Present: I will be leaving tomorrow for the Indiana Heritage Show in Bloomington, Indiana, which I like to visit every year. I don't have a quilt in the show this year, but I'll be taking a class called Power Cutting with Debbie Caffrey. I chose this class because it teaches a process, not a project, and I THOUGHT it required no sewing machine. But, alas, when I read over the supply list yesterday, I saw: "sewing machine". Blast! How could I have missed that? So it's time to load up the heavy thing after all, along with fabric and cutting tools.
Last year at this show I took a wonderful class from Sally Collins called, I believe, Precision Piecing. This was a delight. She's an excellent teacher, and the skills learned have carried over, at least a bit. I now try to be very careful in starting and stopping each seam, and I set the machine at a slower speed when I piece. It makes a difference.
In the class we worked on this block:
In class I completed the center basket; the outer frame was added later, and I made it into a pin cushion. The overall size is 3 inches, and the smaller triangle squares measure 3/8 inch. Although this sounds impossible, there is a system to sew and then cut down carefully that produces amazing results. Enjoyable, even though I'll probably never do anything so precise again. I'd recommend Sally's books. They're as clear and inspiring as her teaching.
Future: Yesterday's mail brought a brochure for the IQF show in Chicago, June 20. Having been out of the loop recently, I didn't realize this show was coming back to Chicago. Cincinnati must have been a bust, as many predicted. Interestingly, there are no classes scheduled for this show. Does anyone know why?
Last year at this show I took a wonderful class from Sally Collins called, I believe, Precision Piecing. This was a delight. She's an excellent teacher, and the skills learned have carried over, at least a bit. I now try to be very careful in starting and stopping each seam, and I set the machine at a slower speed when I piece. It makes a difference.
In the class we worked on this block:
In class I completed the center basket; the outer frame was added later, and I made it into a pin cushion. The overall size is 3 inches, and the smaller triangle squares measure 3/8 inch. Although this sounds impossible, there is a system to sew and then cut down carefully that produces amazing results. Enjoyable, even though I'll probably never do anything so precise again. I'd recommend Sally's books. They're as clear and inspiring as her teaching.
Future: Yesterday's mail brought a brochure for the IQF show in Chicago, June 20. Having been out of the loop recently, I didn't realize this show was coming back to Chicago. Cincinnati must have been a bust, as many predicted. Interestingly, there are no classes scheduled for this show. Does anyone know why?
1 comment:
I think Spring Festival Cincinnati is still happening and this is an additional show in Summer.
Your pincushion is lovely. Like you, I'm much more likely to take a process or technique class that I can bring home and use in my own designs and quilts. Sounds like you had fun.
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