Student Show and Tell

Cheryl loves hand work.  While others were making 18 hand pieced blocks, she made 39 AND hand quilted the whole thing!  Isn't she amazing?  Can you tell she loves purple?  She has her Mariner's Compass quilt for this year set and probably hand quilted by now.  I'll see her this week and keep you posted!

Peggy Smith took a hexagon hand piecing class with me through her guild.  When I saw her at a lecture recently, she brought back that project and another.  We do hexagons with regular hand piecing, not over paper (English paper piecing).  You can see her center and two rounds on, with the third round pinned at the top right, ready for sewing.

I thought this was a great idea:  Peggy used her embroidery machine to make her label directly on the backing fabric before quilting.

And this was the other project, hand appliqued pine trees from a guild workshop I taught in 2010.  It's just lovely and the red binding is the perfect finish.  (The bottom binding is cut off--by me, the o supremo photographer.  Sorry, Peggy!)

Great job, ladies!  It's exciting as a teacher to see projects either in progress or finished.  So don't hesitate to share your flimsies and/or flimsies-NOT (aka finished).  I love them all.

Blissful hugs,
Sharon

Mares' Tails

Did you know that this type of cloud formation is called "Mares' Tails"?  They are a type of Cirrus cloud formed of ice crystals.  I think they are just beautiful.  Enjoy!

Blissful hugs,
Sharon

House in the House

Okay, that's as rapper as I can go!  (Count your blessings!)

Terry has been on a finishing campaign and has done a remarkable job.  Here she is with Monthly Bliss 1 totally finished.  I love how the blocks just shine.

And here she is with Monthly Bliss 3.  She had quite a time choosing the setting fabrics.  But I think it was worth the wait for that border fabric.  

Great job, Terry!  Thanks for sharing these fabulous quilts.  

It's exciting to see class projects at any stage in the process.  Don't hesitate to send me pics at sharon@sharonstroud.com.  Please make them a reasonable size file (under 300 kb) so that they are easier to open and save.  I'd love to see what you are doing and to share with other like-minded quilters!

Blissful hugs,
Sharon