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Fun Quilts Trunk Show (27)

Flying Needles Quilt Guild and Fun Quilts recently put on an amazing trunk show featuring all of the quilts from Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr’s latest book, Quilts Made Modern. This Stunning book which you can purchase here through Amazon at an excellent price.

Here’s a snapshot of the Fun Quilts trunk-show and all the beauty they had to offer…I hope you enjoy. And if you’ve read this amazing book and would like to leave a review, I’d love to hear from you. This amazing quilt(s) was inspired by the small houses in Chicago and when you look out your window you see the brick of another building..now you can see birds on a wire, well sort-of:) Isn’t this adorable with the simple background, amazing quilting and the cutest little birds one would want to see? 

This quilt was based off of a “postage stamp” style, with it’s simplicity in the stitching and the hand-quilting..yes Weeks did this by hand, unbelievably perfect!! The colours just make me and maybe you feel super cheery, love this one!!

Here’s all the gals ogling over another quilt – sew adorably contemporary.

And yet another one to wet your palette with stunning colour and curves…amazing I say!

This one here had me at “hello”, just the colours alone brought me in nice and close…brown and orange so different for me but I LOVE it!

Sew to sum this one up, well worth it from the refreshments and hospitality from Flying Needles Quilt Guild to the peaceful atmosphere of being in the Millarville Church to being surrounded by Quilters – I would say this trunk show was an absolute hit! Thanks so much to Bill Kerr for taking the time to come see us, teach us, inspire us and leave us ever-changed!

If you were one of us lucky ones who got to see the trunk show and/or took his workshop, please leave me a review to share with everyone:) Thanks sew much!

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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,