Spring has Sprung reveal for March

Wow - another AWESOME class with some VERY creative and talented students!!!!!    Seeing the show n tell is the BEST part of this class.

To refresh your memory - this is the quilt that we are working on..................

Spring has Sprung by Cheryl Wall of Country Quilts

And here is the show n tell for this month.................   (and let's hope I get all the name right!!!!)

Kathie was not able to make the class, but she got her homework done!!!

Mary added buttons instead of the red dots on the trees

Katheleen with BRIGHT flowers!

Joyce is appliqueing by hand and still has a bit of work to finish off - hence the pins!!!!!

Linda - nice bright BLUE flowers. Changes the entire look and that background for the tree - perfecct!!!!

Mary has an AWESOME background for her tree. Very STORMY looking and nice bright flowers on the left

Kay fussy cut those little circles on the trees in a multitude of colours and again - NICE BRIGHT flowers

Diane with a GORGEOUS bee that she satin stitched by machine!!!!

Barb - who is spending spring in the TROPICS ..............

and a close up of Barb's killer bee!!!!!

My blocks 

Linda P could not attend either, but I saw her blocks a week ago. Yes - Linda is doing the same quilt as us, but let's just say that she is modifying it somewhat!!!!!!

Here are her other blocks from before (yes - she has done MORE than required!!!)

What???? - Yes - Linda P is doing not one, but TWO quilts. This one is completely different than the other one. LOVE the nice fresh spring colours.

I think we had everyone but one person attend or send in their blocks and EVERYONE was pretty much up to date. You got to love that!!!!!   I tell you - they are a GREAT group of students!!!!!


Now there are two people in the class who are working on something different - similar but different.


Susan is working on Country Album

Country Album

Susan's tree. The original has two small birds above the tree. Susan managed to find some cute little butterflies to applique on. Very nice touch!!!!!

Simply Squares - one of the additional projects in the Spring has Sprung book

Liz got a bit excited and decided to finish the top. Well she still has borders to put on.  As you can see - even something as ordinary as this pieced block - the girls get creative and make it their own!!!!!!

I know they all just chomping at the bit to get the entire quilt done. But let's sit back and enjoy the ride. Besides it is fun to see the quilts come to life bit by bit.

As for the homework for next month - here is what I have got done so far.

Homework for March 

Don't forget to do the pieced part of this block as well - the four patches and the half square triangles.



And there you have the first part of the show n tell for March.

Like I said - a pretty amazing group. Very enthusiastic and very creative!!!!!




Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hobo Quilt reveal for March

Here is the second of the reveals that took place yesterday.

This time - the quilt is Hobo Quilts.

Hobo Quilts by Debra Henninger

Liz's blocks. She is framing all the blocks and will then put a sashing in between them or she might just surprise with something else. She is still thinking about that one. 

Here is something interesting that Liz is doing. She is embroidering the name of each block in the sashing above the block. All of these blocks have a weird name and this makes it easy to know what each means. GREAT JOB Liz. 

Sharon B decided to join Hobo Quilts (and do Dear Jane as well!!!!). She is playing a bit of catch-up. Nice colours!!!!!   OK - I think I put one of them upside down!!!!

I won't post my pictures and I won't post the homework. Are you KIDDING ME?????   I am running around like an idiot at this point in time and I got part of the work done, but not complete.

My biggest dilemma right now - do I get prepared and take this "homework" on the retreat or do I just wing it and do something for me???????   OK - I confess that took about 30 seconds to decide - I am doing something for ME!!!!!!!   Well - you will see when I get back, what I have tucked into my retreat bag.


Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Farmer's Wife reveal for March

Whew - here we go for the THIRD reveal of the day. OK - see where I am coming from with the amount of work required to keep ahead of the girls!!!!   Yikes..................

This is the book we are working from........................   

Farmer's Wife book

 And yes - it is a little harder for them to get WILDLY creative with the pieced blocks, but they are making statements with their colour choices. Have a peek.....................   (I hope I got those names right - there are two sets of blocks that I am not 100% about!!)

Barb (yes - the same Barb from Spring has Sprung)

Elaine S

Diane

Rose

Lynn

Corinne

Sharon N

Donna wasn't able to attend class, but got the homework done and sent me a picture. 

Wow - do those blocks not look amazing!!!!!!    Again - almost everyone is UP TO DATE. An impressive showing!!!!!!!

Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Jane Reveal for March

Last, but certainly not least is the reveal for DEAR JANE. Wow - I am so IMPRESSED by the blocks and the effort everyone put into making the blocks. Again - ALMOST everyone did all 10 blocks. These groups are blowing my mind!!!!!   I love them - I love their enthusiasm, I love their spunk - they are AWESOME.


Where do I start??????   OK - get a coffee and sit back - there are a LOT of pictures.................... (and I am sure I will mess the names up again - let's keep our fingers crossed!!!)

Krystyna

Sharon B (yes - the same Sharon from Hobo Quilts) - some of these girls are suckers for punishment!!!!!

Sacha

Katheleen

Vivenda

close up of the hand stitching (a chain stitch) on Vivenda's blocks

Anne

Linda D

Christine

Kathy

Marilyn

Jo

Evelyn

Cathy

Takako

Corinne

Anita

Marion

Jeanette

Bernice

Close up of one of Bernice`s blocks!!!!   How cool is this!!!!!

And how about this FUSSY CUT paper piecing???   Way to go Bernice!!!!

Anna

Beth

Dede

Suzie

Marg

Joy

Ronda

 Linda P is doing not one, not two, but THREE of these quilts. And here are her three sets of blocks. I think we can forgive her for not getting 10 of each done!!!!!

Linda P - THREE sets

Linda P - set one

Linda P - set two

Linda P - set three

Mary was not able to attend class, but sent a picture of her blocks

Wow - does that not knock your socks off!!!!!!   And yes - they can get VERY creative just with colour and fabric selection. AWESOME job - my hats off to everyone - you all did an AMAZING job.


And that is it for the show n tell   (OK - by my count - I missed taking TWO pictures - I will get them and add to the blog).   SNAP!!!!!!   (where did this SNAP expression come from anyway?????)


Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1



Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!