Wow - it's been awhile since I've blogged. Right around mid-March I came down with a nasty sinus infection and 2 weeks of work travel. I followed that with a trip to Chicago to visit family and then my birthday weekend last week. But, that doesn't mean I haven't been crafting (or baking more bread!).
For my birthday Will got me a quilting class at my favorite local fabric store. We're starting by making a simple rail fence pattern - I picked out really fun fabrics for my lap-sized quilt:
The bottom fabrics are the backing, binding, and border (from left to right, respectively).
Click on the picture for a better view
I'd seen these fabrics before - they're Heather Ross' Mendocino Line, but I never really liked them. However, I recently bought Heather's new book "Weekend Sewing" (review coming soon) and much of this fabric is featured in the book. The more and more I page through that book, the more and more I fell in love with these fabrics. I lucked out Crafty Planet happened to carry almost the entire line.
Monday was my first class - it went well, I finished all the strip cutting/sewing homework during class (I just have pressing left). Next week we start to actually cut blocks and assemble the quilt top - I'll be sure to post pics of my progress.
For my birthday Will got me a quilting class at my favorite local fabric store. We're starting by making a simple rail fence pattern - I picked out really fun fabrics for my lap-sized quilt:
The top three are my light, medium, and dark fabrics for the "fence"

Click on the picture for a better view
I'd seen these fabrics before - they're Heather Ross' Mendocino Line, but I never really liked them. However, I recently bought Heather's new book "Weekend Sewing" (review coming soon) and much of this fabric is featured in the book. The more and more I page through that book, the more and more I fell in love with these fabrics. I lucked out Crafty Planet happened to carry almost the entire line.
Monday was my first class - it went well, I finished all the strip cutting/sewing homework during class (I just have pressing left). Next week we start to actually cut blocks and assemble the quilt top - I'll be sure to post pics of my progress.
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