September 30, 2012

  • Quilts, quilts, quilts

    I am loving looking at more of my quilt pictures today, that I took yesterday at the quilt class with Barbara Cline.  You can also see some of her quilts and more info here.

    Here is a picture of the Chinese Checkers quilt that she made and that our class was on -

                                              

    There were so many being made in such interesting other colors!

    Here are some other quilts she brought to show us - this one is called Bursting Forth and is in her book, Simply Triangles.  In the close up picture, she was showing us how she used netting over some areas of the quilt to make changes in shades of colors.

                                              

                                              

     

    This one is called Blazing Star -

     

                                              

     

    This one, I think, is called Dazzling Daisies -

                                              

     

    And some smaller table runners she made -

                                              

                                              

    I wish I had gotten a closer picture of the intricate and creative quilting she did!

     

    It was a wonderful day!  And I am so thankful that about 6 years ago, I met Barbara's sister Polly right here on xanga!  We became blog friends, and then friends in real life, as I had the pleasure of meeting Polly and lots of her family, including Barbara.  One thing led to another, and Barbara came to Salem to teach a class, and then another class, and now, we are friends!  And I am friends with several of her sisters.  And friendship with this family has been one of the greatest joys of my life!

     

     

Comments (8)

  • I'm so thankful that you remember to take pictures!!  I am terrible :(   Your blog posts are lovely-- what a wonderful weekend!!  Thank you for introducing me to these beautiful ladies!

  • I know they are an amazing family.  

    I will tell you that if all goes as planned withing a year or so I will be able to recommend a highly respected award winning quilter to any of you that are interested in one of a kind quiting patterns or free hand that will compliment your work and pattern.  

    She is a trained and natural artist. She isn't cheap but will just about guarantee you a quilt that will get lots of attention from judges and will win you prizes.  She won 3 of the 18 given one year at the long arm quilter show in KS that is held yearly. 

  • Donna you are so kind! 
    This was the first I've seen the green table runner of Barbara's.   That is so eye catching to me.      I'd love to see the what you all did in class and the fabrics each one chose.  If I remember right the Chinese Checkers takes a while to piece.    
    You take care!     Love, Polly

  • @PollythePatchworker - Oh, Polly, you are so right - there are at least a million pieces to that Chinese Checkers quilt!  Well, it felt like a million!   What was she thinking??    Actually, I love that kind of detail work, and she made it very easy to understand.  She is a great teacher!

  • Beautiful!

  • beautiful quilts-such talent!--karen

  • Everytime I read your posts about quilts I wish that I was a quilter!!  Just love them.

  • @aSeriesofFortunateEvents - I wasn't quilting or knitting this much until my kids were quite a bit older than yours are!  You can be a quilter too!  Take a class, get a book -take a stitch, and you will be a quilter too!  Interesting new name ya got there, by the way! 

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