I have an easy time buying beautiful fabric but a hard time it cutting up. I managed to do just that, however, for this Sashed Half Hexagon quilt in Asian fabrics. It will soon go to the quilter, then the binding goes on. After that, I will give to a friend who is unaware I am making a quilt for them. And it’s someone who doesn’t read my blog, so I am totally safe in showing it to everyone else.
The pattern is the Sashed Half Hexagon by Missouri Star Quilt Company.
I love taking art quilt classes. In my latest class, Fabulous Facades by Gloria Loughman, we started out with the same pattern to learn her appliqué technique. We pinned our doors on the design wall. I like them all.
Later we used her technique to work on our own photos/patterns. I am using a photo/pattern of a fishing cabin. It should be finished about this time next year, but don’t hold your breath. Once I get home from class, I get into my routines and ruts and unfinished projects tend to disappear into the landscape of my sewing room.
This fabric door is mine. It’s approximately 12 x 16 inches.
These are all the students’ doors and the instructor’s sample (bottom row, second from left).
“Thread” was one item on the supply list for my art quilt class. Patty brought some of hers. Yes, only some. I brought one of those thread containers to class. Yes, I have more thread than what fits in one container. But I’m not saying how much. No, can’t make me.
The painter’s tape is to secure the boxes for the trip home. We were packing up when I photographed these boxes.
I’m starting on another quilt. I’ve sewn all the half-square triangles and trimmed them to 6.5 inches. Next up, laying them on the living room floor to decide their placement. There are 168 blocks and I’m not sure if I’ll use all of them. I’ll let you know.
Here are a few more quilts that caught my eye at the 2016 Austin Area Quilt Guild show. So inspiring. [Big sigh]
Rippling Nine-Patches by Martha Thompson
Rockin Rail Fence by Norma Lambert, quilting by Lori Kukuk
Shakespeare in the Park by Carol Hassell, quilting by Angela McCorkle
Something From Nothing by Theresa Benedetti, quilting by Emily Bowers
World Travelers by Martha Thompson
Kaleigh’s Quilt by Althea Murray, quilting by Sandie Hirsch
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