Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

I just returned home from my first day of a 4 day workshop with Ruth
McDowell. Wow!!! Last night she did a slide show and commentary. How
magnificent some of her works are. She has a great set of WebPages to be
viewed.

Today we were working from our photo enlargements and deciding between
curved or straight line piecing.

Our co-ordinators arranged to have our works enlarged to the size we wanted
the finished quilt to be by a graphic art firm. They will be ready for us
tomorrow morning!

I managed to get a copy of her Pieced Flowers book, it is now out of print.
I'm looking forward to the next 3 days. Hope to maybe have a bit of the
fabrics cut up and ready for sewing. I'm planning a 30" x 44" finished
size, although I may bump it up larger when I see it tomorrow. I'm working
on a gerbera daisy design, from a photo I took this year. She really likes
you to work from original photos, due to copyright issues.

Cheers,

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com

Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

She is the one person I would die to take a class from. Her quilts are
magnificent!
Have a very good time.

Helen in MN

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"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:I8X5f.244370$oW2.57224@pd7tw1no...
I just returned home from my first day of a 4 day workshop with Ruth
McDowell. Wow!!! Last night she did a slide show and commentary. How
magnificent some of her works are. She has a great set of WebPages to be
viewed.

Today we were working from our photo enlargements and deciding between
curved or straight line piecing.

Our co-ordinators arranged to have our works enlarged to the size we
wanted the finished quilt to be by a graphic art firm. They will be ready
for us tomorrow morning!

I managed to get a copy of her Pieced Flowers book, it is now out of
print. I'm looking forward to the next 3 days. Hope to maybe have a bit
of the fabrics cut up and ready for sewing. I'm planning a 30" x 44"
finished size, although I may bump it up larger when I see it tomorrow.
I'm working on a gerbera daisy design, from a photo I took this year. She
really likes you to work from original photos, due to copyright issues.

Cheers,

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com

Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

Soak up all of the information and inspiration she offers, and bring it
back to share.

Please take pictures of the process, and show us what you are doing!

Have fun!

Carol in TX
Need therapy? Make a quilt

Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

I am, there is so much information. She suggested we might want to have a
pile of fat quarters to pat periodically because so much of today and
tomorrow is all on paper and we tend to look a bit glassed over at times.


--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com
"Helen in MN" wrote in message
...
She is the one person I would die to take a class from. Her quilts are
magnificent!
Have a very good time.

Helen in MN

--

"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:I8X5f.244370$oW2.57224@pd7tw1no...
I just returned home from my first day of a 4 day workshop with Ruth
McDowell. Wow!!! Last night she did a slide show and commentary. How
magnificent some of her works are. She has a great set of WebPages to be
viewed.

Today we were working from our photo enlargements and deciding between
curved or straight line piecing.

Our co-ordinators arranged to have our works enlarged to the size we
wanted the finished quilt to be by a graphic art firm. They will be
ready for us tomorrow morning!

I managed to get a copy of her Pieced Flowers book, it is now out of
print. I'm looking forward to the next 3 days. Hope to maybe have a bit
of the fabrics cut up and ready for sewing. I'm planning a 30" x 44"
finished size, although I may bump it up larger when I see it tomorrow.
I'm working on a gerbera daisy design, from a photo I took this year.
She really likes you to work from original photos, due to copyright
issues.

Cheers,

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com

Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

There have been so many changes, I started with two photos that I took.
There were about ?15 or more gerbera daisies in the bouquet.

I then photocopied them and enlarged them. Then you do a simple line
drawing of them. I have about 7 in my bouquet now. They have many fewer
petals than nature gave them.

Her books are amazing. The pieced veggie book has both straight line and
curved line instructions.

Onto day two. Of to bed

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com
"extremevalues" wrote in message
oups.com...
Soak up all of the information and inspiration she offers, and bring it
back to share.

Please take pictures of the process, and show us what you are doing!

Have fun!

Carol in TX
Need therapy? Make a quilt

Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

How exciting Sandi!! I look forward to your updates. Sort of a
virtual workshop for the rest of us.
PAT in VA/USA

shhdesigns wrote:

I just returned home from my first day of a 4 day workshop with Ruth
McDowell. Wow!!! Last night she did a slide show and commentary. How
magnificent some of her works are. She has a great set of WebPages to be
viewed.

