Japanese Fan

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.