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a beginners' quilt class
Although I've been quilting for a little while, I am totally self- and
book-taught. In an effort to get my best friend as addicted as I am -- there's probably a law against that, but I don't care ;-) -- I signed up, with her, for a 2 day, 6 hours a day, beginning quilting class at the LQS. Totally intense and exhausting but it was Terrific!!! And she is addicted, tee hee. I now know an easier (not really "right" just easier) way to do a lot of things and I know the "why" of a lot of the ... hmm, not rules actually, more like the oughtta's. Always before I would buy all the fabric for a quilt and put it together, starting at A and continuing to Z. Never had a quilt "spoken" to me the way some of you talk about. Bev, the teacher, had us only get the two main fabrics first and make up a 5x7 pieced top. THEN, she sent us back to the floor to purchase a bit of fabric for a "containment border". After that was sewn on, we auditioned our borders. Only after the top was completed could we head back to the shop for backing. Only after sandwiching and basting did we audition binding colors. And my darling quilt spoke to me quite clearly every step of the way! "No dear, I do *not* want the dark green. Put the burgundy there.", "Oh please, please, please, use the light green for my border instead of the print." The class was full of women with all levels of experience, backgrounds and tastes. I admit that looking at some of the fabric choices early the first day, I was a bit "ugh, how could she". But bu the end, ever quilt was totally gorgeous. Some pictures are at my Ofoto site if anyone wants to relive her "beginner's days". http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=9vfrqd7...b&x=0&y=pej5g9 -- it shouldn't ask you for registration, if it does, just ignore it. Mine is brown & burgundy leaf print with light green chains; my friend's is beige, country red, sage green print with red chains. One more thing, does anyone know the name of this pattern? She called it Goose in a Pond, but I'm not sure it really is. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply |
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http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/Goo...PondBlock.html shows one
variation of goose in a pond.... My quilting bee just did a different one that i like better. i'll see if i can get a pic up for you! Kellie wrote in message ... Although I've been quilting for a little while, I am totally self- and book-taught. In an effort to get my best friend as addicted as I am -- there's probably a law against that, but I don't care ;-) -- I signed up, with her, for a 2 day, 6 hours a day, beginning quilting class at the LQS. Totally intense and exhausting but it was Terrific!!! And she is addicted, tee hee. I now know an easier (not really "right" just easier) way to do a lot of things and I know the "why" of a lot of the ... hmm, not rules actually, more like the oughtta's. Always before I would buy all the fabric for a quilt and put it together, starting at A and continuing to Z. Never had a quilt "spoken" to me the way some of you talk about. Bev, the teacher, had us only get the two main fabrics first and make up a 5x7 pieced top. THEN, she sent us back to the floor to purchase a bit of fabric for a "containment border". After that was sewn on, we auditioned our borders. Only after the top was completed could we head back to the shop for backing. Only after sandwiching and basting did we audition binding colors. And my darling quilt spoke to me quite clearly every step of the way! "No dear, I do *not* want the dark green. Put the burgundy there.", "Oh please, please, please, use the light green for my border instead of the print." The class was full of women with all levels of experience, backgrounds and tastes. I admit that looking at some of the fabric choices early the first day, I was a bit "ugh, how could she". But bu the end, ever quilt was totally gorgeous. Some pictures are at my Ofoto site if anyone wants to relive her "beginner's days". http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=9vfrqd7...b&x=0&y=pej5g9 -- it shouldn't ask you for registration, if it does, just ignore it. Mine is brown & burgundy leaf print with light green chains; my friend's is beige, country red, sage green print with red chains. One more thing, does anyone know the name of this pattern? She called it Goose in a Pond, but I'm not sure it really is. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply |
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Thanks Kellie. I thought Goose in the Pond was more complex that the one we
made. I'm thinking this block my class did is more like a Single Irish Chain, no? -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm "Kellie J. Berger" wrote: http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/Goo...PondBlock.html shows one variation of goose in a pond.... My quilting bee just did a different one that i like better. i'll see if i can get a pic up for you! Kellie remove NOSPAM to reply |
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Hi Anne, Sounds like lots of fun.
