QBL, Quilting by the Lake Week 2

During Week 2 I took a 2 day and then a three day class with Lesley Riley, famous for her work in mixed media. In the first class we worked with paint and dye and resist.

More paint and dye work. I particularly liked using Elmer's School Glue (blue) as a resist.

Day 3 we began a three day class called "Sew What". We began by painting some watercolor paper with the goal of making a five page book and doing some transfers.

Since I found I had already done this as a one day class in Houston (and since I didn't need another book) on day 2 of the class I opted to switch to composing a collage of photos from Nepal using TAP Transfer paper which I like very much. The brown background is handmade paper from Nepal as is the purple behind the photos (which is much brighter in person. The piece needs a bit more color (and the colors look faded here).....perhaps a bit of red. There will be more photos as well.

Clean Up Day after QBL

Today was clean up day after QBL. My garments and class supplies are littering the downstairs.

Its pouring rain and miserable outside and the cat is upset as this way no birds or other cats wander by for her to try and harass. Its a good day for putting stuff away.

The cutting table in my main sewing room is piled high as usual and needs a bit of tidying up as well.

Ah....that's better. Now I can work on one of the UFO's from class last week.

Quilting by the Lake, Week 2, Day 5

It was closing day after a wonderful two weeks at Quilting by the Lake in its great new location in Syracuse. By mid day most of the students fabulous work was coming down off the walls but I managed to get a photo of a few class samples from Dorothy Caldwell's class. In Elizabeth Barton's class, which I was a part of, we spent a very productive afternoon going over our series beginnings, and then discussing lots of issues regarding construction as well as marketing. When we finished the workmen were at the door waiting to take down the room Fun time is over.

Quilting by the Lake, Week 2, Day 4, QBL

Today was tour day and this is Janet Root's samples from Bob Adams class on quilting stitches, or rather, machine quilting. Caren Betlinski's samples from the same class.

Some of Bob Adams quilts. I am not sure if I have them right side up. The stitching is fantastic.

Back in the Quilt show, a beautiful quilt by Judy Blaydon

And Dorothy Caldwell.

And last but not least, Sally Fellows. This is the last of the Quilt show as it closed this evening.

Quilting by the Lake, QBL, Week 2, Day 2

My class is still in the design stage, so it was back to the show to take more photos. This beauty is by Rosalie Dace who teaches here almost every year. A number by Jeanette Meyer

And Elizabeth Busch

And Katie Pasquini Masopust of course. She taught here last week.

Lura Schwartz Smith who will be here next year.

I loved this juke box by Cynthia Souter

A beauty by Cricket Sweet.

Quilting by the Lake, Day 5, QBL,

My piece so far with the grid overlay. Without the grid overlay. It needs to have the bottom half finished, lots more shading in the top half, then tons of stitching and possibly embellishment, to say nothing of the background.

Caren Betlinski's fabulous piece.

Quilting by the Lake, QBL, Day Four

Today was "Official Visitor" Day at QBL when they host tour groups through the facility. I took the opportunity to look around a bit at what other classes were doing. This is from Rosalie Dace's Fire and Ice Class.

This is a gorgeous piece of fabric which the quilter is embellishing in Rosalie's Class.

From a class called "Making Mud Pies" Obviously alternate materials.

And the piece I am working on based on the statue of an Assyrian King in the British Museum. I can see where I need to make a few changes after looking at the photo.

Quilting by the Lake, QBL, Day 3

Two more great quilts in the show. These are by Elizabeth Barton.

I had three garments in the show. A lace coat called "Its not my grandmother's lace"

The garment I entered in the 2006 Bernina Fashion Show. Called "Thanks Kaffe" and contains 135 Kaffe Fassett fabrics

My turquoise coat called "Just Your Basic Turquoise Coat" made of crinkled and stitched batik and bordered with a ribbon band made on a hairpin lace loom by machine.

A SAQA exhibit. My quilt is the second from the left on the second row.

The rest of the SAQA exhibit.

The quilt of the statue I am making in class. I finished the head day one. Its looking a little bug eyed before a bit of paint and stitching.

QBL, Quilting by the Lake, 2009, Day 1, Quilt Show

Today was the first day of classes at QBL, Quilting by the Lake, in their new location outside of Syracuse, N.Y. It was wonderful to have all the classes in airconditioned classrooms. And the layout of the quilt show and the vendors was also spacious and improved over the last location. Here are just a few photos of the great show. This beauty is by Andrea Stewart. One of Sue Benner's flower quilts from her class next year.

This is one of my favorite Jane Sassaman pieces.

Another Sue Benner flower quilt.

Leslie Riley

And Marilyn Belford's fabulous new quilt.