Gina of Threaded Pear

 Yesterday as I walked into the room

of our little quilt group in Mesa,

I saw all of these lovelies sitting on

a table.

Gina Halladay (The Threaded Pear)

has recently returned from

 Quilt Market in Houston

and brought some

newly released items

for us to see.

I'm always looking for new ways to use up scraps and

 Steam Punk by Jen Kingwell Designs

went right on top of my to-do list.

At first glance, the name didn't seem to

match this beautiful pattern.

As I looked the word steam punk up on Wikipedia,

it actually matches very well:

Steam Punk is a sub-genre of science fiction

that features (among other things)

 steam powered machinery.

I get it now :)

 Gina also brought the latest edition of McCall's Quilting magazine

 Where she wrote an article

highlighting the new trends

emerging forth in the quilting world.

 A very interesting article.

It's always so fun to see what new and exciting

things will be coming next.

Gina is a lot of fun to sit next to

and to hear her spin on

all things quilty.

Tomorrow I will show you

the cute little purse she made

during our sew day.