Workshops

So this was from my first day at the free motion quilting workshop.  It is amazing to me what just simple doodling and some practice can produce!  These are mostly feathers, peacock feathers, flower, a couple of hearts and some leaves.  Don't worry if you are having a hard time picking out anything specific.  It was just a practice piece!

And this week for my art quilt class I spent six hours, from the time Andrew left for work until he came back home again working on this part of the statute.  That's right, you can't really tell too much of the detail yet because it is so small but that is actually two rows of tiles at the bottom.  I just couldn't believe it when Andrew walked through the door and I realized that I had been at this project for a day and this was all I had to show for it.  But the pieces are so small that you have to place them using tweezers and then trying to get them ironed on in the right place is not always the easiest of tasks.  But believe me, trying to remove them is even harder!

And this is my day of work actually at art quilt class this week.  Again, six hours of work represented here.  This is the beginning of the background for the statute.  I also learned that the quilt will be built in layers and quilted in layers.  By the time it is all completed I will have quilted around four to five layers to get the desired effect.  Here's hoping I finish it and it is even half as good as I hope it is.  I already know this one will be a keeper!

I am still trying to figure out how to get about another six hours out of my day.  Twenty four just doesn't seem like enough these days!