Today we were working from our photo enlargements and deciding between
curved or straight line piecing.

Our co-ordinators arranged to have our works enlarged to the size we wanted
the finished quilt to be by a graphic art firm. They will be ready for us
tomorrow morning!

I managed to get a copy of her Pieced Flowers book, it is now out of print.
I'm looking forward to the next 3 days. Hope to maybe have a bit of the
fabrics cut up and ready for sewing. I'm planning a 30" x 44" finished
size, although I may bump it up larger when I see it tomorrow. I'm working
on a gerbera daisy design, from a photo I took this year. She really likes
you to work from original photos, due to copyright issues.

Cheers,

Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

I have a friend here who wants to bring Ruth here for a workshop. I'm not
sure I have the concentration to spend 5 days working all day. I like to
learn something, then go home to my studio and implement it. Trying to take
all my materials to a workshop is really daunting.
I'll be interested to hear how this all works out for you. I'm sure it will
be great!

--
Kathyl
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http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz

"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:1X%5f.257511$tl2.143514@pd7tw3no...
I am, there is so much information. She suggested we might want to have a
pile of fat quarters to pat periodically because so much of today and
tomorrow is all on paper and we tend to look a bit glassed over at times.


--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com
"Helen in MN" wrote in message
...
She is the one person I would die to take a class from. Her quilts are
magnificent!
Have a very good time.

Helen in MN

--

"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:I8X5f.244370$oW2.57224@pd7tw1no...
I just returned home from my first day of a 4 day workshop with Ruth
McDowell. Wow!!! Last night she did a slide show and commentary. How
magnificent some of her works are. She has a great set of WebPages to be
viewed.

Today we were working from our photo enlargements and deciding between
curved or straight line piecing.

Our co-ordinators arranged to have our works enlarged to the size we
wanted the finished quilt to be by a graphic art firm. They will be
ready for us tomorrow morning!

I managed to get a copy of her Pieced Flowers book, it is now out of
print. I'm looking forward to the next 3 days. Hope to maybe have a bit
of the fabrics cut up and ready for sewing. I'm planning a 30" x 44"
finished size, although I may bump it up larger when I see it tomorrow.
I'm working on a gerbera daisy design, from a photo I took this year.
She really likes you to work from original photos, due to copyright
issues.

Cheers,

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com

Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

I did a two day workshop with her last year, and that was about all my brain
could handle. She said that was the last two day workshop she was doing,
because two days wasn't enough to "get" her technique. Personally, I thought
it was plenty.

When possible, I try to schedule as much time in my studio after a class as
I spent in class. If I'm in class for a full day, I try to schedule a full
day of studio time afterwards. That lets me "redo" the class at home, while
it's still fresh. That seems to be the only way for me to really internalize
what I've learned. Otherwise, it doesn't seem to stick in my brain.
--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
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"KJ" wrote in message
news:BV66f.501033$xm3.4369@attbi_s21...
I have a friend here who wants to bring Ruth here for a workshop. I'm not
sure I have the concentration to spend 5 days working all day. I like to
learn something, then go home to my studio and implement it. Trying to
take all my materials to a workshop is really daunting.
I'll be interested to hear how this all works out for you. I'm sure it
will be great!

--
Kathyl
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http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz

"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:1X%5f.257511$tl2.143514@pd7tw3no...
I am, there is so much information. She suggested we might want to have a
pile of fat quarters to pat periodically because so much of today and
tomorrow is all on paper and we tend to look a bit glassed over at times.


--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com
"Helen in MN" wrote in message
...
She is the one person I would die to take a class from. Her quilts are
magnificent!
Have a very good time.

Helen in MN

--

"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:I8X5f.244370$oW2.57224@pd7tw1no...
I just returned home from my first day of a 4 day workshop with Ruth
McDowell. Wow!!! Last night she did a slide show and commentary. How
magnificent some of her works are. She has a great set of WebPages to
be viewed.

