Gravity!

Gravity by Jaybird Quilts 
Our Gravity class with Kelly has come to an end
and quite a few of us landed with finished quilt tops!!! 

This is Kelly's Gravity 

Made completely with Grunge :0) 

which was a challenge in itself, as her color pallet was limited to the collection. 

Kelly pulled it off... well done!

Mary Ann's Gravity 

done in Kona solids following Jaybirds pattern to a T

and Mary Ann is new to quilting! Wow!!!

This beauty is Lynne's Gravity 

following the color wheel concept of the pattern 

all done in batiks for the star/diamond center 

and a very pretty and sparkly fabric collection for the background. 

Lynne you shine!!!

... and then there were those of us 

that follow the philosophy...

"You're not the boss of me!!!" 

and choose not to follow the directions 🌟

Here is Sandy's Gravity 

Love it! Sandy also changed the background layout 🌞
Sandy you are a star, so enjoyed meeting you! 

This was made by a surprise visitor... Carol 

Very different in neutrals 

with gold sparkle fabric for the star and white on white for the background. 

Carol is one of my favorite customers. She did not join in the class 

however, was making Gravity at the same time.

Last week surprised me when she brought her Gravity into my studio to be quilted!!!

She agreed to let me bring her top into class to share and then dropped by 

on her way home to meet everyone and see our quilt tops. That was fun! 

Carol, I hope you join us one of these days

This is my Gravity 

The star/diamond blocks are all batiks 

with a background that starts with Kona black 

then goes into shades of gray with Grunge
#GravityQuilt 

Now for the job of quilting a few of these beauties! 

I have lots of design ideas floating around in my head 😵

There were a few more folks in the class that were finishing their tops in class 

so there will be more stars shinning in Chico soon! 🌟

Kelly has new classes, workshops and BOMs in the works.

 Next up is Fancy Forest by Elizabeth Hartman 

plus some pretty kewl Kaffe projects visiting Italy! 

Kelly always adds fun info to entertain us while we sew. 

Come join in! 

Also coming up is Painted Forest starting this month.

A pattern from Scott Hansen of Blue Nickel Studios

My class sample is hanging up at Honey Run Quilters 

All classes and workshops are held in the classroom. 

Sign up inside Honey Run if you are interested 

plus there are LOTs more classes from beginning quilting and UFOs with Terri, a project bag and rope bowls with Dorrie, Pam has a Spring Basket quilt class coming up soon, Karen has a wool project in the works. Terri has a few more projects up her sleeve as well, the Fat Skinny Bag is a favorite. Pillow cases. Garments with Rebecca. Sewing machine classes. Between Cathy's and Honey Run, they have it covered! HERE is the entire class list on Cathy's website. Hope to see you there! 

Enjoy your weekend! 

Tot ziens, Jo

16 more days until Spring!!! 

Bringing in the Old and the New for 2017

The old and the new in my world are, of course quilts and quilting :0) The New Year brings new beginnings, goals and resolutions. I like new beginnings, that's easy and fun to start new quilt projects! Goals are good to set in order to try and finish those new projects from last year (and beyond ;0)  Resolutions, not so much. 2 out of 3 is good!!! 

A new beginning for 2017 is a new membership to The Quilt Show. The 2017 BOM is a medallion quilt designed by Sue Garman, I am always a sucker for a medallion!

Yesterday I started part 1 with the center called The Halo Star. Plus a year of learning new techniques. Download the DVDs with Lynn Wilder from last year. Looking forward to learning lots of new things as well as finishing my goals from 2016 including Gypsy Wife, almost finished to a flimsy.

 A few more of the holes have been filled since this pic.
Also in the works is Gravity, an ongoing BOM with Kelly at Honey Run Quilters. 

Block One

I am up to block 5 and the class did block 6 at the last meeting that I missed, almost half way. It starts off with the outer star points so it's difficult to do a layout yet. The Gypsy needs to be finished to a flimsy before I have room to layout anyway. They are stacking up!!!

I do have a finish in 2016...

One of my Toes in the Sand 

finished for my son's birthday 💖 

and a top I put together last weekend...

 is quilted now. Pattern is called The Big Easy (and it is!)

Just binding and a label and it's on it's way to Texas 

for Michael's brother in law, Jim who loves to... yes you guessed it... golf!

Backing is golf ball fabric and will be the binding as well.   

Looking forward to the new year. I hope that it will be happy

and pray that it will be peaceful. 

It will be interesting at the very least. 

Wishing you all a good, healthy and productive New Year!

Tot ziens, Jo

November Goals

Goals for November:
Back to Gypsy Wife... I've actually missed working on this quilt :0) Will be fun to get back to it this month with the hopes of a flimsy finish.

Split Decision. Guild meeting last night with guest speaker Don Linn. Turned in my finished... yes finished Challenge quilt! BIG YEA! Today I attended Don's workshop on curved piecing. Quilt top almost completed to a flimsy in class! Just a few more seams to finish tomorrow at a sew day with friends up in Paradise. Looking forward to that.

Painted Forest workshop this week was filled. There will be a bonus sew day this coming Sunday... Everyone signed up for the first workshop is invited for a fun day growing trees!

Gravity. Continued workshops thru the end of the year with Kelly at HRQ for Jaybird's block of the month ~ Gravity. Only two blocks into it, pix soon of progress with two meetings this month. My fabric choices are batiks ranging from gold to purple for the star, not doing the complete color wheel and shades of gray in Grunge for the background.

 Enjoy your weekend... 

and don't forget to set your clocks back an hour

 (where applicable ;0)

Tot ziens, Jo