A HUGE shout out to the Rising Star quilt guild in Lexington, MA! I was their speaker tonight and they chose Egyptian Tentmakers’ Applique. I’m always thrilled to get my pieces out and share them with guilds! I took a quick photo as I was getting set up before I spoke. Table on the left is some of my collection of Tentmaker pieces as well as the piece on my quilt stand. The table on the right is some of my cover quilts from my patterns. (The slide show on the screen is from the guild’s retreat.)

It was fun to walk into their meeting space and finding this rug on the wall. It looks totally like many rugs I saw when living in Egypt. I looked for a tag, but could not find one. It made me smile! I just wished I had taken some of my rugs that had the same look. I only packed the Tentmaker pieces tonight.

Do you belong to a guild? I enjoy speaking at and going to Quilt Guild meetings. Like mined people all in the same room!!

Yesterday marked the finish of the Yellow Tulip quilt block Designer Remix. Several quilt designers remix a different quilt block each month. I used my Hex-a-ma-jig Jr. and 2 1/2″ strips to REMIX the tulip using hexie shapes. Below are a few of the photos. First the Yellow Tulip Block as it is shown in EQ (Electric Quilt) and what we were to REMIX. “Junior” can be found on my website…Hex-a-ma-jig Jr.

Then a few of my “Sneak Peeks” and then the Reveal. I have played with a number of options to make my tulip into a pattern. Hoping to work on this after Paducah next month. Keep a look out for more to come on this Remixed Tulip!

My tips are simple again this week.

#1 – Join a guild! They have speakers, go on retreats, have quilt shows and you get to spend time with like minded quilty people!

#2 – If you are in a guild….get involved! Take a turn at holding an office, volunteer to help where needed and have fun!

And if your guild is even in need of a speaker, keep me in mind! I have a number of topics and love to share my adventures in the quilt world and quilting around the world, literally!! You can find my lectures HERE.

in quilting,

Debbie