Students Creations

I want to show off the quilts that were made at our class in Valdez- they are all made using the same technique and yet all manage to look so completely different!

Corinn made a 9 square quilt (3 cuts) with soft green, yellow & pink floral prints
Dorothy made 9 square quilt (4 cuts) with bright kids prints

Sheila made a 20 square quilt (6 cuts) with fabric she salvaged from suits she bought at the second hand store and incorporated some lace & ribbon as well.

Jane made a 9 square quilt (3 cuts) with black & white prints and used red thread for quilting and red fabric for her front sashing. She found a great large print that incorporated all those colors for her backing fabric and used black sashing on the backside.


Mickey made a 9 square quilt (4 cuts) using batiks.

Somehow I didn't get pictures of 2 peoples projects-Rose made a 16 square quilt (I think 5 cuts but I'm not positive) using autumn colors, and Jeannie made a 12 square quilt (again, I think 5 cuts but I wouldn't bet the farm on it) using all flannels- a quilt that might even keep me warm!

Class Finale

Monday was the last day of class and the ladies were working of their sashing. I almost forgot to take pictures again this week- luckily I snapped a photo of one of Kris' blocks just before she left and I got a shot of some of Jennifer's blocks when they were layed out on the floor. The picture only shows 12 of her squares but she actually has 20. They were both using the pattern for Beautiful Batik but as you can see it's the fabric selection that makes the quilt - Jennifer ended up with a gorgeous bold quilt for her daughter, and Kris ended up with a sweet and soft baby quilt.

April Class Part 1

Monday night was the first session of my class out in Eagle River. It was just me and 1 student- I had 1 no-show and 1 student is in Hawaii and will join us next week. My student (Ms. Kris Miller) decided on the "Beautiful Batik" pattern which has 5 cuts. She is making 12 squares which makes a nice lap size and is using flannel fabric from the line "Baby Talk". I took a couple of work in progress photos to share:


I found out Kris has her own quilting business-she has a nolting long-arm machine that you can rent (after taking a class on set-up) and quilt your own quilts using her machine- no more trying to wrestle your quilt through your home machine. I may have to try this out in the future- of course only on those that aren't quilt-as-you-go ;)
I'll give you another update after next Monday when we work on the decorative stitching.