Studio 180 Designs

 When we first arrived at

International Quilt Market

in Houston

and began setting up our booth

we met our next door neighbors

Deb and Jeff Tucker of

Studio 180 Designs

What a great company to be placed next to!

When they learned this was our first year

as Vendors at IQF

they gave us a lot of tips

 and helpful hints

to navigate our way through

such a large convention.

Doubly Charmed

 A neatly organized 

and well designed booth space.

*I took a lot of notes!

 Deb has a background in Education and Architecture

and started her company when she created a series of tools

that make the Hunter's Star quilt

easier and with better accuracy.

I stood in admiration as I watched her demo 

for hours on end each day

during the 2 weeks 

of both Quilt Market and Quilt Festival.

A very professional

and hard working lady!

Last year alone Deb presented at 20 Conventions.

 Have you seen or used the rulers 

that Deb has designed?

I was hoping the 

Tucker Trimmer

offered a magical solution for weight loss :)

 I loved their

Flying Swallows

by Sager Creek Quilts

where the block looks 

like detailed English Paper Piecing

but instead 

is made with a much easier technique

of strip piecing and specialty ruler.

For more information you can visit

Studio 180 Designs

at their web site

HERE

Thanks Deb and Jeff for helping us newbies.

We hope we have the opportunity

to be neighbors next year.

Sharon Schamber Workshop

 On Saturday I attended a Workshop

provided by our Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild

taught by 

Award Winning Quilter

Sharon Schamber 

and her daughter Christy Fincher

I learned to make a

New York Beauty block

using Sharons' 

Piec-lique technique.

Have you ever tried this technique?

It's a little bit like paper piecing

except you use a glue method 

rather than sewing on paper.

 The class was full, and it was so nice to have 

both Christy and Sharon moving between stations

to help us individually.

 We all worked away 

 Piec by Piec

 I always love these kind of workshops

where you see the same block

come alive in various fabrics.

 My favorite block was Danni's.

Sharon showed us a method where 

you can also add another insert

in the arched sections.

 My block

I still have some sections to sew together.

Of course, I had to use (Kaffe) Triangles 

for my back ground fabric :)

 The Piec-lique method is quite popular with many quilters.

Bari Ackerman (Bari J.)

is a member of our guild 

and was in the midst of making a Double Wedding Ring

using Sharon's technique.

 Piec-lique

can be found on 

Amazon.com

HERE

Sharon brought a few of her quilts

from the book.

Showing her amazing quilting

that she does on a domestic machine.

I learned so much from this class

and am so happy I had the opportunity 

to learn from one of the best

in the Industry.

Scrappy Summer Quilt Blocks

  August is Jodi Nelson's (Pleasant Home)

month for our 

Bees Knees Quilting Bee

blocks.

'

 Jodi selected 

Cluck Cluck Sew's

Scrappy Summer-

a simple block.

In fact, these go together so fast,

Jodi requested we each make 6.

 For our fabrics,

Jodi sent 

 a cute little packet of 4 1/2 inch fabrics

along with solid strips to make the 

4-patch sections.

 There were some pretty cute fabrics in there.

I loved the honey bees :)

 I laid out the 6 blocks together 

to get an idea of the overall look of the quilt.

This is a great way to use up scraps.

Hence the name 

Scrappy Summer!

Allison's pattern can be found

HERE

And I even had enough fabric left

to make a couple more 

4-patch's to send along to Jodi, too.

Catena Quilt

 As I was walked around taking pictures at the

IQF Long Beach Show

I heard  a group of women

ooohing and aaahing over

Catena

by Timma Tarr

of

South Hadley, Massachusetts

 "This is a Happy Quilt!" one exclaimed.

The others enthusiastically chimed in 

in agreement.

 Timma wrote

"Catena means 

'a connected series of related things'

 This quilt is my interpretation of an 

Endless Chain quilt from the 1940's

that belongs to my mom.

That quilt is full of fabrics on a white background

and has yellow centers.

I kept the yellow circles, but changed the colors

of the blocks so that they are connected and not random.

 The pattern for the blocks can be found in the

Dec/Jan 2013 issue of Quilters Newsletter Magazine."

 I personally was especially drawn to

Catena, because I have a

work in progress

of the very same design.

*I'm in the midst of hand appliqueing 

all of the circle centers :)

 Another reason I love

Timma's design is 

her use of Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

Love those Kaffes!

The Berne House Quilt

 Another stunner

from the IQF Long Beach Show

was the

Berne House Quilt

made by members of the Bernese Quilters

of Berne Switzerland.

 One hundred fifty six different blocks

were made separately

and then sewn together.

 One member replicated the famous 

Clock Tower

a well known land mark in the

city of Berne.

very impressive!

 European homes 

have their own 

unique form of architecture

and I really enjoyed seeing the

variety in this quilt.

The Berne Quilt was made in 2010 for a big

Exhibition in Switzerland.

Their work, timeless.

Paper Piecing Challenge

 The Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild

met for our July meeting last Saturday.

Several members participated in the

Paper Piecing Challenge

 I was impressed with the

itty bitty paper piecing sections

in Wanda's name tag.

 Sometimes it's hard to appreciate scale in a picture

but if you compare the sections 

next to the small clip

you can visualize how tiny some of the fabric pieces 

Wanda worked with.

 Andee paper pieced
Wild & Goosey

from a pattern offered by Bonnie Hunter

of Quiltsville 

 I love the scrapiness Bonnie incorporates in her block des

 The Wild & Goosey pattern
is found in Bonnie's
Addicted To Scraps column
in the
Mar/Apr '13 issue
of Quiltmaker

 A few nice mug rugs

And beautiful fabrics for a start

on some 

New York Beauty Blocks.