Well, here we go… I’m glad you are going to follow along with this mystery. Whether you are an NOCCCD SCE OAP student or have heard about this mystery at your guild, from a friend or relative or at Camp Watch-A-Patcher, this mystery will appeal to all levels of quiltmaker. It is going to great fun and, if you follow the instructions given, you’ll end up with a great quilt! Read the rest of this entry »
Well, we are just about 10 days from the start of Camp Watch-A-Patcher in Irvine, Ca. Hope you are going to be able to make it! There will be:
Classes
Lectures
Challenge and Past Camp Project displays
A quilt auction
Forgotten treasures raffle
Dinner with Freddie Moran… Just lots of wonderful stuff. You gotta come!
If you are coming and taking one of my classes, I’d like to hear from you… Particularly if you purchased or want a kit for the Happy Hexagon bag or the Wacky Whirligigs quilt. Please e-mail me at SwanPub@aol.com and let me know which kit you want… That info would help me greatly!
For those of you who haven’t signed up yet, I’m teaching four classes and there is room in each of them, I think, so you can still sign up. Pictured above is Concordia Blues, designed just for Camp. Here is the link for more info… http://orangecountyquiltersguild.com/brochure_toc_08.html
If you have any questions about camp, e-mail me at SwanPub@aol.com. I’ll do my best to get you the info you need.
Check it out and join us for Camp Watch-A-Patcher at Concordia University in Irvine, CA!
We all love Gayle and Jim and all the goodies they offer at such great prices! Gayle just called to let me know they are going to be at the Flynn’s garage sale this Saturday (June 21) with all those luscious samples! So head over to 825 S Larchwood in Brea (92821). Have Fun and Bring Lots of Cash! 9 am-Noon. Enjoy!
Oh… And don’t forget Calico House has its sale on Saturday too!
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Boy, its hard to believe that we have come to the end of this project. Over the last eighteen weeks, we have made baskets, Baskets and more BASKETS! And they have come together, in every instance, into beautiful quilts! If you haven’t yet put your quilt together, go for it! And here is one suggested border. Of course, a plain border would frame this quilt nicely. But I have designed a border with a bit of flowers on it, and continuing the folk art theme, the border has a bit of a Pennsylvania Dutch flavor. Read the rest of this entry »
A Note To Prospective Students… My weekly classes will be shutting down for the summer of 2008. The last week of classes is June 16 to 20. Classes will resume on September 8, 2008 with the “Cruzin’ Along” quilt (Supply List coming soon). Please join us this summer for our on-line mystery… “Color Wheels.” The supply list is available here now and clues begin on June 30, 2008.
Every year in my classes for NOCCCD - SCE - OAP in Orange County, Ca, we do a mystery. This summer, since I’m taking time off, we are going to do the mystery on-line! This way everyone can join us as we dechiper the clues and solve the mystery.
For anyone who isn’t sure what a mystery is, this is a great opportunity to learn! I have designed a quilt(called Color Wheels) just for this mystery. I will give you the supply list now, then a clue every other week, starting June 30, 2008. Each clue will have cutting instructions and stitching instructions to make a portion of the quilt. Read the rest of this entry »
At long last, here is the last block of our Folk Art Basket Sampler Quilt. This Tulip Heart Basket is a fitting ending to this sampler because it incorporates many of the techniques we have explored in this project… Applique, Half Square Triangles, and of course, Baskets! But we aren’t done yet,
Here is the picture of our 16th basket, the Flag Basket. This one could be a striped basket (cut 7 long strips and no “star” square) or a cuffed basket (cut 7 short strips and a cuff 71/2″ X 3 1/2″). Make it folky and make it fun… and most of all… Read the rest of this entry »
No pictures on this entry because I want you all to come over to the Muckenthaler and see the wonderful quilts on exhibit!
The winning quilts will be displayed at the Muckenthaler Cultural Center; 1201 W Malvern Ave, Fullerton (1 block West of Euclid, 2.5 miles north of the 91 fwy) www.themuck.org.
Display dates are June 8-29 (Wed-Sun; Noon - 4 pm)
Admission is Free!
Cypress:
Honorable Mention “Celebrate!” by Denise Howard; Cypress, Ca
3rd “Flowers of Hawaii” by Carloyn Craig; Cypress, CA
2nd “Color My World with Music, Dancing and Quilting” by Patricia Busse; Lakewood, CA
1st “God Colors Our World With Flowers” by Phyllis Campbell; Cypress, CA
Fullerton:
Honorable Mention “Origami Pinwheels” by Juanita Nunez; Whittier, CA
3rd “Tip Toe Through The Tulips” by La Quita Zynda, Fullerton, CA
2nd “O Holy Night” by JoAnn Johansen; Fullerton, CA
1st “The Colors of Spring” by Jo Lilly, Fullerton, CA
Buena Park:
Honorable Mention “Rainbow Garden” by Lourdes Stone; Yorba Linda, CA
3rd ”When You Wish Upon My Rainbow Star” by Mary Bennett; Buena Park, CA
2nd “The Colors of My World” by Dolora Bernstein; Garden Grove, Ca
1st “Cathedral Windows” by Bjorg Maher-Haynes; Buena Park, CA
1st “Color My World With Good Things” by Bobbie Johnson; Buena Park. CA
Anaheim:
Honorable Mention “Flowers in a Vase” by Anna Lee; Orange, CA
3rd “Cat Fishing” by Liz Fink; Anaheim, CA
2nd “My Color My World” by Jean Ebert; Anaheim, CA
1st “Elegant Lady” by Colleen Van Gundy; Anaheim, CA
And Yorba Linda:
Honorable Mention “Earth Laughs in Flowers” by Betty Getchell; Yorba Linda, CA
Honorable Mention “Water Colors” by Mari Casanova; Yorba Linda, CA
Honorable Mention “Mimi And Me In My Secret Garden”; Irene Patterson; Chino Hills, CA
Honorable Mention ”Cherry Pie” by Charlotte Griswold; Yorba Linda, CA
2nd “Green Valley” by Sharon Forman; Yorba Linda, CA
1st` “Blue Lagoon” by Tho Young; Yorba Linda, CA
1st “Sea World” by Joyce Matthews; Yorba Linda, CA
Thanks to all who entered! What a fabulous group of quilts!
See you at the Muck!
Kevin Somes received his quilt last night… at long last. Kevin lost his home in the fires in Arrowhead last fall and class members in Cypress, Fullerton and Buena Park were kind enough to make blocks and put together this quilt to help him with his new start. Kevin said the quilt would be warm on those winter mountain nights. He sure looks happy! Click for more pics… Read the rest of this entry »
Side View Basket Block Instructions for Folk Art Sampler Quilt 2008
This is our fifteenth basket for the Folk Art Sampler. The Side View basket might be a picnic basket or a plant basket, but it is a very nice block. Embellish if you like or leave it plain… Read the rest of this entry »