Time Well Spent

It was early June of last year that I hung the beginnings of this

quilt on my design wall as inspiration for a class I was teaching in November.

  The class successfully came and went as I reported

here, but I never had time to actually put the quilt together.

Well, I spent 5 solid days in my sewing room last week and had SO MUCH FUN

finally doing it.  I just literally PLAYED with texture, color and images

and let things happen.  

As time went on I realized that what was inspiring me was a

memory of a bag of old vintage stamps my friend had bought

at an antique store years ago

I used linen, flannel, voile, dresses, shirts, antique cotton, new cotton,

old embroidered napkins, corduroy, eyelet, solids, prints, scraps, favorite pieces

I played with piecing techniques and broke all the rules

I had so much fun that I started a baby quilt with the

starting squares I had left over

I built it around this fun owl fabric that I stole from something else

and willed myself to stay in a very soft neutral pallet

Aww, Isn't it sweet?

My first piece of work for the Blue Hill Fine Craft Fair this summer.

So,

 since I had so much fun with this and I love company

I am planning a Spring Quilting Weekend

April 19th -21st at Lily's House

We'll start with a big pile of scraps that everyone

contributes to, and spend the weekend

playing,

 and creating

 a one of a kind quilt,

 built on simple techniques and lots of joyful inspiration.

If this sounds fun to you, and the dates work

let me know.

I'll sort out the details and let you know more soon.

Enjoy your day!

Kyra