Monday Meanderings 10 - 9 - 2017

Karen Eckmeier showing us how to line up our log cabins when we sew them together. 

What a great weekend!  I write this sitting in Sharon's house after a great weekend of quilting classes. Karen Eckmeier came in to teach two classes: Scrappy Layered Log Cabin and Happy Villages.  They were great fun and very easy, mellow classes. You can see Karen's work at her website The Quilted Lizard.  Here are the scrappy log cabin blocks we made: 

My scrappy log cabin blocks. 

Sharon's scrappy log cabin blocks with the triangles added.  Hers turned out a bit smaller than mine and she added the little triangles. I wasn't going to add them but decide they really add to the whole block.  The whole technique was easy, no stress piecing. 

I'm looking forward to finishing these, especially the log cabin.  I'll share the Happy Village pictures later this week.  It was so much fun to just go with the flow -- no precision piecing, lots of chatting while working.  Most of us got 4 to 6 log cabins finished.  Some got way more.  But I'm always so happy to see friends I don't see on a regular basis that I spend a bit of time chatting when I could be focusing on the class.  It was all good.  

My goals for last week were pretty well accomplished.  

October 2, 2017

Cut out & piece star quilt nope     

Finish quilting TAW √

Prep fabrics for weekend class √

Enjoy classes in Maryland √

This week I'm hoping to get more done on specific projects. 

October 9, 2017

Cut out and piece star quilt

Make another log cabin block

Start 3 tiered skirt

Start the Halloween shirts

Finish binding the trip around the world quilt

I'm off to do a little piecing before I head home to Virginia.  Once I'm home I'll probably spend a little time surfing the web to see what folks are doing this week.  Check out these linky parties: Monday Making, Moving It Forward, Oh Scrap!, and Main Crush Monday.

Happy Quilting All! Bonnie