Wednesday, October 17, 2012

October Doings…

We had a wonderful trunk show and lecture last week at our local quilt guild meeting by Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville.com fame!

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She is a fun speaker

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who shows amazing scrap quilts

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and shares many tips

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and tricks for saving

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and organizing quilting scraps.

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One of my favorite quotes from Bonnie is that “if the fabric scrap is still ugly, you’ve just not cut it small enough!”

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I was lucky enough to get into her class the next day,

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for her new Jamestown quilt from her newest book- String Fling.

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I cut and prepared green red and a few pink scraps to make my version of her pretty Jamestown quilt (shown below) into a Christmas quilt.

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So, what do you do when you discover that your planned project is not to your liking…whether from the colors you chose or the process itself?

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I have lots of time invested in selecting those fabrics and then cutting the squares… so, I put together the string blocks with the broken dishes blocks and made this cute little table mat.

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I also love the backing fabric, and will have lots of places I can use this in my house at Christmas.  I named it “Jamestown Christmas” as it is Bonnie’s design.

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And I still had LOTS of half square triangle blocks, so I put them together into another small table mat that I named “The Elf’s Blankie”,

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also with a fun backing, and it will come out for Christmas decorating, too!!

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I just have to share this photo that Bonnie took at class of me holding my pillow, made HERE, that she had posted on Facebook a while back!!

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Sooooo, whatcha working on these days??

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7 comments:

  1. What a great lady to have to speak at your guild and then do a work shop with Bonnie too.

    Both your little quilts are lovely...

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  2. Loved seeing and hearing all about Bonnie's visit...and your pillow is just too cute! Your projects are wonderful...well done!

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  3. Fun! I love that quote about the ugly fabric needing to be smaller.

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  4. Thanks for sharing all the wonderful scrap quilts. I love the pillow you made & the sentiment you embroidered is great.

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  5. I saw that on her blog! How very cool! She sure does a great trunk show!

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  6. Hi Polly,
    It sounds like you are having a busy start to your retirement. Congratulations to your son and his bride- may they enjoy many happy years together.
    I am sure it was grand fun to spend so much time with Bonnie- She is one of the first blogs that I discovered- I haven't stopped reading blogs since.. LOL
    Just so you know schools are ever busy- in case you were missing the hustle and bustle of the classroom. I have 28 kids this year and it is a pretty happening place...
    The quilting looks fun...the pillow is very cute..
    Warmest regards, Anna

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  7. Now I know what Polly looks like! The happenings with Bonnie looks like it was fun. Lucky you to be able to join the class.

    I have shown many of my friends Yogi's photo, cos he's so cute!

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Thank you sooooooo very much for taking the time to leave a comment! I am always happy to know that someone is reading my ramblings!! Polly :-)