Tim and I visited Colleen yesterday, went to lunch and visited a quilt shop. We had a fun time.
Colleen has moved in the last few years, so it is more of an expedition to take her quilts than it used to be. When I am working, it isn’t really possible to make the journey, but I was able to do it yesterday. Having Tim along made it more enjoyable. I took the Ombre Weave (Hugs & a Kiss) quilt to be quilted. I also picked up the Half Hexie Star!!! Yes! After YEARS it is finally finished just in time for me to bind it and pass it on to its recipient. I’ll also show it at the guild meeting.
Colleen had a great quilt on her design wall. She was teaching her Rings of Change quilt and one of the students came up with her own design. Colleen wanted to try it and came up with this quilt.
Colleen wanted to try the ‘mistake’ (design challenge) and this is the result. She calls them flowers. I love the dramatic contrast of colors on black. The ‘blocks’ look a bit like Dresden Plates, but the spikes in the center make it a little different. These are made in plate format and then appliqued down. Contact Colleen if you want to talk about a class or buy a pattern (not sure if one for this variation is available).
After picking up and dropping off quilts, we went to lunch and Costco, then visited Bay Quilts. I wrote about this shop when it first opened. It is essentially the same as it was back in 2017, though they have a lot more gift items. They probably have the most fabric of any of the local shops.
I have to add the yardage to my ‘yardage used’ spreadsheet. Fortunately, I have ideas for all of these fabrics, so I need to get busy and get them off the spreadsheet again as well.
