Showing posts with label teaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teaching. Show all posts

Friday, April 7, 2017

TGIFF - Square in Square Class Sample

My LQS has asked me to teach another beginner modern quilt class.  I thought a square in square quilt would a good choice to show traditional quilters how traditional fabrics can be used in a modern way...baby steps.

I used Kona solids for the centres and prints for the outside.


The quilting is organic wavy lines.


These photos were taken when we had snow, but it's all gone now.  Yeah!!


There's been no sewing for me this past week -- it's still busy at work.  But I did some prep work tonight, so I can get right to sewing in the morning.  Here's to a good night's sleep so I am well rested to spend all day Saturday in my sewing room.


If you have a finish this week, consider linking up with:

Thank Goodness It's Finish Friday @ The Carpenters Daughter Who Quilts
Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Finished or Not Friday @ Busy Hand Quilts 
Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation 


Friday, November 4, 2016

Friday Finish - Teaching is Fun!

You may recall that I mentioned back in September that I would be teaching a class at my LQS.  It was awesome!  We had a great time over the four weeks.  There was frustration, laughter, and joy, and in the end, there were finished quilts.

I made a quilt as well so I could demonstrate all the steps as we went along.


They learned about pieced backs because I didn't have enough fabric.  LOL


This is Jayne's baby quilt.  She finished everything in class except hand stitching the binding.  It's so bright and cheerful.


This is Lorraine's lap quilt.  She, too, finished everything except hand stitching the binding.  It's hard to tell from the photo, but two of the prints have purple in them, so we went bold with a purple binding.


Heather also made a lap quilt.  She did some extra homework, so she finished the binding during our last class.  The colours don't come through as rich as they truly are.  That's a beautiful orange print.


And Darlene just kept adding pluses until she ran out of fabric and then added a border.  It ended up being a double quilt.  Pretty impressive for her first quilt.  She only needs to hand stitch the binding.


And finally Kat, with a lap quilt.  Kat works at the LQS and had to work during our third class.  So she's not quite finished...just a bit more quilting and then the binding.


Kat used her leftover squares to piece the back.  It's a reversible quilt.



I enjoyed sharing my love of quilting.  We had good discussions and just had a great time.  I've been asked to teach two more classes in the winter session starting in January.  So I need to put together two classes and create supply lists before the middle of November.  Panic...but I'm excited!


Linking up with:

Thank Goodness It's Finish Friday @ Busy Hand Quilts
Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation