing, adding borders and we end practicing some FMQ. There are a few openings. Thanks!

Check out the Owl quilt made by Theresa. In cool grey and blues on a white background. I did the back ground quilting and Theresa appliqued/quilted the owl onto the quilt after it was quilted. You can see it at HoneyRun Quilters. Very clever and she is working on another with big flowers! It's nice to get to practice longarm quilting on these sample quilts for HRQ!

Thanks for stopping by :0) Happy Quilting

Woven Rail Fence and BOM

Color Me Happy BOM at Cathy's/Honey Run Quilters. We meet the first Thursday of each month at Cathy's/HoneyRun Quilters in Chico, CA. Click here for the calendar/website for more info. Also listed is the newest class starting this week, August 9th... a modified rail fence...

These are the fabrics I have chosen and the beginning of my strip sets. Its an odd mix of fabrics including some 19th century repros, some batiks and a really cute Christmas print (the lightest fabric) that I found at HoneyRun.

Strip sets started for Woven Rail Fence

It's been awhile since I started a new quilt and I have to say it feels really good!!! Getting UFOs finished is great but it's not as inspiring as starting a new project. :0) Not that I am actually getting UFOs finished lately. Zero for the month of July. I'm OK with it, I read an article in July's Quilters Newsletter called Make Peace with Your UFOs by Jen Daly. "It's good to have goals but better to enjoy the journey."

Quilts and blogging

My apologies for not keeping up with blogging. Some new things going on right now. Some good, some not so much. Spending allot of time with Mom. My classes at Cathy's/Honeyrun Quilter plus a few other non quilting duties. It all adds up to my not working on any of my quilting, UFOs or doing much blogging. Add in the HOT weather... well you get the picture. Hope everyone is having a good summer. Lots of quilters are up in Oregon, enjoying Sisters. Wish I was there! Will be nice to see pictures and hear about new quilts. Happy Quilting!

A Cool 4th of July

Stay Cool !

Happy Fourth of July

UFO finish for June

My UFO #12 for Judy's UFO challenge. Two small 9 patch quilts. The nine patches were swapped in an online 2004 swap hosted by Elaine MO with members of AAQMB. New samples for workshops on borders and FMQ.

 I also use them for machine covers.

 I used a batik sea horse print on the back to do the machine free motion quilting design.

quilt back

quilt front

 If Judy''s blog is up and running again, I'll have a link to The Patchwork Place on the 1st of July to see what other quilters finished for their June UFO for the 2012 UFO Challenge

Judy's site is kind of working. After checking for the new post on the UFO Challenge page I finally got it today altho it was posted on June 30th.??? I was able to link my post but now I can't get back on it to link it back to my blog :0( Oh well...

It's quilt #3 for July. A Dresden Plate quilt I started last year after taking a class from Analee Belden. 

Quilt by Kathy

Following are pictures of a quilt made by Kathy W. I had the pleasure of having her in one of my classes, a Carpenter's Star Class I teach at Cathy's Sew and Vac/Honey Run Quilters with a pattern by Kathie Holland. First Kathy W did an amazing job of piecing. A natural. She took all of the classes including my FMQ class and check out her quilting!

She quilted her quilt on her home machine using both free motion and her walking foot. I am so impressed by her talent. This is what she emailed when she sent her photos.
 Just wanted to let you know I finished my quilt! I still have some work to do on perfecting my free motion technique but for the most part I'm very happy with it, especially since before your class I had never even heard of free motion quilting!!  Now on to the next project!! Thanks again for the great class and all your encouragement.

What a complement !!! The reason for teaching and so rewarding. Win win :0) Next month Kathy is planning a trip to Sisters. She will have fun getting inspired there! I'm just as excited as she is :0)

New Juki

Very happy with a new sewing machine. Juki TL-2010Q bought a few weeks ago at Cathy's Sew and Vac. Love using it for FMQing. LOVE the 1/4 inch echo foot!

My new baby

Great workhorse machine. The stitches and tension are wonderful. Fast. Love the multiple speeds from turtle to rabbit! Needle up/down and the thread cutter. Tho I have to get used to using the pedal cutter option. On my Bernina it's the needle up/down so I keep cutting the thread when I'm not ready. Ordered a Supreme Slider for it today plus needles and bobbins for the Gammill.

With much lower prices, purchased a new lap top. This is my first blog post on it. Did not finish a UFO for the month. My honey spent 3 weeks fishing and visiting friends and family in Texas so I also had extra chores around the house, the garden plus mowing the lawns. Yuck! Would much rather be quilting! Sure am glad Michael is back home safe and sound :0)