Quilting Class part 2

    Yesterday evening I taught a couple of great students part 2 of a quilting class. Last week they added machine applique to the top and pinned the sandwich with backing and batting.  After I did short demos this week, the ladies tried some quilting with the walking foot and some free-motion.  Last they added binding and finished their placemats.
Sara also spent the week hand sewing many more hexie flowers so she is ready to make a small quilt.

   Earlier in the day I added borders to my second jelly roll quilt top.  

   I don't think I will be making any more.  There are so many more interesting patterns and techniques I want to try and I can say now that I have made 2 Jelly Roll Race quilt tops. 

Shandon Quilt Group Day

   Today 6 of us met for our SQG sew day.  

Most of us were working on Jelly Roll Race quilt tops in various stages ( just not racing). 

Here is one of Bonney’s tops complete with pieced border.

Here is Joan’s in progress.

Here is Beverley’s.  She plans to add a blue outer border and probably an applique yellow flower.

Martha sandwiched her lone star and started the quilting and Gail was sewing on her Jelly Roll top.  It was a very productive day with enjoyable fellowship.  I could not ask for more.

    It was very chilly this morning but beautiful the rest of the day.  Late in the afternoon I went over to help a friend prune his fig tree.  Back home I worked some on the Easter dress and then relaxed.  

 A Full Day! Hope yours was also. 

Not Enough Time

     Last night I taught a couple of sweet ladies at JoAnn Fabrics.  We worked on an English Paper Pieced flower that was machine appliquéd to the background for a placemat.  They had enough time to hand stitch the hexie flower, appliqué it down and pin their quilt sandwich.  Then we were out of time so Friday evening we will quilt and add binding.  The project teaches many skills.  There just was not enough time for all that was to be done.

Here is Betty. 

Here is Sara. 

 When they finish, they will have a lovely placemat similar to mine. 

    The rest of the day I worked on an Easter dress for my granddaughter and started quilting on a twin size quilt made of orphan and scrap blocks.  You may remember this blue and white quilt top. 

I will use this quilt for more free-motion quilting practice.  I am planning a different design to be quilted in each block.  For some blocks it is easier to decide how to quilt.  I struggle with others.  I use a dry erase marker and a piece of plexiglass to try out designs and practice before I actually stitch the quilt.

Here are a couple.