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Michelle Hiatt is “Sew On The Go”

Hunter Stars & Tucker Trimmer

I have been soooo busy making class samples and life in general. Last weekend I was helping Deb Tucker at her booth for the Genesee Valley Quilt Guild in Rochester, NY. They sure put on a great quilt show, they had over 600 quilts and great vendors. I came home and a few days later taught a beginning Hunter Star class at Sew Wilde in New Hartford, NY.

Patriotic Hunter star

Mine is a little scrappy. Students learned how to cut their trapezoids and star points. They also learned the design possibilities when you don’t sew the triangles together. It was a fun class

Next week we’re breaking out the Tucker Trimmer I and learning to make Rangeley Stars at Tiger Lily Quilt Company in Utica, NY.

Rangeley Wall Hanging

This is such a fun and easy star to make. We start with Quarter Square/Hour Glass Units using our Tucker Trimmers.

Yesterday I finished Solitaire, a Deb Tucker Quilt that utilizes the Tucker Trimmer also.

Tucker Trimmer Units

This block is made up of 1 hour glass unit, 4 half square triangles and 4 combination units all made with the Tucker Trimmer I.

Solitaire Block

When the units are sewn together it becomes the card trick block.

Solitaire

I love the pieced inner border in this quilt. When making the combination units you create a left and a right unit at the same time. One set is used in the blocks, the other in the border.

Solitaire

I did have a fabric malfunction. There are supposed to be cornerstones in the outer border but I cut them wrong and decided to finish it without them. The fabric I used was Stonehenge from Northcott Fabrics. It was sunny out so you can’t really see how vibrant the colors are.

Solitaire

Happy quilting, see you around the fire pit!

Spotlight on Quilt Designer Katrina Thomas

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I wanted to help raise funds to support The New York Mills Historical Society (my hometown), so for me that means “Quilt Raffle”! I chose a pattern by fellow Studio 180 Design Certified Instructor (CI) Katrina Thomas. I met Katrina last March at our CI Reunion. This girl is on fire when it comes to quilt designing. Katrina is one of the features in Fons & Porter’s “Scrap Quilts” magazine for Summer 2015 on news stands now.

I lover her pattern called “Rolling Stars”. Katrina is a very creative designer. Her patterns feature the use Studio 180 Design tools, which I love! Check out Katrina’s website The Hope Chest Quilting to get her wonderful quilt patterns.

I chose Katrina’s pattern Lemoyne Baskets to make my raffle quilt.

I love Lemoyne Stars. This pattern is a twist on this process using the Rapid Fire Lemoyne star Tool by Deb Tucker. It also requires the Studio 180 Design Tech Sheet Lemoyne stars as Triangles.

Tuck, his brother Earl and his other brother Earl are in charge of quality control.

And Dave is keeping a close eye on my stitches.

The fabric for this quilt is Lady Slipper Lodge by Moda. I have named this quilt “Lady Slipper Lemoyne

Pop Luck

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I just finished a class sample that I will be teaching soon from a pattern called Pop Luck created by Deb Tucker for Studio 180 Design. With the Corner Pop tool you can choose from 22 size options available and accurately remove a 90 degree corner from a base shape such as a rectangle, pieced unit, or block and leave the necessary 1/4″ seam allowance intact. You’ll then add an oversized replacement half square triangle and use the ruler guidelines and cutting edges to quickly clean up the corners to the perfect shape and size.

I made half square triangles, then I popped of the corner and added an oversized triangle and trimmed it up using the Corner Pop Tool.

You’ll be saving fabric and have pressing options not available with traditional the folded corners technique.

This is the finished Pop Luck top!

This is a fun project and a beautiful quilt.

For The Birds, # 58

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Somebody stop me! I need to be working on Studio 180 Design class samples. But I just had to make one more One Block Wonder. This great fabric is Brazilia by Alexander Henry. I wanted to try a different design approach.

I like the unevenness. Once I sewed the blocks together I bound the uneven edge with a burgundy fabric. I then laid the blocks over the original fabric and adjusted it until it was in a position I liked. I sewed the two together and then squared up the top.

It is a very subtle edge, but I like the way the original fabric flows into the blocks.

Here is a close up of where the original fabric meets the blocks.

I chose another tropical bird fabric for the backing.

You know, no quilt it complete without a label.

Yellow Brick Road With a Twist, #57

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I’m making a fund raiser quilt for The Landmarks Society of Greater Utica whose mission is to promote the preservation and restoration of historically and architecturally significant buildings and sites. Through projects, community education, advocacy, marketing and planned activities, the Society engages its’ members, partners and the community in preserving the past and protecting the future.

