Just Another Class Sample Quilt

Finished my sample for an upcoming class I'm teaching in Manhattan.

Jelly Roll Quilt, The City Quilter, Manhattan - $70

Held over 3 weekly sessions Thursday, 5, 12, 19 Feb 2015 

12 noon to 2.00 pm

Using 2.5" strips we'll learn a super fast Half Square Triangle (HST) method and use these to create a stunning quilt top with border.  During class we're aiming to finish the quilt top but some students may progress further towards making the full quilt.  Open to all levels but must know how to use a rotary cutter and sewing machine and sew an accurate ¼” seam. 

Contact store to register.

I've no idea what the strip fabrics are - they were put together by my friend Mallory over a year ago but I did pick the border and backing fabrics:
Dear Stella Paloma Stripe Citron #214
Blue-Green Istanbul from the Passport collection by Modern Quilt Studio for Andover Fabrics
Dogma Bubbles Teal by David Hearn for In The Beginning fabrics


I've found some photos I took along the way which are always interesting to share.

Making layout choices.

Planning borders and binding.

And then the finished quilt, 

  

pieced back,

red dots popping in the border,

one direction diagonal quilting,

yellow striped binding,

and, finally, the quilt roll.

The weather's too cold and damp to take outside photos so I'm trying to make use of what little daylight there is by my floor to ceiling windows.  This, of course, means I have a couple of little helpers always willing to test drive any quilt that hits the floor.

So I told Tatty and Watson to leave the quilt alone while I was taking photos and when I turned around they were both watching from the chair behind me.

So the quilt's off to hang in the store where the class is being held, if you've registered for the class we'll have a lot of fun along the way and I'm looking foward to meeting you :D

If you live in the greater New York area or are making a quick visit to the Big Apple, why not join in one of my classes?  You can find details of all Spring 2015 classes I'm teaching via the 'My Classes' link in the side bar or by clicking the link button below.

 

 

  

That Was February, This Is March

So it's March and I've been buying some gorgeous new fabrics at Pins & Needles on the Upper East Side.

A couple of Ed Emberley "Picture Pie" for Cloud9 fabrics - you just have to love those raccoons and Michael Miller's black & white Clown Stripe.

2 yards of multi pom poms, white fleece and white french terry.

Some fat quarters - I haven't got a printed selvedge on any of them so I have no idea what I've bought, if anyone has any idea I'd love to know!

So that's what I've been doing in March but what about February and, for that matter, January?

Well in January this little guy came to live with us, his name's Watson and he's a Havanese.

Yep he's pretty much running the household and, as you can see, he's totally taken ownership of Tatty's bed!

Then in February Simon and I headed off for a week to Seville to see all the kids - that's right, ALL the kids - it's 2 years since we were all together!!!

The trip involved a lot of this -

there's half a bottle of Tanqueray gin with a thimble of tonic in my glass!

Need more evidence of how we passed our time?  

Here's Ana, Jack, Joe and Katie and a table full of our cocktails.

We didn't take many pics (see my post about my previous trip here) and a lot of what I do have are poor quality phone photos, but there's not a single one of us all together :( and turns out this is the only pic I've got of Flicky!

and this one's me with Simon.

It rained every day and although it wasn't warm it was most definitely warmer than NYC.  The sun did break through for a couple of hours one day as I snapped this pic of Joe and Katie dancing in Seville's Cathedral garden

and this is the sunny view from the top of the Cathedral's Giralda Tower.

I loved all the hand stitched scarves

and there was quilty inspiration on every floor.

Here I am on the flight home - knitting and stretching out as there were only 80 of us on the 335 seater plane.

Airplane food was, as always a trial for me - just because I'm gluten free doesn't mean I like rice cakes, I hate rice cakes.

So that's my dinner and below's my breakfast - another rice cake that someone's gone to the trouble of cutting in half - makes no difference, I still hate rice cakes.

Since I got home I've been working on a sampler for a potential class, late into the night I've been busy sewing together jelly roll strips.

Tomorrow I'm off to San Francisco till Monday and I'm looking forward to some potential sunshine instead of more of this.

Here's to Spring in New York - though I've got a feeling we'll be skipping Spring and going straight into another scorcher of a Summer!!!

I know it's terribly British of me but I'm wondering how the weather's treating you?  Answers on a postcard please or even in a comment.