Saying Goodbye to the 1930's

Last November, I decided to purged my stash of all the 1930's reproduction fabrics and get them sewn into some quilts.  Most of the fabrics I had for years, others I had inherited along the way.  Some of the pieces were fat quarter size but many were smaller so I figured a couple of quick scrappy quilts and they would all be gone.  I could then move on to something new!

First there was this large log cabin lap quilt.  I figured making a very scrappy quilt would hopefully make a big dent in the fabrics.  Boy, was I wrong!

So I sorted up the remaining fabrics into some coordinating fabric piles.  The blue and red pieces were made into this large churn dash lap quilt.

 Still having some blues left and needing a class sample for a class I was teaching, I made this baby quilt using my Tangerine Dreams pattern.

The green, oranges and pinks went into one of my Scrap-A-Palooza quilts.
This one is a nice size lap quilt.

...and because I still had quite a few pieces in this colorway, I made a second variation for a baby quilt.

 That left the purples.  I was teaching my pattern again so I made another baby quilt for a class sample.

I still found myself with quite a few scraps in blue so this week I sewed up some string blocks and quilted up this final lap quilt.  While I still have the odd scrap piece, finally the stash of 1930 reproductions fabrics are all sewn up!  Woo Hoo!

I wish I had taken a photograph of the fabrics I started with.  It is hard to believe that little pile of fabrics made all of these quilts.  It just goes to show how far scraps will go!

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A Fun Time Teaching!

Recently, I had the pleasure of teaching my Tangerine Dreams pattern to a group of wonderful quilters at Our Sewing Room in Springfield Oregon. 

(The pattern was published in the Sept/Oct 2013 issue of Quilty magazine).  

It was a fun day spent with new friends!

Many of the students loved the colors in my original quilt so there was a lot of pretty gray and orange fabrics to look at.

 

Before the end of the class, everyone finished up the center block of their quilt. 

Here are a few photos of some pretty finishes and their shy makers.

One student even finished up two blocks.  She chose a more masculine colorway and pulled all the fabrics from her stash.  Everyone has promised to send me pictures of these quilts when they are finished.

As a class sample, I sewed along using up some more of my 1930's reproduction fabrics.  

(Boy will I be happy once all these fabrics are gone!)

Here is my cute little baby quilt all finished up.  Very sweet!

 As of right now, I don't have any quilting classes scheduled but I am hoping to line some up in the Eugene area for this fall.  I am hoping to organize a class or two that combine colorwork and playing with scraps.  As I get something scheduled, I will be updating my Classes page.  So if you are interested in taking a class, keep checking back or drop me a line.

This is a Friday Finish so I will be linking this post with TGIFF, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Forth Worth Fabric Studio,Crazy Mom Quilts,  Sew Can She, and Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  Hope to see your finishes there too!

Quilty Randomness

While cleaning out the fabric closet, I came across my bag of flannel scraps.  I don't often use flannel and I have decided I really don't need to save flannel in my stash.  So out it went....but not before I made this final baby quilt.  (Boy, do I have a hard time letting fabric go!)

I also finished up this cute quilt made from my Tangerine Dreams pattern that was published in Quilty magazine (Sept/Oct 2013).  I recently taught a class on the pattern and made this as another sample.

It is always fun to see what fabric and color choices other quilters use for my patterns.

It was a fun day of new friends and sewing!  If you are in the Eugene/Springfield area, I will be teaching this class again soon.  You can also see what else I am teaching by going to my classes page above.

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