We spotted a double rainbow during dinner the first night!
Bonnie Hunter kicked things off with a lecture about her method of keeping and organizing scraps.
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Then students got to work on making 2 sample blocks inspired by blocks from
Toes in the Sand. This gave them a chance to practice cutting and piecing all 4 shapes.
Student Blocks!
During class we cut a lot of fabric & had a lot of scraps. We decided to make a gift bag of scraps for
Bonnie Hunter, the scrap Queen!
At the end of class we took a field trip to
Bonnie's classroom and presented her with the gift bag!
The Class
Jill had already made
Jawbreaker and brought it to show. It was hard to not steal it from her!!
Students showing off their work at Show & Tell. During the second part of class students began working on a quilt with the ruler. You can see the start of Northern Lights here.

...and the start of Lotus blocks here.
Denise finished her Science Fair quilt top on Friday and brought it back to show us on Saturday!
She used Authentic which was
Sweetwater's first fabric line. Now I wish I still had some of this line to use!!
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Friday was Three in a Box. We had a small, but mighty class of 5 students.
As students began to finish their blocks we put them on my design wall for display.
Chain piecing makes for quick construction.
We outgrew the design wall and started "growing" out quilt out on the floor.
...and growing
We took a break to admire the beautiful rainbow outside.
Unfortunately opening the doors behind the design wall allowed the wind to knock it down!
We recovered and continued to "grow" our quilt.
By the end of the day we had 47 blocks done... and I couldn't get them in one photo!
Blocks at show & tell.
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I gave students the option of bringing more than 2 "sashing" fabric options to class. This way we could "audition" the fabrics and pick which two worked best together.
We used digital cameras & cell phones to capture pictures and help us decide. Here are a bunch of the "auditions" from class.
Once students had decided on sashing fabrics they started making blocks.
Our collection of blocks grew throughout the day.
Since class Christine has finished her quilt top!
It was a great class & a great event.

If you finish your projects from class... or if you have made any of my patterns please post photos in our
Flickr Show & Tell group.