Well, it has been awhile since I posted but that's because I have been very busy piecing and piecing and piecing!
When I came home from Judy's class I did just as I was told....went back to the beginning and completed each step in it's entirety. Here are all my templates and fabrics, cut, piled and put together with binder clips. And, ready to sew. And that's what I have been doing. Some of the arcs I love, some I am not crazy about. If I had understood the process prior to choosing my fabrics I would have made some very different choices. But, I keep repeating Janet's mantra....'It's just a quilt'!
The beginning of the arcs...I thought I was doing so well. And then, here are all 30 of the arcs completed and almost all of the left border waves. I like the border waves because I selected which fabrics went together rather then use Judy's method of stack and whack and whatever two pieces you choose go together since all the fabrics coordinated.
I am more then 50% done with the piecing so it shouldn't be much longer until I can start assembling the top!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
How Much fun and what a lot of work! Janet and I just spent two days in class with Judy Neimeyer. She is an extraordinary designer of paper pieced quilt patterns....including the Japanese Fan. Her patterns are built and organized in the same mashed as an engineer would create a project.
Each section is numbered, each piece a sub-number and then the fabric is cut, marked,placed in groups and numbered bags. The fabric is sewn in strips and as the strips are sewn together the pattern emerges and beauty is there.
Judy taught us so many small tips that are not written, published,videoed or anything else up to now. The tips make the whole class worth the money. She has processes for doing curved piecing and arcs that will be used in all of my sewing. She probably ranks number one in quilt teachers I've taken classes with.
But, the class had one huge drawback....little ladies who came to socialize rather then learn. We had a group that chatted VERY loudly without thought for anyone else for two straight days. They babbled and cackled and told family secrets for hours on end. I guess Janet and I came to learn and they came to have female company. I imagine they must be lonely and these are their friends. All I know is that the learning curve on the quilt construction was a bit stressful and not having a quiet space to think the process through made for a raging headache and a pile of stress knots!
But, the quilts are coming along well and I love mine. I love the organization and the way it is going together. Now I must stay focused, keep moving ahead and get the quilt finished.
Each section is numbered, each piece a sub-number and then the fabric is cut, marked,placed in groups and numbered bags. The fabric is sewn in strips and as the strips are sewn together the pattern emerges and beauty is there.
Judy taught us so many small tips that are not written, published,videoed or anything else up to now. The tips make the whole class worth the money. She has processes for doing curved piecing and arcs that will be used in all of my sewing. She probably ranks number one in quilt teachers I've taken classes with.
But, the class had one huge drawback....little ladies who came to socialize rather then learn. We had a group that chatted VERY loudly without thought for anyone else for two straight days. They babbled and cackled and told family secrets for hours on end. I guess Janet and I came to learn and they came to have female company. I imagine they must be lonely and these are their friends. All I know is that the learning curve on the quilt construction was a bit stressful and not having a quiet space to think the process through made for a raging headache and a pile of stress knots!
But, the quilts are coming along well and I love mine. I love the organization and the way it is going together. Now I must stay focused, keep moving ahead and get the quilt finished.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
A Thought A Day
Perhaps the best way to remember the year is to post a thought a day....I'm sure I will skip some days but I'm going to try and keep on track.
So, my thought for today is on projects. I have so many in the Que and my mind keeps conjuring up additional ones that I want to do. There is an urgency to these thoughts and plans. Why? Well, time is marching on. As I sit and write this I see my hands typing away and I see...I see the aging...the veins becoming more prominent, the skin a bit drier and crisscrossed with a few more creases each day. And it is these hands that I need to create, and the eyes that are seeing a bit less clearly that I need to transfer the thoughts to fabric or paper or computer. It's the mind that has such clarity and sharpness at one moment and then, with the blink of an eye, the edges blur and the thought disappears behind a veil of years. So....I hope I remember to place a thought a day here!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Progress!
Janet came over today and we read, reread, deciphered and finally cut our fabric for the Judy Niemeyer class. I have a hard time separating values...lights from darks and mediums...and that is one of the things Janet really helps me with. By the end of the day 20 yards of fabric had been sliced and diced and loaded into 5 plastic baggies with cryptic lettering on each.
The nicest thing as we moved through the ironing and cutting was hearing both of us sigh and comment on how much we loved the fabrics we choose. It's always nice to feel a connection with the project and have a desire to see it come together.
The nicest thing as we moved through the ironing and cutting was hearing both of us sigh and comment on how much we loved the fabrics we choose. It's always nice to feel a connection with the project and have a desire to see it come together.
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
It's Been Awhile
Well, it has been awhile since I posted but that's because I have been very busy piecing and piecing and piecing!
When I came home from Judy's class I did just as I was told....went back to the beginning and completed each step in it's entirety. Here are all my templates and fabrics, cut, piled and put together with binder clips. And, ready to sew. And that's what I have been doing. Some of the arcs I love, some I am not crazy about. If I had understood the process prior to choosing my fabrics I would have made some very different choices. But, I keep repeating Janet's mantra....'It's just a quilt'!
