I didn't get as far as other students and there is still quite a bit of work to do to get it finished. There are 5 sections to this small quilt and I pinned them together so I could hang it up for the other students to see. The big blank space in front of the 3 town houses need some greenery and there is still a tree to put in and the Mt Victoria tower to add in the sky line piece. Gloria is an excellent teacher and I enjoyed the fact that there were a variety of techniques we could use to put in a 'layer'. The houses look like they are on a bit of a lean - windy Wellington :-) Actually the weather was great for the whole week, only one slightly yukky day.The second class I did was also 2 days, with Dena Crain, called 'Darned Quilts'. The technique involved curve-piecing a graduated background, adding embellishments and then cutting shapes (circles were the easiest to start with) out and swapping them around and re-stitching them back in. Very interesting and a great way to try out all those fancy stitches on the machine that I normally never use.
I think I'll call this one 'Sunrise, Sunset'. It just needs basting up, quilting and binding. It will measure about 53 cm wide by 74 cm high (21" by 29"). I wonder if I can finish this one before the end of the holidays?
6 comments:
That sounds great. Both your class pieces look promising. I like the 2nd one best, being freer and more abstract. Lucky you having those great teachers.
Great work, Helen!
What a great experience. How exciting your pieces look.
Well done.
I love the circles...that's fantastic, and the Wgtn view is pretty cool too. they both deserve to be finished pieces. Hooray!
Hey how are you Helen. No posts for a month. I bet you're looking forward to the school holidays. I hope you are well.
My goodness, your work is way up there, really neat, and so different from all the other quilting blogs I follow. You'll add quite a bit of variety to my blog roll!
Cheers,
Christine :)
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