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Studio Update (entry 93)

Hi Everyone, thanks so much for following my transition with my new studio and work space. It’s pretty close to completion or I would like to think so. I’ve been quite busy and I have still have about 10% left to do 🙂 YAY I’m loving it and thanks for all of the encouragement and comments along the way.


I’ll be heading to Red Deer on Friday (while your reading my post) for their FAB quilt and shopping show. I’m going with my sister and we’ll be meeting my Mum there also. A nice day for the girls to be together. My Sister doesn’t quilt (YET) but we hope one day she will be as addicted as the rest of us 🙂 
Also on Saturday, my Chestermere guild will be hosting a Community Sew Day for charity. It will be held here in town, if you are interested, please stop by with your machine and stay a while. Kits to work on and lunch will be provided!

I have a few things up my sleeve to share with you so hopefully next week I’ll have a great post for you

My new contracting job with Chinook College will begin April 7 so if any of you Calgary folks are interested in a “Quilting – Getting Started” class, check out their site. I’ll be teaching 6 blocks one per week everything from applique, to templates, piecing, squaring up and more.

Until next time, have a great weekend everyone,

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Flying Needles Quilt Guild (entry 16)

Hi Everyone, I’m so please to report on our Fun Quilts Lecture(s) and Trunk Show is was FAB!!! 

The Flying Needles Guild gathered on Thursday for an excellent lecture and workshop on the Luminosity Quilt

here’s Susan G’s graduation of reds

Jan B stayed up late on Thursday night to complete her quilt top for show and tell on Friday – this is just stunning Jan!

Friday, I was supposed to take the workshop on Role of Colour but unfortunately my life got busy and I couldn’t attend the workshop. I was however on setup and in charge of a few things for the Friday night Trunk Show and when I arrived the room was a buzzin with inspired and connected women from the workshop that day. From what I can tell, from the enthusiasm in the room when I arrived, I should never miss another work shop again!!

Trunk Show was an unbelievably enlightening evening full of visual stimulation and of course good food and camaraderie with new and familiar faces. It was a superb night, thanks to everyone who pitched in and helped out!!

“Happy Go Lucky” this is the workshop I took on Saturday, all solids and it was so fun, everyone’s looked totally different.

“Raindrops” Bill Kerr explained it kind of like this…picture the rain drops hitting the still water, this is the effect it gives once it penetrates the stillness…

As a side note: Bill was an exceptional speaker, he made things relateable and made us appreciate current things in our surroundings like chairs, buildings, highways and more. I know it sounds a bit different from the traditional way we think about quilting like 9-patch, log cabin, etc 

“Leaves”

 “Outside of the Box” slight variation of a log cabin assembly anyway..

“Starry Starry Night”

Bill Kerr and Janice, Janice had Bill sign one of her quilt blocks, what a great idea.

Here’s my blocks for my Happy Go Lucky quilt – I want to get this quilt finished so I can hang it in my new studio.

Kim working hard on her purple themed quilt

Hi Shirley, and closest to us is Ana’s blocks gorgeous.

Well ladies, that is only a tip of what I learned and I’m sure other people took away so much more. Very grateful to have been part of this, I’ve heard some talk about them coming back up our way in the Spring 🙂

Shannon M is in charge of scrapbook for our Guild and here’s a little slide show she did up for us capturing so much more…thanks Shannon. If you want to follow Weeks with her excellent blog and sense of humour (read her post on April fools day pranks it’s a riot!!) check it out here, Craft Nectar

Until next time,