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.

Another Great Sewing Day at Marcia's Studio

The weather cooperated for once and Beth Brandkamp and I spent the day at Marcia's studio. I took my little blue wool quilt for show and tell. Beth has been working on two adorable baby quilts during her Florida trip.

And today she brought in her fabulous Dear Jane Quilt to work on. It's made almost entirely of 30's fabrics.

Marcia had a few of her latest (or latest finished ) pieces up on the design walls.

And I made good progress on the Wolf Quilt. I have it all sewn together except for the upper left hand corner.

Another Great Day at Marcia's Studio

I spent most of the day working on the Wolf Quilt. I see it emerging on non-symmetrical blocks and began their construction. I may even overlap some blocks. This is a wolf-flower collage which I made several years ago for a class I was teaching.

I was wondering if I could combine it somehow with the discarded wolf for another quilt. Hm.......

I made some progress on the right side and now need to make some blocks on the left.

Inspector Suki spent most of the day napping in her "nest". It is not great Suki weather unfortunately.

Another Great Day at Marcia's Studio

Pat Pauly has her gorgeous Turkish Coat almost finished. She did a final try on to check the length and think about shoulder pads.

All she has to do now is apply the bands and its done. Inspector Suki was having another mostly inside day and needed some additional attention from Marcia.

And I continued working on the Wolf Quilt.

Another Work Day at Marcia's Studio

Another "working" day at Marcia's terrific studio. I spent most of the day making some decisions on the wolf quilt. I had some more fabric choices which I wanted to "interview". Most of them did not make the cut. And after working all day on the quilt several other original pieces were thrown out as well. The gray wolf at the right is not making the cut and will be part of Wolf Quilt 2 if there is one.

I put borders around two of the embroideries which seems to make a huge difference in how they look. Because of the way the wolves face left or right I have limited placement choices.
Marcia continued working on her new silk jacket made from handwoven Thai silk. She is using a kimono pattern.

The red addition is a hand dyed piece from Marcia Murphy. A similar piece is going to be used for the band.

Marcia also had a couple of quilts on the wall which she has been working on.

Inspector Suki had a difficult day with limited trips outside. There was a light snow in the morning which also didn't please her. All the creatures she likes to chase seem to be holed up for the winter.