I decided on a One Block Wonder because they are so much fun and visually interesting. As I’ve said before I’m a self proclaimed Wizard of Oz freak, plus L. Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, NY in 1856 not far from Utica. So I went to my Oz stash and chose my fabric. It all starts with 6 repeats of fabric. I decided to put one repeat on the back of the quilt because it was too large to use in the borders.

I cut my 6 repeats, aligned the fabric, cut my strips, cut my equilateral triangles and decided to start with a Yellow Brick Road.

I began by using the yellow blocks to start the path.

I was pleased with the design except for one block.

As I said earlier, the original fabric design was too large to use in the borders so I needed to pull from my Oz stash for the outer borders. I had already sewn the rows together when I noticed one block in the lower left of the quilt that kept catching my eye. I decided to embroider something in the block to tone it down.

Monkey in the Moonlight, I love it!

Borders on, now to quilt it.

Locked and loaded. I’m using Quilters Dream Orient Batting made from an exotic blend of bamboo, luscious silk and very soft cotton! After washing, when I took it out the dryer it just draped in my arms.

The shadows were in the way a little, but at least the sun is out on this beautiful April day in Central NY.

This is the 57th One Block Wonder that I have made.

Just Hanging Around

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I was searching Pinterest for different ways to store, show or hang quilts. If you haven’t checked out Pinterest for quilt storage you should, they have some wonderful ideas. The ones I really liked required carpentry, ain’t nobody got time for that! So I bought some curtain rods and went to work.

I had enough room for a 60″ rod and if I folded the quilts just right I could fit 3 on a rod and I had room for a 2nd tier. I showed this picture to a Facebook group call “One Block Wonder Quilt Forum” and they loved it so I thought I would share it you too!

Then I had to go buy 2 more smaller curtain rods to hang two more quilts.

I couldn’t forget about the back of the couch.

Of course I have my “Remember Me” obituary quilt on another wall. I guess this means I might not need to paint down here now!

Upon entering the Quilt Zone I have Grandma Bessie keeping an eye on me. How do you hang or show off your quilts?

One Block Wonders at Sew Nice

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I finished up the design portion of a One Block Wonder class I taught at Sew Nice in Norwich, NY. It was a great class with 11 wonderful creative women. We had loads of fun!

I just want to dive into these blocks, looks like water to me.

Barb had fun with her Cowboy Hat fabric.

I Love how Bernie’s came out.

This does look like a big garden. Can you see the path?

Alice had a beautiful Asian fabric.

Next to Alice is are gorgeous blocks from a sunflower fabric.

Judy didn’t have all her blocks ready to design, but she had enough done to play.

I absolutely loved Krissy’s fabric. I love grey and this came out so beautiful.

Rebecca was not pleased with her fabric selection. I thought it was beautiful.

Tara was making this OBW for her brother. I’m sure he will love it. Her blocks were so much fun!

Do you see the twister?

I Love New York…. & Sew Much More

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I’m getting excited. Next week I head south to the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton Virginia. I will be helping out Deb Tucker at the Studio 180 Design Booth, so please, if you are there stop by and say hello. I’m sorry I will have to miss my local guild “The Mohawk Valley Quilt Club’s” 35th Anniversary celebration. Congratulation to a great group of quilters.

I’m test driving my new Nolting quilt frame. It is pretty spectacular. Having a commercial frame makes my mid-arm work better. I have dreams of improving my quilt skills immensely. I bought the frame from Delightful Quilting & Sewing. Joyce and Ron Blowers are Nolting Dealers and drove 3 hours to my house in a snow event and set it up for me. I really liked them a lot! I need to take some lessons from Joyce.

I usually finish my quilts in the order they are pieced, (just a little OCD) but I wanted to finish “I Love New York” to celebrate the mountains of snow we have, with more on the way. There is a group on Facebook called “One Block Wonder Quilt Forum”. Someone asked me how I quilted my hexagon quilts. I meander mine, not just because that’s all I know how to do, but by going over every seam and center they lay nice and flat.

I was trying to be arty and photograph my quilt out in the snow, but there is so much snow (close to 3 feet in parts of my yard) I had a very difficult time getting a good angle.

So I gave up, scraped off mounds of snow and came inside.

I Don’t Think We are in Kansas Anymore Toto

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I am a self proclaimed over the top Wizard of Oz fan and One Block Wonder quilts. I made my first hexagon quilt in 2006.

In 2008 I made “Inside the Twister I” from Wizard of Oz fabric by Quilting Treasures.

In 2010 I made “Inside the Twister II” as a raffle fund raiser for the New York Mills, NY Historical Society.

In 2012 I made “Inside the Twister III” as a raffle quilt for the Virginia Quilt Museum.

I made the “Yellow Brick Road with a Twist” for my Granddaughter Pepper.

I have decided to make another one, I have cut the repeats into strips as you can see below. I wonder if it will come out the same or be completely different?