Jo Morton Overload

Before I start, get comfortable, am going to share many photographs!  Let me also say I am in sensory overdrive.  One of the reasons I made the decision to participate in a quilting class was to feed my creative juices.  One of the ways I feed my creative juices is by surrounding myself with creative people.  Today's class far exceeded my expectations.

This is the teachers Pottery Shards quilt. Lovely!  She is a very precise quilter and the quality of her work is outstanding.  I was the only person who had another Pottery Shards to share.  Mine is pieced and awaiting borders and backing.  More on this later.  Now, don't go thinking because I was the only person who had Pottery Shards to share that my fellow classmates had been idle.  Quiet the opposite--they had been busy, very, very busy.

Martha, who is one of the resident appliqué queens, had been working on this wool appliqué quilt by Primitive Gatherings.  Yes, it is a miniature and it was exquisite!

Terri had been working on this Jo Morton quilt.  I do not remember the name but Terri said it was an older Jo Morton kit.  The border on this quilt was fabulous.

This quilt is Jo Morton Scrappiness, which was last months quilt.

Please don't think this classmate is a slacker because she didn't have Pottery Shards completed, because she made two Scrappiness quilts!  Both were beautiful!

Another appliqué queen had been working on the Jo Morton Yankee Doodle quilt.  This is the center medallion.  Each of those pieces which make up the star are smaller than a dime!

Carmen did not have Pottery Shards finished because she had finished Houses of Hawk Run Hollow by Carriage House.  It was beautiful!  Am still thinking about stitching the entire piece.

Stacy Nash taught a class at Three Sisters in Knoxville.  This is also Carmen's.  Hope everyone is beginning to see my classmates have been keeping their needles busy.  

On my drive to class, I passed these glorious day lilies.  The merchants in Franklin had planted them along the street.  They were everywhere and blooming in their full glory.  There must have been a few thousand!  Seeing them in their glory certainly put a smile on my face.

Whew!  There is more to share, stay tuned.

Pottery Shards Happy Dance

Yes!  This would me sharing the happy dance with Snoopy!  Pottery Shards is pieced!

Pottery Shards Jo Morton Little Women Club #11

Miss Callie Mae and I will soon be headed to the deck to enjoy the view and celebrate the piecing of Pottery Shards.  Here are some of the reasons:

1. It is pieced and before class time on Saturday, I achieved a goal!
2. The points meet and the seams match
3. It is square
4. The points are all pointing in the correct direction or at least I think they are

Pottery Shards is a 23 x 23 inch square.  Before joining together each pottery shard was 3."

Since I want to bask in the moment, I acknowledge a quilt is not a quilt until it is quilted.  I have border, backing, and binding fabric to choose, quilting to be done and binding.  But for now, let the happy dance begin.

Jo Morton Pottery Shards (continued)

The time between my Jo Morton classes seems to be getting shorter and shorter and the amount of work required to complete each quilt seems to be getting longer and longer.  Anyone else had these feelings?

The forty five pottery shards are finally completed.  When I started this project I set a goal for myself to make ten pottery shards a day.  Well. . .let's just say this was ambitious or wishful thinking because I did not come close to completing ten pottery shards a day.  My next new goal is to set the shards together-- by tomorrow.  Hmm, hope this goal is achievable.

I have a whole bunch of half square triangles left and am trying to think of ways to use them.  They can be joined together to form several pattern varieties.

I found this half square triangle quilt on pinterest.   Any thoughts on my left over half square triangles?

Here is a completed Pottery Shards quilt I found on pinterest.  Yes, I am hopeful mine will look this nice when finished.

Jo Morton Little Women=Much Work

Am working on my third Jo Morton Little Women quilt.  The third quilt is Pottery Shards.  Am learning many quilting skills with these classes, am also learning about new quilting tools.  One of the things I am learning is precision cutting and precision sewing equals precision quilts.

Another thing I am learning is these quilts may be miniature in size but they are maximum in work.  I have one half of the blocks sewn together.  This means I have one half of the blocks to piece, plus setting the blocks together and adding the border.  Then comes the quilting and binding

It is fifteen days until the next class and I will need all fifteen days to get Pottery Shards completed.

Jo Morton Pottery Shards

Since it is the third Saturday of the month, that means it is Jo Morton Little Women class time.  The next quilt assignment is Pottery Shards.  Below is a photo of the teachers.

Aren't the colors and fabrics awesome?  The teacher is a precision quilter!  The quilt may look simple, it is not.  There will be many hours of quilting work to complete this class.

Scrappiness was the quilt assignment from last class. (I called mine Ohio Star).  This is the teachers.

This completed quilt is Carmen's--fantastic job!

This is Terri's quilt--beautiful!

This is also Terri's Yankee Doodle, appliqué quilt.  WOW!  Terri has been a busy girl.  Terri is a working Mother and said she appliquéd stars while she was watching her children play softball.

The lady who made this quilt won the door prize last month.  She took parts of the charm pack she won, added some of her own fabric and ta da!  Very nice.

All quilting eyes are on the American Quilter's Society (AQS) Show and Contest which runs from April 25 to April 28 in Paducah, Kentucky.  AppleJack said his wallet needed to recover before he turned me loose shopping in this venue!