Daytona Beach AQS Quilt Week was a week and half ago. A wonderful time in my booth and class!! Thank you to great students and customers. As I’ve done before, lots of color!

I love when quilt friends show up with photos of quilts they have made with my products. Look at this beauty made my Debbi C. The quilt was made for her grandson out of flannel leftovers from shirts and lounge pants she made for him. A true TREASURE!! Oh and by the way, this was her first quilt! How AWESOME is that. Great job Debbi!!!! The letters are from my book Hexie Speak – Say it with Hexies using Hex-a-Mini template.

And look at this wonderful Twirl-a-Tool quilt made by Maritza J. I love her use of colors on the gray with black dots background. She made Twirl about 6 years ago. She even added a scrappy binding. Nicely done!

In my classes at the show, we learned Bindings (Become a Brilliant Binder), Simple Shapes (Simple Piecing is the Cornerstone) and Strip pieced Tumbling/Baby Blocks (Oooh Hexie Baby). I have photos from Oooh Hexie Baby! Many students had their blocks packed up when I remembered to start taking photos. I was so pleased with how far they all got with making blocks. I’m looking forward to seeing more photos. (A hint to my students…send photos!!! Please!)

This first piece looks amazing in solids with the wonderful gray background! Great work!

The next blocks had a variation of where she placed her light, medium and dark value. She wanted the flowers on a face of each block. I enjoyed the 3-D effect and sweet coloring!

The next student, Kimberly S., was determined to get these sewn together in class. She sent the photos of her finish piece just a few days after class! Nicely DONE!!

Time always flies when teaching. I was so proud of all that was accomplished! When taking a class there were a few things that helped….First – bring the rotary cutter you are comfortable using. Second – always bring the basic supplies you sew with (pins, seam ripper, patience) and Third – we love our machine educators in the classroom. It is always a comfort to have immediate help when sewing on a new machine. Plus, the great deals the machine dealers offer at a show!

#1 – Thank the show sponsors! they spend a lot of time and money to put sewing machines in classrooms at quilt shows.

#2 – Take a chance and take a class. It is fun to learn new techniques!

in quilting,

Debbie