Patchwork Math Class Was In Session

Hello Everyone,

 

My girls in Colusa are creative!  I taught a Patchwork Math class last week at Friends Around the Block, and they taught me a few tricks or two!  I always learn something from my students and write down their excellent ideas and suggestions.

 

This block highlights the Y-square which is in my Patchwork Math book.

 

This block highlights the placement of flying geese and double flying geese.

The next three pictures highlight the versatility of the Y-square to make borders or sashings.

It's all in the use of color and placement.

Cute sashing!

The girls also made HST 8 at a time and square in a square components.

Pretty block.

Look how you can change the block when you add Y-squares around it.  The girls each made 8 Y-squares during class.

Here's another great border or sashing idea using flying geese and double flying geese.

The girls all made the same components during class using different fabrics.  The possibilities are endless.  I missed a few photo opportunities.  Sorry girls.

All of the formulas for the above components and more are available in my Patchwork Math book which is in my Etsy shop HERE.  This is my most popular workshop and is so much fun to teach.  There are many "light bulb" moments in class and it's so much fun for me to watch the magic happen.  During the workshop, I explain the formulas for one component, then the quilters make that component.  Every hour on the hour, I introduce another formula for a different component.  It is a full day of learning, sharing, and "ah ha" moments.  Throw in a bit a laughter and you have the makings for a great day! 

Soon,
Lynn

P.S.  My Patchwork Math videos are located HERE for free on The Quilt Show.  You too, can learn how to make the components for traditional blocks, sashings, and borders and be one of the Sew'n Wild Oaks girls!

 

Heritage Class Was In Session

Hello Everyone,

 

An absolutely delightful group of women gathered together at Friends Around the Block in Colusa last Saturday for my Heritage class.  By the end of class, the girls had some beautiful blocks completed.  I can't wait to go back and see everyone again.

 

The magic begins when the pieces are placed on the block layout sheet which is included in each pattern.  (Unless my pattern stuffer, Mr. Joe, forgets to put one in!)

 

The dynamic mother-daughter duo went to town on their blocks. I love seeing this quilt made in blue!

 



Sharon has an eye for detail in her log cabin blocks.  Working with directional fabrics in a Log Cabin block on point, can be a bit tricky.

 



All of the blocks were so different and so beautiful!

 

 

Here are my scrappy blocks that I made before class.  My new version is going to look so different from the original.  I find that when I make my patterns in an alternative colorway, the pattern has a longer shelf life......especially if I make a scrappy version.  I may, just may, have to tear myself away from my quilt show preparations and make one more block today.  I find them so addictive, that I can't make just one!

 



 

Here's the original Heritage.  The pattern is available in my Etsy shop. 

 



 

During class, Mary showed us a quilt top she just completed.  This quilt uses Rachael Remembered fabrics.  Love the quilt, the fabrics, and her precision.

 



Gail and I had a delightful time at Friends Around the Block in Colusa.  Let me tell all of you that this shop is well worth a road trip.  The shop is packed full of goodies and fabrics that I haven't seen in other shops.  Carol, the owner, and the staff are just delightful.  (Note to self.......when we go back to Colusa during duck hunting season, I must remember to pack my camouflage outfit.....especially if we go back to Rocco's on the River for their delicious fish tacos!)

Soon,
Lynn

Buried in Quilty Goodness

Hello Everyone,

 

I think I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in preparations for the quilt show in Folsom, CA next weekend.  Set up is Thursday, February 8th and Country Sunshine is going to be prominently featured.  There's about four more feet of binding to stitch, then the hanging sleeve, and label and she's finished!  I'll be rolling this pattern out on my ETSY site next week.  The plate feathers almost did me in.  A couple of my plate feathers are cracked......such is life. 

 

This week has been a catch up week after being gone for an entire week.  I'm so happy that Mazey and Mr. Joe recognized me when I returned! 

As I travel around the state teaching, I purchase fabric to sell in my booth at shows.  I try to put bundles of fat quarters together that work well with my style. Some of the fabrics are older and hard to find, and some are brand new releases. The fabrics come from all over the state.  Debbie's in Paradise, Friends Around the Block in Colusa, Ladybug's Quilts in Manteca,  Cloth and Quilts in Turlock, and my home shop, In Between Stitches in Livermore.

This is just a sample of what I've been cutting. I began with almost 300 yards of fabric!! Almost 9" of fat quarters just yesterday.  I also had a pile of fat 1/8's.  With help from my friend Mary Sue, this pile went from this......

 

 .....to these eight hours later.  Lots and lots of these all wrapped in ribbon and priced.

Bundles of luscious reproduction fabrics.

 

Bundles of Kansas Troubles.

   

 Bundles of New Hope by Jo Morton.

 So many bundles, Mary Sue and I were buried in bundles.....and I'm not finished yet!!!  At this point in time we were getting pretty loopy.

I have so much to post about with lots of pictures from my classes over the past two weeks. My pictures are stacking up like a cord of wood!  I'll try to get caught up, so you can see what quilters are making around the state.  It's pretty amazing.

Thank you so much Mary Sue for helping me tackle the fat quarter pile.  It was great getting to know you better, and fun chatting while folding, and folding, and folding until dark.

Soon,
Lynn