Showing posts with label Houston Quilt Market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Houston Quilt Market. Show all posts

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Autumn Love Progress (part ii)

My favorite part of quilting is when things start coming together 

I have been loving the process of turned appliqué 


I just used fabric from my stash


I did have to buy orange.

That is just not a color I EVER buy!!
(shocking)

That's probably a good thing.... 

It's one color of fabric I can pass buy without purchasing



The Harvest corner blocks are beautiful!!





This quilt is nearly finished...



It always amazes me how you can get this ...



Out of a pile of this....


The end is in sight


And it always make me sad when I am nearly done.

It's like watching your favorite series on tv and when it's finished you feel lost!!

But there is another series on the horizon by @loriholts of #beeinmybonnet

It is called Farm Sweet Farm.

Can't wait!!

I am hoping to find it at Market in Houston this week!!


We are off to Market and Festival tomorrow!!

Blogging is tricky away from home 
so 
if you are interesting in seeing the fun

 You can follow the adventure on Instagram 

 @christamarcotte

or 

Facebook -  Second Story Quilting

You never know who we may run into Houston!!

Last time we had the honor 
of 
 Jenny Doan from Missouri Star sit with us for a bit!!


Let the fun begin!!

Christa 






Sunday, October 30, 2016

Market day 2


My first class was with Marti Mitchell


 


 

She was teaching us how to use her rulers for fast log cabin quilts 


 


 

How to add movement by using different size logs
 


 

Playing with colour placement
 


 

Keeping it monochromatic




 


 

Using solid inserts with log cabin blocks
 


 

She had great techniques on layering your fabric 

She suggested to always cut selvage edge rather than WOF edge

That side has less give and will result in truer cuts
 



 


 


Her technique allows you to cut,layer and take to the machine to sew! 



 

I was very impressed with her knowledge



 

My favorite blocks were the pineapple blocks
 


 This was a very informative and enjoyable!

Great start to the fun!!

Happy Halloween...eat some good Canadian Chocolate for me today!!

Going to have to raid Charlene's stash today!!

Christa
 
 
 
 
 

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