What a weekend!
So let's try to keep this short. Mom was transported to the airport without any hitches or hurdles. I hope she's having an excellent time out west!
Arrival to camp (via a few detours along the way) was uneventful, but the weekend was mind-taxing to say the least. Here's my advice for ANYBODY who tries to tackle a Judy Niemeyer pattern. DO NOT, and I will repeat that, DO NOT try a full size piece for your first attempt!!!!!
I am a pretty skilled quilter; been doing it now for 20 years. Have achieved the "professional" status since I now take in money for my work, and I will one more time say, DO NOT try a full sized quilt for your first go at Judy Niemeyer-ing work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to thank first, Linda Shafe for showing Cathy and I the correct way through which to maneuver our plastic folding template and Add-A-Quarter rulers to achieve success in trying to get through this pattern. This is paper piecing in a whole different light and requires the use of these two tools to achieve success throughout the workings of this intricate design.
My second thank you goes out to Cathy Singer for co-construction of the beginning of two Amazon Star quilt tops. She and I had many ideas, thoughts, concerns, questions, and general words of praise thrown back and forth for two days straight. Since Cathy went home Sunday, she opted to not work on her piece until she returned home later so I forged ahead without her on Sunday.
My biggest thank you goes out to the whole Across the Square Quilt guild for identifying why I was abnormally quiet the whole weekend while trying to concentrate on said piece. The instant Cathy or I would let ourselves get caught up into all the festivizing and fun at camp, we found ourselves unsewing or recutting pieces of the section we were tackling due to our lack of concentration.
Here is what we accomplished by Friday night. Cathy's is the beautiful harvest colors and I'm in love with her color selection. Mine are the blue/silver combination that I fall further in love with the more I work with it!
Here is Saturday nights accomplishments. They were so large already we couldn't get them on the table so had to throw the sections together on the floor and take them while standing on a chair.
I will continue to diligently work through bag #5 today (you do these by sorted bags and paper pieces that are numbered and lettered) since I have now returned home from the north.
Arrival to camp (via a few detours along the way) was uneventful, but the weekend was mind-taxing to say the least. Here's my advice for ANYBODY who tries to tackle a Judy Niemeyer pattern. DO NOT, and I will repeat that, DO NOT try a full size piece for your first attempt!!!!!
I am a pretty skilled quilter; been doing it now for 20 years. Have achieved the "professional" status since I now take in money for my work, and I will one more time say, DO NOT try a full sized quilt for your first go at Judy Niemeyer-ing work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to thank first, Linda Shafe for showing Cathy and I the correct way through which to maneuver our plastic folding template and Add-A-Quarter rulers to achieve success in trying to get through this pattern. This is paper piecing in a whole different light and requires the use of these two tools to achieve success throughout the workings of this intricate design.
My second thank you goes out to Cathy Singer for co-construction of the beginning of two Amazon Star quilt tops. She and I had many ideas, thoughts, concerns, questions, and general words of praise thrown back and forth for two days straight. Since Cathy went home Sunday, she opted to not work on her piece until she returned home later so I forged ahead without her on Sunday.
My biggest thank you goes out to the whole Across the Square Quilt guild for identifying why I was abnormally quiet the whole weekend while trying to concentrate on said piece. The instant Cathy or I would let ourselves get caught up into all the festivizing and fun at camp, we found ourselves unsewing or recutting pieces of the section we were tackling due to our lack of concentration.
Here is what we accomplished by Friday night. Cathy's is the beautiful harvest colors and I'm in love with her color selection. Mine are the blue/silver combination that I fall further in love with the more I work with it!
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| Notice all the snacks we pushed aside to make room for our "reveal" |
Here is Saturday nights accomplishments. They were so large already we couldn't get them on the table so had to throw the sections together on the floor and take them while standing on a chair.
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| Cathy's as of Saturday night |
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| Mine on Saturday night |
I will continue to diligently work through bag #5 today (you do these by sorted bags and paper pieces that are numbered and lettered) since I have now returned home from the north.
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