Here is an example of Goose on a pond from Simply Quilts: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_quilting...376661,00.html Martha, who likes your quilt no matter what the name is wrote in message ... Although I've been quilting for a little while, I am totally self- and book-taught. In an effort to get my best friend as addicted as I am -- there's probably a law against that, but I don't care ;-) -- I signed up, with her, for a 2 day, 6 hours a day, beginning quilting class at the LQS. Totally intense and exhausting but it was Terrific!!! And she is addicted, tee hee. I now know an easier (not really "right" just easier) way to do a lot of things and I know the "why" of a lot of the ... hmm, not rules actually, more like the oughtta's. Always before I would buy all the fabric for a quilt and put it together, starting at A and continuing to Z. Never had a quilt "spoken" to me the way some of you talk about. Bev, the teacher, had us only get the two main fabrics first and make up a 5x7 pieced top. THEN, she sent us back to the floor to purchase a bit of fabric for a "containment border". After that was sewn on, we auditioned our borders. Only after the top was completed could we head back to the shop for backing. Only after sandwiching and basting did we audition binding colors. And my darling quilt spoke to me quite clearly every step of the way! "No dear, I do *not* want the dark green. Put the burgundy there.", "Oh please, please, please, use the light green for my border instead of the print." The class was full of women with all levels of experience, backgrounds and tastes. I admit that looking at some of the fabric choices early the first day, I was a bit "ugh, how could she". But bu the end, ever quilt was totally gorgeous. Some pictures are at my Ofoto site if anyone wants to relive her "beginner's days". http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=9vfrqd7...b&x=0&y=pej5g9 -- it shouldn't ask you for registration, if it does, just ignore it. Mine is brown & burgundy leaf print with light green chains; my friend's is beige, country red, sage green print with red chains. One more thing, does anyone know the name of this pattern? She called it Goose in a Pond, but I'm not sure it really is. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply |
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Great job on both fronts Anne! A loverly quilt AND a new addict :-)
Shona hoping it will rain in NZ wrote in message ... Although I've been quilting for a little while, I am totally self- and book-taught. In an effort to get my best friend as addicted as I am -- there's probably a law against that, but I don't care ;-) -- I signed up, with her, for a 2 day, 6 hours a day, beginning quilting class at the LQS. Totally intense and exhausting but it was Terrific!!! And she is addicted, tee hee. I now know an easier (not really "right" just easier) way to do a lot of things and I know the "why" of a lot of the ... hmm, not rules actually, more like the oughtta's. Always before I would buy all the fabric for a quilt and put it together, starting at A and continuing to Z. Never had a quilt "spoken" to me the way some of you talk about. Bev, the teacher, had us only get the two main fabrics first and make up a 5x7 pieced top. THEN, she sent us back to the floor to purchase a bit of fabric for a "containment border". After that was sewn on, we auditioned our borders. Only after the top was completed could we head back to the shop for backing. Only after sandwiching and basting did we audition binding colors. And my darling quilt spoke to me quite clearly every step of the way! "No dear, I do *not* want the dark green. Put the burgundy there.", "Oh please, please, please, use the light green for my border instead of the print." The class was full of women with all levels of experience, backgrounds and tastes. I admit that looking at some of the fabric choices early the first day, I was a bit "ugh, how could she". But bu the end, ever quilt was totally gorgeous. Some pictures are at my Ofoto site if anyone wants to relive her "beginner's days". http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=9vfrqd7...b&x=0&y=pej5g9 -- it shouldn't ask you for registration, if it does, just ignore it. Mine is brown & burgundy leaf print with light green chains; my friend's is beige, country red, sage green print with red chains. One more thing, does anyone know the name of this pattern? She called it Goose in a Pond, but I'm not sure it really is. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply |
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Yahoo! The quilts are fun. Brave lady in your photo taking the class
with her arm in a sling. Some folks never give up! How fun to take a class from Bev. She is such a hoot. Did she wear her crown? I teach with her up in SF and her students really enjoy her classes. Glad you and your friend had fun and you learned to talk to quilts. I have heard your block called an uneven nine patch. Set with a plain alternate block it gives the same feel as a single irish chain though. marcella In article , wrote: Although I've been quilting for a little while, I am totally self- and book-taught. In an effort to get my best friend as addicted as I am -- there's probably a law against that, but I don't care ;-) -- I signed up, with her, for a 2 day, 6 hours a day, beginning quilting class at the LQS. Totally intense and exhausting but it was Terrific!!! And she is addicted, tee hee. I now know an easier (not really "right" just easier) way to do a lot of things and I know the "why" of a lot of the ... hmm, not rules actually, more like the oughtta's. Always before I would buy all the fabric for a quilt and put it together, starting at A and continuing to Z. Never had a quilt "spoken" to me the way some of you talk about. Bev, the teacher, had us only get the two main fabrics first and make up a 5x7 pieced top. THEN, she sent us back to the floor to purchase a bit of fabric for a "containment border". After that was sewn on, we auditioned our borders. Only after the top was completed could we head back to the shop for backing. Only after sandwiching and basting did we audition binding colors. And my darling quilt spoke to me quite clearly every step of the way! "No dear, I do *not* want the dark green. Put the burgundy there.", "Oh please, please, please, use the light green for my border instead of the print." The class was full of women with all levels of experience, backgrounds and tastes. I admit that looking at some of the fabric choices early the first day, I was a bit "ugh, how could she". But bu the end, ever quilt was totally gorgeous. Some pictures are at my Ofoto site if anyone wants to relive her "beginner's days". http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=9vfrqd7...b&x=0&y=pej5g9 -- it shouldn't ask you for registration, if it does, just ignore it. Mine is brown & burgundy leaf print with light green chains; my friend's is beige, country red, sage green print with red chains. One more thing, does anyone know the name of this pattern? She called it Goose in a Pond, but I'm not sure it really is. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply |
