Pictures from last week

My New York Beauty blocks

I can see one of these doesn't have enough contrast in color in the points and it's background.  Well, I don't think I will tear it out.  Maybe I will put it in the lower right hand corner like Linda Hahn suggests, where will be less noticeable.  

 My Machine!  I love it.

Close up of Pattie's W.'s quilt


She is really happy and I am too!




This blogging is getting easier every time I try it.


Happy Quilting

                                     Susan

This Quilting Week

On Tuesday, I took Linda J. Hahn's workshop at the Warwick Valley Quilters' Guild.

We used the techniques from her book New York Beauty Quilts Simplified.  I only have a little experience with paper piecing but liked using the Electric Quilt sheets she had preprinted for us.  You can see through them and they can stay in the quilt, but are still soft.  Yes, no tearing paper away.

Linda's Scrappy

Linda's Controlled

I chose the Scrappy look, using batiks that I had  in my stash leftover from another project.   I didn't take any close up pictures of my blocks, but I will.  I completed a few in the workshop then went home and made a few more before I forgot everything.  It was addicting and fun to see how each one turned out.  Points cut off? or not.

Susan K., aka the other Susan

Debby

Also this week, I quilted a few customer quilts.   Hope to have some pictures of these next time.

This post has taken me soooo long to get together.  I need to learn how to move the pictures around so there isn't so much blank space.  Thanks to Karen at Sew Many Ways for her blogging tips.  I don't think I would do any of this without her step by step instructions.  I learned to link today!

Keep Quilting,
Susan
(also the other Susan)

I have a blog!

So I have a blog...what do I want to blog about?


I want to record my personal and professional quilting for myself, my friends, family and customers.  I will include pictures of what I am working on and finished quilts, of course.

Hopefully  this will be an easy way to have current and potential customers see my work and some of their quilts as well.

First, this is a quilt top I have been working on for a while.  I  plan to add borders and quilt it with some beautiful feather patterns.  The fabric is Moda, Luna Notte by 3 Sisters.  The pattern is Nice Day from the Schnibbles Times Two book by Carrie Nelson.  I used more than one layer cake of the same fabric so it isn't just like the pattern.

Well, this is a good start.  I will keep playing around and adding features as I learn what I am doing on Blogger.

Always Quilting,
Susan