Hi all,

This quilt is still on my design wall I adopted the Kool Kaleidscope Quilt from Ricky Tims.  It really came together quite easy.  Now time for sewing it all.  More to come soon.

Ok, so I'm a mad woman with quilting these days but, having so much fun learning new things.  Today, I had a class with Jill Schumacher AKA Quiltmaker to the Queen at Always Quilting in San Mateo.  Jill is very inspiring and patient.  While I have been practicing learning this technique for a while today it set in.  Now, I knew how important marking was but, today it sunk in.  Yes, tedious but, the results are worth it.  Below is my practice piece.  Nope, not perfect, still have alot of practicing to do.  If you're not familiar with ...

Esterita Austin is a fabulous instructor.  I had the opportunity to be in a 3 day class with her last weekend.  I'm attaching a partially completed quilt from this class and will update again when the piece is completed.

I happen to have been blessed with being introduced to a fabulous person back in October.  I had heard about her from several people but, had never met her.  While doing the preview at PIQF I ran into my friend Melodee who is also good friends with this wonderful person.  Bam, we met and it all clicked.  I can't say but good things about her and by happen stance a group of us are quilting on this weekend together.  I'm very excited to say that I will be quilting with Esterita Austin because my friend had the vision ...

This is a queen size quilt I made for my brother. 

Here's my latest quilt not completed but, pieced.  This was an interesting project to work on.  I enjoyed how quickly it came together.  I'll post another photo when it's done.

Today, I had the opportunity to take a Guild Class with Karen Eckmeier called Accidental Landscapes.  Below is the completed top.  It has been sandwiched, just need to quilt it and bind it.  This was a fun class and did not take long to do.  There are so many possibilities with this technique.  I'm looking forward to doing a postcard from the scraps and several other versions of this quilt soon.

Here is my going in circles quilt that is almost done.  Now, I just need to do the quilting.

This is a photo with me and other Santa Clara Valley Quilt Guild members displaying the partially completed work from the Carol Taylor Class.

This past week I had the opportunity to spend 3 days with Carol Taylor. ( www.caroltaylorquilts.com )  What an incredible experience.  Each of the ladies did fantastic work on their quilts.  Photos will be up soon.  In the interim, I grabbed a photo of me and others watching Carol do a demo. Carol is extremely creative and patient.  With 25 students in the class she was able to provide attention to everyone with the kindness of a saint.

Until later

One more from today

Well,  here's my quilt from the Carol Taylor class today.

These are photos of my first quilt with Bev Stokley taken in September 2008.