The beginning of the arcs...I thought I was doing so well. And then, here are all 30 of the arcs completed and almost all of the left border waves. I like the border waves because I selected which fabrics went together rather then use Judy's method of stack and whack and whatever two pieces you choose go together since all the fabrics coordinated.
I am more then 50% done with the piecing so it shouldn't be much longer until I can start assembling the top!
When I came home from Judy's class I did just as I was told....went back to the beginning and completed each step in it's entirety. Here are all my templates and fabrics, cut, piled and put together with binder clips. And, ready to sew. And that's what I have been doing. Some of the arcs I love, some I am not crazy about. If I had understood the process prior to choosing my fabrics I would have made some very different choices. But, I keep repeating Janet's mantra....'It's just a quilt'!
The beginning of the arcs...I thought I was doing so well. And then, here are all 30 of the arcs completed and almost all of the left border waves. I like the border waves because I selected which fabrics went together rather then use Judy's method of stack and whack and whatever two pieces you choose go together since all the fabrics coordinated.
I am more then 50% done with the piecing so it shouldn't be much longer until I can start assembling the top!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
How Much fun and what a lot of work! Janet and I just spent two days in class with Judy Neimeyer. She is an extraordinary designer of paper pieced quilt patterns....including the Japanese Fan. Her patterns are built and organized in the same mashed as an engineer would create a project.
Each section is numbered, each piece a sub-number and then the fabric is cut, marked,placed in groups and numbered bags. The fabric is sewn in strips and as the strips are sewn together the pattern emerges and beauty is there.
Judy taught us so many small tips that are not written, published,videoed or anything else up to now. The tips make the whole class worth the money. She has processes for doing curved piecing and arcs that will be used in all of my sewing. She probably ranks number one in quilt teachers I've taken classes with.
But, the class had one huge drawback....little ladies who came to socialize rather then learn. We had a group that chatted VERY loudly without thought for anyone else for two straight days. They babbled and cackled and told family secrets for hours on end. I guess Janet and I came to learn and they came to have female company. I imagine they must be lonely and these are their friends. All I know is that the learning curve on the quilt construction was a bit stressful and not having a quiet space to think the process through made for a raging headache and a pile of stress knots!
But, the quilts are coming along well and I love mine. I love the organization and the way it is going together. Now I must stay focused, keep moving ahead and get the quilt finished.
Each section is numbered, each piece a sub-number and then the fabric is cut, marked,placed in groups and numbered bags. The fabric is sewn in strips and as the strips are sewn together the pattern emerges and beauty is there.
Judy taught us so many small tips that are not written, published,videoed or anything else up to now. The tips make the whole class worth the money. She has processes for doing curved piecing and arcs that will be used in all of my sewing. She probably ranks number one in quilt teachers I've taken classes with.
But, the class had one huge drawback....little ladies who came to socialize rather then learn. We had a group that chatted VERY loudly without thought for anyone else for two straight days. They babbled and cackled and told family secrets for hours on end. I guess Janet and I came to learn and they came to have female company. I imagine they must be lonely and these are their friends. All I know is that the learning curve on the quilt construction was a bit stressful and not having a quiet space to think the process through made for a raging headache and a pile of stress knots!
But, the quilts are coming along well and I love mine. I love the organization and the way it is going together. Now I must stay focused, keep moving ahead and get the quilt finished.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
A Thought A Day
Perhaps the best way to remember the year is to post a thought a day....I'm sure I will skip some days but I'm going to try and keep on track.
So, my thought for today is on projects. I have so many in the Que and my mind keeps conjuring up additional ones that I want to do. There is an urgency to these thoughts and plans. Why? Well, time is marching on. As I sit and write this I see my hands typing away and I see...I see the aging...the veins becoming more prominent, the skin a bit drier and crisscrossed with a few more creases each day. And it is these hands that I need to create, and the eyes that are seeing a bit less clearly that I need to transfer the thoughts to fabric or paper or computer. It's the mind that has such clarity and sharpness at one moment and then, with the blink of an eye, the edges blur and the thought disappears behind a veil of years. So....I hope I remember to place a thought a day here!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Progress!
Janet came over today and we read, reread, deciphered and finally cut our fabric for the Judy Niemeyer class. I have a hard time separating values...lights from darks and mediums...and that is one of the things Janet really helps me with. By the end of the day 20 yards of fabric had been sliced and diced and loaded into 5 plastic baggies with cryptic lettering on each.
The nicest thing as we moved through the ironing and cutting was hearing both of us sigh and comment on how much we loved the fabrics we choose. It's always nice to feel a connection with the project and have a desire to see it come together.
The nicest thing as we moved through the ironing and cutting was hearing both of us sigh and comment on how much we loved the fabrics we choose. It's always nice to feel a connection with the project and have a desire to see it come together.
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