A Bold Expression

Here's what Buffy and I made today!  70 x 79"

To see the inspiration and process, visit niftyquilts.

NYC Scraps

I had the good fortune to go to NYC for a quilting retreat hosted by Victoria last weekend. I took only a few solid fabrics and used scraps supplied by everyone else. Here's what came home with me. It's 72 x 80. I brought home some strips from the scrap pile, and am wondering about a border. Any ideas?

February Rebels: Soup Dragon by Alexis, in progress

Our newest member is more of an iconoclast, that all the rest of us put together! Alexander Henry Dragon, leopard spots, and a pink and yellow toile, plus Denyse Schmidt Flea Market print. Wow!

Improvisational Scrap Quilting Workshop

Buffy and I led a workshop yesterday for our local quilting guild. Ten talented and enthusiastic souls showed up with their scraps. We gave them 20 minutes to make each block, with Buffy's advice, "Don't think. Sew!" Look what they made in the first hour! We couldn't get it all in one photo.




Buffy added the dark and light strips, with Anna Williams inspiration. Aren't these gals amazing!

Take an Ugly...

A few years ago, when the Rebels group was beginning, we gave ourselves the assignment to "take an ugly and make something with it."

Some shopped for quilting fabric at the thrift store for the first time. I had an old, faded, holey piece from my sister-in-law, Bonnie, (the black floral background,) and sewed on some 4 patches from a charm pack experiment. The border is a long strip I picked up at an antique store. It looks like it was pieced from a garment. Were they going to make a rug with it?

Anyway, I thought it needed texture, so added embroidery floss ties and buttons from Grammy's button box. Ah, the memories. I used to play with those as a little girl.

This is my first experiment with "out of the box" quilt making, thanks to Buffy and the Rebels!

Tina's latest

Tina is the newest quilt-maker in our group. She only started making quilts this year. Look what she's doing already! The border is from a table cloth she purchased in Guatemala.