The Next Step

I have completed my January One Monthly Goal which was to finish the top then quilt and bind this sampler quilt. The fun fabric is Dandi Duo by Robin Pickens, I love the whimsy of the puffs of dandelions. You can see what others have completed this January at Stories from the Sewing Room.

The Next Step is a class that I teach which is a good ‘next step’ after you have taken beginner quilting.  It adds a few more techniques to your bag of quilting tricks.  In the next step we learn, a four patch, a rail fence and a half-square triangle and a double four patch.  Can you see all those blocks in this quilt? 

Once you have completed all the blocks, you can arrange them any way you please, symmetrically, or asymmetrically, square or rectangular, here are some links to how some past students have arranged their blocks.

The Next Step by Sharon

Quilting Lessons

A Table top quilt by Lorie

 I will be teaching The Next Step (Quilting 201) at Out of Hand Quilting and Fabrics in March, check out their Classes page, or call the shop to sign up.

Quilted with the Double Plume pantograph by Keryn Emmerson and white thread.

A white with soft green fabric for the backing.

QUILT DETAILS

 The Next Step quilt

Started December 2023

The finished quilts measures  61 inches by 65  inches

Finished:  January 2024

May the seeds of dreams scatter and grow

New Year and a New Goal

It’s time to start posting and finishing projects again. 

My first One Monthly Goal (OMG) for this year is to arrange these blocks into a quilt top, and also to quilt and bind it.

They are for a class I will be teaching at Out of Hand Quilting and Fabrics (Calgary) in March called Quilting 201 (Q201).  Q201 is a nice follow-up to beginner quilting where you can add these blocks - half square triangle, rail fence, four patch, and double four patch to your repertoire of quilt blocks (we've learned the nine-patch in Q101).

The green dandelion fabric will be the border.

For anyone in or near Calgary, consider joining me and other quilters as we have a fun time of chatting and quilting at one of my Finishing School (classes) at Out of Hand, you can sign up on their classes page. Upcoming date are Sundays, January 21st, February 11th and March 17th, all from 10 am until 2 pm.

Looking forward to playing with these blocks in my quilting studio, stop by at the end of the month to see the finished Q201 quilt.

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. ~ Greg Anderson