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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

I'm teaching at Quilter's Affair this summer

This summer is the 40th Anniversary of the Sister's Outdoor Quilt Show and I'm looking forward to teaching classes all week long for Quilter's Affair, which leads up to the weekend of the quilt show. This will be my third year there and I'm excited for the classes I'll be teaching:

Monday July 6 - Rock Candy - you could finish this project in the class:

Tuesday July 7- Night Sky (Sold Out). This is a selfie of me before my Night Sky class kicked off last July:

Me and a few students from class with their blocks:

Me and Angela Walters of quiltingismytherapy.com:

I'm showing off how the blocks are made and my finished quilt to Ken Kaufman of Robert Kaufman Fabrics:

Student blocks from the class:

Wednesday July 8- Park Bench (day 1) - the first time I'm teaching one of my BOM designs in a class

Thursday July 9 - Park Bench (day 2)

Friday July 10 - Stereo - the first time I'm teaching my Super Sidekick ruler

Online registration is open now. Be sure to book soon if you see a class you might want to take with me (or anyone else, but you should still take a class with me!).

The quilt show will be on Saturday, July 11, and I'll have a few special quilts featured there, too.

Have you ever taken a quilting vacation? Where to or which quilting event would you like to attend one day? Tell us all about it in the comments.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

I'm teaching at Quilter's Affair this summer!

If you're considering your summer vacation plans, for this year or years to come, you might want to add a week in July at Sisters, Oregon, to the list. The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and the week of classes and workshops leading up to it, Quilter's Affair, is one of my favorite events of the year. I look forward to it each summer now, since last year was my first year there.

The 2014 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show postcard.

The Stitchin' Post Quilt Shop on show day 2013.

Jean Wells and Valori Wells outside of the Stitchin' Post with the quilts on display on the side of the shop. It was definitely one of the coolest quilt displays I've seen.

Fire fighters hanging the quilts on the side of the building.

Me with a quilt made by a Sisters attendee from my #SkiptheBorders book.

Me with my #ToesintheSandQAL quilt.

The week of being with quilters from across the country and around the globe is a very inspiring one for me. I love to see the fabric selections and progress that my student quilters make during the classes and sewing free time.

This year I'm teaching 5 different classes and each one is about one of my quilt patterns that uses a Hex N More or Sidekick ruler, or both rulers. If you're looking to get in on the fun this year and you haven't registered yet, it looks like there might be a *few* spots left in my Disco class I'm teaching on Tuesday, July 8. A goal of mine this year to teach to rooms of quilters that are as full as they can be, and we're off to good start here!

Have you taken a quilter's vacation before? Which retreats or quilting events have your been or which ones are on your list to get to one day? Tell me about them in the comments below. Thanks!

Friday, February 21, 2014

SewDown aka SnowDown...

I travelled to Portland, OR, on Friday, February 7, to teach at The Modern Quilt Guild's weekend sewing retreat SewDown. Turns out, I brought a snow storm with me!

I always travel with a quilt & a pillow. This is a scrappy Chopsticks quilt that Jessica gave to me.

I taught my Sidekick Sampler class. The focus of the class is cutting and piecing blocks using my Sidekick ruler. I had shipped my class kits and supplies to arrive when I was due to make it into Portland, but the snow storm had other plans for class supplies...