Sharing from Palomar Spring Classes

Jeralyn's quilt made from swapped strips of fabric

Jeralyn's quilt made from more of those strips she received in a swap

Jeannie's jacket back made with her mother Nancy

Jeannie's jacket front

Jeannie and Nancy's Wild Goose Chase quilt

Jean's quilt from Laurel Birch fabrics

Keep watching! There are plenty more to come.

I'm mailing Bernina off today and heaving a big sigh of relief. Now to get my head turned around and aimed at the summer session samples. You don't know how much I want to make something just for fun for me though!

The Sharing Goes On...

Janice's Pineapple Blossom quilt

Heide's mystery quilt

Geneva's cat shirt quilt

Geneva's Betty Boop quilt

Geneva's Halloween quilt

Geneva's patriotic Memorial Day quilt

Memorial Weekend Sharing

Frances' quilt for Prayers & Squares

Ella's Daisy quilt (I just love the sparkly fabric she used for the background! It looks like dew!)

Ella's Wild Goose Chase

Elaine's chicken (I think these are so adorable!)

Elaine's log cabin

Elaine's Sharing... Wow!

Elaine was very prolific this semester! Here are some of the pieces she brought in to share.

A landscape with a sky she painted herself
A pretty fence with 3-dimensional dragonflies

A wheel chair bag

Her shadow applique tablerunner

Her totebag side one

And side two

My company is gone. I'm sad that we didn't have better weather while Jonathan was here. Not exactly the impression of California we were hoping to impart! I have the long weekend to finish off the Bernina stuff and get the house back into shape for Pierre's home coming and the next batch of company.

Palomar Class Sharing Continued

Elaine's landscape quilt Dorothy's totebag

Dorothy's curvy split bowtie

Dorothy's wild goose chase

Dorothy's stacked circles

Diane's circle placemat

Wow! Are you impressed yet? I am!

Can You believe There's More?

Diane's notebook coverDiane's round robin quilt

Desiree's notebook cover

Desiree's BeTowelBa

Desiree's tablerunner

I have company coming this week and next so I'll blog as I can. The good news: I've lost 7 pounds! Only 23 more to go...

Lisa

And More

Desiree's toe bag side one

Desiree's tote bag side two Darlene's tote bag side one

Darlene's tote bag side two

Darlene's landscape

Darlene's quilt from the Wendy Hill book

Darlene's one fabric wonder quilt

I was so pleased the Darlene brought several things in. I felt like we all got to know her better.

More on Monday...

Lisa

Two Interesting Websites

Okay so now that I have a little more leisure time (I finished the hat today!) I had time to check out a couple of websites.

This one is in last month's Reader's Digest: http://http://freerice.com

And my daughter told me about this one: http://splapp-me-do.deviantart.com/art/The-Impossible-Quiz-Lite-50433260 It's a bit frustrating, but somehow its quirkiness intrigues me.

Enjoy!
Lisa

Even More Sharing

Here is the front of Colleen's jacket And the back

Here is Christine's notebook cover. You'd never know she's a beginner!

Christine's photo memory quilt

Christine's rag Christmas tree

And what am I doing, you ask? I'm plugging along on the Bernina Fashion Show ensemble. The dress is done. The coat and lining are done, just need assembly. I am in the throws of making a hat I've never tried before. I'm so glad I made a muslin mock-up first so I could see how many mistakes I could make! I'm hoping I got them all out of my system and the real thing will go smoothly. The cap part is finished, now I just need to tackle the band and the brim. I don't think it's breaking any rules to tell you that it's a hat known as a Gatsby or newsboy. Are you picturing it? I wish I could show you all, but not until the grand unveiling October 30 in Houston.

Lisa

Still More Sharing

Chris' jacket front And the back

Cheryl's engagement quilt in yummy chocolate

Charleen's Pinwheels and Posies

Charleen's growth chart

Candy's quilt for wounded warriors

Candy also brought in a wonderful collection of miniatures. Here is a picture of just one of them.

Okay, I'm just down to the C's, but aren't you impressed already with all the wonderful things my students brought for sharing?!

More Palomar Class Sharing

Beth's purse

Beth's totebag panels Barb's Convergence quilt

Barbara's jacket lining and the shirt she embroidered to match her jacket

Barbara's jacket back

Barbara's 3-D jacket front

Spring Semester Sharing First Post

Anwill's T-shirt quilt

Over the next several weeks I will be posting the pictures I took at the meg-sharing we had on the last day of class. I am not a professional photographer and had very little time to take the picture and jot down who did what so please forgive me if I got it wrong or out of focus. Just sit back and enjoy the show. I know I did!

Anwill's Quilt (Turning 20?) Anwill's Moon and Stars Quilt

Anwill's totebag side one

And side two

Antionette's Bow Tie Quilt

Split Circles and LA Garment District

I went to the LA garment district today for the first time. It was so awesome! The haggling and the shops reminded me a lot of Bahrain, but without the really long and expensive plane trip. I found some great silk dupioni for only a little more than it is in Bahrain and some other shiny goodies as well :-) I had a great tour guide (thanks Stephanie) and a fun fellow tourist (hi Suzanne) and now I'm exhausted. Yay!

This is the last week of classes for the semester. I will be teaching the split circle quilt pictured below. You don't need to bring anything for the lesson, but don't forget to bring ALL your sharing AND your camera (with good batteries!). Snacks are welcome, but not necessary, especially since I gave in and joined Weight Watchers last weekend ;-)

Looking forward to seeing you there,

Lisa