Monday, August 23, 2010

What's on my Design Board and the Beaumont Guild Meeting

I have finished a quilt front.  I should hear drums rolling.  And now the back.  I piece my backs as most everyone knows.  I started out with the idea that I would make a bow tie on the back (the quilts name is a bow tie affair).  EQ7 (my best buddy) and I made a drawing something to resemble a bow tie.  So thus I am putting this together without knowing exactly how much fabric I have.  I use the left over pieces so sometimes they just are not large enough.  Sometimes I can work with that as I am doing here.  It helps if you have enough fabric of the right color, of which I quickly discovered that I do not have.  So back to the drawing board and I may have to hit the "stash" too and no more bow tie. 

Last Thursday was guild at Beaumont, TX.  I am a member.  It is a really nice guild with a great membership.  Their guest speaker was Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville.com.  She is a scrappy quilter and uses many, many little pieces.   She and I have dropped from the same apple tree.  She has a quilt with over 10,000 pieces in it.  I have one somewhere around 5000 pieces.  Her pieces were smaller.  I loved her line - if the fabric is still ugly, you have not cut it small enough yet.  She also is a English Paper Piecer - hexagons - now you all know how I love hexagons and English Paper Piecing.   She should live closer, I know we could convert some of you to little pieces and hexagons.

9 comments:

  1. I can only think of a few quilts that I have only one fabric on the back - normally my backs are pieced of several fabrics - it's like two quilts in one!

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  2. Bonnie is such a neat lady and a fantastic quilter.

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  3. You do deserve a drum roll! Chose the one you like http://free-loops.com/free-loops-find.php?term=Drum+Roll

    LOL ;)

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  4. I love that quote too! I use it quite often when I hear the phrase 'ugly fabric'! lol good luck with your backing. I LOVED pieced backings..but I HATE to make them!

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  5. good luck with that backing-Bonnie was in PA last month and I attended her trunkshow-what fun.

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  6. found you from your comment over on Bonnie's blog post ;) I'm a Golden Triangle Guild Member also and was at the night meeting. :)

    I'm so glad I joined the guild as it was everything i expected! and more! see my blog for photos.

    Love from Texas! ~bonnie

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  7. I'll have to remember that about ugly fabric.... I love meeting "celebrities".

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  8. I took a workshop with Bonnie and she just scared me. But her quilts are wonderful, aren't they?

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  9. I love Bonnies blog and quilts. I hope to see her someday. I am afraid of pieced backs and having the quilt "buckle" and tons of seams. Any problems in your experience?

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