Quilting Bee Update

Unfinished Quilting Project?

Save the date for a quilting bee at the Enfield Community Building on Friday, August 12, 2016 from 4:30 -8:30pm.  Dinner will be provided.  

$25.00 per person

*This is a Mascoma Parks and Recreation sponsored event*

Registration Form

Fancy Gadgets

Today we had our Irish Chain class.  We used Jenny Doan's pattern from her magazine The Block.  Here's the link to the video

During class I mentioned two things I find helpful in my studio:
Comic Backing Boards - to organize fabric
Bobbin Buddies - to organize threads

To square up a block, I like this video

Happy quilting!

Quilting Bee

PATTERN BOOKS ARRIVED!

I just got back from PEI and guess what!? The pattern books arrived! Instead of getting ONE pattern for the class, you're getting a whole magazine! I purchased THE BLOCK by Missouri Star Quilt Company. You're going to love this! NO ADVERTISEMENTS! LOTS OF PATTERNS! QUILTING STORIES! FAMILY STORIES! We have ten spaces left in the class. BRING A FRIEND! If you haven't signed up, what are you waiting for!?

Sweet Pea Irish Chain

Here I am with the Irish chain completely finished!  I'm calling it "Sweet Pea". There's nothing like being on Prince Edward Island with your feet in the sand, the rolling ocean in your ears, and a comfy quilt!  The project came full circle when I was working on the quilt binding while at a ceilidh (pronounced cay-lee) of the Ross Family Singers.  A ceilidh is a Scottish or Irish folk music social.  

Want to make one of these quilts?  I'm teaching this pattern on July 31st and I might even throw in a little music that I listened to from the ceilidh.  It'll be a great, big  IRISH quilting party!  

Irish Chain Quilt Class - Update!

I just ordered the pattern magazine for class! WOO HOO! I can't wait for that box to arrive! We'll be using the Missouri Star Quilt Company's magazine, "The Block"! Not only will you get the pattern in the magazine, but lots of other little tidbits (and patterns) as well. Here's a little blurb from the company: "THE BLOCK by Missouri Star Quilt Company is a magazine we design, produce, and publish in house here at MSQC! There are no ads in it, not a single one. We take tutorials that Mom has done on the YouTube channel, write the patterns, then make the quilts out of new fabric with stories and guides to go along with them. Lots of photos, ideas for projects, and patterns, all written out, 10 of them, in every issue! If you don't love it, send it back, we'll give you a refund, but don't worry, you'll love it! :) " There's still room in the class! Scroll down for more information or email me!

Swoon Quilt

The other day I posted a quilt for an upcoming class called Single Irish Chain (class is on the 31st if you want to join in on the fun).  That quilt will be used in my room as a lap blanket to complement this one:

If you like the quilt above, you can get the pattern here.