No school for me today

So I am trying to get a few things done.
I started out the day quilting this runner. Then I bound it. So it is done and in the wash. I had to wash it as I had left it out and a certain someone with gray fur has been sitting on it. I will have to take another pic when it comes out, as this one is a bit blurry.

 

 

Then I quilted this fabric with squiggly lines to recover a stool I have at school. I have been meaning to do it for awhile, so brought the stool home with me so it would be staring me in the face until I did it.

 

It is a simple stool, so wasn't hard to do. I just traced the seat, cut it out leaving a 1/4" seam allowance.

Then I sewed a strip to it that I had cut wide enough to cover the old cushion and have enough extra to pull around underneath and secure. The bottom is secured with some kind of bolts, so it looks like this for now til I go out to the garage and find something to loosen them.

Smokey is working hard as usual.
I want to bind a couple more quilts today, better get busy!

Yesterday was fun

There was a lot of sewing going on in Earling yesterday. And everyone worked on something different.

Deb has not sewn much, but she did a great job on these string-pieced blocks. She got 7 finished, and seemed really revved up to make more. She wanted something that would look old fashioned.




Mom is making a quilt using 20 different fat quarters from the Turning Twenty pattern. Very simple, yet pretty and a great way to use many pretty prints in the same quilt.


Sharon and Kelly were making jar blocks so that they can make some Christmas gifts. They cut out some from M & M fabrics and plan on making some from critter fabrics too. They will be so cute. Here is Sharon cutting. I didn't get a pic of her 27 finished blocks, but will soon. That is Dad in the background, Kelly didn't get in the picture. We'll catch him next time!

I worked on a new star for a Christmas table cover/runner type quilt. I didn't get too far, but will work on it some more later.

We had a really good time talking and sewing. You can see that Dad helped and supervised!

Busy week

It has been a busy week. Saturday I taught the Jars & More Jars Tablerunner class. It was great. Everyone had great fabrics for their jars. I will post some pix tomorrow as I haven't loaded them yet. I worked on class stuff Sat night and Sunday, even did a little more sewing on the tessellations quilt. Almost have the blocks done. Monday night the Sampler Club #8 met, they are working on the Stitching for Hours quilt. These ladies were in my first Beginning Quilting classes 5 years ago. They are so much fun. We have done a lot of sewing and gabbing together.

Tonight was the first night for a new Sampler Club group doing the My Little Pretties quilt. They all picked out fun fabrics for this one. 3 of the 5 ladies in class work with me at school. Well, actually one of them retired this past May, so she keeps rubbing that in to us! She is enjoying her time to do what she wants and is planning many new quilts, which is great! It is a fun, gabby group so the time goes by quickly.

Beginning Quilting

I started a new Beginning Quilting class last night. There are 4 ladies who are ready and anxious to learn to quilt so it should be a fun class. They picked out their fabrics last night. Most of them chose kids prints, so they will make up nicely.

I am teaching the Jars & More Jars Tablerunner class tomorrow. It is always fun to see what fabrics people pick out, but it will be more fun tomorrow since they will be filling jars. There are so many possibilities. I have made jar quilts with critters in them, and one with M & Ms in them. I love jar quilts, it's a good reason to collect fabrics everywhere you go!!! You never know, filling 3 jars might inspire them to make a larger jar quilt.