A Guild Class and More

On January 8th I took a class with Nancy Kloster, who is a certified Judy Niemeyer instructor through the quilt guild.  The quilt that was chosen is called Desert Sky.  I chose fabrics a few months back.  You can see what I chose in this post.

I actually managed to get about 8 blocks done during class.

I would worked on my blog hop quilt, and when I needed a break I would work on the blocks for the Desert Sky quilt. 

Imagine my delight to discover by Friday--in just 8 days I was ready to remove the papers and put it up on my design wall.

I haven't sewn my blocks together.  I am letting it percolate in my little brain a wee bit.  I kind of see some blue block and orange/yellow blocks I want to move at least on the border. 

In the meantime I have also been working on my other quiltworx quilt called Vintage Rose.

I kind of just pinned it up over the top of the blocks for the other quilt.  I was auditioning the roping that I made for a border.

You can see it to the far right.  I am not loving it.  It reminds me of the fruit stripes gum when I was a kid. 

I threw the turquoise up and am not too sure about it either.  I figured maybe I need to get the outside borders put together and then I can audition others choices and see what I like. 

I did get my blog hop quilt to the flimsy stage and had help from the Quilt Assistant while sandwiching today on the dining room table.

Bobbin finally went to nap, and I got it pin basted so it is ready to quilt.  I got to laughing when I was done.  In Lucy the cat's bed, Bobbin has put up her pin up.

I don't know if you can tell but it is Nancy's pug boys.  Bobbin obviously has a thing for them since she carries their picture around and sleeps with it.  :D

I have accomplished a lot in the last few days.  It is amazing what you can get done when you stay off of the computer.