Last Saturday, ten of us gathered at Bev's fabulous studio in the hills of Hollister. Several of us didn't want to leave at the end and threatened to hide in the shower but Bev warned us that there was no room in the shower, she had fabric stored there!
This was a really great group of quilters. Some had lots of experience with quilting in general and with applique while others were fairly recent beginners. That said, they all did a great job of working with the tile quilt method and produced some fabulous blocks.
Bev had taken my workshop previously at the King City guild in January and as a result of the class, she had finished four blocks. She had the finished blocks on her design wall and I was delighted to see them. Each block is Block A from my "Lotus" quilt which is on the cover of Tile Quilt Revival but Bev has oriented each block differently to add interest. Here's a photo.
Bev designed another block in class which will become a pillow in her living room.
The Lotus block seemed to be the most popular of the day. Here are more and as usual a nice variety of fabrics from Asian to a cat.
Two students chose the Orange Peel block. Polka Dots reign in the first one.
And when I took a photo of this block and showed it to the maker, she decided that the yellow was too bright and chose another fabric. She had already started appliqueing the orange peel shape to the right. Taking a photo of the work, sometimes let's us see things that we didn't see before. The second photo is her second fabric choice which does work better.
Thanks for a great day! I forgot to say that the potluck lunch was super!
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