Blue Ridge Beauty, All Day Long!

Blue Ridge Beauty, All Day Long!

Thirty Quilters from ALL OVER the North East ---Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia ---we all gathered to sew the day away. You ... tháng 7 22, 2013

Thirty Quilters from ALL OVER the North East ---Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia ---we all gathered to sew the day away.

You know what makes me feel really great as a teacher?  When the light bulb goes on in the mind of a Quilter, after explaining all the components that come together to give us the unit size we are searching for –the cutting, the fabric weight, the thread weight and thickness, and the seam allowance ((Don’t forget to take into consideration WHICH SIDE OF THE THREAD the fold comes when we press to the dark!))  all come in to play – and we have to adjust and compensate for them all—ALL THE TIME!

When we remove an inaccurate black guide from the side of a Janome foot that will NEVER give a proper seam allowance – and set that Quilter free so she can see the edge of her fabric, have her proper seam allowance taped on top of her bobbin cover – and have her exclaiming that she has NEVER had units turn out so right in all her years as a quilter ---THIS is why I teach!

I am a ‘UNIT SIZE” Quilter, and I tell my students every time –I don’t CARE what size your seam allowance is as long as your unit measures what it is supposed to.  Stop measuring just the seam allowance!  It is not the only thing to take into consideration.  Cutting, Thread, Fabric weight – and seam.  Those all work together. 

When your 4-patches turn out exactly the same size as your half-square triangles – you’ve got it rockin’, baby!

And I feel so good that we had so much success yesterday. 

One for MY want list ---

This is a singer needle threader, and one of our gals had it for her featherweight machine.  I think she said Ebay, so I am off to look for one!

This would sure make threading my sideways facing vintage machine needles a breeze!

Sheri was busy working on her new Split 9-Patch Leader & Ender challenge while working on her class quilt too!  Good Girl!

We also had some really great show and tell at lunch time, and I’m going to upload that into another post!  Lot’s of inquiries on the  featherweight light from Saturday’s class – I’m getting the info and will post about that soon too – so hang on and be patient with me !

Click the image below if you can’t view the slide show on your mobile device – you guys know the drill by now :c)  Slide shows require flash player and not all ipads or iphones have it installed ---

Blue Ridge Beauty, Bedford PA 2013

Today Mary Koval and I are off to Bedford Springs Spa for a Girl's Day Out! Massages have been scheduled -- lunch has been planned, and time by the pool is on the agenda!

Have a great Monday, everyone!

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