Viewers' Choice at the Quilt Show

Ruth Powers, Snow Buddies.

Ruth won the Viewers' Choice award twice for wall quilts at the April Quilt Show.

Her Snow Buddies took first.

Her Harrier Hunting took second.

Her prizes---gift certificates donated by MeaBernina.

Darke County Sampler Block 6 & Set

Pattern 6:

The Mexican Rose

This is the last applique pattern for our Darke County Sampler.

Variations of the traditional block appear in several of the Miami

Valley samplers. Above is a quilt from Sue Cummings's book.

It's time to start thinking about setting. Notice how the quilter above used dark strips of plain and patchwork to get all the blocks to fit.

This quilt from Phyllis Haders's collection, featuring the 

Mexican Rose, was up for auction in 1992.

Here's a black and white photocopy of the 

whole quilt.

A version that a friend bought in Mount Vernon, Illinois, with a skinny Mexican Rose.

One of the pieced strips between the blocks alternates

short strips of the colors in the blocks.

Below Sarah Ditmer pieced a 3-part stripe to the right of her

inscription.

"May he who clothes the lilies,

And marks the sparrows fall

Protect and save you Cora

And guide you safe through all.

Sarah Ditmer, April 12, 1898

Forget me not."

It will be fun to see how you put these together.

In our version you have room for two 6" strips of patchwork or solids (the darker strips).

Quilt Show Pictures

Hazardous Material by Denise Stahl, quilter Kelly Cline.

Rainbow Inside Out by Doris Lux, quilter: Lisa Shenk

Antique string quilt in the Fireball pattern

by Hazel Eisenhart Baker

Once is Enough by Jan Masenthin

Stargello by Jane Buckley

Bird of Paradise by Jean Ayres, quilter: Freda Smith

Star Chain by Joyce Colton, quilter: Lori Kukuk

June Program: Our Own Kelly Ashton

Kelly at Quilt Market

The June 16th and 17th speaker is Kelly Ashton from Overland Park.
The lecture:

Layer Cakes, Turnovers & Jelly Rolls! Oh My!

The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Working With Fabric Pre-Cuts

"Perhaps you’ve eyed all those interesting fabric pre-cuts (Charm Packs, Layer Cakes, Jelly Rolls, Turnovers, Candy Bars, etc.), but said to yourself, “Now, what would I do with THAT ?! ?! ?!”  Or, “What’s up with those little pinked edges???” Or, “Is there really enough fabric there to DO anything with?”  Sound familiar?  Well, Kelly will share tips and tricks for working effectively with these fabric “sweet treats” – and show LOTS of quilts made from the same!"

Midtown by Kelly Ashton, 

shown at the April quilt show

Kelly is a machine quilter and superior stitcher who has been specializing in pre-cuts---fabric sold in 10" squares, 2-1/2" strips, etc.

She is just back from Quilt Market where she showed her new book from Martingale Press called Hexagons, Diamonds, Triangles, and More: Skill-Building Techniques for 60-Degree Patchwork.

Sliced Layer Cake by Kelly Ashton

Workshop: 

Sliced Layer Cake

Grab a Layer Cake™ and you’re on your way!  Very easy, very fast, very fun!  Skill level:  all.  3-hour or 6-hour workshop (very possible to get the entire quilt top pieced in a 6-hour workshop, with time to spare!

 10" Layer Cakes

Here's Kelly's webpage:

http://www.kellyquilter.com/