Live, Love, Laugh

I was commissioned  to make a Black and White Quilt with a pop of Burgundy  in it with the Quote Live, Laugh, Love .  A very simple design and yet I had trouble  choosing fabrics to create this one.  Once I gathered all the different fabrics it pieced together beautifully.

I’ve been working on a box of scraps I have in my studio, I have two quilts pieced and the box is still full of scraps.  I don’t know why it doesn’t empty, it  appears to reproduces when I’m not looking!  We have a few snow days coming so that will keep me home and perhaps I’ll make a dent in that scrap box.  I’ve been teaching seniors how to quilt at the Tracadie Community Centre and they are keeping me on my toes, they are funny and a very creative bunch of ladies.  I will post pics at the end of the programs to show you how well they did.  They will be hand quilting their projects, yes I know I am a longarm quilter and have a studio and haven’t hand quilted anything in the last 10 years but that’s the way they want to learn, so I have to dust of my needles.  Did I mention I love Snow Days!

Last fall my sister and I took a workshop through the Kindred Spirits Quilt Guild on making a Twisted Bargello.  The Designer, Joyce O’Connell taught the class.  We had a great time once we got the hang of what we were doing.  Its tricky at first and you have to  use a design wall as you can easily go astray  but the finished result are worth it.  If you have never gone out of your comfort zone in quilting maybe its time, go ahead and try something more challenging…..

Its not always Black and White Bargello

One in the process of being LongArm quilted

So this is 3 different ones from the same class and as you can see each one is beautiful.  Colour choices are endless and each one is unique.