From Marti and Me Club November 2012

Attended the From Marti and Me Club meeting at Cottonpickers Quilt Shop in Chardon, Ohio this morning. 

 

Our attendance was light because of illness and grandchildren!!  Hope you feel better soon Marge!!  And Jenny we hope you had a geat time with kids!!

 

We always start with show and tell.

 

 

Marge showed us this Wool Applecore table runner that she made for under caseroles.

 

 



Nancy showed us her hexagon quilt.



Cathy brought this quilt that she made for her granddaughter.  Which is an example of one of the quilts we will be discussing in class.

 

Our instructor Gayle is great at sharing ideas of how to use the patterns that Marti Michell has designed for us.

 

 

 

This is the Hexagon Pinwheel that Gayle made for the class sample.

 

I think this may be the project I start after the holidays.

 

 

 Thanks Gayle for a great class!!!

 

Feathered Peacock Star quilt top is done!!!

I finished sewing the and removing the paper from my Judy and Brad Niemeyer Feathered Star quilt top last weekend. 

Then this past week I worked on pressing the quilt top and piecing the backing.

 

Today I visited the Cottonpickers Quilt Shop and put the quilt top on the design wall.

 

 

 

Close up of the center.

 

Becky of Ruby Blue Quilting Studio will be quilting this wall hanging in the next few weeks.

 

I can't wait to get it back and finish it for entering it into the Lake Farm Parks 2013 Quilt Show.

 

 

 

Feathered Star - Chapter 5 - Eight seams to go!!!

Eight more seams to go and my Judy and Brad Niemeyer Feathered Star Quilt top will be done!!  Except for removing all the paper that is!!

Feathered Star Quilt - Chapter 5 Progress

I have completed all paper piecing and have started sewing together the sections of my FeatheredStar by Judy and Brad Niemeyer quilt.

I was able to do some of the border paper piecing at the Buckeye Sewing Retreat I attended last weekend.

 

Saturday morning I worked in my sewing room, unpacking everything from the Retreat and setting up my sewing machine.  Then Saturday night I finished the paper piecing and started working on the corners and my first Y seams of the project.  If you follow the instructions the Y seams go together pretty easily.  I did increase my stitch length in case I had to reverse sew!!

 

The instructions have you sewing sections together, so that you build the quilt area by area, corners, middles and sides.  I even started removing paper last night; it took me about 30 minutes to remove the paper from one of the sections.  I have decided to remove the paper from the inner parts of the sections prior to completing the quilt. 

 

I lay the section I’m working on, on the table and use my ‘Purple Thang’ to help loosen the paper and definitely have a trash can or bag handy.  Of course my trash can is a Buckeye one!!

 I have had a couple areas where the glue didn’t release, so I may have to use a little water with a Q-tip to finish those areas.

 

I can’t wait to get this finished!!  I will be having Becky Silbaugh of Ruby Blue Quilting Studio help to select the quilt pattern and then do the quilting on her long arm machine.