Here are some projects coming out of my own studio recently. First off, I'm doing a Gypsy Wife sew along with two groups. I'm making the blocks in the order that they appear in the book, using Japanese fabrics. Here are the 10 blocks I have so far: Last Saturday I joined a class at The Quilting Grounds in Norwood Young America, and made a barn quilt! I did a Bear Paw block, which is the logo I use for my quilting business. I had to do a lot of "fussy taping" for my block. Also, the teacher told us that the colors red and yellow both need extra coats of paint to get good coverage, so I did 4 coats of each of those colors. We worked from 8:30 to 3:30. There were only 2 items we had to bring for the class: a 6" X 24" ruler and a hairdryer. Here's my finished barn quilt! It's 24" square. There were 8 of us in the class. It was fun to see the variety of barn quilts that were made! Also pictured here is the paint and rollers that we used in class. I also made these Sidewinder pouches from the Minikins collection. I made sizes small, medium and large. Fabrics by Tula Pink. I used "pleather" for the handles. You can see an entire parade of Sidewinder pouches at Sara's blog, here. I added my own photo, also, #41. I've been working intensely on Bonnie Hunter's "Talkin' Turkey" quilt pattern for a few months now. I finally got it on my longarm this week! This quilt is a scrapbook of my 38 years of quilting: old & new, traditional & modern, American & Japanese fabrics. It's going to hang at the Minnesota Quilters quilt show in St. Cloud in June, in the special exhibits section: Red & White Quilts for the ruby (40th) anniversary of Minnesota Quilters. What are you working on? Grace & peace!!! ~Nancy Linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts, TGIFF, Busy Hands Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Friday Foto Fun, Oh Scrap, Cooking Up Quilts, Let's Bee Social, Midweek Makers, Needle & Thread Thursday.