Today we were working from our photo enlargements and deciding between
curved or straight line piecing.

Our co-ordinators arranged to have our works enlarged to the size we
wanted the finished quilt to be by a graphic art firm. They will be
ready for us tomorrow morning!

I managed to get a copy of her Pieced Flowers book, it is now out of
print. I'm looking forward to the next 3 days. Hope to maybe have a
bit of the fabrics cut up and ready for sewing. I'm planning a 30" x
44" finished size, although I may bump it up larger when I see it
tomorrow. I'm working on a gerbera daisy design, from a photo I took
this year. She really likes you to work from original photos, due to
copyright issues.

Cheers,

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com

Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

In article I8X5f.244370$oW2.57224@pd7tw1no,
"shhdesigns" wrote:

I just returned home from my first day of a 4 day workshop with Ruth
McDowell. Wow!!! Last night she did a slide show and commentary. How
magnificent some of her works are. She has a great set of WebPages to be
viewed.

Today we were working from our photo enlargements and deciding between
curved or straight line piecing.

Our co-ordinators arranged to have our works enlarged to the size we wanted
the finished quilt to be by a graphic art firm. They will be ready for us
tomorrow morning!

I managed to get a copy of her Pieced Flowers book, it is now out of print.
I'm looking forward to the next 3 days. Hope to maybe have a bit of the
fabrics cut up and ready for sewing. I'm planning a 30" x 44" finished
size, although I may bump it up larger when I see it tomorrow. I'm working
on a gerbera daisy design, from a photo I took this year. She really likes
you to work from original photos, due to copyright issues.

Cheers,


Wow! I can't wait to see pics of what you end up with from the class,
Sandi! :)
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

Ruth McDowell Workshop
 

Kathyl

I would encourage you to go for it. It's a day by day class. The first day
you adapt your "picture" to straight or curved edges. We enlarged ours and
photocopied them as pre homework. Then you work at making sections and
subsections. Today some people got their freezer paper tracings done.

I'm hoping to get mine started early tomorrow and then move onto auditioning
fabrics. Ruth preps all her fabrics to templates before doing any sewing.
She has great humour and gets around to everyone in the class as they need
it.

My picture is quite detailed and she told me she was pleased with the
adaptation I managed to work with it.

She is very giving with her knowledge, check out her books and see how it
works for you.

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com
"KJ" wrote in message
news:BV66f.501033$xm3.4369@attbi_s21...
I have a friend here who wants to bring Ruth here for a workshop. I'm not
sure I have the concentration to spend 5 days working all day. I like to
learn something, then go home to my studio and implement it. Trying to
take all my materials to a workshop is really daunting.
I'll be interested to hear how this all works out for you. I'm sure it
will be great!

--
Kathyl
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http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz

"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:1X%5f.257511$tl2.143514@pd7tw3no...
I am, there is so much information. She suggested we might want to have a
pile of fat quarters to pat periodically because so much of today and
tomorrow is all on paper and we tend to look a bit glassed over at times.


--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com
"Helen in MN" wrote in message
...
She is the one person I would die to take a class from. Her quilts are
magnificent!
Have a very good time.

Helen in MN

--

"shhdesigns" wrote in message
news:I8X5f.244370$oW2.57224@pd7tw1no...
I just returned home from my first day of a 4 day workshop with Ruth
McDowell. Wow!!! Last night she did a slide show and commentary. How
magnificent some of her works are. She has a great set of WebPages to
be viewed.

Today we were working from our photo enlargements and deciding between
curved or straight line piecing.

Our co-ordinators arranged to have our works enlarged to the size we
wanted the finished quilt to be by a graphic art firm. They will be
ready for us tomorrow morning!

I managed to get a copy of her Pieced Flowers book, it is now out of
print. I'm looking forward to the next 3 days. Hope to maybe have a
bit of the fabrics cut up and ready for sewing. I'm planning a 30" x
44" finished size, although I may bump it up larger when I see it
tomorrow. I'm working on a gerbera daisy design, from a photo I took
this year. She really likes you to work from original photos, due to
copyright issues.

Cheers,

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.
Queen of the Travelogues
www.shh.apparitiondesigns.com