Curved Piecing

As I was preparing more pictures to blog about I came across this little quilt made by Kathy.  

Kathy, a regular in my studio is not afraid to try new techniques and patterns.  

I have been seeing a lot of circular  blocks lately on Pinterest, maybe I also have one in my future.













Did you catch the hint of glitter in the closeups? We used Superior metallic thread to quilt to give it just a bit of extra sparkle.

Community Quilters

I have mentioned before that Quilters are the most generous folks when it comes to sharing their time and skills.  Every week a group of ladies from York Heritage Quilters Guild http://yhqg.org   gather at the San Wadlow Community Centre in Scarborough and piece quilt tops  that will eventually go to women's shelters or other worthy causes.  



In my opinion these women are some of the hero's of our guild, they generously give their time  and make the entire guild look great.  The guild was getting a backlog of quilt tops so  I invited a group of community quilters  to my studio to have a little fun and try something different. 

To the right is Judy working on the first quilt of the day.

In no time at all the ladies are taking the quilt off the frame, can you see the smiles of satisfaction on their faces?












Helgard and Judy are holding up the first of the day.  This functional quilt will make someone very happy in the near future!!

 

Sherry is now working away after we devised a clever way to increase our productivity. We loaded  two quilts side by side to save time, see photo below.

 I think that is two Disappearing Nine Patch  Quilts on the frame. That pattern is fast becoming a favourite for many quilters, very quick and uses up stash.

I worked those girls hard without a moments rest and by the end of the day we quilted 5 tops.  Everyone was ready for a good night sleep after that long and productive day. 

Many hands make light work! 

Thanks ladies, I had fun!

Baby Quilts

The days of "baby" blue and pink are long gone!

Leanne brought me a couple of beautiful baby quilts  a few weeks ago.  This first grey and yellow was  made for a friends new baby.  We chose to quilt  straight lines just following the pattern of the  quilt.

 The colour combination in this quilt is so fresh.   I had a hard time deciding which fabric was my favourite, overall I think it was just the combination of colours that appealed to me,


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I turned it so you could see the great fabric  that Leanne used for the back of this quilt.
She is donating this quilt to raise money for a "Movember " event.












Check out the pattern; simple half square triangles with the occasional strip of fabric between, it adds another dimension to the quilt.

Thinking about Quilts at the Creek

My friend Val https://crayonpatch.wordpress.com/made this gorgeous quilt to help promote  our guest teacher;  Kathy Doughty who is coming to  Quilts at the Creek https://quiltsatthecreek.wordpress.com next summer.  The quilt is from Kathy's  workshop on how to use colour, Val of course jumped the gun and made the quilt without Kathy's guidance  and entirely from her stash!!

I took one of the last few days of fall to lay the quilt out  on the hill in my back yard.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  

Val seems to have an immense stash to have the quilt be so co-ordinated. 

I had a lot of fun quilting it,  I got to practice a bit of Angela Walter's swirls in the  background and straight lines in the coloured diamonds.

My favourite  fabric in the neutral background had a bunch of pencils.  The text in one of the pencils  caught my eye, it was a theme I was raised on "Make do and Mend"    How cute, something we do not practice enough of in this day and age.