I have really been enjoying my first quilting class lead by the wonderful G, above. She's a great quilter and a fabulous teacher. Thanks, G for all your wisdom.
During last week's class we pin basted several class members' quilts.
Many hands make fast work!
E, Teacher G, and L are checking out J's quilt getting ready for the pin basting.
G, J and A are lining the quilt top to create the "sandwich" with backing fabric and batting.
This one is G's. S, G, and J are checking to see that the top is centered on the backing. It's wonderful to see how the same quilt blocks can look so different with our various fabric choices.
We did six blocks for this sampler quilt: rail fence, Jacob's ladder, log cabin, nine patch, square and triangles, and variable star. This assortment of blocks gives you many challenges: matching corners, "points", straight quarter inch seams.
Lots of hands at work pinning A's quilt.
Gma La La's sampler: I did three extra blocks to make a throw sized quilt.
I can hardly wait to get it back to my home and cuddle up with it in front of the TV!
I still have a little more of the hand stitching on the binding to finish before our last class on Monday.
My favorite block: "Squares and Triangles."
I machine quilted it with simple straight rows of stitching.
