Deposits Due Tuesday

Hope you've sent in your deposit for 2012!

They are due on May 31st.

The final payment is due December 2.

Mountain Picnic Pattern

Last week-end was the Sierra Mountain Quilt Guilds Quilt Show.. Here I am in my booth that I shared with my friend Julie. My friend Kathy and I designed the Mountain Picnic design for an Adult Ed. 6 week class.. When we were asked to give the class, we decided that we wanted something that they could finish in the 6 weeks and still be interesting for beginners as well as accomplished quilters.

Since I am selling the Paper Pieces, Kathy and I designed this pattern that includes piecing, machine or hand applique, English Paper Piecing, or can be adapted to fusing.. We also encouraged the ladies to place the appliqued blocks where they would like them. We showed how to add beading, and yoyo's if they wanted.

I show the four that were displayed by a couple of the ladies at the quilt show on my Creates Blog, and we also sold our patterns. Paper Pieces also showed the quilts in Paducah and sold several of the patterns.. Exciting!

I will be teaching English Paper Piecing.. Does any one have a block or two of the older techniques with the paper in them? Do you know where I could buy a sample or so, or who I could contact? I don't want to buy a whole quilt, just a few of the older samples to show in a class.
I have checked some of the antique stores in our area.. we are very rural, not much here.

Gwen at EBHQ

A few photos of Gwen's work

pirated from the EBHQ site

Buildings

A Beaded Headboard

Jane: One Woman Show

Four Patch

Poking around in the EBHQ files reveals Jane's work at shows and show & tell

(EBHQ only does show & tell once a year)

Blue & Green String Quilt

Chat & Patch Houses

Christmas Flying Geese

Hawaii Memories

Rising Stars

Deposits Due at the end of May

Sally asks us to remember to mail our deposits and waivers to the Y.

"The deadline is May 31, but it doesn't hurt to get it in a little earlier. "

There's a link to the Y at the top of the right hand column here. Email Sally if you need another copy of the forms.

Note from Carol M.

Jan died Tuesday April 5 at 7:30 am. She was at home with all her family there....

Thank goodness for Hospice.

Found this photo of Jan at a UCB alumni site.

Red & White

Here is a link to Mabry's photo warehouse. She's posted her pictures of the NYC red & white quilt show.

http://gallery.me.com/whbenson#100261

Plus a few pictures of other things she saw on her trip.

And from Stevii on the Yahoo group

What an amazing experience it was to see this exhibit. The sheer numbers and the amazing layout was mind boggling. Wish you all could have been there.From the brochure: If you have an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Android smart phone go to folkartmuseum.org/infinitevariety to download a digital guide to the

exhibition, including images of all 650 quilts on display.Almost worth buying an iPad.