Wine Country 2017 quilt entries

Trina's entries:

I See Spots 66x66 $95

Mighty Jungle 63x79 $95  SOLD

Candy Stars 52x68 $150

Jim's Encouragement 72x90 $440 SOLD

Medallion Matrix 80x80 $300  SOLD

Matrix (Sandra Bruce class)

Loose Weave (Mostly Modern Group - 2016 Fabric Challenge) 33x18

Mom's entries

Lake County Fires 64x66 $250  SOLD

Time Goes By 72x72 $150  SOLD

Mark Lipinski's Ugly Quilt Class 66x66 $95

Arcadia Animals 52x62 $80

Woodland Fairies 48x50 $60  SOLD

From the Boutique we did the follow:
Anne:   5 finished quilts  &  13 quilt tops
Trina:  4 finished quilts & 7 quilt tops & 2 sets of paper pieced blocks & 4 animal skeleton applique blocks & 2 roll-up bags.

Medallion Round #5 2016/2017

May 2017

I agreed to do round 5 on this one as not enough people signed up.  Here is what I started with.

I want to keep it simple and have a significant amount of solid fabric to let the eye rest.  This is what I ended up doing.

Pepper Dish - Kathi Sweet class

March 18, 2017

I signed up to take this class because I want to learn her technique on machine applique as this the year of applique for me.  It is a Judy Niemeyer pattern.  Mom had bought a kit at PIQF last year that was a Judy pattern and it is horrible.  This one is just as bad.  It is not easy to follow and no where is there a description of what fabric is what.  The fabric purchase is like "unit A, accent fabric..1/8 yd" but nowhere does is have a diagram of where that is in the pattern.  You have to find what a unit A is...then investigate where that is in the quilt.  She uses weird identifies that are confusing like unit PDA and unit PDS what the F@#$.  I think it is her scheme to make "certified Judy Niemeyer instructors" just to learn how to read her patterns.

Kathi was a great instructor and so patient!  She must have gotten the same question over and over and she never lost her cool.

I just pick Batiks from my stash and thankfully Kathi had a pre-class to cut out the pieces and templates.  So once class happened we were able to actually sew.  The method of templates to cut out the to be paper pieced section is interesting and I did like that. The stacking of the pieces as a bit much but I got that concept. Kathi did a quick demo of the Stick-N-Peel applique method and talked how she machine quilts the pieces down.  I purchased one package of the Stick-N-Peel.

Completed the top, including the applique April 24th. I will attempt to sell it as an un-quilted top at the boutique in June. 

SOLD $50
Size 42 x 42

April 2017 Bishop Ranch retreat

April 23 -27

This was my first Bishop Ranch retreat.  It was fabulous and I hope to have many more.  My primary objective was to extend my quilting network of people.  Therefore I purposefully did not "go" with anyone.  I allowed the coordinators to pair me up with anyone who needed a roommate and place me anywhere in the sewing area.  My roommate, Emily K, was awesome.  She had had a bicycle accident in Dec 2014 and has a traumatic brain injury as well as some mobility issues.  What an inspiration she is.  She did not let her limitations stop her in anyway.  Her project was a clam shell quilt that she cut out and started to piece and it is amazing.  I hope to see it finished.

The sewing table I was placed at had Karen D, Dena A and Diane D from my guild.  It was great to get to know these ladies better.  There were 52 women in all and it was great to meet and chat with all those that I did.  Everyone was friendly but a few groups were a bit cliquish.

I primarily worked on UFOs.  I accomplished a lot but of course not as much as I had hoped.

Sunday afternoon - Monday morning I completed the top of "Illusion"

Monday afternoon I asked for a "quilt by committee" and got lots of input on what I could do with the applique skeletons I had recently completed.  Totem pole was the consensus and I did put them together but couldn't get an arrangement that appealed to me.  Another great suggestion was to use one a place in the center on the back of a jacket.  Hmmm.  I think I may attempt to just sell them as is this year and if they do not sell I'll do something with them.

Monday evening - Tuesday
Quilted Mom's red wolf by Rob Appell that she made in the class we took from him in Sister's OR a couple of years ago. I tried to quilt "hair". I liked the result.

Tuesday -Wednesday
Worked on the final Buster the Cat does Halloween blocks.  Several people were interested in the Stick-N-Peel technique so I demonstrated it and got the blocks done.  YEAH.  I'm beginning to like applique.  Not sure what I'm going to do with these blocks. 

Tuesday evening
Mom had finished a quilt top, 8 card card trick,  and there was a lot of left over material so I wanted to make one block and put it into next year's medallion program.  Quick, fun and cleared out a project box.

Wednesday afternoon - Thursday morning
Got enough done that felt I could start something new.  I had bought this kit while at Road to CA as I thought it would be great to quilt each block differently, Square Peg by Sew Many Creations.  It also appeared to a quick quilt to make.  I got most of the block done but late on Wednesday night I got two of the light backgrounds mixed up and had to fix them.  I will sew the blocks together at the Harmony Ridge retreat next week. 

I had to leave Thursday about 11 to be home to work in the afternoon.  I missed Show-n-Tell.