Scrappy Leaves Class Was In Session

Hello Everyone,

 

I spent a fun day in the classroom at Cloth and Quilts in Turlock on Monday.  

 

The class began the process of making Scrappy Leaves......and it is a process.  Scrappy Leaves was designed by Ilene Bartos and is in her Maple Leaf Quilts book.

I had the girls begin by making a large swatch sheet to organize their backgrounds.

We had two husbands accompany their wives to the class, since they drove a considerable distance to get there.  So what do you do with husbands in a quilting class?  You put them to work!

The men meticulously glued the fabrics to the large, gridded sheet of paper. 

Once their work was done, they headed back to their comfy chairs in the reading room, and promptly fell asleep.  This quilting stuff is hard work!  They were such good sports and fun to have in class.  This picture shows you the great selection of books the shop has to offer.

Once the sheets were done, leaves started being born around the room.

The smaller block on the sheet is a small swatch of the leaf fabric.  This method really helps plan out this quilt and keeps you organized.

Making the leaves is a piece of cake once you decide on the placement.

Thank you all for such a great day.  You are all well on your way to making a stunning quilt to display proudly.

Soon,
Lynn

Country Sunshine

Hello Everyone,

 

How about some Country Sunshine this morning? The quilt with no name finally got a one over the weekend.  There is going to be a lot of yellow in this quilt, so the name seemed appropriate.

I've been quiet on the blog lately since I've either been gone or preparing for the Wilder Clan Father's Day celebration at our house.  We've also been in the small town of Ripon for our granddaughters softball tournament.

Last Thursday I spoke at the Pieced Together Quilters group from Castro Valley. What a nice group of women!  They were so friendly and they laughed heartily in all the right places.  We had a great time visiting their guild.  I'm going back in August to present a two-hour Patchwork Math class to the entire guild.

My friend Lynnette, (one of my Sew'n Wild Oaks girls) was able to join us for the morning.  She was a big help folding, and packing the quilts up.  How do you like my lectern?  Sometimes you have to improvise, and the upside down garbage can with my bin on top work out perfectly.

Gail was also there helping with sales and she's my "Vanna" during the talk.

 

Speaking of Country Sunshine.....we went to our granddaughters fast pitch softball tournament out in the valley on Saturday.  California is experiencing an extreme heat wave, and both the fans and girls roasted during the tournament.  I drank so much water Saturday I was afraid I would float away! It was only 104 degrees when we were there on Saturday.  Yesterday, it was 106 during the game.  It is supposed to be like this for the entire week with the highest temperatures hitting on Thursday.

 

 

This morning I'm off to Turlock at Cloth and Quilts to teach Scrappy Leaves.  It's going to be a good day to stay inside and quilt.

Soon,
Lynn

Sew'n Wild Oaks Was In Session

Hello Everyone,

 

My girls gathered together at In Between Stitches on Tuesday for another day of fellowship, conversation, laughter, and yes, some quilting took place too.

 

Barbara G. is working on Snowball Blossoms by Kim Diehl.  This pattern in a free download on the Henry Glass site by clicking HERE.  This is a beautiful little table topper that can be used throughout the year.

 

Suzanne is just finishing up a project from Kin Diehl's Simple Whatnots club.

Gail is working on her Walk in the Park quilt.  She is using black on all of her frames as a unifier.  Her blocks are beginning to stack up!

Barbara B. has her Spoken For flimsy ready for the quilter.  Except for the border, the entire quilt was made out of her stash.

Judy is working on, and almost finished making her Heritage blocks.

Lynnette is making good progress on her Grammy Squares quilt.

Meeke is also making Grammy Squares.

Barbara B. loves Halloween.  This little owl is one block in the pattern.

 

Pat is working on her wool project from the Patriotic Blog Hop.

 

 I love the simplicity of this block.

Isabelle is turning this pile of flying geese......

 

....into these for Harvest of Hope.

Jeanne is well on her way to the 120 little baskets to be included in For The Love of Baskets.

Valery is almost finished with Bird Walk by Material Girlfriends.

Valery finished the machine applique on this block yesterday.  I think I heard a sigh of relief when all of the stitching was completed!

Another day well spent in the company of quilters.  There was learning, sharing, visiting, eating and lots of stitching going on.  Thank you girls for being so much fun!

Soon,
Lynn