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Ongoing CLASSES at Ruth’s Studio: Rent Me! – Long Arm Quilting Class – Learn to use a genuine Gammill Long Arm Quilting machine so that you can rent time to quilt YOUR quilts! Ruth will teach you how to load your quilt sandwich along with basic hand-guiding techniques. Charity quilt tops will be used to learn the basics. 4 hours training – $75.00 Minimum two students ** Computer guided classes available to computer savvy quilters. Call Ruth at to schedule training time. Same music, different quilt. This video was also created by my husband. Hope that your enjoy it. This video was created by my talented husband. Hope that your enjoy it. Photos of two challenge quilts I have made are in the Gallery section: 2012 Personal Quilts I wonder how many of my fellow guild members will find these photos BEFORE the challenge? It’s a test! Hope you enjoy the photos- Ruth Just finished 2 days of workshops with Karen Turkes of Windberry Designs. We made landscapes from batik fat quarters. Here are mine (before borders and quilting):
Quilt description – from Jinny Beyer’s website: The quilt — and complete pattern — is featured in the November/December issue of McCall’s Quilting magazine. The wall-size quilt uses cream, red and plum fabrics from Jinny’s Holiday Treasures fabric collection. The block centers are like windows onto winter scenes of days-gone-by: sledding, Christmas trees, Old Saint Nick and more. My daughter Gail makes intricate paper cut pieces of artwork. Naturally, my eye immediately thinks about converting them into quilt art and we are sure to collaborate on many projects in the future. One new project is in process, to be displayed at the next OCQG Quilt Show, April 2012. You will have to come to the show (or my house) to see it! I encourage you to take a look at her work and to imagine yourself cutting those teeny-tiny little pieces – just imagine! (I’ll stick with big hunks’o'fabric.) http://gailmccormick.wordpress.com/ and also http://www.etsy.com/people/scissorsfiend How about you? What non-quilt sources inspire your creativity? Block of the Month quilt projects – my favorite kind of quilt project: Beginning quilters – purchase WITH fabrics to help you identify new & different fabric; select a project for beginners with only 6 – 9 months until completion Intermediate quilters – There are hundreds to select from! Who can’t make just one block per month? Or two, or three? Oh my! But, don’t get behind. Advanced quilters – It helps to have a deadline. How about a Baltimore Album or Dear Jane? Visit the Links tab where I have added several of my favorite online stores for Block of the Month projects. Happy Quilting!
Looking for a fun baby gift? Visit the Gallery Tab under Baby Block Quilts for many photo examples. Directions for making your own quilt are under the Links tab. Enjoy!
I have added a Page under the Links tab with Information to create a quilt label. Why add a label, you ask? By Margo J. Clabo - excerpt from http://planetpatchwork.com/passtvq/tvq25/quilting.htm “. . . Do you have an antique quilt that you think was made by a family member? How about one you got from a yard sale or an antique store? Wouldn’t you just love to know for sure who made it, and when? If those quilts could talk, would they have a fascinating story to tell? If they had been labeled by the makers, you would know the history was fact, and not just some vaguely remembered or assumed information. Do you still own one that you used as a child, or have one that was made just for you by a group of your quilting friends? Do these quilts have labels to carry their story to a future quilt lover? You see, it is not only the masterpiece quilts and the show quilts that deserve the distinction of a label. . .” What to Include on your label:
For some label phrases that are fun and even humorous, take a look at this website! http://reddawn.net/quilt/label.htm |
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