Yet Another Day at Marcia's Studio

The Wolf Quilt is quilted with a thread with a bit of sparkle. On to the beading.

Bev had an interesting piece that began as a class exercise.

Inspector Suki has had quite enough of winter...thank you very much.

I played with the Nepalese batiks a bit more on the design wall and rejected a few that were a repeat. I will put them on a black background.

Sewing Day at Marcia's Studio

The Wolf Quilt is back and I like it much better now that I moved things around a bit. Now it needs quilting and a few added beads for sparkle.

Marcia had re-arranged the Katie Pasquini fabric and now it looks more like a version of Jet Trails.

And had another interesting composition up on the wall.

And Bev had done some great quilting on this piece.

Sewing Day at Marcia's Studio

Wednesday was another great sewing day with friends at Marcia's Studio. Time to catch up on how our holiday went and perhaps get a little sewing done as well.

I was working on Wolf Quilt II (the new hopefully improved version) and it still isn't quite right.

Marcia had an interesting arrangement of Katie Pasquini Masopust's fabric up on the wall for a possible quilt.

And Pat worked on arranging blocks for a sample quilt for her upcoming class at the Genesee Valley Quilt Show in June.

Another variation which I personally liked much better. Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

Sewing Day at Marci's Studio

On Monday I ventured south to Palmyra to drop off some garments for next months exhibition at the Mancuso Show in Philadelphia and, of course, do some sewing. I needed to trim the three quilts I made for Pat Pauly's next challenge...the Exquisite Corpse. Marcia also has hers started and on the design wall. Mine are on the left.

My tops all trimmed up. Now they need binding, hanging sleeves and labels. I may also lighten up the "lights" a bit.

Another Sewing Day at Marcia's Studio

I did some work on a quilt I have been composing made from Batiks from Nepal.  I decided it needed more colors between the pictures.

I have been cleaning my garage and found a box of textiles from my trip to India 8 years ago.  I thought this bedspread would make a nice jacket but the motifs may be too large.

These pieces were made from vintage saris.

Bev checks out a few that are for sale.

Inspector Suki, always on the job, inspects Nancy's latest quilt.

The weather turned warm so Pat and two others decided to do some discharging.

Some of the results drying in the sun.

And I did a bit of work on the Cheetah quilt. 

Another Great Day at Marcia's Studio

I was setting out a group of fabrics which might go with the cheetah embroidery at the right and Inspector Suki checks them out for softness.

Then it was time to peruse them for appropriateness for the project. 

Beth was working on her beautiful heron

And I pulled out the jacket which desperately needs finishing.

The front will have a black band

I just happened to have some fabrics in my piles today which coordinated with this gorgeous hand dyed fabric which I just purchased on Etsy.com

A Fun Day at Marcia's Studio

Today I joined Beth Brandkamp, fresh from the wilds of Florida and North Carolina, for a fun day at Marcia's studio. Suki was having her usual winter rough day, and started out by occupying my chair.
Then she needed some loving from Marcia.
And spent some time in her favorite basket.
Marcia had three of her quilts which were either finished or in progress on the walls. While we were there she received notice that four of her quilts have just been accepted in major shows!
I worked a bit on a jacket I started a few months ago.
When Marcia put a couple of quilts on a table Suki had to inspect them of course.
I had purchased the leaf print yesterday and decided to see how it might work into a quilt or a jacket. The embroidery of the three ladies on the left will probably be incorporated into a jacket instead.

Class at Marcia's Studio

This week 8 of us (including Marcia) took a class with Terry Jarrard-Dimond. Our first exercise was to compose two compositions using ladders as a theme. Some of our examples: Terry photographing our results.



Then we were to make a couple of larger pieces again using ladders as a theme. My first one.

Another Great Day at Marcia's Studio

Inspector Suki showed up early to inspect the fabric I was using for a quilt backing at QBL next week for texture and stability.

She pronounced it ready for the next step.

Pat is too fast for me (and for most people) and my photo of her quilt is a bit blurred.

She had also cut up and re-worked some pieces left over from a recent class.

Nancy was working some navy based blocks.

And Linda had some crazy log blocks with molita centers.

We spent some time discussing Marcia's latest work from Nancy Crow's class recently.

And Bev brought the piece which she made recently in Jane Sassaman's class. She is planning to add some strips to the piece which is based on some wheels which she found in her barn.

Nancy also had a baby quilt she made recently for a relative.