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I'd call it a single Irish chain. Fun to see the same pattern in so many
different combinations! Although that one with the big butterfly print made me itchy -I wanted to fussy cut those butterflies and use them as the center squares of the pieced blocks, and I'd use a completely different contrast color... Roberta in D wrote in message ... Although I've been quilting for a little while, I am totally self- and book-taught. In an effort to get my best friend as addicted as I am -- there's probably a law against that, but I don't care ;-) -- I signed up, with her, for a 2 day, 6 hours a day, beginning quilting class at the LQS. Totally intense and exhausting but it was Terrific!!! And she is addicted, tee hee. I now know an easier (not really "right" just easier) way to do a lot of things and I know the "why" of a lot of the ... hmm, not rules actually, more like the oughtta's. Always before I would buy all the fabric for a quilt and put it together, starting at A and continuing to Z. Never had a quilt "spoken" to me the way some of you talk about. Bev, the teacher, had us only get the two main fabrics first and make up a 5x7 pieced top. THEN, she sent us back to the floor to purchase a bit of fabric for a "containment border". After that was sewn on, we auditioned our borders. Only after the top was completed could we head back to the shop for backing. Only after sandwiching and basting did we audition binding colors. And my darling quilt spoke to me quite clearly every step of the way! "No dear, I do *not* want the dark green. Put the burgundy there.", "Oh please, please, please, use the light green for my border instead of the print." The class was full of women with all levels of experience, backgrounds and tastes. I admit that looking at some of the fabric choices early the first day, I was a bit "ugh, how could she". But bu the end, ever quilt was totally gorgeous. Some pictures are at my Ofoto site if anyone wants to relive her "beginner's days". http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=9vfrqd7...b&x=0&y=pej5g9 -- it shouldn't ask you for registration, if it does, just ignore it. Mine is brown & burgundy leaf print with light green chains; my friend's is beige, country red, sage green print with red chains. One more thing, does anyone know the name of this pattern? She called it Goose in a Pond, but I'm not sure it really is. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply |
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Its so great to see the pictures of all of you having so much fun creating
something so beautiful. You may regret having your quilts talk to you. They can be so bossy! Diana -- Queen of FAQs Royal Peace Maker http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 wrote in message ... Although I've been quilting for a little while, I am totally self- and book-taught. In an effort to get my best friend as addicted as I am -- there's probably a law against that, but I don't care ;-) -- I signed up, with her, for a 2 day, 6 hours a day, beginning quilting class at the LQS. Totally intense and exhausting but it was Terrific!!! And she is addicted, tee hee. I now know an easier (not really "right" just easier) way to do a lot of things and I know the "why" of a lot of the ... hmm, not rules actually, more like the oughtta's. Always before I would buy all the fabric for a quilt and put it together, starting at A and continuing to Z. Never had a quilt "spoken" to me the way some of you talk about. Bev, the teacher, had us only get the two main fabrics first and make up a 5x7 pieced top. THEN, she sent us back to the floor to purchase a bit of fabric for a "containment border". After that was sewn on, we auditioned our borders. Only after the top was completed could we head back to the shop for backing. Only after sandwiching and basting did we audition binding colors. And my darling quilt spoke to me quite clearly every step of the way! "No dear, I do *not* want the dark green. Put the burgundy there.", "Oh please, please, please, use the light green for my border instead of the print." The class was full of women with all levels of experience, backgrounds and tastes. I admit that looking at some of the fabric choices early the first day, I was a bit "ugh, how could she". But bu the end, ever quilt was totally gorgeous. Some pictures are at my Ofoto site if anyone wants to relive her "beginner's days". http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=9vfrqd7...b&x=0&y=pej5g9 -- it shouldn't ask you for registration, if it does, just ignore it. Mine is brown & burgundy leaf print with light green chains; my friend's is beige, country red, sage green print with red chains. One more thing, does anyone know the name of this pattern? She called it Goose in a Pond, but I'm not sure it really is. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply |
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Thank you. Isn't it amazing to see the same pattern interpreted so many different
ways? -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm Pati Cook wrote: That is what I thought too. Great looking quilts whatever the pattern. Pati, in Phx wrote: Thanks Kellie. I thought Goose in the Pond was more complex that the one we made. I'm thinking this block my class did is more like a Single Irish Chain, no? -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm "Kellie J. Berger" wrote: http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/Goo...PondBlock.html shows one variation of goose in a pond.... My quilting bee just did a different one that i like better. i'll see if i can get a pic up for you! Kellie remove NOSPAM to reply remove NOSPAM to reply |
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